{"id":26497,"date":"2022-05-03T13:05:29","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T17:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/textiles.ncsu.edu\/news\/?p=26497"},"modified":"2024-07-03T14:30:40","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T18:30:40","slug":"celebrating-the-class-of-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/textiles.ncsu.edu\/news\/2022\/05\/celebrating-the-class-of-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating the Class of 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
By Sarah Stone <\/p>\n\n\n\n
From the medical field to the fashion industry, our graduates are going great places after they cross the stage with their diplomas this spring. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meet graduating seniors from each of our undergraduate programs and see what made their college years memorable and how the Wilson College of Textiles set them up for a successful career. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Attending a STEM-focused high school, Deja Herelle initially planned to pursue a career in medicine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI wanted to be a pediatrician, and my parents were like, \u2018You’re not going to be a pediatrician,\u2019\u201d she remembers. \u201cBut I was trying to find something that I thought was the right thing to do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, some coaxing from her high school counselors and a week at the Wilson College\u2019s Summer Textile Exploration Program<\/a> quickly changed her mind. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI had started to apply to fashion design schools in New York, but I didn’t even finish my applications once I found out I got into NC State,\u201d she says. \u201cI think I’ve gotten a lot of opportunities that I didn’t expect to come my way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n During her time at the Wilson College of Textiles, Herelle has been involved both on-campus, where she serves as president of the African American Textile Society, and off-campus, where she interned for Soma Intimates. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDifferent people and professors in the college have pushed me to believe more in myself and to go after new things, and I wouldn’t have gotten to where I am if it weren’t for that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n