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Honors Baccalaureate Recognizes NC State’s Finest Faculty, Students

Outstanding achievement by North Carolina State University students and faculty will be recognized at the University Honors Baccalaureate and Celebration of Academic Excellence, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 7, in the McKimmon Center.

The Honors Baccalaureate is free and open to the public. The McKimmon Center is located at the corner of Western Boulevard and Gorman Street.

The NC State Board of Trustees will award Alexander Quarles Holladay Medals of Excellence to two faculty members whose careers exemplify the highest standards of excellence in teaching, research and service. Honored this year are Dr. William Adler, professor of philosophy and religion, and Dr. Alan York, William Neal Reynolds Professor in crop science. The Holladay Medal is the highest award given by the Board of Trustees and the university, and recognizes a lifetime of outstanding achievement in support of NC State’s mission.

Dr. Maxine P. Atkinson, professor of sociology and head of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology and recipient of the UNC Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching, will also be recognized.

NC State students who have won nationally competitive honors – including one Gates Cambridge Scholarship, one Morris K. Udall Scholarship and 15 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships, to name a few – will also be recognized at the baccalaureate.

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