Providence acquired the House of Good Shepherd property that pushed the original boundaries of campus to Huxley Avenue. Slavin also oversaw the establishment of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) on campus in 1951 and the Liberal Arts Honors Program in 1957.
The athletics program of the college was accepted into the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in 1948. Prior to the opening of Alumni Hall gymnasium in 1955, the men's basketball team played in local Providence high schools. The college hired Joe Mullaney as the men's basketball coach.
President Vincent C. Dore, O.P. (1961–1965) opened the doors of the college's graduate school as well as a new dormitory building, now called Meagher Hall. President William P. Haas, O.P. (1965–1971) opened Phillips Memorial Library in 1969.
=== Co-educational shift ===
In 1967, the college added its first lay faculty members in the Departments of Theology and Philosophy, as well as its first full-time female faculty member. Two years later, the student …
