DePaul University celebrates 125th anniversary

First student body of St. Vincent College in 1898. (DePaul University archives)

St. Vincent de Paul Church and baseball fields in a 1910 photo. (DePaul University archives)

Students walk in front of graffiti protesting the U.S. invasion of Cambodia and the deaths of Kent State University students in this 1971 photo. (DePaul University archives)

DePaul students cheer during the Blue Demon Welcome event Sept. 6, 2022. That month, DePaul kicked off yearlong celebrations for the university’s 125th anniversary. (Jeff Carrion/DePaul University)

The exterior of Soldier Field is lit up in DePaul colors on Jan. 25, 2023. (Jeff Carrion/DePaul University)

DePaul celebrates its 125th anniversary during a party Jan. 25, 2023 in the Lincoln Park Student Center. (Jeff Carrion/DePaul University)

A Chicago Transit Authority train passes by DePaul’s Lincoln Park campus on Oct. 4, 2019. (Randal Spriggs/DePaul University)

Vincentian Father Guillermo Campuzano, left, and President Rob Manuel during Designing DePaul, an event that launched DePaul toward creating a new strategic plan, Jan. 26 on the Lincoln Park Campus. (Jeff Carrion/DePaul University)

DePaul staff take part in a Digital Presence Design Session, March 3, 2023, in the Arts and Letters building on the Lincoln Park Campus. (Steve Woltmann/DePaul University)

Residential education students volunteer at Cradles to Crayons before the start of the 2019 school year. (Jeff Carrion, Randall Spriggs/DePaul University)