Program Support

Oct 6, 2020

Alumnus Support to Fund Undergraduate Research in Tree Improvement

Don Rockwood ’72 and his wife, Joanne, have generously established a planned gift to create the Rockwood Undergraduate Research Award in the College of Natural Resources. This gift will provide opportunities for underrepresented students with an interest in tree and plant genetics to collaborate with faculty researchers in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources. 

Oct 6, 2020

Day of Giving Raises Over $1 Million for Student Emergency Fund

The Student Emergency Fund provides microgrants to help students pay for unexpected expenses related to housing, food, medical bills and technology. The program has been especially crucial during the COVID-19 pandemic, with many experiencing sudden job loss and adjusting to remote education. Thanks to donor support on NC State Day of Giving: Stronger as a Pack, the fund is in a better position to help more students through financial challenges now and in the future. 

Oct 6, 2020

Kenan Fellows Partner With Charlotte Nonprofit to Bring Aquaponics Curriculum to Middle School Students

Drawing from the knowledge gained during their internships, two 2020-21 Kenan Fellows are creating a four-week unit for grades 6-8 that includes a series of lessons in which students examine and reflect on their experiences of working inside the greenhouse as well as learning about nutrition. The cross-curricular unit is tied to literacy, math, science and health standards and can be used at any school that has an aquaponics system or partners with 100 Gardens. 

Sep 29, 2020

NC State Continues to Climb in National Rankings

NC State gains ground in the 2021 U.S. News ranking of America's best colleges. The university has moved up nine spots in the past five years, driven largely by student success. In another metric, the percentage of alumni providing financial support to the institution ticked up to 10.7%. 

Sep 29, 2020

Generous Grants from SECU Foundation Bolster 4-H, FFA Camps

The North Carolina State Employees’ Credit Union Foundation has awarded $50,000 in grants to ease the extreme financial impact of a missed season of summer camp on NC State Extension’s Millstone 4-H Camp and the North Carolina FFA Center. 

Sep 29, 2020

College of Sciences Raises More Than $2 Million on Record-Breaking Day

Generous donors from around the globe contributed nearly $2.3 million to the College of Sciences as part of NC State’s Day of Giving: Stronger as a Pack fundraising event on Sept. 16. The 24-hour event was designed to unite the Wolfpack in support of our students and show the strength of our community. 

Sep 29, 2020

Merck Grant Supports Kenan Fellows Program

Thanks to a generous grant from the Merck Foundation, the Kenan Fellows Program for Teacher Leadership is partnering with the Environmental Protection Agency to provide selected educators with a statewide perspective of environmental and agricultural issues while they examine and deepen their understanding of these same issues in Durham. 

Sep 22, 2020

NC State Athletics Offering Football Fan Cutouts

Due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on attendance for fall sports, NC State Athletics is providing other ways that the Wolfpack can help support the Pack on game days while not physically being in the stands. Fans will be able to purchase a Wolfpack Football Fan Cutout to have their face in the stands of Carter-Finley Stadium. Proceeds from the sales will go directly to supporting student-athletes. 

Sep 22, 2020

A Crash Course in Impact, Resilience and Hope

The Henry W. and Lorene R. Johnston Design + Build Program at NC State's College of Design turns architecture students into a team armed with welding torches, rotary saws and hard hats. In this new vision, students are building a museum for Princeville, America’s first town chartered by formerly enslaved people — and they’re building it on wheels. While there are other Design + Build programs across the country, there’s one thing that makes this one, supported by donor Henry Johnston, stand alone: Each project, from conceptualization to completion, takes place over the span of 11 weeks. 

Sep 15, 2020

NC State Athletics Launches Preserve the Pack Campaign

Much like the rest of the country, NC State Athletics is facing significant challenges as a result of COVID-19. In an effort to address an expected multimillion-dollar deficit resulting from lost ticket and television revenue and more, University Advancement, NC State Athletics and the Wolfpack Club have launched a special fundraising effort. Contributions to Preserve the Pack will provide unrestricted funding to maintain the best possible student-athlete experience and protect NC State Athletics and all that it means to the university community.