Students Receive Degrees at NC State’s May 2008 Commencement
North Carolina State University Chancellor James Oblinger conferred 4,030 degrees on 3,768 graduating students when the university held 2008 Spring Commencement on Saturday, May 10, at the RBC Center in Raleigh.
Erskine Bowles, president of the University of North Carolina system, delivered the commencement address. Candidates for degrees were from 87 North Carolina counties, 31 other states or United States territories and 42 foreign countries. NC State holds graduation ceremonies each year in the spring and fall.
Oblinger also conferred honorary degrees on behalf of NC State to Pat Mora, an award-winning author of poetry, nonfiction and children’s literature; Richard Robb, a noted business professional who has provided important service to numerous corporate and non-profit boards, including NC State’s Board of Trustees; and C.D. Spangler, an accomplished businessman and former president of the University of North Carolina system.
The names of NC State’s May 2008 degree candidates are available on the Web at www.ncsu.edu/registrar/publications/graduation/index.html.
If a graduate’s hometown address is not listed under the appropriate county, it is because the graduate originally established residency in the county listed, but has changed his or her mailing address for grades. Also, students with privacy blocks on their personal information are not included in the Web list.
Graduates’ fields of study are indicated by two- or three-letter codes. Students with more than one code earned degrees in more than one field. You can find a list of the codes – and the fields of study they designate – on the Web at: www.ncsu.edu/registrar/curricula/index.html.
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