2023 Celebration of Faculty Excellence

NC State Honors Outstanding Faculty

The Celebration of Faculty Excellence is held each spring to recognize outstanding faculty who have received prestigious state, national and international awards, accolades or other distinctions during this academic year. This year, NC State honored 24 faculty members during the 2023 Celebration of Faculty Excellence on May 1.

View the Honorees:

Alexander Quarles Holladay Medal for Excellence

Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching

Governor James E. Holshouser, Jr. Award for Excellence in Public Service

Provost’s Award for Excellence in Teaching

American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow

American Society of Mechanical Engineers Heat Transfer Memorial Award

Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award

Jefferson Science Fellowship

National Academy of Inventors Fellow

National Academy of Inventors Senior Member

National Inventors Hall of Fame

National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow

National Humanities Center Fellow

National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award

Alexander Quarles Holladay Medal for Excellence

In 1992, the Board of Trustees of NC State University established the Alexander Quarles Holladay Medal for Excellence to honor faculty whose careers demonstrated a dedication to sustained excellence. As NC State’s highest faculty award, the Holladay Medal for Excellence recognizes members of the faculty whose careers have demonstrated outstanding achievement and sustained impact in research, teaching, or extension and engagement. The award was named in honor of Alexander Quarles Holladay, NC State’s first Professor of History and its first President.