North Carolina A&T State University history

The college continued to operate in Raleigh until the Board of Trustees voted, in 1892, to relocate the college to Greensboro.

North Carolina A&M College opened in Greensboro in the fall of 1893.

In 1899, The college conferred its first degrees to seven graduates.

In 1904, the college developed a 100-acre (40 ha) farm equipped with the latest in farm machinery and labor-saving devices.

The 1914 passage of the Smith-Lever Act created an educational partnership between land-grant colleges and the United States Department of Agriculture.

In 1915, the North Carolina General Assembly changed the name of the college to Negro Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina.

By December 1931, female students were allowed, for the first time, to participate in the student government as members of the student council.

1945 – First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt tours the campus with A&T President F.D. Bluford.

In 1946, the college acquired 96 acres (39 ha) of land adjacent to the original 14-acre (5.7 ha) campus.

1951 – The Aggies football team wins the HBCU National Championship.

In 1953, The School of Nursing was established, with the first class graduating four years later.

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

In 1964, 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.

In 1967, The college was designated a Regional University by the NC General Assembly.

1968 – The Aggies football team wins its second HBCU National Championship.

In 1969, student protesters from the college, in addition to students of nearby James B. Dudley High School, were involved in a four-day conflict with the Greensboro Police and the National Guard in which there was one casualty.

In 1971, the North Carolina General Assembly passed legislation bringing all 16 public institutions that confer bachelor's degrees into The University of North Carolina System.

The university celebrated its 100th anniversary in 1987, which also saw the creation of Centennial Campus, bringing together academic, corporate, government and nonprofit leaders to partner in teaching, research and economic development.

1990 – The Aggies football team wins its third HBCU National Championship.

1999 – The Aggies football team wins its fourth HBCU National Championship.

2001 – Doctor Carolyn W. Meyers is named the first provost of the university.

In 2003, N.C. A&T announced the creation of a Joint Millennial Campus, with neighboring UNC Greensboro, with the intent to focus on regional economic development.

2009 – Doctor Harold L. Martin, Sr., formerly the A&T vice chancellor for Academic Affairs and dean of the College of Engineering, is elected chancellor, becoming the first A&T alumnus to serve in the position.

The following year, N.C. A&T received approval to establish a Ph.D. program in Computational Science and Engineering beginning in the fall of 2010.

2012 – Michelle Obama makes history as the first First Lady of the United States to be North Carolina A&T's commencement speaker.

As the plan took root, N.C. A&T began a remarkable evolution that saw it become the nation's largest HBCU in 2014, a position it has held ever since.

2015 – The Aggies football team win its fifth HBCU National Championship.

2016 – Former United States Secretary of State, United States Senator and First Lady Hillary Clinton is a special guest at A&T's pep rally for its homecoming game.

2017 – The Aggies football team wins its sixth HBCU National Championship.

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2020 – A&T is the first UNC System institution to stand up a COVID-19 testing and vaccination clinic.