Student Media Raises $7,400 on Day of Giving

More than 51 donors supported the seven student-run media outlets

March 21, 2024 Jamie Lynn Gilbert 1-min. read

From left, Jameson Wolf, Eleanor Saunders, Alianna Kendall-Brooks and Jelina-jo Miller were among the students who traveled to the NC News & Information Summit on March 8. Photo by Tommy Kopetskie, Elon University.

NC State Student Media raised more than $7,400 from 51 donations during NC State’s 2024 Day of Giving.

The Technician Century Fund, established in 2020 to coincide with the newspaper’s 100th anniversary, saw support from 17 alumni, faculty/staff, parents and friends totaling more than $3,600. Most recently, the Century Fund supported student travel to the NC News and Information Summit.

The Student Media Enhancement Fund, which supports the entire department, received 17 donations to total more than $2,500. Among other things, this fund provides a small financial award to the annual winner of the Dean Phillips Award for General Excellence.

Newly established for 2024 is the WKNC Enhancement Fund, which supports the campus radio station. In its first Day of Giving, WKNC raised nearly $1,300 from 17 donors.

“It is incredible to see such support from the NC State community for Student Media as a whole and for student radio specifically,” said Jamie Lynn Gilbert, Student Media Associate Director and adviser to WKNC 88.1 FM HD-1/HD-2. “I’m especially proud of the work WKNC did to help promote the WKNC Enhancement Fund and Day of Giving.”

WKNC’s video content creator Csenge Balazs created two video testimonials featuring herself and general manager Erie Mitchell, along with a thank you video to donors.