Staff and Faculty

The Park Scholarships program combines the benefits of a small community with the extensive resources of a preeminent research university. Talented faculty and community leaders serve in various capacities to assist and guide the Park Scholars.

Park Scholarships Staff

Eva Feucht ’02
Director

Joy Tongsri
Senior Associate Director

Maggie DeWeese ’18
Assistant Director, Enrichment

Kimberly Bloomfield ’02
Assistant Director, Recruitment and Selection

Mary Kornegay
Assistant Director, Communications

Danielle Romanello
Assistant Director, Engagement

Yancy Strickland
Interim Business Services Coordinator

Adrian Teegarden ’19
Program Assistant, Selection

Angela Swicegood
Program Assistant, Selection

Sylvia Rodriguez
Graduate Assistant

Brittany Kachalia
Embedded Counselor

Our Embedded Counselor
Brittany Kachalia works with the Park Scholarships, Goodnight Scholars Program and Caldwell Fellows Program. Brittany is available for drop-in support on a weekly basis. Drop-in sessions are highly utilized at NC State and offer an opportunity for a brief, informal conversation with a mental health professional. Common topics in sessions include learning more about counseling services, working through a one-time concern, or learning a coping skill to address a current stressor.

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Park Faculty Scholars

Park Faculty Scholars provide academic enrichment for class-related activities. They have four areas of responsibility in working with the Park Scholarships program:

• To monitor and guide class enrichment activities, including the Learning Laboratories;
• To provide the class with an overview of its group responsibilities;
• To advise students individually and as a group on academic issues; and
• To interact with Park Scholarships administrators, serving as communicators to and for both class activities and individual Park Scholars.

Class of 2025 Park Faculty Scholars

Trino Ascencio-Ibáñez
Teaching Associate Professor, Co-Director of Undergraduate Programs, Coordinator of Undergraduate Research, Global Faculty – Molecular and Structural Biochemistry

Kay Sandberg
Teaching Professor, Chemistry

Class of 2026 Park Faculty Scholars

Karey Harwood
Associate Professor, Religious Studies and Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies; Associate Department Head – Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies

Naji Husseini
Teaching Associate Professor, Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies – Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering

Class of 2027 Park Faculty Scholars

Mary Elting
Associate Professor, Physics

Nathan Goldman
Professor, University Faculty Scholar, Stephen P. Zelnak Jr. Scholar – Department of Accounting

Class of 2028 Park Faculty Scholars

Jeremy Feducia
Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor – Department of Chemistry; Director of Undergraduate Programs – Integrative Sciences Initiative

Sarah Khan
Teaching Professor – Department of Business Management (Information Technology and Business Analytics)

Class of 2029 Park Faculty Scholars

K.C. Busch

Associate Professor, Science Education; Graduate Program Coordinator, Department of STEM Education

John Meitzen
University Faculty Scholar, Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor, Coordinator of the Integrative, Physiology and Neurobiology Concentration – Department of Biological Sciences

Contact Us
217 Peele Hall
919-515-3794
parkscholars@ncsu.edu

Park Advisory Committee 2024-25

The Park Advisory Committee provides counsel to Park Scholarships staff on academic enrichment activities.

• Kanton Reynolds, Chair
  Associate Teaching Professor and Director, Undergraduate Programs – Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering
• Landra Robertson ’03
  Senior Marketing Technical Communicator, SAS Institute
• Michael Dickey
  Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
• Myron Floyd
  Dean of the College of Natural Resources
• Jeremiah Feducia 
  Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Director of Undergraduate Programs, Integrative Sciences Initiative
• Karey Harwood
  Associate Professor, Religious Studies and Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies; Associate Department Head – Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
• Naji Husseini
  Teaching Associate Professor and Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies, Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering
• Holly Hurlburt
  Associate Dean, University College and Professor of History
• Sarah Khan
  Associate Teaching Professor – IT & Business Analytics, Poole College of Management
• Veena Misra
  Head of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering 
• Shweta Trivedi
  Teaching Associate Professor, Animal Science and Director, VetPAC
• Andriy Shymonyak ’15
  Agreement Manager, National Democratic Institute

Park Enrichment Grant Committee

The Park Enrichment Grant Committee reviews proposals and awards funding for Park Enrichment Grants and Park Alumni Society Study Abroad Travel Stipends.

• Sarah Ash, Chair
  Professor Emerita, Nutrition Science
• Veronica Cateté
  Research Scientist, Computer Science
• Susan Navey-Davis
  Assistant Department Head Emerita, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
• Courtney Hughes
  Director, University Fellowships Office

• Jim Martin
  Professor, Chemistry
• Juliana Nfah-Abbenyi
  Associate Dean of Faculty & Staff Development & Success, Distinguished Professor of English & Comparative Literature