Amy Rossi

Apr 24, 2018

Conservation Pioneer: CALS Philanthropist William Stevens

The late philanthropist and conservationist William Stevens and his wife, Emily Inscoe Stevens, have helped hundreds of students attend NC State's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences through a scholarship they established in 1982. The fund currently supports 12-15 students a year. 

Apr 24, 2018

Science Olympiad Partnerships Shape STEM Education

NC State students like Goodnight Scholars Kate Wenger and Madeline Yun spend countless hours inspiring young Science Olympiad participants as they develop skills and solve problems in events that integrate biology, earth science, environmental science, chemistry, physics, engineering and technology. The university houses North Carolina’s Science Olympiad program, and for good reason. 

Apr 24, 2018

sPark: A Park Scholarships Symposium

Students, alumni, parents, faculty, staff and selection committee members met at the StateView Hotel on NC State’s Centennial Campus earlier in April for sPark 2018 — the Park Scholarships' second biannual leadership and networking symposium. The weekend exemplifying the four pillars of scholarship, leadership, service and character, and brought together individuals from all stages of life and career. 

Apr 24, 2018

Developing Wisdom for Med School: Tin Phan

Tin Phan is a Goodnight Scholar who volunteers for multiple nonprofit organizations, and serves on student councils for global health and for Operation Smile — while working toward a career goal of practicing medicine in refugee and immigrant populations. 

Apr 24, 2018

CALS Student Spotlight: Dani Winter Receives NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Dani Winter, a biological and agricultural engineering major, is among 2,000 students nationwide named as 2018 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellows. She credits the Park Scholars Program and NC State with helping her become an "exceptional scholar, leader and public servant." 

Apr 17, 2018

More than a Building

Engineering Building Oval (EB Oval) is a priority project for NC State and the College of Engineering. Meet alumni Aaron Isbell, David Whitley and Chuck Wilson Jr., who have donated toward the project. 

Apr 17, 2018

Breaking New Ground on Centennial Campus

In late February, contractors began site work for Engineering Building Oval, the College of Engineering’s newest academic and research building, scheduled to open in June 2020. The future home of the Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, the Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering and the dean’s administration is the next step in the unification of the college on Centennial Campus. The facility also represents a first-of-its-kind infrastructure project for NC State, using a unique public-private partnership. 

Apr 17, 2018

Honoring a Past Generation with Support for the Next Generation

Poole College of Management alumnus Matt Hong, who was a scholarship recipient as a student, is now paying it forward by establishing a scholarship in memory of his mother. 

Apr 17, 2018

A Distinguished Professorship for an Extraordinary Scientist

Ed Breitschwerdt, a professor of medicine and infectious diseases who came to the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine in 1982, has influenced many students to step through the college’s doors and then out into the veterinary profession. He also has trained many members of the CVM family — residents, interns, now-colleagues — who have gone on to become endowed professors. On April 3, he became one himself when he received the Melanie S. Steele Distinguished Professorship in Medicine. 

Apr 17, 2018

Education Student Ashley Lawson Named Truman Scholar

Ashley Lawson, a Park Scholar and senior majoring mathematics education and mathematics, has been named as one of 59 recipients of the prestigious Truman Scholarship, which invests in the potential of individuals committed to public service leadership. She is NC State's 10th Truman Scholar.