Spring 2025

Congratulations, Spring 2025 Graduates!

We’ve created this website to celebrate our rich history of alumni. You have joined the ranks of many, many successful horticulturists. Congratulations!

Here you will find details for this semester’s graduation ceremony.

NC State Hunt Library

Horticultural Science Commencement


Friday, May 2 at 2:30 p.m. at the Duke Energy Hall, in the James B. Hunt Jr. Library.

Advancing Plants and Careers

Dr. Frank Louws

Message from Dr. Frank Louws

Congratulations on this gratifying and significant accomplishment of graduation! We celebrate with you and your loved ones and thank you for the unique skills, interests, and passions you brought to the Department of Horticultural Science.

Commencement Speaker

Admiral Daryl L. Caudle, Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command, and NC State alumnus, addressed graduates at the University Commencement ceremony on May 3, 2025.