2014

Jan 22, 2014

Alton Russell

In the second year of my undergraduate career, I worked with faculty to develop a B.S. in Interdisciplinary Studies with a concentration of “Global Health and Sustainability.” We designed this degree to illuminate how political, social, and cultural factors intertwine to shape the health of individuals, communities, and the environment.  As a capstone project, I partnered… 

Jan 21, 2014

Ansilta De Luca-Westrate

For the service learning project of this capstone course, I partnered with Neighbor to Neighbor Outreach. The non-profit organization reaches out to two communities in raleigh: one in Southeast Raleigh and another in North Raleigh. At both branches there are programs for youth including homework lab, basketball clinics, community gardening and weekly events led by… 

Jan 17, 2014

Internship Enables Student to Aid Immigrants

Emily Scotton ‘15 (front row, second from left) recently completed an internship that connected multiple dots between her career interests and her majors in Spanish and political science and her minor in nonprofit studies. In addition to practicing her Spanish, the Park scholar learned how nonprofits serve the community. What's more, Scotton -- who's interested in a law career -- got to see how immigration law applies in a nonprofit setting and even assisted in writing an affidavit. Think and Do! 

Jan 13, 2014

Student Helps Toilet Startup

Communication and sociology double major Sarah Nilson interns with a startup whose tagline is "Help the world, one toilet at a time." Find out why she's proud to perch atop the Dungaroo. 

Jan 9, 2014

Alum Defends the Environment

Tomás Carbonell ('02) earned dual degrees in engineering and in CHASS. He says his experiences at NC State and the intense multidisciplinary education he received here were foundational to his work as an environmental attorney with the Environmental Defense Fund. 

Jan 7, 2014

Meet Your 2014 Dean for a Day

Tiffany Johnson, a political science and communication major, will trade places with Dean Jeff Braden on February 12. Johnson will serve as Dean for a Day, while Braden takes classes ranging from "Administration of Justice" and "Supreme Court and Public Policy" to "Intro to Film" and "Communication and Technology." Will he make good grades? Will she change the course of the college? Stay tuned! 

Jan 3, 2014

Constitutional Structures, Limited Government, and Civic Virtue

NC State's School of Public and International Affairs will welcome Robert P. George to campus as part of the Pope Lecture Series. George is McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and founder and director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University. His lecture, "Constitutional Structures and Political Culture," will be held on campus in the SAS Hall auditorium (Room 2203) at 7:30 pm on February 20. The lecture and the reception that follows in the atrium are free and open to the public.