FAYETTEVILLE – A thoughtful donor made a timely gift last week to Fayetteville State University’s Class of 2024: Laptop computers for all incoming freshmen next fall. It will mark the first time an entire class at the Historically Black University will be equipped with laptops, the university announced. “I am absolutely thrilled about this generous… READ MORE
Tony Rand: Nothing is more important
CHAPEL HILL – Shortly after Tom Ross was named President of the University of North Carolina System in 2011, he got a call from former NC Senate Majority Leader Tony Rand. He expected congratulations. That’s not what he got. “Remember, nothing is more important to this State than our University,” Rand said. “Don’t mess it… READ MORE
Two talented Susans
WINSTON-SALEM – It’s thrilling to recruit great talent. It also hurts to lose it. The UNC School of the Arts, an under-appreciated gem in the UNC System, had such experiences in the past year with the departures of two talented Susans: Dean Susan Ruskin of the UNCSA School of Filmmaking and Dean Susan Jaffe of… READ MORE
The UNC System’s challenges and opportunities
CHAPEL HILL – Randy Ramsey doesn’t shy away from discussing the challenges facing the University of North Carolina System. “There are a lot of challenges facing the System,” the Chair of the UNC Board of Governors says in the accompanying video. “But at the same time, those challenges become real opportunities if we look at… READ MORE
Ramsey: Calm and direct
CHAPEL HILL – Randy Ramsey openly acknowledges there’s been strife on the UNC Board of Governors. But the Chair of the 24-person board says every member wants what’s best for the state and its 17-campus university system. And the current Chair plans to run the board in a calm manner. “Every single person in this… READ MORE
Ramsey: Most important decision of the decade
CHAPEL HILL – The search for a new UNC System president has been delayed by the coronavirus pandemic, officials said last week. But a practiced hand will remain at the helm. “The timeline of the search has certainly been changed,” Randy Ramsey, Chair of the UNC Board of Governors, told the board. Ramsey said he… READ MORE
Colleges to help communities ‘grow their own’ teachers
RALEIGH – It had nothing to do with the coronavirus, but the State Board of Community Colleges took an important step last week to expand North Carolina’s pipeline of future teachers. The board approved two new teacher-preparation transfer degrees – an associate in arts in teacher preparation and associate in science in teacher preparation –… READ MORE
Pandemic Pedagogy!
GREENSBORO – When it became clear in early March that the UNC System and colleges across the country would shift classes online in response to the coronavirus, Roy Schwartzman knew his fellow professors might need help. So Schwartzman – a professor of Communication Studies at UNC Greensboro and veteran online instructor – created a Facebook… READ MORE
Tech firm booms amid pandemic thanks to NC higher ed
RALEIGH – At the very time thousands of businesses have ordered layoffs in response to the coronavirus pandemic, the leaders of Bandwidth Inc. on NC State University’s Centennial Campus did the opposite. Bandwidth, which makes software for voice conferencing by Zoom, Google and other customers, announced last week that it will spend $30 million for… READ MORE
Adviser Spotlight: Tezeta Tamrat
Tezeta Tamrat is a second-year adviser serving with the Davidson College Advising Corps at Mallard Creek High School in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. By Tezeta TamratCollege Advising Corps “Congratulations, Tezeta, you’ve been selected to be a college adviser at our largest new partner high school with over 650 seniors.” My heart immediately filled with enthusiasm after my… READ MORE
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