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Counseling the Pack
Last fall, NC State’s Counseling Center and Prevention Services distributed a Healthy Minds survey to a random group of 4,000 NC State students. Of those who responded, 55.1 percent indicated that...
View ArticleBehind-the-Scenes Star
By Lea Hart In a crisis, there are people who work behind the scenes to ensure Poole College of Management is ready to face the challenges. Kimberly Whitfield is one of those people, facing the...
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Technology with Heart
This summer, as the Wolfpack looked forward to first-of-its-kind face-to-face learning and comprehensive changes to campus operations, Distance Education and Learning Technology Applications (DELTA)...
View ArticleNew Director of Instructional Design Guides Faculty Through COVID-Related...
By Lea Hart Even before Beth Shepherd became Poole College of Management’s new director of instructional design in June, she was hard at work supporting faculty through the changes taking place due to...
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Taking Care of the Pack in a Pandemic
Running a full-spectrum student health operation at North Carolina’s largest university would be a tall order under the best of circumstances. But in the midst of a pandemic? “We’ve had to pivot on a...
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Rapid Response
The College of Engineering has taken up the fight against COVID-19 On a Thursday morning in late May, the machine shop in Engineering Building III on NC State’s Centennial Campus is quiet for the first...
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Rising to the Challenge
More than 9,000 people work for NC State University. All of them have had their jobs — and their lives — disrupted by this pandemic. All of them have had to adapt to changing circumstances, find new...
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Standout Staff
As part of our Resilient Pack series, we’ve collected a handful of shout-outs to NC State staffers doing the “extraordinary ordinary” during difficult times. As told by their nominators, these...
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Granting Gifts of Appreciation
Christine Grant gives. It’s a second-nature response to the crafting hobby she has cultivated throughout a lifetime of handiwork outside her role as the inaugural associate dean of faculty advancement...
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Behind the Scenes of NC State’s First Virtual Commencement Ceremony
NC State University Class of 2020 Virtual Commencement was a collaborative effort on behalf of multiple NC State units. This article highlights the contributions of Enrollment Management and Services...
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Answering the Call
By Lea Hart Poole College of Management’s Lisa Chang is working on the front lines in the effort to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine rapidly across North Carolina to as many people as possible. Chang,...
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Arts Programs Don’t Miss a Beat During COVID-19
Prior to 2020, it’s safe to say that many student musicians or dancers would never have imagined they would be recording their parts for an ensemble concert alone in their bedroom. Similarly, it would...
View ArticleKelly Hardy Takes the Reins to Produce the First Virtual Meet the Firms Event
By Lea Hart When it became clear that COVID-19 would mean significant changes to recruiting opportunities this fall for students in Poole College of Management’s Jenkins Master of Accounting program,...
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Leading the Pack Out of the Pandemic
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Jordan Bartel, communications strategist in the College of Veterinary Medicine at NC State. Megan Jacob is a mother of three who just got her second dose of the...
View ArticleTextiles Loaner Program Keeps Students on Track
As the sole college in the nation dedicated to textile research and education, NC State’s Wilson College of Textiles has made hands-on, experiential learning an integral part of its programs. For the...
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Howling Success: Gillian Torr Helps Keep the Pack Moving
When Gillian Torr (applied nutrition ’21) started working for NC State Wellness and Recreation almost four years ago, she never thought her part time campus job would convince her to change her major...
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Top (Air) Quality
Walking around campus it’s easy to see many of the ways the university has responded to the COVID-19 pandemic, from students and employees wearing face coverings to the abundance of signage about...
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DELTA and DASA Collaborate To Deliver Secure Telehealth Options at NC State
A collaboration between DELTA and the Division of Academic and Student Affairs (DASA) addressed the need for secure virtual healthcare options for NC State students during the COVID-19 pandemic. NC...
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Woodson Reflects on Heroes of Pandemic
In a conversational video recorded outside his residence on Centennial Campus, Chancellor Randy Woodson reflected on a year that many are undoubtedly glad to see in their rearview mirror. But...
View Article‘Far From Normal’
More than 2,500 permanent employees have started working at NC State since Jan. 1, 2020. Many of them gave interviews over Zoom, took virtual tours of their new workspaces and got to know their...
View ArticleNC State Rises to 4th Place on List of Best Employers
The challenges of a global pandemic have done little to dampen the passion NC State faculty and staff bring to the mission of the university. In fact, employees doubled down on their assessment of NC...
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Professor Offers Lessons Learned, Advice for Successful In-Person Teaching...
NC State is back to face-to-face. What follows is what I’ve learned during the first week of classes (with a big thanks to my colleague Josie Torres Barth for some great tips based on her heroic hybrid...
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Goodnight Explorers Take On Raleigh
The Goodnight Scholars Program prides itself on being more than just a scholarship. In addition to investing in students financially, the program remains committed to the students’ development by...
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DELTA Finance and Business Office Presses on During Tough Times
The DELTA Finance and Business Office includes Associate Vice Provost for Business Operations Jessie Sova, Julie Bunting, Jamie Dunlap, Cindy Galle, Angela Hallman, Stacy Somers, Julie Talton and Erica...
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VCS: Taking Care of Business and Colleagues
When the COVID-19 pandemic called for most of the NC State community to abandon ship, Senior Associate Director Tony Pearson, IT Manager Shawn Colvin and their team of DELTA Video Communication...
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NC State Leads Raleigh Effort to Meet Students’ Basic Needs
NC State is partnering with the city of Raleigh and other local schools to find ways to remove barriers to basic needs that often prevent college students from completing degrees or other credentials...
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Wolf Xpress Grows to Meet Campus Printing Needs
NC State’s Wolf Xpress has served the NC State campus for a decade after the university’s print production office was converted to a modern quick copy and wide-format print shop. Under the leadership...
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NC State Dining Rallies to Provide Quarantine Meals for Students
Since the beginning of the pandemic, students who have been asked to isolate or quarantine due to COVID-19 have received quarantine meals delivered to their door. But because the recent spike in the...
View ArticleThriving Together
As we all prepare to enter “season three” of life in a global pandemic, we asked Bulletin readers to share self-care strategies that help them cope during difficult times. As your responses rolled in...
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A Profitable Pivot
When NC State’s new Compost Facility and Research Cooperative opened in fall 2019, operator Matt Ball could never have imagined how quickly — and dramatically — things would change. Within months, the...
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