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one student orientation leader speaks into a microphone as another looks on towards the audience

Jul 29, 2026

Smart Advice for First-Year Success

Your first year at NC State is an exciting journey of self-discovery, new connections and personal growth. Meet our orientation leaders — some of the first friendly faces that help guide the incoming Pack. Here is their top advice for thriving in year one and beyond.
A large group of students wearing matching NC State shirts pose with the Chancellor, faculty members and Mr. and Ms. Wuf for a photo.

Sep 26, 2022

Meet the Incoming Class for 2022

In August, we welcomed our largest and most diverse class ever. Get to know five of our new first-year and transfer students.
Photo showing diverse students attending Convocation 2021.

Aug 17, 2022

Meet the Pack’s Record-Breaking Class: By the Numbers

The largest and most diverse first-year class in the university’s history joins NC State this fall. Take a look at the class of 2026 by the numbers.

Student waving a flag at convocation.

May 23, 2022

Applications for Admission Soar as NC State Grows to Meet Workforce Needs

Demand for an NC State degree is at an all-time high as the university prepares to welcome its largest and most diverse first-year class.
Faduma Osman

Aug 24, 2021

Innovating and Inspiring: Meet Faduma Osman

First-year engineering student Faduma Osman's parents brought her family to the United States from Somalia for a better life, and she's seizing every opportunity.
Photos of the members of the class of 2024 make a mosaic of the number 2024 on Stafford Commons in front of Talley Student Union

Aug 19, 2020

Meet the Newest Members of the Pack

This year's first-year and transfer students are facing a new kind of fall, but they're ready to work hard, have fun and make the most of every opportunity.
Talley Student Union lobby packed with students during Wolfpack Welcome Week

Aug 28, 2019

With Large First-Year Class, NC State Climbs to 36,000 Students

NC State continues to educate more North Carolina resident students than any other university.
A group shot of students in Reynolds Coliseum during NC State's 2017 convocation.

Sep 6, 2017

Meet NC State’s Extraordinary New Student Class

Thousands of new students joined the Wolfpack in recent weeks. Meet the incoming class of 4,725 freshmen and 1,327 talented transfer students, all of them ready to Think and Do.