CHAPEL HILL (Sept. 16, 2021) – How often do members of the UNC Board of Governors talk about “no-brainers”? Well they did this week before approving a policy to guarantee admission to UNC System schools for graduates of the NC School of Science and Mathematics. The high school in a former hospital in Durham identifies… READ MORE
Guskiewicz: The virtue of raucous debate
Each fall, UNC Chapel Hill Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz co-teaches a seminar for graduate students – professors of the future – called ‘The American Professoriate.’ The class focuses on the role of public universities. This year, he teaches with Matt Springer and Buck Goldstein from the School of Education and Dean Suzanne Barbour of the Graduate… READ MORE
2 + 2 = Teachers!
RALEIGH (August 27, 2021) – State education leaders sealed an agreement this week to expand a program for aspiring teachers to start their education at a North Carolina community college and finish at one of the state’s public universities. Thomas Stith III, President of the NC Community College System, and UNC System President Peter Hans… READ MORE
Nurses: Can North Carolina meet the demand?
RALEIGH (August 25, 2021) – All too often, we take them for granted – until we get sick. It’s then that we realize how critical North Carolina’s nurses are not only to our health, but to our workforce, our communities and our economy. If we didn’t before, we’ve come to show nurses appreciation that’s long… READ MORE
Hans: Nurses to care for all of us
CHAPEL HILL (August 25, 2021) – Peter Hans has seen it both as President of the UNC System and President of the NC Community College System: To solve North Carolina’s nursing shortage, it will take more instructors. “If we could recruit and compensate nurses to actually prepare other nurses… then we would be better off… READ MORE
Who spends time with patients?
RALEIGH (August 20, 2021) – We’ve heard team-based care is increasingly important in health care – and it is. But is there any question who spends the most time with patients, particularly in hospitals, nursing homes and assisted-living centers? “Probably 99 percent of the time is nurse-patient contact,” Dr. Ann Marie Milner, Director of Nursing… READ MORE
Needed update for a respected nursing school
CHAPEL HILL (August 18, 2021) – The first time Lauren Kiefer arrived at Carrington Hall at UNC-Chapel Hill’s School of Nursing, she got lost. It’s two buildings – an older one and a younger one – mashed against one another, and the hallways can indeed be confusing. “I was a little bit surprised by the… READ MORE
‘That’s the basics – giving care to others’
RALEIGH (August 13, 2021) – What makes someone want to be a nurse? “It runs the gamut,” Dr. Ann Marie Milner, Director of Nursing at Wake Technical Community College, says in the accompanying video. “Some people have sick parents, and it spurred them. Many of our students were sick when they were little, and they… READ MORE
Nursing: A shifting landscape
(August 11, 2021) – Even as North Carolina tries to catch up with its nursing shortage, it’s seeing changes in how nurses are trained, which nurses are most in demand and where they are needed. For starters, the mannequins used to simulate real patients have transformed nursing education over the past 10 years. The mannequins… READ MORE
Mandate vaccines at NC’s public universities
CHAPEL HILL (August 10, 2021) – ‘Pretty please’ won’t cut it anymore. With COVID-19 cases rapidly on the rise, it’s time for UNC campuses to require all students, faculty and staff to be vaccinated against the virus. The UNC-Chapel Hill Faculty Executive Committee adopted a resolution last week that seeks a delegation of authority from… READ MORE
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