Most of its courses were taught in borrowed classrooms provided by the Bishop Noll Institute in Hammond and St. John the Baptist Church in Whiting.
[4] In 1960, the Board of Control authorized the expansion of this two-year extension into a full four-year, degree-granting college.
[5] At that time, St. Joseph's College Calumet Campus moved into a new building, a former furniture store in East Chicago.
[6] Buildings were donated or acquired on Indianapolis Boulevard and Olcott Avenue to provide classroom and office space, a library, laboratories, a theater, a communications center and student recreational facilities.
[citation needed] On December 31, 1973, the American Oil Company deeded its research and development facilities and 256 acres (103.6 ha) of land to Calumet College.