Corporate and Foundation Relations

Sep 8, 2020

College of Education Students Share What They Learned as Counselors of the Leadership Institute for Future Teachers

NC State College of Education students served as counselors and mentors for the inaugural Leadership Institute for Future Teachers (LIFT), a program for students of color and bilingual students held virtually in July. Support from the NC State University Foundation, Belk Foundation and the Burroughs Wellcome Fund helped make the opportunity possible. 

Aug 11, 2020

First Group Participates in College of Education Summer Internship Program in Memory of Chantal Warfield

The College of Education recognizes its first participants in the competitive, eight-week summer internship program established to honor the impact and legacy of Chantal Warfield '19. Amaya Dicker '21, a middle grades English language arts and social studies education major who looked up to Warfield, and Teaching Fellow Breanna Goins '21 were the first students to receive support from the program, which is funded in part through a gift from the John M. Belk Endowment. 

Jul 28, 2020

New Grant Program Funds Digital Inclusion Projects Across North Carolina

COVID-19 is exposing the disadvantages faced by students and adults who don’t have access to the internet or computer technology. In response to this immediate need, the Institute for Emerging Issues, with principal support from the John M. Belk Endowment, is helping to launch a new program called Building a New Digital Economy (BAND-NC) to provide rapid-response community innovation mini-grants to communities across the state.  

Jul 21, 2020

Fewer Cars, More Hand Sanitizer

For creative, problem-solving partners NC State and Novozymes, the coronavirus crisis means working together to mitigate local shortages of hand sanitizer, an important but sometimes hard-to-find product. The partners are no strangers to collaborating; the university recently received from the Novo Nordisk Foundation, Novozymes’ parent philanthropic arm, a $27 million grant to enhance biopharmaceutical manufacturing and a $30 million grant to improve crop resilience. 

May 12, 2020

Armfield Foundation Invests in Pioneer Scholars Program

The Edward M. Armfield Sr. Foundation, based in Greensboro, recently committed $500,000 to the Pioneer Scholarship program at Wilson College of Textiles. The scholarship supports students in North Carolina’s underresourced rural communities, and the first cohort of five Pioneer Scholars matriculates this fall. 

Apr 21, 2020

Belk Center Supports Community College Educators During COVID-19 Outbreak

With community college campuses across North Carolina closed to help stop the spread of the coronavirus, the NC State College of Education’s Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research is providing critical support to help ease the transition to remote learning. The center is offering webinars, one-on-one support through virtual office hours and more. 

Apr 7, 2020

Lulu eGames Goes Digital

The Lulu eGames, NC State's annual startup competition sponsored by Lulu.com and supported by volunteer judges, has gone digital. Winners will be announced on NC State Entrepreneurship’s Facebook page April 8 at 6 p.m., with livestream Q&As to follow. 

Apr 7, 2020

Artificial Intelligence: A Game Changer for the Chemical Manufacturing Industry

Chemicals can be found in everyday products from cars and medicines to toys and clothes, but their production can have adverse effects on the environment, including the release of greenhouse gases. The chemical manufacturing industry increasingly is using artificial intelligence to help reduce its environmental footprint. A study being led by Yuan Yao, an assistant professor of sustainability science and engineering in the Department of Forest Biomaterials at NC State’s College of Natural Resources, may help. The research is funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. 

Mar 24, 2020

Partner Profile: DSM

As doctors and scientists continue to study how the community of microbes that inhabit our gut impact human health, other researchers are exploring the importance of the gut microbiome on animals. Two institutions studying animal gut health and nutrition — NC State and DSM Nutritional Products, a global science-based company focused on nutrition, health and sustainable living — recently signed a memorandum of understanding to enhance their research partnership. Specific partners are the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the College of Veterinary Medicine. 

Feb 25, 2020

Partner Profile: NC Tobacco Trust Fund Commission

Former president of the CALS Alumni and Friends Society William Upchurch Jr. discusses the partnership between the NC Tobacco Trust Fund Commission and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. The commission has helped support numerous projects at the college, including creating skills courses in community colleges to enhancing local farmers markets and developing the greenhouse vegetable industry.