service and community

Mar 20, 2025

‘You Can Always Give Back’: Pitching In To Keep the Pack Fed

A faculty member who regularly volunteers at NC State’s food pantry savors the opportunity to strengthen the Wolfpack community by helping to meet a crucial need on campus.

Students on the Alternative Spring Break trip prepare a meal at the community center they are staying in as they help with recover efforts in western North Carolina

Mar 12, 2025

Follow Along With Students Volunteering in Western North Carolina

NC State students and other volunteers are spending their 2025 spring break assisting in the recovery efforts of communities devastated by Hurricane Helene.

Mar 11, 2025

Restoring Hope — and a Little Color — to a Family-Owned Enterprise

Last September, Suzanne and Jared Garland watched their family-owned campground and their livelihoods be swept away by the flooding caused by Hurricane Helene. With some help from community volunteers, an NC State Alternative Service Break team and some landscape architecture students, they hope to reopen their sole means of income by Memorial Day.

A shot of NC State's Belltower centered in front of a partly cloudy blue sky, with the Belltower partially obscured by green leafy trees and pink and white spring foliage. The shot is taken from underneath a brick awning, and one of the awning's brick columns dominates the frame to the right of the Belltower. A hanging lantern-style light can be seen near the center-top.

Oct 3, 2024

NC State Welcomes New Members to Board of Visitors

Meet four new members of NC State’s Board of Visitors who will serve four-year terms as advocates of the university's educational mission.

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.

ASB students on a trip to Guatemala grab their shovels and get ready to work.

Mar 6, 2024

Alternative Service Break Opens New Worlds for Past, Present, Future NC State Students

For over 20 years, NC State’s Alternative Service Break Program has provided students with opportunities to make a difference in the world and learn about different cultures.

Nov 18, 2022

NC State Helps Drive Economic Development
in Raleigh, Across North Carolina

Following a year of record-breaking economic development successes, business and community leaders came together at the Raleigh Chamber’s annual meeting in downtown Raleigh.