University Communications

May 18, 2010

Pack-N-Go Benefits Haiti

There’s a new reason to feel good about shopping at the Pack-N-Go sale. Sixty percent of this year’s proceeds will go to Howl for Haiti, a campus fundraiser for disaster relief. 

May 18, 2010

Edge Leads Coastal Engineering Academy

Dr. Billy Edge was among 32 inaugural inductees to the American Society of Civil Engineers’ Academy of Coastal Ocean Port and Navigation Engineers. 

May 18, 2010

Flying High

When the world's most fuel-efficient commercial airliner was introduced late last year, it was only fitting that an NC State alumnus was on hand to celebrate alongside industry leaders. Zachery Jones ('08), said his accomplishments in the workplace can be directly attributed to the educational opportunities he found at NC State. 

May 17, 2010

NC State Begins National Search For Provost

North Carolina State University’s national search for a new provost has begun with the appointment of a search committee. Margery Overton, chair of the faculty and professor of civil, construction and environmental engineering, will be the chair of the committee, which will hold its first meeting May 20. Other members include: Ken Adler, professor of… 

May 17, 2010

National Search for Provost Begins

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May 17, 2010

Search Firm Selected For NC State Athletics Director Position

North Carolina State University has selected Parker Executive Search from Atlanta, Ga., as the firm to assist in the search for the university’s new athletics director. The firm’s fee is $75,000. The university has a 13-person nomination committee to begin the work of finding the university’s next athletics director. Smedes York, a former chair of… 

May 14, 2010

Green Elected Fellow

Dr. David Green, professor and department extension leader in food, bioprocessing and nutrition sciences, has been elected a fellow of the Institute of Food Technologists. 

May 14, 2010

Creamer in Endowed Chair

Dr. Nancy Creamer, horticulture professor and director of the Center for Environmental Farming Systems, will occupy an endowed chair funded with a $3.15 million endowment established last year by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. 

May 14, 2010

Libraries’ Special Collections Honored

The  Society of American Archivists awarded its 2010 C.F.W. Coker Award  to the NCSU Libraries’ Special Collections and Research Center for designing easy-to-use finding aids. 

May 14, 2010

Lending a Hand

For most college students, end-of-the-year projects are fraught with worry. But for a group of NC State textile engineering majors presenting prototypes of products designed specifically for people with disabilities, it was celebration - not stress - that characterized the mood of the day. 

May 13, 2010

Kelley Examines Roots of Civil Rights

Dr. Blair LM Kelley, associate professor of history, has published Right to Ride, which examines the earliest struggles against Jim Crow laws across the South. 

May 13, 2010

Davidian To Receive Holladay Medal

Statistics professor Dr. Marie Davidian will receive the Alexander Quarles Holladay Medal for Excellence, the highest honor bestowed on a faculty member by trustees and the university. 

May 12, 2010

Distance Ed Grants Available

May 27 is the deadline to apply for DELTA’s IDEA Grants, which promote innovation in the use of instructional technology in online distance education. 

May 12, 2010

Stand and Deliver

Each semester, one NC State student is selected to speak on behalf of the entire graduating class. Before the 2010 spring commencement ceremony, we sat down with biological sciences and international studies double major Lianne Gonsalves, who reflected on everything from the Krispy Kreme Challenge to anthropological research in Guatemala. 

May 12, 2010

NC State University To Hold Commencement Ceremonies May 15

North Carolina State University will confer more than 4,500 degrees on graduating students during its spring commencement exercises, beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday, May 15, in the RBC Center in Raleigh. Media coverage is welcomed. Charlie Rose, Emmy award-winning journalist and host of the “Charlie Rose” show, will deliver the commencement address.