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This collection includes correspondence and miscellaneous documents from Richard R. Wilkinson's term as director of the landscape architecture program, including a copy of Edwin G. Thurlow's history of the Department of Landscape Architecture and materials related to a faculty search and the Land Policy Committee. This collection also includes instructional materials from landscape architecture and related design courses and correspondence regarding the Landscape Architecture Alumni Advisory Board. The Department of Landscape Architecture was an original component of North Carolina State University's College of Design, known at its founding in 1948 as the School of Architecture and Landscape Design. In 1927, Professor Joseph Plummer Pillsbury initiated a curriculum in landscape architecture in the Department of Horticulture. By 1942, the Division of Landscape Architecture within the Department of Horticulture offered a Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture degree. When Henry Kamphoefner came to head the School of Design in 1948, he retained the three professors teaching in this division and made one of them, Edwin G. Thurlow, the department head. From its founding, the Department of Landscape Architecture in the School of Design offered the first five-year bachelor's degree in Landscape Architecture in the country. The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) accredited the program in 1951. In 1968, North Carolina State University approved the Master of Landscape Architecture degree and replaced the five-year bachelor's degree with a four-year Bachelor in Environmental Design in Landscape Architecture degree. The ASLA accredited the Master of Landscape Architecture degree in 1972. The Department of Landscape Architecture reintroduced the five-year Bachelor of Landscape Architecture degree in 1994. Early in its history, the department began its tradition of outreach to the local community and the state, as students contributed to projects in the city of Raleigh and throughout North Carolina. Less

This subgroup contains materials relating to the Home of the Month project which ran in the Raleigh News and Observer. Files include both digital and print versions of articles, entry forms, plans, and photographs. Materials range in date from 2005 to 2010. The Home of the Month project was a collaboration between the North Carolina State University College of Design’s Home Environments Design Initiative and the Raleigh News and Observer. The aims of the project were to educate and inspire the public about the benefits of good home designs, inform the public about the value architects bring to home building, support and expand ideas of what a home can be for potential homeowners, represent diversity for architecturally designed homes (in price, size, design approach, values and priorities), and support a growing residential market and residential architectural community. All of the homes selected were designed and built by North Carolina architects in or after 2000. The first article in the series was published in January 2006. Less

The records of the Office of the Dean in the College of Design of North Carolina State University include correspondence, minutes, reports relating to the administration of the College and the American Institute of Architects (AIA), courses and curricula materials, accreditation, the North Carolina Design Foundation Inc., lectures, programs, landscape architecture accreditation, the American Society of Landscape Architects accreditation, and the National Architecture Accrediting Board. The records also contain committee minutes, including the Executive Committee and the Course and Curricula Committee, which includes material on undergraduate and graduate courses. Materials collected and used by Bob Burns while writing a history of the College of Design are also present. Some born-digital materials are incorporated throughout the collection, including in the Digital and Audiovisual Materials and Web Content series. Materials range in date from 1945 to 2012. The North Carolina State University College of Design offers comprehensive study in architecture, landscape architecture, art and design, graphic design and industrial design. The College of Design admits students through a selective process that ensures a highly motivated and heterogeneous design community. The entering student body consistently ranks at the top academic achievement in the University, and its graduation rates are the highest in the institution. Less

This collection includes correspondence, memoranda, and instructional materials generated by the School of Architecture, as well as records generated by the Urban Design Program. The School of Architecture was an original component of North Carolina State University's College of Design, known at its founding in 1948 as the School of Architecture and Landscape Design. Before the Department of Architecture existed, North Carolina State College offered first a Bachelor of Architectural Engineering degree, and later, an Architecture degree, through the School of Engineering. In 1946, the board of trustees of the Consolidated University of North Carolina approved a School of Architecture and Landscape Design for State College in response to the post-World War II building boom. In 1948, the search committee hired Henry L. Kamphoefner, a University of Oklahoma architecture professor, to head the new school. Under Dean Kamphoefner, the Department of Architecture within the School of Design, as it soon came to be called, exerted broad influence on architectural design in North Carolina and the wider Southeast. In the 1960s, as architectural education began to focus more on urban and community design, the Department of Architecture established the Urban Design Program as a joint academic program with the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The name of the Department of Architecture changed to the School of Architecture in 2000, when the School of Design became the College of Design. Less

