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North Carolina State University has received the highest federal recognition a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning and civic engagement – a Presidential Award –  as part of the 2012 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. NC State is one of only five Presidential Awardees nationwide, and one of [...]

Philip Rivers, a record-setting passer for North Carolina State University and currently the starting quarterback for the NFL’s San Diego Chargers, will give NC State’s commencement speech during its spring commencement exercise, scheduled for Saturday, May 12. The 2003 Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year, Rivers started all 51 games at quarterback for the [...]

North Carolina State University Chancellor Randy Woodson announced that 7,348 undergraduate students earned Dean’s List honors at NC State during the fall 2011 semester.

What: High school students, parents, teachers and the general public are invited to learn more about the new world of textiles by attending the annual open house event at North Carolina State University’s College of Textiles. The open house will showcase advances in fashion design and production, brand management and marketing, fabric design, polymer and [...]

North Carolina State University will confer more than 3,400 degrees on graduating students during its fall commencement exercises, beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 17, in the RBC Center in Raleigh. Media coverage is welcomed. During the ceremony, Chancellor Randy Woodson will confer 3,437 degrees – 87 associate’s, 2,105 bachelor’s, 988 master’s, 254 doctoral and [...]

North Carolina State University will break ground on its first student housing project on Centennial Campus. The groundbreaking ceremony takes place at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 1, at the Centennial Campus Oval, located near the cluster of engineering buildings near Partners Way and Oval Drive. Media coverage is invited. Parking is available in the [...]

Nobel Prize winner and NC State alumnus Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri, a world leader in the study of climate change, will deliver NC State’s commencement address on Saturday, Dec. 17, at the RBC Center in Raleigh. The commencement ceremony will begin at 9 a.m. During the ceremony, Chancellor Randy Woodson will confer honorary degrees on [...]

The North Carolina State University Board of Trustees this morning approved a proposal to increase resident undergraduate tuition by $330 for the 2012-13 academic year. The increase, part of a tuition and fee package designed to help offset nearly $125 million in state funding reductions to the university over the last five years, now will [...]

North Carolina State University will welcome back alumni and celebrate Homecoming with a parade on Hillsborough Street from 6 to 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 18, followed by a pep rally and comedy show at Reynolds Coliseum from 7 to 11 p.m. Media coverage of both events is invited. The parade begins at Hillsborough Street [...]

North Carolina State University will break ground on the Kappa Delta sorority, the first privately funded house in its new Greek Village. The groundbreaking ceremony takes place at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 18, at Lot 3 on Greek Village Drive. Media coverage is invited. To get to the event, turn onto Leadership Drive from [...]