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  {
    "id": "timeline-1970",
    "year": 1970,
    "title": "A university called Northeast",
    "text": "Northeast Louisiana State College becomes Northeast Louisiana University.",
    "classification": "FACT",
    "sourceId": "history"
  },
  {
    "id": "timeline-1987",
    "year": 1987,
    "title": "A national champion",
    "text": "NLU wins the Division I-AA football national championship.",
    "classification": "FACT",
    "sourceId": "titles"
  },
  {
    "id": "timeline-1995",
    "year": 1995,
    "title": "The naming framework",
    "text": "The UL System naming framework requires geographic names and participation by at least two institutions.",
    "classification": "FACT",
    "sourceId": "naming"
  },
  {
    "id": "timeline-1998",
    "year": 1998,
    "title": "The last full NLU year",
    "text": "An era marker, not an enrollment datapoint. The later review dates enrollment decline to 1996.",
    "classification": "FACT",
    "sourceId": "review-2002"
  },
  {
    "id": "timeline-1999",
    "year": 1999,
    "title": "New name. Bigger ambitions.",
    "text": "On August 27, NLU becomes the University of Louisiana at Monroe. The name signals reach beyond the immediate region.",
    "classification": "FACT",
    "sourceId": "history"
  },
  {
    "id": "timeline-2002",
    "year": 2002,
    "title": "The outside review",
    "text": "Enrollment, finance and program costs come under scrutiny. Football alternatives are explicitly considered.",
    "classification": "FACT",
    "sourceId": "review-2002"
  },
  {
    "id": "timeline-2006",
    "year": 2006,
    "title": "A new identity takes flight",
    "text": "The Indians identity is retired after NCAA policy restrictions. A public replacement process selects Warhawks.",
    "classification": "FACT",
    "sourceId": "mascot"
  },
  {
    "id": "timeline-2012",
    "year": 2012,
    "title": "A bowl moment",
    "text": "ULM finishes 8\u20135 and plays in the Independence Bowl.",
    "classification": "FACT",
    "sourceId": "titles"
  },
  {
    "id": "timeline-2020",
    "year": 2020,
    "title": "A medical-school partner",
    "text": "VCOM-Louisiana opens through a ULM partnership. VCOM is a separate private nonprofit school.",
    "classification": "FACT",
    "sourceId": "vcom"
  },
  {
    "id": "timeline-2025",
    "year": 2025,
    "title": "Health Sciences grows",
    "text": "Undergraduate Health Sciences enrollment rises 4.75%; graduate Health Sciences rises 9%.",
    "classification": "FACT",
    "sourceId": "enrollment-2025"
  },
  {
    "id": "timeline-2026",
    "year": 2026,
    "title": "The question returns",
    "text": "Health investment, full DPT accreditation and the Deloitte athletics study put return on investment in focus.",
    "classification": "FACT",
    "sourceId": "deloitte"
  }
]