2020

Apr 28, 2020

COVID-19’s Unique Impacts on Survivors of Interpersonal Violence

Survivors of interpersonal violence are experiencing unique impacts of COVID-19. The Women’s Center at NC State has seen a rise in students seeking support from trained advocates as well as significantly more applications to the Survivor Fund, which can cover related expenses, such as medical care, counseling, legal assistance, loss of employment, transportation, relocation and/or safety upgrades to housing. Gifts to the Survivor Fund help meet this increased and ongoing need.

Apr 28, 2020

An Extraordinary Opportunity in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Taylor Rhodes came to NC State as a Spring Connect student and took part in Student Transition Enrollment Advising and Mentoring (STEAM), a program to make higher education more accessible to rural students interested in majors related to agriculture. She then became the first-ever recipient of the Gordon Family Farm-to-Philanthropy Program scholarship established through a transformational gift from alumni Joseph and Deborah Kapp Gordon.

Apr 28, 2020

Hobbs Receives Jackson Rigney International Service Award

Heidi Hobbs of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences was chosen as this year's winner of the Jackson Rigney International Service Award, the highest honor for global engagement at NC State. The award is funded through the Jackson A. Rigney International Endowment in the NC State University Foundation that honors the memory of an outstanding 40-year faculty member. Hobbs is director of the Master of International Studies Program in the School of Public and International Affairs and associate professor of political science.

Apr 28, 2020

COVID-19 Impacts First-Generation Students

Campus changes to mitigate the spread of coronavirus have impacted students everywhere, but many first-generation students face added obstacles. Joselyn Ramirez-Mendoza, a junior at NC State, is one such student adjusting to a new normal. She hopes others will take advantage of resources the university offers such as Feed the Pack food pantry, the Student Emergency Fund, the Libraries and the Counseling Center. 

Apr 28, 2020

Meet Park Scholar Annie Haunton

Annie Haunton is working with the Institute for Emerging Issues on its Service Year NC project, just one area of her campus involvement. She plans to graduate in 2022 in biological sciences, integrative physiology and neurobiology.

Apr 21, 2020

No Limits

Goodnight Scholar Alex Rojas ’20 is applying skills developed in the scholarship program to an internship at BioMedomics, where he leads a team assembling and shipping out boxes of rapid COVID-19 tests.

Apr 21, 2020

Two Moments in NC State Time, Encapsulated at the Belltower

This spring’s graduating class has the first opportunity to contribute to a new Belltower time capsule, to be dedicated a century after the first such observance.

Apr 21, 2020

Alumni Can Honor and Support Graduating Students

NC State's class of 2020 is experiencing a much different final semester than they expected. The Alumni Association is inviting alumni to welcome these new graduates into the Alumni Pack by sharing video messages of encouragement and advice.

Apr 21, 2020

Scholarship Impact: Poole College of Management

Poole students Yahssain Khan, Jordan Bowman and Chantel Hinton share how scholarships from alumni and corporate partners have influenced their time at NC State.

Apr 21, 2020

College of Engineering Remembers Tony Mitchell

Tony L. Mitchell, retired associate professor of electrical and computer engineering (ECE), assistant dean emeritus of the College of Engineering and an inaugural ECE Hall of Fame inductee in 2015, passed away April 1. Mitchell also was an alumnus, having earned a Ph.D. in ECE in 1987 on a US Air Force graduate fellowship. He was the first African American full-time student to earn that degree from NC State. Mitchell served on the Shelton Leadership Center Board of Advisors and was a member of the Chancellor's Circle giving society for several years.