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Fitts-Woolard Hall dedicated during homecoming celebration

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Ed Woolard, right, shakes hands with Ed Fitts at the groundbreaking for Fitts-Woolard Hall.

Jul 26, 2024

Woolard leaves legacy of service, leadership

Edgar S. Woolard Jr.’s funeral arrangements included a request that, in lieu of flowers, charitable donations be considered for two worthy causes. One was the Sunday Breakfast Mission in Wilmington, Delaware, Woolard’s longtime home and headquarters for DuPont, the company that he spent a career with and led for six years. The other cause was NC State University’s College of Engineering. 
Former dean Louis Martin-Vega, left, and current dean Jim Pfaendtner, right, flank the newly revealed painted portrait of Louis-Martin Vega.

May 22, 2024

Louis Martin-Vega’s dean portrait unveiled in ceremony with colleagues, family, friends

With his family, friends and close colleagues in the audience, Louis Martin-Vega, former dean of the College of Engineering at NC State University, looked on as the drape was pulled off his official portrait by the new dean, Jim Pfaendtner, who holds a deanship named in Martin-Vega’s honor. 
Students head for class on Centennial Campus, with the newly completed Fitts-Woolard building reflecting cloudy spring skies.

May 10, 2024

Energy-efficient buildings drive campus learning and research

Energy-efficient buildings drive campus learning and research for students working with NC State Energy Management. 
Rhett and Link ride Segways at the College of Engineering at NC State University.

Jan 19, 2024

Comedy duo Rhett and Link bring the mythicality to commencement

Engineers find work in many fields: transportation, NASA — and YouTube. Alumni Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal combined their creative natures and engineering problem-solving skills to become Internetainers, as they call themselves. The duo, known professionally as Rhett and Link, own Mythical Entertainment and star in two award-winning daily YouTube shows, Good Mythical Morning and… 
Fitts-Woolard reflects the dusk light and a deep blue sky.

Dec 21, 2023

College mourns the loss of Edgar S. Woolard

Edgar S. Woolard Jr., a renowned business leader and loyal and involved alumnus of North Carolina State University, died on Dec. 4, 2023, at his home in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. He was 89. 
Aerial view of Centennial Campus, with the oval-shaped green space in the middle of a block of buildings

Oct 12, 2023

The Oval becomes NC State’s newest Hallowed Place

The Oval was selected as NC State’s 10th Hallowed Place because of its historical significance to the original design of Centennial Campus. 
Ed and Deb Fitts

Jun 6, 2023

Home repairs

The name Ed Fitts is likely a familiar one to students, faculty and staff members, and alumni of the College of Engineering. The newest engineering building on NC State University’s Centennial Campus, Fitts-Woolard Hall, bears his name. So does the Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, the first named academic department in the… 
Students head for class on Centennial Campus, with the newly completed Fitts-Woolard building reflecting cloudy spring skies.

Aug 1, 2022

Fitts-Woolard Hall achieves LEED Silver for sustainability

NC State University’s Fitts-Woolard Hall has earned Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification at the Silver level. 
Dean Louis Martin-Vega with Edward P. Fitts, who made an instrumental gift to the building.

May 20, 2022

Fitts-Woolard Hall dedicated during homecoming celebration

About 250 people gathered on Oct. 29, 2021, during NC State University’s Red and White Week for the dedication of Fitts-Woolard Hall (FWH), an important step forward in the College of Engineering’s efforts to bring together its departments on Centennial Campus. “It’s been a long journey since 2008,” said Louis Martin-Vega, dean of the College. “Whether…