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In trading blustery Connecticut winters for the balmy breezes that blow through NC State's campus most of the year, senior political science major Jezzette Rivera also found educational and life-enrichment opportunities she said wouldn't have been possible had she stayed in New England. Rivera, a 2009 student volunteer of the year award winner, has poured countless hours into the local community as the president of Mi Familia, as a high-school service mentor and as the co-chair of Service Raleigh. Her classroom experiences have exceeded all expectations as well.

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Nobel Laureate to Deliver Graduation Speech

Nobel Prize winner and NC State alumnus Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri, a worldwide leader in the study of climate change, will deliver NC State's commencement address on Saturday, Dec. 19, at the RBC Center in Raleigh. The commencement ceremony will begin at 9 a.m.

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