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Found 169 events matching "University of North Carolina System"

2020-2021
Melanie Flowers (President), McKenzy Heavlin (Vice President)

Melanie Flowers became the first African American woman elected student body president at NC State. She was also elected Chair of the Council of Student Body Presidents for the University of North Carolina System.

05/15/1982
93rd Commencement

The commencement speaker was Claude Ramsey, chairman and president of Akzona Incorporated. Stacey L. Schaeffer gave the Address to Fellow Graduates and E. Walton Jones, vice president for Research and Public Service Programs for the University of North Carolina System, gave remarks.

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05/10/1986
97th Commencement

William Friday, president emeritus of the University of North Carolina System, gave the commencement address. A. Jay Everette gave the Address to Fellow Graduates. An honorary degree was awarded to Philip Smith, executive officer of the National Academy of Sciences and former presidential science advisor.

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05/10/2008
Spring Commencement

Erskine B. Bowles, University of North Carolina System president, gave the commencement address. Christina Johnson gave the Address to Fellow Graduates. Honorary degrees were awarded to Pat Mora (Doctor of Humane Letters), Richard G. Robb (Doctor of Humane Letters), and C.D. Spangler Jr. (Doctor of Humane Letters).

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2019
Library system renamed

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.

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1965
Name changed again

The North Carolina State of the University of North Carolina at Raleigh was renamed the North Carolina State University at Raleigh.

9/3/1986
Court of North Carolina dedicated

The Court of North Carolina was previously used as a cow pasture and later as the site of the Quonset Huts that served as housing for World War II veterans. Legend has it that trees were planted in the Court to represent each of North Carolina's 100 counties, but there is no evidence to support the claim.

06/11/1950
61st Commencement

Brief talks were given by Governor W. Kerr Scott; Gordon Gray, president of the Consolidated University; and Chancellor John William Harrelson. The baccalaureate sermon was given by Bishop W. W. Peele of Richmond, VA. This was the first commencement held in Reynolds Coliseum. Honorary degrees were awarded to Harry Reed; dean of the School of Agriculture at Purdue University; Clyde Atkinson Erwin, State Superintendent of Public Instruction for North Carolina; John Flood Matheson, president of Mooresville Mills; Clyde Alvin Dillon, industrialist and benefactor of Raleigh; and Frank Porter Graham, first president of the Consolidated University of North Carolina (now UNC System).

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1987
"NCSU Libraries" became official name

"The NCSU Libraries" became the official name of the library system, encompassing the D. H. Hill Jr. Library and four branch libraries (Design, Natural Resources, Textiles, and Veterinary Medicine). Decades later the system was renamed the North Carolina State University Libraries.

1967
Thomas Wells graduated

Thomas R. Wells graduated with a bachelor's degree. He later became superintendent of the state park system in North Carolina.

1963
State College name changed

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.

08/26/1920
Federation of North Carolina Home Bureaus created

North Carolina Home Demonstration clubs joined to create the North Carolina Federation of Home Bureaus. It was decided and announced at the Farm Men and Farm Women's Convention in Raleigh.

4/21/1886
North Carolina Board of Agriculture accepted bid

The North Carolina Board of Agriculture accepted a bid to locate an industrial school in Raleigh.

1980
State Climate Office of North Carolina relocated

The State Climate Office of North Carolina found a permanent home in PAMS. The office was established as part of the UNC System in 1976 and was primarily housed at UNC-Chapel Hill. Since moving to NC State, the office grew into the primary source for North Carolina weather and climate information and for climate-related research, education and extension services.

3/3/1887
North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts established

The North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts was established using a combination of scrip funds reallocated from the University of North Carolina and funds from the Hatch Act of 1886, which established the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station.

2004
Department of Mathematics history written

Nicholas J. Rose wrote the History of the Mathematics Department at North Carolina State University.

1974
North Carolina Federation of Cooperative Extension Associations founded

This organization existed as a coalition of the NC Association of County Agricultural Agents; the NC Association of Extension 4-H Agents; the NC Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences; the NC Association of Extension Specialist; the NC Cooperative Extension Secretaries Association; and the NC Association of Extension Program Assistants, Associates and Technicians.

3/20/1875
Land scrip endowment restored

An original land scrip endowment to the University of North Carolina as part of the Morrill Act, lost during the Reconstruction period, was restored. This document created a College of Agriculture and a College of Engineering and Mechanic Arts at the University of North Carolina.

1931
Consolidation Act passed

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.

1951
African Americans declared eligible for graduate programs

The Consolidated University of North Carolina declared that African American students were eligible for admission into graduate programs.