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![Kirsten Hoeflaken and Ayelen Valeton](https://ced.ncsu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2024/01/CED4082-r-1200.jpg)
Kirsten Hoeflaken ’18MED, Ayelen Valeton Receive College of Education’s 2024 Dr. Louis D. Hunt Service Leadership Award
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Employees Share Their Temp-To-Perm Journeys
![Mark Williams](https://ced.ncsu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/07/Mark.png)
EdIT Director Mark Williams Helps Organize NC State’s Inaugural Juneteenth Event With Re-established African American Faculty and Staff Organization
![Kirsten Hoeflaken with her family](https://ced.ncsu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2020/12/Kirsten-Hoeflaken-and-Family.jpg)
Why I Give: ‘I Hope Students, Especially Immigrants and Students from Minority Populations, Get the Opportunity to Become a Teacher,’ Says University Program Associate Kirsten Hoeflaken ‘18MED
![Crystal Espey](https://ced.ncsu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2020/11/Crystal-Espey_Web.jpg)
#WhyIChoseEducation: ‘Teachers Can Inspire and Influence Students Both Positively and Negatively. I Decided I Wanted to be a Positive Influence,’ Says Director of Teaching Fellows at NC State Crystal Espey ’11, ’18MSA
![Melvin Jackson](https://ced.ncsu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2020/09/Melvin-Jackson.png)
Director of Graduate Student Success Melvin “Jai” Jackson to Serve on NC State’s Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) Champion Team, Earns Certification
![A student sitting in METRC listening to an audiobook](https://ced.ncsu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2020/08/KM_ColEdu_7125-METRC-audiobook-scaled.jpg)
METRC Holds Summer Audiobook Club for College of Education Undergraduate and Master of Arts in Teaching Students
![Patty Fields](https://ced.ncsu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2020/08/Patty-Fields-2.jpg)
Why I Give: ‘I Give in Memory of My Dad. Establishing the Scholarship in His Name Contributed to Healing and Overcoming the Grief of Losing Him,’ Says Administrative Assistant and Scholarship Manager Patty Fields
![Kerri Brown Parker](https://ced.ncsu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2020/07/Kerri-Brown-Parker-Profile.jpg)
#WhyIChoseEducation: ‘I Have Always Enjoyed Being Around Kids from Elementary Age Through High School and/or College. I Enjoy Their Spirit, Optimism, Passion and Humor,’ Says Director of METRC Kerri Brown Parker
![Erin Horne](https://ced.ncsu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2020/06/Horne-16x9-1.jpg)