UNC Greensboro is part of a big initiative. It has joined a massive new effort in which 130 public universities and systems will work together to increase college access, close the national achievement gap, and award hundreds of thousands of more degrees by 2025.
Conference Highlights How Student Success is a Team Effort Last year, East Carolina University invited Isaiah Ybarra to throw out the first pitch for the Pirates’ “Salute to Service” baseball series. After having served ten years as a fixed wing crew chief in the United States Marines, Ybarra had returned home to major in history …
More than $150,000 has been awarded to Elizabeth City State University for a program aimed at enhancing STEM skills in rising fifth and sixth grade school students.
“The Student Success Conference features presentations on course design, advising, new technologies, and different ways to intervene from a financial perspective … all of the things that can help our students stay on track toward graduation,” said UNC System Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Kimberly van Noort.
The North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics (NCSSM) has launched two new steering teams to shape coursework and student life at its new campus that will open in Morganton in 2021, expanding the institution to make the transformative NCSSM experience available to hundreds more academically-talented young North Carolinians each year.
The College Board and the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics (NCSSM) are partnering with Public Impact’s Opportunity Culture initiative to reach rural North Carolina school districts with excellent NCSSM teachers. The national Opportunity Culture initiative extends the reach of excellent teachers and their teams to more students, for more pay, within schools’ recurring …
Housing assistance is now available to Lumbee students enrolled at UNC Pembroke thanks to a new program announced by the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina. Housing director Bradley Locklear stated applications are being accepted for the new Student Housing Voucher Program. The tribe has allocated federal funds to provide 50 college students a $300-a-month voucher …
Leadership from Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute (CCC&TI) and Appalachian State University announced a new co-admission agreement that will create a seamless pathway for students who want to start at CCC&TI and complete their degree at Appalachian. The Aspire Appalachian Co-Admission Program will provide students who complete a two-year associate degree at CCC&TI with …
Doing its part to feed the hungry, the Elizabeth City State University Food Lion Feeds Team has won the Souper Bowl Drive award, raising an average of more than four pounds of food per ECSU student. The school team will be awarded $10,000. Last fall ECSU became one of 18 university campuses across the state …
James Sprunt Community College recently signed a Guaranteed Admissions Agreement with UNC Wilmington, building upon the Bilateral Articulation Agreement that was already in place. “This is just one more way that we can show students the commitment that exists between our college and UNCW,” said Kenneth Boham, president of James Sprunt Community College. “Students can …