The former dean of NC State’s College of Veterinary Medicine can take the ‘interim’ from his job title now. Link He’s now N.C. State’s provost, getting the job for good after serving as interim provost since May of last year. He’ll also hold the title of executive vice chancellor. The appointment was made Friday. His […]
NC State Administration
SFN’s ‘Chancellor Corner’
With the large traffic that SFN generates, one of the best ways that we can ‘give back’ to the broader NC State Community is to use our platform to keep to our readers updated on happenings around campus. (Speaking of large traffic, we’ve hit a milestone that we’d like to celebrate with you by clicking […]
Your weekly Free Expression Tunnel ‘controversy’
Jon Sanders and the John Locke Foundation has the comments that most closely echo my feelings on the topic. In this blog entry Sanders sets the table of the recent developments and comments on them. If you don’t like something, ignore it, respond to it, or paint over it yourself. But don’t run crying to […]
Chancellor Woodson Officially Installed Today!!!
Randy Woodson is currently being installed and introduced, officially, as the Chancellor of our University today. There are few things going on at N.C. State of late that we should be more thankful for. Woodson is a truly remarkable man in a humble, down-to-earth shell. If you have not yet had the pleasure to interact […]
NC State’s Freshman Class
“NC State’s incoming freshman class had a weighted high school grade point average of 4.23 and an average SAT score of 1,746. Nearly 75% of the 4,550 students were in the top 20% of their high school class, and the group has students from 97 North Carolina counties, 42 states and 23 countries.†– NC […]
NCSU Football Needs an Indoor Practice Center
It’s finally raining in the deserts of Raleigh once again. That’s good news for homeowners, some who depend of wells for water for their homes, others who are trying to care for parched grass, for farmers tending dusty fields, and for nearly everyone. We’ve needed this rain for a long time. Unfortunately, however, it comes […]
Chancellor Woodson gives “State of State” address
As we entered 2010, North Carolina State University’s academic and athletic rankings had never been worse. The University’s overall performance and perception amongst its large alumni base was in as deep of a valley as possibly could be imagined. Enter new Chancellor, Randy Woodson…followed by new Athletics Director, Debbie Yow and you immediately have a […]
Financing College Athletics – Part 5
CONTINUING WITH A LOOK AT NC STATE FINANCES Part 4 focused on a number of good things concerning financing athletics at NC State: – $180M of facility improvements since 1999 – Outstanding attendance for both football and basketball, even though the product on the field/court leaves a lot to be desired. But one area where […]
Financing College Athletics – Part 4
RECAP OF PREVIOUS ENTRIES – The US Dept of Education collects information on financing college athletics from colleges/universities and makes this information publically available at Equity in Athletics (EIA). Most articles you see on this subject take their information straight from this website with an unstated assumption that this information is uniformly prepared and provides […]
Tailgating Unlimited, Part 1
It may not seem like it right now, while we drown in the North Carolina Heat Index and wish that merciless August sun deeper into the southern hemisphere where it belongs, but college football season is once again upon us. And with it the triumphant return of tailgating. The following is the first part of […]
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