Milestones
1893 | Established by an act of the Idaho Legislature as Lewiston State Normal School. |
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| 1942 | Accredited by the American Association of Teacher Colleges. |
| 1943 | Authorized by the Idaho State Board of Education to grant the B.A. degree in Elementary and Secondary Education. Prior to this date, the College had offered a two-year program to prepare teachers for grades one through nine. |
| 1947 | Action by the Idaho Legislature changing the name to Northern Idaho College of Education. |
| 1951 | Became non-operational due to the failure of the Idaho Legislature to appropriate funds for the 1951-53 Biennium. |
| 1955 | Re-established by an act of the Idaho Legislature as Lewis-Clark Normal School. The College was designed to operate as a two-year division of the University of Idaho for teacher training and education. |
| 1963 | Action by the Idaho Legislature authorized independent status as a four-year college. |
| 1965 | The Associate Degree Nursing Program and the Area Vocational School were added. |
| 1967 | Graduation of the first Baccalaureate degrees since being re-established as a four-year institution. |
| 1970 | Accreditation of the Associate Degree Nursing Program by the National League for Nursing. |
| 1971 | Action by the Idaho Legislature changing the name to Lewis-Clark State College. |
| 1973 | Accredited by the Northwest Association of Secondary and Higher Schools as a four-year degree granting institution on the basis of a self-study and full team visit. Review and approval of all teacher education programs, both at elementary and secondary levels, by a team visit of the Idaho Professional Standards Commission. |
| 1974 | Membership in the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. |
| 1975 | Accreditation by the National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification on the basis of a self-study and full team visit. |
| 1976 | Accreditation by National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education on the basis of a self-study and full team visit. |
| 1978 | Accreditation by Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges on the basis of a self-study and full team visit. |
| 1979 | Accreditation of the Associate Degree Nursing Program by the National League for Nursing on the basis of a self-study and full team visit. |
| 1980 | Reaccreditation of the Teacher Education Program by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education on the basis of a self-study and full team visit. |
| 1983 | Accreditation of the Associate of Applied Science Degree Auto Mechanics Technology Program by the National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation (NATEF) on the basis of a self-study and full team visit. |
| 1984 | Reaccreditation by the Northwest Association of Schools & Colleges on the basis of an interim self-study and visit. |
| 1986 |
Accreditation of the Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing Program by the National League of Nursing on the basis of a self-study and full team visit. Reaccreditation of the Teacher Education Program by the National Association of the State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification on the basis of a self-study and full team visit. |
| 1987 | Reaccreditation of the Associate Degree Nursing Program by the National League for Nursing on the basis of a self-study and full team visit. |
| 1989 | Reaccreditation by the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges on the basis of a self- study and full team visit. |
| 1992 | Reaccreditation of the Teacher Education Program by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education on the basis of a self-study and full team visit. |
| 1993 | Reaccreditation of the Board of Review for Baccalaureate and Higher Degree Programs of the National League for Nursing. |
| 1994 | Reaccreditation by the Northwest Association of Schools & Colleges on the basis of an interim self-study and visit. |
| 1996 | Accreditation of the Bachelor of Social Work degree by the Council on Social Work Education for the Lewiston and Coeur d'Alene campuses, retroactive to 1992. |
| 1998 | Preliminary approval granted of the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education for the Baccalaureate Nursing Education Program.
Reaccreditation of the Teacher Preparation Program by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education on the basis of a self-study and full team visit. |
| 1999 | Reaccreditation by the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges on the basis of a self-study and full team visit. |
| 2000 | Reaccreditation of the Council on Social Work Education for the Lewiston and Coeur d’Alene campuses on the basis of a self-study and full team visit. Reaccreditation of the Teacher Preparation Program by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education on the basis of a self-study and full team visit. |
| 2001 | Accreditation of the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) of the Baccalaureate Nursing Education Program on the basis of a self-study and full team visit. |
| 2003 | Program approval of the State of Idaho Board of Nursing—Baccalaureate Degree Nursing Program. Accreditation of the Associate of Applied Science Degree Diesel Technology Program by the Associated Equipment Distributors (AED) Management Certification on the basis of a self-study and full team visit. |
| 2004 | Approval of Associate of Applied Science Practical Nursing by the Idaho Board of Nursing on the basis of a self-study and site visit. |
| 2005 | Reaccreditation by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities on the basis of an interim self-study and visit. Initial accreditation of the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) for the Associate Degree Medical Assisting Program on the basis of peer review by the Curriculum Review Board of the American Association of the Medical Assistants Endowment (CRB-AAMAE). |
| 2006 | Reaccreditation of the Teacher Preparation Program by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) on the basis of a self-study and full team visit, and certification by the Idaho State Department of Education Certification/ Professional Standards Commission. |
| 2007 | Accreditation of Business Program by the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education (IACBE) on the basis of a self-study and a full team visit. |
| 2008 | Continued accreditation of the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) for the Associate Degree Medical Assisting Program on the basis of peer review by the Curriculum Review Board of the American Association of the Medical Assistants Endowment (CRB- AAMAE). |
| 2009 | Reaccreditation by Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) for the Lewiston and Coeur d’Alene campuses on the basis of a self-study and full team visit. Reaccreditation by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU) on the basis of a self-study and full team visit. |
| 2010 | Accreditation of the Associate of Applied Science Degree Collision Repair Technology Program by the National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation (NATEF) on the basis of a self-study and full team visit. Reaccreditation of the Associate of Applied Science Degree Auto Mechanics Technology Program by the National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation (NATEF) on the basis of a self-study and full team visit. Reaccreditation of the Associate of Applied Science Degree Diesel Technology Program by the Associated Equipment Distributors (AED) Management Certification on the basis of a self-study and full team visit. |
| 2011 | Reaccreditation by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) of the Baccalaureate Nursing Education Program on the basis of a self-study and full team visit. |
| 2012 | Reaffirmation of accreditation by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU) on the basis of the Year One Report. |
| 2013 | Accreditation of the Radiographic Science program by the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology. |
| 2014 | Reaccreditation of the Teacher Preparation Program by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) on the basis of a self-study and full team visit, and certification by the Idaho State Department of Education Certification/ Professional Standards Commission. |
| 2018 | NorthWest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU) Mission Fulfillment & Sustainability Report and visit; Accreditation reaffirmed. |
| 2020 | On March 11, Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed House Bill 395, officially amending Idaho Code and allowing LC State to offer graduate level coursework for the first time in school history. Read news release. |
| 2020 | Accreditation received for the Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Technology program by HVAC Excellence. |
| 2021 | Lewis-Clark State College baccalaureate degree program in nursing has been granted continued accreditation for another 10 years by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CNNE). |