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An NC State/East Carolina University "House Divided in Service Together" T-shirt

Jun 16, 2025

A House Divided in Service Together

NC State’s Parents and Families Services and East Carolina University’s Office of Parent and Family Programs recently launched a joint fundraising initiative to support the needs of their sister institutions in western North Carolina. The net proceeds of the sale of exclusive NC State vs. East Carolina football T-shirts at each institution will be combined and divided equally to support Appalachian State University and UNC Asheville as they continue their recovery from Hurricane Helene.
Students from Design Camp 2024 celebrate another year of successful programming. Campers are pictured in white t-shirts, while support staff wear black in the first row.

Jun 16, 2025

Celebrating 45 Years of Creative Awakening at Design Camp

For 45 years, the College of Design’s Design Camp has been inspiring middle and high school students to explore their creative potential and imagine a future in design. What began as a bold initiative by Professor Charles Joyner in 1980 has grown into a transformative experience that has touched the lives of nearly 12,000 pre-college students and educators.
NC State community members gather to celebrate Pack Essentials on Day of Giving.

Jun 16, 2025

Day of Giving 2025 Helps Pack Essentials Expand Student Support

The Wolfpack community showed up in strength for the Division of Academic and Student Affairs’ Pack Essentials program during NC State’s Day of Giving 2025. The event saw $136,181 raised from 444 donors for the Pack Essentials Fund.
The 2025 Open Pedagogy PIT STOP cohort.

Jun 3, 2025

New Endowment Supports Libraries Open Knowledge Center

The Betsy Etheridge Brown Open Education Resource and Pedagogy Endowment will provide support for the work of the Open Knowledge Center at the NC State University Libraries, particularly the center’s Open Pedagogy PIT STOP and its development of the UNC System’s Open Pedagogy and AI Faculty Learning Community.

The North Carolina flag in front of the Memorial Belltower.

Jun 3, 2025

Chancellor’s Innovation Fund Backs Six Budding Inventions

Before retiring this year, Chancellor Randy Woodson announced for the final time the awardees of the Chancellor’s Innovation Fund, which he founded in 2010.
A member of the VenturePack Challenge speaking to an audience.

May 27, 2025

Exciting Entrepreneurship Displayed at VenturePack Challenge

Wolfpack entrepreneurs participated in NC State’s largest entrepreneurship competition on April 14. The challenge’s Daugherty Endowment Track, which is open to officially registered startup companies that have licensed NC State intellectual property in the past three years, is made possible by the Richard L. and Marlene V. Daugherty Centennial Campus Entrepreneurialism Endowment with funding partnership from the Kenan Institute for Engineering, Technology and Science and collaboration with the NC State Office of Partnerships and Office of Research Commercialization.
Sixth grader Olive Cleckler shows off her discovery making a circuit kit with her braces during the Creative Computing Showcase at NC State's Hunt Library.

May 20, 2025

Catalyst Grant Empowers Rural Students, Enhances Computational Thinking Through STEAM Club

Joey Huang is the assistant professor of learning, design and technology in the College of Education and principal investigator for the Catalyst Grant “Empowering Rural Young Girls: Enhancing Computational Thinking Through a STEAM Club.” The Catalyst Grant program is funded by the William and Ida Friday Institute for Educational Innovation and the College of Education to increase research collaborations among their respective faculty and staff.
Two people holding microphones.

May 20, 2025

2025 Andrews Launch Accelerator Cohort Announced

The NC State Entrepreneurship Clinic is gearing up to support seven teams this summer through its NC State Acceleration Fund, the product of a $1 million donation from Lyn and Chip Andrews. Through the fund and sponsorships, the clinic allocates equity-free capital to startups that complete the Andrews Launch Accelerator program.
Philosophy professor Dr. Rachel Robison-Greene, the 2019 Tom Regan Visiting Research Fellow, working at a table in D.H. Hill Jr. Library.

May 20, 2025

Apply Now for the 2025 Tom Regan Visiting Research Fellowship

This year, the NC State University Libraries and the Culture and Animals Foundation will award one fellowship providing a $5,000 stipend to a qualified applicant for research completed in residence at the Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center. The term will be for no less than four weeks and will begin on or after Aug. 25, 2025. Applications are due by May 30.
Members of the Albright Entrepreneurs Village stand in front of the Jennette’s Pier sign on North Carolina’s Outer Banks.

May 20, 2025

Students Dive Into Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Outer Banks

The Albright Entrepreneurs Village traveled to the Outer Banks this spring to explore history, science, entrepreneurship and how they make this coastal economy thrive. The village is made possible through the generous support of NC State alumnus Andy Albright ’86.