News

Mar 16, 2015

Thomas Howard, MD named Associate Director for Medical Services

Leah Arnett, Director of Student Health Services, has announced that Thomas Howard, MD, has joined NC State Student Health Services as the Associate Director for Medical Services effective March 16, 2015. Dr. Howard joins NC State from Fairfax Family Practice in Virginia where he was named a Washingtonian “Top Doc” in 2014. Howard earned his medical degree… 

Mar 10, 2015

Second Annual FYC Career Connections Event

On Saturday, February 28th, approximately 700 students flocked to Nelson Hall for the First Year College’s Career Connections event. This event consisted of 11 panels including: Engineering; Business; Medical & Health; Law, Social Justice & Community Outreach; Sustainability, Natural Resources & Agriculture; Research; Writing, Speaking & Media; Art, Design & Textiles; Tourism, Hospitality & Event… 

Mar 5, 2015

Environmental Sciences students honored

The Division of Academic & Student Affairs is pleased to recognize the recent accomplishments of Environmental Sciences students Lauren Frey and Daniel Marulanda. Lauren Frey, a Park Scholar, is a student recipient of the 2015 Equity for Women Award. Lauren has developed a course about feminism titled “The F Word”, which will be taught on… 

Mar 3, 2015

Richard Holly named ARTS NC STATE Executive Director

Dr. Mike Mullen, Vice Chancellor and Dean in the Division of Academic and Student Affairs at NC State University, announced today that Richard Holly has agreed to serve as executive director of ARTS NC STATE. Holly comes to NC State from Northern Illinois University where he has served as Dean of the College of Visual and Performing… 

Mar 3, 2015

DASA launches new website

On February 27, Division of Academic and Student Affairs Marketing and Communications and Technology Services offices flipped the switch on the new dasa.ncsu.edu website that has been in the works since late last fall. The new site features a student-focused approach to presenting information, a departure from previous iterations of the site which focused more… 

Feb 28, 2015

NC State snags Guinness World Record for Monopoly

On February 4, 2015, University Housing and the Wolfpack Nation attempted to break the Guinness World Record for the largest number of people playing monopoly in a single venue. Students and staff members showed up to show-off their Wolfpack pride and help NC State secure the record. The previous record was 277 people and was set… 

Feb 27, 2015

Career Development Center Supports New Grads

The Career Development Center is the go-to campus resource for students preparing to enter the workforce. Students can begin using the career center as soon as they arrive on campus as freshmen, and they will continue to receive support past graduation. Recent graduates at the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels are eligible to use CDC… 

Feb 27, 2015

NASPA Excellence Awards

NC State’s Preliminary Recruitment of Exceptional Prospectives (PREP) program has been named a Bronze Award Winner for the NASPA Excellence Awards in the “Off-Campus, Commuter, Non-traditional, Graduate, Professional, and related” category. Consideration for awards is based on the following criteria: Impact on student learning and success demonstrated through transition, retention, or achievement outcomes Relevance to institutional… 

Feb 24, 2015

Stephany Dunstan Receives Outstanding Doctoral Research Award

Stephany Dunstan, Ph.D.,  Assistant Director of the Office of Assessment, has been awarded the 2014 Outstanding Doctoral Research Award from Emerald Group Publishing and the International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association (HETL). Her dissertation, completed at NC State and titled The Influence of Speaking a Dialect of Appalachian English on the College Experience, highlights the… 

Feb 16, 2015

Multi-Instiutional Study of Leadership information

NC State will be participating in the Multi-Institutional Study of Leadership (MSL), an international research study that provides important insights on the leadership development and learning needs of college students.  The survey launched today (February 12) and will close on March 6. The sample in this study will consist of 4,000 randomly selected undergraduate students and…