Found 329 events matching "year:[1970 TO 1979]"
Meena Ajmera became the first woman at NC State to receive a doctorate in physics.
Dr. Gonzalez, who spoke seven languages, became head of the Department of Modern Languages. Originally from Spain, Gonzalez had previously been associate head of Hispanic languages and literature at the University of Pittsburgh.
A group of students formed the New Horizons Choir to sing gospel music. Eleania B. Ward was the group's original director. For a number of years, New Horizons sang services for the Black Student Fellowship.
Don Easterling served as men's swimming coach from 1970 to 1995. Under his leadership, the team won 15 ACC Championship titles.
The Craft Shop in the basement of the Frank Thompson Theatre was listed as the Craft Center in university directories.
Trudi Lacey was the first African American woman to receive a four-year scholarship in women's basketball at NC State in 1978. She helped the Wolfpack win the school's first ACC women's basketball championship in 1980. She was the first player in ACC history to earn four consecutive all-tournament honors. After college, she coached a number of teams including the Charlotte Sting, the Washington Mystics, Queens College, and Johnson and Wales University.
Joan Benoit Samuelson was a two-time cross country All-American (1977-1978). She was an Olympic gold medalist in women's marathon (1984), two-time winner of Boston Marathon, and 2005 NCAA Silver Anniversary award winner. In 2019, she ran the Boston Marathon again and finished within 30 minutes of her first finish time in 1979.
Stan Cockerton was named ACC's "Player of the Year" twice in 1977 and 1978. He scored 193 career goals which was an NCAA record until 2008. He was the only former NC State lacrosse player selected to the ACC's 50th Anniversary Team in 2002.
John Sadri was the ACC Champion in singles men's tennis in 1977 and 1978 as well as in doubles in 1976 and 1978. He was the 1978 NCAA Championship runner-up, losing to Stanford Freshman John McEnroe. He was inducted into the North Carolina Tennis Hall of Fame in 2001.
4-H members Carolyn J. Seymour and Lee Hood Capps met Filipino President Ferdinand Marcos in Davao City, Philippines, as a part of 4-H International Youth Development project.
The men's basketball team participated in an exhibition game, led by coach Norman Sloan, during a trip to the Philippines. NC State played against teams from Asian countries such as Japan, Hong Kong, and the Philippines.
According to data from the Office of Institutional Research and Planning, NC State had 54 enrolled students who identified as Asian out of a student body of 16,903. The data did not distinguish U.S. nationals or international students within the Asian enrollment data.
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.
Hubert Winston became the first African American faculty member in the College of Engineering and the Department of Chemical Engineering. Dr. Winston was also the first African American to earn a PhD from the College of Engineering while studying chemical engineering.
The Association for the Concerns for African American Graduate Students was created as a student organization for all students seeking to address the needs, concerns, and interests of African American graduate students. This organization was recognized by the university in 1976 as the Association for the Concerns of Black Graduate Students. By 1983, it was known as the Association for the Concerns of Afro-American Graduate Students and was renamed again in late 1984 or early 1985 as the Association for the Concerns of African-American Graduate Students. The hyphen was subsequently dropped, and the organization became the Association for the Concerns of African American Graduate Students.
The Black Alumni Group, later the Black Alumni Society, was officially organized in 1979 and became an affiliate of the NC State Alumni Association.
In the Technician, one of the first African American women cheerleaders, Wanda Billingslea Farrell, called out the selection process for cheerleader tryouts as racist and biased.
Cathy Buckey was the cheerleading coach from 1979 to 1998. During her tenure, the NC State cheerleading team won their first three national championships in 1986, 1990, and 1991.
Shirley Chisholm, the first African American congresswomen and presidential nominee, visited campus and spoke to an audience of 2,500.
