History
1932
Founded by the Episcopal Church, Boise Junior College opens on Sept. 6; Idaho Episcopal Bishop Middleton Barnwell serves as the first president.
1951
Morrison and Driscoll halls built.
1967
Chaffee Hall opens.
1970
Barnes Towers Hall opens.
1974
Boise Junior College gains university status and becomes Boise State University.
University Heights completed.
University Manor completed.
1998
Residential Honors College established.
2004
First Residential College created (College of Business and Economics).
Keiser, Taylor, University Suites, and University Square open.
University awards first honorary doctorate to alum and filmmaker Michael Hoffman.
2005
Residential College Communities of Health Professions, Civic Leadership, and  Renaissance (later Arts and Sciences) are created.
2011
Half of the Townhomes were built in December 2011.
2012
The other half of the Townhouses opened in August 2012.
2017
Honors College and Sawtooth Hall opened in August 2017.