Draft History

1976

1976

Textile Off-Campus Televised Education (TOTE) program was developed

1977

1977

Apparel Manufacturing option created within Textile Technology

1981

1981

Dame S. Hamby became Dean of the School of Textiles

1981

The first four North Carolina Textile Foundation Merit Scholars entered the school

1982

1982

Pamela Banks-Lee becomes the college’s first Black female faculty member.

$Pamela Banks$

1986

1986

The Bachelor of Science in Textile Engineering was approved by the Curriculum Committee and the Provost

1986

A master plan for Centennial Campus was approved which included a new building for the College of Textiles

1987

1987

Robert A. Barnhardt becomes Dean

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1988

1988

Groundbreaking on Centennial Campus Textile building

$Centennial Groundbreaking$

1989

1989

The Departments of Textile Chemistry and Textile Engineering and Science are combined into the Department of Textile Engineering, Chemistry, and Science with Charles D. Livengood as head