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Our world needs leaders who can solve natural resources challenges — and enjoy successful careers doing so. Join us.

Your Bright Future

There’s never been a greater demand for natural resources professionals. When you come to the College of Natural Resources, you’ll learn how to make sustainable use of our shared environment — exactly what you need to solve many of the grand challenges our planet faces and to build a successful career.

From paper science and engineering to sport management to cutting-edge forestry, our college is the first choice of a diverse group of students with a wide range of interests. Whether you want to work outdoors as a wildlife biologist, develop community recreation and sport programs, or work with third-world countries making paper products using native renewable resources, our college will give you the skills and opportunities you need to make an impact.

If you’re interested in the big, wide world we share, we want you with us.

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The Right Environment

With a student body of just over 1,700, our college is one of the smallest at NC State, home to a close-knit community and students who get the attention they deserve — including personalized advising and instruction. At the same time, our students benefit from all the resources and support of NC State, the largest university in North Carolina.

Our college also offers the best of both worlds in terms of location: We’re based in Raleigh — the state’s capital and one of America’s most-awarded cities — but enjoy easy access to exceptional outdoor learning labs, including Schenck Forest just 10 minutes from our door and Hill Forest only 45 minutes away.

Whether you want to study the native animals of Namibia or the forests of Sweden, our college will give you the opportunity to study the environment, diverse societies and engineering of sustainable resources around the world. And you’ll do it all at a university consistently ranked as one of the nation’s best values in education.

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Earlier this week, the College of Natural Resources and the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management...

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Earlier this week, the College of Natural Resources and the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management (@ncstateprtm) co-hosted the third annual Women in Sports Leadership Summit. The summit, hosted alongside @packathletics and Wolfpack Women, helps develop, connect and advance women interested in entering the sport industry. This year’s keynote speaker was Dr. Heidi Grappendorf. Dr. Grappendorf is a professor of sport management at Western Carolina University.

We spoke to some graduating #NCStateCNR students to get their words of wisdom for prepping for final exams next week....

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We spoke to some graduating #NCStateCNR students to get their words of wisdom for prepping for final exams next week. 🐺🐾 Check out what they had to say.

Meet William Hitt, the embedded counselor for undergraduate and graduate students in #NCStateCNR and the College of...

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Meet William Hitt, the embedded counselor for undergraduate and graduate students in #NCStateCNR and the College of Education (@ncstateced). As an embedded counselor, William is here to support the wellbeing and mental health needs of students in both colleges. He offers intake appointments and regular check-ins, either in-person or via Zoom. Currently, his drop-in hours are Mondays and Tuesdays in Biltmore 2022D and Wednesdays and Thursdays in Ricks 9. On Fridays, he is available to meet with students remotely via Zoom. Get more details about meeting with William at the link in our bio. #LightenYourPack @ncstatedasa

This year`s @ncstate Earth Fair brought the Pack together to celebrate our planet and spark change. 🌎 🐾

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This year's @ncstate Earth Fair brought the Pack together to celebrate our planet and spark change. 🌎 🐾

We recently hosted the Seventh Annual CNR Graduate Research Symposium to showcase the outstanding research work done by...

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We recently hosted the Seventh Annual CNR Graduate Research Symposium to showcase the outstanding research work done by our talented graduate students. Congratulations to all of this year’s winners! 🎉 Every spring, we celebrate our graduate students’ achievements with prize money, food and refreshments, posters and three-minute thesis (3MT) presentations. This year’s winners of our 3MT competition are: 🔴 First place: Margaux Lobeira, @ncstatefer (“Effects of Japanese Beetle Herbivory on American Sycamore Grown in SRWC for Bioenergy”) 🔴Second place: Andrew Shannon, Center for Geospatial Analytics (“One Plus One May Not Equal Two: Drought and Fire Display Compensatory Interactions at the Landscape-scale in Pine Forests of the Southwestern United States under Future Climates”) 🔴Third place: Anny Morales, @ncstatefb (“Development of Paper Composites for Aluminum-Air Batteries”)

Thank you to all of our alumni, friends, faculty and staff for #GivingPack and making this year’s Day of Giving a...

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Thank you to all of our alumni, friends, faculty and staff for #GivingPack and making this year’s Day of Giving a successful one for the College of Natural Resources! 🎉 Because of you, we: 🔴 Raised $796,485! ⚪ Received 976 gifts! 🔴 Won $1,000 from the 5-6 a.m. “Most Gifts” giving challenge. ⚪ Unlocked $17,000 in donor challenges — including $12,000 toward our new Graduate Student Support Fund. And we're still counting! With your support, we're stronger today than ever before.

Join us all day today, March 26, for NC State’s annual Day of Giving. You make an impact on our students. ❤️ 🐾
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Join us all day today, March 26, for NC State’s annual Day of Giving. You make an impact on our students. ❤️ 🐾 Make sure to follow our Instagram Stories for updates throughout the day on ways to support the college. 🔗: Visit the link in our bio for support areas where you can help current and future students by #GivingPack.