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NC State Students throw up their "wolfies" at a Winter Welcome Week event.

Jan 7, 2026

Get to Know NC State at Winter Welcome Week

With NC State’s spring semester set to start Monday, Jan. 12, New Student Programs (NSP) is excited to welcome transfer students, incoming first-year students and all other new faces to the Wolfpack during Winter Welcome Week!
Students celebrate a new school year at Convocation in Reynolds Coliseum.

Aug 7, 2025

Plan Ahead for Wolfpack Welcome Weeks

The 2025 edition of Wolfpack Welcome Weeks will run from Aug. 14-28, spanning from the annual Talley Takeover to the NC State football team’s season opener against East Carolina at Carter-Finley Stadium, and including Packapalooza™, the annual all-day street festival and block party on Hillsborough Street.

Transfer Students throw up their "wolfies" at TransferPack Winter Welcome, a signature Winter Welcome Week event at NC State.

Jan 2, 2025

Get to Know NC State at Winter Welcome Week

During Winter Welcome Week, running from Jan. 3-11, New Student Programs and campus partners are hosting several events to help new students get to know the Wolfpack community.

A table of materials at Wellness Fest.

Oct 24, 2024

Wellness Fest Returns to Help Students Focus on Health and Well-Being

A collaboration between Campus Health, Wellness and Recreation, Prevention Services and New Student programs, Wellness Fest, set for Oct. 29 from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Harris Field, will feature booths from 19 different campus partners designed to help students look after their wellness. 
NC State's Memorial Bell Tower on a snowy horizon.

Jan 3, 2024

Get to Know NC State at Winter Welcome Week

With NC State’s spring semester set to start Monday, Jan. 8, New Student Programs (NSP) is excited to welcome transfer students, incoming first-year students and all other new faces to the Wolfpack during Winter Welcome Week! 
Students pet a golden retriever dog on a sidewalk

May 22, 2023

(Y)Our Health is Focus of Wicked Problems, Wolfpack Solutions 2023

Two free credits available to incoming and transfer first year students by completing the Wicked Problems, Wolfpack Solutions online course during Summer Session II. This year’s course, (Y)Our Health focuses on real-life examples of issues and challenges students to learn about multidisciplinary solutions.
A group of people sit around a table and work on an assignment

Nov 21, 2022

For the Strength of the Pack

Registration is now open for Strengthening the Pack, a learning series that helps advisors and student-serving professionals fully understand CliftonStrengths and other tools to support their students.
A large group of students wearing matching NC State shirts pose with the Chancellor, faculty members and Mr. and Ms. Wuf for a photo.

Sep 26, 2022

Meet the Incoming Class for 2022

The newest members of the Wolfpack are experiencing all of their NC State firsts — their first classes, of course, but also their first time exploring the stacks at D.H. Hill Library, eating Howling Cow ice cream or cheering on the Pack in Carter-Finley Stadium. The class of 2026 is our largest and most diverse in…
Students pass through the Free Expression Tunnel on the way to class

Sep 1, 2022

Finding Your Place in the Pack

Here are 10 ways new and transfer students can get involved, make friends and develop their leadership and career skills at NC State.
2026 spelled out by people wearing red on the lawn of Stafford Commons

Aug 22, 2022

Convocation Kicks off 2022 Academic Year

NC State’s largest, most diverse first-year class started their higher education journey following Convocation this weekend.