1851 - Pioneer School founded as a secondary school
1857 - Pioneer School becomes Hope Academy
1862 - Hope College accepts first class of college freshmen
1866 - Hope College receives official charter from State of Michigan
1866 - First graduating class from Hope College
1878 - First females enroll in Hope College
1898 - First faculty appointment in Psychology (Adoniram Ladd)
1920 - First Hope College graduate with degree in Psychology (Louise Weaver)
1934-1959 - Founding of the Department
1934 - Hope College establishes the Psychology Department, with offices in Van Raalte Hall
1954 - First female instructor appointed in Psychology (Barbara Wilson)
1959-1970 - Psychology as a Scientific Discipline
1959 - Dr. Robert DeHaan receives first external research grant
1959 - First Psychology laboratory rooms constructed in Van Raalte Hall
1964 - Psychology Department moves from Van Raalte Hall to Shields Cottage
1970-2014 - Psychology in the Modern Era
1971 - Shields Cottage is demolished to make room for the new Peale Science Center. Psychology Department moves into temporary laboratories and offices in Vorhees Hall and Van Raalte Hall
1973 - Psychology Department moves into Peale Science Center
2002 - Psychology Department moves into temporary laboratories and offices in the Psychology Building on 10th St.
2004 - Psychology Department moves into its new and renovated space in Schaap Science Center
