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New Efforts, New Hopes After a Challenging Year

2021

Chancellor Randy Woodson

Feb 1, 2021

Building On Our Legacy

Chancellor Randy Woodson outlines his vision for the final phase of NC State’s Think and Do the Extraordinary Campaign.
Design building

Jan 25, 2021

New Scholarship Supports Diversity in Entrepreneurship

The Alagu Periyannan and Theivanai Palaniappan Entrepreneurship Scholarship will benefit students with outstanding achievements in or involvement with entrepreneurship activities.
Exterior of Nelson Hall, home of the Poole College of Management.

Jan 25, 2021

Rob Handfield Contributes to No. 1 Release on Amazon

Rob Handfield, professor of operations and supply chain management and Bank of America Distinguished University Professor in Management, was a contributing editor to a recent No. 1 release on Amazon, The Robot and Automation Almanac – 2021 From the Futurist Institute.
Above, From Left to Right: Ralph Edwards, Helene Lollis, Nelson Peeler, Leah Pursell, Pamela Townsend, Dr. Gregory Washington and Deborah Young

Jan 25, 2021

Learn More About the Work of the NC State Engineering Foundation’s Board of Directors

The NC State Engineering Foundation Inc. was established in 1944 to aid and promote, by financial assistance and otherwise, engineering education and research at NC State. A board of directors made up of alumni and friends of the College of Engineering work with the foundation’s staff and the dean of engineering to set the group’s agenda.
Katherine Peele

Jan 25, 2021

Q&A with Katherine Peele: Why I Give

Katherine Peele is a College of Design alumna and currently serves as the president of the College of Design Leaders Council. She and her husband, Rick, recently created a scholarship endowment to help design students focus on their studies rather than their finances.
Tatum Kellum ’22 pictured at her local Krispy Kreme in Jacksonville, North Carolina

Jan 25, 2021

A Reason to Run

While the 17th Krispy Kreme Challenge will look different, “it is more important now than ever that we offer UNC Children’s financial support so that they can continue to serve the children and families of North Carolina,” explains race director and Park Scholar Tatum Kellum ’22.
Odin the ferret being prepped for radiation therapy

Jan 25, 2021

Keeping Odin the Ferret in Charge

Odin is recovering well after a tumor was removed from near his heart. The furry little guy owes his improved health to the expert care found at the NC State Veterinary Hospital, as well as support from the Petco Foundation and Blue Buffalo Cancer Treatment Fund.
Kyanna Sumpter

Jan 25, 2021

New Year, New Facility

Goodnight Scholar Kyanna Sumpter ’22 shares how the new Wellness and Recreation Center has helped her find a sense of belonging and fulfilled an important part of her wellness by giving her a new purpose.
Isabella Forst

Jan 25, 2021

Scholarship Support Helps Senior Isabella Forst ’21 Focus on Recovery, Not Finances

For technology, engineering and design education senior Isabella Forst ’21, 2020 will be remembered as the year she saved her father’s life. And with support from the John T. and Marie Kanipe Sr. Scholarship, she was able to focus more on her family and worry less about her tuition and finances.
Memorial Belltower

Jan 25, 2021

New Efforts, New Hopes After a Challenging Year

The Office for Institutional Equity and Diversity shares its accomplishments in 2020 and hopes for 2021. Donor support strengthens the programmatic efforts of the office and its affiliated centers.