Mastodawn

Good morning mastodon. It’s been a minute. I’ve been busy with life. Just wanted to pop on and share with everyone this little post that was put out on Facebook by the Chico State alumni group this morning. It feels good to be seen and recognized. Enjoy the rest of the week and weekend everyone.#I did it When Joy Orlando (Psychology, '26) lost her eyesight due to complications from type 1 diabetes just months after becoming a mother, returning to college meant rethinking everything.

After learning braille, she enrolled at Chico State and later faced one of her toughest academic challenges: learning intricate brain structures in a biological psychology course. With support from her professor and Chico State's Accessibility Resource Center, tactile and braille-labeled brain models helped make the material accessible.

This May, Joy crossed the Commencement stage as a Chico State graduate—a testament to her determination and the power of accessible education. We are so proud to welcome her to the Wildcat alumni family! 🎓🎉

Learn more on Chico State Today: https://today.csuchico.edu/braille-labelled-brain-models-make-lab-accessible-to-psychology-student-who-lost-eyesight/

#ChicoStateGrad #ChicoStateAlumni #Classof2026

Braille-Labelled Brain Models Make Lab Accessible to Psychology Student Who Lost Eyesight - Chico State Today

The University's Accessibility Resource Center helped blind student Joy Orlando "see" required course materials.

Chico State Today - News from California State University, Chico

Kool Badges 3d ago

Thank-you so much for all your Class Of / School Leavers Badges. There is still plenty of time to order yours for the end of term. We have a huge selection of designs to pick from https://www.koolbadges.co.uk/index.php?main_page=advanced_search_result&search_in_description=1&keyword=class+of+26 #classof2026 #schoolleaver #badges #studentkeepsake #buttonbadge #endofterm

Church of Jeff 6d ago

https://youtu.be/ORq_Hi5dB-g
Ronny Chieng Address — Harvard 2026

#AI #GenerativeAI #Harvard #RonnyChieng #DestroyAI #ClassOf2026

Ronny Chieng Address | Harvard Class Day 2026

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Kool Badges May 30

We are in exam season! If you need Class of 2026 badges for your students - we have a great selection to pick from https://www.koolbadges.co.uk/index.php?main_page=advanced_search_result&search_in_description=1&keyword=class+of+2026 #classof2026 #schooleaver #year11 #badges #keepsake #buttonbadge #schoolbadges

athena_rising May 28

Yesterday, I had a student tell me that they chose their major in psychology because of my class. In completely, absolutely, totally unrelated news: someone is chopping onions in here. #teaching #psychology #ClassOf2026

Advocate.com [Unofficial]May 26

Trans salutatorian’s powerful graduation speech puts Mississippi school’s mistreatment on display

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/jonas-hole-mississippi-graduation-speech

DoomsdaysCW May 25

‘F*** this guy’: #Graduation speakers keep getting booed for talking about #ArtificialIntelligence

Commencement speakers want new graduates to feel optimistic about artificial intelligence — instead students are booing. New grads tell Josh Marcus that their fury about doddering policymakers and looming layoffs should be listened to

Saturday 23 May 2026 13:54 BST

"From coast to coast, commencement speakers have faced an audience of booing graduates each time they bring up artificial intelligence.

"The boos came when music executive #ScottBorchetta told the grads at Middle Tennessee State University, 'It’s a tool. Make it work for you.' The capped-and-gowned University of Central Florida crowd jeered when real estate executive #GloriaCaulfield called #AI the 'next industrial revolution.'

"But no one got it worse than former #Google CEO #EricSchmidt, whose May 15 speech at the University of Arizona was booed, nearly without interruption, for minutes on end.

" 'It was honestly one of the most surreal experiences,' Bailey Ekstrom, 21, an economics and political science graduate who was in the crowd, told The Independent. She had never seen campus opinion so unified, a mini-referendum suggesting the generation inheriting the post-AI world isn’t all that thrilled about it."

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/ai-college-graduation-eric-schmidt-google-b2981383.html

#ClassOf2026 #AISucks #DatacentersSuck

‘F*** this guy’: Graduation speakers keep getting booed for talking about artificial intelligence

The Independent

Nctrnm May 24

May 2014 - May 2026. From RCC to #CSUF, I’ve completed my Bachelor’s in Business Administration, Decision Sciences concentration. It’s been a journey of growth, challenges, and triumphs. 🎓 What’s a milestone you’re proud of? https://t.co/echCHtXLlO #Classof2026 #CSUFGrad

