Found 50 events matching "1972 "
William C. "Bill" Friday received a bachelor's degree in textile manufacturing. He later served as president of both the Consolidated University (1956-1972) and the UNC-System (1972-1986).
With the establishment of the UNC System in 1972, NC State reestablished an independent Graduate School.
The NC State football team record during the 1972 season was 8 wins, 3 losses, 1 tie, and a victory at the Peach Bowl.
The Technician reported on the founding of the Triangle Gay Alliance.
Rajendra Pachauri was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree. He previously earned a MS degree in 1972. In 2007, he accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
The Talley Student Center opened in June 1972 (shown here before the installation of the fountain and courtyard). It replaced the Erdahl-Cloyd building, now the west wing of D.H. Hill Jr. Library, as the campus student center.
The two buildings were dedicated during a ceremony at which the NC State University Symphony Orchestra and Choir presented a concert. The 816-seat theater opened during the fall 1972 semester. It was named for James Jackson Stewart Jr., who was dean of Student Affairs from 1954 to 1969.
NC State published "In a Black Perspective." This pamphlet totaled the university's black community at nine professors and 222 students (out of a total 13,809). The publication listed courses focusing on black history and culture: two in political Science and one on race relations in sociology.
William Maxwell became an assistant dean in the School of Education and NC State's first African American academic administrator.
The NC State football team beat West Virginia in the Peach Bowl, 49-13.
Curt Fentress graduated with a bachelor's degree in architecture. His firm designed buildings such as as the Denver International Airport passenger terminal, Incheon International Airport in South Korea, Arraya Tower in Kuwait City, the National Museum of the Marine Corps, and Terminal 2 at the Raleigh-Durham International Airport. He became a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects.
A massive student housing shortage left 260 students without housing as classes began.
The Vienna Symphony performed in Reynolds Coliseum.
The Case Athletics Center opened and was named after Everett N. Case, men's basketball coach from 1946 to 1965.
The original 11-story bookstack tower, now the North Tower of the D. H. Hill Jr. Library, was dedicated. With the addition, the bookstacks were opened to all users. Previously, the library had closed bookstacks.
The Cleveland Orchestra opened up the Friends of the College program at the Reynolds Coliseum for an audience of 21,000 people.
The college radio station WKNC announced it will go off the air for the remainder of the school year due to an air conditioner failure in the studio.
Over 1,000 students marched down Hillsborough Street from campus to the State Capitol to protest the Vietnam War. The students staged a rally on the capitol steps in response to the U.S. bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong in North Vietnam.
