Events

The history department hosts Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Heather Thompson as the featured speaker at this year’s History Weekend. Ghosts of Attica, a documentary that includes footage shot inside the prison during the four-day rebellion, will be screened at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 13. Thompson will participate in a short Q&A after the film. Her talk,“The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Why it Matters Today,” is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Saturday, April 14. Events are free and open to the public, but registration is recommended.

Service Raleigh is an annual citywide day of service started in 1998 by NC State's Student Government and Park Scholars. Each year, volunteers from the university and surrounding community unite to undertake a variety of projects, each of which provides much needed assistance to local organizations. Service Raleigh is funded by the Park Foundation, the Goodnight Scholars Program, NCSU Student Government, NCSU Inter-Residence Council, and local donors.

Art2Wear is celebrating its 18th year as a student-organized runway show that presents fashion, costume and wearable sculpture created by the students of the College of Design at NC State University. This year, each designer's collection is their interpretation of the theme: Ceasura: The Art of Interruption. General admission tickets are $30.

Join NC State in celebrating a year of sustainability accomplishments. From recognizing this year's sustainability progress to announcing winners of NC State's annual Green Brick Awards, this celebration honors the people, projects and progress that advance sustainability at NC State. Free and open to all, but space is limited. Please RSVP if you plan to attend.

NC State University, led by Chancellor Randy Woodson, will mark the 100-year anniversary of the end of World War I and pay tribute to all NC State alumni who served then and subsequently.

A new group of NC State students will become alumni May 12 at PNC Arena. The university commencement ceremony will start at 9 a.m., but NC State college and department ceremonies will occur throughout May 10, 11 and 12.

The annual Postdoctoral Research Symposium features the innovative research being conducted by postdoctoral scholars at NC State and around the Triangle.