# @ncstate on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BipAdvFA4AP
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/3761472-ncstate-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2018-05-11T14:38:47.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NC State University (@NCState) — https://gondola.cc/NCState

## Caption

"What does it feel like to wear the Red Robe?" We brought members of #NCState18 into our studio and asked them to try on their cap and gown and look in the mirror. Then we asked them the question, off the cuff, "how does it feel?" Here's what @NCStateDesign grad Matthew Wright (@mwnewstonight) had to say, unfiltered. "I can think of three main things I’m proud to say I did here. 
The first was getting involved with the African American Cultural Center as soon as I got onto campus. It gave me my first job as a graphic design intern, it exposed me to parts of campus I didn’t know existed, it taught me so much history about my own culture and how I can help improve the culture on campus for future students. 
The second was joining Fusion Dance Crew and Panoramic Dance Project. Joining those organizations exposed me, with Panoramic, to the semi-professional side of dance where we got to experience what it’s like to rehearse on different schedules and make an impact to the campus community and beyond.

With Fusion, even though they may not want to pursue dance full time, that love of dance at the moment is what we really cherished. I was able to lead the team as a choreographer for the last two years and help dancers find themselves through that avenue of art, and that was something I could never put into words how impactful that was for me.

The last one was joining Lambda Phi Epsilon. It was an opportunity for me to learn about a culture other than my own, and to understand how the plights of other communities are in ways, very similar, and very different from the plights of the community I identify with. Being able to meet a group of guys who are passionate about being leaders in the community, that was something I was very proud to be a part of and honored to have a hand in building on this campus.

My hope and dream is to inspire people that are coming up in the future to be unapologetically themselves. It’s that kind of quest for authenticity that is going to make your college career more than any organization, more than any class, more than any kind of degree. 
And, you know, to perform on stage with @Beyonce."

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