Student Leadership Initiative

Stories told by and about NC State student leaders

Shared here are excerpts from interviews collected in the Student Leaders Oral Histories. The full versions for many of these can be found in the Libraries Rare and Unique Digital Collections website.

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Adam Compton videos.html: Advice to Students
Angelo Anthony Caravano videos.html: 2004 Tailgate Shooting
Banks C. Talley, Jr. videos.html: Friends of the College Concert Series
Blas Phillip Arroyo videos.html: Choosing NC State
Brian Lamar Nixon videos.html: 1990 NC State Basketball Controversy
Brooks T. Raiford videos.html: 1990 NC State Basketball Controversy
Cathy J. Sterling videos.html: 1970 Peace Retreat
Chandler Thompson videos.html: Choosing NC State
Clyda Weeks Lutz videos.html: Campus Changes
Dwuan June videos.html: 1990 NC State Basketball Controversy
Edward Norris Tolson videos.html: Balancing Responsibilities
Edwin Janier Stack, III videos.html: 1990 NC State Basketball Controversy
Eric N. Moore videos.html: Campaigning for Student Senate President
Eric Plow videos.html: Advice to Students
Evelyn Reiman videos.html: Opposition to Student Fees
George Smedes York videos.html: Family Traditions
Haden Edward Knox videos.html: Campus Living
Harold Benjamin Pettigrew videos.html: Board of Trustees
James Baxter Hunt, Jr. videos.html: 1950s Basketball Recruiting Controversy
James E. O. Hankins, II videos.html: Alpha Phi Alpha: Serving the Community
James Robert Cooke videos.html: Choosing NC State
John Coggin videos.html: Mentors
John David Hayworth, Jr. videos.html: Campaigning for John Anderson, 1980
John Leslie Atkins, III videos.html: 1965 Pullen Hall Fire
John Wilbert Earnhardt, Jr. videos.html: Senior Class President: Engaging with Other Students
Johnny Lee Dawkins videos.html: Early Leadership Influences
Kelly M. Hook videos.html: 2010 Howl for Haiti
Leodis T. Jennings videos.html: A House for Alpha Phi Alpha
Mike Giancola videos.html: CSLEPS and Student Leaders
Molly Basdeo videos.html: Student Leaders Panel Discussion
Rajesh Mirchandani videos.html: Gastonia, NC
Richard Noel Gusler videos.html: 1970 Peace Retreat
Robert Andrew Walsh videos.html: Coaches' Corner: Honoring NC State's Basketball Legacy
Robert Byrd Jordan, III videos.html: Answering the Call of Politics
Ronald Eugene Spivey videos.html: Student Leaders Panel Discussion
Stephen G. Rea videos.html: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Steven Wilson Quick videos.html: 2004 Tailgate Shooting
Terry Neal Carroll videos.html: Blue Light Emergency Phones
Thomas Gregory Doucette videos.html: Developing Interest in Student Government
Thomas H. Stafford, Jr. videos.html: Adjusting to New Leadership
Toni Harris Thorpe videos.html: Growing up in Rich Square
Wesley Alexander McClure videos.html: Becoming a Leader at NC State
William Brantley Aycock videos.html: Commander of a Company
William Clyde Friday videos.html: Pearl Harbor Sunday
William McIver Jackson videos.html: Choosing NC State
Woodrow Manning Taylor videos.html: NC State Students: Teamwork and Discipline

Former and current student leaders wishing to contribute their stories are encouraged to create and submit a Wolf Tales recording.