Skip to main content
NC State Home
Alumni Home Page

2026 A Look Back at Legacy Luncheon

A time-honored tradition

The pinning ceremony at the Legacy Luncheon.
Families pin their incoming students during Legacy Luncheon to officially welcome them to the Wolfpack family.

Legacy Luncheon pulls at the heartstrings of alumni families and offers an exciting welcome to incoming students as they join the Wolfpack.

The event featured speeches from Chancellor Kevin Howell, Student Alumni Association President Charlie Hurley, and more. Afterward, families participated in a pinning ceremony where incoming student received a commemorative legacy pin. The event closed with the NC State Marching Band, the Power Sound of the South, leading new and alumni members of the Wolfpack in singing the fight song and alma mater.

A family poses at Reynolds Coliseum for the NC State Legacy Luncheon.
A family poses at Reynolds Coliseum for the NC State Legacy Luncheon.
NC State Chancellor Kevin Howell.

Congratulations to each of you. We’re excited you’re here, and we couldn’t be prouder to have you as part of the Wolfpack family. — Chancellor Kevin Howell

Reshunda Mahone, Associate Vice Chancellor for Alumni Engagement and Annual Giving.
NC State Alumni Chair of the Board of Directors Lyndenise Berdecía Rivera speaks at the Legacy Luncheon.
NC State Alumni Chair of the Board of Directors Lyndenise Berdecía Rivera ’06 welcomes new legacies to NC State.
Student Alumni Association President Charlie Hurley ’27 speaks at the Legacy Luncheon.
Student Alumni Association President Charlie Hurley ’27.

“Every day for these next four years, you will walk the same bricks your family once did. These bricks are rooted in tradition — traditions that are now yours to uphold during your time here.” —Student Alumni Association President Charlie Hurley ’27

Students and alumni
The pinning ceremony at the 2026 Legacy Luncheon.
The pinning ceremony
The pinning ceremony at the 2026 Legacy Luncheon.
The Power Sound of the South