The original name was Campus Center!
The Campus Center was dedicated 50 years ago on April 20, 1974. Similar to today, the Campus Center was a place for students to gather and socialize. In 1983, the Campus Center was renamed to Kirkhof Center in honor of Russel H. Kirkhof.
![View from Zumberge Library across the pond of Kirkhof Center under construction, ca. 1974.](/cms4/asset/25867353-94CC-EA07-36E3D4DCA04D10A3/8cf5589bbf87548ea21d70b4108a1fc7[1709652984].jpg)
View from Zumberge Library across the pond of Campus Center under construction, ca. 1974.
![Bus in front of Campus Center.](/cms4/asset/25867353-94CC-EA07-36E3D4DCA04D10A3/3bdfc68317508ca8ab2aae304de25461[1708714462].jpg)
![Aerial view of Campus Center](/cms4/asset/25867353-94CC-EA07-36E3D4DCA04D10A3/3c8479e924dcda20be4c9b2011171436[1708714583].jpg)
![Students listening to music being performed in Campus Center lounge, ca. 1977.](/cms4/asset/25867353-94CC-EA07-36E3D4DCA04D10A3/2d3a5225686747b36702ba598213dd6c[1708714342].jpg)
Students listening to music being performed in Campus Center lounge, circa. 1977.
![Students waiting in line at Laker Landing in Campus Center](/cms4/asset/25867353-94CC-EA07-36E3D4DCA04D10A3/0d9d2f46350852a13f0064f4a8d6ed20_1(2)[1709652863].jpg)
Students waiting in line at Laker Landing in Campus Center.
![Campus Center bookstore, The Great Laker Shoppe](/cms4/asset/25867353-94CC-EA07-36E3D4DCA04D10A3/bf14efd21eb36c2fe7776b51eeb6ca99_1[1709653224].jpg)
Campus Center bookstore, The Great Laker Shoppe
![WSRX Autumn Music Festival at Kirkhof Center, August 27, 1991.](/cms4/asset/25867353-94CC-EA07-36E3D4DCA04D10A3/83582796317d1ea547ad648086a1a166(2)[1709652742].jpg)
WSRX Autumn Music Festival at the Kirkhof Center, 1991.