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The radio station [[KEOL]] started in 1972 and the Hoke College Center was completed the next year.<ref name="EOU history"/> The 1973 Legislature changed EOC's name to '''Eastern Oregon State College'''. In 1980 Inlow Hall (then known as the Administrative Building) was added to the National Register of Historic Places.<ref name="nrhp">{{cite web |title=Asset Detail |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/AssetDetail/10dfffd6-3d9c-43da-90c5-fe1fb095f6cc |website=npgallery.nps.gov |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=7 July 2024}}</ref> Later in the 1980s the college added the football stadium (Community Stadium in 1984) and Loso Hall (1989).<ref name="EOU history"/> In 1997, Eastern Oregon State College became '''Eastern Oregon University''', just as the state renamed Oregon's other regional schools to [[Western Oregon University]] and [[Southern Oregon University]].<ref>{{cite web |title=House Bill 2364 - Introduced |url=https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/archivebills/1997_hb2364.int.html |website=www.oregonlegislature.gov |publisher=Oregon Legislative Assembly |access-date=7 July 2024}}</ref>
In 2013 the Oregon University System began the process of creating independent boards for certain schools, including Oregon State and the University of Oregon. On June 30, 2015, the Oregon University System was dissolved and on July 1, 2015, the Eastern Oregon University Board of Trustees took on governance of the institution.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.eou.edu/governance/ | title=Board of Trustees }}</ref> The university [[List of name changes due to the George Floyd protests|removed the name Pierce]] from the library in November 2020, which had been named for former governor [[Walter M. Pierce]] and his wife due to the governor's views on race.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Thompson |first1=Sabrina |title=EOU removes Pierce name from library |url=https://www.lagrandeobserver.com/news/local/eou-removes-pierce-name-from-library/article_498986c2-2536-11eb-a21e-b743bc013148.html |access-date=8 July 2024 |work=The Observer |date=12 November 2020 |language=en}}</ref> On Tuesday May 9, 2023 the EOU Board of Trustees voted unanimously to name Kelly A. Ryan as the university's 13th president.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.eou.edu/news-press/board-of-trustees-name-dr-kelly-a-ryan-president-of-eou/ | title=Board of Trustees name Dr. Kelly A Ryan President of EOU }}</ref>
[[File:EOU Ackerman Hall.jpg|thumb|right|Ackerman Hall]]
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