Wilson Family Builds on Legacy

With a new $10 million commitment, the Wilson family deepens their support for the Wilson College of Textiles and NC State Athletics.

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Gift to the Pappas Real Estate Development Program Links Two Industry Leaders

A $1 million gift from real estate leader Howard C. “Smoky” Bissell and his wife Margaret will endow and name the director position within the Peter A. Pappas Real Estate Development Program.

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New Gift From Kenan Charitable Trust Honors Woodson, Enhances Woodson Hall

The William R. Kenan Jr. Charitable Trust has committed $5 million to Woodson Hall, NC State’s newest academic building and the university’s highest priority capital project.

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Imagining a Different Way

Compared to most of his classmates, Xzavier Taylor ’25 took an unusual route to earning a degree from NC State’s College of Design. But overcoming challenges has helped the 35-year-old recognize the potential in objects — and people.

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Becoming Her Best Self

When Kassidy Oliphant ’25 dreamed of attending NC State there’s no way she could have known what was in store. But while here she proved that when given the opportunity, there’s no limit to what she can Think and Do.

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Never a Linear Path

Beth Liles ’25 is graduating from CALS this spring, after transferring from Wake Tech three years ago — and using her bioprocessing science degree, she’ll be starting work at Fujifilm in May.

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629 Extraordinary Opportunity Scholarship Awards

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384 Student Emergency Fund Grants

Donors continued to help transform students’ lives in the 2023-24 academic year.

A Legend in Stone

The Memorial Belltower is one of NC State’s best-known symbols and among its most Hallowed Places, but how much do you really know about its extraordinary story?

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Wilson Family Builds on Legacy

Gift to the Pappas Real Estate Development Program Links Two Industry Leaders

New Gift From Kenan Charitable Trust Honors Woodson, Enhances Woodson Hall