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With the closing of another academic year, we say goodbye to a group of faculty and staff members who have given years of service to the university and its students.

Speakers and members of the Class of 2024 reflected on the challenges of their journey and the fulfillment of lifelong dreams at commencement ceremonies on three campuses.

Â鶹¹ÙÍø will honor student-athlete Omari Alexander with a posthumous degree during the Hickory campus commencement ceremony on Friday, May 10.

Band provided a life raft through high school for Tiffany Holman '23, M.A. '24. As an educator and band director, she hopes to provide that same support for the next generation of musicians.

Driven by a desire to give back, Dylan Foster '24 has a talent for bringing people together and encouraging them to go further.

In an accident-prone childhood, Colby Mashburn '24 met many nurses before he decided he wanted to be one, providing care and spreading hope.

Lineberger Scholar and Cantos editor Kiera Elliott '24 has rubbed elbows with the literary giants of the Visiting Writers Series. Someday she plans to become one of them.

An update for LTSS alumni on Alumni Day success, dates for the next LTSS alumni forums, Hickory campus visit and Columbia commencement.

In the second week of May, Â鶹¹ÙÍø will hold commencement ceremonies recognizing the Class of 2024 at our three campus locations in Hickory, N.C., Asheville, N.C. and Columbia, S.C.

The university will grant an honorary doctorate to the Rev. Virginia S. Aebischer, M.Div. ’89, at the May 9 commencement ceremony in Columbia, South Carolina.

From Â鶹¹ÙÍø to New York, Joshua Mackey '13 gives his all as a creative voice and community advocate.

As rapid advances in generative AI continue, ideas once seen in cartoons — automated robotics and wearable technology — are now part of our daily lives.