Scholarships

Apr 28, 2020

An Extraordinary Opportunity in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Taylor Rhodes came to NC State as a Spring Connect student and took part in Student Transition Enrollment Advising and Mentoring (STEAM), a program to make higher education more accessible to rural students interested in majors related to agriculture. She then became the first-ever recipient of the Gordon Family Farm-to-Philanthropy Program scholarship established through a transformational gift from alumni Joseph and Deborah Kapp Gordon. 

Apr 28, 2020

Meet Park Scholar Annie Haunton

Annie Haunton is working with the Institute for Emerging Issues on its Service Year NC project, just one area of her campus involvement. She plans to graduate in 2022 in biological sciences, integrative physiology and neurobiology. 

Apr 21, 2020

No Limits

Goodnight Scholar Alex Rojas ’20 is applying skills developed in the scholarship program to an internship at BioMedomics, where he leads a team assembling and shipping out boxes of rapid COVID-19 tests. 

Apr 21, 2020

Scholarship Impact: Poole College of Management

Poole students Yahssain Khan, Jordan Bowman and Chantel Hinton share how scholarships from alumni and corporate partners have influenced their time at NC State. 

Apr 21, 2020

Alum on Front Line of Pandemic: ‘Stay Home’

Chris Arbonies, a New Orleans physician and Park Scholar who helped create the Krispy Kreme Challenge, recently returned to work after recovering from COVID-19 at home. He urges others to follow CDC guidelines for reducing the spread of novel coronavirus. 

Apr 14, 2020

Achieving Major Goals

Financial support has allowed first-generation student Thomas Peters to pursue his love for music as drum major for NC State’s marching band and his goal of a career in information technology. 

Apr 13, 2020

Stories of Ingenuity and Compassion

NC State people and programs are going the extra mile during the COVID-19 crisis. Park Scholars, for example, exemplify the meaning of the word community through a mutual-aid system that includes support for grocery shopping and other errands. 

Apr 13, 2020

Goodnight Spotlight: Kaleb Lee

Through the Black Male Initiative Living and Learning Village and the Goodnight Scholars Program, Moncure native Kaleb Lee '21 has developed meaningful relationships at NC State. 

Apr 13, 2020

An Inspiring Spring Break

Every year, more than 20 teams of NC State students, accompanied by faculty and staff, fan out around the world to work with partner organizations and communities on a wide variety of projects. The university’s Alternative Service Break (ASB) program, which got its start in 1999, provides a service-based alternative to the stereotypical ways of spending spring, fall and winter breaks, with groups participating in two dozen domestic and international locations. Scholarship funds support some participants. 

Apr 13, 2020

Katherine Haddock ’13 Helps Others Secure Their Futures

Park Scholar alumna Katherine Haddock ’13 credits her experiences at NC State with helping build the foundation for her career as an immigration lawyer.