July 2009
07.31.2009 | by Cherry Crayton | Filed under NC State History | Comments: 2 responses |
I was flipping through the May 1930 NC State Alumni News yesterday and came across this amusing account about the increasing number of women on campus and how men, “in spite of themselves, [are] in a good humor about it.” The editor at the time, E.B. Owen (1898), writes:
The other day one of the professors . . . heard a boy say, ‘One thing we must do, and that is get rid of these co-eds — they want to study to [sic] much.’ Being a man of some maturity, this remark to him seemed amusing as he told about it. A few days later I encountered a group of boys out in the hallway, indulging in a good deal of talk along the same line. They all had their say. Then I said, ‘Well, boys, I have observed these girls somewhat, their appearance, their demeanor generally, and I have an opinion, too. Now, honor bright, aren’t they are a nice lot of girls?’ And without hesitation they all chimed in with a rising inflection which denoted very hearty approval, ‘Yes!’ So, there you are!
Young ladies, don’t think the less of these fellows for such chat. They don’t a mean a word of it.
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07.31.2009 | by magintern | Filed under Academics, Campus Resources, College of Engineering, College of Management, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, NCSU Libraries, Sports, Student Life | Comments: 3 responses |
With all sorts of university-related organizations using Twitter, the popular microblogging site is a wealth of NC State news and info. We have our own feed to help keep you up to date on news from the blog and around campus. We’ve also compiled a list of other Twitter feeds from around campus. If we missed any, add them in the comments or e-mail them to alumniblog@gw.ncsu.edu.
News: NC State News Services and Technician.
Academics & Research: Engineering Library; Friends of the Library; MBA Students; College of Veterinary Medicine; Graduate School and the Insect Museum.
Athletics: Pack Athletics; Wolfpack Club; Men’s Soccer; Men’s Basketball; Women’s Basketball; Gymnastics; Football and Volleyball.
Student Affairs, Campus Life and Activities: Division of Student Affairs; Student Affairs Tech Services; Union Activities Board; NCSU Bookstores; Interfraternity Council; NCSU Sororities; NCSU GLBT; Study Abroad; Office of Information Technology; NCSU College Republicans; Graduate Association of Students in Psychology; Photo Club; NCSU Student Chapter of the American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics; WKNC 88.1; Inter-Residence Council; Campus Recreation; Campus Activities and NCSU Surplus.
Alumni: NC State Alumni Association and MBA Alumni
Other groups: NC State PR, Cashier’s Office and Wolfpack Promotions.
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07.31.2009 | by Cherry Crayton | Filed under Campus Events, Campus News, NC State in the News | Comments: One response |
The view from hole No. 3 at the Lonnie Poole Golf Course.
Golf legend Arnold Palmer will be among hundreds of donors and dignitaries attending the grand opening ceremony of NC State’s Lonnie Poole Golf Course today. Also in attendance will be Lonnie Poole ’59, who secured the naming rights for the newly opened public golf course.
Poole is well-pleased with what Palmer’s design company did with the pristine land in the southwest corner of Centennial Campus, which will serve as the home for the NC State varsity golf teams, its Professional Golf Management program and the its top-ranked turfgrass management program.
A large measure of the credit goes to a pair of NC State graduates who are architects for the Arnold Palmer Design Company, Erik Larsen and Brandon Johnson, who maintained a near-constant presence during the two-year construction process. Palmer, who joined Poole and PGA Tour pro Carl Pettersson in taking the first shots into the uncut forest two years ago, has visited the site on several occasions to oversee the process.
We’ll have photos from the day’s festivities later, but you can view some great shots of the course now on RaleighSkyline.com, which is maintained by photographer Matt Robinson ’01.
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07.30.2009 | by Cherry Crayton | Filed under Campus News, NC State in the News | Comments: No responses |
From the Bulletin, NC State’s faculty and staff newspaper:
NC State will lose 440 faculty and staff positions under the $53 million budget reduction plan submitted to the University of North Carolina system last week. The positions include 117 EPA faculty, 117 EPA professional and 206 SPA jobs. Forty percent of the jobs that will be eliminated — 176 — are currently filled. . . .
While the overall budget reflects a 10 percent reduction in state funding, colleges took smaller cuts, ranging from 3.36 percent for Humanities and Social Sciences to 8.55 percent for Textiles, [NC State Chancellor Jim] Woodward said.