Correspondence, reports, and memoranda related to the North Carolina community college system, the Institute of Adult Extension Education, training programs for teachers of adults, North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service work, and 4-H activities. Most of the material dates from the 1970s to early 1980s. The Department of Adult Education at NC State University was created during the mid-1960s. In 1970 the name changed to the Department of Adult and Community College Education. In 2006 the department became Adult and Higher Education. In approximately 2010 or 2011 it became the Department of Leadership, Policy and Adult and Higher Education. As of 2018, it was renamed the Department of Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development. Less

The North Carolina State University, College of Education, Department of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Records include flyers, brochures, photographs, and materials regarding the annual Graphic Communications Distinguished Lecture and Banquet. Also included are videotapes and CD-ROMs of the banquet. Most materials are from the Graphic Communications program and appear to be largely from the files of Professor William J. Vander Wall. Also included are photographs of the Math Education Program and Science Education Program. All materials range in date from 1944 to 2008. Courses in mathematics and science education have been offered at NC State University (then, North Carolina State College) since the 1920s. In 1949, degree programs in Mathematics and Science Education were formalized and approved. In 1995, the Graphic Communications program merged with the Math and Science Education program to form the Department of Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education.Now called Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education (or "STEM"), the department prepares quality educators for middle, secondary and post-secondary school science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and graphic communications. It is divided into four programs: Graphic Communications, Mathematics Education, Science Education, and Technology, Engineering, and Design Education. Less

The records contain correspondence, departmental annual reports, memoranda and reports. Records include information on the Education Professions Development Act (EPDA) and Elementary-Secondary Education Act, which sponsors internships and fellowships. Also included is a plan to advise the North Carolina State Board of Education on education policy matters. A School of Education was created at North Carolina State College in 1927, but it was changed to the Department of Education in 1931. The School of Education was re-established in 1948. By the 1990s it had become the College of Education and Psychology. It remained under that name until July 1, 2001, when it became the College of Education. The Department of Psychology moved to the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. Less

Includes full and summary annual reports dated from 1889 to 2005 submitted by the College of Engineering to the Chancellor's Office, and individual departmental program and committee annual reports submitted to the Dean of Engineering. Each center, committee, department, institute, laboratory, office, and program of the College of Engineering is required to submit an annual report covering its activities to the Office of the Dean. The Office of the Dean publishes and submits a summary of the College's activities to the Chancellor of the University. Less

These records contain publications from the College of Engineering; individual departments, units, and program bulletins; and departmental and unit publications, reprints, and newsletters. Academic study in engineering dates back to the founding of the university, with a course in "Mechanic Arts" offered during 1889. In 1923, both the School of Engineering and the Engineering Experiment Station were founded. The Experiment Station would later be renamed the Engineering Research Services Division. In 1987 the School was renamed the College of Engineering. Less

Contains grants, contracts, research proposals, publications, reprints, bulletins, reports, correspondence, and a series of handwritten notebooks pertaining to a departmental investigation or self study, the Engineering Experiment Station, as well as research projects including minerals research, diesel engineering, and artificial intelligence. These files also relate to the College's sponsors of research, including the United States Army, Navy, and Air Force, the National Aeronautic and Space Administration, North Carolina Department of Transportation, and the National Science Foundation. The Analytical Instrumentation Facility (AIF) at NC State is the primary research facility for materials characterization on campus. The roots of AIF are in the Engineering Experiment Station, established at NC State in 1923. The Experiment Station became the Engineering Research Department in 1945, and that unit became the Engineering Research Division in 1971. The Engineering Research Division informally became known as the Analytical Instrumentation Facility during the 1981-1982 fiscal year. That designation had become official by the 1990s. Less

The North Carolina State University, College of Engineering, Coordinators of Advising Committee Records include meeting minutes, correspondence, and a few annual reports regarding the work of the committee. Materials range in date from 1983 to 2015. The Coordinators of Advising Committee at North Carolina State University's College of Engineering worked closely with the Courses and Curricula Committee to provide guidance on academic regulations and policies and procedures for students in the College of Engineering. It served to disseminate information on new policies to advisors who would in turn inform students. Topics included dropping/adding classes, student transfers, grade requirements, course credits, Freshman orientation, study abroad, learning disabilities, and reports from Student Health Services. As of 2019, it appears there is one Coordinator of Advising in each college to fulfill the role of this committee. Less

