DOBSON – David Shockley has felt it himself. He’s felt the stigma, he says in the accompanying video, that going to community college is somehow less than being a student at a four-year university. As his own friends left home for four-year schools, says Shockley, the President of Surry Community College, “I can remember feeling… READ MORE
Putting the ‘community’ in community college
DOBSON – There’s a reason they’re called community colleges. North Carolinians embrace their community colleges in both big ways and small. “We have had individuals in the community that just are always on the lookout for students in need. And I’ll get a call that says, ‘OK, this student is headed your way – please… READ MORE
How investments in education pay off
CHAPEL HILL – Chancellor Carol Folt refers to UNC Chapel Hill’s medical/pharmaceutical research complex as “a biomedical juggernaut” – and others are starting to take notice of North Carolina’s university-driven research economy as well. The Information Technology & Innovation Foundation, for example, recently ranked North Carolina the top state in the nation for industry-funded university… READ MORE
NCCU’s Eagle Promise
DURHAM – North Carolina Central University makes a promise to its students, and in the accompanying video, Chancellor Johnson Akinleye outlines the Eagle Promise. Akinleye traces NCCU’s emphasis on providing access to quality higher education to the university’s founder, Dr. James E. Shepard. “That’s number one, our priority,” he says. “That access is very important.”… READ MORE
An array of offerings at NCCU
DURHAM – People are sometimes surprised to learn NC Central University is home to two biotechnology research institutes, Chancellor Johnson Akinleye says. But that’s not all. In the accompanying videos, Akinleye outlines a broad array of course offerings at NCCU: A nation-leading program in Jazz Studies, as well as programs that provide more teachers in… READ MORE
Cheatham-White Scholarships at NCCU, NC A&T
DURHAM – Starting in fall 2018, NC Central University and NC A&T State University will offer elite, Morehead-Cain-style merit scholarships to their very best students. In 2016, the NC General Assembly created the four-year scholarships and named them for Henry Cheatham and George White, African-Americans who represented North Carolina in Congress from 1889-93 and 1897-1901,… READ MORE
Video: Superintendent Mark Byrd – Inspiring Students in Wilkes County
Students prepared from day one to join the biotech industry
DURHAM – The world of biotechnology can seem bewildering, but the thrust in North Carolina Central University’s biotech world is twofold: Conduct research. And produce minority researchers. NCCU launched the Julius L. Chambers Biomedical/Biotechnology Research Institute (BBRI) in 1998, Dr. Deepak Kumar, BBRI’s Director, says in the accompanying video. “This was the vision by the… READ MORE
Identify health disparities, then take it to the next step
DURHAM – With a $16.3 million grant from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, researchers at North Carolina Central University hope to not just identify health disparities, but take the first step toward solving them. The grant to NCCU’s Julius L. Chambers Biomedical/Biotechnology Research Institute (BBRI) will focus on three main projects,… READ MORE
UNC Board of Governors – Year in Review
By W. Louis Bissette, Jr. Chair, UNC Board of Governors North Carolina has a proud bipartisan tradition of building and sustaining public higher education — a cause that benefits all North Carolinians. As a native of the Old North State, I’ve been both a beneficiary and a dedicated defender of that tradition. During my time… READ MORE
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