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The college hosted its first Scope Academy, originally known as Alumni and Friends Weekend. The event provided an opportunity for fans of the sciences as well as alumni, friends, faculty and students of PAMS to connect with each other and the College while learning about the latest advances in various disciplines. In less than five years, the program became the premier science education outreach program at NC State.
Swimmer Steve Gregg was the first Wolfpack athlete to have All-American status for 4 years in a row. He also became the first person to win 4 ACC championships in the same event (200 butterfly), and in 1976 he was an NCAA champion. Gregg was one of the first NC State athletes to win an NCAA title and was a member of the 1976 U.S. Olympic team. In 2013, he was inducted into the NC State Hall of Fame.
The School of Textiles hosted the inaugural Textile Exposition and Style Show. Students organized style shows to display their fabric designs. Students from local women's colleges participated in the event by creating fashions from fabrics made by NC State students and by modeling for the shows. These popular style shows were held in Pullen Hall. After the show, the audience and contestants visited Tompkins Hall to attend the NC State College Textile Exposition which displayed the latest methods of textile processing from raw material to finished fabrics. The annual style show continued through the spring of 1943.