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  1. 1892 First foreign student enrolls Cuban Jose Fabio Santo Trigo becomes the first foreign student to enroll at A&M College.
  2. 6/20/1893 First commencement Nineteen students receive degrees during the first commencement ceremony held at A&M College.
  3. 1894 Military Program Military science and tactics is first taught at NC State. Students (they are all male at this time) are designated cadets and required to attend drill.
  4. 1895 Sigma Nu becomes first fraternity A chapter of Sigma Nu was created, making it the first fraternity established at NC State.
  5. 11/1895 Red and white chosen A majority of students chose red and white as colors for the sports teams. The colors changed a couple different times during the early years of the college. The faculty agreed to the adoption of red and white and stated that they could not be changed again without a vote of two-thirds of the student body. The colors have remained the same ever since.
  6. 1898 First Asian graduate Teisaku Sugishita (of Tokyo, Japan) graduates with a degree in Civil Engineering, becoming the first Asian student to receive a degree from NC State. The 1899 alumni directory lists Sugishita as working for the Imperial Railway of Japan; he is last listed in the 1904 alumni directory; subsequent directories list him as "not heard from"; and assume his participation in (and possible death during) the Russo-Japan War of 1904-1905.
  7. 1902 Easter Monday tradition The first Easter Monday baseball game against Wake Forest is played, a tradition that would last until 1947.
  8. 1903 First Agromeck issued
  9. 4/13/1903 Dramatic Club performance The A&M College Dramatic Club presents the play "She Stoops to Conquer."
  10. 5/26/1913 Franklin D. Roosevelt gives commencement address Franklin Delano Roosevelt, then assistant Secretary of the Navy, spoke at commencement exercises. He implored young men to "stay East" because the western expansion of the nation meant abandoned farms in the east.
  11. 1916 Debut of Freshman Caps Freshman are required to wear a red cap with a white "F" while on campus to distinguish their status as underclassmen.
  12. 1918 First All-American athlete Football player John Ripple becomes the first All-American athlete at State College.
  13. 1918 New Monogram The monogram showing the letter "S" in block style with the letters "N" and "C" nestled within the spaces first appears in the Agromeck.
  14. 1/24/1920 Watauga Hall fire Fire destroys the third floor of Watauga Residence Hall
  15. 2/1/1920 First Technician issue The first issue of the Technician, the student newspaper, is published
  16. 3/1920 Technicians in the mail The Technician is mailed by the Registrar's office to 100 high schools across North Carolina to inform students about the activities at NC State
  17. 5/14/1920 Athletic monograms The Athletics Council makes a decision to award sweaters to athletes who receive monograms ("letters") for their athletic accomplishments; the first letter sweaters appear on campus shortly thereafter.
  18. 1921 Enrollment reaches 1,000 Enrollment at State College reaches 1,000 for an academic year for the first time.
  19. 1921 - 1922 Averette Gaston Floyd First Student Body President
  20. 10/15/1921 Student Government established
  21. 11/10/1921 Memorial Bell Tower cornerstone laid The cornerstone is laid for the Memorial Bell Tower, a monument to honor State College alumni who had been killed during World War I.
  22. 1922 - 1923 David Brainerd Vansant Student Body President
  23. 1922 Freshman Caps required The Student Council requires all first-year students to wear the caps on campus, citing a need to boost school spirit and reduce hazing. The Court of Customs, a branch of Student Council, can punish students who don’t comply. Freshmen start a tradition by burning their caps just before their spring final exams.
  24. 9/15/1922 Technician becomes a weekly publication
  25. 1923 - 1924 Percy Clevland Beatty Student Body President
  26. 10/5/1923 Gymnacrobatic Club founded The Gymnacrobatic Club is founded, hoping to put on "startling exhibitions" such as walking on telephone lines.
  27. 1924 Thompson Gymnasium (now Thompson Hall) opens Thompson Gymnasium opens, becoming the first on-campus home dedicated to basketball. Previously, home basketball games had been played in Raleigh Memorial Auditorium. It was built by architect Hobart Brown Upjohn and named for alumnus Frank Martin Thompson.
  28. 1924 - 1925 Clyde Roark Hoey, Jr. Student Body President
  29. 1/25/1924 Beauty contest The Technician begins a beauty contest to find the prettiest girl in Raleigh and the handsomest boy at State College.
  30. 9/19/1924 Music Department established
  31. 10/24/1924 First telephone installed Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company installs the first telephone exchange at State College.
  32. 11/13/1924 Apple Judging Team The State College Apple Judging Team wins third place at the Intercollegiate Apple Judging Contest in Atlantic City, NJ.
  33. 1925 - 1926 Henry Eli Kendall Student Body President
  34. 6/5/1925 Tuition increase Tuition increases to $60 for in-state students and $80 for out-of-state students.
  35. 10/1/1925 New cafeteria opens The new cafeteria opens (in the old Pullen Hall), allowing students to receive a month of meals for $25.
  36. 10/15/1925 D. H. Hill Library opens in what is now Brooks Hall The original D.H. Hill Library in what is now Brooks Hall was built by Hobart Brown Upjohn and named for Daniel Harvey Hill, Professor of English when NC State first opened.
  37. 11/21/1925 Agriculture Club social event The Agriculture Club of State College hosts a "Barn-warming" for visiting farmers at Thompson Gym.
  38. 1926 - 1927 John F. Matheson Student Body President
  39. 1/10/1926 Poultry Judging Team competition The State College Poultry Judging Team competes for the tenth consecutive year at the National Inter-Collegiate Poultry Judging Contest at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
  40. 5/8/1926 Class field trip A professor and six students from the Economic Geology class took a field trip to Carolina Coal Mine, and became trapped in the mine for four hours.
  41. 1927 - 1928 Cornelius Stickley Tucker Student Body President
  42. 2/5/1927 Academic regulations for athletes The Athletics Committee decides students must maintain a passing grade in 60% of their classes to play in collegiate athletic events.
  43. 2/26/1927 First female Phi Kappa Phi member Jane S. McKimmon becomes the first female inducted into NC State's chapter of Phi Kappa Phi.
  44. 3/12/1927 Fire destroys part of the Sigma Phi Epsilon house
  45. 3/27/1927 First pay phone installed Southern Bell Telephone Company removes the free telephone from the campus YMCA and replaces it with a pay phone, due to abuse of the free phone by students using the phone for "social visits."
  46. 5/20/1927 Agronomy lab work Students in the Agronomy 135 course (Farm Terracing) spend the day outside doing lab work, including surveying the land in preparation for planning tile drains.
  47. 6/7/1927 First degrees conferred to women The first degrees are conferred to women at NC State. Recipients are Jane McKimmon, B.S. in business administration; Charlotte Nelson, B.S. in education; and Mary Elizabeth Yarbrough, M.S. in chemistry. Yarbrough was the first female graduate to have completed all coursework while at NC State, and she went on to become the first woman to earn a master's degree at NC State.
  48. 10/28/1927 Marching band wears red and white The marching band begins wearing red and white uniforms when performing at athletic events.
  49. 1/1928 Mailboxes are installed in each dormitory building
  50. 1928 - 1929 William Purvis Albright Student Body President
  51. 9/29/1928 Increased female enrollment Twenty-one female students enroll at State College for the 1928-29 academic year, twice as many as the previous year.
  52. 1929 Senior blazers During the 1929-1930 academic year, "senior blazers" are worn for the first time, requiring a $2 deposit prior to purchase
  53. 1929 - 1930 J. P. Choplin Student Body President
  54. 4/11/1929 Textile Exposition and Style Show The School of Textiles hosts the annual Textile Exposition and Style Show.
