81 collections related to North Carolina State University -- Administration

This records subgroup contains typed annual reports from the North Carolina State University Office of the Provost and Dean of Faculty. Included are the Provosts' copies of reports from schools and colleges, as well as university divisions and committees at N.C. State, 1955 - 2006. In 1955, the position of Dean of Faculty was first established at North Carolina State College (University). In 1967, the title changed to Provost, and in 1971, to Provost and Vice Chancellor. The Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost is NC State's chief academic officer, supporting faculty and programming that make the university a higher education leader. As executive vice chancellor, the provost is the senior executive responsible for NC State’s day-to-day activities. The provost is responsible for the university’s 10 colleges and 12 critical corollary units. The provost oversees the review and approval of all of NC State’s academic programs and policies, and directs the appointment, promotion and compensation of the faculty (https://provost.ncsu.edu/about/whats-a-provost/, accessed 5/29/2020). Less

The general records of the North Carolina State University Office of the Provost include general correspondence, publications, and reports relating to the administration of North Carolina State University and issues in higher education. Materials range in date from 1948 to 2014. In 1955, the position of Dean of Faculty was first established at North Carolina State College (University). In 1967, the title changed to Provost, and in 1971, to Provost and Vice Chancellor. The Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost is NC State's chief academic officer, supporting faculty and programming that make the university a higher education leader. As executive vice chancellor, the provost is the senior executive responsible for NC State’s day-to-day activities. The provost is responsible for the university’s 10 colleges and 12 critical corollary units. The provost oversees the review and approval of all of NC State’s academic programs and policies, and directs the appointment, promotion and compensation of the faculty (https://provost.ncsu.edu/about/whats-a-provost/, accessed 5/29/2020). Less

Contained in this sub-group are publications issued by the Office of the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, subordinate units, and predecessor units. In 1955, the position of Dean of Faculty was first established at North Carolina State College (University). In 1967, the title changed to Provost, and in 1971, to Provost and Vice Chancellor. The Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost is NC State's chief academic officer, supporting faculty and programming that make the university a higher education leader. As executive vice chancellor, the provost is the senior executive responsible for NC State’s day-to-day activities. The provost is responsible for the university’s 10 colleges and 12 critical corollary units. The provost oversees the review and approval of all of NC State’s academic programs and policies, and directs the appointment, promotion and compensation of the faculty (https://provost.ncsu.edu/about/whats-a-provost/, accessed 5/29/2020). Less

The records of the Division of Undergraduate Academic Programs at North Carolina State University include handbooks, course action records, enrollment reports, event programs, and policy documentation regarding the undergraduate curricula and academic practices of the university. Materials range in date from 1957 to 2020. The Division of Undergraduate Academic Programs at North Carolina State University offered programs that enhanced intellectual and personal development and provided students with academic and career assistance. The division also helped colleges, departments, and faculty with their curriculum and policy development. Several existing programs overseeing undergraduate academics were brought together in 1991, forming a new Division of Undergraduate Studies - which was overseen by a dean. Beginning in 1997, the Division was led by a vice provost, and in 2001, the name of the Division was changed to the Division of Undergraduate Affairs. The name of Division of Undergraduate Academic Programs was implemented in 2006. In 2012, the Division of Undergraduate Academic Programs merged with the Division of Student Affairs to become the Division of Academic and Student Affairs (DASA). Less

The North Carolina State University, Office of the Provost, University Committees Records contain correspondence and information related to the Alexander Quarles Holladay Medal for Excellence faculty award and records for recipients of the award from 1994 to 1999. It also contains agendas, correspondence, member lists and minutes from the Merit Awards Committee dating from 1979 to 2001. In 1955, the position of Dean of Faculty was first established at North Carolina State College (University). In 1967, the title changed to Provost, and in 1971, to Provost and Vice Chancellor. The Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost is NC State's chief academic officer, supporting faculty and programming that make the university a higher education leader. As executive vice chancellor, the provost is the senior executive responsible for NC State’s day-to-day activities. The provost is responsible for the university’s 10 colleges and 12 critical corollary units. The provost oversees the review and approval of all of NC State’s academic programs and policies, and directs the appointment, promotion and compensation of the faculty (https://provost.ncsu.edu/about/whats-a-provost/, accessed 5/29/2020). Less

The records of the Fort Bragg Program at North Carolina State University include brochures, budgets, correspondence, enrollment data, meeting minutes, reports, schedule of courses, and other documents concerning the courses offered by North Carolina State University at Fort Bragg. Materials range in date from 1963 to 1976. Beginning during World War II, North Carolina State College (later, University) began a program of coursework at Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, North Carolina. In 1964, approval was given for the university to operate a four-year branch at the military base. Responsibility for the program was shifted to Fayetteville State University by July 1, 1973. NC State University ran a short-lived graduate program there until 1982. Less

The North Carolina State University, Office of the Provost, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) Pride Center Records, 1978-2024, document a portion of the history of the LGBTQ community on NC State's campus as well as the creation and function of the LGBTQ Pride Center (formerly the GLBT Center). The collection contains flyers, reports, surveys, news clippings, workshop and training materials, zines, photographs, and posters. These materials and the digital files also included in the collection pertain to events such as LGBTQ History Month, Transgender Awareness Week, and Lavender Graduation, as well as workshops and trainings such as Transgender 101 and Project SAFE. There are also documents related to the 1980s LGBTQ student groups and organizations that were precursors to the LGBTQ Pride Center. Also included are artifacts including t-shirts, tablecloths, plaques, and sashes from Lavender Graduation. The digital files included in this collection cover organizations and clubs, events and event planning, and workshops and trainings given by the Center. The NC State LGBTQ Pride Center (formerly the GLBT Center) provides students of all sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions with resources and programming to raise awareness, promote respect, and create a culture of equity, inclusion and social justice. The LGBTQ Pride Center's stated mission is to engage, develop, and empower members of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning communities and their allies. This is accomplished through lectures, counseling services, workshops, and developing supportive communities. Some of the recurring events the Center sponsors include the GLBT Symposium, Transgender Awareness Week, Alternative Spring Break - San Francisco, and the Lavender Graduation. Less

The Office for Equal Opportunity and Equity Records contain correspondence, memoranda, meeting minutes, reports, publications, and other material related to the administrative functions of the Affirmative Action Office (later the Office for Equal Opportunity and Equity). The bulk of the material involves efforts by North Carolina State University to comply with federal statutory and regulatory requirements prohibiting discrimination. Also included are records of the Disability Services Office, which became part of the Office for Equal Opportunity in 1999. Most of the Disability Services material, comprising student records, is restricted, and will be deaccessioned according the disposition instructions for GU 323 (Services to Students with Disabilities) of the University of North Carolina (System) General Records Retention and Disposition Schedule. The Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Office oversaw all university activities related to compliance with federal and state laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, gender, and disability. In July of 2011, the office of Equal Opportunity, Equity, and Compliance became a unit under the Office for Institutional Equity and Diversity. As of 2020, Equal Opportunity and Equity provides training, resources and assistance to address and end discrimination and harassment at NC State. Areas of focus include accommodations and accessibility, discrimination and harassment, Equal Employment Opportunity and affirmative action, pregnancy, and Title IX. Less

This collection is comprised of correspondence, surveys, and reports related to discrimination and African American issues. It also includes information on the African American Cultural Center. This office of African American Affairs worked in cooperation with the Affirmative Action Office. In 1990 North Carolina State University created a position of Coordinator of African American Affairs within the Office of the Provost. Dr. Augustus M. Witherspoon became the first to fill the position. Drs. William C. Grant, Rupert W. Nacoste, and Jose A. Picart have followed in his footsteps. By 2000 the position had become the Vice Provost for Diversity and African American Affairs. The Vice Provost for Diversity and African American Affairs had the primary responsibility of forging a shared vision concerning the recruitment, retention, and graduation of a diverse student body. Less

