North Carolina State University
North Carolina State University | |
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founding | March 7, 1887 |
Sponsorship | state |
place | Raleigh , United States |
Chancellor | Randy Woodson |
Students | 34,767 |
Employee | 2,068 academic staff, 5,554 administrative staff |
Foundation assets | $ 635 million |
University sports |
NCAA Division I FBS
24 varsity sports |
Website | www.ncsu.edu |
The North Carolina State University (also NCSU called) is a public University in Raleigh . The university was founded on March 7, 1887. Today it is the largest university in North Carolina with 30,000 enrolled students .
Faculties
- design
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Engineering
- Agriculture and Life Sciences
- Natural resources
- pedagogy
- Physical and Mathematical Sciences
- Textile research
- Veterinary medicine
- Economics
- First year college
- Graduate school
Sports
The NCSU sports teams call themselves the Wolfpack . The university is a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference . The football team plays its home games at Carter-Finley Stadium . The mascot is a Tamaskan named Tuffy .
Famous Graduates
- Joseph Aucoin - naval officer
- Bill Cowher - football coach
- Richard Curtis - screenwriter and director
- John Edwards - Senator and candidate for the 2004 US presidential election
- Panagiotis Fasoulas - Greek basketball player and politician
- Charlotte Flair - wrestler
- Roman Gabriel - American football player
- Robert Gibbs - President Obama's White House Press Secretary
- Mike Glennon - American football player
- Steven Hauschka - American football player
- George Hegamin - American football player
- Wes Jackson - biologist
- Markus Kuhn - American football player
- Pablo Mastroeni - football player
- Nate McMillan - basketball coach
- Josh Powell - basketball player
- Philip Rivers - American football player
- David Thompson - basketball player
- Adrian Wilson - American football player
- Russell Wilson - American football player
- Mario Williams - American football player
Web links
Commons : North Carolina State University - Album containing pictures, videos, and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ NC State's Live Mascot on the NCSU website, accessed November 25, 2011
Coordinates: 35 ° 47 '8 " N , 78 ° 40' 18" W.