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Sybil McCarrol sits with notepad and a client sits across the room on a couch.
June 10, 2021

Clinical Mental Health Grad Makes an Impact with the Military

“My program has helped me grow as a writer, thinker, parent, spouse and counselor,” says Sybil McCarrol, who earned her Master of Education in Clinical Mental Health Counseling this spring.  McCarrol enrolled in the program in 2018 with a goal

Photo by Marc Hall
May 17, 2021

Graduate Returns to His Roots in the Online Master of Animal Science

When Dillon Mellick graduated from Coe College in 2011 with a degree in biology, he was not quite sure where he wanted to take his career. Based in Des Moines, Iowa, he joined Kemin Industries as a quality assurance auditor,

Ivy Briggs stands with the Wolfpack hand sign in a greenhouse full of flowers.
May 13, 2021

NC State Alum Earns M.Ed. in STEM Education Online

Ivy Briggs comes from a long line of Wolfpackers. Briggs’ grandfather graduated from NC State in 1959, followed by her mom, uncle and sister. Naturally, Briggs attended NC State for her undergraduate degree as well — earning a bachelor’s in

The wolf artwork inside of the Talley Student Union. Photo by Marc Hall
May 13, 2021

Passion for Helping Others Drives Online Grad

What does your perfect job look like? For Pam Rose, it’s a role where she improves the lives of others and serves as their cheerleader.  “I have managed my career from the perspective of, if the work is exciting to

Kelsey Piper
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

student with laptop computer and papers showing thumbs up and celebrating triumph at office
May 11, 2021

YFCS May Blog: Why the Learning Experience is More Important Than Grades

The Youth, Family, and Community Sciences graduate program publishes a monthly blog written by students, alumni and faculty sharing important topics and helpful resources related to the field of family science. In the May blog post, Associate Professor Annie Hardison-Moody reflects on the end of the

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,

Kira Sims.
May 5, 2021

Cultivating Balance in Online Courses

This article was written by Elizabeth Porter and published by Lily Fandel.  You wouldn’t expect to learn how to juggle in NC State’s Ph.D. of Horticultural Science program, but for Kira Sims, that was the case. “If someone asked me

American flag waves in the Fall breeze next to the Belltower
May 5, 2021

Active Duty Animal Science: Olivia Jones Pursues Her Passion

When Olivia Jones graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2017, she had two dreams –– to serve her country in the military and become a veterinarian. Now, as a graduating student in NC State’s online Master

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. 

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