Department Head Search – Parks, Recreation & Tourism Management
North Carolina State University – Raleigh, North Carolina College of Natural Resources – Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management Department Head (Position #00000683) Applications are...
View ArticleNCSU Study Demonstrates Value of State Parks
For the third straight year attendance at North Carolina state parks and state recreation areas hovered at a record level with 14.2 million visits. Travelers spent an average of $23.56 per day to enjoy...
View ArticleOpening of $6 million golf clubhouse will enhance N.C. State’s PGA degree...
N.C. State’s new $6 million Carol Johnson Poole Clubhouse which opened earlier this month, will benefit the Professional Golf Management program of the College of Natural Resources, the turf grass...
View ArticleInternational Partnership to Study Impact of Mega-Events
What is the impact of cultural and sporting ‘mega-events’, like the World Cup, the Olympics, and Mardi Gras? A new research project called CARNIVAL brings together several international partners who...
View ArticlePRTM Research Team Featured in American Journal of Health Promotion
The January/February 2014 (Vol. 28, Issue sp3) special issue of the American Journal of Health Promotion is devoted to Active Living Research. This special issue highlights papers selected from...
View ArticleWhy We Should be Worried About the Rapid Growth in Global Households
Demographers are not as worried today as they were several decades ago about the prospect of a “population bomb,” a scenario where so many people come to populate the planet that we exhaust its...
View ArticleProfessor Seeks Help to Make “Woods from the Land of Lemurs” a Reality
When a retired colleague asked Dr. Elisabeth Wheeler, an NC State University professor emeritus in the Department of Forest Biomaterials, to add his collection of 1200 photomicrographs showing the...
View ArticlePeople First Tourism is subject of WCOM radio program
NC State Parks, Recreation & Tourism Management professor Duarte Morais and two of People First Tourism’s micro-entrepreneurs were guests on WCOM-FM 103.5 (Chapel-Hill-Carboro Public Radio). In...
View ArticleDr. George Hess Honored with NC State’s Top Teaching Award for 2014
On April 23, 2014 at 7:45pm, NC State University will turn the campus belltower red in honor of Dr. George Hess. Hess, an Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor of Conservation and Ecology in...
View ArticleOpinion – Insurance Industry Behind The Curve In Addressing Wildfire Danger
Dr. Toddi Steelman, co-director of the Fire Chasers Project at North Carolina State University’s Department of Forestry & Environmental Resources and executive director of the School of Environment...
View ArticleDr. Hess’s Teaching Award Spotlighted in Eastern Wake News
A focus on sustainability and hands-on activities for students are what Knightdale Land Use Review Board member George Hess considers some of the reasons he was chosen to receive North Carolina State...
View ArticleDevine Receives CESU National Network Award
Congratulations to Dr. Hugh Devine who has been awarded the 2014 Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units (CESU) National Network Award. This prestigious award is presented biannually to recognize...
View ArticleMyron Floyd to lead NC State’s PRTM department
Dr. Myron F. Floyd has been selected as head of the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management (PRTM) at NC State University. Dr. Floyd, has been the Director of Graduate Programs for PRTM...
View ArticleAdair and Woodbury Recognized for Excellence
This summer, Erin Adair and Patti Woodbury, two staff members with the College of Natural Resources, were among those honored as Award for Excellence recipients at NC State University – the most...
View ArticleMcCord to Serve as Research Associate Dean for NC State College of Natural...
Dr. Marian G. McCord has been selected as Associate Dean for Research in the College of Natural Resources at NC State University. Dr. McCord is currently a professor with appointments in the Department...
View ArticleNC State Names New Department Head for Forestry & Environmental Resources
Dr. Stith T. (Tom) Gower will join the College of Natural Resources at NC State University as head of the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources. Dr. Gower is an internationally recognized...
View ArticleNC State Natural Resources College to Commemorate the Centennial of the...
2014 Marks the Centennial of the Extinction of the Passenger Pigeon On September 1, 1914, Martha died. Her death, at the Cincinnati Zoological Gardens, marked the extinction of the Passenger Pigeon – a...
View ArticleGet Social – Three New Ways to Connect with Forestry and Environmental Resources
The Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources at NC State University has created more opportunities for you to connect with us and others through Social Media. If you haven’t already been...
View ArticleOpening of $6 million golf clubhouse will enhance N.C. State’s PGA degree...
N.C. State’s new $6 million Carol Johnson Poole Clubhouse which opened earlier this month, will benefit the Professional Golf Management program of the College of Natural Resources, the turf grass...
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