Founded in 1868

Foundation of Convent of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart at Lake Merritt Campus, Oakland, California

An album containing portraits of the first boarders of the Convent of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, including Miss Maria Byrne, left, the first student named on a list of enrollees

The Convent school census: 21 Sisters, 2 novices, 2 postulants, 80 boarders (becoming 100 boarders by 1878)

The Convent school “fleet” consists of three rowboats: Marie Rose, Dove, and Aloysius

Sister Mary Seraphine, known for her beautiful voice, trains students to sing “America” and “Three Cheers for the Red, White, and Blue” for the expected passage of President William McKinley down Webster Street just outside the school grounds

Name of the institution changes to Convent and College of the Holy Names

Students cheer the end of World War I

First issue of College of the Holy Names Bulletin, predecessor to HNU Today, is published by students to keep Alumnae Association members “alumnae-minded.” The editors wrote: “It is to be hoped that interesting items will be contributed occasionally by those of the long ago, as well as by students of

The seal of the college — with its motto virtus, honor, nobilitas — is in use

During World War II, Homecoming raffle prize winners often receive a war bond

By April, artist Louisa Jenkins of Big Sur, solicited by Sister Mary Luke and assisted by art students, completes the Sophia mural on the southeast wall of Brennan Hall

Bidding farewell to the original Lake Merritt site, campus moves to a new permanent home on Mountain Boulevard

Under the headline “Campus Living in Modern Style,” a local newspaper trumpets the opening of Durocher Hall in September, noting that it will accommodate 159 students

Raskob Learning Institute opens

Peter Grothe, special consultant to the Peace Corps credited with drafting the original name and legislation for its creation, presents “a first-hand report on this new aspect of American foreign policy” to the campus

Actor Raymond Burr serves as host for an annual scholarship fundraising barbecue held on campus

Campus activists establish THRUST to bring college resources, including literacy expertise, to the community

Painted scenes from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales—then valued at over $25,000—that once graced the lobby of San Francisco’s Canterbury Hotel are donated to the University and displayed in Brennan Hall (today they hang in the Valley Center for the Performing Arts)

Then-San Francisco Mayor Dianne Feinstein speaks on campus for HNU’s Eighth Annual Symposium for Business Leaders

HNU students make first annual visits to: Tutwiler, Mississippi, to build homes with Habitat for Humanity; and to Fort Benning, Georgia, joining protesters who demand the closing of the School of Americas, where Latin American government soldiers train

A 12-by-12 portion of the AIDS Memorial Quilt goes on display in the VCPA for World AIDS Day

Brennan Hall transformed into a 15,800 square f00t, full-service Student Center