GA Website - Engagement: Spotlits

STEM Education Program at FSU Gets $1.18M Grant

Thu, 18 Aug 2011 00:00:00 EDT

FSU awarded $1.18M grant for STEM education

UNCW student leaders used to working together

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 00:00:00 EDT

Bio of two UNCW Student Government Association leaders.

NC State Research Helps Improve Childhood Literacy

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 00:00:00 EDT

NC State researcher develops an easy-to-use program that boosts students' reading skills.

On a Rainy Saturday, NCCU Students and Faculty Hit the Streets

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 00:00:00 EDT

NCCU partners with community groups in Durham for "Make a Difference Day"

UNC-CH Professor Gets MacArthur Fellowship for Research on Brain Injuries

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:00:00 EDT

UNC-CH researcher Kevin Guskiewicz wins a MacArthur Fellowship for his work on concussions.

McDowell Students Becomes "Cyber Student" at NC School of Science and Math

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:00:00 EDT

A McDowell high school student gets advanced, high-quality classes through the NC School of Science and Math's distance-education program

NCSU Professor Wins Education Prize

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 00:00:00 EDT

NCSU professor earns national recognition for his innovations in digital education.

Law Students Helping Writing Wills

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 00:00:00 EST

Law students helping writing wills

Stewards of Place

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 00:00:00 EST

As part of Janni Sorensen’s community planning class, students work at a troubled neighborhood in the Charlotte suburbs every semester, trying to help residents hard-hit by foreclosures and absentee landlords. They have helped form a stable neighborhood association and a crime watch group, and work with residents when they have questions for a property management company or utility providers. Sorensen, an assistant professor of geography and earth sciences at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, says that such partnerships help her students reap the full benefits of service learning while helping the community.

Empathy and experience key to becoming good leader

Wed, 09 May 2012 00:00:00 EDT

Empathy and experience key to becoming good leader

Duke, N.C. State and Novartis to team for biodefense

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 00:00:00 EDT

Duke, N.C. State and Novartis to team for biodefense

ECU, DCCC partnership brings a smile

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 00:00:00 EDT

Davidson County Community College continued its impressive efforts to positively impact the area with the announcement East Carolina University will locate one of it community service learning centers here. The center provides dental care to low-income and underserved residents. DCCC and ECU officials announced their partnership Friday before a crowd of about 200 people at the college's Conference Center.

Dental school opens community clinic

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 00:00:00 EDT

Dental school opens community clinic

A new way of teaching dentistry and delivering dental care is coming to eastern North Carolina with the opening of the first ECU School of Dental Medicine Community Service Learning Center.

UNC Charlotte Professor Receives UNC Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Public Service

Thu, 11 Oct 2012 00:00:00 EDT

UNC Charlotte Professor Receives UNC Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Public Service