July 2020

Jul 21, 2020

College of Sciences Surpasses Campaign Goal

The College of Sciences has surpassed its $60 million goal for NC State’s Think and Do the Extraordinary campaign more than 18 months of schedule. As of May 31, the college had raised more than $62.3 million during the Campaign, including funding for 61 new scholarships and fellowships and 13 new professorships. These funds have supported the Campaign priorities of creating extraordinary opportunity, purpose and experiences for students and faculty throughout the college with funding for current operations, facilities and endowment. 

Jul 21, 2020

Alumna Designs and Donates Masks with Farmworker Safety in Mind

NC State alumna, Caldwell Fellow and designer Lisbeth Carolina Arias’ latest project, colorful cloth masks, draws on her connections with 4-H to help protect farmworkers in North Carolina, in partnership with NC State Extension. 

Jul 21, 2020

Announcing the First Sameer Murarka Entrepreneurship Scholarship Recipient

A rising junior in the College of Engineering, Katie Lawson is studying industrial and systems engineering and minoring in cognitive science. Lawson aims to be a leader within the field of neurological research. Established in 2019 by Ragini and Ishwar Murarka to honor the memory and entrepreneurial spirit of their son, Sameer, the merit-based scholarship is designed to support emerging entrepreneurs in their own quests to think beyond boundaries and do the extraordinary. 

Jul 21, 2020

A Distinguished 30-Year CALS Career

After dedicating the last three decades to the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at NC State, Rebecca “Becky” Boston, a William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor and former assistant director of the North Carolina Agricultural Research Service (NCARS), has entered the ranks of professor emerita. Her impactful dedication to research and science started at an early age. 

Jul 21, 2020

Above and Beyond: Student Employees Earn Special Scholarship for Commitment to Wellness

More than 700 students are employed part-time in various positions with Wellness and Recreation. This year, Carson Kelber ’21 and Dani Dalton ’21 were recognized in a virtual ceremony as recipients of the Wellness and Recreation Friends and Family Student-Employee Scholarship. The award provides financial assistance to two undergraduate student employees who uphold Wellness and Recreation's mission while serving as as leaders and role models. 

Jul 21, 2020

We Are the Wolfpack: Meet Akram Khater

Akram Khater is a University Faculty Scholar and professor of history at NC State, holds the Khayrallah Chair in Diaspora Studies and serves as director of the Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies, which he helped create. Learn more about Khater and his work spearheading a massive effort to preserve the history and culture of Lebanese Americans. 

Jul 21, 2020

Peter Martorella Fund Helps Social Studies Educators Develop New Skills

The third cohort of teachers who received funding from the Peter H. Martorella Memorial Award Fund graduated this spring from the College of Education’s New Literacies and Global Learning (NLGL) master’s degree program with a concentration in social studies. Named for a former social studies education professor, the Martorella Fund provides small grants to teachers to help offset the costs of graduate school.  

Jul 21, 2020

Fewer Cars, More Hand Sanitizer

For creative, problem-solving partners NC State and Novozymes, the coronavirus crisis means working together to mitigate local shortages of hand sanitizer, an important but sometimes hard-to-find product. The partners are no strangers to collaborating; the university recently received from the Novo Nordisk Foundation, Novozymes’ parent philanthropic arm, a $27 million grant to enhance biopharmaceutical manufacturing and a $30 million grant to improve crop resilience. 

Jul 21, 2020

‘Magical and Feisty’: Honoring a Horse Who Galloped to His Own Beat

During a visit to the NC State Veterinary Hospital, Kit and Jocky Creasy noticed the Gallop of Honor, which seemed like a wonderful way to memorialize their horse Pegasus, who lived for 41 years. Gifts to the Gallop of Honor recognize beloved horses, friends and veterinarians while helping the College of Veterinary Medicine set and keep pace with advances in equine health. 

Jul 21, 2020

Spotlight: Clay Honeycutt

Through his role as a Park Scholar, his leadership in North Carolina FFA Association, and continued service as a volunteer firefighter, recent graduate Clay Honeycutt has carried NC State’s Think and Do attitude with him as he makes a positive impact.