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North Carolina State University is an institution of higher learning located in Raleigh, North Carolina. North Carolina State University was founded and designated as the state's land-grant institution by the General Assembly in 1887 as the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts.
The current chancellor of NCSU is Marye Anne Fox, the institution's first female chief executive; its provost is James Oblinger.
With historical strengths in engineering and textiles, it is perhaps most widely recognized as one of the three anchors of North Carolina's Research Triangle, together with Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It is also the largest university in the University of North Carolina System.
Notable current faculty include aquatic botanist JoAnn Burkholder, chemist Mike Whangbo, linguist Walt Wolfram, commputer engineer Donald Bitzer, entomologist George Kennedy, and science-fiction author John Kessel.
Athletics
Athletic teams are called the Wolfpack. North Carolina State participates in the NCAA's Division I-A in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Each of the past four years, NC State's charismatic football coach, Chuck Amato, has lead the Pack to bowl games while the men's basketball team, coached by Herb Sendek, advanced to the second round of last year's NCAA Tournament. Women's basketball coach Kay Yow, a member of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, has more than 600 wins to her credit. A stunning new sports arena, the RBC Center, beckons students, alumni and area residents to come and root for the Wolfpack.
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