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From the Free Expression Tunnel to the moon and back. 🚀🐺 Last week, we proudly welcomed NASA astronaut Christina Hammock Koch home to her alma mater and named Koch Hall in her honor. 🎥 Hit rewind on her two-day campus visit.

Yesterday Chancellor Kevin Howell announced a new flavor of Howling Cow ice cream called Howl at the Moon in honor of astronaut Christina Koch. This limited-edition flavor features a cheesecake ice cream with blueberry and raspberry swirls and pieces of graham cracker pie crust.

Christina Koch in a NASA jacket smiling and making a hand gesture while holding a cup of ice cream in front of a colorful backdrop.Hand holding a cup of Howling Cow ice cream with a blurred university event and people in the background.Hand reaching for a small cup of creamy beverage on a tray filled with similar cups and stack of labeled 'Limited Edition Howl at the Moon' napkins.Three people smiling and posing in front of a red and white Howling Cow ice cream food truck.

To cap off an out of this world event, Chancellor Howell releases Howl at the Moon 🍨 — a limited-edition flavor of Howling Cow featuring a cheesecake ice cream with blueberry and raspberry swirls and pieces of graham cracker pie crust.

Man in hat picks up ice cream from the Howling Cow truck.Eight cups of ice cream held surrounding a photo of Christina Koch.

“328 days in orbit, and nearly 700K miles around the moon did not begin at a launch pad. They began on Stinson Dr. — me, unconventional, quiet but with loud hair, and wondering if I belonged. Students of every kind, walking by and into this building, are my why.” —Christina Koch

Christina Koch smiles on stage behind an NC State University lectern. A person in the crowd holds up wolfies.

“What I will ask of you is this: To never underestimate any student here. To validate their dreams and hold them accountable to them. To see their unfinished stories and guide them through the good chapters and the bad.” —Christina Koch

Introducing Christina Hammock Koch Hall.  Today, Chancellor Kevin Howell announced that NC State’s Engineering Building II, located on the Oval on Centennial Campus, has been named in honor of NASA astronaut and three-time NC State alumna Christina Hammock Koch.