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1830
Amos Eaton institutes a Rensselaer School Flotilla on the Erie Canal as a special summer session.
1834
Rensselaer School moves to Van der Heyden Mansion and is renamed the Rensselaer Institute.
1835
The Civil Engineering degree is awarded to four students at the spring commencement. The Bachelor of Natural Science
degree replaces the A.B. degree.
Eight women complete a special mathematics course.
