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Andrew Buchmeier portrait in front of brick wall

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.
Executive Farm Management program participants gathered at Carter Finley Stadium

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.
portrait of the Madren family gathered outside

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.
Emily Neville in front of a brick wall

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.

Jun 2, 2020

Stepping Up to Serve

Support from the Teaching Fellows Program, U.S. Military Academy and University Scholars Program have helped prepare an extraordinary group of NC State graduates for careers in education and service at a time when their skills are needed most.
collage of the six new Miller Fellows

Jun 2, 2020

Six NC State Alumni Entrepreneurs Selected for the 2020 Miller Fellowship

Meet the year's Miller Fellows, six May graduates whose startups range from a custom protein shake company to an app that connects people in new places to interpreters. Created in 2014 by Dr. Tom Miller and endowed in his honor in 2017 by a generous group of former students, the program provides access to mentors and industry professionals, continued access to the Entrepreneurship Garage and a monthly stipend.

Bradley Kirkman portrait

Jun 2, 2020

There’s an ‘I’ in Team: Why 3D Team Leadership is Necessary in Uncertain Times

Bradley Kirkman, General (Ret.) H. Hugh Shelton Distinguished Professor of Leadership and head of NC State's Department of Management, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, recently discussed his co-authored book "3D Team Leadership: A New Approach for Complex Teams."
Jayna Lennon standing in front of a Feed the Pack sign

Jun 2, 2020

Honoring the Class of 2020: Jayna Lennon

While serving on Student Government as a first-year senator, Park Scholar and Mathews Medalist Jayna Lennon saw the need for addressing food insecurity. She has served as executive director of Feed the Pack, an organization that addresses food insecurity, and as a mental health ambassador in the campus Counseling Center, challenging mental health stigmas that include those surrounding eating disorders.
closeup of a 3d printer creating a face shield

Jun 2, 2020

Entrepreneur Student Gives Back by Making PPE for Healthcare Workers

Hartley LeRoy has been a fixture in NC State’s Entrepreneurial scene over the past four years. He lived in the Albright Entrepreneurship Village and was a finalist in Entrepalooza’s Minute to Pitch It Competition and the Lulu eGames two years in a row. Now a graduate student in the College of Engineering, he has been granted special permission to work in the Entrepreneurship Garage making face shields for front-line health care workers.