Campus mission: ECU welcomes military professors

East Carolina University continues to strengthen its military programs, most recently with the addition of Lt. Col. Melissa Coleman, professor of military science, and Lt. Col. April Wimmer, professor of aerospace studies. This is their first year at ECU. Having previously served the U.S. Army in Korea, Iraq and Afghanistan, Coleman was excited to come …

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A model of education, service

Chadwick receives UNC system award for public service Dr. Gregory Chadwick, dean of East Carolina University’s School of Dental Medicine, was awarded the 2017 Gov. James E. Holshouser Jr. Award for Excellence in Public Service on Friday, Nov. 3. The UNC Board of Governors bestows the honor each year on one faculty member from the …

UNCW Professor Awarded $1.5 Million NSF Grant to Research the Future of Coastal Communities

Dylan McNamara, associate professor and chair of the UNCW Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography, has been awarded a $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to investigate ways public policies will affect both economic decisions and the coastal environment. McNamara will lead an interdisciplinary team of researchers from seven universities — from geomorphologists to …

Artistic license

UNC system institutions receive NEA funding to further arts studies Five University of North Carolina system institutions are receiving more than $200,000 in grant funding from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to create programming relating to music, art, theatre, literature and education in 2017 and 2018. Appalachian State University is receiving two NEA …

Preserving life

UNC Charlotte faculty initiative increases viability of organ transplants Each year, more than 120,000 people across the nation wait to receive a life-saving organ transplant. Unfortunately for those on the waiting list, only about 3,500 transplants take place because of a lack of donor organs. Beyond the medical challenges of matching a patient with a …

UNCW Psychology Professor Carrie Clements Wins UNC Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching

UNCW psychology professor Caroline (Carrie) Clements has won the 2017 UNC Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching. The award is presented yearly to an outstanding faculty member at each of the 17 campuses of the University of North Carolina system. “Carrie exemplifies the qualities of teaching, scholarship, community engagement and global focus that …

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Power of the mind

UNC Pembroke’s Bahr honored with Gardner award for work in neurological research Ben Bahr, the William C. Friday Chair and Distinguished Professor of Microbiology and Biochemistry at The University of North Carolina at Pembroke, has been recognized as the 2017 Oliver Max Gardner Award winner by the University of North Carolina Board of Governors. The …

Chemistry Professor Sniffs Out Excellence

Maria T. Oliver-Hoyo, Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor of Chemistry at NC State, is so fascinated by the teaching of chemistry that she has become a leading light in the study of chemistry education — and she’s so good at it that she was recently named a winner of the 2017 Excellence in Teaching Award from …

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