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graduation year

For alums of NC State, when giving their graduation year with their name, give the last two digits of the year they graduated immediately after their last name. Precede the year with a backward-facing apostrophe (i.e., the apostrophe points toward the left, where the “missing” first two years are).

  • Kevin Howell ’88 became chancellor of NC State in 2025.

You can also give their major with their graduation year. This is usually done by giving their major and year, in that order, in parentheses after their name. Although academic majors are usually lowercase, in this construction they are capitalized.

  • Jane Tuffy (International Studies ’15) will give the commencement address.

In the lower third of a video, you can either give the year alone as in the first example above, or you can give the major and year on a separate line below the name, without parentheses.

  • Jane Tuffy
    International Studies ’15

When an alum has multiple degrees from NC State, give them all as in the first example above, separated by commas.

  • Christina Koch ’99, ’00, ’02 broke the record for the longest continuous spaceflight by a woman.

When an alum has earned a graduate degree, you can use degree abbreviations to indicate which degree the alum earned. To do this, give the degree abbreviation prior to the graduation year. In the example below, alumna Christina Koch earned two bachelor’s degrees (’99 and ’00) and one master’s degree (’02) from NC State.

  • Christina Koch ’99, ’00, M.S. ’02 broke the record for the longest continuous spaceflight by a woman.
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