ELIZABETH CITY – Elizabeth City State University Chancellor Thomas Conway says ECSU started as an economic development necessity in Northeastern North Carolina – and it remains so today. “This was an institution founded for reasons in Northeastern North Carolina that I believe were part of an economic development necessity,” Conway says in the accompanying video…. READ MORE
NC Promise: Huge savings for students and their families
ELIZABETH CITY – The NC Promise Tuition Program – in-state tuition of just $500 a semester – will take effect next fall at three UNC System universities. And Elizabeth City State University is poised to take advantage. “Annually, we’re talking about in-state – a thousand dollars. Out-of-state students, five thousand dollars,” ECSU Chancellor Thomas Conway… READ MORE
UNCSA immerses itself in immersive technology
WINSTON-SALEM – It’s commonly known as virtual reality, but to Susan Ruskin, what’s coming in the field of “immersive technology” is very real. ^ This Introduction to Virtual Reality from Felix + Paul Studios demonstrates some of the capabilities of virtual reality. “The technology is moving more rapidly than it ever has,” says Ruskin, Dean… READ MORE
NCCU’s Eagle Promise
DURHAM – North Carolina Central University makes a promise to its students, and in the accompanying video, Chancellor Johnson Akinleye outlines the Eagle Promise. Akinleye traces NCCU’s emphasis on providing access to quality higher education to the university’s founder, Dr. James E. Shepard. “That’s number one, our priority,” he says. “That access is very important.”… READ MORE
An array of offerings at NCCU
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
Cheatham-White Scholarships at NCCU, NC A&T
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
Students prepared from day one to join the biotech industry
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
Identify health disparities, then take it to the next step
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
NCCU: Jobs of the future and students for the workforce
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
47% transfer students at UNC Charlotte
CHARLOTTE – There’s more and more talk these days of students starting their post-secondary education at a community college, then transferring to a four-year university. And UNC Charlotte Chancellor Philip Dubois welcomes it. “Of our incoming class of new students … about 47 percent are transfer students,” Dubois says in the accompanying video. “And those transfer… READ MORE
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