• Peabody Library built

• Enrollment increases to 529
• Harry F. Estill begins tenure as president until 1937

• Industrial Arts Building built
• The first official homecoming
• The first issue of the Alcalde (yearbook) is published

• Texas State University System created by the Texas Legislature to manage the state's normal schools.

• President's House (II) built

• Women's Gymnasium built
• The first issue of the Houstonian (newspaper) is published

• West Power Plant built

• Marks Administration Building built

• Legislature authorizes Sul Ross State Normal Institute in Alpine.

• Education Building built

• First baccalaureate degree awarded

• Huntsville campus renamed Sam Houston State Teachers' College
• Athletic teams are nicknamed "the Bearkats" (Prior to this, teams were nicknamed "The Normals")
• Stephen F. Austin State Teachers College opens in Nacogdoches

• Men's Gymnasium built

• Estill Building built
• Sam Houston Kitchen built

• Canterbury House built

• Belvin Hall built

• Texas Centennial, marking 100 years of Texas independence
• Sam Houston Museum built
• Cafe Texan opens in downtown Huntsville

• Charles Shaver begins tenure as president until 1942

• Jackson Hall built
• Pritchett Field Ticket Office built

• Last reunion of class of 1880

• Harmon Lowman begins tenure as president until 1964
• Halley Building built
• Elliott Hall built

• Metals Lab built

• Buchanan Hall built
• Shaver Hall built
• Houston Efficiency Apartments built
• Agriculture Farm Shop built
• Industrial Education Laboratory built

• Holleman Field

• Academic Building Two built
• Residence Life built

• Pritchett Field House built

• Music 1 built
• Thomason Building built

• Academic Building Three built
• Alpha Chi Omega House built
• Alpha Delta Pi House built
• Brentzel Hall built
• Cowan Hall built
• Gibbs House built
• Houston House built
• Jackson House built
• Longino Hall built
• Shaver House built
• Sigma Sigma Sigma House built
• Zeta Tau Alpha House built

• Adamson Hall built
• Frels Building built
• Gates Hall built
• Moore Hall built
• Rupert Hall built
• Stewart Hall built
• Wilson Building built
• Woods Hall built

• Adams Hall built
• Baldwin House built
• Creager House built
• Lawrence House built
• Mitchell House built
• Mallon House house
• Post Office/Telephone Services built
• Rix Efficiency Apartments built
• Wesley Foundation built

• Adams House built
• Career Services built
• Crawford House built
• Evans English Building built
• Farrington Building built
• King Hall built
• Malone Family Apartments built
• The Sammy Bearkat character is first introduced

• Barrett House built
• Estill Hall built
• Parkhill House built
• Randel House built
• Spivey House built
• Vick House built

• Allen House built
• Aydelotte House built
• Gidley House built
• Gintz Apartments built
• Hathorn House built
• McCray House built
• Smith Hall Built

• Kirkley Hall built
• White Hall built
• Woods Building built

• Lowman Student Center built

• Recital Hall built
• Arleigh Templeton begins tenure as president until 1970
• Enrollment exceeds 5,000

• Colony Apartments built
• Huntsville campus renamed Sam Houston State College

• Academic Building One built

• Art B - Jewelry built
• Gresham Library built
• Smith-Hutson Business Administration Building built

• University Health Center built
• Huntsville campus renamed Sam Houston State University

• Elliott T. Bowers begins tenure as president until 1989
• Enrollment exceeds 8,500

• October 7 - KSHU-FM signs on the air for the first time with 10 watts of power and at 89.3 megahertz

• East Power Plant built
• Pritchett Grounds Storage built

• Beto Criminal Justice Center built
• Johnson Coliseum built
• Teacher Education Center built
• University Theater Center built

• Pritchett Storage Practice Field built

• Art F - Administration built
• SHSU 100th Anniversary
• Sam Houston Centennial Statue dedicated

• Art C - Sculpturing built

• February 12 - Fire destroys the Main Building and damages Austin College Building
• Pritchett Field House Annex built

• Counseling Center built
• Drain Building built
• Health & Kinesiology Center built
• Rather Communication Building built

• Austin College Building rededicated
• Bowers Stadium built
• Mafrige Field House built
• McAdams Tennis Center (II) built
• Music Building built
  

• Main Building memorial dedicated

• Martin Anisman begins tenure as president until 1995
• Art A - Print & Ceramic built

• Art D - Painting & Drawing built

• Art E - History built
• Rifle Range

• Walker Education Center built
• Bobby K. Marks begins tenure as president until 2001