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Dec 10, 2014

Looking Down the Road

To NC State Faculty, Staff and Students: In my last Chancellor’s letter to the campus community, I looked back on all the progress we have made on our Strategic Plan over the last three years. Never one to stand still, NC State is moving forward on the next three years as we push our success to new… 

Oct 14, 2014

Three years into the Strategic Plan

To NC State Faculty, Staff and Students: In what seems like the blink of an eye, four exciting years have passed since I arrived at NC State. Very early on after that, we began putting our strategic priorities in order. The path to even greater success for NC State is through intelligent planning, making the best decisions and… 

Sep 3, 2014

Bright spot for NC: Colleges worthy of investment

To NC State Faculty, Staff and Students: On a regular basis, I use this space for letters to the NC State community. This time I wanted to share with you something that received a wider audience. It’s an opinion piece that ran in the News & Observer. I think it is a good illustration of how NC State… 

Aug 14, 2014

Rewarding our Employees

To NC State Faculty, Staff and Students: The success NC State enjoys is the result of the dedication and hard work of our employees.  Recruiting, retaining and rewarding our faculty and staff is our highest priority.  We are most grateful that the North Carolina General Assembly included in the budget a $1,000 across-the-board salary increase plus associated… 

May 19, 2014

Initial State Budget Proposal

To NC State Faculty, Staff, and Students: I want to share with you my thoughts and concerns on the state budget proposal recently presented by Governor McCrory. First, it was reassuring to see university employees being valued in this spending plan. The budget includes $1,000 in increased salary and benefits for our university employees. This translates… 

May 1, 2014

Looking Back On a Great Academic Year

  As we begin to wrap up the Spring 2014 semester, I can’t help but to take a moment and look back on the last nine months and all the exciting accomplishments we enjoyed at NC State. The President visited campus to announce the largest research grant in our history with the $140 million Next Generation… 

Mar 3, 2014

Beating back the Winter Weather

  To NC State Faculty, Staff and Students: A university, or any organization for that matter, is only as good as its people. That was clearly illustrated during our recent encounter with inclement weather. I want to thank all of our dedicated staff across the campus for not letting Mother Nature keep us from operating the… 

Feb 4, 2014

Presidential Visit Illustrates NC State’s Growing Reputation

To NC State Faculty, Staff and Students: I am constantly reminded of how NC State’s brand continues to grow, of how our reputation as a world-class research university is further strengthened every day. President Obama’s recent visit to campus is a perfect example. As you know, he announced that NC State will lead the new Next Generation Power… 

Dec 10, 2013

Looking Back and Looking Forward

To NC State Faculty, Staff, and Students: As the year winds down and the semester comes to a close, we can look back at all the remarkable things that happened at NC State and also look forward to what will certainly be an equally exciting 2014. The opening of the James B. Hunt Jr. Library was an… 

Oct 29, 2013

Hofmann Forest Agreement

To NC State Faculty, Staff, and Students: We all know that we have faced a number of challenges over the last few months, but I don’t want them to overshadow the great academic year we have had so far.  We welcomed our strongest freshman class in history, we just opened the first phase of the Talley…