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- 1985
- The Apparel Research and Development Laboratory is established in the Department of Clothing and Textiles in the College of Human Resources. The lab's mission is to address apparel development needs and the problems identified by individual companies within the garment industry. It is one of only two university labs of its kind in the southeastern United States.
- 1986
- May, the Interior Design program in the Department of Housing, Interior Design, and Resource Management receives Foundation for Interior Design Education and Research (FIDER) accreditation. It continues to be one of the fewer than 20 percent of the more than 500 undergraduate programs identified in the United States and Canada to be accredited by FIDER.
- 1986
- State Council of Higher Education approves an undergraduate degree in hotel, restaurant, and institutional management.
- 1987
- July 1, the Department of Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Management is established in the College of Human Resources.
- 1989
- Summer The National Apartment Association agrees to allow graduating seniors in Residential Property Management to sit for its Certified Apartment Management (CAM) designation examination.
- 1990
- January 12, College of Human Resources college breaks ground for addition to Wallace Hall.
- 1990
- The Interior Design undergraduate program in the Department of Housing, Interior Design, and Resource Management in the College of Human Resources is recognized as an affiliate of the National Kitchen and Bath Association (NKBA), and students can complete their studies with an emphasis in kitchen and bath design, and are eligible to sit for the NKBA certification exams.
- 1991
- Fall semester, the College of Human Resources moves into the Wallace Hall addition and renovation begins on the original building.
- 1992
- January, the Department of Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Management was among the first programs accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Programs in Hospitality Administration.
- 1992
- Spring, the College of Human Resources occupies its newly expanded and renovated building, Wallace Hall. The additional space provides more specialized areas for labs, studios, centers, collections, and displays as well as improved classrooms, offices, and social areas.
- 1992
- September 25, College of Human Resources holds a rededication ceremony and celebrates the completion of the two-year, $6.2 million Wallace Hall expansion and renovation project.
- 1992
- September 25, the Professor of Residential Property Management becomes the College of Human Resources' first endowed professorship. The endowment has been funded by firms and professionals in the industry.
- 1992
- September 26, the first college wide College of Human Resources Alumni Reunion is held.
- 1992
- Late fall, a master's program is established in the Department of Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Management.
- 1992
- December, the Adult Day Care Center in the College of Human Resources opens. The center received a three-year $208,000 grant from the Jesse Ball duPont Fund and is the first university-based adult day care center in the country to focus on the much-needed research in this field. It will also expand students' opportunities to train as professionals.
- 1993
- August 1, Peggy S. Meszaros becomes dean of the College of Human Resources.
- 1994
- January, the Department of Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Management is renamed the Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management
- 1994
- March, Delores Pourchot retires as assistant dean for Extension. Michael Sporakowski is named interim.
- 1994
- Michael Thompson accepts the position of half-time development officer for the college.
- 1994
- Exercise Science, which had been in the College of Education, becomes part of the Department of Human Nutrition and Foods
- 1995
- February 2, Peggy S. Meszaros becomes senior vice president and provost of Virginia Tech. Janet M. Johnson is named interim dean.
- 1995
- A Ph.D. program is established in the Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management.
- 1995
- The Department of Family and Child Development drops the undergraduate options in ChildCare Administration and Human Development.
- 1995
- The Department of Human Nutrition and Foods changes its undergraduate options to: dietetics, community and international nutrition, consumer foods, exercise and health promotion, and the science food, nutrition, and exercise.
- 1995
- The Department of Clothing and Textiles.drops its undergraduate option in textiles while retaining fashion merchandising and apparel design.
- 1995
- July, Roberta M. Minish becomes interim head of the Department of Clothing and Textiles.
- 1995
- October 1, Charlotte A. Kidd becomes the director of development, a position shared with the College of Education.
- 1995
- December, President Paul Torgersen announces the merger of the College of Human Resources and the College of Education on July 1, 1996
- 1996
- April, the Board of Visitors approves the name change from the Department of Human Nutrition and Foods to the Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise (effective July 1).
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