North Carolina State University, Office of the Chancellor, Park Scholarship Program Records 1938-2025

The Park Scholarships were established at NC State in 1996 with a grant from the Park Foundation of Ithaca, N.Y., to fund an inaugural class of 25 scholars. The program has as its namesake Roy H. Park, NC State University class of 1931, a native of Dobson, N.C. At North Carolina State, Park served as editor of the Technician, the school newspaper, among other activities. His media interests culminated in his establishment of Park Communications Inc., which owned and operated newspapers and radio and television stations across the United States.

The Park Scholarships program was established to provide a superb educational opportunity for exceptionally talented and well-prepared young men and women who merit the intellectual challenge of a distinguished faculty and a superior university. Upon arrival at North Carolina State, Park Scholars are immediately introduced to professors who will challenge them to push the limits of scholarship, leadership and service in their own lives and the lives of others. The students commit themselves wholeheartedly to these pursuits and consequently only undertake employment that is directly related to their professional development, typically on campus. Their drive yields tangible results, which can be seen in their achievements, leadership positions and service activities. The Park Scholars are making a palpable impact on NC State and the larger world. (Adapted from the Park Scholarship website.)

The Park Scholarship records contains annual reports, clippings, correspondence, proposals, publications, some historical/biographical material on Roy H. Park, brochures, archived web content, and a few artifacts. The material dates from 1938 to 2016.There are also some student records in box 3, which are closed to researchers.

The processed portion of this collection is organized into fiyr series: Administrative Records, Student Records, Unprocessed Records, and Web Content. The Student Records series is closed to all but Park Scholarship staff.

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[Identification of item], North Carolina State University, Office of the Chancellor, Park Scholarship Program Records, UA 002.091, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC

• North Carolina State University, Chancellor's Office Records, UA 002.001
• North Carolina State University, Chancellor's Office Annual Reports, UA 002.002

Transferred by the Park Scholarship Program.

Web content harvested using the Internet Archive's Archive-It services.

Processed by: Pat Webber;machine-readable finding aid created by: Pat Webber and updated by Karen Paar; Addition to the collection processed by Kristen Blake and Taylor Wolford, 2017 December; Finding aid updated by Cathy Dorin-Black, 2017 December; Finding aid updated by Shima Hosseininasab, 2022 March; Web content processed by Kate Phillips, 2025 November.