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Alumni Successes

Vicky Weaver and her family.
May 10, 2021

Vicky Weaver: A Growing Family and Career in the Jenkins Online MBA

As the longtime Assistant Director of Technology for GP Strategies, Vicky Weaver considered herself a “triathlete” of the learning and development software world. “I worked in pre-sales and customer engagement, participated in requirements gathering, solution design and business process improvement,

John Fertig at his desk.
April 29, 2021

John Fertig: Learning to Lead in the Online Master of Forest Biomaterials

Thirteen years ago, long-time educator John Fertig decided to make a career change. He accepted a position at one of the largest bleached board mills in the world in Covington, Virginia, where massive amounts of specialty paper products are produced. 

Mindy McDowell.
April 8, 2021

How Mindy McDowell Redefined Herself in the Online Master of College Counseling and Student Development

Mindy McDowell, assistant director of counseling and disability services at William Peace University (WPU), wasn’t always on the path that brought her to where she is now. Back in 2015, she faced a major life change, which she says thrust

Jared Korver sitting at a table at work.
January 5, 2021

Master of Accounting Alum Shines

Jared Korver grew up in the small town of Carthage, North Carolina, where his interest in accounting began fairly early thanks to three older cousins and two uncles who were in the field.  By senior year in high school, Korver

May 26, 2020

Statistics and COVID-19: Forecasting the Spread

Visit the online Master of Statistics program page to learn more and apply for the program. Members of the Wolfpack have stepped up in unimaginable ways during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Michael DeWitt, a 2019 graduate of the Master of Statistics

April 29, 2020

Mission to Serve: Meghan Montemurro on Combating Homelessness

NC State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences graduate student Meghan Montemurro is dedicated to serving others. While in the online Master of Youth, Family and Community Science (YFCS) program, Montemurro began an internship at a community center in Union

February 24, 2020

A Champion Beyond the Court

As a young athlete, Sam Hunt always knew and understood the meaning of “them and us.” But in the Hunt household it was never about a competition. “It’s always them before me, as my father would say,” said the NC

Online PRTSM master student
August 5, 2019

Online PRTSM Alumnus Devotes Career to Protecting Our Nation’s Natural and Cultural Resources

For National Park Service Trail Administrator, Johnny Carawan, administering 680 miles of the Washington Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail is more than a job — it’s a calling. Traversing nine states plus the District of Columbia, the trail follows

May 28, 2019

Alum Finds Online Education More Conducive in Learning Style

Student outcome and success analyst, Giana Malak, will earn her second degree from NC State University in August 2019. But this time as an NC State Online and Distance Education student. After being out of school for several years, quitting

May 10, 2019

Graduation to Vocation: Online Master's Degree Crucial to Career in Tourism Marketing

Taira Landavere is graduating with her masters from our online Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management (PRTSM) program. While pursuing her masters, she was also the director of marketing for Elkins-Randolph County Tourism, Convention and Visitors Bureau in Elkins, West Virginia.

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