August 2018

Aug 14, 2018

Leading the Pack

Each day at NC State, outstanding faculty and researchers cultivate discovery and develop collaborative approaches to research that will change the world. The results speak for themselves: innovative solutions, career-ready graduates and increased access to life-changing opportunities. Our video series shows some of the extraordinary advancements of NC State faculty, researchers and alumni. 

Aug 14, 2018

Shelton Leadership Center Announces Program Participants

The Shelton Leadership Center has selected the new cohort for the Chancellor’s Leadership Development Program. The two-year program aims to help students from across the university maximize their leadership skills through experiential learning and self-discovery, and it particularly targets first-generation college students, students from rural counties and students underrepresented within their field of study. 

Aug 14, 2018

A Lifetime of Music, a Legacy at NC State

After Miriam Bailey Gardner was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s, her husband Bill assembled a scrapbook of her life, and in the process, he learned that her love of music was ignited while a student at NC State. They have chosen to establish the Miriam Bailey Gardner Music Scholarship Endowment to provide merit-based scholarships to music students at the university. 

Aug 14, 2018

Desmarais Named Director of NC State’s Center for Family and Community Engagement

Sarah Desmarais, an associate professor in NC State’s Applied Social and Community Psychology Program since 2012, leads the public service and research center that supports family-centered practices through training, technical assistance, evaluation and research. Desmarais has received numerous awards and recognition for her leadership in research and engagement, including Alumni Association honors. She was selected as a member of the 2015-16 University Faculty Scholars Program, which benefited from private support. 

Aug 14, 2018

CNR Student Spotlight: Matthew Adkins

University Honors Scholar Matthew Adkins spent his final semester in the College of Natural Resources filming a documentary for his capstone project. Supported by the CNR Student Assistance and Enrichment Fund, Adkins researched, shot, edited and produced a full-length documentary about the impact of permaculture in central North Carolina. 

Aug 7, 2018

Two Park Scholars Receive the Astronaut Scholarship

Two NC State Park Scholars in the Class of 2019, Ziad Ali and Madison Maloney, are recipients of a 2018-19 Astronaut Scholarship. Awarded to 50 scholars from 36 universities across the nation, the scholarship was established to aid the United States in retaining world leadership in technology and innovation by supporting the best and brightest scholars in science, technology, engineering and mathematics while commemorating the legacy of America’s pioneering astronauts. 

Aug 7, 2018

Paying It Forward

Seventh-generation farmer and College of Agriculture and Life Sciences supporter Reggie Strickland says that NC State invested in him, so he's happy to give back in any way he can — especially by helping students. 

Aug 7, 2018

Social Innovator Leigh-Kathryn Bonner

There is plenty of buzz about Miller Fellow Leigh-Kathryn Bonner. The 2015 NC State graduate started Bee Downtown as a student and has since installed beehives at more than 50 companies as a way to save honey bee populations. In a College of Humanities and Social Sciences "How I Think and Do" video, Bonner talks about how her international studies degree informed her business plans and about the boost she got from across campus as she created and grew her “bees-ness.” 

Aug 7, 2018

College of Natural Resources Alumni Spotlight: Thomas Harris

A Caldwell Fellow, CNR Ambassador and 2016 graduate of NC State's forest management program, Thomas Harris is grateful for the scholarship support, extensive hands-on experiences and leadership opportunities that directly led to success in his current role at International Paper. 

Aug 7, 2018

CCEE in the Spotlight

Faculty, students and alumni from NC State's Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering were prominent at this year’s annual conference of the Air & Waste Management Association, held in June. Dr. H. Christopher Frey, the Glenn E. and Phyllis J. Futrell Distinguished University Professor, delivered the association's 48th annual critical review.