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Caldwell Fellows

Adventurous Caldwell Fellows on the ferry from Seattle to Bainbridge Island.

Apr 18, 2023

Caldwell Fellows Visit Seattle During Spring 2023 Urban Adventure

This year’s Urban Adventure trip found Fellows experiencing and exploring the multifaceted culture and issues of Seattle, Washington. 

Sabrina Hurtado and her artwork

Apr 18, 2023

Arts Alum Spotlight: Sabrina Hurtado

Caldwell Fellows alum and former student representative for the Friends of Arts NC State Advisory Board Sabrina Hurtando ’22 shares how her experiences at the university helped shape her professional path in the arts. 

2022 Day of Giving lock-up

Apr 11, 2023

Caldwell Fellows Day of Giving Recap

The Caldwell Fellows continued a tradition of engaged philanthropy on NC State’s 2023 Day of Giving. The day brought together five decades of Caldwell Fellows alumni and friends, as more than 250 individual donors stepped up to help raise more than $130,000 for NC State’s oldest merit scholarship and servant-leadership development program. 

Katherine Drake Stowe with her family

Mar 21, 2023

Stowe Leads Soybean Research, WolfPack Alumni and Two Budding Farmers

CALS alumna Katherine Drake Stowe has turned her interest in plant breeding into a career as the first director of the nonprofit U.S. Soybean Research Collaborative. She also serves as president of the NC State Alumni Association and volunteers with NC State’s Caldwell Fellows and SATELLITE Camp, a STEM high school outreach program led by Caldwell. 

The Memorial Belltower

Mar 7, 2023

Caldwell Fellows Announces Class of 2026

NC State’s Caldwell Fellows program has named 30 first-year students to its class of 2026 — the 56th class of Caldwell Fellows. 

Saul Flores near his home in Brooklyn.

Feb 27, 2023

Walking the Walk

Saul Flores‘ memories of his 2010 journey from Ecuador to the United States are never far from his mind. Today, the NC State alumnus and Caldwell Fellow speaks on college campuses across the nation about his experiences tracing the “Walk of the Immigrants.” 

Lucie Ciccone holding a COVID-19 mask next to a river

Jan 9, 2023

Applying Ecology: Graduate Lucie Ciccone

Lucie Ciccone, a Caldwell Fellow and fall 2022 graduate of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, reflects on studying zoology and ecology during a pandemic. 

Lavanya Nagaraj

Dec 5, 2022

A Passion for Medicine

As a partner with Blue Ridge Dermatology, Caldwell Fellow and CALS alumna Lavanya Nagaraj is pursuing the life she always wanted. 

Sara Yasin

Nov 21, 2022

News Flash

Caldwell alumna Sara Yasin ’09 has ascended to the upper ranks of daily newspaper journalism, becoming a managing editor at the 141-year-old Los Angeles Times. She took an unusual path there, though, starting with her time at NC State as a textile management and international studies major. 

a photo of Wolf Plaza by Becky Kirkland

Oct 18, 2022

Caldwell Fellows Philanthropy Spotlight: David and Martha Howard

David and Martha Howard exhibit the heart of the Caldwell Fellows program’s philanthropic efforts by maintaining a multigenerational lineage of donors to the program and to NC State as a whole.