in the year 1968, james olson became appointed as the campus dean of a few uw colleges, including uw–marinette as one of those campuses. during january of that year came the construction of the uw–marinette fine arts building. in auguse of 1969, (about one year later) there was also the construction of the library learning center and the max e. peterson field house. in 1972 on july 1, the campus of marinette was transferred from uw–green bay and became a new extended center system.