Found 48 events matching "1980 "
NC State's rifle team earned its 11th consecutive ACC championship by 1980.
NC State women's basketball team was named ACC regular-season champions in 1978, 1980, 1983, 1985, and 1990.
In 1980, military science was dropped from the textile curriculum. Courses in fiber-forming polymers, physical chemistry, and computer science were added.
Mark Stevenson came to NC State in 1980 as an assistant coach for the men's gymnastics team and coached the women's gymnastics team from the 1980s until 2017.
The women's cross country team won back-to-back national championships in 1979 and 1980. The head coach was former long-distance runner and two-time U.S. Olympian Jack Bacheler.
Calvin H. Carter Jr. was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree. He previously earned a BS degree in 1977 and a MS degree in 1980. He became co-founder of Cree, Inc., and was a 2002 recipient of the National Medal of Technology and Innovation.
The first L. H. Thomas lecture was held in the Department of Physics. This annual lecture became one of the most prestigious general audience presentations in the Research Triangle. Through 2009, more than 20 Nobel Prize winners were Thomas lecturers.
WKNC broadcasted silence for ten minutes as a tribute to John Lennon who was murdered the previous week.
Evelyn Reiman, Assistant Director of Student Development, sponsored the first NC State Women's Week. The event included a series of afternoon and evening programs for women on campus.
The Department of Political Science was renamed the Department of Political Science and Public Administration.
First-year head football coach Monte Kiffin arrived at the first pep rally of the season in a helicopter.
Despite new caps to stay within budget, enrollment continued to climb steadily.
Duncan Goodhew won a gold medal for Great Britain in the 100 meter breaststroke at the Moscow Olympics.
For the first time in program history, the women's basketball team won the ACC championship.
