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Forestry Alum’s Legacy Honored at Slocum Camp

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A cultural exchange program brought together North Carolina coaches and South African coaches in March for workshops focused on leadership development, diversity and inclusion and program implementation. Photo by Sammantha Dellaria

Apr 15, 2024

Exchange Program Promotes Positive Youth Development Through Sports

Empowering New Voices through Education and Sport Training, or ENVEST, is a cultural exchange program that aims to improve the capacity of coaches to implement youth soccer programs that increase leadership skill development and promote respect for differences and inclusion among participants. Jason Bocarro, the Owens-Shelton Distinguished Professor of Leadership with a Global Perspective at NC State, is a co-director of the program. 
A cultural exchange program brought together North Carolina coaches and South African coaches in March for workshops focused on leadership development, diversity and inclusion and program implementation. Photo by Sammantha Dellaria

Apr 8, 2024

Exchange Program Promotes Positive Youth Development Through Sports

Empowering New Voices through Education and Sport Training, or “ENVEST,” is a cultural exchange program that aims to improve the capacity of coaches to implement youth soccer programs that increase leadership skill development and promote respect for differences and inclusion among participants. Jason Bocarro, the Owens-Shelton Distinguished Professor of Leadership with a Global Perspective at NC State, is a co-director of the program. 
The Memorial Belltower with Day of Giving 2024 information

Apr 1, 2024

A Record-Breaking Day of Giving for the College of Natural Resources

Wolfpack supporters around the world showed their commitment to helping the College of Natural Resources build a more sustainable future by donating a record number of gifts to it on NC State’s sixth annual Day of Giving. 
Gabby Landry holding a snake. Photo Credit: Sam Schoenberg/NC State Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources

Mar 22, 2024

A Passion for Conservation Led Gabby Landry to NC State

Gabby Landry is a senior majoring in fisheries, wildlife and conservation biology in the College of Natural Resources. She is also an inaugural member of the James Buzzard Leadership Development Program, which is designed to build leadership skills through a variety of hands-on experiences with current leaders in a variety of fields. The program was initiated through a generous donation from James “Jim” Buzzard, an alumnus of the College of Natural Resources and the former president of MeadWestvaco. 
Shannon Dolan

Mar 19, 2024

Shannon Dolan ’22 Is Setting Sail To Protect, Conserve and Manage Our Oceans

Shannon Dolan discusses her work in conservation and sustainability, and how the Park Scholarships program and the Doris Duke Conservation Scholars program enabled her to achieve her collegiate and career goals. 
Niveda Mahesh

Mar 11, 2024

Park Scholar Niveda Mahesh Seeks to Create Sustainable Change

Students in the College of Natural Resources work to solve urgent challenges at the intersection of the environment, economy and society. Niveda Mahesh, a freshman studying paper science and engineering and the founder/president of the nonprofit organization 4Girls 4Change, embodies this mission. 
A National Park Service sign

Jan 30, 2024

New Scholarship Paves Trail for Future Park Rangers

A scholarship established by Rebecca Harriett ’79 and her husband will support College of Natural Resources students interested in working at state or national parks. 
NC State researchers place waste items on a conveyor belt for visual and hyperspectral cameras to photograph. The images are uploaded to a cloud database and then analyzed by machine learning models to identify organic materials. Photo by Christopher Myers

Dec 5, 2023

AI-Powered Waste Management System to Revolutionize Recycling

Lokendra Pal, the EJ Woody Rice Professor in the College of Natural Resources’ Department of Forest Biomaterials, is working with his collaborators to develop a “smart waste management system” for the collection, identification and characterization of organic materials in non-recyclable waste. 
Michely

Oct 18, 2023

Goodnight Spotlight: A Transfer Scholar With a Commitment to Nature

Michely is a member of the Goodnight Transfer Scholars class of 2026 for whom studying wildlife conservation is a way of contributing to something that she cares deeply about while also honoring her roots in Brazil. 
The copper wolves at Wolf Plaza near Talley on main campus. Photo by Marc Hall

Sep 12, 2023

Forestry Alum’s Legacy Honored at Slocum Camp

Brady Johnson, a 1998 graduate of the Poole College of Management, recently donated funds to the College of Natural Resources to name the newly renovated dining hall at Slocum Camp after his grandfather J. Baxter Johnson Jr., who graduated from the College of Natural Resources in 1948. The dedication honors a major figure in Johnson’s life and recognizes his family’s shared love for NC State while also providing for the forestry students who spend six to nine weeks each summer learning at the camp.