This collection contains general records of the provost's office relating to UNC Program Review, graduate programs, and administration. There are several folders on the review of North Carolina State University's colleges and academic degree programs. Other materials concern faculty and course evaluations. As of 2019, many of the duties of this office are now performed by the Division of Academic and Student Affairs. Before this office was subsumed into the Division of Academic Affairs in 2011, the position was titled Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs. It had been previously titled Associate Vice Provost for Academic Affairs. During the 1970s and 1980s associate provosts assisted the provost in academic matters. Less

This collection contains correspondence, reports and other material about named professorships and teaching awards at North Carolina State University, 1959 - 1993. In mid-1986, with the advice of the Faculty Senate, the chancellor established the concept of "professors of distinction" as the broad descriptor of all kinds of distinctively-titled professorships, "including distinguished visiting scholars," and provided procedures for according such distinctions upon individuals. Those procedures provide that faculty committees, comprised in the majority by individuals holding such formal distinctions, be consulted in the process of searching for or naming particular individuals in such positions and that the final review and decision on such distinctions rested with the chancellor upon the advice of the provost, the vice chancellor for research, and the dean of the graduate school. Less

Contained here are the files of the University Program on Science and Society. Included are brochures, budget records, correspondence, grant proposals, occasional papers, photographs, reports, questionnaires, speeches, and surveys. There are several folders on an Ethics and Decision-Making in the Textile Industry Study and a Science and Theology Study-Research Group. Files on the Experimental Study of Religion and Society also exist here, as well as on its funding from a Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation grant. In 1968 the University Program on Science and Society was established. It was a cooperative program among faculty and students whose purpose was to provide the colleges and universities with a means of focusing curricula and departmental resources upon major social problems related to the growth of science and technology. North Carolina State University, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Duke University, St. Augustine's College, and Shaw University participated in the program. Less

The North Carolina State University, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration Records contain ledgers, invoices/invoice books, blueprints, statements of accounts, financial reports, capital improvement plans, correspondence, and information pertaining to budgets, donations, tuition, scholarships, enrollment and foundations. Materials range in date from 1887 to 2023. The records also include the Office of Finance and Administration website. The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration at North Carolina State University was formerly known as Bursar, Treasurer, Controller, and Business Manager. The mission statement of the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration is "By stewarding financial assets, optimizing physical resources and investing in human capital, we will work with university constituencies to position NC State as a premier land grant university and world-class institution." As of 2020, the Office consists of the following units: Budget and Resource Management, Campus Enterprises, Environmental Health and Public Safety,Facilities, Finance, Human Resources, and Real Estate and Development. These units report to the Vice Chancellor for Finance and Business, and they provide infrastructure services essential to supporting the students, faculty and staff of the university. In 2015, the name was changed from the Office of Finance and Business to the Office of Finance and Administration. Less

The North Carolina State University, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation Records contain correspondence, reports, and internal memoranda relating to research activities on campus. Faculty Research and Professional Development Grants and publications such as Results Magazine are also included. Materials range in date from 1954 to 2018. The North Carolina State University, Office of Research and Innovation includes the Office of the Vice Chancellor, Research Development, Research Administration and Compliance, and Technology Commercialization and New Ventures. The unit's stated vision is to be instrumental in making an impact on society’s grand challenges through NC State’s emergence as a preeminent research university. The Office of Research and Innovation was previously known as the Office of Research, Innovation and Economic Development. Prior to 2011, the Office of Research, Innovation and Economic Development was first called the Office of Research and Graduate Studies. Less

