Students

Jun 28, 2010

Police, Poison and Peace

Caldwell Fellow Saul Flores survived an encounter with a poison dart frog and an hour-long police interrogation before skirting the dangerous border region between Colombia and Panama along the coast and arriving in Costa Rica yesterday. 

Jun 24, 2010

You Say You Want a Revolution

WKNC 88.1 FM has been named the best college radio station in the Triangle in the Independent Weekly’s annual reader survey. Meet the talent behind the voices and the music. 

Jun 23, 2010

Students Receive Degrees At NC State’s Spring Commencement

North Carolina State University Chancellor Randy Woodson conferred 4,566 degrees on 4,299 graduating students when the university held its 2010 Spring Commencement on Saturday, May 15, at the RBC Center in Raleigh. Candidates for degrees were from 98 North Carolina counties, 38 other states or U.S. territories and 40 foreign countries. NC State holds graduation ceremonies… 

Jun 23, 2010

NC State Announces Spring Dean’s List Students

North Carolina State University Chancellor Randy Woodson announced that 6,388 undergraduate students earned Dean’s List honors at NC State during the spring 2010 semester. To make the Dean’s List, students must earn an academic grade-point average of 3.25 or higher if they are carrying 15 or more hours of course work, or a 3.5 grade-point average… 

Jun 16, 2010

99 Miles From Panama

As Saul Flores continues his 4,558-mile trek across Latin America, the Caldwell Fellow is entering Colombian swampland where anti-government guerrillas are active. 

Jun 10, 2010

Hidden Voices

Students in the Advanced Media Lab at NC State contributed their creative energy to an effort to raise public awareness of homelessness. A series of animated films created by the students was screened last month by the Chapel Hill Public Arts Office, which sponsored the project in concert with the nonprofit group, Hidden Voices. 

Jun 3, 2010

NC State Chancellor Woodson Will Speak At Guilford Senior Send-Off

North Carolina State University Chancellor Randy Woodson will join Guilford County alumni and fall 2010 incoming freshmen and their parents tonight at 7 p.m. at the Guilford County Senior Send-Off at Revolution Mills Studios in Greensboro. The send-off events, held across the state by the NC State Alumni Association, honor local students as they prepare to… 

May 23, 2010

Walk of the Immigrants

This summer Caldwell Fellow Saul Flores will walk and hitchhike from Ecuador to his home in Charlotte, a journey of more than 4,000 miles. He's making the trek to raise money for an impoverished school in Mexico and to raise awareness of the struggles of people in the region. 

May 21, 2010

Lending a Hand

For the past year, a group of students has worked to create prototypes of products designed specifically for people with disabilities. They unveiled their products, including a more comfortable wheelchair and a new shoe-tying system, at an event last week. 

May 10, 2010

Diving to New Heights

Karen Achtyl and Megan Bittner have secured a place in history after being named the first female Naval ROTC members selected for submarine duty. They credit their ROTC training, supportive faculty and the rigorous chemical engineering program at NC State for their accomplishment. 

May 3, 2010

Promising Future

Political science major Ericka Aiken graduates from NC State with no debt and a slew of offers from some of the nation's top law schools. For Aiken and other graduates of the Pack Promise program, it's a promising future. 

Apr 28, 2010

NC State Residence Hall Selected to Compete in National Building Competition

North Carolina State University’s Tucker Residence Hall has been selected to participate in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) first national “Working off the Waste” competition among commercial buildings to save energy and fight climate change. 

Apr 28, 2010

NC State Researchers to Evaluate Technology Use in K-12 Classrooms

School districts across the state are investing millions of dollars into instructional technology for K-12 schools in hopes of better preparing students to work and live in the 21st century. But are the technology and media programs helping students succeed? Researchers at North Carolina State University are evaluating the success of the North Carolina Department… 

Apr 26, 2010

Study: Celebrity Endorsements Do Not Help Political Candidates

If you’re running for office – and want to shore up support from young voters – you want Hollywood’s support, right? Wrong. Two new studies from North Carolina State University show that young voters are not swayed by celebrity endorsements of political candidates – and sometimes voters like the candidate less as a result of… 

Apr 21, 2010

In the Big Leagues

A team of grad students fielded by NC State claimed an upset victory in the Urban Land Institute's student urban design competition, powering past two Ivy League schools in a head-to-head battle in San Diego.