A New Beginning
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eturning to North Carolina is like returning home, since my parents were native North Carolinians and I served at North Carolina State for over a decade. I am deeply grateful to have
this opportunity to serve, and I accept the challenge of leading FSU with its great historical legacy and its promise for an even greater future. A
“Our mission is to provide
milestone in this historical legacy was reached this year with the 100th
students with the highest
anniversary of FSU on Murchison Road. Having outgrown the Howard
quality learning experiences that will produce global
School building on Gillespie Street by 1896, E. E. Smith sought a permanent home where the institution could grow and finally settled on the Bruner Tract of about 40 acres of land here on Murchison Road in August 1907. A
citizens and leaders as change
brochure proudly announced the opening of the 1908-09 school year with
agents for shaping the future
one new brick building, the Aycock Building. And, one hundred years later,
of the state and the nation. We are no longer preparing
with 135 acres and 40 buildings, I am proud to be the Chancellor at FSU. The future is calling.
students to simply obtain college degrees but to procure competitive degrees that reflect success in and across academic disciplines and in the presence of 21st century competencies.�
Front cover photo: FSU 1908
Aycock Building