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NC State’s wellness strategy is designed to build a thriving Pack at all levels of the university. With a focus on programs and services, fostering community, academics and awareness, we work to transform wellness within the Wolfpack. Developed by the Wellness Advisory Committee in 2020, our six-element strategy is rooted in socioecological health models as well as organizational and higher education literature.

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September 24, 2026

Doctoral Student Kailyn Harris-Gilliam Spends Summer as One of Three Interns Chosen Nationwide for John Smartt Summer Scholars Program

When Kailyn Harris-Gilliam, a doctoral student in NC State’s College of Education, first learned about the John Smartt Summer Scholars Program, she applied with low expectations of being selected from the large, national applicant pool into the three-student cohort of interns.
Min Zhuang and Siyu Long

September 23, 2026

Min Zhuang and Siyu Long Win AECT Graduate Student Empirical Journal Award through Collaboration with College of Education Faculty

As a doctoral student in NC State’s College of Education, Min Zhuang said one of the most important lessons she learned from Professor of Learning Design and Technology Florence Martin was about the importance of making research visible to the broader academic community.
Justin Crookston

September 23, 2026

Genetics and Genomics Scholar Spotlight: Justin Crookston

A question & answer session to get to know the 2026-2027 GG Scholar Justin Crookston, a graduate student in the Genetics and Genomics Scholars First Year Program.
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September 01, 2026

NC State Researchers Pioneer New Carbon Capture Technology

Pablo Ortiz Paciello, a graduate student in the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering’s Biocarbon Utilization and Sequestration (BUS) Lab, is working on research and related technology that aims to collect carbon dioxide directly from compost piles before it reaches the atmosphere, capturing the gas as a value-added product.

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Sep 29

Tuesday

Wellness Day (no classes)
Sep 30

Wednesday

Deadline to apply for in-state residency for this semester
Oct 07

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Schedule for 2027 Spring and Summer terms published

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Goodnight Doctoral Fellowship Launches a New Phase of Graduate Student Support

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Graduate student Spotlight

Sumedh Beknalkar

Sumedh Beknalkar

Sumedh Beknalkar, a Ph.D. candidate in the mechanical and aerospace engineering department at NC State’s College of Engineering, is also the president and co-founder of SLA Robotics.

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