NCSSM loses beloved founding faculty member Dr. Don Houpe
Founding faculty member and beloved humanities instructor Dr. Don Houpe passes away. "Celebration of Life" service to be held Monday, August 25, at NCSSM.

NCSSM picks architect for school expansion
Baltimore-based Ayers Saint Gross chosen as architects for NCSSM's Discovery Center, a major capital improvement project that will greatly expand campus facilities. 

Class of 1983 alumna Jackie Mims oversees titanic twin delivery
Jackie Mims '83 oversees delivery of twins that weighed in at a combined 23 pounds, 1 ounce, which is believed to be the second heaviest set of American-born twins in the past 100 years.

NCSSM graduates its 27th class
Jud Bowman addresses 2008 graduates, urges them to follow their hearts

Class of 2005 alumnus Ryan Neely selected for ESRL-CIRES fellowship
Ryan Neely '05 has been selected as the first recipient of the Earth System Research Laboratory  Graduate Research Fellowship.

Jud Bowman '99 starts new company in the Triangle
Class of 1999 alumnus Jud Bowman secures PocketGear from Motricity, the company he co-founded with fellow classmate and alumnus Taylor Brockman.

NCSSM math teams compete in Singapore
NCSSM students compete at Singapore International Mathematics Challenge against 25 schools from 12 different nations.

Newsweek places NCSSM among its "public elite" high schools
Newsweek places NCSSM and other top-performing schools in a separate list from the rest of top high schools.

Class of 2004 alumna receives Churchill Scholarship to study at Cambridge
Stephanie Jones '04 receives a 2008-2009 Churchill Scholarship, valued at $46,000 to $52,000, for graduate work at Cambridge University in England.

Lauren Jackson '05 wins N.C. State Goldwater Scholarship
Lauren Jackson '05, a junior in materials science and engineering at North Carolina State University, has won a prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship for the 2008-09 academic year.
 

Class of 1989 alumnus featured in Business NC for his quest to help amputees get a better grip on things
Capt. Jonathan Kuniholm '89 is featured in Business North Carolina for his company Tackle Design Inc., his nonprofit Shared Design Alliance and its Open Prosthetics Project, an online forum for inventors, amputees and others interested in swapping ideas for improving artificial limbs.

Alumni Weekend 2008
Date: October 10, 2008 to October 12, 2008
Celebrating the classes of '83, '88, '93, '98 and '03

"Celebration of Life" service for Dr. Don Houpe
Date: August 25, 2008 8:15 AM to 9:45 AM
ETC General Assembly Hall
NCSSM