NCStateCED19
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#NCStateCED19 Recap: To the Class of 2019, Always Evolve, Educate and Esteem and Go Confidently, Knowing You’re Ready to Leave a Legacy
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Jermaine R. Howell ’19MED: I Saw Education as an Avenue to Foster a Sense of Identity in the Lives of Students and to Fulfill my Ultimate Goal in Helping to Shape the World of Tomorrow
![Alexandra van Dorsten](https://ced.ncsu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2019/12/Alexandra-van-Dorsten-Web.jpg)
Alexandra van Dorsten ’19MAT: The Course I Took on Classroom Diversity Gave Me the Skills to Connect With All My Students
![Nada Wafa](https://ced.ncsu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2019/12/Wafa_Nada-Web.jpg)
Nada Wafa ’11, ’19MS, ’22PHD: I Knew This Was the Place Where I Could Grow, Personally and Professionally
![Amanda Melniczek](https://ced.ncsu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2019/12/Amanda.png)
Amanda Dye Melniczek ’19MED: As a First-generation College Student, Education was the Key to Opening the Door to a World of Opportunity to Learn, Travel and Grow
![Thomas Carrington](https://ced.ncsu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2019/12/Thomas-Carrington-2-Web.png)
Thomas Carrington ’19MAT: I Chose Elementary Education Because I Wanted to Educate Children, Help Them Overcome Obstacles and Help Them Discover the Joys in the World
![Ashley Roseno](https://ced.ncsu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2019/12/IMG-0374-r-w-copy.jpg)
Ashley Tice Roseno ’19PHD: I Chose NC State’s College of Education Because of its Top-Tier Adult Education Program
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Karina Simoni ‘19MED: I Want to Help Adults Be More Successful in the Hope that I Empower at Least One Person to Keep Learning
![Walaa Sarsour](https://ced.ncsu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2019/12/walaasarsour.jpg)
Undergraduate Student Speaker Walaa Sarsour ’19: Providing an Education is Not Offering the Knowledge to Students to Answer a Question, But Empowering Them as Young Leaders to Answer a Lifetime of Questions
![Graduation student speakers Greg Cheney and Walaa Sarsour](https://ced.ncsu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2019/12/Graduation-speakers-Dec-2019-1500x844-1.jpg)