6 The Voice, For students, By students | August 24, 2011 [ www.fsuvoice.com | send news tips to tlie editor; thevoice.fsu@gmail.com
FSU name change comes up
again during the summer
by John Caldwell
tnterim Managing Editor
During a recent retreat at Fay
etteville State University, board
of trustee member Dr. J. Wayne
Riggins raised the idea of a
name change, the Fayetteville
Observer reported on August
5. The suggestion of changing
FSU’s name to the University of
North Carolina at Fayetteville is
not a new idea. According to the
Fayetteville Observer’s story,
Riggins had spoken with three
students who brought the name-
change up. He, in turn, prom
ised to address it at a trustees
meeting.
In 2002 State Rep., Bill Hur
ley of Fayetteville (now retired)
proposed a bill to fund a study
examining possible eflfects of
changing FSU’s name. An old
Fayetteville Observer edito
rial, titled “UNC-Fayetteville?
Studying name change is a
good idea” suggested Hurley,
“initiated what people had been
pondering quietly for years...
in near whispers.” The article
goes on to reference the 16,000
FSU alumni “revering its cur
rent name while opposing the
study.”
On September 26,2002 the
board of trustees voted no to
the name change or a study,
after students and alumni rallied
against them both.
During the recent retreat,
trustee Ben Brown said students
expressed opposition to the
name change. Although, accord
ing to the Fayetteville Observer,
he added, “it warrants a good
open discussion.”
FSU’s vice chancellor and
chief of staff, Thomas Con
way said, “Chancellor James
Anderson has indicated that any
discussion about changing the
school’s name should be done in
the context of potential benefits.
School officials only should
consider the move if it helps
FSU accomplish its mission,”
according to the Fayetteville
ObserverAs with most universi
ties, FSU’s name has changed
several times throughout the
course of history.
The most recent change was
in 1969 when Fayetteville State
College became Fayetteville
State University, correspond
ing with its designation as a
regional university by the North
Carolina State Legislature.
The institution became FSC
in 1963 when Fayetteville State
Teachers College dropped
“Teachers” from its name to
correspond to the expanded
degree catalog. And the FSTC
designation came about in 1939
when it changed from the State
Colored Normal School.
The university began as.the
Howard School in 1867, and its
name was changed for the first
time in 1877 to State Colored
Normal School.
FSU Names:
1867: Howard School
1877; State Colored Normal
School
1939; Fayetteville State
Teachers College
1963; Fayetteville State Col
lege
1969; Fayetteville State
University
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