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The Peru Project was established as a cooperative effort between NC State, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and the government of Peru to develop programs in agricultural and textile research, extension, and education.
Ricks Hall, built by Thomas Wright Cooper and G. Murray Nelson, opened to house the Agricultural Extension Service, agricultural economics and business, agricultural information, and horticulture departments. It was named for Robert Henry Ricks.
The Board of Trustees established the Alexander Quarles Holladay Medal for Excellence to honor NC State faculty members who have made outstanding contributions to the university through achievements in research, teaching, or extension and engagement.
The station was established as "the research agency in engineering" to support extension work for the School of Engineering. The station was intended to address engineering issues of local state and regional concern. H. B. Shaw was the first station director.
The North Carolina General Assembly provided support for the establishment of the Industrial Experiment Program, a service which expanded upon existing extension services in the School of Engineering to provide technical information to small industries. The program was designed to encourage new industry for the state and to increase utilization of the state’s natural resources.
The new building housing the School of Forestry and the Department of Horticulture was formally dedicated as Kilgore Hall. The building was named in honor of the late Dr. Benjamin Wesley Kilgore. He was the former Dean of Agriculture, Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station, and the first head of North Carolina's Agricultural Extension Service.
The 4-H "Food for Victory" program offered awards ranging from to $1 to $250 in war bonds or stamps for farm boys and girls who participated in the "Food for Freedom" extension program. They helped produce more milk, eggs, beef and veal, lamb and mutton, corn, barley, rye, hay, soybeans, peanuts, and vegetables.
The NC State University Libraries commenced the Green 'n' Growing project to create online access to information on the history of 4-H and home demonstration in North Carolina. Since then, the Libraries has facilitated access to even more materials on NC Cooperative Extension history.
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.
When the head librarian position became vacant, the university decided to save money by placing the library under the supervision of the Library Committee instead of hiring a replacement. Frank Capps, Director of College Extension and instructor of business law, took on the position of Executive Secretary of the Library Committee from 1926 to 1933. Although he moved his office to the library, he did not have the professional training or the time to provide much oversight. A growing backlog of materials was left uncatalogued and unusable, while poorly trained student assistants were unable to assist patrons. Despite these difficulties, the collections continued to grow and procedures for interlibrary lending were instituted.