  55. 10/1929 Freshman Cap punishment The Court of Customs sentences a freshman football player, whom the Technician refers to as “Comiskey,” to wear a dress for every day he has not worn his freshman cap. Comiskey claims he lost his cap and didn’t have enough money to buy another one.
  56. 11/11/1929 Freshman Cap vote Nearly 1,000 students—about half the student body—vote on the freshman cap referendum. By 15 votes, they elect to keep the caps. Freshmen accept the decision and continue to wear the caps throughout the spring semester, though the close vote leads the Student Council and the NC State Board of Trustees to consider requiring the caps to be worn just for the fall semester instead of the full academic year.
  57. 11/14/1929 Freshman Cap advice Comiskey (a student) has worn a dress for 13 days when more than 400 freshmen meet and decide to stand in unity with him and burn their freshman caps. Henry Love, Class of 1930 and Vice President of the Student Council, addresses the freshmen, telling them that “burning the caps now would only necessitate the buying of new ones, or trouble.” He advises them to try to get rid of the caps through a student body referendum.
  58. 11/21/1929 Freshman Cap referendum Freshmen vote 582 to 18 to seek a referendum regarding the required wearing of freshman caps on campus.
  59. 1930 First telephones in dormitories The first telephones are installed in the dormitories. Previously, telephones were only available for student use in the YMCA building.
  60. 1930 First female to enroll as a freshman Ada Curtis Spencer becomes the first female to enroll as a freshman and complete a four-year degree from NC State. She majored in social science.
  61. 1930 Phi Epsilon established Phi Epsilon becomes the first local sorority established at State College.
  62. 1930 - 1931 Daniel Murray Paul Student Body President
  63. 2/7/1930 Quiet Hour in dormitories Quiet Hour goes into effect in all dormitories, beginning at 8pm.
  64. 5/15/1930 Freshman Cap address In an end-of-the-year address to students, the Dean of Students, Edward L. Cloyd (Class of 1915), says he supports the elimination of the caps, because it makes freshmen easily distinguishable and a target for hazing. He encourages freshmen to continue to work to abolish them.
  65. 9/1930 Freshman Cap abolished Students return to campus to learn that during their June meeting, the Board of Trustees abolished the freshman cap. Though they no longer wear the caps, freshmen still carry matches to light the cigarettes of upperclassmen.
  66. 1931 Consolidation Act The Consolidation Act is passed by the North Carolina General Assembly, with the following provisions: 1. State College becomes one of three campuses of the Consolidated University of North Carolina. The other campuses are UNC-Chapel Hill and the Women's College in Greensboro (which later became UNC-Greensboro). 2. State College's name is changed to the North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering of the University of North Carolina 3. The School of Education becomes the Department of Education 4. The School of Science and Business is abolished. No new students will be admitted to this school after 1933. Under consolidation, State College's Board of Trustees is abolished, and a new board of trustees is established at the consolidated level to oversee all three of the campuses. This arrangement continues until the creation of the UNC System in 1972.
  67. 1931 - 1932 Charles Romeo Lefort Student Body President
  68. 5/21/1931 The Order of Thirty and Three The Order of Thirty and Three is founded by members of the sophomore class; there are eleven charter members.
  69. 1932 - 1933 Mark K. Wilson, Jr. Student Body President
  70. 10/25/1932 Franklin Delano Roosevelt visits Presidential candidate Franklin Delano Roosevelt makes a campaign stop in Raleigh; State College suspends classes for the day so that students may attend the speech, with the band performing at the event.
  71. 1933 Early student jobs A system of allowing students to work as janitors in the dorms to cover some of their expenses is tried.
  72. 1933 - 1934 William J. Barker Student Body President
  73. 10/14/1933 Riddick Field Concrete Stands State College ties the University of Florida, 0-0, in the first football game held at Riddick Field with its new concrete stands. The field was named for Wallace Carl Riddick.
  74. 12/8/1933 Civil Works Administration projects An announcement is made inviting students to be employed on Civil Works Administration projects to improve the campus.
  75. 1934 - 1935 Marshall Jennings Gardner Student Body President
  76. 2/21/1934 Academic dress required during commencement The senior class passes a resolution requesting that faculty who participate in commencement exercises wear caps and gowns.
  77. 10/26/1934 Honor system abolished A faculty vote officially abolishes the honor system at State College; teachers will now have to remain in the classroom during all quizzes and exams.
  78. 11/27/1934 Power outage After a power outage causes lights in the 1911 Dormitory to go off, students build a fire in front of the building to provide light inside. The Raleigh Fire Department sends two trucks to extinguish the blaze, with organized student cheering sections encouraging the firemen while they work.
  79. 12/3/1934 Exemption proposal denied The faculty deny a proposal to exempt senior class from all examinations.
  80. 1935 - 1936 William Brantley Aycock Student Body President
  81. 10/4/1935 Bell Tower grant The Memorial Bell Tower construction project receives a $37,000 Works Progress Administration grant.
  82. 1936 - 1937 Lloyd N. Brown Student Body President
  83. 1/30/1936 Snowball fight A combined army of the Fifth and Sixth Dorms battle South Dormitory to a draw in a snowball fight. The Fifth-Sixth army was particularly efficient at throwing snowballs through open windows in South Dormitory.
  84. 1937 - 1938 James Clinton Frink Student Body President
  85. 6/1937 Textiles graduating class Depicted here is part of the 1937 graduating class at the Textile School of NC State College. Dean Thomas Nelson is in the front row, seventh from the left. The 1937 class was the largest the Textile School had up to that time.
  86. 1938 - 1939 William McCook Bailey Student Body President
  87. 1/28/1938 Seniors donate $1,000 toward a clock for the Memorial Bell Tower
  88. 5/16/1938 Jimmy Dorsey visits Jimmy Dorsey's orchestra performs at a dance sponsored by the Interfraternity Council.
  89. 9/30/1938 Chemistry research Female chemist J.C. Richmond of State College is awarded a grant to study the Vitamin C content in goat's milk and the presence of nicotinic acid in cow's milk.
  90. 10/20/1938 Free Homecoming tickets The Raleigh Junior Chamber of Commerce distributes free tickets to State's Homecoming football game against Furman by releasing balloons with instructions for the finders on how to claim their free tickets.
  91. 11/11/1938 Chinese delegates visit Chinese delegates address State College students and Raleigh citizens in an event sponsored by the YMCA and YWCA.
  92. 1939 - 1940 Ernest Earl Durham Student Body President
  93. 1/13/1939 Protest over tuition increases Student body gathers in Thompson Gymnasium to protest to proposed tuition fee increases (from $85 to $125 for North Carolina residents, and from $180 to $225 for out-of-state students).
  94. 2/17/1939 Attendance policy set The Student Welfare Committee approves a plan that allows juniors and seniors with a B cumulative grade point average to have ten unexcused absences per term and twenty per year, but no more than sixty during their four-year academic careers.
  95. 5/13/1939 Annual Pushball contest Freshman and sophomores battle in the annual Pushball contest, consisting of pushing a ball 6 feet in diameter and weighing 75 pounds into the opponent's goal.
  96. 9/12/1939 "College Days" film premier "College Days," a film starring Art Rooney and Carolyn Tucker, premiers, portraying typical events in an NC State student's life.
  97. 9/29/1939 Commemorative Technician issue The Technician produces a special 58-page edition to commemorate NC State's 50th anniversary.
  98. 11/17/1939 First annual High School Day The first annual High School Day brings approximately 6,000 seniors to visit NC State's campus; many stay to attend the State-Duquesne football game, as well.
  99. 1940 - 1941 Paul Lehman Student Body President
  100. 1/5/1940 College doctor retires Dr. Campbell completes 20 years of service to NC State as the college doctor.
