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Mar 30, 2015

University Housing summer accommodations

Commencement Housing Bringing your family to graduation or another major University event? Invite them to stay on campus! Guests stay in Wolf Ridge for $45 per night. Each additional bedroom in the apartment is $15. Want all four spaces? Rent the entire apartment for $85 a night. This includes 4 single bedrooms, 2 baths and… 

Mar 30, 2015

TH!NK workshop welcomes Dr. Keith Sawyer

On March 24, approximately 50 faculty and staff members from diverse disciplines and backgrounds participated in a 3-hour special TH!NK workshop facilitated by Dr. Keith Sawyer. Dr. Sawyer walked faculty through the creative process and challenged participants with engaging, creativity-building activities. Dr. Sawyer is a professor of education at the University of North Carolina in… 

Mar 30, 2015

WKNC launches new website

WKNC 88.1 FM has launched a newly designed website, wknc.org. This effort is the first major overhaul of the website since 2007 and features a modular, mobile-responsive design. “For a school with such a large engineering and technical presence, we’d fallen behind in terms of our website,” John Kovalchik, WKNC general manager, said. “The new design… 

Mar 30, 2015

Kaspersky Update on April 2

On Thursday, April 2, 2015, DASA Tech will apply an update to the campus Kaspersky anti-virus software installed on your Windows computers. Many of your computers have already been updated, including laptops and Macs, but this last step ensures that all Windows desktop computers are fully updated and secure. As a result, you may be… 

Mar 29, 2015

Become a NASPA Fellow

The NASPA Undergraduate Fellowship Program (NUFP)  at NC State is recruiting new members and expanding the NUFP community at the university. Are you or do you know a student who: Is a full time undergraduate student (Rising Sophomore, Junior, Senior) Who identify as being A racial or ethnic minority, or A member of the LGBT community, or An… 

Mar 24, 2015

NC State Students raise over $260,000 for Children’s Hospitals

What started as a dare between a few NC State students in 2004, has grown into one of the state’s largest fundraising efforts for children’s hospitals. The 2015 Krispy Kreme Challenge raised $195,000 for the North Carolina Children’s Hospital. The 11-year cumulative total for the event is $953,000. The Wolfpack looks to shatter the $1 million mark next year. Dance Marathon… 

Mar 20, 2015

Shack-A-Thon, Other Efforts Earn NC State Habitat for Humanity Chapter Recognition

Over 600 supporters crowded the North Raleigh Hilton Grand Ballroom Wednesday morning for Habitat for Humanity Wake County’s Blueprint Breakfast: the organization’s largest annual event. The gathering is a culminating celebration and fundraiser for the group that provides housing for low-income families throughout Wake County. Along with comments from families helped by Habitat builds, top volunteers… 

Mar 18, 2015

Food Bank Of Central & Eastern Carolina recognizes NC State as Top 10 Volunteer

“No One Goes Hungry” is the inspiring mission of the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina. Each year, Food Bank CENC depends on countless volunteers and donations to help maintain branches in Durham, Greenville, New Bern, Raleigh, Sandhill and Wilmington. On Tuesday, NC State University was named among the Top 10 Volunteer Partners for the… 

Mar 18, 2015

NC State Students Attend Clinton Global Initiative University

Building on the successful model of the Clinton Global Initiative, which brings together world leaders to take action on global challenges, President William Jefferson Clinton launched the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) in 2007 to engage the next generation of leaders on college campuses around the world. NC State is in its second year as a part of… 

Mar 18, 2015

NASPA Guidebook App

For those of attending the upcoming NASPA conference and/or other NASPA events, a new Guidebook app has been developed. Note that this is a full app (like we have here at NC State) that contains multiple Guides within for various events. Open this link on your mobile device, then pick your platform to download the app.