College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Nov 20, 2018

Interning at the United Nations

Caldwell Fellow Amith Mandavilli took the idea of experiential education to the next level as part of his semesterlong internship at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations. One of 15 interns in the prestigious program, Mandavilli got a closeup view of foreign policy and international relations at the highest level. 

Nov 20, 2018

NC State’s Walt Wolfram Receives UNC System’s Holshouser Award

Walt Wolfram, William C. Friday Distinguished University Professor at NC State and director of the Language and Life Project, has been honored with the 2018 Gov. James E. Holshouser Jr. Award for Excellence in Public Service. The award is given each year to one faculty member from the UNC System who “exemplifies public service toward improving the quality of life for all North Carolinians.” 

Nov 2, 2018

Student Spotlight: Harrison Payne

Honors Program participant Harrison Payne, who is triple majoring in philosophy, physics and mathematics and plans to earn a doctoral degree in the philosophy of physics, has advice for incoming students about how to succeed in college. 

Oct 16, 2018

University Scholars Program Alumni Spotlight: Soumya Nadabar ’16

Soumya Nadabar '16 credits her time in the University Scholars Program with helping her understand the value of experiential learning and putting her education into action after graduation as a Fulbright Fellow and as a National Geographic Student Expedition Leader in India. 

Oct 2, 2018

Scholarship Benefiting Wolfpack Families Continues to Grow

The Employee Dependent’s Tuition Scholarship can provide up to $2,000 annually to all dependents of current full-time employees who have been successfully admitted to the university as first-degree undergraduate students and meet regular academic requirements. The scholarship is helping more employees’ children to earn their degrees from NC State while serving as a “thank you” for employees’ hard work. 

Oct 2, 2018

Alum’s Sign Campaign Conveys a Powerful Message

Alumna Amber Smith, executive director of Raleigh nonprofit Activate Good, has been matching volunteers and organizations for years. Nonprofit management and work with the Institute for Nonprofits intertwined with her bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies and her MPA. Now, Smith has launched a sign campaign to deliver a powerful message about the power of positivity and giving back. 

Sep 10, 2018

Meet the First-Year Class for 2018

NC State welcomed a new class of first-year students in August, and each one of them has a story. Learn about the paths and dreams of seven students from near and far, and how scholarship and program support is making a difference. 

Aug 28, 2018

A Perfect Fit Internship

Goodnight Scholar and environmental advocate Meredith Bain parlayed her love for math, Germany and the environment into a summer internship in Ingolstadt, Germany, where she developed a computer-based greenhouse gas emissions monitoring system to track progress on the city government’s carbon neutrality plan. 

Aug 28, 2018

Student Summer Adventures

Read about the research projects, internships, foreign travel and other extraordinary summer 2018 experiences of NC State students, including several Goodnight Scholars. 

Aug 21, 2018

Summer in New York: Honors Scholar Interns at American Museum of Natural History

University Honors Scholar Colin Gravelle has come face to face with some interesting artifacts working as a summer anthropology intern at the American Musem of Natural History in New York. Gravelle has spent much of his time writing about the Maori, the indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand.