WCU, Eastern Band set goal for Cherokee student enrollment, support, success

As Western Carolina University enrollment continues an upward trend, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and the university are working to ensure those numbers include a significant portion of local Native American students. That shared goal was formalized Tuesday, Oct. 10, with a stroke of a pen as Principal Chief Richard Sneed and Chancellor David …

HBCU study: WSSU’s annual economic impact is $233 million

Continually ranked among the top investments for college students, Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) is also a major economic engine in the local and regional economy. WSSU is responsible for pumping more than $233 million into the North Carolina economy, according to a national study commissioned by the United Negro College Fund (UNCF). The study, the most far-reaching in …

Innovation Station: I-Corps program provides boot camp for start-ups

More than two dozen East Carolina University students, faculty and staff, as well as members of the Greenville community, have begun an entrepreneurship boot camp called I-Corps to help hone their business ideas and jump start the startup process. The pilot program, designed to encourage and embrace the ideation, innovation and commercialization process at ECU, …

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 …

UNCG partners with Guilford County Schools on $1.4 million grant for arts education

UNCG is partnering with Guilford County Schools (GCS) to help public school teachers use the arts more effectively, thanks to a $1.4 million grant from the U.S. Dept. of Education. The Professional Development for Arts Educators grant will fund the Guilford County Schools Arts Integration Academy (GCS-AIA), a partnership between GCS, UNCG and a community …

Carolina receives $4.8 million grant to confront energy poverty in Southern Africa

The National Science Foundation recently awarded a $4.8 million grant to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to help alleviate energy poverty in Southern Africa. Energy poverty is the lack of access to modern energy sources such as electricity and modern fuels, crucial resources to the well-being of individuals and communities, the environment …

Country Doctors

UNC and ECU medical graduates make an impact in rural healthcare It takes a special kind of physician to practice healthcare in rural and underserved parts of North Carolina. The pay isn’t on par with doctors in Charlotte or Raleigh; the offices may not have access to the latest technology; the newest medicines may be …

New Way of Learning

ECU’s youngest students ready for Lab School East Carolina University’s youngest students got their first look inside the ECU Lab School during open house on Aug. 24. “I love it, everything,” exclaimed fourth-grader Breanna Daniels after seeing her new classroom. The scene was repeated over and over — families touring the school, students entering their …

Preserving a Region

UNC Asheville, Appalachian State partner as part of NSF-funded study of plant life There are those who would say that the Southern Appalachian region is the most beautiful area in the country. In order to preserve that beauty, the delicate ecosystem and plant-life of western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee must be studied and catalogued. …

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