NC State Students: 'Amazing Spirits'
Toni Thorpe reflects on the spirit of the NC State students she mentors.
Interview on 2012-05-25 00:00:00 -0400
Transcript
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They're doing amazing things and when you really get to know their stories and know who they are
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you want to connect with them because they're going to do amazing things, and if I can empower them to know that
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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.
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So that to me is-. You know sometimes I say, and I say to them,
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I don't even know how God chose me to get these gifts of these students.
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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.
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They love their families, they love their communities, they love NC State,
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and I just want to make sure that they know that this is theirs and that we love them too.
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