Peace and Mind

Peace and Mind is a collection of creative historical projects that curates the NC State Peace.

The Peace Retreat was a petition from North Carolina State University's (NCSU) student body in the spring semester of 1970 to end academic courses early for students that had individually consulted with their professors. The goal of the retreat was intended to invite student engagement towards social issues and discussion about national problems that affected America's student youth.

Please scroll through the content created around this significant moment at NC State.

Illustrated Oral History 

This video illustrates Cathy Sterling's (First woman Student Body President of NC State and Peace Retreat Leader) explanation of N.C. State's ever-changing social environment near the late 1960s and 1970 culminated into the Peace Retreat.

 
 

Illustrated Oral History

This interactive panoramic video is a representation of moments during the Peace Retreat at NC State’s Brickyard. The video is narrated by Richard Noel Gusler, Peace Retreat participant, and NC State Student Body President in 1971.

 

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Peace Retreat Presentation

Peace Retreat Artifacts