  101. 2/9/1940 New fight song Fred Waring, prominent national band leader, agrees to write a new fight song for NC State, and to air it during his March 8, 1940 radio program.
  102. 9/13/1940 First work study program State College's first work study program begins for Engineering students, with approximately twenty students employed.
  103. 1941 Declining women's enrollment In 1941, only twenty women were enrolled at State College alongside 2,406 men.
  104. 1941 - 1942 William D. Robbins Student Body President
  105. 3/7/1941 Bell Tower bell rung Students learn that State College acquired the bell and bronze tablet in the Memorial Bell Tower from the U.S. cruiser Charlotte (a ship that fought for the U.S. Navy in WWI and was retired after 17 years of service on Nov. 11, 1935). The bell was rung once - when a group of students celebrating a basketball defeat over UNC broke into the tower and rang the bell.
  106. 5/9/1941 Technician presents a special Spring Fashion issue
  107. 1942 - 1943 Robert Davis Boyce Student Body President
  108. 1/30/1942 Early graduation approved The faculty approves a plan to allow seniors who are taking jobs in essential industries or joining the military to graduate early.
  109. 2/6/1942 Katharine Stinson hired Katharine Stinson, a 1941 graduate of State College, is hired by the Civil Aeronautics Administration (forerunner of the Federal Aviation Administration) as a junior engineer, making her the first woman to hold this position.
  110. 4/17/1942 Special summer courses The faculty approve a plan to hold fall engineering classes in the summer as part of a nationwide war effort to accelerate graduation at technical schools for the benefit of the war effort.
  111. 4/24/1942 Higher female enrollment sought Increased enrollment by women needed in engineering courses; urgent appeals are made as the male students leave to fight in the war.
  112. 4/24/1942 Blood drive Students hold a blood drive to support the war effort.
  113. 4/24/1942 Famous hypnotist Dr. Polgar visits
  114. 10/7/1942 Scrap metal drive Students gather over 150,000 pounds of scrap metal in 3 hours for the war effort; a banner over the collection pile reads "To Hitler & Co. from NC State College."
  115. 1943 - 1944 Hugh Crocker Murrill Student Body President
  116. 2/12/1943 Defense classes Plans are announced for up to 2,000 military trainees to enroll at State College to take specialized defense classes through the United States War Department; the college will operate as two separate units: one for the military and one civilians.
  117. 4/9/1943 Enrollment decline Enrollment hits the lowest mark in 20 years, due to the number of students leaving to join the military.
  118. 10/1/1943 Engineering fellowships for women Eighteen young women win a fellowship of $1,425 from Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, which will employ them as engineering aides after they complete a 48-week course offered by State College.
  119. 12/29/1943 Student-run book store opens on campus
  120. 1944 - 1945 Albert Neal Perry Student Body President
  121. 2/18/1944 Infirmary moves to Clark Hall The college infirmary moves from Carroll Infirmary to Clark Hall, becoming the largest and most modern such facility among all Southeastern non-medical colleges.
  122. 2/25/1944 Alumni in the Armed Services Over 5,000 NC State alumni reported to be serving in the Armed Services, six of whom have obtained the rank of General.
  123. 1945 - 1946 Lucien William Gatlin Student Body President
  124. 1945 WNCS broadcast schedule WNCS, the campus radio station, begins broadcasting three nights a week.
  125. 1945 Women's enrollment increases Fifty-eight women are enrolled at NC State, many taking advantage of special scholarships to provide engineering training to women so they can work in industry during World War II.
  126. 2/25/1945 Comic Strip Banquet A Comic Strip Banquet, addressing the creation and impact of comic strips, is held in the private dining room of the cafeteria.
  127. 6/10/1945 Late release of Agromeck The 1945 Agromeck is printed and released late, due to wartime restrictions.
  128. 1946 - 1947 Fred Homewood Wagoner Student Body President
  129. 5/1946 Old Faithful whistle replaced The whistle had indicated class changes and mealtimes, and it was also used to warn students of campus fires.
  130. 8/1946 Trailwood founded More than 75 trailers (forming what was known as the "City of Trailers" or "Trailwood") were constructed so that married WWII veterans and their families could attend NC State on the GI Bill. In 1949, Trailwood was relocated, and Williams Hall was built in its place.
  131. 9/28/1946 Marching band returns A football game against Duke marks the first post-war appearance of the marching band.
  132. 9/28/1946 Football victory over Duke NC State beats Duke in football for the first time since 1932, with a final score of 13-6; the wife of right end and co-captain Al Phillips gives birth to a baby boy only hours after the contest.
  133. 10/4/1946 WNCS broadcast schedule increases Campus radio station WNCS begins broadcasting campus-wide Monday through Friday between the hours of 7:30 PM and 11:30 PM.
  134. 10/18/1946 Trip to Wake Forest football game State College secures a "victory train" to take 6,000 students to go to the football game against Wake Forest (in Winston-Salem); train tickets are $0.65 and tickets to the game are $1.00.
  135. 11/1/1946 Early female band member Lois Madden (on drums) becomes one of the first women to ever join the NC State marching band.
  136. 1947 - 1948 Jennings Brooks Teal Student Body President
  137. 1947 Vetville Vetville opens as another location to house married veterans attending NC State after World War II. Later, Korean War veterans lived there. At the end of the 1950s, Bragaw Dormitory was built on the former Vetville site.
  138. 2/25/1947 Forced basketball forfeiture NC State is forced by the Raleigh fire chief to forfeit a basketball game against UNC because Thompson Gymnasium is too crowded and students refuse to leave the building.
  139. 8/7/1947 Vetville Vetville was another enterprise to house married veterans attending NC State after World War II. Later, Korean War veterans lived there. At the end of the 1950s Bragaw dormitory was built on the site.
  140. 10/13/1947 New intramurals announced Four new intramural sports to begin NC State: football, volleyball, boxing, and tennis.
  141. 10/17/1947 Beauty Section added to Agromeck The Agromeck announces it is adding a Beauty Section to "offer the average Joe College a chance to show his beauty-getting ability." Men are asked to send in snapshots of their girlfriends to be judged, and the top 10 will appear in the yearbook.
  142. 11/14/1947 Pep rally plans A pyrotechnic display consisting of sparklers spelling out "Beat Wake Forest" is planned for the day's pep rally.
  143. 1948 - 1949 Fred Algie Kendall, Jr. Student Body President
  144. 1/17/1948 Thompson Gymnasium condemned The Raleigh city building inspector condemns Thompson Gymnasium just hours before a Men’s Basketball game against Duke. Only a few reporters and college officials are allowed to attend the next home game, against High Point College. From then until the completion of Reynolds Coliseum in 1949, home games are played in Raleigh’s Memorial Auditorium.
  145. 10/19/1948 President Truman visits President Truman reviews techniques of State College ROTC cadets during a parade.
  146. 1949 - 1950 Hoyle Brannock Adams Student Body President
  147. 1949 Record graduating class More than 1,000 students graduate from State College for the first time.
  148. 2/23/1949 Outing Club established
  149. 4/15/1949 First annual Greek Week A banquet ends the First Annual Greek Week, sponsored by the Inter-Fraternity Council.
  150. 5/13/1949 Coke bottle problem The Coca-Cola Company threatens to remove their machines from campus if students don't start returning empty bottles to the racks instead of discarding them around campus.
  151. 1950 - 1951 Jack Graham McCracken Student Body President
  152. 10/21/1950 First televised football game A State College football game is televised for the first time; the team takes on the University of Maryland in the contest.
  153. 1951 - 1952 George Baxton Pruden Student Body President
  154. 1951 Graduate admission for African Americans The Consolidated University of North Carolina decides that African American students are eligible for admission into graduate programs.
