07.24.2009 | by Cherry Crayton | Filed under NC State in the News | Comments: No responses |
Football coach Tom O’Brien talks about his expectations for the upcoming season at the 7th annual Triangle Pigskin Preview. . . . More on Bass Pack’s national title in bass fishing. . . . NC State’s Marching Band cancels trip to Dublin, Ireland, for the city’s 2010 St. Patrick’s Day parade. . . . Former Wolfpack football player Jimmy Grissett ’96 directs one of the YMCA’s High Hopes summer camps, a “summer institution” . . . . Junior golfer Matt Hill adds the Ontario Amateur Championship to his NCAA national title. . . . A film studies professor talks with the AP about why horror movies featuring “inherently wicked children” have flourished. . . . Plant biologists shed light on why some plants defend themselves from insects better than others (think love). . . . An economist creates a new statistical model that can help other economists and staticians “determine which economic variables they should focus on by identifying whether a variable can be predicted”. . . .Genomics researchers find a link between intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) and a gene found only in placental mammals, which could have implications for the study of IUGR in humans.
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07.16.2009 | by Chris Richter | Filed under Alumni News, Campus Events, Campus News, College of Engineering, College of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty News, NC State in the News, Sports, Student News | Comments: No responses |
NC State holds campus budget forum for students, faculty and staff (PowerPoint available). . . . UNC System might have to raise raise tuition, the N&O reports. . . . Former provost Larry Nielsen meets with grand jury. . . Interim provost and vet school dean Dr. Warwick Arden named president of Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges. . . . Aerospace engineering Ph.D. student building autonomous glider with a goal of a 141.7-mile cross country flight without human intervention. . . . Director of College of Engineering’s K-12 outreach program wins presidential award. . . . Former Wolfpack baseball star Aaron Bates ’07 makes a splash in his first games with the Boston Red Sox. . . . Technician covers the opening of the Lonnie Poole Golf Course. . . . Wolfpack golfer Brad Revell says practicing with roommate, friend and national champion Matt Hill “shows you what you need to do.” . . . Monty Montegue ’80, design principal at BOLT Group, discusses creativity and innovation in business on WFAE’s Charlotte Talks. . . . Former NC State women’s basketball assistant coach named president of the board of the Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund.
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07.09.2009 | by Chris Richter | Filed under Sports, Student News | Comments: No responses |
Wolfpack golfer Matt Hill, a rising junior who won the national championship in May, competed in the AT&T National last weekend (Tiger Woods won it; Hill finished 70th) and writes about the experience on GoPack.com:
Just to get the opportunity to play in Tiger Woods’ event, against some of the best players in the world, was a thrill for me. I learned about the kind of competition these guys are on a week-to-week basis. I don’t think I had my A-game this week, especially on the weekend, but I do think I am capable of competing with these guys.
It was truly a successful week for me.
But it didn’t change my commitment of coming back to NC State for my junior year and competing again for the Wolfpack. I talked to a lot of the professional golfers out here on tour, and I got strong advice from all of them to stay in school and keep trying to win college tournaments. I feel like NC State has some of the best facilities in the country and we play a great schedule. I feel like there are several areas of my game that I can continue to improve.
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06.18.2009 | by magintern | Filed under Alumni News, Campus News, Faculty News, Sports | Comments: No responses |
Three faculty members named 2009 Fulbright Scholars. . . . NC State grad students win NASA/NIA moon design competition with orbiting fuel depot design. . . . National champion Matt Hill adds Golfweek Player of the Year to his list of accolades. . . . People magazine tells us a few things we didn’t know about Zach Galifianakis ’92. . . . The N&O writes about Russell Wilson’s busy summer. . . . The Rocky Mount Telegram has a review of a book edited by Gen. Hugh Shelton ’63. Look for a Q&A with Gen. Shelton in the Summer issue of NC State.
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06.11.2009 | by Chris Richter | Filed under Academics, Alumni News, Campus News, NC State in the News, Research News, Sports, Student News | Comments: No responses |
With everything happening here at NC State, we haven’t had a lot of time to post about much else this week. So here’s an NC State news and notes roundup, which we hope to make a twice-a-week feature.
Matt Hill takes home Nicklaus Award as the top men’s golfer in NCAA Division I. . . . Kenan Fellows Program receives $1.5 million grant to support teacher development in North Carolina. . . . Darrion Caldwell becomes first NC State wrestler to make U.S. national team. . . . Kristin Davies named ACC Swimming & Diving Scholar Athlete of the Year. . . . Peach Bowl head Gary Stokan ‘78 talks about coaching under Norm Sloan ‘51. . . . The N&O has a photo gallery and story on the treasure trove of sports memorabilia in Reynolds Coliseum. . . . Boon for NC State researchers as Asheville will house $32 million climate research center. . . . NC State football kicks off in 2012 against Tennessee in Atlanta. . . . NC State announces Spring semester dean’s List students: all 6,253 of them.
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05.29.2009 | by Cherry Crayton | Filed under Sports, Student News | Comments: One response |
What a great spring for the Wolfpack! Golfer Matt Hill, a rising junior from Canada, won the NCAA Championship Thursday after three consecutive rounds of 69. Hill has been on a hot streak, winning eight of the last nine tournaments he has entered. He’s the first Pack golfer to win a national championship.
Hill’s national title is also the third for an NC State student-athlete this spring. On March 21, wrestler Darrion Caldwell won the 149-pound individual title and diver Kristin Davies ’09 won the national title in platform diving. It was the first time NC State student-athletes have won two national championships in the same day.
Our post on Hill earlier this week included links to stories about him. Look for more on Davies and Caldwell in the summer issue of NC State magazine.
(Photograph courtesy of NC State Athletics)
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05.26.2009 | by magintern | Filed under Sports, Student News | Comments: No responses |
Rising junior Matt Hill is one of six individual golfers competing this week for the national championship at the Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio. His dad thinks he has a good chance:
“He goes into every tournament thinking he has a chance to win,” his father says. “Golfers get in a groove, and he’s in one now.”
That’s for sure. The No. 2 amateur golfer in Canada, Hill has won an ACC-record seven tournaments this year, including six of his last seven. He’s the first Wolfpack golfer since current PGA Tour star Tim Clark ’98 to win medalist honors at an NCAA Regional. He also joins Clark as the only NC State golfers to be named ACC Player of the Year.
Hill is scheduled to tee off in Round 1 today at 2:05. Golfstat will carry live streaming audio and video, according to the Inverness Club.
Update: The N&O wrote about Hill in this morning’s paper.
Update 2: Hill is tied for the lead at the NCAA Championship after shooting a 2-under-par 69 in the opening round Tuesday. He opens the second round Wednesday at 8:55 a.m. Follow him live at Golfstat.
Update 3: Hill heads into the NCAA Championship’s final round Thursday two strokes off the lead. He matched his first round score of a 2-under-par 69 in the second round Wednesday. Follow Hill’s final round live on Golfstat.
(Photograph courtesy of NC State Athletics)
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