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What event has candy, costumes, and critters all for a good cause? A Howl-o-Ween Pet Costume party fundraiser with IAA students at the West St. Dog Bar of course! Everyone had a howling good time voting for their favorite costume and participating in the IAA raffle! West St. Dog Bar Continue reading A Howling Good SPCA Fundraiser
When Hurricane Florence hit North Carolina in September 2018, its impacts were devastating and many communities were faced with food insecurity. Nonprofits across the state quickly initiated or increased relief efforts to affected areas. Among these was the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina, which had previously collected Continue reading Data for Good: Visualizing Food Insecurity
Big dogs. Small dogs. Red dogs. Blue dogs. What better way to bring a group of IAA students together for a howling good time than raising money for the SPCA of Wake County? Along with fur balls of all sizes, the Volunteer Committee at the Institute for Advanced Analytics hosted Continue reading A HOWL-o-ween at the Institute for Advanced Analytics
During summer bootcamp, MSA students, faculty, and staff donated $369 and 244 pounds of resources to Feed the Pack Food Pantry at NC State. The orange and blue cohorts competed to donate the most during the final two weeks of the summer bootcamp racing toward the incentive of a casual Continue reading Feed the Pack Food Drive