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Matthew McGilvery (Nctrnm) on Instagram: "I graduated from CSUF with a Bachelor’s in Business Administration, with a concentration in Decision Sciences, in May 2026. I started college at Riverside City College in May 2014, at 17, about a month after high school. That summer, my first class was Critical Thinking online while staying with my cousin Anthony in Texas. It was liberating, but it also began a long academic path that was anything but straight. I changed majors four or five times, from Anthropology to English to Math to Computer Science to Oceanography (for like 2 weeks), dropped out in 2017, worked, did gig work, and eventually came back to school in 2021 because Nctrnm, and Matthew, needed a leader who knew what the fuck he was doing. That pushed me to earn two associate degrees in Economics and Business Administration, plus an Information Technology certificate at RCC. Then I transferred to CSUF in January 2023 to study Decision Sciences, where I learned how to help business operators and other busy individuals, including myself, architect the most optimal decisions in a given state of affairs. The final stretch tested me hard. From March to September 2025, I had to stay quiet, stay focused, and keep growing while charges tied to defending myself against an earlier ex were pending and eventually dismissed. Early this year, the relationship that followed ended, and I also lost my dear cousin Pam. February was harsh and painful. March was weirder. My group saw me come to school not looking my best, not acting my best, and not feeling my best. But they also saw me show up. I never missed class. By April, I began to see things in a more balanced way. I had lost someone in one way but regained them in the most optimal way I can for now. I leaned into my groups, my friends, and my family, made the study guides, shared them with my groups and closest schoolmates, pushed through finals, and did more than pass. Now, in May 2026, I am a CSUF graduate. I’m a decision scientist now lol. As I enter this next phase, I will apply my skills scientifically, strategically, and intentionally."

nctrnm on May 21, 2026: "I graduated from CSUF with a Bachelor’s in Business Administration, with a concentration in Decision Sciences, in May 2026. I started college at Riverside City College in May 2014, at 17, about a month after high school. That summer, my first class was Critical Thinking online while staying with my cousin Anthony in Texas. It was liberating, but it also began a long academic path that was anything but straight. I changed majors four or five times, from Anthropology to English to Math to Computer Science to Oceanography (for like 2 weeks), dropped out in 2017, worked, did gig work, and eventually came back to school in 2021 because Nctrnm, and Matthew, needed a leader who knew what the fuck he was doing. That pushed me to earn two associate degrees in Economics and Business Administration, plus an Information Technology certificate at RCC. Then I transferred to CSUF in January 2023 to study Decision Sciences, where I learned how to help business operators and other busy individuals, including myself, architect the most optimal decisions in a given state of affairs. The final stretch tested me hard. From March to September 2025, I had to stay quiet, stay focused, and keep growing while charges tied to defending myself against an earlier ex were pending and eventually dismissed. Early this year, the relationship that followed ended, and I also lost my dear cousin Pam. February was harsh and painful. March was weirder. My group saw me come to school not looking my best, not acting my best, and not feeling my best. But they also saw me show up. I never missed class. By April, I began to see things in a more balanced way. I had lost someone in one way but regained them in the most optimal way I can for now. I leaned into my groups, my friends, and my family, made the study guides, shared them with my groups and closest schoolmates, pushed through finals, and did more than pass. Now, in May 2026, I am a CSUF graduate. I’m a decision scientist now lol. As I enter this next phase, I will apply my skills scientifically, strategically, and intentionally.".

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Nctrnm May 23

#nowplaying on @YouTube: "I dropped out, came back, and graduated #CSUF #classof2026" https://t.co/6EaPnQkLtK

via Twitter https://twitter.com/nctrnm

I dropped out, came back, and graduated #CSUF #classof2026

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Nctrnm May 22

May 2014 to May 2026 - a journey of persistence and change, through challenges and growth. Proud to now hold a Business Administration degree from #CSUF. 🎓✨

🎵: “Essence” by Nctrnm

https://t.co/MewfdxwDwz

#ClassOf2026 #CSUFGrad

via Twitter https://twitter.com/nctrnm

Matthew McGilvery (Nctrnm) on Instagram: "May 2014 to May 2026. I started college at 17, changed directions more than once, dropped out, came back, and finished as a CSUF graduate with a degree in Business Administration, concentration in Decision Sciences. This one took time, pressure, grief, discipline, support, and a lot of showing up when I did not feel like myself. I’m a decision scientist now lol. 🎵: “Essence” by Nctrnm"

nctrnm on May 21, 2026: "May 2014 to May 2026. I started college at 17, changed directions more than once, dropped out, came back, and finished as a CSUF graduate with a degree in Business Administration, concentration in Decision Sciences. This one took time, pressure, grief, discipline, support, and a lot of showing up when I did not feel like myself. I’m a decision scientist now lol. 🎵: “Essence” by Nctrnm".

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