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Defining the Moments

Graduation

Xzavier Taylor standing against the Prague skyline during a study-abroad trip supported by scholarship funding. Photo provided.

May 1, 2025

Imagining a Different Way

Compared to most of his classmates, Xzavier Taylor ’25 took an unusual route to earning a degree from NC State’s College of Design. But overcoming challenges has helped him recognize the potential in things — and people.
Kassidy Oliphant in her graduation robe and a whit sash

May 1, 2025

Becoming Her Best Self

When Kassidy Oliphant ’25 dreamed of attending NC State, there’s no way she could have known what was in store. But while here, she proved that there was no limit to what she could Think and Do when given the opportunity.
Emily Boldor in her graduation cap and gown holding up the wolfie hand sign.

May 1, 2025

Sending Off Our 2025 Graduates

Our 2025 graduating class includes future entrepreneurs and earthquake experts, sports marketers and pharmaceutical engineers, doctoral researchers and design thinkers. We spent time with a few of them so we could tell you about their NC State experiences and where they’re headed next.
Red flowers in front of the Memorial Belltower

Apr 22, 2025

What Comes After Graduation? For Some Entrepreneurs, a Fellowship

Three NC State founders came to the Miller Fellowship with big ideas and left with better ones. As the application deadline for the 12th cohort approaches, they share how the fellowship brought them community and continues to shape their work today.
Graduating student posing for a photo next to a tree

Dec 17, 2024

Sending Off Our Fall Graduates

We’re celebrating a whole new class of Wolfpack graduates. This semester’s class includes world travelers and wildlife researchers, experimenters and explorers, Park Scholars and plant lovers.
The Williams Courtyard

Jun 17, 2024

Leaving a Legacy

The 2024 graduating class gave NC State its first senior class gift in several years, renovating the Williams Courtyard into an outdoor wellness space.
Brianna Soto

Jun 3, 2024

Meet College of Education Grad Brianna Soto ’24

Goodnight Scholar and new NC State alumna Brianna Soto believes the skills she learned in the College of Education will not only help her succeed in her future career but have also prepared her to understand what others need to succeed in the workplace.
Kelton Phillips

May 13, 2024

Propelled Toward Success

Growing up in Apex, North Carolina, Kelton Phillips never gave engineering much thought. Buoyed by the John Estes Conway Scholarship and the Doug and Whitney Yates Scholarship, he just graduated from NC State as an engineer who will keep airplanes flying.
Samantha in graduation regalia in front of Holladay Hall.

Apr 30, 2024

No Fear

Samantha Steffanus is about to graduate from NC State with two degrees and five years of incredible experiences under her belt. What keeps her reaching for such great heights?
Olivia Ball sitting on a bench among flowering plants in her graduation gown holding her cap.

Apr 29, 2024

Defining the Moments

Olivia Ball is graduating from NC State feeling like a much different person from who she was when she started. This transformation isn’t the result of one big change but a series of opportunities — including support from professors and donors — that have helped her grow along the way.