Found 36 events matching "1960 "
Dr. Mayo became the head of the Department of Rural Sociology (now the Department of Sociology and Anthropology) in 1960 and retired in 1981.
Jasper Memory wrote History of the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (1960-1999). A print edition exists in the library.
The Gamma Phi chapter of the Sigma Kappa sorority was established. This was the first active chapter of a national sorority at NC State. They held their first pledge dance at the Carolina Hotel on March 14, 1960.
The Student Supply Store was opened and designed by architect G. Milton Small. Previously, the Student Supply Store or book store was housed in Primrose Hall, Leazar Hall, the King Religious Center, and Watauga Hall.
The Department of Chemistry was transferred from the School of Agriculture to the School of Physical Science and Applied Mathematics.
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, a noted poet associated with the Beat Generation, gave a lecture at the College Union.
Football team quarterback Roman Gabriel was selected as a second-team All-American. He was selected for his second All-American a year later. After leaving NC State, he joined the NFL and played 16 seasons with the Los Angeles Rams and Philadelphia Eagles. He was named the NFL Most Valuable Player of 1969. In 2012, he was inducted into the NC State Athletics Hall of Fame.
The Agricultural Policy Institute was established and was one of only two such organizations in the United States.
Student government passed a resolution calling for racial integration of public facilities in Raleigh and formed the Human Relations Committee to write letters to area merchants. This movement was followed by a similar resolution from Faculty Senate.
Irwin Holmes became co-captain of the tennis team and first African American athletics team captain at NC State.
Financial support for engineering extension doubled under North Carolina’s State Technical Services Act and the Public Works and Economic Development Act. The Industrial Experiment Program was renamed the Industrial Extension Service, which was more indicative of its function. The School of Engineering continued its extension classes in industrial centers in Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and High Point, and the school frequently offered upper-level and graduate course work at the centers.
McKimmon Village opened as housing for married students. It was named for Jane McKimmon, an alumnus and founding member of the National Home Economics Association. It was renamed E.S. King Village in 1976.
Arthur Clayton Menius Jr. became the first dean of the School of Physical Science and Applied Mathematics (later renamed Physical and Mathematical Sciences). He served in the position until 1981. He was previously head of the Department of Physics.
Graduate student Charlie Kaw of Burma enrolled in the textiles program.
The first student mascot was introduced by the cheerleading squad in the early 1960s in a wolf costume.
Novelist John Dos Passos, author of Manhattan Transfer and the U.S.A. trilogy, gave a lecture at the College Union.
The Department of Agriculture and Biological Chemistry was renamed the Department of Chemistry.
