RALEIGH (March 23, 2022) – NC State University Chancellor Randy Woodson knows the importance of community colleges – the state’s 58 colleges send NC State about 1,000 students a year. “Community colleges across the state have become a critical pathway to NC State, and I know that’s true for many other universities in the UNC… READ MORE
Goodnight Transfer Scholars: ‘They’re phenomenal’
RALEIGH (March 23, 2022) – Jim and Ann Goodnight understand the value of community-college students who transfer to universities. The Goodnight Scholars Program that they launched in 2008 is NC State University’s largest scholarship program; it is expected to grow to 350 or more students. In 2017, the program began gradually increasing the number of… READ MORE
NC State: What two billion dollars will do
RALEIGH (March 11, 2022) – Chancellor Randy Woodson knows what NC State University’s successful “Think and Do the Extraordinary” campaign means for the university. When Woodson arrived at NC State in 2010, he saw a glaring need to deepen its endowment. And the University set its sights on $1.6 billion for the “Think and Do”… READ MORE
Woodson: Ripple effects
RALEIGH (March 11, 2022) – The 2.1 billion dollars NC State University raised for its endowment don’t help just NC State – they help North Carolina’s entire economy. “They have a tremendous impact on the economy,” Chancellor Randy Woodson says in the accompanying video, “by providing the critical workforce for the economy, by funding the… READ MORE
Woodson: NC State employees share our success
RALEIGH (Sept. 30, 2021) – They’ve personally helped nearly 1,000 students – about 200 a year – attend NC State University. NC State Chancellor Randy Woodson and his wife, Susan, started that ball rolling six years ago when they donated $1.15 million to launch a scholarship for the children of NC State employees – from… READ MORE
New beginnings for the Class of 2021
To commence means to begin. And after weathering a worldwide pandemic, commencement for the Class of 2021 indeed felt like a new beginning for thousands of UNC System graduates. AT UNC-CHAPEL HILL, Dr. Anthony Fauci and UNC alum Kizzmekia Corbett spoke to graduates and received honorary degrees. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy… READ MORE
2020 NC State graduates: ‘Resilience is your trajectory’
RALEIGH (Dec. 4, 2020) – Record-setting astronaut and North Carolina State University alumna Christina Koch sees a one-word parallel between the first commercial flight to the International Space Station last month and the NC State Class of 2020: Resilience. The four crew members on the Spacex flight chose a special name to reflect the pandemic… READ MORE
Christina Koch: Women ‘can do absolutely anything they want’
RALEIGH (Dec. 4, 2020) – Before she spent 328 days aboard – and sometimes outside – the International Space Station, Christina Koch spent five years at North Carolina State University.1 And as she prepares to deliver a commencement address to 9,100 NC State graduates in a virtual ceremony Friday evening, Koch (pronounced ‘Cook’) says NC State… READ MORE
Woodson: More back-and-forth in online classes
RALEIGH – Online course offerings have improved dramatically since UNC System campuses abruptly shifted classes online last spring. But NC State University Chancellor Randy Woodson says they can still get better. “You can create very rich course content and very meaningful experiences for students in laboratory settings, etc., through the virtual environment,” Woodson says in… READ MORE
NC State aims to put phosphorus where it belongs
RALEIGH – One thing that hasn’t slowed down at UNC System campuses during the coronavirus pandemic is research. At a recent UNC Board of Governors committee meeting, NC State University Chancellor Randy Woodson reported that research at NC State is up 10% this year, and UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz said research is up 15%… READ MORE
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