<h4>1983</h4>
Chancellor Poulton writes to Gov. Hunt and UNC President Friday to explore the future of the Dorothea Dix Hospital property to NC State’s south.

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Dec. 19, 1984: Governor James B. Hunt, Jr., in a public ceremony at the State Capitol, allotted the initial parcel of land totaling 355 acres to NC State. Board of Trustees Chair Jack Jordan shakes hands with Gov. Hunt as Chancellor Bruce Poulton looks on.

<h4>1984</h4>
The Hunt administration allocates the first 385 acres of the vacated Dix property to NC State.

<h4>1985</h4>
Gov. Martin’s administration allocates an additional 400 acres to NC State.

<h4>1986</h4>
The Centennial Campus master plan is approved by the NC State Board of Trustees and UNC's Board of Governors.

Former College of Design Dean Claude McKinney, John Kanipe and Beth McGee at Centennial Campus planning meeting.

1987: Gov. Martin and the Council of State unanimously approve the plan.

1988: The Precision Engineering Center becomes the first occupied and dedicated building.

College of Textiles construction on Centennial Campus.

1991: The College of Textiles moves to Centennial Campus; ABB becomes Centennial’s first corporate partner.

Dedication of the ABB building.

Weather balloon demonstration at the NOAA National Weather Service on Centennial Campus.


1993: The National Weather Service becomes Centennial’s first government partner.


















Ten-year celebration event on Centennial Campus.

1999: Startup companies are accepted into the Technology Incubator.

2000: Centennial Biomedical Campus is established.

2001: The Spring Hill property (120 acres) is transferred to Centennial Campus.


Engineering Building I dedication.

2004: The College of Engineering begins its permanent move to Centennial.

2005: Centennial's first residential units open.

2007: The Biotechnology Training and Education Center opens.

Golfer tees off on the 16th hole at Lonnie Poole Golf Course.

2009: Lonnie Poole Golf Course opens.

2010: Keystone Science Center opens; construction begins on the James B. Hunt Jr. library.


Hunt Library is globally recognized for its architecture and technology integration, including a robotic book storage and retrieval system.

2013: Hunt Library and Wolf Ridge Apartments opens.

2014: North Shore townhouses and the Greens Apartments open.


North Shore, a private townhome complex, is adjacent to Lake Raleigh and the Lonnie Poole Golf Course.

2015: Alliance One building opens; North Shore townhouses expand.


The Nonwovens Institute, the world's first accredited academic program for engineered fabrics, partners with industry and government to create novel materials.

2017: Center for Technology and Innovation opens; Nonwovens Institute reopens; StateView Hotel and Conference Center opens.

2018: Fitts-Woolard Hall, NC State’s new 225,000-square-foot engineering innovation building, breaks ground; NC State receives a $28 million gift from alumnus Fred Wilson Jr. and family to fund an endowment to support and name NC State’s College of Textiles, now known as the Wilson College of Textiles.

2019: N.C. Plant Sciences Initiative building breaks ground; Raleigh Founded, a co-working entrepreneurship incubator, opens. 


Fitts-Woolard Hall is home to the Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering and the Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering.

2020: Fitts-Woolard Hall opens.