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Q&A with College of Engineering embedded counselors

Nicole Zelniker

Michael Puzio, center, helps hold a piece of asteroid. On his left is a man and on his right is a woman, both helping to hold the asteroid fragment. Behind all three is a colorful mural depicting various celestial bodies and objects.

Sep 29, 2023

NASA lands samples from Bennu, an asteroid named by an NC State student

When Michael Puzio was 9 years old, he named an asteroid. 
Zaire Garner receiving his high school diploma. He is dressed in a light blue cap and gown.

Aug 22, 2023

First-year Zaire Garner is ready for college

For Zaire Garner, entering NC State University as a first-year student was a big transition, but nothing he couldn’t handle. 

May 18, 2023

Four COE staff members win Engineering Awards for Excellence

Of this year’s 26 nominees, four College of Engineering (COE) staff members received Awards for Excellence during a live streamed, in-person ceremony on May 2 in Golden LEAF Biomanufacturing Training and Education Center (BTEC) Room 135. 
Michaela Copp defends her doctoral thesis.

May 3, 2023

Michaela Copp graduates with nonprofit experience and a Ph.D. from both NC State and UNC-Chapel Hill

Michaela Copp, who is a soon-to-be biomedical engineering graduate with a Ph.D. from NC State University and the University of North Carolina at  Chapel Hill, knew back during her undergraduate years at Vanderbilt University that she wanted to continue doing research. 
Marcie Schinke and family at Carolina Hurricanes outdoor hockey game.

May 2, 2023

Marcie Schinke balances school, work and motherhood

Schinke began her time at NC State in 2018 when her son, Emory, was 1 year old. She’s had loads of wild experiences since then, balancing school with her job and her family, but the birth of her daughter – and taking an exam for bio manufacturing lab while in labor – stands out as the wildest yet. 
Tabitha Gardner

May 1, 2023

Senior Tabitha Gardner talks time management, clubs and community

As an incoming student at NC State, Tabitha Gardner planned to, “come here, get a degree, and leave.” Four years later, she graduates this May as an industrial and systems engineering major, an Africana studies and statistics minor, a board member of two different on-campus clubs, a former design mentor and an undergraduate researcher and more. 
2023 First-Year Engineering Design Day

May 1, 2023

First-years present their final projects at annual Design Day

Every year, the first-year students in the College of Engineering gather to present their final projects. The projects are completed as part of the E 101 – Introduction to Engineering and Problem Solving course and allow students to put core design concepts into practice during their first year while learning how to work successfully in a design team. This year, hundreds of students filled two rooms in the McKimmon Center over the course of two sessions. 

Apr 26, 2023

NC middle and high schoolers demonstrate the future of ASSISTive technology

On the second floor of James B. Hunt Jr. Library, as college students studied for finals below, 16 teams of high school and middle school students prepared to present their wearable devices to a panel of judges. 
Miranda Liu, left, and Hannah Lavasque.

Apr 24, 2023

Q&A with College of Engineering embedded counselors

In everything they do, the new counselors work closely with students and staff and faculty members to challenge mental health stigma and provide counseling services specific to the College of Engineering community. We spoke to Miranda Liu and Hannah Lavasque to learn exactly what an embedded counselor is and where we can catch up with them in the future.