They're doing amazing things and when you really get to know their stories and know who they are
you want to connect with them because they're going to do amazing things, and if I can empower them to know that
and to always be their own best advocate and to never give up on themselves no matter what, then we've made the world a better place.
So that to me is-. You know sometimes I say, and I say to them,
I don't even know how God chose me to get these gifts of these students.
They are amazing and they're more than a GPA, even though they have stellar GPAs, but they are amazing spirits and they love deeply.
They love their families, they love their communities, they love NC State,
and I just want to make sure that they know that this is theirs and that we love them too.