2021

Dec 21, 2021

Meet Katie Lawson — an Entrepreneurship Ambassador, Scholar and Engineer

December 2021 graduate Katie Lawson’s time at NC State was marked by a wealth of extraordinary experiences: She was an Entrepreneurship Student Ambassador and Entrepreneurship Scholar, a resident at the Albright Entrepreneurs Village, a member of the Pack Motorsports Baja Racing Team and an undergraduate research assistant.

Dec 21, 2021

Wilson College Rising Star Scholarship Makes Student’s Dream Job a Reality

Hannah Stoltz graduated this month with a degree from the Wilson College of Textiles and a job at Gap Inc. thanks to a scholarship that allowed her to attend a three-day conference in New York City.

Dec 21, 2021

December Graduate Spotlight: Megan D’Agostino

Five Park Scholars earned their undergraduate degrees this December, with College of Sciences student Megan D’Agostino among them. The Park program caught up with Megan and her fellow new alumni to find out what experiences had the biggest impact on them during their time at NC State and where they are headed next.

Dec 21, 2021

Dogwood Health Trust Pledges $2 Million To Support the Institute for Emerging Issues’ Effort To Increase Digital Literacy and Access Across North Carolina

NC State’s Institute for Emerging Issues has been awarded a $2 million grant from the Dogwood Health Trust in support of the Building a New Digital Economy in NC (BAND-NC) program. The grant will support community-based efforts to increase the number of people with internet access in their homes in North Carolina’s 18 westernmost counties and the Qualla Boundary.

Dec 21, 2021

Libraries Receives Pentair Foundation Grant

The NC State University Libraries is pleased to announce that it is a 2021 grant recipient from the Pentair Foundation. The $10,000 award will support the ongoing Pentair Fellows program, through which graduate student fellows develop a curriculum for workshops on STEM tools and technologies.

Dec 21, 2021

Meet Our Darla Buchanan Scholarship Recipients

An anonymous Raleigh couple’s gift to the NC State College of Education led to the creation of the Darla Buchanan Scholarship, designed to address the urgent need for a more diverse teaching and administration staff in North Carolina and beyond. Thanks to a $20,000 gift from the couple, as well as the 75 additional donors who have added their support to the scholarship, the College of Education was able to award three Darla Buchanan Scholarships this fall.

Dec 21, 2021

Full Circle: Food Scientist Katie Maloney’s NC State Ties

A lifelong Wolfpack fan with bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees from NC State, Katie Maloney mentors students in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences’ Department of Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences. She also supports the college as a guest speaker, adjunct faculty member, donor and much more, which led to her being recognized as one of its 2021 Outstanding Alumni.

Dec 21, 2021

Transforming Research in Arabic-Based Languages

How can researchers — and families — search through millions of Arabic documents that span the sixth to the 20th centuries? Digitizing them is the first step, and with support from a $476,483 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the largest NEH grant to NC State to date, researchers at the Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies are taking on that challenge.

Dec 21, 2021

‘Traveling While First in The Pack‘ Empowers First-Generation Students To Study Abroad

The Study Abroad Office is working diligently to make study abroad a reality for as many students as possible. Scholarship support and other resources are helping more first-generation students embark on this extraordinary experience.

Dec 21, 2021

Our Musical Pack

Music department alumni working in faculty and staff positions at NC State are shaping a new generation, including many of our student-musicians. Here are their musical stories.