# @ncsutechnician on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DIHRigLRYZO
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/29086567-ncsutechnician-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-04-06T17:33:47.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Technician (@NCSUTechnician) — https://gondola.cc/NCSUTechnician

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Editor’s Note: This article contains reference to suicide. 

In November, Marshall Brain II, then director of NC State’s Engineering Entrepreneurs Program, died by suicide in his Centennial Campus office. Hours before he was found by University police, Brain sent an email to his colleagues entitled, “I want to help you understand.”

The 12-page email documents Brain’s perspective on the sequence of events that resulted in his resignation. Brain highlighted what he perceived as retaliation, structural manipulation and an unapproachable power hierarchy within the administration at NC State. 

Technician has confirmed the validity of the emails Brain linked through public records. Though holes remain as to the whole picture of Brain’s dismissal and conduct of administrators within his department, his allegations and sentiments were familiar to many throughout the University community. 

Students and faculty across NC State’s campus report similar themes of retribution and top-down administrative culture, as well as an overarching fear to speak out against the administration. 

Read the full article at the link in our bio. 

📝 Justin Welch 
🎨 Lucy Osborn 

#Technician #StudentJournalism #NCSU #NCState #MarshallBrain #CollegeOfEngineering

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