Travel with the Pack

Wolf Treks offers you a world of education with each destination. To learn more about each trip, click on the trip title or photo to visit our Web site. Questions? Call Wolf Treks Coordinator Kathy Hart at 800-627-2586 or send an e-mail to alumni_travel@ncsu.edu.

Walking through Tuscany
10 days: Sept. 17 to 27, 2009
2,919 pp, includes round-trip airfare from NYC or Boston

Classic China and the Yangtze
14 days: Sept. 22 to Oct. 5
From $3,495 pp – air, land & cruise inclusive
Limited to 24 travelers – only 14 spaces remain

Tanzania and Zanzibar
10 days: Sept. 27 to Oct. 6
From $5,205 pp, land only

Portrait of Italy
17 days: Oct. 3 to 19
From $4,895 pp – land and air inclusive
Limited to 24 travelers

The Blue Voyage: Legendary Turkey & the Turquoise Coast
16 days: Oct. 10 to 25, 2009
From $3,595 pp – land, air & cruise inclusive
Limited to 28 travelers

London
7 days, 5 nights: Oct. 29 to Nov. 4
From $1,599 pp, includes free airfare from Atlanta

Israel
10 days: Dec. 5 to 14
Land only price: $2,395 pp

2010

Tahiti and French Polynesia
9 days: Feb. 7 to 15, 2010
From $2,995 pp, cruise only
Pricing includes $1,000 pp discount that expires Aug. 17, 2009

Antarctica
14 days: Feb. 9 to 23, 2010
From $5,795 pp, land and cruise only
Pricing includes $500 pp discount that expires July 7, 2009

Asian Explorations
17 days: Mar. 25 to April 9, 2010
From $4,299 pp, includes free airfare from select cities
Special pricing valid until June 26, 2009

Passion Play with Danube Cruise
9 days: June 13 to 21, 2010
From $2,995 pp, land and cuise only
Pricing includes $500 pp discount that expires July 10, 2009

Chancellor Jim Woodward takes charge in the interim at NC State

Jim Woodward was on the job at Holladay Hall one day after James Oblinger resigned as chancellor. The highly regarded chancellor emeritus of UNC-Charlotte set out quickly to notify former first lady Mary Easley that there will be no contract payout for her termination this week as executive in residence at NC State. He’s also starting conversations with lawmakers in an effort to minimize cuts to NC State’s budget and rebuild trust in the university administration.
(Above, Chancellor in the Interim Jim Woodward meets with NC State student leaders. Photo by Brent Kitchen, Student Media)

Our Red & White for Life blog has Q&A interviews with Chancellor Woodward, NC State Trustees Suzanne Gordon ‘75 and Robert B. Jordan III ‘54, and William C. Friday ‘41, president emeritus of the UNC System, as well as articles about the resignations of NC State’s chancellor, provost and Board of Trustees chair.

Tell us what you think

We’ve gotten a lot of alumni messages about events surrounding the resignations of NC State’s top leaders, and we intend to deliver them to the Alumni Association Board of Directors, university administrators and NC State Trustees. If you have something to say about that, or how NC State moves forward, you can comment publicly on our blog, Red & White for Life, (please keep in mind our comments policy) or send a private e-mail message.

Red & White for Life … our new blog

If you’ve read this far, you know that Red & White for Life is the name of our new blog—an easy-to-use tool for keeping up with NC State and your alumni community. It’s got the best NC State-related video and articles, and it’s a place where you can share your own comments, photos and ideas.

We invited your comments, above, about recent events at NC State. While you’re visiting our blog, tell us about your favorite faculty members ... watch video of alumni—Gov. Jim Hunt, Tom Gilmore and Bob Mattocks—talking about their student days at “State College” 50 years ago and view our Reunion Weekend 2009 photos ... check our post about Kellie Harper, the new women’s basketball coach, and follow the link to send her a welcome message … and follow Janice Odom ‘94 PhD in China this summer with her Caldwell Fellows.

Make sure you join our National Alumni Network

National Wolfpack Service Day: If you’ve got a favorite cause in your community, this is your chance to get together with other alumni and give back in the name of the Wolfpack. Read more.

