Darrell Allison, a longtime education advocate and champion of North Carolina’s historically minority-serving institutions, was named the 12th chancellor of Fayetteville State University on Thursday.
In-state tuition across the University of North Carolina System will remain frozen for the fifth straight year. At the same time, five-year graduation rates across the System have reached record highs.
Dr. Billy Ogletree of Western Carolina University received the 2020 Governor James E. Holshouser, Jr. Award for Excellence in Public Service during today’s regular meeting of the UNC Board of Governors.
University of North Carolina System campuses will operate COVID-19 vaccine clinics in the coming weeks and months, with an emphasis on reaching underserved and rural populations.
The largest enterprise cybersecurity company in the world, Cisco, has directed a $100,000 grant to North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics to create national K-12 academic resources that will help prepare today’s students to become leaders in the crucial field of cybersecurity, the school announced today.
The UNC Board of Governors will meet in regular session at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, February 18, 2021 via conference call. A total of 9 committee meetings of the Board will be held starting on Tuesday, February 16, 2021.
Students enrolled in flight education at Elizabeth City State University will soon benefit from a $25 million U.S. Coast Guard grant to restore runways at the Elizabeth City Regional Airport.
PBS North Carolina, in partnership with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NC DPI) and the William & Ida Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, presents the statewide broadcast premiere of Classroom Connection, Tuesday, February 2, at 8 AM, on PBS NC and online, at pbs.org/ahl.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Nursing received $6.8 million to fund a world-class nursing simulation center and scholarships for second-career nursing students. The donation from the Helene Fuld Health Trust, the nation’s largest charitable trust devoted exclusively to supporting nursing students and nursing education, is the largest private donation in the history of the UNC School of Nursing.
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University has received a $1.5-million gift from the North Carolina GlaxoSmithKline Foundation in support of the Aggie Commitment Trailblazer Scholars (ACTS) program.