North Carolina State University

North Carolina State University is a public university in Raleigh, North Carolina. It has about 31,000 students.^[1] Many students who go to college here want to learn about math, science, technology, and agriculture, but they can also study other things, too.

History

The university was started in 1887. It was called the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts.

Sports

Sports teams from North Carolina State University are called the Wolfpack. This is because, in 1921, somebody was angry at the university's football team. He thought that they acted like wolves.^[2] They play mostly against other colleges in the Atlantic Coast Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.^[3]

Famous people who went to North Carolina State

John Edwards, who was a United States Senator from North Carolina and ran for Vice President in 2004
Philip Rivers, quarterback for the San Diego Chargers

North Carolina State University Media

First freshman class at North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts in 1889
Panoramic photo of campus taken around 1909
NC State's PULSTAR Reactor is a 1 MW pool-type nuclear research reactor.
College of Humanities and Social Science – NC State
The 1911 building on North Carolina State's Main Campus
Completed in 1937, the Memorial Belltower was built to honor thirty-four NC State alumni who died in World War I. It stands 115 ft (35 m) tall.
D.H. Hill Library stands 11 stories tall and is named for former NC State chancellor and librarian Daniel Harvey Hill, Jr.
NCSU Technician Newspaper Stand
Patrick Bailey, major league catcher