Getting a Recovery Foothold in the NC Mountains

A man and a young girl load bags of pet food onto a truck to take to western North Carolina as part of the Hurricane Helene relief effort

Oct 10, 2024

Getting a Recovery Foothold in the NC Mountains

In the two weeks since Hurricane Helene swamped the North Carolina mountains, NC State students, faculty, staff and alumni have pitched in to help with recovery and relief. These are their stories.

Staff and community members load boxes of supplies at the NC State football team's practice facility

Oct 3, 2024

Stepping Up for Hurricane Relief

NC State survived last week’s catastrophic storm in western North Carolina without much damage, though some research stations and farms are not fully operational in the decimated area. They are, however, serving as staging areas to get supplies to their communities in need.

Whil Piavis, AKA The Pirate Captain, watches a sporting event from the stands in Reynolds Coliseum

Sep 18, 2024

A Pirate (Captain) Looks at 40

Whil Piavis (Mechanical Engineering ’07), AKA “The Pirate Captain,” made international headlines when he and his “Scurvy Crew” hijacked the 2005 student body presidential election. Ironically, he is now a cybersecurity expert.

Chancellor Randy Woodson applauds a speaker at a Board of Trustees meeting in 2010

Sep 11, 2024

Planning To Succeed by Succeeding To Plan

One of Chancellor Randy Woodson’s first orders to his cabinet, staff and faculty when he took office in 2010 was to develop a robust, university-wide strategic plan. The groans were deafening.

Professor Robert Ramsay (left) and football coach Lou Holtz

Aug 28, 2024

Campus Characters: The Jogging Mathematics Professor

Longtime NC State mathematics professor Robert Ramsay made national and international headlines for his jogging encounter with Wolfpack head coach Lou Holtz, a problem the magician coach could never solve.

Chancellor Woodson standing in the hallway of Holladay Hall

Aug 14, 2024

A Chancellor’s First Day

Randy Woodson’s first day in Holladay Hall kicked off a 14-year tenure of change and advancement at a historic land-grant institution that was fraying around the edges. As he prepares to retire, here’s a look back at what campus was like when he took over.

Aug 7, 2024

‘History’s Most Significant Man,’ Remembered

Speech professor and director of forensics Edwin Paget made some outlandish claims and suggestions during his 86 years, during which he gave himself the title of “Modern Michelangelo” and “History’s Most Significant Man.” He also documented a record 985 hikes to the top of 14,110-foot Pikes Peak in Colorado.

Swimmer Katharine Berkoff and NC State men's and women's swimming Coach Braden Holloway take a selfie after Berkoff won a gold medal at the 2024 Olympics

Aug 7, 2024

NC State Olympians Sparkle in Paris

Former Wolfpack athletes Katharine Berkoff and Diana Shnaider won gold and silver medals in women’s swimming and diving and women’s tennis. They are the first women with Wolfpack ties to earn medals since Joan Benoit won gold in the inaugural women’s marathon in 1984.

Students walk by a mural depicting men's basketball player DJ Burns at the Free Expression Tunnel

Jul 22, 2024

‘We Stole March’

Check out how NC State’s men’s and women’s basketball coaches are spending their summer, following both teams’ journeys to the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament.

Men's Swimming Coach Braden Holloway addresses swimmers training for the 2024 Olympics by the pool in Carmichael Gymnasium

Jul 19, 2024

A Baker’s Dozen Olympians

NC State will send 12 future, current and former student-athletes to the 2024 Paris Olympics. In addition, the Wolfpack will send two coaches as part of the U.S. men’s and women’s swimming teams.

Chancellor Woodson wearing red commencement regalia, standing at a podium with an image of the Belltower in the background, and waving to the crowd

Jul 19, 2024

Woodson’s Work Is His Legacy

Chancellor Randy Woodson has announced his intention to retire by June 30, 2025, kicking off an era of transition for a campus that has thrived under his leadership. Woodson is the third-longest-serving leader in university history.

Monte Kiffin stands on the sideline during a practice wearing an NC State jacket

Jul 17, 2024

Former Football Coach Kiffin Dies at 84

Monte Kiffin, head coach of the Wolfpack from 1980-82, is remembered for his off-field antics and his legacy as one of the most brilliant defensive minds in professional football history.

A baseball player in street clothes greets a long line of fans while holding an NCAA trophy

Jun 13, 2024

Leaders of the Pack

NC State baseball returns to the College World Series for the fourth time in school history and the second time in four years. The Wolfpack begins play Saturday at 2 p.m. against Kentucky in Omaha, Nebraska.

Anaël Symůnková with her colleagues from main campus at the Office of Global Engagement

Jun 12, 2024

An Infrequent Visitor

Anaël Symůnková has only been to NC State’s main campus three times since she first came to work at NC State in 2008. Every time she visits, there is a whole new world of Wolfpack for the communications and marketing manager for the NC State European Center in Prague to see.

Abby Lampe in a red NC State sweat shirt, holding up the prized cheese wheel in one hand and holding up two fingers with the other

May 28, 2024

Hoop, She Did It Again

Abby Lampe, a fourth-generation NC State graduate, repeated her title in the annual Cooper’s Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake on Monday near Gloucester, England.

Tim Peeler