1888: Idaho settlers establish Bannock Stake Academy, an elementary school.
1898: School renamed Fremont Stake Academy and high school courses added.
1903: School is renamed Ricks Academy.
1915: College courses are first taught.
1920s: Rumors persist the school will close.
1930: LDS Church offers to give the school to the state of Idaho, but the offer is rejected.
1944: School student body is 200.
1949: Ricks becomes a four-year college.
1956: Ricks returns to two-year status.
1971: Student body totals 5,150, and Ricks becomes the nation's largest, private two-year college.
1984: An enrollment ceiling of 7,500 is established.
2000: Announcement made to change name to BYU-Idaho in near future, become a four-year college again and to discontinue all intercollegiate sports.