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fall 2024 commencement

Congrats, Fall Grads!

On Dec. 14, more than 1,150 graduate degrees were awarded at NC State University’s fall commencement exercises. These included over 800 master’s degrees and nearly 180 doctoral degrees.

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Celebrating Transformation

After more than 14 years as NC State’s chancellor, Randy Woodson has announced his intention to retire. Join us as we recognize our chancellor’s living legacy of leadership and service, celebrate the transformation he helped to create, and look to the future.

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Sina Jamalzadegan at his computer desk.

December 20, 2024

Preparing for a Future that Matters

For North Carolina State University Ph.D. candidate Sina Jamalzadegan, 2024 has been a big year. Not only has the engineering student made headway in using artificial intelligence (AI) to create biosensors to enhance medicine and agriculture, he’s been racking up awards for his academic prowess.
Emily Duan wearing graduation cap and gown while standing next to wolf sculpture at Wolf Plaza on NC State's campus.

December 20, 2024

Cultivating community key to MAE student commencement speaker’s success

Emily Duan officially earned her Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from NC State University this week after defending her dissertation in September.
Tabitha Gardner, third from left, raises the NC State flag while posing for a group photo with friends.

December 18, 2024

Two-time ISE grad makes plans for the future

As she graduates with her master’s degree in industrial engineering, Tabitha Gardner answers questions about her experience at NC State, how she balances her mental health with her class work and her upcoming plans for the future.
Ore Badejoh poses with her Howling Success banner on main campus.

December 06, 2024

Howling Success: Ore Badejoh

Our final Howling Success of the semester is a graduate student in the applied social psychology Ph.D. program. She promotes healthy choices for the campus community through her work with Pack Peers and the Black Health Lab.

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Jan 02

Thursday

New International Student Orientation
Jan 05

Sunday5:00 PM

No Registration Required ETD Review Deadline
Jan 06

Monday

Spring 2025 – First day of classes

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Graduate student Spotlight

Tatiana Osorio Montoya

Tatiana Osorio Montoya

Meet first-year graduate student Tatiana Osorio Montoya. Tatiana is an international student from Colombia studying in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

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