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NC State Athletics Offering Football Fan Cutouts
Due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on attendance for fall sports, NC State Athletics is providing other ways that the Wolfpack can help support the Pack on game days while not physically being in the stands. Fans will be able to purchase a Wolfpack Football Fan Cutout to have their face in the stands of Carter-Finley Stadium. Proceeds from the sales will go directly to supporting student-athletes.
CVM Awards Inaugural Samantha Lin Memorial Scholarship
Erin Wilkins, a member of the NC State CVM's class of 2021, is the first recipient of the Samantha Lin Memorial Scholarship. “I knew how much she meant to the class of 2020 and what it meant to them to have this scholarship to honor her legacy,” Wilkins said. “To be chosen for a scholarship named for someone who was as admired and respected as Sam is humbling.”
Park Scholarships Application Is Open
Established by the Park Foundation, the Park Scholarships program provides four years of generous support, bringing exceptional students to NC State based on outstanding accomplishments and potential in scholarship, leadership, service and character. The application deadline is November 1.
Lisset Botello Martinez Awarded First-Ever NC State College of Education Bob Davis Scholarship
As a first-generation college student and the oldest of five children, Lisset Botello Martinez worried if she could afford to pursue a college degree. Thanks to the generosity of Bob Davis '71 and his wife, Judy Morgan-Davis, Martinez is on track to achieve her dreams at the College of Education.
Pursuing Their Passions
More than 750 first-year and transfer students are bringing their bright ideas and big hearts to the College of Sciences. Meet four of them: Trinity Taylor, who holds the college's J. Richard Mowat Memorial Scholarship; Jesus Vina Moreno, a transfer Goodnight Scholar; Katherine Cherry, a Park Scholar; and Max Bhuiyan, who received the Gould Family Scholarship in the Solomon Scholars Program.
Engineering Alumna Hodge Recognized
NC State alumna, donor and volunteer Rashida Hodge has been named to Fortune Magazine's 40 Under 40 Technology List.
A Crash Course in Impact, Resilience and Hope
The Henry W. and Lorene R. Johnston Design + Build Program at NC State's College of Design turns architecture students into a team armed with welding torches, rotary saws and hard hats. In this new vision, students are building a museum for Princeville, America’s first town chartered by formerly enslaved people — and they’re building it on wheels. While there are other Design + Build programs across the country, there’s one thing that makes this one, supported by donor Henry Johnston, stand alone: Each project, from conceptualization to completion, takes place over the span of 11 weeks.
Annable Scholarship Supports Student Driven to Serve
College of Veterinary Medicine student Elisa Meier has a passion for community service. This made her a natural fit for the Annable Scholarship, which gives her time to volunteer while pursuing her studies.
On Sept. 16, NC State Day of Giving Shows We’re Stronger as a Pack
On Sept. 16, NC State is holding a special, one-time fall edition of its annual Day of Giving fundraising event. Day of Giving: Stronger as a Pack will focus on meeting students’ basic needs, need-based scholarships and diversity and inclusion programming.
NC State Athletics Launches Preserve the Pack Campaign
Much like the rest of the country, NC State Athletics is facing significant challenges as a result of COVID-19. In an effort to address an expected multimillion-dollar deficit resulting from lost ticket and television revenue and more, University Advancement, NC State Athletics and the Wolfpack Club have launched a special fundraising effort. Contributions to Preserve the Pack will provide unrestricted funding to maintain the best possible student-athlete experience and protect NC State Athletics and all that it means to the university community.