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Learn how others have made an impact through their acts of giving to our organization and others.

Estate Gift Supports Coastal Research Opportunities for Undergraduates
A 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 Impact
Dame 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, Education
Ron 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 Mark
In a 1995 issue of Nubian Message commemorating the legacy of Augustus Witherspoon at NC State and the dedication of the...
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Jane Rogers: Supporting Students' Leadership Potential
Jane 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 Turn
With 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 Appreciation
Mike 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, Too
Sandy 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 Interests
Hints 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 Father
Oftentimes, 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 Success
Clif 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 endowments
When 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, Scholarships
Statistics 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 Impact
Randy 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 Leadership
It 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 Generations
Scott 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 Continues
John 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 Mathematics
An 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 Scholarship
If 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 Donor
Since graduating from NC State, Randy Jester...
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Securing Income and Saving Taxes
NC 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 Project
Anyone 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 Endowment
Ken Tate '83, Director of Development and External Relations for...
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Bequests for Scholarships
The Thomas and Charlotte Ann Elleman Endowment in Nuclear Engineering will fund research, equipment, student support...
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Property Turns Into Income
Mortimer 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 Work
For 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 Gift
Gordon 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 Back
Scientific 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 Center
Roy 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 State
Besides 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 Gratitude
Creating 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 Taxes
David Jolley '70 has been an active member of the NC State...
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Leading by Example
It 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 Annuity
In 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 Life
Caldwell 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 Give
Edna 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 Opportunities
Greg 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 Adventures
Higher education has helped lifelong learners Jane and Johnny ('76) Fitch enjoy successful careers followed by retirement travel. By...
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Leading by Example
Justine 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 Succeed
If 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'Brien
NC 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 Faculty
Frances 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 Innovation
Todd 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 Come
Tom 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 Possible
The 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 Forever
Through 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 Pack
In 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 Future
One 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 Attached
When 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 Giving
For 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 Ahead
Sonny 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 Students
A 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 Giving
NC 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 Much
Joel ('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 Experience
North 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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