Chancellor’s Messages

Sep 30, 2016

Racial Climate Town Hall and Next Steps – Archives

NC State Students, Faculty and Staff: On behalf of myself and the administrators who attended yesterday’s Student Government Town Hall on Racial Climate, please accept our sincere thanks to all who attended this important community meeting. Particularly to the students who spoke, thank you for your heartfelt and passionate words. I admire your courage in sharing… 

Sep 26, 2016

Race and Equality at NC State: Moving Forward – Archives

Dear NC State Students, Faculty and Staff: As troubling events over the last many months have demonstrated time and again, our nation and our state are facing challenging, critically important issues that affect us all. Unfortunately, many of these issues more negatively impact the underrepresented members of our NC State family. Among the most serious and troubling… 

Sep 22, 2016

Chancellor’s Message Regarding Recent Events in Charlotte – Archives

Dear NC State Students, Faculty and Staff: Far too many times over the last several months I’ve felt the need to send a message to our campus community addressing tragic events happening around the world, across our nation, and now close to home in our own state. Like many in our community, I’ve watched with great… 

Sep 19, 2016

Value of Engineering Oval – September 2016 – Archives

Dear NC State Students, Faculty and Staff: This country and its economy are constantly moving forward, and I am proud to say that NC State has been a contributing member to that momentum. We have seen our university grow and prosper in recent years, and in turn, we have seen North Carolina’s economy make impressive strides. A… 

Aug 22, 2016

Feeding a Growing Planet – Aug. 2016 – Archives

To the Faculty, Students and Staff, I recently had the opportunity to speak at the Riley Memorial Lecture about the challenges facing agriculture and potential tools and technologies we can use to overcome these obstacles going forward. I would like to share some of what was discussed, because these issues must be faced head on,… 

Aug 10, 2016

Welcome to the New Academic Year – August 2016 – Archives

Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: Welcome to what is sure to be another exciting year at NC State. I hope you have all enjoyed your summer and are excited to start the 2016-2017 academic year. I would like to offer a warm welcome to the 4,300 new members of the Wolfpack this year. NC State is an… 

Jul 18, 2016

Alliance Lawsuit Update – July 2016 – Archives

Dear NC State Students, Faculty and Staff: As I’ve stated previously, one of the great benefits of a university campus is the free and open exchange of ideas. At NC State, we continually strive to foster free speech in an environment where members of our community can learn from one another and where all are treated with… 

Jul 16, 2016

Comments on Attack in Nice, France – Archives

Dear NC State Students, Faculty and Staff: The last few days brought another disturbing attack, this time in Nice, France, which killed dozens of innocent people and injured many more as they gathered to celebrate Bastille Day. On behalf of the NC State community, our thoughts and prayers go out to all of the victims, their families… 

Jul 12, 2016

Moving Forward in Community – July 2016 – Archives

Dear NC State Students, Faculty and Staff: Too many times in the past two years we’ve faced the unhappy necessity of reaching out to the NC State community in response to local, national and international violence. Unfortunately, this letter comes at just such a time. The tragic events of the past week have again sent pain and… 

Jun 21, 2016

Looking Ahead to the Next Academic Year – June 2016 – Archives

Dear NC State Students, Faculty and Staff: We have closed the books on another successful academic year now that Commencement is behind us. As always, it was a special event, and this year noteworthy because of a new milestone. This was the first year that NC State awarded more than 9,000 degrees in one year. NC State’s brand…