The school was one building, the Stearns House, a renovated hotel purchased by the state Legislature for $3,000.

As the number of female students increased and Old Main opened in early 1874, Stearns House was completely transformed into a women's dormitory in 1874; male students later organized a boarding club where they located a house near campus, overseen by a matron.

Two years later, the team moved into a new two-rink arena called today the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center (.

[31] Among other things, KVSC hosts a 50-hour trivia contest,[32] which dates to 1980, and community events, such as Granite City Radio Theatre.

[33] UTVS is the school's broadcast television station, airing student-produced content on Charter Channel 180 24/7.

Husky Productions, responsible for broadcasting hockey games at the HBNHC, also sometimes airs on UTVS.

SCSU has 19 NCAA Division II teams and is a member of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference.

To remain in compliance with Title IX, the university is adding a men's soccer team.

[citation needed] Men's and women's ice hockey teams compete in NCAA Division I.

That season, he led the Huskies to a 25–10–1 record and a third-place trophy at the NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Championship.

[37] He also guided efforts to build the two-rink arena, Herb Brooks National Hockey Center, that now bears his name.

[38] In 2001, the men's team won the WCHA post-season tournament, symbolized by the Broadmoor Trophy.

[41] The 2012–13 team's co-captain Drew LeBlanc was named WCHA Player of the Year and earned numerous national honors, including the Hobey Baker Award, the most prestigious award in men's college hockey.

[43] The 2014 team earned the Penrose Cup, the league title trophy for the inaugural season of the NCHC.