The records of the North Carolina Sea Grant College Program contain reports, newsletters, brochures, directories, proposals relating to coastal and water-related issues; includes the newsletters Blueprints, Conch Shell, Tidelines, Scotch Bonnet, Legal Tides, and Coastwatch. Materials range in date from 1973 to 2022. The North Carolina Sea Grant began in 1970. Six years later, it became the nation's 12th Sea Grant College Program. Now the university-based program is part of a network of thirty Sea Grant programs that wrap the shores of the Atlantic, Pacific, Gulf of Mexico and Great Lakes. With its emphasis on solid, peer-reviewed scientific research coupled with outreach, Sea Grant has gained a reputation as a reliable source for valid solutions and timely information about our coast. Today, Sea Grant provides a holistic approach to a wide range of topics that have direct impacts not only along the North Carolina coast, but also across the state and the country. Less

The North Carolina State University, Research Operations Council Records contain minutes, reports, memoranda, and correspondence regarding research and its funding. Materials range in date from 1970 to 1994. The Research Operations Council (ROC) provides leadership at the college and university level for NC State research endeavors. The council’s monthly meeting agenda is set by the Vice Chancellor of Research and Innovation. Members include the associate dean for research (or comparable chief research officer) from each college, the Vice Chancellor’s senior staff and the University Research Committee’s chair (https://research.ncsu.edu/about/committees/research-operations-council/, accessed 7/30/2020). Less

The University Archives Reference Collection, General Reference subgroup, contains brochures, clippings, correspondence and memoranda, news releases, programs, publications, reports, speeches, and related archival material concerning a variety of items relating to the University. This is an artificial collection and is maintained by Special Collections staff. North Carolina State University was established in 1887 as the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (A&M College). The College opened in 1889 with one building - the current Holladay Hall - six faculty, and courses in the agricultural and mechanical arts, adding a curriculum in applied science in 1893. By the turn of the century the College had grown to some half dozen buildings, about 300 students, and had begun to diversify its curricula. In 1917, the institution's name was changed to North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (State College). In 1931 the College greatly reworked its curricula as it underwent consolidation. Along with North Carolina College for Women and the University of North Carolina, it became a part of the Consolidated University of North Carolina,. North Carolina State is now one of the constituent institutions of the multi-campus University of North Carolina system, having received university status, and, after some controversy, assumed its current name in 1965. As of 2007, N.C. State had a student body of nearly 30,000, nearly two thousand faculty, and research and program expenditures of over $440 million. Less

The North Carolina State University, University Coordinator for Environmental Studies Records contains materials related to environmental studies and environmental activism and policy both at N. C. State and, more broadly, across the state of North Carolina. Materials include publications and correspondence related to conferences on critical environmental issues either sponsored by N. C. State or featuring presentations by N. C. State faculty including Dr. A. C. Barefoot, the University Coordinator for Environmental Studies in the mid-to-late 1970s. There is also correspondence, agendas, and publications related to the Council on Envionmental Studies, a conglomeration of professionals with environmental studies backgrounds who met to discuss the primary environmental issues facing North Carolina and how best to approach those issues. One of the preeminent members of the council was Dr. A. C. Barefoot. Finally, the collection includes student project proposals for N. C. State's Environment Grant. The grant was facillitated and projects were approved by University Coordinator for Environmental Studies, Dr. A. C. Barefoot. Materials range in date from 1973 to 1980. The Environmental Studies Program was first proposed in 1973 as a way to coordinate environmental studies at N. C. State. In the mid-to-late 1970s, the University Coordinator for Environmental Studies coordinated the various research efforts happening at the graduate level in the area of environmental research. Dr. A. C. Barefoot acted as the University Coordinator in the mid-to-late 1970s. Less

The North Carolina State University University Policies and Procedures Records include official policies and procedures for North Carolina State University. Materials date from 1944 to 2007. North Carolina State University was established in 1887 as the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (A&M College). The College opened in 1889 with one building - the current Holladay Hall - six faculty, and courses in the agricultural and mechanical arts, adding a curriculum in applied science in 1893. By the turn of the century the College had grown to some half dozen buildings, about 300 students, and had begun to diversify its curricula. In 1917, the institution's name was changed to North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (State College). In 1931, it became a part of the Consolidated University of North Carolina. North Carolina State is now one of the constituent institutions of the multi-campus University of North Carolina system. Less