PEMBROKE – Business education is on the upswing at UNC Pembroke. Chancellor Robin Gary Cummings said enrollment in business programs has ballooned over the past two years, reflecting students’ increased interest in job skills and entrepreneurship. “We’ve seen a huge increase in the number of students pursuing business degrees,” he said. “We have strong faculty,… READ MORE
Appalachian’s newest college enhances health and life in NC
The $2 billion Connect NC bond proposal that will go to voters in North Carolina’s March 15 primary election includes $70 million for a new Health Sciences building at Appalachian State University. Appalachian Chancellor Sheri Everts discusses here what the Beaver College of Health Sciences does for students and for health care in North Carolina…. READ MORE
VIDEO: Don Flow: “The most important institution in the state.”
WINSTON-SALEM – Auto dealer Don Flow is a graduate of the University of Virginia. And he stepped down this year as Chairman of the Board of Trustees at Wake Forest University. But Flow doesn’t mince words in the accompanying video about the importance of the University of North Carolina system. “The University of North Carolina… READ MORE
Arp: Smart bond plan invests in “technologies of the future”
(Click here for video of Rep. Arp discussing the bond proposal at UNC Charlotte) CHAPEL HILL – State Rep. Dean Arp (R-Union) is known as a fiscal conservative. And his strong support for a $2 billion bond package that will go to North Carolina voters in March is rooted in sound fiscal policy. Even if… READ MORE
Bonds will build capacity for ‘jobs that don’t yet exist’
RALEIGH (Sept. 30, 2015) – A bright spot for higher education in the final days of the 2015 General Assembly is a $2 billion bond package that North Carolina voters will be asked to approve next March. “What are we buying here? Houses of knowledge, factories of knowledge,” declared Rep. William Brawley, R-Mecklenburg, senior chair… READ MORE
BONDS: $980M for Universities, $350M for community colleges
RALEIGH (Sept. 24, 2015) – Voters in North Carolina – now the nation’s 9th-largest state – appear headed for a decision in March on more than $1.3 billion in bonds to build capacity in higher education. The state Senate approved a $2 billion bond package today that Senate leaders negotiated with leaders in the state… READ MORE
VIDEO: A&T Chancellor: Demand for Engineers
GREENSBORO – As voters consider the $2 billion Connect NC bond referendum on the ballot March 15, Chancellor Harold Martin of N.C. A&T State University, discusses the demand for engineers and the need for a new Engineering Building at A&T. “We underproduce, across the board, engineers in our nation,” Martin says in the accompanying video…. READ MORE
McCrory bond proposal: A good start
It’s a good start. Gov. Pat McCrory unveiled a proposal last week for $3 billion in bonds – $1.5 billion for highways and $1.5 billion for infrastructure, including $500 million for University buildings and $200 million for Community Colleges. Under the proposal, voters would be asked to decide on the bonds next fall.[1] The University… READ MORE