Iowa State first received its accreditation from the Higher Learning Commission in 1916. If everything goes well, next year will have been a full century of Iowa State being an accredited university. Here are five things that have happened since 1916 that have had an impact at Iowa State.

1922- Everybody’s favorite week, VEISHEA is held for the first time. The festival would go on to become the largest student run festival in the country, with drawing notable dignitaries such as John Wayne, Ronald Reagan, and the Black Eyed Peas.

1923- Jack Trice, the first African-American football player for Iowa State, and the only one in the Big Six Conference, is killed while playing against the University of Minneapolis in Minnesota. Iowa State would refuse to play against Minnesota for the next 65 years. Our stadium today is named in his honor.

1939- Construction begins on the Atanasoff–Berry computer with funding from the Agronomy department, who were interested in being able to run economical analysis more quickly. Historians are still debating on whether or not this was the first true digital computer.

1945- The Ames Laboratory produces over two million tons of high quality uranium for the Manhattan Project. The uranium was produced through a process that would later become known as the “Ames Process.”

2014- After riots in 1988, 1992, 2004, and 2014, VEISHEA is cancelled by President Steven Leath in his second year at Iowa State. The cancellation of the week long event garners national headlines.