Alumni Successes

Oct 18, 2023

Husband and Wife Duo Pursue Marketing Analytics Together

Katie Birdsall and Chuck Thomas, employees at NC State, share how they met, what brought them to Raleigh and how they decided to start the Marketing Analytics program together. 

Sep 8, 2021

PRTSM Online Master’s Program Sparks a New Business for PJ Ray

Agriculture has always been a part of Patricia Joyce “PJ” Ray’s life. In the Parks, Recreation, Tourism and Sport Management (PRTSM) online master’s program, she found a way to take agriculture to the next level.  “I grew up on a tobacco, corn, soybeans, wheat and livestock farm in Pollocksville, North Carolina. I always knew I… 

Jun 23, 2021

YFCS Alumni Survey Highlights Strong Alignment with Career and Online Learning Goals

In the June Youth, Family, and Community Sciences blog, Associate Professor Annie Hardison-Moody shares results of the YFCS alumni survey highlighting strong alignment with career and online learning goals. 

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, and led workstreams for data migrations, integrations and reporting,” she says. But even with this… 

Apr 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.  As a training professional, he soon decided that he wanted to gain a more detailed… 

Apr 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 her out of an existence that had defined her for close to 30 years.  “Faced… 

Jan 5, 2021

Master of Accounting Alum Shines

With a desire to begin establishing himself and building his professional network, Jared Korver began the NC State Jenkins Master of Accounting (MAC) program where he received the foundational knowledge and encouragement from instructors to prepare for his future. 

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 online program, has been working since the beginning of the outbreak to forecast the spread… 

Feb 24, 2020

A Champion Beyond the Court

Impactful and purposeful might be the best way to describe College of Agriculture and Life Sciences alum and former NC State basketball player Sam Hunt. 

Apr 17, 2018

NC State Online M.Ed. Program Set Career Course for Community College President

Carteret Community College President John Hauser earned a Master of Education in Training and Development through NC State Online and Distance Education.