After World War II , enrollment quickly grew to more than 3,000 . A large amount of housing and several academic buildings had to be built on campus . The 1950s saw the rise of the Fighting Sioux hockey tradition . In the 1960s and 1970s , many student protests occurred at UND . The largest was in May 1970 when over 1,500 students protested the Kent State shootings . In 1975 , enrollment swelled to a record 8,500 . The 1970s also saw the establishment of the John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences at UND . During the 1980s and 1990s the University continued to grow . However , the devastating 1997 Red River Flood inundated numerous buildings on campus and forced the cancellation of the remainder of the school year
Kent State shootings
Kent State shootings
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