Found 41 events matching "1983 "
Lead by Head Coach Jim Valvano, the men's basketball team won the 1983 NCAA championship.
Enrollment was 22,632 students in the fall of 1983, and 148 students (0.7%) identified as Hispanic.
The men's outdoor track and field team won five consecutive ACC championships from 1983 to 1988.
NC State women's basketball team was named ACC regular-season champions in 1978, 1980, 1983, 1985, and 1990.
After rising to $480 in 1983, tuition increased to $852. UNC System President C. D. Spangler supported students protesting the increase.
Dr. Nelson Reid became the first full professor of social work in 1983. In the following year, he was appointed director of the social work program.
NC State won its first NCAA Division I women’s cross country championship and the school’s first NCAA team title since the men’s basketball team won in 1983.
Sidney Lowe served as the first African American head coach of the men's basketball team from 2006 to 2011. Lowe was the starting point guard for NC State's 1983 basketball team which won the national championship.
The air conditioning system in Harrelson Hall broke down, sending temperatures in some classrooms up to 90°F.
Calvin H. Carter Jr. was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree. He previously earned a BS degree in 1977 and a MS degree in 1980. He became co-founder of Cree, Inc., and was a 2002 recipient of the National Medal of Technology and Innovation.
The dedication ceremony was attended by the first School of Veterinary Medicine Dean Terrence M. Curtin. Governor James B. Hunt, Chancellor Bruce Poulton, and UNC System President William Friday were also in attendance.
New South Hall, a dormitory, was later renamed Wood Hall for George M. Wood, an alumnus, legislator, member of the UNC Board of Governors, and chairman of the NC State Trustees.
The Burlington Textile Library was renovated and expanded into extra space in Nelson Hall. The additional space included room for more book stacks and videotape review stations. Personal computers for student use were later added.
The university began offering information about AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) in a pre-recorded message on its teletips telephone information service.
Trena Trice ranked sixth on the women's basketball program scoring charts (1,761 points) and fifth in career rebounds. She was drafted in the third round by the WNBA’s New York Liberty and played professionally overseas.
