Found 40 events matching "North Carolina State University. Board of Trustees"
In Frazier v. the Board of Trustees of the University of North Carolina, the court determined that undergraduate colleges and universities should be open to African Americans.
The Consolidation Act was passed by the North Carolina General Assembly with some of the following provisions: State College became one of three campuses of the Consolidated University of North Carolina, which included UNC-Chapel Hill and the Women's College in Greensboro. State College's Board of Trustees was abolished, and a new board of trustees was established to oversee all three of the campuses. This arrangement continued until the creation of the UNC System in 1972.
The North Carolina State of the University of North Carolina at Raleigh was renamed the North Carolina State University at Raleigh.
The UNC System was created with NC State as one of the constituent campuses. A Board of Governors was established at the system level, and a new Board of Trustees was instituted at NC State to oversee matters specific to the university.
The state of North Carolina transferred Spring Hill House (ca. 1820) and approximately 130 acres from Dorothea Dix Hospital to NC State. In February 2001, the Board of Trustees approved the addition of the Spring Hill District, or Precinct, to Centennial Campus. The Japan Center moved into Spring Hill House in June 2001.
North Carolina State College was renamed "North Carolina State of the University of North Carolina at Raleigh." The new name was met with discontent by faculty members who labeled it awkward and embarrassing.
The Board of Trustees established the Alexander Quarles Holladay Medal for Excellence to honor NC State faculty members who have made outstanding contributions to the university through achievements in research, teaching, or extension and engagement.
Nicholas J. Rose wrote the History of the Mathematics Department at North Carolina State University.
The name of the campus library system was changed from the NCSU Libraries to the North Carolina State University Libraries, also known as NC State University Libraries.
Governor Sanford was booed after an NC State-Wake Forest basketball game in Reynolds Coliseum by students protesting the possible name change of the college from North Carolina State College to the University of North Carolina at Raleigh.
The Morrill Act became law and provided national funding to establish a land-grant college in each state. In North Carolina, this funding first went to the University of North Carolina. In 1887, the state legislature established the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (now NC State) as the state's land-grant institution.
Farmers' organizations in the state, along with the Watauga Club and Colonel Leonidas Polk, successfully lobbied the North Carolina State Legislature to add an agriculture school to the proposed industrial school in Raleigh. This new school would not be affiliated with the University of North Carolina and would be able to acquire and use the land scrip funds being received (but not used by) the University of North Carolina.
The Board of Trustees chose Alexander Q. Holladay as the first president of the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. The offer surprised Holladay because he applied to be a professor of English, but he accepted the presidency position anyway. He served in the position until 1899. (Biography of Alexander Holladay)
William L. Klarman became the head of Department of Plant Pathology in 1984. Dr. Klarman became Vice Chancellor for Research at North Carolina State University in 1990.
Carey Bostian wrote Development of the Department of Genetics, North Carolina State University, 1924-1976. A print edition exists in the library.
Consolidated University of North Carolina President William C. Friday announced that NC State may need to put a cap on enrollment unless more funding could be appropriated.
Terrence M. Curtin wrote The College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University: A Personal Perspective of Its Founding.
The Health, Education, and Welfare Department (HEW) informed the University of North Carolina schools that its institutions, including NC State, failed to comply with the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Gary Mock wrote A Century of Progress: The Textile Program, North Carolina State University, 1899-1999. A print edition exists in the library.
Reinard Harkema wrote A Concise History of the Department of Zoology, North Carolina State University at Raleigh (1887-1977). A print edition exists in the library.
