Ryan Clancy
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My Student Experience: Syna Sharma Advocates for Teacher Pay Through NC State’s Oaks Leadership Scholars Program
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Mental Health, STEAM And Hip-Hop: Doctoral Student Valencia Hicks-Harris Works to Empower All Through Non-profit Organization
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#WhyIChoseEducation: ‘What You Do as a Teacher, as an Educator, is You Get to Make an Impact on the Lives of Others That Can Last Their Entire Lifetime,’ Says Bennett Jones ’14MSA, ’19EDD
![Nzingha Williams holding her award.](https://ced.ncsu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/12/Untitled-design-89.png)
Nzingha Williams ’22PHD Receives Outstanding Dissertation Award From Association for Career and Technical Education Research
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Chandler Zavala ’22MED: ‘I Chose Education to Learn How Others Think, to Specialize in Supporting Health Professionals and to Make a Change in the Healthcare World’
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Angel Morgan ’22PHD: ‘I Hope to Contribute to the Research and Development of Technology Frameworks and Products That Enable All Learners to be Part of an Inclusive Learning Community’
![Trevor Dill Headshot](https://ced.ncsu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/12/Untitled-design-87.png)
Trevor Dill ’22: ‘I Have Always Enjoyed Designing and Building’
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Zainab Bhatti ’22: ‘I Have Always Had a Love for Teaching Others’
![Gary Wright in front of a poster](https://ced.ncsu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/12/Untitled-design-17.png)
Gary W. Wright III ’22PHD: ‘Scientific Knowledge is a Powerful Tool, and It Can Be Used to Uplift and Liberate People’
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