Includes reports, reprints, proposals, brochures correspondence, photos, and negatives from 1947 to 2004 pertaining to chemical related research projects, courses of study, and programs conducted at the college. Courses in chemistry have been taught at North Carolina State University NC State University) since the school was opened in 1889 as the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts (A&M). During President George Tayloe Winston's tenure (1899-1908) the curriculum in applied science was changed to chemical engineering. In 1899 a program leading to a degree of Chemical Engineer was introduced. In 1924, the Department of Chemical Engineering was formed by Dr. E. E. Randolph. In 2004, the department was officially renamed the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. Less

Includes correspondence, minutes, reports, memoranda, work plans, photographs, and project files dating from 1896 to 2010 and relating to the establishment of the marine science curriculum, the Integrated Manufacturing Engineering Institute, and the Henry M. Shaw Lecture Series in Civil Engineering. Civil engineering at North Carolina State University began as part of the Mechanics Course, which was first taught in 1889. In 1895 the Mechanics Course separated into civil engineering and mathematics when Wallace Carl Riddick became the first professor of civil engineering. Civil engineering became a separate department in 1906. The Engineers' Council for Professional Development (ECPD) accredited the civil engineering curriculum in 1937 and renewed the accreditation in 1949. Less

The records of the North Carolina State University Department of Computer Science include a proposal for formation of the department, correspondence, publications, seminar announcements, an annual report, information about courses and curricula, and other administrative records. Materials range in date from 1967 to 2017. The Computer Science Department at North Carolina State University was formed in 1967 in the School of Physical Science and Applied Mathematics (later the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences). In 1988, the department was transferred to the College of Engineering. Less

Contained here are records, 1924-2011, of the North Carolina State University's Department of Materials Science and Engineering and its predessecor departments. The collection includes correspondence, reports, reprints, and photographs pertaining to courses and curricula, equipment and travel expenses, the Department of Geology, ceramics, clay and bricks. Also included is material pertaining to organizations such as the Foundry educational Foundation, Geological Society of North America, the North Carolina Academy of Sciences, and Sigma Xi. Financial and grant records are also included. The origins of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering lie in the Departments of Geology and Mineral Industries Engineering. Only in 1972 did the University create a discrete Materials Engineering Department, which became the Materials Science and Engineering Department in 1986. Less

This collection contains publications, minutes, news releases, newsclippings, correspondence, 16 mm film, awards, contact sheets, photographs, blueprints, annual reports, newsletters, vitae, flyers and brochures, mockups of College of Engineering publications, posters, and born digital materials. Topics include visiting lecturers, alumni, biographical sketches, programs and institutes of the College of Engineering, the National Science Foundation, the University Industry Cooperative setup at five universities, furniture manufacturing and management, the nuclear reactor, the Center for Communication and Signal Processing, Cooperative Engineering Education, Ford Foundation Fellowships, the Engineers Fair, and the Industrial Extension Service. Academic study in engineering dates back to the founding of the university, with a course in "Mechanic Arts" offered during 1889. In 1923, both the School of Engineering and the Engineering Experiment Station were founded. In 1987 the School was renamed the College of Engineering. As of November 2005, Engineering Communications was a unit within the College of Engineering. Engineering Communications comprised Engineering Publications and Engineering News. Less

Collection contains primarily publications, promotional materials, historical, memoranda, and limited correspondence pertaining to extension activities, courses offered, Instructional Television Fixed Service (ITFS), Videobased Engineering Education (VBEE), extension education, and the Productivity Research and Engineering Program (PREP). It also includes photographs and slides. Founded in 1955, Industry Expansion Solutions (previously the Industrial Extension Service) provides the business community with engineering research and new developments to improve quality, productivity, and environment in industry. The service also provides continuing education for engineers, scientists, and industrial managers. IES helps North Carolina business grow and prosper through solutions that include Lean Enterprise, ISO 9000, ISO/TS 16949, Six Sigma, Energy & Facilities, HAZWOPER, ISO 14001, Safety and Health, Project Management, and the Minerals Research Laboratory.The name Industry Expansion Solutions was adopted in 2015. Less

The North Carolina State University, College of Engineering, Information Technology and Engineering Computer Services Records contain manuals, reports, newsletters, and CD-ROMs all pertaining to the Eos computing system. Materials range in date from 1987 to 2011. The North Carolina State University, College of Engineering, Information Technology and Engineering Computer Services (ITECS) provides academic computing for faculty and students as well as administrative computing for college and department administrators in the College of Engineering. ITECS maintains the Eos computer environment. Eos, launched in 1989, supports the College of Engineering with high-end workstation labs, engineering applications, and services for sharing technology resources across departments and programs. In 1996, Eos merged with Unity, the campus-wide computing system. Less