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North Carolina A&T State University is an 1890 Second Morrill Land-Grant Act public university located in Greensboro, North Carolina.

NAME CHANGES TO REMEMBER:

1891 - 1915 - Agricultural and Mechanical College for the Colored Race

1915  - 1957 - Negro Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina

1957 - 1967 - Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina

1967 - present - North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.

1960
Ezell Blair, Jr. (Jibreel Khazan), Franklin McCain, Joseph McNeil and David Richmond, four freshman students at A&T College initiated the Lunch Counter Sit-In demonstrations in Greensboro on February 1st.

Dr. Samuel D. Proctor was selected as the fifth President of the College and served until 1964.
1964
Dr. Lewis C. Dowdy was selected as the sixth President of the College and served until 1980.

John A. Steinhauer, a science teacher, was the first white student to earn a degree from A&T, earning the Master of Science in Education with a concentration in Chemistry.
1965
The College acquired the East Campus, formerly the Immanuel Lutheran College.

1966
The Board of Directors for the A&T College Foundation was appointed. Membership of the Board grew from five to twenty-four.

The Board of Trustees, in its annual meeting on Thursday, October 20, approved a resolution changing the titles of Dean of Instruction to Dean of Academic Affairs and Dean of Students to Dean of Student Affairs, both effective December 1.

Radio station WANT was established on February 9th.
1967
Four new buildings were named: B.W. Barnes Biology Building, Edward Richard Merrick Building, C.M. Vanstory Hall, Memorial Union of A&T College.

The Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina, by an Act of the North Carolina General Assembly, was designated a Regional University as the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. Two academic divisions were established: the Division of Industrial Education and Technology and the Division of Business and Economics.

The name of the College was changed to "North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University".
1968
Effective September 1st, the University was reorganized into the following academic areas:

School of Agriculture
School of Arts and Sciences containing the Division of Humanities
Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Division of Social Sciences
School of Education
School of Engineering
School of Nursing
School of Graduate Studies
Division of Business Administration
1969
The School of Engineering was accredited by the Engineers' Council for Professional Development.

The Department of Speech and Drama was created as a part of the School of Arts and Sciences.

The History and Political Science Departments were created after formerly being one department.
 

"Nursing Students in a Pediatrics Class - From the Ayantee 1961.