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Miles Engell Receives 2023 Provost’s Award for Excellence in Teaching

Faculty and Staff

Wolf Plaza

Apr 22, 2025

Caldwell Fellows Alumni Practice Servant Leadership at NC State

NC State boasts a remarkable connection to the Caldwell Fellows program, with 18 of its faculty and staff members being former Fellows. These individuals exemplify servant leadership in their work, carrying forward the principles they learned during their time in the program.
The Memorial Belltower

Apr 22, 2025

College of Sciences Honors 2024-25 LeRoy and Elva Martin Award Recipients

Logan Opperman, assistant teaching professor in the Department of Statistics, and Arianna Soldati, assistant professor in the Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, have been honored by the College of Sciences with the 2024-25 LeRoy and Elva Martin Award for Teaching Excellence. The Martin Award recognizes the outstanding contributions of early career faculty to the College of Sciences’ teaching mission and was created in 2001 by the late LeRoy Martin Jr., a longtime mathematics professor at NC State, to honor his parents.
Suzanne Williams, a faculty member with the Department of Health and Exercise Studies, carries food items to be shelved during a volunteer shift at Feed the Pack Food Pantry.

Mar 25, 2025

‘You Can Always Give Back’: Pitching In To Keep the Pack Fed

A faculty member who regularly volunteers at NC State’s food pantry savors the opportunity to strengthen the Wolfpack community by helping to meet a crucial need on campus.
Day of Giving lockup in the corner of a photo of a water feature

Mar 18, 2025

Six Years of #GivingPack: Why These Pack Members Support Textiles on Day of Giving

Donor support unlocks opportunities that empower Textiles students, staff, faculty, programs and research. These eight Day of Giving donors continue to champion the Wilson College of Textiles year after year.
Carl Bumgardner, center with red tie, was joined by friends and family at a 2017 celebration of his new scholarship for chemistry students.

Mar 11, 2025

Legendary Chemistry Professor Bumgardner Passes Away at 100

The NC State community lost a longtime member on Feb. 24 when Chemistry Professor Emeritus Carl Bumgardner passed away. Bumgardner taught at NC State for more than 40 years and established the Ann Bumgardner and Myrtle Bumgardner Scholarship to benefit students in the Department of Chemistry.
Richard Bernhard and his late wife, Cindy, in front of Fitts-Woolard Hall.

Oct 28, 2024

Richard Bernhard: A Life of Service and Education

Richard “Dick” Bernhard, a treasured member of the NC State community, passed away at the age of 90 on Oct. 10, 2024. His life was marked by dedication to education, philanthropy and service, leaving a lasting impact on the university and its students.
a photo of Wolf Plaza by Becky Kirkland

Nov 21, 2023

Faculty Giving Helps Scholarship Recipients ‘Think and Do’ Times Two

Ross Bassett, a professor in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and the director of NC State’s Benjamin Franklin Scholars program, takes his impact on the Pack to new heights as a donor.
Janet Rakes talking to two other people

Aug 15, 2023

‘A Strong Ripple Effect’: Career Center’s Janet Rakes Leaves Legacy of Service

After 15 years with the Poole College of Management, Janet Rakes retired Aug. 1 as an assistant director at the Poole College of Management Career Center. She will now pursue other interests, one of them being to work with undergraduates as a volunteer.
The Memorial Belltower

May 2, 2023

Jason Bocarro Honored With 2023 UNC Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching

Jason Bocarro, the Owens-Shelton Distinguished Professor for Leadership with a Global Perspective, has been named as the recipient of the 2023 UNC Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching. The honor is the university system’s most prestigious teaching award, recognizing and encouraging faculty’s extraordinary teaching contributions.
Holladay Hall and the Memorial Belltower

May 2, 2023

Miles Engell Receives 2023 Provost’s Award for Excellence in Teaching

The Provost’s Award for Excellence in Teaching is the most prestigious award given to professional full-time faculty from NC State’s 10 colleges and the University College. Miles Engell, a teaching professor in the College of Sciences, is known as an outstanding educator who engages and challenges students by applying real examples of animal behavior research to the topic addressed.