St. Cloud State University

St. Cloud State University is a public university in St. Cloud, Minnesota. Founded in 1869, the university is one of the largest schools in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system. Its enrollment in 2019 was approximately 16,000 students and it has nearly 110,000 alumni.
St. Cloud State opened its doors to students in 1869, under the name Third State Normal School. The school was one building, the Stearns House, a renovated hotel purchased by the state Legislature for $3,000. Classrooms were on the first floor, the model school was on the second floor and a women's dormitory was housed on the third floor. The five-member faculty was headed by Principal Ira Moore. Of the 53 original students, 43 were women. As the number of female students increased, Stearns House was completely transformed into a women's dormitory in 1874; male students organized a boarding club where they located a house near campus, overseen by a matron.

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