State's Mates Alumni Reception

This past weekend, Special Collections Research Center staff brought a special pop-up exhibit and new Wolf Tales oral history booth to the NCSU Alumni Association's State's Mates Reception, as part of a celebration of alumni couples who met at NC State. Among the items on display were Agromeck yearbooks from the 1960s through the 2000s, programs and yearbooks from the original State's Mates organization, and photographs of NC State's favorite couple, Mr. and Mrs. Wuf . The famous couple stopped by the exhibit and enjoyed seeing a photo from their wedding ceremony , officiated by Demon Deacon at an NCSU vs. Wake Forest basketball game in 1981.

Our staff tested out the new recording booth as part of our mobile oral history program, Wolf Tales: Capturing University Voices , by recording short interviews with some of the couples attending the event. Alumni sat down to record the stories of how they met, and other favorite memories of their time as students, in video interviews that will be made available in our digital collections . One couple recalled their memory of being at the basketball game where Mr. and Mrs. Wuf were first married (in addition to their subsequent Wuf vow renewals at later games). Another alum told the story of asking his wife out on their first date while she was studying in D. H. Hill Jr. Library.

We had a great time meeting the couples who came out for the reception, and look forward to more events to come! To learn more about Wolf Tales and find out about future events, check out the Wolf Tales website or contact library_wolftales@ncsu.edu .