  155. 2/23/1951 Debate Team championship State College Debate Team members all win votes for national individual ranking during a competition at Columbia University.
  156. 1952 - 1953 Vincent C. Outland Student Body President
  157. 1952 Honors for swimmer Bob Mattson Swimmer Bob Mattson wins the first of four consecutive All-American honors; in 1955 he also becomes State's first NCAA champion, winning the 200-yard breaststroke.
  158. 12/5/1952 Cross Country championship State College celebrates a second consecutive Cross Country Southern Conference championship (the first in 1951), as well as a Dual Meet championship. Runner Buz Sawyer takes first place in the meet, after finishing ninth overall in the nation during a meet the previous week.
  159. 1953 - 1954 Billy Barnes Oliver Student Body President
  160. 1953 First African-American graduate students admitted State College admits two African-American graduate students into the School of Engineering: Robert Clemons and Hardy Liston. Clemons became the college's first black graduate; Liston later withdrew and didn't complete his degree.
  161. 2/27/1953 Semester system implemented The Board of Trustees agrees to transition the academic calendar from a quarter system to a semester system, by a vote of 46-28. NC State will switch over in the fall semester of 1953.
  162. 4/1/1953 World Series of Basketball A game in the 4th annual World Series of Basketball, featuring the 1953 All-Americans versus the Harlem Globetrotters, is played in Reynolds Coliseum.
  163. 5/29/1953 Student success in the School of Design A popular myth that there is a "high academic mortality rate" for School of Design students is debunked. Of the 629 students enrolled in the School of Design, only 12 received flunking grades, a 2% mortality rate - much less than the rumored rate of 10%.
  164. 1954 - 1955 Lloyd McForrest Cheek Student Body President
  165. 10/15/1954 Hurricane damage Hurricane Hazel destroys the cupola on Becton Hall and the roof of the press box at Riddick Stadium.
  166. 1955 - 1956 James Martin Nolan First non-senior Student Body President
  167. 1955 Frazier v. the Board of Trustees of the University of North Carolina In Frazier v. the Board of Trustees of the University of North Carolina, the court determines that undergraduate colleges and universities should be open to African Americans.
  168. 1956 - 1957 James Martin Nolan Student Body President
  169. 1956 First African-American undergraduates The first four African-American undergraduates enroll at North Carolina State College: Ed Carson, Manuel Crockett, Irwin Holmes, and Walter Holmes.
  170. 1956 Enrollment reaches 5,000 for the first time
  171. 5/24/1956 Agronomy Club Banquet Dr. Arthur Kelman, professor of Plant Pathology, receives an award for being voted the most outstanding professor in the School of Agriculture at the first annual Agronomy Club Banquet.
  172. 8/1956 Electronic analog computer Students working on spinner rocket project with a Goodyear Electronic Differential analyzer, a type of electronic analog computer, August 1956.
  173. 9/7/1956 First marriage in Danforth Chapel Jim Stewart, former president of the YMCA, becomes the first person to get married in State College's Danforth Chapel.
  174. 1957 Technician publication schedule increases The Technician begins printing multiple issues each week for the first time.
  175. 1957 - 1958 James Baxter Hunt, Jr. Student Body President
  176. 1957 First African-American graduate Robert Clemons received a professional degree in Electrical Engineering (PREE), becoming the first African-American to graduate from NC State.
  177. 2/13/1957 Louis Armstrong visits Jazz pioneer Louis Armstrong performs at Reynolds Coliseum.
  178. 9/23/1957 Jim Hunt becomes Student Body President The 1957 president-elect for Student Government fails to meet academic requirements to return to campus and take office, thus vice-president elect, Jim Hunt, becomes Student Body President for the year. Hunt would serve as president again the following year, and go on to become governor of North Carolina.
  179. 10/7/1957 Matthews Medal established A newly-established scholarship and student award will honor the first student enrolled at State, W.J. Matthews, and be henceforth known as the Matthews Medal.
  180. 1958 First integrated athletic team African-American student Irwin Holmes joins the tennis team, making it the first integrated athletic team at State College.
  181. 1958 - 1959 James Baxter Hunt, Jr. Student Body President
  182. 1958 WVWP becomes WKNC The campus radio station changes its call letters from WVWP to WKNC.
  183. 2/20/1958 Bragaw Hall construction Construction of Bragaw Hall begins to draw attention. The "new modernistic dormitory" is a "familiar landmark on the campus." It was named for Henry C. Bragaw, an alumnus who was killed in World War II and awarded the Silver and Bronze Stars and two Purple Hearts.
  184. 4/1/1958 Technician pranks The April Fool's Day edition of the Technician proclaims that the College Union building has been destroyed by fire. The front page also includes headlines about dropping the ROTC program and introducing Home Economics courses into the curriculum.
  185. 4/22/1958 Jim Hunt's re-election In an unprecedented landslide, Jim Hunt is elected to a second term as Student Body President. Hunt would go on to be a four-term governor of North Carolina.
  186. 1959 - 1960 Haden Edward Knox Student Body President
  187. 2/26/1959 Bragaw Hall dedication Bragaw Hall is dedicated to the late Henry Churchill Bragaw, a well-known NC State alumnus who died during WWII. Bragaw was awarded two Purple Hearts and a Silver Star for his heroic actions during the war.
  188. 1960 - 1961 James Robert Cooke Student Body President
  189. 1960 First African-American athletics team captain Irwin Holmes became co-captain of the tennis team, making him the first African American athletics team captain at NC State.
  190. 3/14/1960 First sorority Gamma Phi chapter members of the Sigma Kappa Sorority hold their first pledge dance at the Carolina Hotel. Formed in 1959, this was the first active chapter of a national sorority at NC State.
  191. 4/1960 Students and Faculty call for Raleigh integration Student Government passes a resolution calling for racial integration of public facilities in Raleigh. This is followed by a similar resolution from the Faculty Senate. Student Government forms the Human Relations Committee to write letters to area merchants.
  192. 10/21/1960 Kingston Trio performs The Kingston Trio performs at Reynolds Coliseum.
  193. 10/26/1960 John Dos Passos visits Novelist John Dos Passos, author of Manhattan Transfer and the U.S.A. trilogy, gives a lecture at the College Union.
  194. 11/16/1960 Lawrence Ferlinghetti visits Lawrence Ferlinghetti, a noted poet associated with the Beat Generation, gives a lecture at the College Union.
  195. 1961 - 1962 Edward Norris Tolson Student Body President
  196. 1961 Coed lounge Women's enrollment reaches 308, and the Erdahl-Cloyd student center features a special "coed" lounge.
  197. 11/4/1961 Harrelson Hall (named for former chancellor John William Harrelson) opens Harrelson Hall, NC State's newest classroom building, opens to the public for the first time as part of the School of Agriculture's Open House. The building seats 3,429 people.
  198. 1962 - 1963 Floyd Enlow McCall Student Body President
  199. 1962 Computing Center established
  200. 4/7/1962 Mercury space capsule displayed A Mercury space capsule, on loan from NASA, is one of the exhibits displayed at the annual Engineers' Fair.
  201. 4/16/1962 Popularity of Bragaw Hall 171 students wait in line in front of the Student Housing Office to get rooms in Bragaw Hall for the following year.
  202. 5/16/1962 Syme Dormitory pronunciation survey Students discover that the correct pronunciation of "Syme" Dormitory, is "sim," and that is named after George Frederick Syme, a civil engineer who served as the first president of the Raleigh Engineers Club. Over half of the students surveyed thought the pronunciation was "sime."
  203. 12/10/1962 Unpopularity of potential name change Governor Sanford gets booed after an NC State-Wake Forest basketball game in Reynolds Coliseum by students protesting the possible name change of the University from North Carolina State College to the University of North Carolina at Raleigh.
