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Higher education’s role in workforce development

May 11, 2018 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

By Dennis Kekas Associate Vice Chancellor, Partnerships and Economic Development NC State University As commencement celebrations approach, I’m reminded of my first job out of college. I was just starting out as a junior engineer in what would become an extended career with IBM. At the time, there were few high-tech opportunities for new grads… READ MORE

ECU: More dentists for rural NC

May 9, 2018 by Higher Ed Works 1 Comment

GREENVILLE – East Carolina University’s School of Dental Medicine is hailed as a national model for supplying much-needed dentists to rural communities, Chancellor Cecil Staton says. Open only since 2011,1 the dental school has opened eight regional centers in rural communities across the state – extending even as far as Sylva in far western North Carolina…. READ MORE

Farm Boy’s Journey: “I am the result of education”

May 4, 2018 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

PEMBROKE – “I am the result of education,” UNC Pembroke Chancellor Robin Gary Cummings says in the accompanying video. “And that’s why I’m so committed to the power and the potential and the promise of education.” Cummings, a member of the Lumbee Indian tribe, grew up on a small farm 3 miles from UNCP’s campus. … READ MORE

Video: Kristi Gaddis – Successes in Yadkin County

May 2, 2018 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

Kristin Gaddis, Executive Director, Student Support Services Yadkin County Schools shares Yadkin County, NC education successes.

Hans named NC Community College System President

May 1, 2018 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

RALEIGH (May 1, 2018) – The NC Board of Community Colleges named Peter Hans – once a member of the board himself, as well as a former chair of the UNC Board of Governors – as the new President of the NC Community College System today. Board Chairman Scott Shook said the board considered more… READ MORE

Video: Superintendent Mark Byrd – Challenges in Wilkes County

April 26, 2018 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

Mark Byrd, Superintendent, Wilkes County Schools, shares that the biggest challenge they face to getting more students to pursue higher education is that some parents don’t understand the value and the opportunity.

UNC Pembroke: An economic driver for Southeast NC

April 25, 2018 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

PEMBROKE – What makes the University of North Carolina at Pembroke a great university? Chancellor Robin Gary Cummings points to both its past and its future. In the accompanying video, Cummings notes how the school was first established in 1887 by seven Native American men who saw the promise of educating their children. “This was… READ MORE

UNC Pembroke and NC Promise: $500 a semester tuition

April 25, 2018 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

PEMBROKE – By reducing tuition to $500 a semester for in-state students at UNC Pembroke, Chancellor Robin Gary Cummings thinks state legislators are trying to abide by a promise in the state constitution. “NC Promise is a piece of legislation that I think represents the commitment of our legislators to make an education as free… READ MORE

ECU’s late-night professor

April 20, 2018 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

GREENVILLE – One night last October, a group of students gathered in the library at East Carolina University to prepare for an accounting exam the next day – but they hit a roadblock with one problem. So they decided to email their professor, Dr. Douglas Schneider, at 10:46 p.m. Little did they expect what happened… READ MORE

ECU: Putting doctors into rural NC

April 18, 2018 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

GREENVILLE – ECU Chancellor Cecil Staton is proud that ECU’s Brody School of Medicine puts more primary-care doctors into rural and underserved areas than any other medical school in the state – and more than all but one other school in the nation. “If North Carolina didn’t have ECU, it’d be in a world of… READ MORE