Coming from a 17-year #military career, receiving his #foodscience degree from NCState is a defining moment for #NCStateCALS’ Mario Lopez, who will be stationed in #SouthKorea upon graduation. I have other degrees, but this one really meant a lot to me, because it was at the #university. When you’re at a university there is a different level of participation and interaction with professors, friends, people that you meet — all together it was a very significant #experience overall and, I wouldn’t have it any other way. It’s just so incredibly important to me to have #family and #friends to celebrate here with me. That’s the most important thing to me. — Mario Lopez #NCState18