  204. 1963 - 1964 John Bynum Student Body President
  205. 1963 Cora Kemp beomes the first female Technician editor
  206. 2/14/1963 Challenge issued to UNC students Two NC State students challenge UNC students to a 55-mile walk-a-thon. If accepted, the students plan to leave at 2 pm on March 2nd, and hike throughout the night to the agreed location, where the winning team will be determined by the most walkers present throughout the race and completing it in under 20 hours. State students believe they will win.
  207. 4/30/1963 Protest over racial segregation A group of NC State students join with students from Shaw University to protest racial segregation policies in effect at the State Theater on Salisbury Street.
  208. 9/16/1963 Discontinuation of cigarette ads A Technician article cites the recent discontinuation of cigarette ads placed in university publications, a result of efforts to reduce exposure of young persons to cigarettes.
  209. 9/18/1963 Protective eyewear required in Chemistry labs All Chemistry lab students must now wear protective eyewear, as voted on by the Chemistry Department, regardless of whether that student otherwise wears glasses.
  210. 9/25/1963 Warning to students in Physics courses The new head of the Physics Department, Dr. Dudley Williams, is glad to have joined NC State. He warns his students that sleeping in class merits a piece of chalk thrown directly at them.
  211. 10/10/1963 Stan Getz performs Jazz saxophonist Stan Getz performs at Reynolds Coliseum.
  212. 10/12/1963 Football game broadcast in Reynolds Coliseum For the first time ever, an NC State football game is shown in Reynolds Coliseum via closed-circuit television.
  213. 10/16/1963 Campus Pride Week Campus Pride Week is created in an effort to urge students to walk on the sidewalks through campus and not on the grass. Some students, however, are caught ignoring these efforts put forth by the Student Government.
  214. 1964 - 1965 John Leslie Atkins, III Student Body President
  215. 1964 First female representative on the Honor Code Board Mary Ann Weathers became first female student elected to the Honor Code Board.
  216. 1964 Fraternity Court opens Fraternity court opens with new buildings to house Greek organizations on campus.
  217. 5/1/1964 Inaugural Windhover released The inaugural issue of The Windhover, NC State's annual literary and art magazine, is released.
  218. 6/8/1964 Dorm '62 opens "Dorm '62" is dedicated and opened to residents for the first time. The building would be renamed Lee Dormitory the following year.
  219. 11/2/1964 Women in science and engineering Two female engineering students from NC State attend a conference at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that discusses the opportunities and difficulties facing women in the fields of science and engineering.
  220. 11/10/1964 Compulsory ROTC service abolished The Faculty Senate votes to abolish compulsory ROTC. Prior to this date, all male students were required to take military training.
  221. 1965 First Summer Institute for International Students offered
  222. 1965 - 1966 John A. "Jackie" Mitchell Student Body President
  223. 2/22/1965 Pullen Hall destroyed by fire The original Pullen Hall is destroyed by a fire, which a former student later admitted to setting. Pullen Hall was built in 1902, and was the center of campus activities in the early twentieth century. It was located on the site of the present-day Peele Hall parking lot. A few years later, another building on campus was built and named Pullen Hall.
  224. 11/10/1965 Rolling Stones perform The Rolling Stones perform at Reynolds Coliseum. The Stones are joined by Patti LaBelle for the show.
  225. 11/13/1965 Final game at Riddick Stadium The final football game is played in Riddick Stadium. Members of the football team mob Harold Deters after he kicks the winning field goal against Florida State, resulting in a final score of 3-0.
  226. 1966 - 1967 Mike Cauble Student Body President
  227. 1966 First female African-American undergraduate degree recipient Norma Wright Garcia becomes the first African-American female to receive an undergraduate degree, earning a BA in history.
  228. 1966 Enrollment reaches 10,000 for the first time
  229. 3/2/1966 Martin Niemoller visits Martin Niemoller, a German Lutheran pastor who was imprisoned in a concentration camp for his anti-Nazi views, gives a speech at Erdahl-Cloyd Student Union. Niemoller is perhaps best knows as the author of the poem "First they came..."
  230. 5/5/1966 Everett Case's funeral A funeral is held for long-time Men's Basketball coach Everett Case; his last recruiting class of players serve as pallbearers.
  231. 1967 - 1968 Wes McClure Student Body President
  232. 1967 First black Miss North Carolina State University Mary Evelyn Porterfield becomes the first black Miss North Carolina State University.
  233. 7/1/1967 Outstanding Cadet NC State student Wayne Mayfield is chosen as the most outstanding cadet of the AFROTC Field Training Unit at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio.
  234. 10/30/1967 Perfect season The 1967 Freshman Football team finishes the season with a perfect 5-0 record.
  235. 10/31/1967 Halloween activities 70 NC State students take 70 children from the Governor Morehead School and Garner Road School (both schools for the blind) trick-or-treating, and then to the YMCA for hot chocolate afterward. For many of these children, this is their first-ever chance to participate in Halloween traditions.
  236. 12/8/1967 Longer library hours D.H. Hill Library extends the closing hour from 11PM to 1AM.
  237. 1968 - 1969 Wes McClure Student Body President
  238. 1968 First basketball scholarship awarded to an African-American Al Heartley becomes the first African-American to be awarded a basketball scholarship at NC State. He later became the first African-American captain of the team (1970-1971), and the first African-American to win the Alumni Athletics trophy (1971).
  239. 1968 First African-American recruited for basketball Ed Leftwich becomes the first African-American to be recruited to the basketball team, and the first to receive a scholarship as a freshman.
  240. 1968 Changes in Library operations After thefts of valuable volumes, a security system is installed in the D. H. Hill Library, and all doors are locked after service hours.
  241. 4/6/1968 Student reaction to Martin Luther King, Jr. assasination On the weekend of King’s death approximately 200 white students and faculty (from UNC and Duke as well as NCSU) gathered in the Brickyard intending to march on the State Capitol Building in an attempt to speak with Governor Dan Moore. The ultimate goal of the march was to present a petition to the governor that "show[ed] the Negro community that concern exists among whites by presenting written grievances to the governor." However, the march did not go forward as planned. After the Raleigh Police Department stopped the group at Winston Hall, Chancellor Caldwell pled with protesters to disperse peacefully, saying, "I wept tears when Martin Luther King died; I loved that man. But you don’t have to demonstrate by breaking the law." With threats of arrest looming, and National Guard troops waiting at the Velvet Cloak Inn to intercept the march should it reach that point, the protesters dispersed as requested. The following Monday, a smaller group went to the Capitol and presented the petition to an aide to the governor, who promised that the governor would read it.
  242. 4/14/1968 Academic College Bowl appearance Students from NC State compete in the General Electric Academic College Bowl.
  243. 11/9/1968 Folksinger Bob Godfrey performs
  244. 12/21/1968 Apollo VIII participation The Apollo VIII spacecraft launches, becoming the first human spaceflight mission to escape Earth's gravitational field; many NC State alumni and faculty play a role in both the development and launch of the spacecraft.
  245. 1969 - 1970 Jack Barger Student Body President
  246. 1969 First African-American football scholarship recipient Clyde Chesney becomes the first African-American to receive a football scholarship.
  247. 1969 First African-American Student Senate President Eric Moore became the first African American Student Senate President.
  248. 1969 Making aeronautical history Twenty-six NC State alumni, all employees of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), play a key role in the voyage of the Apollo 11 space mission, which is successful in placing the first men on the moon.
  249. 2/28/1969 Student rally A group of students hold a rally to support better wages and working conditions for non-academic workers on campus. The protest is organized by the Society of Afro-American Culture and an offshoot of Students for a Democratic Society calling themselves "The Group."
