2007
- Champlain's campus comprises nearly 40 buildings on 22 acres--a blend of Victorian-era mansions and high-tech facilities nestled in Burlington's historic Hill Section.

2006
- The College institutes new centers on campus: the Emergent Media Center, the Champlain College Center for Digital Investigation, and a Conference and Event Center.
- President Finney announces two new scholarship programs: The New American Student Scholarship for students with refugee or asylum status and the Vermont First Scholarship for first-generation college students from the Green Mountain State.
- The College launches a new program called BYOBiz -- in which young entrepreneurs grow their businesses while they attend Champlain.
- The College works with the Burlington and Champlain communities to create a new master plan for its campus.

2005
- Dr. David F. Finney of New York University succeeds retiring Champlain president Dr. Roger H. Perry on July 1, 2005. His Inauguration as the College’s seventh president is celebrated on November 19, 2005.
- The campus celebrates the September dedication of the IDX Student Life Center. Complete with a gym, fitness center, dining hall and student activity space, it is the third building to be constructed as part of The Power of Three capital campaign.
- U.S. News America's Best Colleges 2006 ranks Champlain College in the top tier of the Best Comprehensive Colleges in the North
- The College launches its second master's program: a highly integrated, online MBA.

2004
- The campus celebrates the September dedication of the S.D. Ireland Family Center for Global Business & Technology, an academic center that enhances Champlain’s ability to put students to work on real business and technology projects.
- Trustees announce the creation of the College’s first endowed chair, naming it in honor of retiring President Roger Perry. The $1 million academic fund is called The Doctor Roger H. Perry Endowed Chair.

2003
- The College celebrates its 125-year anniversary.
- The first of three new buildings opens to students: The Main Street Suites and Conference Center

2002
- The College kicks off The Power of Three Capital Campaign to raise funds for three exciting new buildings.
- Champlain begins its first master's program in Managing Innovation & Information Technology.
- The College hosts Vermont’s first Governor’s Institute on Information Technology

2001
- Students in India dial in on the Internet to earn Champlain degrees.
- Teen writers descend on Champlain for first annual Young Vermont Writers' Conference.

2000
- Governor Howard Dean comes to campus to announce Putnam Investment's new work@home jobs and online training through Champlain College OnLine.

1999
- The first annual Summer Reading Program features a visit by Dominican-born author Julia Alvarez.
- Champlain hospitality students operate a new café called "The View."

1998
- The Robert E. and Holly D. Miller Information Commons, the College's state-of-the-art library, welcomes its first students.
- The College begins a satellite program in United Arab Emirates.

1995
- Champlain offers its academic programs at satellite campuses in Israel.

1993
- SuccessNet, the predecessor to Champlain College OnLine, is established and is Vermont's first computer-based, online distance learning program.

1992
- Dr. Roger H. Perry inaugurated into presidency as Dr. Robert Skiff steps down.

1991
- College offers bachelor's degree programs for the first time-in Business and Accounting-thanks in part to a major donation from philanthropist and educator Walter Cerf.

1989
- The Hauke family pledges the first million-dollar gift in the College's history and a new campus center is named in their honor.
- 10,000th graduate crosses the stage at Commencement.

1987
- The Single Parents Program is a new joint venture with the State of Vermont.

1982
- Champlain opens a Computer Camp for children and Computer Resource Training Center for businesspeople.

1977
- C. Bader Brouilette retires and Dr. Robert Skiff is inaugurated as President.

1970s
- New programs are initiated in the social services-expanding Champlain's repertoire.

1969
- Champlain's first computer, an IBM 1130, arrived in the spring. It had a removable disk drive that held 256K of storage -- 1/2800ths of the space found on a typical CD today.

1965
- Champlain residential students move into the College's first dormitories-Jensen and Sanders Halls.

1958
- The College moves to the Hill Section of Burlington and takes on the name of Champlain College.

1956
- C. Bader Brouilette, in partnership with Albert Jensen, acquires the College. Brouillette becomes president.

1920
- A. Gordon Tittemore acquires the College and would run the college for 36 years.

1910
- A fire breaks out at noontime in the two-room College. A few students climb in a back window to rescue the books-saving nearly all of them.
- The College is moved to Main Street-above what is today Nectar's restaurant.

1905
- The College is located on Bank Street, across from today's Oasis Diner, and this year it graduated 23 students.

1884
- E. George Evans acquired the College and renamed it Burlington Business College. He would oversee the College for 34 years.

1878
- G.W. Thompson establishes Burlington Collegiate Institute in downtown Burlington.