- HELP WANTED: Teachers of ColorRALEIGH – What’s wrong with this picture? Last year, 53% of the public school students in North Carolina were students of color – yet nearly 80% of their teachers were ...Read more
- Stith named NC Community College System PresidentRALEIGH (Dec. 14, 2020) – North Carolina’s State Board of Community Colleges today named Thomas Stith III, the chief of staff to former Gov. Pat McCrory, as the next President ...Read more
- 2020 NC State graduates: ‘Resilience is your trajectory’RALEIGH (Dec. 4, 2020) – Record-setting astronaut and North Carolina State University alumna Christina Koch sees a one-word parallel between the first commercial flight to the International Space Station last ...Read more
- Christina Koch: Women ‘can do absolutely anything they want’RALEIGH (Dec. 4, 2020) – Before she spent 328 days aboard – and sometimes outside – the International Space Station, Christina Koch spent five years at North Carolina State University.1 And ...Read more
- Woodson: More back-and-forth in online classesRALEIGH – Online course offerings have improved dramatically since UNC System campuses abruptly shifted classes online last spring. But NC State University Chancellor Randy Woodson says they can still get ...Read more
- NC State aims to put phosphorus where it belongsRALEIGH – One thing that hasn’t slowed down at UNC System campuses during the coronavirus pandemic is research. At a recent UNC Board of Governors committee meeting, NC State University Chancellor ...Read more
- BOG to revisit cap on out-of-state admissionsCHAPEL HILL (Nov. 25, 2020) – Over the next few months, UNC System officials will consider relaxing their 18% cap on out-of-state admissions at some of the system’s 16 universities. As ...Read more
- A modest ask of state legislators for 2021-22CHAPEL HILL (Nov. 19, 2020) – Anticipating a difficult budget year, the UNC System Board of Governors adopted budget and legislative priorities for 2021-22 today that reflect the core mission ...Read more
- Common course numbers to help transfer studentsCHAPEL HILL (Nov. 18, 2020) – Transfer students – from community colleges or from other UNC System schools – make up a growing percentage of UNC System students. Some 57,000, ...Read more
- What NC State learned: Spacing and testingRALEIGH – NC State University learned quite a bit about managing through the coronavirus pandemic this fall. “The first thing we learned is that we can educate students safely in the ...Read more