- The Irby Demonstration School, one of the oldest institutions on campus, was discontinued after the spring semester of 1962. The reason to close the school was attributed to the growth of the student body and the need for classroom space for college students.
- An Army Reserve Officer Training Corps program began in the fall of 1968. The first commanding officer was Lt. Col. George Edward Pickett IV, the great-grandson of Confederate General George E. Pickett.
- The university went through two name changes during the Silas Snow administration. The first took place on Jan. 18, 1967 when the Arkansas General Assembly passed an Act renaming the school the State College of Arkansas. On Jan. 21, 1975, the university became the University of Central Arkansas.
Source: The Centennial History of the University of Central Arkansas by Jimmy Bryant.