Giving

Hannah Williams and other students in referee uniforms lined up on a grassy field

Dec 6, 2021

Earning Her Stripes

Wellness and Recreation student employee Hannah Williams (integrative physiology and neuroscience '22) will be a referee for the national flag football tournament in Round Rock, Texas in January 2022.

closeup of NC State brochure on veterans education benefits

Nov 11, 2021

An Extraordinary Gift Honors NC State’s Veteran and Military-Affiliated Students

NC State alumnus and former officer in the U.S. Navy Jeff Wright has made a gift to name the Jeffrey Wright Military and Veteran Services program. His support will benefit the university’s more than 2,000 self-identified veterans and children or spouses of veterans and strengthens NC State’s reputation as a military-friendly school.

members of Alpha Phi Alpha present their scholarship to Chancellor Woodson

Nov 10, 2021

Alpha Phi Alpha Celebrates Milestone Anniversary by Giving Back

Garnering support for the Witherspoon Scholarship at NC State has been a cause close to the heart of Brigadier General (Retired) Leodis Jennings for nearly half his lifetime. So when the Eta Omicron chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha, the fraternity he joined as a student at the university, came together for its 45th reunion, he knew…

Tommy Holden, Kristian Jackson and his son remove branches and brush as they clear a path for a bike trail in Lake Raleigh Woods

Oct 5, 2021

Forging New Paths

The Department of Health and Exercise Studies has received a grant from the NC State University Sustainability Fund to help continue the development of hiking and biking trails as well as educational opportunities in Lake Raleigh Woods.

Eric Cranford standing in front of the Sikorsky SH-60B Seahawk helicopter he flew while serving in the U.S. Navy.

Sep 9, 2021

Not Self But Others

Lt. Cmdr. Eric Allen Cranford ’92 lost his life while serving in the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001. Twenty years later, his spirit of generosity and determination lives on through a scholarship created in his memory.

Elena Williamson in front of a grassy background on the Court of North Carolina

Sep 7, 2021

Opportunity to Explore

Elena Williamson is the first recipient of the Rebecca Leonard Scholarship Endowment in Exploratory Studies. The new scholarship is named after Rebecca Leonard, an associate professor emerita and a founder of the Exploratory Studies Program.

Aug 30, 2021

Foundation Funding Helps WKNC 88.1 Keep On Keeping On

A grant from the NC State University Foundation is enabling the Pack’s student-run radio station to repair and repaint its transmission tower.

Curtis and Barbara Freeze in the stands at an NC State football game

Aug 17, 2021

Drumming Up Support for Music Students

New music scholarship endowment honors two longtime fans of Wolfpack Athletics and the NC State marching band.

An aerial view of brick buildings and Talley Student Union, with downtown Raleigh in the background

Jul 13, 2021

Essential Work

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Pack Essentials program has supported thousands of students with financial support as well as meal and housing scholarships.

Dr. Phyllis Vogel teaching a music class

Jun 14, 2021

Honoring Our Piano Pioneers

When an anonymous donor made a generous gift to endow a new piano performance scholarship in the Department of Music, they left it up to the department to name the fund. Former department head Bob Petters, who has taught in the music department since 1976, recommended that the scholarship be named for two women who each played a pivotal role in developing the piano program at NC State — Phyllis Vogel and Marilyn Lynch.