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Found 100 events matching "North Carolina State University. Athletics"

1965
Name changed again

The North Carolina State of the University of North Carolina at Raleigh was renamed the North Carolina State University at Raleigh.

1942
North Carolina State College Foundation established

The North Carolina State College Foundation was established and was the first foundation created for the purpose of attracting private support for the college.

1980
State Climate Office of North Carolina relocated

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.

1963
State College name changed

North Carolina State College was renamed "North Carolina State of the University of North Carolina at Raleigh." The new name was met with discontent by faculty members who labeled it awkward and embarrassing.

2004
Department of Mathematics history written

Nicholas J. Rose wrote the History of the Mathematics Department at North Carolina State University.

2019
Library system renamed

The name of the campus library system was changed from the NCSU Libraries to the North Carolina State University Libraries, also known as NC State University Libraries.

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7/2/1862
Morrill Act became law

The Morrill Act became law and provided national funding to establish a land-grant college in each state. In North Carolina, this funding first went to the University of North Carolina. In 1887, the state legislature established the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (now NC State) as the state's land-grant institution.

12/10/1962
Potential name change protested

Governor Sanford was booed after an NC State-Wake Forest basketball game in Reynolds Coliseum by students protesting the possible name change of the college from North Carolina State College to the University of North Carolina at Raleigh.

1/1887-2/1887
Continued call for agricultural school

Farmers' organizations in the state, along with the Watauga Club and Colonel Leonidas Polk, successfully lobbied the North Carolina State Legislature to add an agriculture school to the proposed industrial school in Raleigh. This new school would not be affiliated with the University of North Carolina and would be able to acquire and use the land scrip funds being received (but not used by) the University of North Carolina.

3/3/1887
North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts established

The North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts was established using a combination of scrip funds reallocated from the University of North Carolina and funds from the Hatch Act of 1886, which established the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station.

1966
North Carolina Extension Homemakers Association created

The North Carolina Organization of Home Demonstration Clubs and State Council of Negro Home Demonstration Clubs of North Carolina merged to become the North Carolina Extension Homemakers Association.

1917
College renamed

The North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts was renamed the North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering.

2/24/1971
Enrollment cap considered

Consolidated University of North Carolina President William C. Friday announced that NC State may need to put a cap on enrollment unless more funding could be appropriated.

1933
Library collaboration began

State College joined UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke University in contributing catalog cards to the North Carolina Union Catalog, the first collaborative effort between the three libraries.

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1984
William L. Klarman became head of plant pathology

William L. Klarman became the head of Department of Plant Pathology in 1984. Dr. Klarman became Vice Chancellor for Research at North Carolina State University in 1990.

1977
Department of Genetics History

Carey Bostian wrote Development of the Department of Genetics, North Carolina State University, 1924-1976. A print edition exists in the library.

3/20/1875
Land scrip endowment restored

An original land scrip endowment to the University of North Carolina as part of the Morrill Act, lost during the Reconstruction period, was restored. This document created a College of Agriculture and a College of Engineering and Mechanic Arts at the University of North Carolina.

2001
College of Textiles history written

Gary Mock wrote A Century of Progress: The Textile Program, North Carolina State University, 1899-1999. A print edition exists in the library.

1951
African Americans declared eligible for graduate programs

The Consolidated University of North Carolina declared that African American students were eligible for admission into graduate programs.