RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – RTI International was founded 60 years ago to offer opportunities to high-level science graduates emerging from North Carolina’s universities. And those relationships continue to this day. “North Carolina universities are integral and intertwined with everything that RTI does,” Jacqueline Olich, RTI’s Senior Director of University Collaborations, says in the accompanying video…. READ MORE
RTI’s Meaghan McGrath: The impact of an NCSU degree
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – Seeing the impact on people in rural Nicaragua of what she could do as an environmental engineer made Meaghan McGrath a believer in her chosen field. As a student at NC State University, McGrath signed up for an Alternative Service Break in a remote part of Nicaragua, collaborating with a local… READ MORE
RTI’s Jeff Frederick: “Knowing who you are is pivotal”
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – For a skinny kid from Warsaw, NC, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University made a major difference. “It’s rare that you can attend an institution that really helps you dig deep into your identity,” Jeff Frederick, RTI International’s senior vice president for global human resources business partnering, says in the… READ MORE
RTI International’s 60th anniversary
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – When it began 60 years ago, Research Triangle Institute, as it was called then, was the first fixture in Research Triangle Park – the fledgling institute was given 185 acres in the new research park. “When we got to the park, there was nothing here but pine trees and ‘possums,” remarked… READ MORE
Learning how to learn at UNC Asheville
ASHEVILLE – With the big emphasis on science, technology, engineering and math these days, Nancy J. Cable hears the question all the time: Why should my child attend a liberal-arts school? But the Chancellor of UNC Asheville insists the liberal arts and sciences remain the best route for students in today’s rapidly changing world –… READ MORE
First visit to UNC: “It just feels right”
CHAPEL HILL – Kevin Guskiewicz is a proud alumnus of the University of Virginia. But he’s even more proud to have been at UNC Chapel Hill for the past 24 years, Guskiewicz – now Interim Chancellor at Carolina – says in the accompanying video. Guskiewicz was finishing his PhD in sports medicine at Virginia in… READ MORE
The Linda’s Fellowship
CHAPEL HILL – Education doesn’t happen just in lectures. “Faculty connect in a more intimate way with students in terms of … how they learn differently today,” Interim Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz of UNC Chapel Hill says in the accompanying video. As an example, Guskiewicz describes how Michael McFee, an award-winning poet and professor of English… READ MORE
Adviser Spotlight: Malik Hines
Malik Hines is a second-year adviser serving with the N.C. State College Advising Corps at South Granville High School in Granville County Public Schools. By Malik HinesCollege Advising Corps CREEDMOOR –There are several reasons why I decided to join College Advising Corps, but I truly believe they all stem from the obligation I feel to… READ MORE
Goal: 2 million educated NC workers by 2030
DURHAM (August 21, 2019) – Most of us know North Carolina has shifted from an economy based on textiles and furniture to one increasingly dominated by employers like Biogen that require workers to have a degree or credential. What fewer know is that North Carolina is not producing educated workers quickly enough to fill those… READ MORE
A moral imperative for our kids
DURHAM (August 21, 2019) – To fix North Carolina’s leaky education pipeline, we need to start at the beginning: Pre-kindergarten. “It lays the foundation for third-grade reading proficiency,” Jim Hansen, PNC Bank’s Regional President for Eastern North Carolina, told the NC Chamber’s Education & Workforce Conference yesterday. Hansen is part of a group of executives… READ MORE
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