Found 100 events matching "North Carolina State University. Athletics"
The Nubian Message began publication in response to student protests alleging racial bias by the Technician. Tony Williamson served as the paper’s first editor-in-chief, and the paper was released in the Talley Student Center. 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." Because the Nubian Message received no University funding and Nubian staff were prohibited from using NC State media equipment, the first issue was published with assistance from North Carolina Central University. Following publication of the first issue, the University allowed Nubian staff to utilize campus media equipment.
C. J. Nusbaum's research in nematode-incited diseases of tobacco and other crops inspired the North Carolina State Legislature to fund a special laboratory, greenhouse, and personnel for research. The Nematode Assay Service was created by the NC Department of Agriculture in 1953.
The state of North Carolina transferred Spring Hill House (ca. 1820) and approximately 130 acres from Dorothea Dix Hospital to NC State. In February 2001, the Board of Trustees approved the addition of the Spring Hill District, or Precinct, to Centennial Campus. The Japan Center moved into Spring Hill House in June 2001.
The North Carolina General Assembly appropriated funding of libraries at the 16 senior public institutions of higher education in the state. NC State received an increase of $723,915, which resulted in a budget of $1,313,833 for fiscal year of 1970 to 1971. The budget for books, periodicals, and binding increased to $624,123.
Teaching and Telling Asian American Stories was a symposium for PK-12 teachers who love storytelling, especially stories from lesser-known Asian American communities. The symposium workshops aimed to provide concrete teaching strategies and pedagogy on how to bring untold stories from Asian Americans into PK-12 classrooms. It was organized by Prof. Crystal Chen Lee, College of Education at North Carolina State University, Freda Lin, Co-Director of YURI Education Project, and Dr. Cathin Goulding, Co-Director of YURI Education Project.
Wallace C. Riddick worked as a civil engineer before joining the faculty at NC State and continued professional service in Raleigh while teaching, including work on rebuilding the city’s water system. He served as president of North Carolina State College from 1916 to 1923 and was the founding dean of the School of Engineering from 1923 to 1937.
There was no official commencement speaker but instead a series of brief remarks given by North Carolina Governor J. Melville Broughton, Greater University President Frank Porter Graham, Dean of Administration (and later Chancellor) John W. Harrelson, and senior class President William C. Friday. The baccalaureate sermon was given on June 8th by Dr. Wyatt Aiken Smart from Emory University. Honorary degrees were awarded to Richard Thurmond Chatham, president of Chatham Manufacturing Company, and alumnus Roger Vernon Terry of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company.
McDowall played on the football, men's basketball, baseball, and track & field teams earning 11 varsity letters in the four sports. In 1927 and 1928, he won the Norris Athletic Trophy as NC State's top athlete. He held the school record for the longest punt return at 95 yards. He was considered NC State's top athlete of the first half-century of the college's athletics program. He was named to the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame in 1965, the College Football Hall of Fame in 1975, and NC State's Athletic Hall of Fame in 2014.
Ellen McGuire was an African American woman who began working at NC State in 1889. McGuire worked at NC State for 50 years and retired in 1939. According to a 1939 Technician article, McGuire was born into slavery on a North Carolina plantation. Although McGuire maintained many responsibilities, she spent the last 31 years working in the infirmary on campus.
Remarks to the graduating class were given by Thomas M. Lynam, president of the class of 1955; Gordon Gray, president of the Consolidated University; and Luther H. Hodges, governor of North Carolina, who also received an honorary degree. Rev. Gaylord B. Noyce gave the baccalaureate sermon. Honorary degrees were also awarded to James Harold Hilton, former dean of the School of Agriculture; Victor Silas Bryant, state representative from Durham; Edward Eastman Clayton, plant pathologist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture; and Elwood Leonard Demmon, president of the Society of American Foresters.
Poe Hall was named for Clarence Hamilton Poe (1881-1964). Poe served as editor of the Progressive Farmer and an advocate for improved services for rural people. He was an advocate of the programs that NC State provided, particularly in terms of agricultural education and research. He received the North Carolina Medal in 1964 and an honorary Doctor of Agricultural Education in 1951 from NC State.
During World War II, the North Carolina textile industry, with the help of many NC State alumni, produced more fabric for the war effort than any other state. The textiles faculty conducted a 12-week course for fabric inspection and testing for war industry personnel and conducted courses in mill safety. Male student enrollment dropped, but women and international students continued studies during the war.
Mechanical contractors in North Carolina expressed interest in having a construction degree program at NC State. The contractors advocated for the creation of a construction management (CM) degree program that was distinct from the construction engineering degree. Less math and science was required in the CM degree, which focused more on economics and business.
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 Minerals Research Laboratory opened in Asheville, NC. The laboratory was initially created as a collaboration between the Tennessee Valley Authority, which provided equipment and funds, and the Division of Mineral Resources of the North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development, which provided the building. State Geologist and NC State professor Jasper L. Stuckey was involved in securing the initial contract for the laboratory and served as its founding director.
Remarks to the graduating class were given by William B. Dozier, president of the class of 1956; William C. Friday, president of the Consolidated University; and Luther B. Hodges, governor of North Carolina. Dr. Liston Pope, dean of Yale's Divinity School, gave the baccalaureate sermon. Honorary degrees were awarded to James Harold Lineberger, textile industrialist; George Waddell Snedecor, president of the American Statistical Association; Bauhuas architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe; and Lillian Lee Vaughn, professor of mechanical engineering.
In 1950, the Tennessee Valley Authority announced that due to budget restrictions, it would discontinue support of the Minerals Research Laboratory. The TVA agreed to give the State of North Carolina the equipment in the laboratory “if the State would continue to operate the Laboratory for the benefit of the mineral producers in the area.” Governor William B. Umstead determined that the Minerals Research Laboratory should become “a function of State College,” and in 1954, the continued operation of the laboratory became the responsibility of the School of Engineering at NC State.
Caroline Sherman was the first woman hired as librarian at NC State. During Sherman’s tenure as librarian from 1903 to 1906, library holdings moved from the third floor of Main Building (later Holladay Hall) to the first floor of old Pullen Hall. With input from D. H. Hill Jr., she tried to make the library comfortable for extracurricular reading and subscribed to popular periodicals and newspapers from all North Carolina counties.
The original textile equipment was housed in the basement of Holladay Hall. Support for the program grew, and the North Carolina General Assembly appropriated $10,000 toward the construction of a textile building in 1901. This structure, Tompkins Hall, resembled a textile mill of the period and was completed in early 1902. In 1917, it was named for Daniel A. Tompkins, a Charlotte industrialist who was instrumental in the establishment of the textile program at NC State. Donors in the textiles industry contributed over $25,000 worth of machinery.
Walter Holmes joined the marching band and the concert band during his first semester at State College in 1956. Holmes's presence in the band complicated segregation laws in stadiums and dining halls throughout the south. In 1957, Holmes dined with the band in the Clemson College dining hall. South Carolina residents circulated a petition asking Governor Timmerman "to see that such racial mixing doesn't occur again, especially when N.C. State visited the University of South Carolina here Nov. 23." Holmes's presence in the band also angered NC State alumni. State alumnus A. W. Boswell wrote a letter to H. W. Taylor, director of alumni affairs, opposing the band's integration. Chancellor Bostian replied to Boswell's letter stating the band director was legally obligated to audition "Negroes." He continued stating, "Two Negroes appeared for tryouts. One was rejected because of only fair performance on his instrument. The individual approved for being in the band is an excellent musician and there was no way the Director of the band could eliminate him."
