Goodnight Scholar

Daisy Aguilar Aguilar poses for a picture sitting next to the stairs at Talley Student Union.

Apr 30, 2024

Chemical engineering student wants to help her community by creating vaccines

Daisy Aguilar Aguilar always knew she wanted to help the people in her community, but the COVID-19 pandemic has changed her focus from broader chemical processes to research, where she can apply the principles of chemical engineering to create life-saving solutions.

Manny Valbuena Peña listens to a speaker along with other students. Speaker is out of frame to the right.

Apr 24, 2024

Manny Valbuena Peña pursues career that emphasizes the social side of sustainability

Growing up, Manny Valbuena Peña loved to be outside riding his bike, going on walks with his parents, and playing soccer with his dad. Almost every Sunday after church, his family would make a 40-minute drive to Cliffs of the Neuse State Park.

Fitts-Woolard Hall in the fall. Red leaves show in the upper right hand corner and blue sky and clouds in the upper left corner.

Oct 16, 2023

Mayorga named Goodnight Distinguished Chair in Operations Research

Dr. Maria Mayorga has been named as the Goodnight Distinguished Chair in Operations Research at North Carolina State University.

Oct 13, 2023

Keung named Goodnight Distinguished Scholar

Dr. Albert Keung, associate professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at North Carolina State University, has been named the Goodnight Distinguished Scholar in Innovation in Biotechnology and Biomolecular Engineering.

Raven Cummings poses seated on ground outdoors beneath tree. Green shrubbery and grey concrete garden bench are in the background.

Aug 23, 2023

Meet Raven Cummings, incoming first-year student from Pembroke

As a rising high school senior in 2022, Raven Cummings spent a weekend at NC State University that helped put her on the path she’s on today.

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.

Portrait photo of NC State Goodnight Scholar Justin May on the NC State campus.

Jan 8, 2021

Goodnight Spotlight: Justin May

Despite the challenges that come with being a non-traditional student, Goodnight Scholar Justin May T'22 has excelled in his two years at NC State.

Portrait photo of NC State Goodnight Scholar Kody Jefferson of the class of 2021 at the Hunt Library on Centennial Campus.

Oct 27, 2020

Goodnight Spotlight: Kody Jefferson

“Busy” is often the word of the day for Belhaven native and Goodnight Scholar Kody Jefferson ’21. However, those busy days are spent enriching himself in what he loves: mechanical engineering, robotics, and the Goodnight Scholars Program.

Portrait photograph of transfer Goodnight Scholar Britanya Wright of the Class of 2021.

Apr 10, 2020

The insider on undergraduate research

My undergraduate research journey started in the summer of 2019 with the smell of roasted coffee as it enveloped the air while I hastily walked down to my first training in the clean room at the NC State Nanofabrication Lab.