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Learn how others have made an impact through their acts of giving to our organization and others.
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Estate Gift Supports Coastal Research Opportunities for UndergraduatesA gift from a friend of the College of Sciences will provide valuable support for students at the university's Center for Marine...
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Lasting ImpactDame S. Hamby made a lasting mark on NC State's Wilson College of Textiles through the lives he touched — and touches — as a...
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Couple's gift supports students in Engineering, EducationRon Hairr can remember taking out student loans in the 1970s to fund his way through the civil engineering program at NC State....
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Making Her MarkIn a 1995 issue of Nubian Message commemorating the legacy of Augustus Witherspoon at NC State and the dedication of the...
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Carol Rahmani: Giving Where Your Interest LieCarol Rahmani (Psychology, '71, '75 M.S., '81 Ph.D.) and her husband lived and breathed NC State for decades and always planned...
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Jane Rogers: Supporting Students' Leadership PotentialJane Rogers has sailed up the Nile River, pitched a tent in Tanzania and slept under the Antarctic sky. Many would call these trips...
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Her Dog Changed Lives. Now it's Mary Jo Pringle's TurnWith a soft nuzzle or a simple trick, Blarney could effortlessly do what many cannot — make life just a little bit better...
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Extraordinary Care, Extraordinary AppreciationMike and Mary Jo Matthies of Aberdeen, N.C., call themselves "just ordinary people." But their support for the North Carolina State...
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A Love for Students – and Cats, TooSandy Thach spent her NC State career helping students achieve their academic dreams. In retirement, she's helping them even...
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Estate Plans Reflect Couple's InterestsHints of some of Brenda and Wade Brickhouse's passions greet visitors to the couple's house in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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Like Son, Like FatherOftentimes, it's the parent who leads a charge and their offspring follow. When it came to supporting NC State through a planned...
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Knights' Gift to Point Future Students Toward SuccessClif Knight's experience at North Carolina State University in the late 1960s prepared him well for continuing his education and...
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$4.5-million estate gift will fund multiple faculty-support endowmentsWhen NC State University Professor Emeritus Dr. George Kriz and his wife, Rhoda Kriz, both retired from the College of Agriculture and...
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Statistics Alumna Makes Pledge to Create Professorships, ScholarshipsStatistics alumna Nancy Ridenhour has spent most of her life dealing with numbers and assessing risk. When it came time to decide how to...
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Game-Changing ImpactRandy Ramsey became North Carolina's youngest charter boat captain on his 18th birthday. The next day, he took his first group of...
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Terwilligers Craft Generous Estate Gifts"Even when we lived up on the Virginia border, I would come into town every once in a while just to make some sawdust," remarked Eric...
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A Legacy of LeadershipIt all started with the Wolfpack Club. Charlie Stallings graduated from NC State with a degree in business management in 1977, and to maintain...
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Planting a Seed for Future GenerationsScott and Rebecca Rothney didn't grow up rooting for the Wolfpack or wearing red on Fridays. But in the more than 40 years that they've...
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A Commitment to Learning ContinuesJohn and Nell Leazar instilled strong values in their children, though one in particular stood out. "The one thing in our family that's...
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$4.5 Million Bequest to Benefit NC State Students, Faculty in Applied MathematicsAn anonymous couple has made a $4.5 million bequest to the College of Sciences Foundation to benefit students and faculty in applied...
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IRA Beneficiary Designation to Create Full Tuition ScholarshipIf you ask Dr. Larry E. Warren ('66) of Clinton, NC, to tell you his life story, he'll say that he might do it all differently if he could go...
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Real Estate Part Gift/Part Sale is a "Win-Win" For DonorSince graduating from NC State, Randy Jester...
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Securing Income and Saving TaxesNC State's many giving options enabled Lew and Billie Rentel to support the Pack while also enjoying personal financial benefits.
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Saving Taxes with Pet ProjectAnyone who ever spent any time with Stacy Lee Holland (Textiles '49) immediately recognized his love of animals; particularly the variety...
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Tates Move to Establish Named Scholarship EndowmentKen Tate '83, Director of Development and External Relations for...
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Bequests for ScholarshipsThe Thomas and Charlotte Ann Elleman Endowment in Nuclear Engineering will fund research, equipment, student support...
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Property Turns Into IncomeMortimer I. Kahn Jr. has turned his zeal for NC State University and its College of Textiles into a gift for endowed scholarships for students.
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A Bequest to Further Good WorkFor Debbie and Warren Stephenson their estate gift for the James B. Hunt Library is a gift of love and gratitude.
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Generous IRA GiftGordon Neville '61 BS Dairy Management and Ag Economics met his future bride in the first grade. As they grew up in Chapel Hill...
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Reaping the Benefits of Giving BackScientific researcher R. Lawrence Ives BS '69, MA '76, PhD '84 Physics learned his profession at NC State University's College of...
