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Nominations Open for Honorary Degrees
At NC State, honorary degrees recognize individuals whose achievements are extraordinary and have lasting distinction. Usual degree requirements for an academic degree are waived to bestow honors on those who have made exceptional contributions to a specific field or to […]
What Are You Doing This Summer?
Let NC State know about your summer travel, research, service and more in an upcoming issue of the Provost’s Office newsletter.
Leslie Boney named Vice Provost for Outreach and Engagement
Leslie Boney, director of the Institute for Emerging Issues, assumed the additional role of Vice Provost for Outreach and Engagement, effective July 1.
Transitions in the Office of International Affairs
The Office of International Affairs will go through some transitions in the new fiscal year to better position NC State for increased global engagement and collaboration.
2017 Common Reading Program
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates is NC State’s 2017 Common Reading Program selection. Faculty, staff and students are invited to learn more about the text and how it relates to students' first-year experience at NC State’s convocation on Monday, Aug. 14 in Reynolds Coliseum.
Extraordinary Futures
Thousands of new NC State graduates headed out into the world following Spring Commencement 2017, each of them in pursuit of their own extraordinary future. The ceremony took place Saturday, May 13 in the PNC Arena in Raleigh. The city’s mayor, Nancy McFarlane, delivered the commencement address.
Outstanding Faculty Support
Dr. Katie Perry, senior vice provost and professor emerita, will retire at the end of the semester after serving NC State full- and part-time for 37 years. She’ll then hand over many of her responsibilities to Dr. Courtney Thornton, associate vice provost for academic personnel and policy and an NC State College of Education alumna.
Staff Ombuds Services Now Available
The NC State Faculty Ombuds Office will now extend services to NC State staff members (all SHRA and EHRA non-faculty). This initiative will be a pilot program in 2017.
Brookins Named Outreach and Engagement Faculty Fellow
Craig Brookins, director of interdisciplinary degree programs and a faculty member in applied social and community psychology and Africana studies in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, has been appointed as an Outreach and Engagement Faculty Fellow
Chancellor’s Letter: Response to Immigration Executive Order
NC State is advising faculty, staff and students from seven countries named in a presidential executive temporarily limiting the entry of immigrants and refugees to avoid international travel until further notice.