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Fireworks explode over the NC State belltower to close down Packapalooza 2022.

Mar 14, 2025

Foundation Year in Review 2024

The NC State Engineering Foundation, Inc. led another successful fundraising year for the College of Engineering.
Wolf Plaza copper wolf statues

Mar 13, 2025

Maintaining a Generous Connection

The Mark and Robin Wyatt Scholarship Endowment will celebrate its 16th anniversary on March 26, NC State’s Day of Giving 2025. The Wyatts are proud not only of the value it provides student recipients studying computer science but also of their long-running, deep connection to NC State.
Barbara Pleasant, left, and Dan Pleasant, right, show the NC State wolf sign along with Braydon Boaz, middle.

Mar 6, 2025

Giving Back to the Places That Shaped Them

Dan and Barbara Pleasant established a scholarship for students from Caswell and Person counties. Braydon Boaz, of Caswell County is its first recipient.
Standing in front of a dark blue background lined with gray upholstered chairs, Gary Gilleskie (right), accepts a $100,000 gift from Chris Smith (left).

Mar 3, 2025

Landmark Endowment for Future of Biopharma

A new era of partnership has begun between the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering – Carolina-South Atlantic Chapter (ISPE-CaSA) and NC State University’s Biomanufacturing Training and Education Center (BTEC) with the unveiling of a generous $100,000 endowment.
Jim Pfaendtner, the Louis Martin-Vega Dean of the College of Engineering, head of the Lampe Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering Paul Dayton and retired College of Engineering dean Louis Martin-Vega celebrated the generosity of Ross Lampe during an announcement to the faculty.

Feb 12, 2025

Transformational Investment in Biomedical Engineering Deepens Lampe Family Legacy

A $20 million investment from an NC State alumnus will improve lives by advancing cutting-edge research that unites engineering and medicine – while deepening a family legacy. The contribution by Ross W. Lampe Jr. names the Lampe Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at NC State and UNC-Chapel Hill. Originally established in 2003, this unique inter-institutional collaboration to…
A Joint BME researcher works with a smiling patient.

Feb 12, 2025

With $20M Investment, Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering Named for Ross W. Lampe Jr.

Ross W. Lampe Jr., an NC State alumnus, philanthropist and visionary in the field of biomedical engineering, has committed a transformative $20 million investment to the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) at North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
A headshot of Jon Jacocks standing in front of an abstract military map.

Nov 1, 2024

Alumni step up to support military students

Jon Jacocks, an NC State Industrial Engineering alum (1976) and President and CEO of Empower RF Systems, recently created an endowment to support military and veteran students pursuing graduate education at the College of Engineering.

Ranbir Singh

Jul 23, 2024

NC State engineering alum Ranbir Singh creates Feed The Pack Endowment

Thanks to a generous gift from alumni Ranbir Singh, the Feed the Pack Food Pantry has taken a critical step in ensuring the long-term sustainability of its efforts to combat food insecurity on NC State’s campus. 
Russell Gorga, left, and Jeff Goines

Mar 9, 2023

Gorga and Joines give the gift of exceptional student experiences through their new endowment

To better support textile students, beloved professors Russell Gorga and Jeff Joines generously created the Gorga and Joines TECS Student Enrichment Endowment.