Three UNCW students were awarded the Alfred and Anita Schnog Travel Award for Holocaust Studies for the 2018-19 academic year, giving each one the opportunity to travel internationally while pursuing separate research projects that delve into the lasting history of the Holocaust.
In the world of university advancement, institutions are ultimately judged by the dollars that are brought in the door that help students achieve educational success and universities enhance their resources. Providing support and for institutions to grow those funding numbers requires cooperation and collaboration across campuses.
UNCG’s Professions in Deafness in the School of Education is the only program in the UNC System that graduates students with a license in sign language interpreting.
Five graduating students at UNCSA have been named recipients of the 2018-19 Student Artpreneur Grants, Chancellor Lindsay Bierman has announced.
A $500,000 gift will allow the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Government to partner with Carolina alumnus Joe Nail to launch Lead for North Carolina, a fellowship program matching young leaders with local communities in need.
UNC Charlotte announced the formation of a Niner Nation Remembrance Commission to lead the difficult conversations that will address how best to memorialize the victims and remember the tragedy that occurred on April 30.
D.C. Virgo Preparatory Academy has been selected as a pilot for the Hamilton Challenge, a youth entrepreneurship initiative sponsored by The Brian Hamilton Foundation. The challenge will encourage students in grades 6-8 to develop basic skills to launch their own small businesses.
In June 1718, Blackbeard grounded his flagship, the Queen Anne’s Revenge — perhaps deliberately — near what is now Beaufort Inlet. Five months later, British Navy Lt. Robert Maynard tracked down Blackbeard and his crew at Ocracoke, killed the world’s most infamous buccaneer and then beheaded the body.
Three festivals reflect the diversity of UNC System arts initiatives. North Carolinians can celebrate spring with NCCU’s jazz festival. In the thick of the summer, they can head to the beach for UNC Wilmington’s multimedia Lumina Festival in July. And they can kick off the fall season at Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Day in September.
UNC Asheville will celebrate the installation of its eighth Chancellor Nancy J. Cable, April 23-26, with a series of roundtable discussions, concerts, and a campus ceremony, offering opportunities for the Asheville and UNC Asheville community to come together in conversation and celebration.