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The records of the North Carolina State University Admissions Committee contain correspondence, memoranda, meeting minutes, reports, policy documentation, and other materials documenting the work of the committee. Materials range in date from 1940 to 2012. The Admissions Committee was established in or before 1940 at North Carolina State College to document criteria for undergraduate admissions to the college. Since that time, the committee has continue to meet regularly to revise admissions policies. As of 2011, the Admissions Committee reports to the Director of Undergraduate Admissions and the Provost on the admission policies for freshman and transfer undergraduate students. Less

The records of the Awards Committee at North Carolina State University contain meeting minutes, memoranda, a procedure manual for the program, and suggestions from employees on money-saving improvents for the university. Materials range in date from 1976 to 1979. The Suggestion Awards Committee was created in 1976 at North Carolina State University to participate in a program being run by the state of North Carolina to award state employees for making suggestions that could save money in the state's operating budget. In 1979, the committee was renamed the Awards Committee, and appears to also have been dissolved in that year. Less

The North Carolina State University Campus Stores Committee Records contain meeting minutes, correspondence, reports, and clippings. The materials range in date from 1951 to 1984, but the majority of the records are from 1954-1971. In 1952, the Board of Trustees of the Consolidated University of North Carolina established that each of its three campuses should have a Campus Stores Committee consisting of three members of the student body and three faculty. Each Committee was to hear student complaints and suggestions regarding the Campus Supply Stores and advise campus store managers and university administrators as to how the Campus Stores might better serve students and faculty. The Campus Stores Committee, also known as the Campus Stores Advisory Committee, first met at North Carolina State College (later North Carolina State University) during the 1952-1953 school year. Since its formation, the committee has addressed issues such as textbook prices, student difficulties acquiring textbooks, use of store profits, and the selection of items available for student purchase. As of 2011 the group is known as the Bookstores Committee and continues to meet once or twice a semester to assist university administrators and bookstore managers in ensuring the bookstore meets the need of students and faculty at N.C. State. Less

The records of the Chancellor Installation Committee of North Carolina State University include programs, invitations, event planning materials, correspondence, speeches, and installation certificates from other universities and colleges. The collection includes the records of six Chancellor installations, from 1960 to 2010. The Chancellor Installation Committee plans the installation ceremony of the Chancellor of North Carolina State University. The committee coordinates installation event details, guest invitation, publicity, and other related events (symposiums, conferences, etc.). The Chancellor is the chief administrative and executive officer, leader and spokesperson of North Carolina State University and reports to the President of the University of North Carolina General Administration and the Board of Governors, whose members are appointed by the North Carolina legislature. The Chancellor defines the scope and authority of faculties, councils, committees, and officers of North Carolina State University, is a member of all faculties and other academic bodies of the university, and has the right to preside over the deliberations of the legislative bodies of the faculties of the institution. The Office of the Chancellor retains authority in faculty and EPA personnel, student matters, contracts, leases, and other agreements, and the acquisition and disposition of property. Less

The records of the North Carolina State University Chancellor Search Committees include minutes, reports, correspondence, surveys, and job announcements for the six searches that occurred between 1952 and 1998. These searches were conducted in 1952-1953, 1958-1959, 1974-1975, 1981-1982, 1989-1990, and 1997-1998. The Chancellor Search Committee is charged by the President to advertise the position of Chancellor, create consensus around desired qualifications for the position, and recruit and assess candidates. The Committee concludes its duties by recommending a list of candidates (usually three names) to the President for consideration of the position of Chancellor. The structure of the Committee has varied across years, but committee members are usually drawn from the University Trustees, faculty, staff, and student body. Committee members usually range in number from ten to twenty-five committe. Some years there have been multiple subcommittees. The Chancellor is the chief administrative and executive officer, leader and spokesperson of North Carolina State University and reports to the President of the University of North Carolina General Administration and the Board of Governors, whose members are appointed by the North Carolina legislature. The Chancellor defines the scope and authority of faculties, councils, committees, and officers of North Carolina State University, is a member of all faculties and other academic bodies of the university, and has the right to preside over the deliberations of the legislative bodies of the faculties of the institution. The Office of the Chancellor retains authority in faculty and EPA personnel, student matters, contracts, leases, and other agreements, and the acquisition and disposition of property. Less

The records of the North Carolina State University Commencement Committee include meeting minutes, information on officers, membership rosters, appointment letters, agendas and reports. Materials range in dates from 1962 to 1991. The North Carolina State University Commencement Advisory Committee was established at North Carolina State College (later, University) in or before 1962. The Commencement Advisory Committee was renamed the Commencement Committee in or before 1989. The committee is charged with the responsibility of making a continuous review of the scheduling and programming of the various exercises held at commencement time, particularly in regard to the form and content of the commencement exercise itself. The committee is also charged with making recommendations to the Chancellor concerning all of these matters, including speakers. The committee is still active as of 2011. Less

