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2018 in Review

Look back on an extraordinary year

At NC State, this was another year of amazing student and faculty achievement, world-changing research and extraordinary support from our alumni and friends. Below, you can explore just some of what we thought and did.

Admissions

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#11 in the U.S.

The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine ranked NC State as a Top Undergraduate School for Entrepreneurship Studies for 2019.

Learn why
Incoming NC State student Niambé James
Student Success

Meet seven members of our largest and most academically qualified first-year class ever.

Read their stories
NC State veterinarians working in surgery.
Veterinary Medicine

In 2018, the College of Veterinary Medicine did groundbreaking research, won big awards and helped animals thrive.

Relive the year
Equity and Diversity

As part of Diversity Education Week, we spotlighted the community centers helping everyone to thrive on campus.

Discover what they do
Chancellor Randy Woodson announces the Wilson College of Textiles gift in Talley Student Union during the Chancellor's Fall Address
Textiles

An extraordinary $28 million gift ensures NC State's status as the global home of textiles.

Meet the Wilsons
Design

Eleven College of Design students received a prestigious award for innovative airport designs they displayed at the 2018 Venice Biennale.

See their designs
Irwin Holmes and his wife pose in front of the Holmes Hall sign on NC State's campus
Alumni

NC State honored the extraordinary legacy of the university's first African-American graduate with the dedication of Holmes Hall.

Meet Irwin Holmes
Two women view one of the Invisible Worlds exhibits
Sciences and Design

A unique interdisciplinary collaboration used design to explain complex scientific topics to the public.

Experience the exhibits
Athletics

A Wolfpack basketball legend was immortalized within Reynolds Coliseum as part of the Think and Do the Extraordinary Campaign.

Don't ever give up
A close-up of a woman's cheek with an NC State Wolfpack symbol on it.
Education

To celebrate 90 years of the College of Education, educators and leaders explained why they chose their profession.

Share their passion
Agriculture and Life Sciences

In October, we honored an esteemed CALS professor who has inspired thousands of students during his five decades on NC State's faculty.

Read Bob's story
A man and a woman walk and talk in an office
Poole College

NC State researchers found that diversity in the workplace can enhance innovation.

Explore the research
A folded paper origami wolf
Humanities and Social Sciences

Download, print and create your own origami wolf to show your Wolfpack pride.

Some assembly required
African American Cultural Center Director Moses T. Alexander Greene.
Equity and Diversity

The United States Postal Service unveiled its 2018 Kwanzaa stamp at NC State’s African American Cultural Center. We highlighted the center's legacy and work.

Dig deeper

50 Years of the Brickyard

This year, we celebrated a hallowed place where the campus community has congregated for five decades.

Relive its history
An artist's rendering of the future Fitts-Woolard Hall building on NC State's Centennial Campus
Engineering

Thanks to an extraordinary gift from two alumni, the university broke ground on Fitts-Woolard Hall, a new engineering building on Centennial Campus.

Dig deeper
Humanities and Social Sciences

Our world-class linguistics experts helped put together this rundown of North Carolina's regional accents.

Take the quiz
Outreach and Community

The Rural Works! internship program is helping students get experiential education opportunities with employers in rural counties.

Explore the program
An inside look at NC State's IBM quantum computer.
Partnerships

NC State is the first university in North America to partner with IBM to advance quantum computing.

Take a leap with us
Research

In case you've ever wondered, we took the time to uncork the science behind insect flatulence.

Get to the bottom of it
Kids ride a merry-go-round at the North Carolina State Fair.
Outreach and Community

In the fall, we highlighted just a few of the close ties NC State has to the North Carolina State Fair.

Step right up
NC State CHASS alumna Maggie Kane stands at the counter of A Place at the Table.
Humanities and Social Sciences

An NC State alumna is bringing people together with her pay-what-you-can cafe.

Pull up a seat
Agriculture and Life Sciences

In November, we caught up with CRISPR pioneer Rodolphe Barrangou to discuss one of science's most promising and talked-about technologies.

Go inside our CRISPR lab
Natural Resources

Ryan Held, a recent fisheries, wildlife and conservation biology grad — and Olympic swimmer — told us about his passion for natural resources.

Hear more from Ryan
Olympic swimmer and natural resources graduate Ryan Held.
Map with a finger pointing to Kinston, N.C.
Graduate School

The Graduate School's first digital online issue shares stories and news from NC State's graduate students.

Dive in
Engineering

In the spring, we told the story of how an NC State environmental engineer uncovered surprising contaminants in North Carolina drinking water.

Get the whole story
The NC State Belltower lit red for Packapalooza.
Campaign

As we ring in the new year, NC State is yards and inches away from its fundraising goal of $1.6 billion.

Celebrate with us

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Wednesday12:00 AM

Winter Welcome Week

Monday12:00 AM

First Day of Spring 2019 Classes

Monday12:00 AM

Spring Break

Saturday9:00 AM

NC Science and Engineering Fair

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Explore the campus where you'll Think and Do.

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