Spring Commencement 2012 – Evans explains the importance of saying YES

Award-winning Creative Director, Executive Producer and Photographer David Evans (BEDV 1984) gave the commencement speech for the spring graduating class of 2012 in Stewart Theatre on May 12, 2012. With a graduating class of nearly two hundred students, it is the largest graduating class in the history of the college. Below is a transcript of [...]

Fentress invokes agents of change

Following is the full text of the commencement address made to spring 2011 graduates on May 14, 2011 by Distinguished Alumnus Curtis Fentress, FAIA, of Fentress Architects: THE AGENTS OF CHANGE I am honored to share this day with you. Just being here reinvigorates me and energizes me for the future! Congratulations to each of [...]

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Graduation information for Spring 2011

Graduating students pick-up your TICKETS on Monday, May 9, 2011 anytime from 9-12 p.m. and 1-5 p.m. in the Student Affairs Office (Brooks 225). Graduating students who chose to show their work in the Graduation Exhibition should put their work on display beginning Monday, May 9, 2011 and have everything up by Wednesday. Graduation starts [...]

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Bressler rallies “game-changers” in Fall 2010 Commencement Address

Following is the full text of the commencement address made to Fall 2010 graduates on Dec. 18, 2010, by Gene Bressler, Head of the Department of Landscape Architecture, College of Design, NC State University: Good Afternoon, Dean, College Colleagues, Parents, Friends and Guests, and Graduates: Today marks a game changing moment in our lives! Parents, [...]