  250. 10/14/1969 Vietnam Symposium NC State responds to a call for campus protests nationwide, as a "moratorium" against the Vietnam War. A faculty-student committee organizes a Vietnam Symposium, with Chancellor John Caldwell as keynote speaker and several faculty members talking on the impact of the war.
  251. 11/10/1969 Homecoming Queen candidates David Mark Brown becomes one of 22 semi-finalists competing for the position of Homecoming Queen. Sponsored by Kappa Alpha Fraternity, Brown ran to promote higher campus interest in Homecoming.
  252. 11/12/1969 Referendum policy Student Government passes a bill stating that students may place referendums on Student Senate election ballots by collecting signatures of at least 5% of the student body in favor of the referendum.
  253. 1970 - 1971 Cathy Sterling First female Student Body President
  254. 1970 First African-American recipients of full football scholarships Willie Burden and Charley Young become the first African-Americans to receive football scholarships as incoming freshmen.
  255. 1970 African American Cultural Center formed Students form NC State's first African American Cultural Center, which was located in the YMCA building.
  256. 1970 First African American Miss NCSU Mary Evelyn Porterfield elected first African American Miss NCSU. In an interview with the Technician following her selection as homecoming queen, Porterfield stated, "If I had been the first black homecoming queen ever at a university of this size, I think it would have weighed much more heavily on my emotions, but to me, by this time, it seems as ordinary as would have been any selection. I think State is three years behind in the trend . . . I realize that this is a victory for the blacks on campus, and particularly for the black female."
  257. 4/11/1970 Tommy Burleson comes to State 7'3" high school All-American basketball player Tommy Burleson announces his decision to accept a scholarship offer to play for NC State. Burleson would go on to be a key member of NC State's 1974 National Championship team.
  258. 5/5/1970 First female Student Body President Cathy Sterling is elected Student Body President, becoming the first woman to hold a major campus student elective post. During her presidency, Sterling led the student body in a retreat to protest the invasion of Cambodia. Her report, "Due to Circumstances Beyond Our Control," resulted in a greater student role in the spending of student fees. Sterling says of her decision to run for student body president, "A few weeks before the election, a few friends asked me to run for president, and I just did it. I don't know why I did it, but I just did." -- Raleigh Times, Friday, February 1, 1985, p. 1B.
  259. 5/7/1970 Vietnam and Kent State protest NC State students hold a convocation on the Brickyard in the aftermath of U.S. expansion of the Vietnam War into Cambodia, and the death of four Kent State University students in Ohio. The following day, nearly 6,000 students from NC State and other colleges protest by marching on the State Capitol.
  260. 8/1970 Lee Hall becomes NC State's first co-ed dorm
  261. 1971 - 1972 Richard Gusler Student Body President
  262. 1971 Second African-American earns Ph.D. Augustus M. Witherspoon becomes the second African American to earn a Ph.D. from NC State, and the first African American to receive a doctoral degree and go on to join the faculty (see 1979).
  263. 1971 First African-American fraternity Seven students found a local chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha, making it NC State's first African-American fraternity.
  264. 1971 Increased equality The Division of Student Affairs hires a black counselor, makes financial aid available to black students, and encourages black cultural programs.
  265. 1971 First female valedictorian Jane Carol Pickard becomes the first female valedictorian.
  266. 2/12/1971 Book drive A group of students donate over 3000 books to Raleigh Central Prison, completing a drive to collect books to provide prisoners with study materials for high school equivalency tests.
  267. 2/22/1971 New dining options Harris Cafeteria offers new $.99 dinners and $.89 breakfasts, each of which includes 1 entree, 2 vegetables, 2 rolls, 2 pieces of oleo, and a beverage.
  268. 2/24/1971 Possible cap on enrollment Consolidated University of North Carolina President William C. Friday announces that the NC State may need to put a ceiling on enrollment, unless more funding can be appropriated.
  269. 3/17/1971 Accolades for the Technician The Technician receives its third consecutive "All-American" rating from the Associated Collegiate Press.
  270. 3/27/1971 Mile run record Jim Wilkins of NC State sets a new time record of 4:01 in the individual mile run in Gainesville, Florida.
  271. 4/7/1971 Technician joke explained Technician editors finally explain what nematodes are, ending a 2-month series of nematode jokes which had run in the paper.
  272. 4/14/1971 Cooking spaces approved for dorms The Inter-Residence Council approves the construction of cooking spaces in all dorms, hoping to alleviate problems with students cooking illegally in their dorm rooms.
  273. 9/3/1971 Student Government party Free beer is offered during the first annual Student Government Coffee House Party, with no reported incidents.
  274. 1972 - 1973 Donald Abernathy Student Body President
  275. 1972 First African-American All-American winner David Thompson is named NC State's first African-American All-American winner in basketball.
  276. 1972 "In a Black Perspective" published NC State publishes "In a Black Perspective." This pamphlet tallies the university's black community at nine professors and 222 students (out of a total 13,809), and lists courses focusing on black history and culture: two in Political Science and one on race relations in Sociology.
  277. 1972 UNC System created The UNC System is created, with NC State as one of the constituent campuses. A Board of Governors is established at the system level, but a new Board of Trustees is instituted at NC State to oversee matters specific to the university.
  278. 1/21/1972 Student Affairs watchdog Dean of Student Affairs Banks Talley has been issued parking sticker A0007. When asked if he had any connection to James Bond, who is Agent 007, Talley replied that he is not a spy - though many students believe his office has spies everywhere.
  279. 4/4/1972 Pan-Afrikan Festival The second annual Pan-Afrikan Festival begins.
  280. 4/10/1972 Technician wins award The Technician is named the best newspaper in the Southeast during the 8th annual Southeastern College Newspaper Competition.
  281. 4/14/1972 New mile run record NC State student Jim Wilkins sets another record in the individual mile run in a meet against Wake Forest, breaking his own previous record from the year before.
  282. 4/15/1972 Forestry Team championship The NC State Forestry Team take home the championship at the annual Conclave, an event based around forestry skills such as logging, timer estimation, sawing, log rolling, etc.
  283. 4/16/1972 Student protest NC State students join an anti-war protest on the steps of the State Capitol in response to the U.S. bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong in North Vietnam.
  284. 4/17/1972 WKNC temporarily off the air The college radio station WKNC announces it will go off the air for the remainder of the school year, due to an air conditioner failure in the studio.
  285. 4/21/1972 Vietnam War protest Over 1000 students march down Hillsborough Street from campus to the State Capitol to protest the Vietnam War, staging a rally on the capitol steps.
  286. 6/1972 Talley Student Center opens 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 Library) as the campus student center.
  287. 7/1972 - 7/1972 Card catalog Interior of D. H. Hill Library, showing the documents card catalog. A few years after this photo was taken, in 1975, the NCSU Libraries commenced “computerized” cataloging of the book collection, which led to the development of the online catalog.
  288. 8/23/1972 Fire in Bowen Hall A fire originating form a fan causes $2500 in damage to Suite 602 in Bowen Residence Hall, making the room unusable for the rest of the semester.
  289. 8/30/1972 David Frye visits Comedian David Frye puts on a show at the Student Center Theatre.
  290. 9/1/1972 Student housing shortage A massive student housing shortage leaves 260 students without housing as classes begin.
  291. 9/16/1972 Record enrollment NC State enrollment for the fall term hits a new record of 13,800.
  292. 10/17/1972 Fundraiser An auction is held on campus selling off men to the service of women for one day, and raising $175 for the Morehead School of the Blind.
