Undergraduate Academics

Dec 6, 2012

Preserving Southern History

English professor Dick J. Reavis and some of his students have spent three years recreating The Southern Worker, a little-known 1930s newspaper, in a digital format. The little-known newspaper's stories and personal accounts of hardship during the Great Depression illuminate the plight of poor southerners. Archives are now available online.

Nov 27, 2012

Lauding Larson

Bob Larson, a Department of Communication lecturer for the past 14 years, was honored at a reception held to applaud his teaching excellence and to publicly announce the creation of the Bob Larson Communication Award. The award was funded by a local communication business that has employed many of Larson's former students and is meant to reward outstanding students who are focused on a career in public relations.

Nov 23, 2012

Student’s Selfless Service Wins 2012 Community Impact Award

Congratulations to Britt Taylor, recipient of the 2012 Community Impact Award. The anthropology major was recognized by the North Carolina Campus Compact during its annual student conference for his outstanding efforts to address hunger and other community needs.

Nov 15, 2012

2013 Dean for a Day Contest Underway

Picture yourself skipping classes for a day to lead the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. Apply to become the dean for a day and find yourself making decisions, solving college problems, and meeting with faculty, staff, and students of CHASS. The deadline of November 30, 2012 is fast approaching!

Nov 12, 2012

November Student of the Month – Kelly Darden

Sophomore Kelly Darden is the CHASS student of the month. The Communication major's advice to incoming students? Take risks, network, and create yourself.

Oct 23, 2012

Educating for Energy Security

Political Science Prof Bill Boettcher gives students a rigorous education about a pressing challenge of the 21st century: energy security. This spring, his students' research took them out of the classroom and into a simulated session where they acted the parts of world energy powers, to the halls of the Pentagon, and beyond. The students' experiences were made possible in part by donations to the College of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Oct 1, 2012

Psych Alum Leads $15M Grant to Study Autism

Psychology alumnus Kevin Pelphrey (’96) is principal investigator on a newly-awarded $15 million grant from the National Institutes of Health that will investigate why autism spectrum disorders are almost five times more common among boys than among girls.

Sep 5, 2012

September 2012 CHASS Student of the Month: Caitlyn Duran

Caitlyn Duran is a senior in Social Work who is an active volunteer in the Raleigh community and has a passion for music and theatre. After graduation, she plans to earn an MSW and become a counselor for sex trafficking victims.

Jul 25, 2012

Alums Share Wisdom with Wolf Pups

When 658 new CHASS majors -- freshmen and transfer students -- came to campus this summer for orientation, CHASS alumni were on hand to welcome them, encourage them, and share some advice from their side of the diploma. During panel presentations during orientation, alumni offered their words of wisdom.

Jul 10, 2012

Common Reading Builds Wolfpack Community

In this guest post, Dara Leeder, the CHASS director of student recruitment and retention, describes how NC State's summer reading program helps introduce our newest students to the intellectual community life of the university. CHASS alumni are warmly invited to sit in on a small group discussion of this year's common reading, "It Happened on the Way to War."