First in the Pack Builds Community for First-Generation College Students

First in the Pack students proudly display their future career choices.

Oct 31, 2024

First in the Pack Builds Community for First-Generation College Students

For students who are the first in their family to walk the college path, it’s even more important to build a community. At NC State, the First in the Pack program, under TRIO Collegiate and Pack Support Programs, seeks to do exactly that, bringing together first-generation college students, as well as faculty and staff who were formerly first-generation students.

Aug 5, 2024

TRIO Receives Foundation Grant

The TRIO Pre-College and Collegiate Programs received a grant from the Goodwin Meissner Family Foundation to implement an international service learning project. Twelve students and two staff members spent a week in La Florida, Peru, working on two houses for impoverished families. The group laid concrete, put up bricks for walls, and created the infrastructure…

Abinadi Ehrisman's Award for Excellence.

Jun 18, 2024

DASA Employees Receive University Awards For Excellence

Abinadi Ehrisman and Maurice Mathis, both of whom received Awards for Excellence at the division level in April, were recently honored at the university level.

Messiah Williams graduated from NC State at 18 years old in May.

Jun 3, 2024

A Historic Graduation

Eighteen-year-old Messiah Williams is one of the youngest Black male graduates in NC State history.

Omry Brewster posing in front of flowering trees

May 2, 2023

Up for the Challenge

With an unwavering commitment to excellence, a lot of perseverance and a little help from private philanthropy, Omry Brewster is using NC State as a springboard to a big and bright future.

Joshua Wright holds a black, red and white pennant that reads "Howling Success" outside of Hunt Library

Apr 18, 2023

Howling Success: Joshua Wright

This month’s Howling Success is a Ronald E. McNair Scholar, producer and host for TRIO's Beyond the Bell Tower podcast, and a member of NC State's Uninhibited Praise Gospel Choir.

Close up of a study abroad button on a student's backpack, with a building in China in the background

Mar 16, 2023

Grant Will Create New Study Abroad Opportunities for TRIO Students

The Goodwin Meissner Family Foundation has provided a grant to make study abroad opportunities more accessible for NC State students.

A group of students lined up on a staircase make wolfie signs

Feb 1, 2023

Plant Sciences Initiative, DASA Pathways Programs Co-Host Outreach Day

The event was designed to engage high school students in hands-on activities and learn from leaders in the field.

An aerial photo of Carter-Finley Stadium during the marching band's halftime show, where the band spells out "state"

Dec 16, 2022

The Biggest Academic and Student Affairs News from 2022

Look back at student life and achievements, anniversaries and celebrations, and individual and departmental recognitions in the Division of Academic and Student Affairs this year.

Two men seated and having a conversation in a room, with a book shelf in between them

Dec 8, 2022

TRIO Podcast Now Available on YouTube

Beyond the Bell Tower is a podcast for students enrolled in TRIO Programs at NC State, and features the stories of current students, alumni and community members.