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May 13, 2021

Driven Graduate Student Balances Her Career and Earning Advanced Degree

Molly Crum's passion for learning inspired her to achieve her master's degree while balancing her professional life. She shares her experiences in the Youth, Family, and Community Sciences program at NC State. 

May 13, 2021

Master of Education in Training and Development Online Program Strengthens Leadership Potential for IT Manager

Due to his wife’s inspiration and a desire to reach others, Chris Allen began pursuing an online degree that would allow him to do just that. 

May 13, 2021

Passion for Helping Others Drives Online Grad

What does your perfect job look like? For Pam Rose, a spring 2021 M.Ed. in College Counseling and Student Development online grad, it's a role where she helps to improve the lives of others and serves as their cheerleader. And she's landed just that role. 

May 13, 2021

Bringing New Expertise to the Field

More than 30 years ago, a livestock agent suggested Daryl Anderson should attend NC State to become an extension agent. And he did it! 

May 12, 2021

Online Graduate Found a New Career in a Familiar Place

If you ask Kelsey Piper how she started her career in data, you may not expect the answer to be with a graduate degree in Wildlife Science from NC State.  “I worked for a number of years combining my passion for wildlife biology coupled with spatial analysis as a GIS biologist, and loved what I did… 

May 5, 2021

Active Duty Animal Science: Olivia Jones Pursues Her Passion

Olivia Jones completed the online Master of Animal Science while working as an active duty Air Force officer. 

Apr 12, 2021

Jonathan Bentley: A Story of Leadership, Passion and Never Giving Up

Jonathan Bentley is the director of creative media for the NC State Women's Basketball team and is currently finishing up his Master of Parks, Recreation, Tourism and Sport Management (MPRTSM) online. 

Dec 23, 2020

GIS Service Learning for Public Health, Racial Justice and More

During their final semester, each student in the Center for Geospatial Analytics’ professional master’s program in Geospatial Information Science and Technology (MGIST) applies their knowledge and skills to a client-supplied problem in a service-learning capstone project. Read on for a glimpse into the impactful work of our nine professional master’s students graduating this Fall 2020 semester.  … 

Dec 14, 2020

Clinical Mental Health Counseling Online Program Prepares Grad for Future

This December, Michelle Garcia earned her Master of Education in Clinical Mental Health Counseling online at NC State. Garcia shares her story of growing up without many discussions of mental health to now becoming a licensed clinical mental health counselor. 

Dec 11, 2020

Online and Distance Education Fall Graduates are Ready to Make a Difference

NC State Online and Distance Education fall 2020 graduates from a variety of degree and certificate programs share their journeys and advice for others thinking about continuing their education or launching a new career.