Having grown up playing computer and video games, Will Bass, a sophomore in engineering, still finds himself explaining the importance of technology to older people who feel it [technology] is advancing too fast.

“Technology is our future and we have to embrace it,” Bass said. “I love being able to sit down in just about any building [on campus] and still get a connection, although in some areas the signal can be weak.”

N.C. State was ranked as one of the nation’s top 25 “Most Connected Campuses” according to The Princeton Review. Based on results, the University proved to have some of the best cutting-edge technology and exemplified the campus’s hard work in order to achieve educational innovations. Students aren’t surprised by being one of the best in the nation, but still see a need for further connectivity.

The ranking within the top 25 most connected campuses was based in part on the University’s responses to the annual Princeton Review Survey.

The University’s survey responses are coordinated by University Planning and Analysis, and Information Technology Division, which supports campus-wide academic and student computing at N.C. State.

“The questions on the Princeton Review Survey were quite objective, and they were answered accurately. Also, even in the context of budget cuts, N.C. State continues to strive to provide excellent, highly available, easily used, and robust IT facilities, systems and services to enable student success,” Judith Davis, special assistant to the vice provost, said.

The University is constantly developing new ways to reach out to not only the University’s enrolled students but to other institutions as well.