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IRA Gift Helps Build Alumni CenterRoy H. Campbell BSME '59 has several great loves in his life; his wife, Norma, is at the top of his list, followed by his four children...
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Major IRA Gift for Lifetime Love of NC StateBesides God and family, NC State has been the primary constant for most of my life. I have received NC State benefits in...
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Gift of Admiration, Awe, and GratitudeCreating an endowment was a natural progression for Charles and Barbara Wilcox of Alexander, NC. The Charles E. and...
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Creating Scholarships While Avoiding Capital Gain TaxesDavid Jolley '70 has been an active member of the NC State...
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Leading by ExampleIt was shortly after her arrival on campus that Joan DeBruin made a gift to create the first of several deferred charitable gift annuities.
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Peace of Mind Gift AnnuityIn 2008, Wallace and Elizabeth Moore funded two charitable gift annuities with NC State and then chose to fund a third one in 2012.
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Being a Caldwell Fellow Changed My LifeCaldwell Fellow, Bianca Bradford Howard '99, learned from her parents at a young age that she could make a difference.
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An Easy Way to GiveEdna Gaston's love for NC State runs deep. She has been a loyal supporter of the university over the years and recently designated...
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Building an Impact: Architecture Alumnus Bolsters Student Travel OpportunitiesGreg Cranford remembers when, as a child growing up in Greensboro, his family visited the Biltmore House in Asheville and toured...
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Paving the Way for AdventuresHigher education has helped lifelong learners Jane and Johnny ('76) Fitch enjoy successful careers followed by retirement travel. By...
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Leading by ExampleJustine Hollingshead, assistant vice chancellor for the Division of Academic and Student Affairs, and her wife, Debbie Dean, are...
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A True Honor: Endowment Helps Rural County Students SucceedIf you pause for a moment and think about how you got where you are, there is likely a person who helped you who will come to...
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William O'BrienNC State alumnus William O'Brien ('81) has enjoyed a long connection with the university's Caldwell Fellows. Years ago, when the...
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Retired Faculty Member Establishes Charitable Trust to Support Students and FacultyFrances Massey loves textiles. Spend a little time at NC State's Wilson College of Textiles with the Raleigh resident, and that fact quickly becomes clear...
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Faculty Plant Seeds for Student Opportunity and InnovationTodd Wehner, William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor, has been with NC State working in plant breeding for more than four decades.
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Bequest Will Enhance Leadership Skills of Students in Generations to ComeTom and Ellen Davidson, longtime friends of the Collage of Natural Resources, have included the college in their estate plans to benefit future generations of students. Their legacy gift ...
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Charitable Gift Annuity Will Make It Possible for Future Engineers to See What's PossibleThe shirt is Wolfpack red, emblazoned with white letters: This is what an engineer looks like. And when Timothy Humphrey '96 saw it while visiting NC State, he knew it was something he would wear proudly.
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Jennifer Peavey Plans to Back the Pack ForeverThrough a legacy gift, this NC State alumna hopes to provide professors in the College of Design with the resources to think and do ad infinitum.
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Pack Loyalty Prompted a Wolfpack Family to Give Back to the PackIn 2018, College of Engineering Alumnus Dr. Tony Sigmon and his family gave back to the Pack by donating a piece of real estate to the college to help make Fitts-Woolard Hall a reality.
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A Gift Now for the FutureOne alum's lifelong love of NC State led him to create an endowment months before he passed. Years later, his passion for the Pack continues to impact students from his home county.
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An Estate Gift that Gives Students Hope and Options with No Strings AttachedWhen Connie Carson arrived on campus as a freshman, she planned to major in biological sciences and obtain a second degree in science education with the hope of becoming a veterinarian...
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Gifts That Keep on GivingFor Suzanne and Ralph Gordon, two tax-smart giving options offered the perfect ways to support their alma mater — then, now and always.
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Looking Back to Look AheadSonny Dowdy has been a loyal NC State supporter for many years. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in textile chemistry...
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Planned Gift Will Provide Transformational Support to Military-Connected StudentsA transformational planned gift from Jerry ’67 and Pat Collier will significantly grow scholarships for military-connected students at NC State University’s College of Engineering.
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Celebrating Life, Love and Legacy Through Planned GivingNC State made a powerful and lasting impact on Anne Porter-Sasser and Neal Sasser during their early years. Now, through several special estate gifts, this Wolfpack couple is planning to return the favor.
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Giving to Give Back to the University that Gives So MuchJoel ('79) and Nancy Scott both feel fortunate to have graduated from four-year colleges with no student debt. He earned his bachelor's degree in wildlife biology from NC State's College...
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TurfPack Proud: Estate Gift Will Enhance Turfgrass ExperienceNorth Carolina State University's Department of Crop and Soil Sciences was honored to receive an estate gift from the late Stephen B. Womble in 2021 to the Lake Wheeler Turfgrass Field Laboratory.
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