The records of the North Carolina State University Committee for the Handicapped contain meeting minutes and memoranda, a guide to services for the handicapped, and material on teaching handicapped youth in middle schools. Materials range in date from 1978 to 1986. The North Carolina State University Committee for the Handicapped was created in 1980 at North Carolina State University to address the activities that would enable the university to be in compliance with section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The committee's duties were to make recommendations regarding development and implementation of policies and procedures in the area of services to handicapped students, and to support and advise the office of Handicapped Student Services and other university offices in regard to their responsibilities and services to handicapped students. Less

The records of the North Carolina State University Committee on Undergraduate Program Review (CUPR), primarily include materials that relate to academic program reviews on curriculum or degree programs, within the University's Department of Agricultural and Extension Education as well as other departments. Examples of materials contained in this collection include agendas, minutes, annual reports, portfolio examples and materials that specifically relate to accounting and poultry science. Materials range in dates from 2003 to 2005. The North Carolina State University Committee on Undergraduate Program Review (CUPR) was created by the Vice Provost in 2000 and charged with focusing on a myriad of activities and processes related to undergraduate academic program development, review, evaluation and improvement. With primary faculty oversight, the mission of the CUPR was to schedule and manage the submission of portfolios submitted as part of the undergraduate program review process; identify needed forms of support for the process including administrative, educational, technological, and financial support; and advise the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Affairs on all issues related to the program review process. This Committee still appears to be active as of 2012. Less

The records of the North Carolina State University Computer Affairs Advisory Committee, also known as the Computing Center Advisory Committee, the University Advisory Committee for Computer Affairs, and the Computer Affairs Advisory Committee, contain meeting minutes, correspondence, memoranda and applications for IBM (International Business Machines) 650 Computers, notes, annual reports and other materials relating to the committee's work. Materials range in date from 1955 to 1983. The North Carolina State College Committee on Computer Center was established at North Carolina State College (later North Carolina State University), in or before 1959 to serve as an advisory group on policy matters relating to computing and the Computing Center for the campus. The committee has also been known as the Computing Center Advisory Committee; the University Advisory Committee for Computer Affairs; and the Computer Affairs Advisory Committee. Less

The records of the Council on Athletics at North Carolina State University contain meeting minutes, announcements, notes, agendas, and other information from meetings of the Council and affiliated groups, including the Faculty Athletics Committee and the Athletics Department, as well as general correspondence, annual reports, and administrative, financial, and regulatory information regarding athletics practices at North Carolina State University, as overseen by the Council. Also included in this collection are meeting minutes, announcements, notes, agendas, and other information from meetings of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), of which NC State has been a member since the founding of the conference in 1953; and from the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), of which NC State is also a member. General correspondence, annual reports, and administrative, financial, and regulatory information regarding athletics practices of the ACC and the NCAA are included in this collection. Materials range in date from 1923 to 2009. The Athletic Council was established at North Carolina State College (later, University) in or before 1923 to oversee all athletic activities at the college, including activities in the college's Physical Education Department as well as intercollegiate activities with other colleges. The Athletic Council held administrative control over all athletic activities at NC State until the first Athletics Director was hired in 1948. Since then, the Athletic Council has worked in consultation with the Athletics Director to oversee athletic activities at NC State. The Council on Athletics continues to maintain responsibility for representing NC State at meetings of both the Atlantic Coast Conference (of which NC State has been a member since the conference's founding in 1953) and the NCAA. Less

The records of the North Carolina State University Council on Undergraduate Education, formerly the Commission on Undergraduate Education, include correspondence, meeting minutes, a member list and a memorandum. Materials range in dates from 1987 to 2001. The North Carolina State University Commission on Undergraduate Education was established on November 20, 1985 under the leadership of Provost Nash Winstead. The Commission members were faculty and staff members of North Carolina State University. The Commission on Undergraduate Education was later renamed the Council on Undergraduate Education. The committee's responsibilities were to identify competencies and common understanding and knowledge that were required in all undergraduate degree programs. They were also required to inventory various means of satisfying outcomes and to recommend procedures for the University Courses and Curricula Committee to evaluate. The Council on Undergraduate Education remains active as of 2012. Less

The records of the North Carolina State University Engineering of Education Committee contain meeting minutes, memoranda, and research files on the use of computers, televion, and other emerging technologies in higher education curriculum. Also included are NC State faculty proposals for implementing these type of technologies in campus classrooms. Materials range in date from 1966 to 1968. The Engineering of Education Committee was established at North Carolina State University in 1966 to consider how computers, television, and other emerging technologies were being used in higher education, and to make recommendations for how these technologies could be incorporated into insturction at NC State. This committee was active through at least 1968, but may have dissolved shortly thereafter. Less

