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Jul 22, 2024

Woodson’s Work Is His Legacy

Chancellor Randy Woodson has announced that he will retire on June 30, 2025, kicking off an era of transition for a campus that has thrived under his leadership — especially when it comes to how philanthropic support powers the university. 

Jul 22, 2024

Catalyzing Creative Concepts to Solve Commercial Challenges

The Chancellor’s Innovation Fund (CIF) has selected six additional research projects to support this coming year. Chancellor Randy Woodson established the CIF in 2010 to help more NC State research bridge the gap between public and private funding — and ultimately turn into technology that both benefits consumers and addresses pressing problems. 

Jul 22, 2024

NC State Alum Ranbir Singh Creates Feed the Pack Endowment

Thanks to a generous gift from alum Ranbir Singh, the Feed the Pack Food Pantry has taken a critical step in ensuring the long-term sustainability of its efforts to combat food insecurity on NC State’s campus. 

Jul 22, 2024

A New Libraries Endowment Preserves Two Important Legacies

Alumnus Mitchell Moravec has created the Rupert Nacoste Libraries Wolf Tales Endowment, which will provide support for Wolf Tales — the Libraries’ story-collecting program to document and archive NC State’s history in the voices of those creating it — while honoring Nacoste’s career as a professor of psychology. 

Jul 22, 2024

Sculpting the Future

Jane Kim, a longtime participant in NC State’s Clay Studio, created the CJ Kim Clay Studio Excellence Fund, named for her mother, to help the Clay Studio continue to expand and grow moving forward. 

Jul 22, 2024

Wilson College of Textiles Sponsors a Team in the Andrews Launch Accelerator, Sparking a New Partnership in Innovation

The NC State Acceleration Fund, operated by the Entrepreneurship Clinic and housed in the Poole College of Management, is the product of a $1 million donation from Lyn and Chip Andrews. The fund allocates equity-free seed capital to support startups from students across NC State who complete the Andrews Launch Accelerator — including Catalina del Risco, a textile technology alum and co-founder of fashion company Modi. 

Jul 9, 2024

Donor’s Gift Brings Feline-Friendly Cat Condos to NC State Veterinary Hospital

A gift from Beck Hallmann, a Seattle resident and owner of two sphynx cats, enabled NC State’s Feline Health Center to buy four blocks of cat condos that have been installed in the veterinary hospital’s ICU and other service areas. 

Jul 9, 2024

College of Sciences Honors 2023-24 LeRoy and Elva Martin Award Recipients

Elisabeth Brown and Emily Hector have been honored by the College of Sciences with the 2023-24 LeRoy and Elva Martin Award for Teaching Excellence. The Martin Award recognizes professors’ outstanding contributions 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. 

Jun 17, 2024

The Right Way To Ask Someone for a Million Dollars, According to a Fundraiser Who Does It for a Living

Wanda Urbanska, director of philanthropy for NC State’s College of Engineering, weighs in on how the same basic rules apply no matter what you’re raising money for. 

Jun 17, 2024

Podcast: Clyde Sorenson – NC State Alumnus, Distinguished Professor and Donor

On this episode of the NC State Philanthropy Podcast, we’re joined by Clyde Sorenson, an NC State alumnus, distinguished professor and donor, to discuss the impact of private support on his work and the university as a whole.