The following report highlights the people, experiences, and outcomes of the Goodnight Scholarships Office during the 2024-2025 academic year.
The Goodnight Scholars Program has been the foundation of my college experience, supporting me not just financially, but by surrounding me with a community of students that constantly challenged and inspired me. It gave me the freedom to take risks, explore new interests, and pursue opportunities I never imagined would be possible when I first started college.
Robert English ’25
96% Graduation Rate
from 2021-2025
335 Current Goodnight Scholars 2024-2025
Letter From the Executive Director
2024-2025 was a year of transition for the Goodnight Scholarships office. We kicked off the year in our “normal” operations, with our largest student population yet (335!), across two programs, served by a single professional team of six. We looked forward to the launch of two new fall trips to Washington, DC and the Outer Banks, and an academic year full of outstanding programming, intentional advising and transformational enrichment.
Our transition began, however, with our announcement that we would be expanding our program yet again. Starting this Fall 2025, our office will double our freshman class enrollment from 50 to 100 first-year students per year, and grow our new transfer class enrollment from 50 to 60 students per year. In total, the annual number of students who receive the Goodnight Scholarship will increase to 580 over the next four years!
To meet this growth, we spent much of 2024-2025 planning for the upcoming expansion, creating dedicated staff teams for each program, hiring new professional staff, and preparing our new physical space. We also recruited and selected our first-ever cohorts of 100 Goodnight Scholars and 60 Goodnight Transfer Scholars. We’re thrilled to be offering this scholarship and community to even more deserving students, making an NC State education more accessible than ever before. And we look forward to seeing even more Goodnight Scholars make a positive impact on campus and as alumni. Go Pack!
