Staff
![Katie Easley](https://grad.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/webheaderskatie.jpg)
Katie Easley ‘24: Community Fosters Love and Family
![Headshot of Sophie Nunno-Gorbachev](https://grad.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/sophienunnogorbachevheadshot1500.jpeg)
Ph.D. Student Sophie Nunno-Gorbachev Researches Direct-to-Textile 3D Printing at The Nonwovens Institute
![Jayla Moody](https://grad.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Jayla-Moody-award.png)
Doctoral Student Jayla Moody Marshall Wins Chancellor’s Creating Community Outstanding Student Award
![Layla El-Khoury's 'Force of Flows' demonstrates the process and impact of stream bank erosion through dance.](https://grad.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/img3814.jpg)
Dance Your PhD: NC State Grad Student Layla El-Khoury Awarded for Educational Dance Production
![Kim Garrett](https://grad.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/img20231215202034-1000x562-1.jpg)
Kim Garrett Is NC State’s 2024 Esri Innovation Program Student of the Year
![2025 US News Rankings](https://grad.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/us-news-ranking-april-2024.jpg)
NC State’s College of Education Ranked #30 in U.S. News’ 2024 Best Graduate Schools
![Büşra Özdemir.](https://grad.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/nwi-currentstudentsbusraozdemir1500.jpeg)
Ph.D. Student Büşra Özdemir Researches Respirators with The Nonwovens Institute
![Anna Trolinder in the Kleiner Lab](https://grad.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/anna-garrell-scaled-1.jpg)
Award-Winning Plant Science Grad Student Hopes To Share Research Internationally
![Shawnda Cherry](https://grad.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/untitled-design.jpg)
Doctoral Student Shawnda Cherry Awarded Third Place in Holmes Scholars Dissertation Funding Competition
![Yi Ding speaking to a group.](https://grad.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1.jpg)