This timeline has been adapted from one published in the Autumn 2006 issue of NC State, the alumni magazine. It has been supplemented with information from Alice Elizabeth Reagan's North Carolina State University: A Narrative History (1987), Nash Nicks Winstead's Inclusion and Involvement of African-Americans at North Carolina State University, 1953-1993 (2000), and the University Archives Reference Collection (UA 050), and other resources.

The Alumni Association, founded in 1895, builds lifelong relationships among students, alumni and their alma mater, and works to make NC State the strongest academic institution possible. By engaging alumni in the life of the university, and directing its influence and resources toward the pursuit of excellence, the Alumni Association is one of NC State’s greatest supporters.

The Department of Multicultural Student Affairs (MSA) researches, designs and implements unique programs that promote the pursuit of academic success, retention and graduation of students, with an emphasis on African American, Native American and Hispanic students. Multicultural Student Affairs works in conjunction with a number of university departments and colleges to conduct programs related to recruitment, orientation, retention and graduation in addition to academic, personal, professional and cultural development, which foster skills and strategies for being successful at N.C. State.

The Office of African American Student Affairs (AASA) researches, designs and implements unique programs that promote the pursuit of academic success, retention and graduation of students, with an emphasis on African American students. Many of the programs and services expand students' cultural horizon while honoring their respective cultural experiences. The Office of African American Student Affairs resides in the Department of Multicultural Student Affairs.

AASAC is a student extension of the Office of African-American Student Affairs (AASA). Its purpose shall be to function as a forum for the exchange of ideas and the dissemination of information to all African American student organizations.

North Carolina State University is among the most diverse of the UNC campuses. Today, NCSU is among the nation's leaders in the graduation of African American students with graduate degrees in mathematics, science, engineering, and technology (Black Issues in Higher Education, 2004). Since 1993, NCSU has been recognized as one of the 100 best colleges for African American students (The 100 Best Colleges for African American Students by Erlene B. Wilson, 1993 and 1998).