Student Success Connections Initiative Helps Students Find Community

Oct. 21, 2025

Campus Health's Pack Peers peer educator group promotes health-enhancing behaviors to NC State students.

Students in a Music Technology class conduct a listening test.

Student Success Connections Initiative Helps Students Find Community

Over the past year, Dave Johnson, associate director for student success initiatives, has set out to help guide students in through the Student Success Connections initiative, a means of assisting students in finding resources and opportunities to build their community.

A student uses chalk on a blackboard to explain her research.

Chalk It Up to Undergraduate Research

At the annual Sidewalk Symposium, undergraduate students shared their research and creativity through sidewalk chalk drawings and informal presentations. Experience the students’ work through their eyes and in their words.

Staff members hold up items of clothing next to a donation bin and teddy bear.

Professional Clothing Drive

The annual conference for NC State Human Resources professionals featured a clothing drive to support the Career Development Center’s Wolfpack Styled Professional Clothing Closet, and collected 182 items.

News You Can Use

This year’s Annual Enrollment period for benefit plan changes is Oct. 13-31. This is your opportunity to review and update your benefit elections and eligible dependents for the 2026 plan year.
A new employee payroll guide is now available from the University Controller’s office.
Connect with your DASA staff senators today from 3-5 p.m. in Talley Student Union Room 5101. Introduce yourself, ask questions and share what’s on your mind.
The next OIT Extended Maintenance Weekend is Nov. 1-2. Many major IT and network services will be downgraded or unavailable during this time.
Visit the Women’s Center’s Silent Witness Visualization Gallery Exhibit. The exhibit will be open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Oct. 21-22. The Women’s Center also invites you to Purple Thursday: Honoring Voices, Illuminating Hope on Oct. 23.
Catch Romeo and Juliet in Titmus Theatre Oct. 23-Nov 3 with 7:30 p.m. evening performances and 2 p.m. Sunday matinee performances.
Back by popular demand on Oct. 24, Chanticleer is one of the most prolific choral ensembles in the world. Known as an “orchestra of voices,” they have performed thousands of live concerts and sold more than one million recordings thanks to their wide-ranging repertoire and virtuosity.
Register by Oct. 24! Join the First in the Pack Advisory Council for Leading the Pack as a FirstGen Forward Campus on Monday, Nov. 3. Only a few spots remain.
Arts Village is collecting t-shirt donations outside of the Arts NC State suite in Talley Student Union from Oct. 21-31. Students will create tote bags from the recycled t-shirts during Village Vibes, an event on Nov. 4 led by Arts NC State, Exploratory Studies and Global and Impact Leadership Villages.

Next DASA Hours Nov. 6

The next DASA Hours with DASA Vice Chancellor and Dean Doneka R. Scott is scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 6 from 10-11 a.m. on the third floor of Park Shops. Faculty and staff from across the division are invited to introduce themselves and have a conversation.

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Reminders

Through early December, Campus Health will offer weekly flu vaccination clinics for NC State faculty, staff and students across campus.
University Human Resources invites you to wear NC State gear and bring your Pack spirit to Miller Fields for Red and White Fest: An Employee Celebration on Oct. 31.
Register to volunteer with First in the Pack on First-Generation College Celebration Day (Nov. 7) by Oct. 27.
Check out the Office of Information Technology’s menu of trainings on accessibility and more, and sign up for AccessFest on Nov. 7.
Early registration is now open for the Equal Opportunity Forum on Tuesday, Nov. 18.
Make plans to attend a Department of Performing Arts and Technology music and dance concert. See the full packed lineup!

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State Stats: 454 students were involved in Student Media in 2024-2025.

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