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Where and when is your departmental graduation ceremony?

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Graduating students dressed in red caps and gowns sit together on the floor of the PNC Arena during a commencement ceremony. The mid and upper seating decks and event stage are visible in the background.

Apr 24, 2024

Class of 2024 moves forward to bright futures

Graduating COE students reflect on their time at NC State and share what’s next. 
Manny Valbuena Peña listens to a speaker along with other students. Speaker is out of frame to the right.

Apr 24, 2024

Manny Valbuena Peña pursues career that emphasizes the social side of sustainability

Growing up, Manny Valbuena Peña loved to be outside riding his bike, going on walks with his parents, and playing soccer with his dad. Almost every Sunday after church, his family would make a 40-minute drive to Cliffs of the Neuse State Park. 
Ramon Sanchez

Dec 21, 2023

Ramon Sanchez knows no way but forward

Ramon Sanchez got through his undergraduate degree with what he calls hard-headedness. 
Caleby Jolly dressed in a red short-sleeved shirt and khaki pants, flashes the Wolfpack sign while standing on catwalk at Talley Student Union.

Dec 19, 2023

ME grad is ready to make the world a greener place

Unlike so many college students, Caleb Jolley, mechanical engineering ‘23, always knew he wanted to go into engineering. He just wasn’t quite sure what that looked like. 
Sammi Easton, wearing a red graduation gown, flashes the NC State wolf sign in front of Fitts-Woolard Hall.

Dec 14, 2023

It’s a small world at NC State

When Sammi Eason started at the College of Engineering four and a half years ago, she knew she wanted to find a career path that combined industrial and systems engineering, her major, with theater, her minor. 
Minerva Bonilla is wearing a blue top while standing in front of green bushes.

Dec 12, 2023

Minerva Bonilla, Ph.D. ’23, is helping make our intersections safer

Bonilla, who graduated in August from NC State with her Ph.D. in construction and transportation engineering, likes to take on projects with tangible results, and especially those that make a positive impact on people’s lives. 
Rhett and Link pose for a photo on either side of department heads Jackie MacDonald Gibson and Julie Swann while all flash the NC State Wolfpack hand sign.

May 26, 2023

Rhett & Link spend a mythical measure with CCEE and ISE

Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering More than two decades after their own graduations from NC State, LA-based comedy duo Rhett McLaughlin (BSCE 2000) and Link Neal returned to their old stomping grounds to send off the latest class of engineering students as commencement speakers for the CCEE and Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) Spring 2023… 
Michaela Copp defends her doctoral thesis.

May 3, 2023

Michaela Copp graduates with nonprofit experience and a Ph.D. from both NC State and UNC-Chapel Hill

Michaela Copp, who is a soon-to-be biomedical engineering graduate with a Ph.D. from NC State University and the University of North Carolina at  Chapel Hill, knew back during her undergraduate years at Vanderbilt University that she wanted to continue doing research. 
Graduates in regalia watch fireworks at Carter-Finley Stadium.

May 2, 2023

Where and when is your departmental graduation ceremony?

College of Engineering departments are hosting and streaming their 2023 ceremonies.