Tag: graduation

Published on Nov 21, 2016

Spellings to Give NC State Fall Commencement Speech

NC State graduates will draw inspiration from Margaret Spellings, president of the University of North Carolina system, and Mildred Dresselhaus, a physicist and electrical engineer known as the "queen of carbon science." 

Published on May 4, 2016

Pack Rising

NC State’s annual spring commencement ceremony will take place at PNC Arena on Saturday, May 7, when Chancellor Randy Woodson will confer 64 associate’s, 3,779 bachelor’s, 1,467 master’s, 190 doctoral and 98 Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degrees. Those 5,598 new graduates will swell the total number for the academic year to 9,074. 

Published on May 4, 2016

NC State to Hold Commencement Ceremony May 7

Nearly 5,600 students will graduate this week. 

Published on Apr 13, 2016

Admiral to Give Spring Commencement Speech

NC State graduates will hear inspiring words from a four-star admiral who's achieved many firsts, and meet an anthropologist focused on global health and a museum director with vision. 

Published on Jan 29, 2016

Narrowing the Completion Gap

A new report from the nonprofit Education Trust shows that NC State is among the top schools in the nation shrinking the disparity in graduation rates between white and underrepresented minority students. 

Published on Dec 16, 2015

NC State to Hold Commencement Ceremony Dec. 18

Nearly 3,600 students will graduate this week. 

Published on Dec 2, 2015

Former Ambassador to Give NC State Fall Commencement Speech

Graduates will hear inspiring words from Karl Eikenberry, former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, and meet World Food Prize winner Pedro A. Sanchez during the Dec. 18 ceremony. 

Published on May 5, 2015

NC State to Hold Commencement Ceremony May 9

The PNC Center will be awash in red Saturday as NC State awards nearly 5,400 degrees. 

Published on Dec 19, 2014

Fall 2014 Commencement

More than 3,400 new NC State graduates got their degrees on Dec. 18. Keynote speaker Vivian Howard, 2000 alum and PBS TV star, offered words of wisdom. 

Published on Dec 16, 2012

Fall 2012 Graduates Celebrate on Social Media

More than 3,500 transformational NC State students became transformational alumni on Saturday, Dec. 15. See how they celebrated their achievement on social media. 

Published on May 17, 2012

Rivers Returns

Philip Rivers left NC State in 2003 as one of the school's all-time great athletes. He returned May 12 as the keynote speaker at the spring 2012 commencement ceremony. 

Published on May 12, 2012

Tassels Turned

NC State's alumni population grew by more than 5,200 people on Saturday, as the university conferred degrees on spring graduates. 

Published on Dec 19, 2011

NC State mints 3,400 new graduates

More than 3,400 new graduates received their degrees Saturday during fall commencement activities. The new alumni heard from keynote speaker Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, a Nobel Prize-winning climate scientist and NC State alumnus. 

Published on May 10, 2011

Hats Off To The Class of 2011

The RBC Center became a sea of red Saturday morning as more than 4,500 students became the next wave of NC State alumni. 

Published on Mar 9, 2011

Wanted: Interesting Graduates, Student Speaker

Registration and Records needs your help to find a student commencement speaker and interesting graduates to be recognized on May 14.