Alumni and faculty speakers: Scott West ‘87 has worked on the space station, space shuttle and other NASA programs during his career. On June 17, he will kick off our alumni speaker series in Houston. If you can suggest speakers for an alumni event in your area, let us know! Write to us at astra_barnes@ncsu.edu or kristy_hendley@ncsu.edu.

Membership pays if you use it

Your membership entitles you to Alumni Association Savings Connection discounts on movie tickets, summer travel, shopping and more. Read our benefits page for information about other membership savings.

NC State magazine has the stories

From the Spring 2008 issue:
Jonathan Kuniholm ‘02, ‘03 MID MS was featured on 60 Minutes’ April 19 broadcast about prosthetics research. See the video, access his new blog and read our article on the Red & White for Life blog.

From the Autumn 2008 issue:
“A Father’s Pursuit,” the story of Chuck Gardner ‘83 and his efforts to find a cure for his son’s autism, won a national award. Read the story, written by Assistant Editor Cherry Crayton ‘01, ‘03 MED.

From the Summer 2009 issue (out in July):
Look for a story about Doc Hendley ‘04, the Water to Wine founder and CNN Hero. Check our blog for more about Hendley, who’s brother of Kristy Hendley ‘05, our assistant director of outreach and engagement.

Need “Plan B” for your career?

Sue Simonds can help you with one. WRAL-TV on May 19 ran a segment about Alumni Associations that help members with career planning and job searches. Simonds, director of NC State Alumni Career Services, was a source for the story. Visit her website.

If you missed her recent career webinar, you can access it with the password “parachute.”

Check our Alumni Association photo galleries

Senior Send-Offs We’re coming to the end of our 2009 Senior Send-Off season. Check photos from our events in Johnson, Wake and Lenoir counties.

Reunion Weekend 2009: See photos from our May 1-2 events, when the Class of 1959 and members of the Forever Club returned to campus.

DENners with the Pack: We’ve loaded photos from our April 15 event with Tyler Helikson ‘07 and Eric Price ‘07 and our March 22 event with Superior Court Judge Paul Ridgeway ‘82, ‘90 MA and his wife, Laura. DENners with the Pack give STAT students a chance to meet alumni over an informal, home-cooked meal.

Wake County Golf Clinic: Alumni worked on their golf games at our March 23 clinic at Wildwood Green Golf Club in Raleigh.

Save the dates for these NC State events

Homecoming 2009, Nov. 1 – 7, offers a week of NC State spirit and activities, followed by the Maryland vs. NC State football game.

National Wolfpack Service Day, Oct. 24, brings alumni together across the country to volunteer in their communities.

The Caldwell Fellows Program

The Alumni Association founded The Caldwell Fellows program and supports its scholarships, stipends and programming.

Janice Odom ‘94 PhD is blogging from China this summer as she travels with 16 Caldwell Fellows and six China Fellows on an experiential-learning service trip to Shanghai, Hangzhou, Beijing and Huhhot. (In the photo, residents of Home Sweet Home in Shanghai teach Fellows to make dumplings.)

Summer travel and internships are part of The Caldwell Fellows experience, and they’re funded with program stipends. Other stipend-funded summer projects include:

A junior in soil science is hiking the Mountains-to-Sea Trail to collect soil samples for research.

A senior in animal science is interning in exotic animal care at the Henry Doorly Zoo in Ohama, Neb.

A senior in Spanish language and literature is documenting adoptable orphans in rural Panama as part of a service and research project in partnership with social workers in Wake County and Panama.

Alumni promotions

Do you know this NC State fact?

NC State students won three NCAA Championships this spring in golf, wrestling and platform diving.

Inventory reduction sale

We’re scaling back at The Alumnmi Collection, reducing the number of items we offer for sale. So when we say “everything has got to go,” we mean it. Shop now and save.

Get connected with other alumni

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You can be Red & White for Life

It’s easy and affordable to get a life membership in the Alumni Association with our five-year installment plan and online application. Apply here and enjoy Alumni Association membership benefits for life. Contact Erin Cleghorn, associate executive director, at 800-627-2586 or erin_cleghorn@ncsu.edu.

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