08.14.2009
UNC System Board of Governors cuts the pay of former chancellor James L. Oblinger. . . . We ask for advice for incoming freshmen. . . . The university releases details on how cuts to the budget will affect campus. . . . Chancellor Woodward goes out for football. . . . Dan Neil ’87 MA talks about Buick and the future of GM on NPR’s Marketplace. . . . The N&O covers the effort to restore the Color Wall at D.H. Hill.
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08.07.2009
A slow week. . . . NC State researchers appear on CNN, in Wine Spectator. . . . Renovations wrap up on the field at Carter-Finley Stadium are complete. . . . A video from the golf course opening features Arnold Palmer. . . . An engineering professor talks pet prosthetics. . . . Jim Goodnight ’65, ’68 MS, ’72 PHD pal Roman Gabriel ’63 helped convince the SAS CEO to attend NC State.
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07.31.2009
NC State holds the grand opening ceremony for the Lonnie Poole Golf Course. . . . Faculty/staff newsletter reports on the budget, outlines potential cuts. . . . Golfer Matt Hill wins ACC Male Athlete of the Year, becoming the seventh Wolfpacker to win a conference athlete of the year award. . . . NC State Chancellor Search Committee to host August open forums for alumni, general public and university community. . . . Director of undergraduate admissions provides insight on what it takes to get into NC State. . . . We dig through the archives and find that male students in 1930 weren’t too happy to have women on campus. . . . Alumni, founders of an animal company create a GPS locator system to keep track of pets. . . . The Bain Project, an art show brought together by two young alumni, receives Independent Weekly Indie Arts Award. . . . Alumna, local cupcake shop owner introduces President Barack Obama at health-care forum in Raleigh.
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07.24.2009
Mary Easley begins formal grievance process against NC State for the termination of her contract. . . . Alumna chef cooks local, organic in Kinston. . . . The N.C. 4-H Club celebrates its 100th anniversary. . . . Award-winning chemical engineering professor talks about his research on EarthSky podcast. . . . Red Sox Hall of Famer Jim Rice recalls saving NC State alumnus. . . . NCSU Libraries Web site features images of NC State sports programs from 1931 to 1972.
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07.17.2009
Board of Trustees elects new officers, announces chancellor-search committee and more. . . . NC State creates Web portal with updated news and information about the university budget. . . . Students win second bass fishing national championship. . . . Olympic Gold medalist, alumnus Cullen Jones sets swimming record at the 2009 Conoco Phillips National Championships. . . . NCSU Libraries and Goodnight Raleigh! raising money for D.H. Hill Library’s broken Color Wall. . . . Chancellor Jim Woodward and NC State’s student radio station, WKNC, are featured on WUNC.
07.10.2009
An IT forensics firm reports that it “was unable to recover any additional e-mails or documents” from an e-mail account belonging to former Chancellor James L. Oblinger . . . Chris Downey ’84 talks about what good design looks like for people who are blind. . . Wolfpack golfer and recent national champion Matt Hill writes about playing in the AT&T National with Tiger Woods . . .NC State’s golf teams will soon have a new home at the Lonnie Poole Golf Course . . . NC State researchers are developing robotic bats . . . A genomics professor talks about studying cancer in dogs and humans . . . An NC State professor and alumnus discusses the changes in horticulture over the past 30 years . . . The NC State magazine cover project expands to the 2000s.
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06.26.2009
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.
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06.19.2009
The search for NC State’s next chancellor begins. . . . NC State deans release joint statement, outline foreseeable impacts of double-digit budget cuts. . . . Campus welcome event for interim Chancellor Jim Woodward. . . . Rare basketball tournament poster found in Reynolds Coliseum. . . . Former Chancellor James Oblinger appears before federal grand jury. . . . Former Provost Larry Nielsen’s pay package cut. . . . Alumnus, Iraq War vet ends mountain climb after 16,000 feet due to health concerns. . . . NC State student’s barrel monster draws national attention. . . . High school campers drop 50-pound ball of Silly Putty from top of D.H. Hill.
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06.12.2009
James L. Oblinger resigns as NC State chancellor, and Board of Trustees terminates Mary Easley’s contract. . . . Jim Woodward appointed chancellor in the interim. . . . Board of Trustees members and former UNC System President Bill Friday ’41 talk to NC State magazine about this week’s events. . . . Woodward talks about Easley firing, budget cuts and repairs to NC State’s image. . . . Gen. Ray Odierno ’86 MSE, commander of Multi-National Force-Iraq, cuts Stephen Colbert’s hair on The Colbert Report. . . . Wolfpack football players visit Wounded Warriors. . . . We kick off the Cover Project. . . . A roundup of other NC State news.
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06.05.2009
Board chair asks Chancellor James L. Oblinger for review of former provost’s salary package. . . . Alumnus, combat-wounded veteran participates in Operation Denali mountain climb. . . . White House press secretary Robert Gibbs ’92 featured on NBC’s Inside the Obama White House. . . . Actor/comedian Zach Galifianakis ’92 stars in new movie The Hangover. . . . Videos provide early look at Lonnie Poole Golf Course. . . . Biology professor talks parasites, extinction on WUNC’s The State of Things. . . . UNC-TV features NC State food science professor who won the UNC System’s highest teaching honor. . . . Football coach Tom O’Brien answers fans’ questions about the upcoming season. . . . Student-made “Barrel Monster” has a short life on Hillsborough Street.
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