  293. 1973 - 1974 T. C. Carroll Student Body President
  294. 1973 First female African-American Ph.D. recipient Nannette Smith Henderson becomes the first African-American woman to be awarded a Ph.D. at NC State, with a degree in Plant Pathology.
  295. 1973 Basketball club organized for women Kathy Bounds, Deb Webb, and Genie Jordan organize a basketball club for women.
  296. 2/5/1973 Walnut Room cafeteria opens The University Student Center's Walnut Room cafeteria opens for the first time on this day at 11:30am.
  297. 10/12/1973 Film showing The controversial film "Birth of a Nation" is shown in Stewart Theatre.
  298. 10/27/1973 International Fair An International Fair is held in the Student Center, exposing students to cultures and customs from around the world.
  299. 11/2/1973 Joint statement Student body presidents from NC State, Duke, UNC-Chapel Hill and UNC-Greensboro publish a joint statement urging the impeachment of President Nixon, complete with 12 reasons why the proceedings should begin.
  300. 12/1973 International student dorm An announcement is made that Alexander Hall will become a dorm for international students.
  301. 1974 - 1975 Ron Jessup Student Body President
  302. 1974 First Women's Basketball team A Women's Basketball team is established for the first time. The team included two African American women, Gwen Jenkins and Cynthia Steele.
  303. 1974 New African American Cultural Center In 1974, African American students called for a new cultural center. Student Body President Terry Carroll presented a “four point” request to Chancellor Caldwell, which included a request for the first floor of the Print Shop to be turned over to the Society of Afro-American Culture for an African American Cultural Center. Banks C. Talley, dean of student affairs, complied with this request.
  304. 1/22/1974 Campus power failure NC State's campus is plunged into a complete power failure for an hour and forty minutes, starting at 11:10pm. The failure was caused by faulty equipment.
  305. 2/6/1974 Campus rally An anti-death penalty rally is held on campus, lasting two days.
  306. 3/21/1974 Policy decision University administration reverse their stance on streaking, banning the "sport" on campus due to the very high number of streakers running around campus causing havoc.
  307. 3/23/1974 Victory over UCLA En route to topping Marquette for NC State's first NCAA Men's Basketball championship, State beats UCLA 80-77, sparking a huge riot on Hillsborough Street.
  308. 3/25/1974 NCAA Men's Basketball championship NC State defeats Marquette, 76-64, in the finals of the NCAA Basketball Tournament in Greensboro, NC, to win the 1974 National Championship. Junior forward David Thompson is named the Tournament MVP. The Wolfpack also receive key contributions from Tom Burleson, Monte Towe, Tim Stoddard, and Mo Rivers during the championship run.
  309. 1975 - 1976 Mary Beth Spina Student Body President
  310. 1975 New varsity sports Men's Gymnastics and Women's Softball and Volleyball begin varsity play.
  311. 1975 Total number of degrees awarded reaches 50,000
  312. 1975 First African-American sorority A chapter of Delta Sigma Theta is established, becoming the first African-American sorority chapter on campus.
  313. 1976 - 1977 Lu Anne Rogers Student Body President
  314. 1976 First female All-American Susan Yow becomes the first NC State female to be named an All-American athlete.
  315. 1977 - 1978 Blas Arroyo Student Body President
  316. 1978 - 1979 Tom Hendrickson Student Body President
  317. 1978 Brotherhood Dinner Chancellor Joab Thomas holds the first Brotherhood Dinner, honoring Samual Nesbritt.
  318. 1978 First African-American football All-American Ted Brown becomes the first African-American named an All-American in football.
  319. 1/23/1978 Fountain prank Laundry detergent is dumped into the Student Center fountain, causing a mass of bubbles and a great deal of work for the maintenance crew.
  320. 4/22/1978 Zoo Day Student Government's "The Day" and the Inter-Residence Council's "Zoo Day" are combined (retaining the latter name), as a day for students to relax and take a break from the pressures of the end of the academic year. Zoo Day was held along Cates Avenue, offering a day of free beer, field games, and concerts.
  321. 1979 - 1980 J. D. Hayworth Student Body President
  322. 1/12/1979 Security Chief retires Worth T. Blackwood retires after twenty years as Security Chief at NC State. During Blackwood's tenure, the security force grew from seven to twenty-two officers.
  323. 1980 - 1981 Joe Gordon Student Body President
  324. 1980 ACC Athlete of the Year Julie Shea wins the first of two consecutive ACC Athlete of the Year awards, and becomes the first woman to receive the Alumni Athletics trophy at NC State.
  325. 8/20/1980 Wolfline buses go into service A ceremony marks the beginning of the new Wolfline bus service on campus. The service initially has only one route, intended to serve students who live off-campus.
  326. 9/5/1980 Pep rally arrival by helicopter First-year head football coach Monte Kiffin arrives at the first pep rally of the season in a helicopter.
  327. 9/17/1980 Meal Mobile A van called the "Meal Mobile" begins dispensing food around campus. The mobile snackbar is run by Food Services.
  328. 12/14/1980 Tribute to John Lennon WKNC broadcasts silence for ten minutes as a tribute to John Lennon, who was murdered the previous week.
  329. 1981 - 1982 Ron Spivey Student Body President
  330. 2/28/1981 Wolf mascots get married Mr. Wuf and Ms. Wuf were married in a mock wedding ceremony by the Wake Forest Demon Deacon mascot during halftime of a Men's Basketball game at Reynolds Coliseum. The two were joined in "canis matrimonium," and Chancellor Joab Thomas gave the bride away.
  331. 8/27/1981 First Veterinary Medicine classes NC State's new School of Veterinary Medicine holds classes for the first time; initial enrollment is 40 students, selected from 126 applicants.
  332. 1982 - 1983 Jim Yocum Student Body President
  333. 2/4/1982 Iranian student protest Iranian students protest the execution of 50 people by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. The students ask to remain anonymous for fear of losing their rights in Iran.
  334. 1983 Increasing female enrollment Approximately 8,000 women students are enrolled in a student body of 22,632. More than one third of the undergraduates are women, the highest percentage of women to be enrolled at NC State to that date.
  335. 1983 - 1984 Jim Yocum Student Body President
  336. 6/8/1983 Uncomfortable classrooms The air conditioning system in Harrelson Hall breaks down, sending temperatures in some classrooms into the 90s.
  337. 6/28/1983 NBA draft selections All three seniors from NC State's 1983 national championship Men's Basketball team are selected in the NBA draft. Thurl Bailey is chosen 7th overall by the Utah Jazz, Sidney Lowe is chosen by the Chicago Bulls with the first pick of the second round, and Dereck Whittenburg is picked in the third round by the Phoenix Suns.
  338. 1984 - 1985 Shannon Carson Student Body President
  339. 1985 - 1986 Jay Everette Student Body President
  340. 5/29/1985 Windsurfing class offered The Union Activities Board begins offering a class on windsurfing.
  341. 6/25/1985 Missed interview Technician entertainment writer Lee Johnson is unable to interview rock band Hüsker Dü following their show at The Brewery because his tape recorder was damaged during the show.
  342. 1986 Women's enrollment increases In the fall of 1986, women make up thirty-eight percent of the student body, the highest percentage of women enrolled to that time.
  343. 1986 - 1987 Gary Mauney Student Body President
  344. 1987 - 1988 Kevin Howell Howell was the first African-American to serve as Student Body President. We was a political science major. After graduation, he eventually became the university's primary liaison with state and local governments.
  345. 1987 NC State University celebrates the 100th anniversary of its founding
  346. 1988 - 1989 Pam Powell Student Body President
  347. 1988 The Friends of the Library hold their first booksale
  348. 1988 Championship for the Mind The NCSU College Bowl Team competes in the "Varsity Sport of the Mind," and wins the national championship.
