Found 329 events matching "year:[1970 TO 1979]"
Dr. Wilma C. Peebles-Wilkins joined the university's faculty as assistant professor for the social work program. Dr. Peebles-Wilkins was one of the first African American women to graduate from NC State, and she later served as associate department head and director of the social work program.
The department established a BA degree program in philosophy with a concentration in religious studies.
The Department of Military Science began enrolling women in the program in the fall of 1973.
Tommy Elmer Wynn was the second African American faculty member hired in botany (physiology).
Carl Ray Barnes was the first African-American student to earn an undergraduate degree in botany.
Dr. William P. Marley, the first exercise physiologist, was hired to develop a Health & Physical Fitness Course and train the staff to teach it.
NC State was allotted an average of $38,570 from 1973 to 1983 to provide equal access to people with disabilities through the removal of architectural and transportation barriers on campus. These structural changes were in response to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which “forbids discrimination by recipients of federal funds against any otherwise qualified handicapped person, solely on the basis of handicap.”
The NC Agricultural Extension Service published a guide in the Home Extension publication titled, “Physically Handicapped: Aids to Self Help in Homemaking, Grooming & Clothing.”
NC State was the winner of the “Employer of the Year” Award in the 200 or more employees category by the Raleigh Mayor’s "Committee for Services to the Handicapped."
NC State hosted the third annual Wake County Special Olympics. This was the first time the university hosted the event.
Mary Evelyn Porterfield was elected the first African American "Miss NCSU." In an interview with the Technician, 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."
David Thompson was named NC State's first African American All-American winner in basketball. In 2012, he was inducted into the NC State Athletics Hall of Fame.
The first annual Pan Afrikan Festival began and continued until April 2, 1971. The festival featured lectures by C. T. Vivian and other speakers as well as musical performances.
Students formed NC State's first African American Cultural Center, which was given space in the YMCA building.
