The Board of Governors for the UNC System today approved the establishment of a Joint PhD in Social Work between UNC Greensboro and North Carolina Agricultural & Technical University. The Social Work PhD program, which has been in development for the past seven years, meets an unmet need in North Carolina. Until today, the only …
On Monday, President Spellings wrapped up this year’s State of the University tour with one final address, hosted by the Triangle’s four institutions: North Carolina Central University, the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, North Carolina State University, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Coming on the heels of graduation season, …
During a trip to Uganda last summer, NC State College of Veterinary Medicine student Elsa Sanabria was an eyewitness to the unique power veterinarians have to strengthen global health. She was traveling with nine other vet students and Andrew Stringer, the CVM’s director of global health education and a clinical assistant professor in the Department of …
The goal is to provide more practitioners for rural communities Appalachian State University has received approval from the University of North Carolina Board of Governors to establish a Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.) program, with a primary goal of training students in clinical psychology to serve rural populations. Appalachian plans to begin admitting students in fall …
The nonprofit EducationNC (EdNC) recently published an article by NCSSM Director of Distance Education & Extended Programs Kendall Hageman on their website. The piece highlights how NCSSM is expanding access to computer science to students across North Carolina through distance education programs and curricula. “Computer science (CS) is… an active and applied field of STEM …
Elizabeth City State University’s aviation degree program is about to fly higher with the inclusion of a bachelor’s degree in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), otherwise known as drones. ECSU Provost Vann Newkirk presented an update to the Board of Trustees at their quarterly meeting Monday, March 26. Newkirk explained to the board that UAV systems …
Lumbee River Electric Membership Corporation has partnered with the Lumbee Warriors Association to establish a scholarship at UNC Pembroke for children and grandchildren of veterans. Representatives with the two organizations recently presented a check for $30,000 to the university during a ceremony on campus. “This kind of money is huge to any student, but this …
A $2.4 million federal grant is aiming to increase the number of African American and low-income students in STEM and allied health graduate programs at Winston-Salem State University. The six-year grant, from the U.S. Department of Education HBCU Graduate Fellowship, will provide scholarships, tutoring, and support for students and faculty in six STEM (Science, Technology, …
Already a national leader in STEM education, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University will deepen its capacity at the graduate level by renaming and expanding a doctoral degree program that is already its largest STEM Ph.D., school officials announced today. The Ph.D. in Energy and Environmental Systems has been renamed the Ph.D. in Applied …
The Wake Forest University School of Business and the University of North Carolina School of the Arts today announced a partnership to promote and support opportunities for UNCSA graduates to pursue graduate studies at the Wake Forest School of Business in its nationally-recognized Master’s in Management program. The collaboration offers UNCSA students an accelerated application process, and access …