 After opening in 1889, North Carolina A&M saw its enrollment fluctuate and its mandate expand.In 1917, it changed its name to "North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering"—or "North Carolina State" for short.During the Great Depression, the North Carolina state government, under Governor O. Max Gardner, administratively combined the University of North Carolina, the Woman's College (now the University of North Carolina at Greensboro), and NC State.