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Found 71 events matching "extension"

1958
Forestry extension program split

The forestry extension program was split into extension forest management and extension wood products.

1973
Extension Forest Management renamed

Extension Forest Management was renamed Extension Forest Resources. The name changed again at a later date to Extension Forestry.

2/13/1915
Extension Farm-News began publication

This was the first periodical published by the Agricultural Extension Service. Later titles for the publication were Extension Farm News, Extension News & Advisor, and North Carolina Agricultural Extension Advisor.

1995
Extension Homemakers Association renamed

The North Carolina Extension Homemakers Association became the North Carolina Extension and Community Association (NCECA).

1991
Extension Service renamed

North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service changed its name to the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service.

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.

1978
NC Extensive service guide published

The NC Agricultural Extension Service published a guide in the Home Extension publication titled, “Physically Handicapped: Aids to Self Help in Homemaking, Grooming & Clothing.”

1933
Cooperative Extension expanded

Programs of the federal New Deal agricultural agencies, such as the Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA), the Soil Conservation Service (SCS), and the Rural Electrification Administration (REA), caused an expansion in the activities and programs of the North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service.

1937
Cooperative Extension expanded

As a result of expansion under the New Deal agricultural programs, this was the first year that there was a county agent for every county in North Carolina.

1968
Textiles extension established

Textiles extension short courses in Charlotte and New York were announced in 1968, and they were exceedingly popular. In 1969, thirteen new courses were offered in Raleigh, featuring NC State faculty and industry executives as guest lecturers.

2016
A. Rich Bonanno was director of extension

A. Rich Bonanno became director of extension in 2016.

1996
Jon Ort was extension director

Jon Ort was director of Extension Service until 2010.

1963
George Hyatt was extension director

George Hyatt was director of the Extension Service until 1978.

1990
Robert C. Wells was extension director

Robert Wells was director of the Extension Service until 1994.

2010
Joseph Zublena was extension director

Joseph Zublena was director of the Extension Service until 2015.

1999
"Hispanic/Latino Outreach Learning Alliance" (HOLA) established

NC State Humanities Extension established HOLA as a program to "teach Spanish and Hispanic culture" to extension field faculty who work in areas of North Carolina with large Latinx populations.

1961
Robert W. Shoffner was extension director

Robert W. Shoffner was director of the Extension Service until 1963.

1978
T. Carlton Blalock was extension director

T. Carlton Blalock was director of the Extension Service until 1981.

1965
Extension programs began integration

Extension programs, including 4-H and Home Economics, began to integrate.

1981
Chester D. Black was extension director

Chester "Chet" Black was director of the Extension Service until 1990.