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Walt Wolfram discusses dialects on 'CBS This Morning'

Linguistics professor Walt Wolfram recently appeared on "CBS This Morning" as part of a report by correspondent Mo Rocca about homogenizing American accents. Wolfram, a William C. Friday Distinguished University Professor, has been studying dialects for almost than 50 years and has been at N.C. State for the past 20. "Studying dialects in North Carolina is like dying and coming to dialect heaven," Wolfram told Rocca. "It's incredible. There's no state that has a richer tradition."

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Lauren Kirkpatrick | Posted in English, Faculty, Research | Tagged in: Linguistics Program| Comments (0)

May 2012 Student of the Month

Gian Besana just completed her first year as an International Studies major. She has taken full advantage of everything the campus has to offer, becoming involved in the International Studies Club, Model United Nations, Filipino Student Association, CSLEPS, and NSCU Photo Club. Gian, a Chancellors Leadership Scholar, traveled to Guatemala in Spring 2012 for Alternative Spring Break.

Posted on May 30, 2012 by dlleeder | Posted in Interdisciplinary Studies Program, Students | Tagged in: Diversity, International Studies, Student of the Month| Comments (3)

Forging a Sustainable Path

For some students, college is a fairly straightforward path: Choose a major you enjoy, take the required courses and eventually graduate. For others, such as Ariel Fugate, the road is full of twists and turns. Fugate, a Caldwell Fellow, forged a path that took her from zoology through wildlife and fisheries and agriculture, into a close examination of sociology, and finally, to a major she designed herself in the college’s interdisciplinary studies program.

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Lauren Kirkpatrick | Posted in Interdisciplinary Studies Program, Sociology and Anthropology, Students | Tagged in: Undergraduate Academics| Comments (0)

A Passion for Caring

After Kristin Replogle began serving on the college’s Institute for Nonprofits advisory board, she decided to make a gift to support nonprofit studies minors participate in internships. “Once I met the students in the program, I knew this was the perfect place for me to give back,” she says.

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Lauren Kirkpatrick | Posted in Giving, Institute for Nonprofits, Students | Tagged in: internships, study abroad| Comments (0)

Poetry Collection Brings Executed Women to Life

In last meals and lost childhoods, CHASS alum Megan Roberts reveals the haunting stories behind the crimes of 16 women executed in the United States. "Matters of Record” is a collection of poems by Roberts, who earned her MFA in Creative Writing from NC State in 2010.

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Lauren Kirkpatrick | Posted in Alumni, Books, English, Graduate Programs | Tagged in: Creative Writing, poetry contest| Comments (0)