’What Makes a Great University’ is a look at what makes North Carolina’s public universities great and what it will take to make them greater. In coming months, the series will visit each of our public universities and explore them in depth..
- ‘We’ve got to find the resources’ for ECU financial aid
GREENVILLE – Almost 11,000 of East Carolina University’s 29,000 students come from North Carolina’s poorest counties. “Obviously those students are going to come in the door with greater financial need,” ECU ...Read more - Elizabeth City State turns the cornerELIZABETH CITY – Things are looking up at Elizabeth City State University. Over a six-year period from 2010 to 2016, the small HBCU in Northeastern North Carolina saw enrollment fall from ...Read more
- ECSU Aviation Science: A worldwide shortage of pilotsELIZABETH CITY – Aviation science is complex. But for Elizabeth City State University Chancellor Thomas Conway, the economics of aviation are a matter of simple supply and demand. “The aviation business ...Read more
- Elizabeth City State: ‘An economic development necessity’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 ...Read more
- NC Promise: Huge savings for students and their familiesELIZABETH 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 ...Read more
- UNCSA immerses itself in immersive technologyWINSTON-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 ...Read more
- NCCU’s Eagle PromiseDURHAM – 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 ...Read more
- An array of offerings at NCCUDURHAM – 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 ...Read more
- Cheatham-White Scholarships at NCCU, NC A&TDURHAM – 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 ...Read more
- Students prepared from day one to join the biotech industryDURHAM – 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 ...Read more
