North Carolina State University

Currently, there are 24 University Standing Committees. Members of each of the University Standing Committees are appointed by the chancellor at the beginning of each academic year. The Committee on Committees provides the chancellor with recommendations concerning the composition and charge for each committee, its chair, and its faculty, staff, and student members. These recommendations are in part based on voluntary expressed preferences, on a general principle of rotation, and, whenever appropriate, on representation by academic colleges or special constituencies. In most cases one of the faculty members on a University Standing Committee is also a liaison to the Faculty Senate. The Faculty Senate, Staff Senate, and Student Government each recommends its constituency to the Committee on Committees for recommendation to the chancellor.

From the description of North Carolina State University Committees records, 1919-2008 [manuscript] (North Carolina State University). WorldCat record id: 506492007

Students began forming organizations early in the history of North Carolina State University to enrich their college experiences. Over time, more organizations were formed to reflect a variety of interests and concerns among students, faculty, and staff of North Carolina State University.

From the description of North Carolina State University, Student and Other Organizations, Single Folder Organizations records, 1904-2009 [manuscript] (North Carolina State University). WorldCat record id: 503458349

From the guide to the North Carolina State University, Student and Other Organizations, Single Folder Organizations Records, 1904-2010, (Special Collections Research Center)

The Memorabilia Collection is an extensive collection of artifacts acquired from former staff and students, as well as transfers from various university departments. This collection provides an unique view of the development of North Carolina State University from its beginnings as the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts to the present.

From the description of Plaque Memorabilia Collection [manuscript] (North Carolina State University). WorldCat record id: 506031641

From the description of Historical Memorabilia Collection [manuscript] (North Carolina State University). WorldCat record id: 506031933

From the description of YMCA Memorabilia Collection. (North Carolina State University). WorldCat record id: 476311915

From the description of Campus Memorabilia Collection. (North Carolina State University). WorldCat record id: 476311892

From the description of Trophy Memorabilia Collection [manuscript] (North Carolina State University). WorldCat record id: 506031399

In keeping with the land-grant tradition of the university, Continuing and Professional Education offers noncredit education and training to the people of North Carolina. CPE encompasses three sub-units: Office of Professional Development, The Computer Training Unit, and McKimmon Conference and Training Center, focusing on the development, facilitation, and delivery of continuing education and professional programs for business, industry, and other organizations.

Broad-based national conferences on a variety of timely topics as well as intensive, highly focused seminars and workshops take advantage of the very best campus as well as non-campus instructional resources, while up-to-date computer training is also available on a variety of different levels and on a wide range of topics.

Special efforts are made to meet the training needs of industry and government agencies through general as well as customized offerings. The university awards Continuing Education Units to participants in qualified programs. CEUs are part of a nationwide system that provides a uniform measure of attainment in noncredit educational programs.

From the guide to the University Archives Photograph Collection, Continuing Education Photographs, 1935-1993, (Special Collections Research Center)

Established as a land-grant state college, North Carolina State University was required by law to include military training and education in its curriculum. N.C. State University's Department of Military Science and Tactics was introduced in 1894 under the direction of United States Navy Lieutenant Richard Henderson. Following World War I, the U.S. Army Reserve Officer Training Corps became the accepted method through which N.C. State, like other land-grant institutions, provided military training and education.

From 1919 to 1942, more than 14,600 students received military training in the Army ROTC program at N.C. State. Over 5,000 alumni, including more than 2,500 officers served in World War II. N.C. State was among 22 colleges and universities in the Army Specialized Training Division of the Fourth Service Command during the war, and it played a major role in supplying the U.S. Navy with reserve officers trained in diesel engineering.

Colonel Samuel A. Gibson was named head of military training and education at N.C. State after World War II, and he established a separate Air Force ROTC unit in 1951. A Naval ROTC program was not established until 1979 when it was expanded from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill through a cross-town enrollment agreement. All male students at N.C. State were required to enroll in two years of ROTC, but after the ROTC Vitalization Act of 1964 made it completely voluntary, N.C. State abolished the compulsory two-year requirement.

N.C. State alumni have achieved wide recognition in military service. Notable figures include General William C. Lee, "Father of the Airborne" and the first commanding general of the 101st Airborne Division, and General Maxwell R. Thurman, who led the 1989 invasion of Panama and was a principal architect of the all-volunteer Army. A total of 457 N.C. State alumni died during military service in World Wars I and II, Korea, and Vietnam.

From the guide to the University Archives Photograph Collection, Military Training and Service Photographs, 1896-1992, (Special Collections Research Center)