June 2020

Jun 9, 2020

Faculty and Staff Continue to Support Student Emergency Fund

What began as a pre-meeting conversation between Katharine Stewart, vice provost for faculty affairs, and NC State's associate deans for academic affairs turned into an intercollege competition benefiting students. Challenged by their associate deans, faculty and staff rallied to raise more than $93,000 for the Student Emergency Fund -- far exceeding their $25,000 goal. 

Jun 9, 2020

Wolfpack Outfitters Debuts Licensed NC State Face Masks

As face coverings become a common response to COVID-19, requests for NC State styles have been pouring in from fans. To that end, Wolfpack Outfitters — the official NC State store — has debuted a line of licensed face masks, with partial proceeds benefiting the Student Emergency Fund. 

Jun 9, 2020

Poole College Announces the 2020 Andrews Launch Accelerator Participants

The Andrews Launch Accelerator, established through the generosity of Chip and Lyn Andrews, will support five new student- and alumni-led startups over the course of the upcoming 14-week program. 

Jun 9, 2020

Highlights from the Park Class of 2020

After four years of extraordinary accomplishments, the Park Scholarships class of 2020 has joined a thriving network of more than 950 alumni putting their Think and Do education to work addressing challenges around the world. 

Jun 9, 2020

An Unprecedented Class for an Unprecedented Time

The Goodnight Scholars Program’s class of 2020 and transfer class of 2019 leave a legacy of success at NC State and are graduating into a world that needs talented young engineers, scientists and educators. 

Jun 9, 2020

Meet Andrew Buchmeier – Student Ambassador and Entrepreneur

To Andrew Buchmeier, entrepreneurship means “going out and taking a risk." NC State's entrepreneurship offerings helped him do just that over the course his four years on campus, from creating his own business to traveling to Silicon Valley. 

Jun 9, 2020

41 Participants Complete the Executive Farm Management Program

2020 marked the third year of this program offered by NC State’s Cooperative Extension and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. It's a first-of-a-kind multi-institutional executive education collaborative designed to provide the most progressive business management tools and competencies to family-owned farming operations. Poole College of Management is just one of the other contributors to EFM, which is strengthened through donor support. 

Jun 9, 2020

Endowment Honors Alumnus Who Valued Education and the Power of Scholarships

Alumnus Frank Madren’s love of electrical engineering and computer science was surpassed only by his love for his wife of 55 years, Jo Ann Madren. Three years after Frank passed away in 2015, Jo Ann honored his memory by endowing a merit-based scholarship at NC State in his name. The Frank Simpson Madren Scholarship Endowment is for undergraduate students in the College of Engineering with preference given to those with demonstrated financial need. 

Jun 9, 2020

CNR Alumni Spotlight: Tyson Chandler

Former NC State student-athlete Tyson Chandler graduated in 2014 with a degree in parks, recreation and tourism management. A three-year starter in football, Chandler recently co-founded Overtime Athletics – Triangle along with fellow PRTM alumnus T.Y. McGill, to encourage fitness, self-esteem, teamwork and more among elementary school students. 

Jun 9, 2020

Entrepreneurs Flexing with the Times

Park Scholar alumna and entrepreneur Emily Neville is ensuring her company, Reborn Clothing Co., stays people-focused during the pandemic. Neville is spearheading the Triangle Bundle Project, through which North Carolinians can buy bundles of products to support local businesses, and donating 15% of proceeds of her company's T-shirt sales to help the Carolina Textile District produce PPE for those on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis.