NCSU Libraries Focus Online

Volume 26 number 1 - Fall 2005

Wolfpack Club Establishes Major Endowment

By Jim Mulvey, Library Development

The Wolfpack Club gave the NCSU Libraries another gift of $100,000, following a previous gift of $100,000 made in 2003. The efforts of Wolfpack Club Executive Director Bobby Purcell and former Wolfpack Club President C. Richard Vaughn made this gift possible. Purcell said, “The focus of the Wolfpack Club is on the NC State student. We wanted to make a gift to the Libraries that would have a lasting effect on the ability to serve the academic needs of our students.”

This gift will be used to create a new library endowment, entitled the Wolfpack Endowment for the Enhancement of the Student Library Experience. Its purpose will be to support the NCSU Libraries’ vision of the library as the centerpiece of every student’s learning environment. Vice Provost and Director of Libraries Susan Nutter observed, “This gift continues the excellent partnership between the Wolfpack Club and the Libraries. Together, we are finding new ways to meet the needs of our students.”

The NC State Student Aid Association, Inc., more commonly known as the Wolfpack Club, is a nonprofit organization that provides scholarships for NC State student-athletes. Nearly 8,000 men and women students have received scholarship assistance since the Wolfpack Club was founded in 1936. Its 2003 donation is being used to enhance the quality of public spaces through the renovations currently taking place in the D. H. Hill Library.