Philip Rivers left NC State in 2003 as one of the school's all-time great athletes. He returned May 12 as the keynote speaker at the spring 2012 commencement ceremony.
NC State's alumni population grew by more than 5,200 people on Saturday, as the university conferred degrees on spring graduates.
A desire to get away and the First Year College led identical twins Kristi and Kasey Czubernat from El Cajon, Calif., to NC State.