  349. 1988 African American student leaders hold meeting Black student leaders gathered at the Student Center to discuss campus issues. The low graduation rate for black students, the lack of African American faculty members and athletic administrators, and the discriminatory discipline practices within the athletics department were problems cited by black leaders during this meeting.
  350. 1989 Women's Studies Program established The Women's Studies Program is established, with Barbara Risman as its first director.
  351. 1/1989 Women's Resource Coalition established The Women's Resource Coalition is formed as an outgrowth of the Women Students Advisory Board, organized in the fall of 1988.
  352. 1989 - 1990 Brian Nixon Student Body President
  353. 1990 The Newsstand is first published The first campus-wide newsletter on women's issues, The Newsstand, is published.
  354. 1990 - 1991 Ed Stack Student Body President
  355. 1990 Information Technologies Teaching Center (ITTC) established The Information Technologies Teaching Center (ITTC) is established in the D. H. Hill Library, initially funded through a gift from the Class of 1990.
  356. 1990 Library's South Tower opens A new addition to the D. H. Hill Library (South Tower) opens. Besides bookstack space, this addition features a special facilities room and the Class of 1989 Reading Room.
  357. 1990 - 1990 Brooks T. Raiford
  358. 1991 African-American Cultural Center opens Witherspoon Student Center; (formerly the Student Center Annex) following its completion, this building housed the African American Cultural Center, which included meeting space, a library, and a multipurpose room. In 1992, following months of student and faculty protests, NCSU administrators granted the African American Cultural Center an operating budget.
  359. 1991 Women's Center opens The Women's Center opens with Jan Rogers as its coordinator. Rogers began the Women's Leadership Education and Action Program (LEAP), which aimed to enhance the experience of women in nontraditional fields such as math, science, and engineering.
  360. 1991 - 1992 Ed Stack Student Body President
  361. 7/22/1991 Bicycle patrol debuts The Public Safety office unveils a new bicycle patrol. Officers feel that the bicycles have advantages over patrol cars, including "mobility, stealth, and speed."
  362. 1992 Sista 2 Sistuh Network established The Sista 2 Sistuh Network is established to support African-American women at NC State.
  363. 1992 - 1993 Chris Jones Student Body President
  364. 1992 The Nubian Message begins publication The Nubian Message begins publication in response to student protests alleging racial bias by the Technician. Tony Williamson served as the paper’s first editor-in-chief. In the inaugural issue, Williamson stated his intention to "totally, truthfully, and faithfully…cover every aspect of African American life at NCSU" and his hope that the Nubian Message would become "the media voice for African Americans at NC State…a publication where people can learn about different aspects of [African American] culture, as well as find useful information about State’s campus." Because the Nubian Message received no University funding and Nubian staff were prohibited from using NCSU media equipment, the first issue was published with help from North Carolina Central University. Recalling the paper’s initial struggles Williamson stated, "It was a real pain to have to go all the way to Durham to work, but the people at Central were very helpful and understanding. We owe them a lot. If it wasn’t for their newspaper staff, we probably would never have had a first issue." Following publication of the first issue, the University allowed the Nubian staff to utilize campus media equipment.
  365. 6/24/1992 NBA draft selection NC State basketball player Tom Gugliotta is selected by the Washington Bullets as the sixth overall pick in the NBA draft.
  366. 9/2/1992 New dining options Students welcome the addition of Taco Bell and Li'l Dino Subs to the University Student Commons.
  367. 1993 - 1994 Chris Jones Student Body President
  368. 1994 - 1995 Bobby Johnson, Jr. Student Body President
  369. 1994 Student Center named The Augustus McIver Witherspoon Student Center is named, becoming the first building on campus named after an African-American.
  370. 1994 NC State is awarded a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa
  371. 1995 - 1996 John O'Quinn Student Body President
  372. 1995 Self-service circulation begins in the D. H. Hill Library
  373. 1995 Student Center Annex named for Dr. Augustus Witherspoon Administrators renamed the Student Center Annex in honor of Dr. Augustus Witherspoon, it was the first building on campus named for an African American. Dr. Witherspoon earned his Ph.D. in Botany from NCSU in 1971, making him the second African American student to receive a Ph.D. from NC State. He joined the faculty as Instructor of Botany and eventually held the following posts at NCSU: Full Professor, Assistant Dean, Acting Dean and Associate Dean of the Graduate School, Associate Provost and Coordinator of African-American Affairs.
  374. 1996 - 1997 Robert Zimmer Student Body President
  375. 1996 Park Scholars Program founded
  376. 1996 Twenty-four hour Library The NCSU Libraries begins twenty-four hour service (Sunday through Thursday).
  377. 1997 - 1998 Chad Myers Student Body President
  378. 7/22/1997 Raleigh Entertainment and Sports Arena groundbreaking A groundbreaking ceremony is held for the new Raleigh Entertainment and Sports Arena, located next to Carter-Finley Stadium, which will be the home of NC State Men's Basketball and the NHL's Carolina Hurricanes.
  379. 1998 - 1999 Jenny Chang Student Body President
  380. 1999 - 2000 Raj Mirchandani Student Body President
  381. 1999 Greek Village Fraternity Court was renamed Greek Village.
  382. 11/19/1999 First game at the RBC Center The NC State Men's Basketball team beats Georgia, 67-63, in their first game at the RBC Center.
  383. 2000 - 2001 Harold Pettigrew Student Body President
  384. 8/2000 Expanded Technician publication The Technician becomes a daily publication during the academic semesters for the first time.
  385. 9/21/2000 Victory celebration After an overtime football victory over Georgia Tech at Carter-Finley Stadium, NC State students tear down a goalpost and carry it down Hillsborough Street towards campus, making it as far the Waffle House; the goalpost costs $5,000 to replace.
  386. 2001 - 2002 Darryl Willie Student Body President
  387. 2002 Hill of Beans coffee bar opens in D. H. Hill Library
  388. 2002 - 2003 Michael D. Anthony Student Body President
  389. 2002 Atlantic Coast Conference's 50th Anniversary 134 NC State athletes are named to the ACC's 50th Anniversary Teams in twenty-one sports.
  390. 2002 African-American Student Advisory Council Report Cards The African-American Student Advisory Council begins issuing report cards grading the university on enrollment, retention, and graduation of African-American students. The report card gave NCSU an F for recruiting black students.
  391. 2003 - 2004 Tony Caravano Student Body President
  392. 2003 Women in Science and Engineering program established The Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) program is established with 56 freshman women with majors in PAMS and the College of Engineering. As of 2009, this “living and learning village” has a full complement of 256 women majoring in five colleges across campus, and a high school chapter has been established at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics.
  393. 2004 - 2005 Tony Caravano Student Body President
  394. 10/2004 Students protest appropriations for African American clubs African American students participated in a sit-in at a Student Senate meeting to express concern for the lack of funding for African American organizations. Out of $40,000 of appropriations, African American organizations received a mere $735. The Student Senate agreed to send the bill back to committee for re-evaluation.
  395. 2005 - 2006 Whil Piavis Student Body President
  396. 2006 - 2007 Will Quick Student Body President
  397. 2007 - 2008 Bobby Mills Student Body President
  398. 2008 - 2009 Jay Dawkins Student Body President
  399. 2009 - 2010 Jim Ceresnak Student Body President
  400. 2010 - 2011 Kelly Hook Student Body President
  401. 2011 - 2012 Chandler Thompson Student Body President
  402. 2012 - 2013 Andy Walsh Student Body President
  403. 2012 Greek Village reopens Greek Village reopened with the newly constructed Kappa Delta house. Redevelopment of Greek Village had begun in 2008 when the aging buildings began to be demolished.
  404. 2013 - 2014 Matthew Williams Student Body President