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An array of offerings at NCCU

January 18, 2018 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

DURHAM – People are sometimes surprised to learn NC Central University is home to two biotechnology research institutes, Chancellor Johnson Akinleye says. But that’s not all.  In the accompanying videos, Akinleye outlines a broad array of course offerings at NCCU: A nation-leading program in Jazz Studies, as well as programs that provide more teachers in… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2018, Excellence, HBCU, NCCU, Nursing

Cheatham-White Scholarships at NCCU, NC A&T

January 18, 2018 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

DURHAM – Starting in fall 2018, NC Central University and NC A&T State University will offer elite, Morehead-Cain-style merit scholarships to their very best students. In 2016, the NC General Assembly created the four-year scholarships and named them for Henry Cheatham and George White, African-Americans who represented North Carolina in Congress from 1889-93 and 1897-1901,… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2018, Excellence, HBCU, NCCU, North Carolina A&T

Video: Superintendent Mark Byrd – Inspiring Students in Wilkes County

January 10, 2018 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

Mark Byrd, Superintendent, Wilkes County Schools, shares how he inspired a senior who was dropping out of school with two or three weeks left in the school year. The student believed he couldn’t get into a four-year college and felt he “wouldn’t amount to anything” going to community college.

Filed Under: Mobile Moments, Wilkes County Schools

Students prepared from day one to join the biotech industry

January 10, 2018 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

DURHAM – The world of biotechnology can seem bewildering, but the thrust in North Carolina Central University’s biotech world is twofold:  Conduct research.  And produce minority researchers. NCCU launched the Julius L. Chambers Biomedical/Biotechnology Research Institute (BBRI) in 1998, Dr. Deepak Kumar, BBRI’s Director, says in the accompanying video. “This was the vision by the… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2018, Excellence, HBCU, NCCU

Identify health disparities, then take it to the next step

January 10, 2018 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

DURHAM – With a $16.3 million grant from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, researchers at North Carolina Central University hope to not just identify health disparities, but take the first step toward solving them. The grant to NCCU’s Julius L. Chambers Biomedical/Biotechnology Research Institute (BBRI) will focus on three main projects,… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2018, Excellence, HBCU, NCCU

UNC Board of Governors – Year in Review

December 29, 2017 by Higher Ed Works 8 Comments

By W. Louis Bissette, Jr. Chair, UNC Board of Governors North Carolina has a proud bipartisan tradition of building and sustaining public higher education — a cause that benefits all North Carolinians. As a native of the Old North State, I’ve been both a beneficiary and a dedicated defender of that tradition.  During my time… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2018, EdTalks, Governance, Leadership, myFutureNC, UNC Board of Governors

Higher Expectations in 2017

December 27, 2017 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

2017 has been a year of higher expectations for higher education in North Carolina: With guidance from President Margaret Spellings, the UNC Board of Governors adopted a strategic plan, Higher Expectations, which places an emphasis on building more “on-ramps” for rural, low-income and first-generation students. Education leaders faced other challenges as well – and the… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2017, Our Opinion, UNC Board of Governors

NCCU: Jobs of the future and students for the workforce

December 19, 2017 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

DURHAM – For Chancellor Johnson O. Akinleye, North Carolina Central University is a great university for a number of reasons:  Strong faculty.  Talented, intelligent students.  And an impressive set of academic offerings. “We have a great flagship law school.  We have two major research institutes that you don’t often find on a campus of our… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2017, Excellence, HBCU, NCCU

Growing demand for nurses

December 13, 2017 by Higher Ed Works 1 Comment

DOBSON – There’s little doubt there are jobs waiting for nursing students. “Demand is huge,” Lory Puckett, a nursing instructor at Surry Community College, declares in the accompanying video. “The demand in nursing has always been there, and it’s going to continue to be there, because we have an aging population,” Puckett says.  “…So with… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2017, NC Community Colleges, Nursing, Rural Routes, Surry Community College

Nursing degrees explained

December 13, 2017 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

DOBSON – The sea of letters can seem baffling – LPN, RN, FNP, CMA…. “Whenever you go into an office, you’re going to see a lot of different faces, and not everyone who brings you back is necessarily a nurse,” Nursing Instructor Lory Puckett of Surry Community College says in the accompanying video. Puckett explains… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2017, NC Community Colleges, Nursing, Rural Routes, Surry Community College

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