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07.30.2009 | by Cherry Crayton | Filed under NC State in the News | Comments: 29 responses |
Many entering freshmen have been on campus the past several weeks attending Orientation. Thomas Griffin, NC State’s director of undergraduate admissions, spoke with WRAL yesterday and provided insight into why they might have been admitted while some of their peers weren’t. After all, NC State received more than 17,600 freshman applications for admission this year — a record — and admitted about 55 percent of them.
“The kinds of students that N.C. State wants to enroll are students that have an interest or passion in some area, but it can widely vary as to what that passion or interest is,” he said.
In our Summer 2005 cover story, NC State magazine ran a much more detailed account on what it takes to get into NC State and its unique admissions system:
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07.30.2009 | by Cherry Crayton | Filed under Alumni News | Comments: One response |
Sara Coleman ’01 introduced President Barack Obama at a health-care forum at Raleigh’s Broughton High School on Wednesday. She’s the owner of The Cupcake Shoppe in Raleigh. He called her the “cupcake lady” and “ribbed [her] for not bringing snacks.”
“I mean, I know I’ve been talking about health care a lot, but I think cupcakes are good for your health,” he said.
Coleman, 30, doesn’t know who suggested her to the White House, only that her name came up at dinner party. Over the weekend, she got the call.
Watch Coleman’s introduction in the first 2 minutes of this video.
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07.30.2009 | by Cherry Crayton | Filed under Alumni News, College of Design | Comments: No responses |
Congratulations to the folks behind The Bain Project, which received one of Independent Weekly’s Indie Arts Award and was featured in the newspaper this week. Daniel Kelly ’03 and Tracy Spencer ’04 organized the project, an exhibit that brought together the work of 12 artists (many NC State alumni) who worked collaboratively for 9 months to build the site-specific art show in the abandoned E.B. Bain Water Treatment Plan.
What made The Bain Project so marvelous wasn’t the building itself, as cool as it is, or what any single person did in it, or even two or three. It was that a dozen artists assembled by Kelly and Spencer, working as a team and subordinating their specific efforts to a shared expression, were able to bring the building to life—”to activate it,” as they often said as they puzzled over how to do it—in ways that were completely authentic and utterly imagined.
Go to our posting in May on The Bain Project to find interviews with Kelly and to get the complete back-story on the show.
(Image courtesy of NC State College of Design)
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07.28.2009 | by Cherry Crayton | Filed under Alumni News, College of Management | Comments: 4 responses |
Cinco, a Husky, wears the Spotlight device on his collar.
Here’s a story out of the College of Management for all you pet owners. Two of its aumni — Chris Newton ’98 and Lewis Sheats ’01 — have formed Positioning Animals Worldwide (PAW). The company’s first product? The Spotlight GPS Pet Locator system. And yes, it does just what its name suggests:
Its core component is a two and a half ounce electronic device that attaches to the dog’s collar. The device is always on, allowing the owner to continuously monitor a pet’s location via the Spotlight website.
Sheats said that the idea for the system came about as he and Newton were thinking of ways to keep their dogs safe and locate them if they got lost. (more…)
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07.27.2009 | by magintern | Filed under Campus Events, Campus News | Comments: No responses |
The university’s Chancellor Search Committee is planning open forums on Wednesday, Aug. 26, for students, staff, faculty, alumni and the general public. These listening sessions are an opportunity for members of the NC State community to share what they’re looking for in a new chancellor. Locations and times are:
Talley Student Center, Stewart Theater, 12:30 p.m. (staff), 2 p.m. (faculty) and 3:30 p.m. (students).
Jane S. McKimmon Center, 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. (alumni, local elected officials and local residents).
Though each forum is targeted at a specific group, anyone can attend any of the forums. If you can’t make it, comments and questions can be sent to the committee at chancellor_search@ncsu.edu. Learn more about the search and provide feedback at the university’s Chancellor Search page.
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07.23.2009 | by Cherry Crayton | Filed under Campus News, NC State in the News | Comments: No responses |
Mary Easley, the wife of former N.C. Gov. Mike Easley, has begun the formal grievance process against NC State for the termination of her contract. Chancellor Jim Woodward terminated her contract effective June 10 citing “the economic downturn.”
Chancellor Woodward said that, in keeping with the university’s grievance procedures and state law, the grievance hearing will be closed but that the university would share the outcome.
“It is essential to the integrity of the process that the grievance proceedings be closed,” he said. “This is a confidential personnel matter and will be treated as such. At the conclusion of the process, we will make the outcome public.”
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