January
First annual January Term is implemented.
March
Mesa State College receives critical maintenance funds
from the Colorado State Legislature's Capital Development
Committee.
May
Mesa State honors largest graduating class during
2005 commencement ceremony. Seven hundred of the 868
eligible students participated in the ceremony.
June
Mesa State breaks ground on the new Ken W. Nesbitt
Construction Education Center at the Tilman M. Bishop
Campus.
July
Mesa State begins Elm Avenue Reconstruction project
September
Mesa State breaks ground for a new $11.7 million residence
hall that is to house 288 students.
October
Mesa State College celebrates its 80th Anniversary
November
The Mesa State College Cycling Team took fourth place
in the Collegiate National Championships, placing
in the top five overall in the Division I category
for the fourth consecutive year.
State Events:
November
Referendum C passes in Colorado freeing critical funds
for higher education..
National events:
August
On August 29, Hurricane Katrina's storm surge breached
the levee system that protected New Orleans from Lake
Pontchartrain and the Mississippi River. Most of the
city was subsequently flooded by water from the lake.
Heavy damage was also inflicted onto the coasts of
Mississippi and Alabama, making Katrina the most destructive
and costliest natural disaster in the history of the
United States and the deadliest since the 1928 Okeechobee
Hurricane.
World Events:
July
July 7, London is hit with a series of bombings in
the metro center.
October
Imprisoned former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein began
trial Oct. 19.
October
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