The North Carolina State University, Committees, Enrollment Planning Committee Records contain reports, statistics, meeting minutes, and agendas. Topics include enrollment goals, projections, and targets as well as guiding admissions principles. Materials range in date from 2003 to 2007. The North Carolina State University, Enrollment Planning Committee reviews enrollment projections submitted by individual campus colleges and compares them with established enrollment trends and goals. The Committee maintains a university-wide enrollment plan, including recommendations for total size, undergraduate versus graduate students, transfer students, and diversity of the student body. Based on this plan, enrollment projections are submitted to the Board of Governors. Less

The records of the Extension and Continuing Education Committee at North Carolina State University contain meeting minutes, memoranda, reports, correspondence, and other information regarding the activities of the committee in their duties to make recommendations to the University's administration concerning the operations and policies which govern the Extension Division, based on consideration of the activities and policies of the Division. Materials range in date from 1954 to 1979. The Extension and Continuing Education Committee was founded in 1954 under North Carolina State College (later North Carolina State University) Chancellor Carey Hoyt Bostian and was charged with making recommendations to the administration concerning the operations and policies which governed the College Extension Division, based on consideration of the activities and policies of the Division. Because NC State is a land-grant institution, Extension is a primary function of the University and offers a program of continuing education designed to provide professional, cultural, and recreational opportunities to all people of the State of North Carolina. In 1967, the Committee’s charges were expanded to also include examining the educational objectives of Continuing Education in relation to major changes taking place in society and analyzing facilities and personnel in relation to educational objectives. The College Extension and Continuing Education Committee worked directly with with Director of the College Extension Division. Less

The North Carolina State College Faculty Committee on Freshman Welfare records contain records of the Housing Program general activities, including correspondence, forms, memoranda, newspaper clippings, and some published material, as well as the official correspondence of the Freshman Housing Program. Materials in this collection relate to the Freshman Welfare Committee, Freshman Counselors, and the Freshman dormitory experience, including housing information, rules, and forms for character evaluation. Counselor contracts are also included for 1937-1939, alongside correspondence related to the students' position as Counselor. Also included are records pertaining to the Character Guidance Program. The records span from J. W. Harrelson's request that Professor W. N. Hicks accept chairmanship of the Faculty Committee on Freshman Welfare in August of 1934 through 1939. The North Carolina State College Faculty Committee on Freshman Welfare provided a means by which faculty could regulate the freshman experience through appointed students acting as Freshman Counselors. The Committee directed the State College Freshman Housing and Character Guidance Program. Less

Records of the North Carolina State University Faculty Committee on Student Government range from 1927 to 1958, although records from the 1920s are limited to a Tau Beta Pi council bulletin and a booklet on codes of conduct at North Carolina State College (later North Carolina State University). The bulk of the collection is from the mid 1940s-1950s. Included are some documents sent from the student council to the faculty, student council booklets delineating the rules of student conduct and the punishments for failing to follow said rules. Also included is information on the adoption of the honor system at North Carolina State College and inquiries from other universities interested in the newly adopted policy. William Norwood Hicks, the first head of the NC State College Department of Philosophy and Religion and a student leader during his time at State College figures prominently in this collection. A second box includes portfolios containing information on the evolution and development of the campus government and honor system, as well as drafts of the constitution and by-laws proposed by the organization. Student government began at North Carolina State College in 1921 on October 15th. The student government worked in tandem with elected faculty members as part of the campus government. Later, it seems that a separate student government, including a student body president and governing committees was formed. The Faculty Committee on Student Government appears to be a means of including faculty involvement and input in the governance of the student body by its peers. Many of the records regard the establishment and use of the honor system in relation to student government, a then-innovative plan that seems to have been emulated by other universities. Rules regarding academic honesty and proper student behavior were primary concerns of the student government and had particular relevance for educators at the University. Included in the records are booklets outlining the rules, both proposed and in place, governing the student body, as well as notes on various documents made by faculty members, and documents relating to the student council. Less

The records of the North Carolina State University Faculty Orientation and Hospitality Committee span from 1955 to 1992. The collection contains information pertaining to new faculty orientation at North Carolina State University (formerly North Carolina State College), including packets of information sent out to new faculty previous to orientation, evaluations of the orientaton event, intra-university correspondence regarding the orientation event, and other related documents. The faculty orientation packets contain a wide variety of information, including: information pertaining to the North Carolina State Woman's Club, the University Club (previously, the Faculty Family Recreation Center), tourist information regarding Raleigh and North Carolina, and items of faculty interest, ranging from retirement information to athletic events schedules. The records contain only one document after 1981, which is dated 1992. The North Carolina State University Faculty Orientation and Hospitality Committee existed in or before 1955. (North Carolina State University was previously referred to as North Carolina State College.) The purpose of the Faculty Orientation and Hospitality Committee was to organize and host an annual orientation event for new faculty and to provide the new faculty and their families with information that would make their transition to the Raleigh area as welcoming as possible. New Faculty Orientation is still an event at North Carolina State University and packets are still provided to faculty prior to this event. New Faculty Orientation is currently (2012) sponsored by the Office of the Provost and administered through the North Carolina State Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning, which, apparently, handles new faculty affairs. Less