Congratulations to Neal Hutcheson ’92. His documentary about moonshiner “Popcorn” Sutton has earned him an Emmy for Outstanding Achievement in Television Programming Excellence. The Last One, which first aired last year on South Carolina public television, follows Sutton as he makes “one last batch” of moonshine in the Appalachian Mountains.
A video producer at NC State and co-founder of Sucker Punch Pictures, Hutcheson has produced five documentaries for public television in collaboration with NC State’s renowned linguist Walt Wolfram, as well as various short films and documentaries. The Last One won in the category of “cultural documentary” at the Southeast Regional Emmy Awards on Saturday in Atlanta.
Watch the trailer at Sucker Punch Pictures and check out another clip after the jump. (more…)
NC State has launched a Web site that has all the documents and university statements related to the 2005 hiring of Mary Easley, the wife of former Gov. Mike Easley, who is under federal investigation. The site also includes links to news reports and commentaries about the investigation and the resignation of former Chancellor James L. Oblinger.
In a letter sent to NC State written by her attorney, Mary Easley indicated that she is “appealing her dismissal both with respect to the termination of her contract and with respect to any severance, notice or hearing which she may be due under NCSU’s policies, regulations and rules.”
Jim Woodward, NC State’s chancellor in the interim, released a statement in response:
As we reviewed our options for meeting the substantial budget reductions for this year, next year and the foreseeable future, it became clear to us that addressing such a severe loss of funding would require some elimination of programs. Programs that Mrs. Easley was hired to administer or participate in are among those that are being eliminated or reduced – specifically the Center for Public Safety Leadership and the Millennium Seminar Series. With this substantial loss of job responsibilities and on the advice of the NC State Board of Trustees, I terminated Mrs. Easley’s contract. Mrs. Easley may, of course, pursue whatever grievance process or legal action she now deems appropriate.
Update: Drew Nelson, NC State’s assistant general counsel, sent a letter dated July 2 to Mary Easley’s attorney that outlines the appeal process.
If you were a Cub Scout, you probably participated in the Pinewood Derby. Well, last Thursday N.C. State’s Plants for Human Health Institute and the N.C. Cooperative Extension’s Program for Value-Added and Alternative Agriculture held the Zucchini 500 at the North Carolina Research Campus Farmers Market in Kannapolis. It’s kind of like the Pinewood Derby, but instead of creating a car from a block of wood, contestants use a zucchini.
NC State's fencing club was organized in 1949 by a Brazilian textiles student, Luis Loysada. Fencing became a varsity sport at NC State in 1952 and was one of the first coed sports at the school. (Photograph courtesy of Special Collections,
NC State releases additional documents related to the Mary Easley hiring. . . . Wired magazine has feature article on an NC State researcher’s dinosaur discoveries. . . . NCSU Libraries launches online reference resource, NC Architects & Builders. . . . Alumnus, pioneer landscape architect who designed the Brickyard starts blogging. . . . The Caldwell Program’s month-long trip to China draws to a close. . . . NC State magazine cover project digs into the ’80s.
Yep, that’s the Brickyard (in 1967). And, it’s the design of Dick Bell ’50, who is considered one of the pioneers in landscape architecture in North Carolina. A member of the first graduating class of the College of Design, he designed some of Raleigh’s most recognizable landmarks, including Pullen Park, and his projects include the master plans of NC State’s North Campus and the campuses of Appalachian State and Fayetteville State universities. And now, though retired in Atlantic Beach, he’s started a blog: “Pebbles in the Pond.” He’s been posting for not even a week, but his blog is already packed with NC State references and trivia:
Landscape architecture in this state began in the 1930s, during the Great Depression, at North Carolina State College as course work.
NC State will receive $5.9 million from the U.S. Department of Energy for nuclear-energy research. . . . Two more NC State students have been diagnosed with H1N1. . . . The Wilmington Star-Newscatches up with Russell Wilson, who’s playing baseball this summer for the Gaston Grizzlies. . . . State law enforcement agencies hold terrorism training exercise on campus. . . . Gov. Beverly Perdue appoints Randall C. “Randy” Ramsey, founder of Jarrett Bay Yacht Sales, and reappoints E. Norris Tolson ’62, president and CEO of the N.C. Biotechnology Center, to the NC State Board of Trustees.
Yep, that’s the Brickyard (in 1967). And, it’s the design of Dick Bell ’50, who is considered 
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