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‘We Felt at Home’ West End Residents Remember Former Black School
A white clapboard school with four classrooms and a wood-burning pot-bellied stove used to sit off N.C. 211, where West End Elementary school now resides. Vineland was an all-Black school for children in West End, Eagle Springs and Jackson Springs, offering first through eighth grade. The original school was torn...
SECU Foundation renews support of Lead for North Carolina with $1 million grant
RALEIGH — SECU Foundation has announced its renewed support of Lead for North Carolina (LFNC), a post-graduate fellowship program at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill School of Government. With its $1 million grant, the Foundation will serve as the lead funder for the placement of up to 150 LFNC SECU fellows in paid local government fellowship positions over a five-year period. Lead for North Carolina was the Foundation’s first venture in education funding for graduate students, helping UNC School of Government...
New SCC Scholarship Honors Buddy Spong
The Seven Lakes Kiwanis Club is raising funds for a new scholarship named in honor of Buddy Spong that will assist Sandhills Community College students. The legacy scholarship was announced during a celebration of life for Spong at BPAC’s Owens Auditorium, on Sunday, July 21 on the SCC campus. A retired educator and active community volunteer, Spong died on March 15, five months after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
Havelock, Northeastern lead HSOT's preseason 252 area code rankings
HighSchoolOT has released its preseason rankings for the 252 area code early to HSOT Insiders. HSOT has two sets of rankings: a statewide Top 25 and top 15s for each of North Carolina's six area codes. Our 252 area code consists of these counties: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven,...
Governor Cooper attends the Governor’s School
The Governor attended the Governor’s School West at Greensboro College. Visiting several classrooms and speaking to an assembly of nearly 400 of the state’s top academic students, N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper reiterated his commitment to advancing public school education. “Governor’s School brings together our best and brightest students...
N.C. high school rugby club wins national title
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A North Carolina rugby club is No. 1 in the country. The Charlotte Cardinals Rugby Club won the High School Boys National Championship for the club division in May. The youth rugby club, which is an all-volunteer nonprofit, started three years ago. It's for boys and...
2 NC public universities may be cutting several academic degrees after board vote
RALEIGH, N.C. — Two of North Carolina’s public universities will be allowed to eliminate more than a dozen degree programs ranging from ancient Mediterranean studies to physics after the university system’s governing board voted Wednesday to authorize the cuts. The University of North Carolina Board of Governors'...
Registered Apprenticeship increases in North Carolina
During the State Board of Community Colleges Programs and Student Success Committee meeting July 18, ApprenticeshipNC (ANC), the State Apprenticeship Agency housed under the North Carolina Community College System, reported that North Carolina saw a 45% increase in Registered Apprentice enrollments and a 50% increase in Registered Pre-Apprentice enrollments during the 2023-2024 state fiscal year. […] The post Registered Apprenticeship increases in North Carolina appeared first on The Stanly News & Press.
Tom Campbell: Legislators avoid discussing ways to fix public schools
Tears are being shed over the legislature’s failure to appropriate additional funding for private school vouchers. One Charlotte mom complained, “We voted them in with the promise they’d give a free education to all, and it hasn’t happened.” Dear Charlotte mom. You are wrong. Every child in North Carolina has the opportunity of a free education in traditional public schools. Your child is not being punished. In fact, those who are being punished are the children in traditional schools — punished because our General Assembly...
An unfinished state budget creates operating pains for the UNC System
This is typically the time of year when the University of North Carolina’s Board of Governors would be reviewing the new state budget, assessing legislative gains, and looking ahead to when students return to campus in August. But budget talks in the House and Senate broke down in June. While the House approved a $31.7 […]
Report indicates rural education needs to be prioritized in North Carolina
With more than one in three students in North Carolina attending school in a rural district, rural education must be a priority in the state. That was one of the messages of the Rural Education Summer Learning Exchange held at East Carolina University this month. More than 135 educators attended the three-day event, hosted by the Rural Education Institute. Researcher and College of Education Professor Jerry Johnson told representatives from...
UNC System awards $29 million in grants to expand nursing education
RALEIGH — The University of North Carolina System has awarded nearly $29 million to expand nursing education at 12 public universities and North Carolina’s Area Health Education Centers. The grants are part of a groundbreaking effort to address the nursing workforce shortage in North Carolina. Like many states across the country, North Carolina is coping with an alarming drop in nursing professionals. The state is projected to have a shortage of up to 18,600 registered nurses over the next decade, a major challenge for health...
Watauga High among schools statewide to offer drone technology courses
Watauga High School and Watauga Innovation Academy are among more than 60 high schools across the state that will offer drone technology courses in their CTE departments. Students will study the fundamentals of drones, legal requirements, simulations, drone flight training, mapping and more, according to the North Carolina Department of Instruction (NCDPI).
Driving innovation and growth through higher education
It’s an exciting time in North Carolina as we witness the steady influx of life sciences companies and see the nearing completion of expansive high-tech manufacturing facilities. These developments mark a pivotal moment in our state's growth and innovation. It’s also an exciting time at North Carolina Agricultural and...
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