CHAPEL HILL – As North Carolina pursues a goal to have 2 million people with post-secondary educations by 2030, the Chair of the UNC Board of Governors thinks the University System can do a better job communicating with other levels of education. “One thing I’d like to see us do a better job of …… READ MORE
CHAPEL HILL – Whether it’s his boat-building company or the 48,000 faculty and staff of the UNC System, Randy Ramsey knows the most important part of any operation is the people. “The University is very large and very complicated,” Ramsey, Chair of the UNC Board of Governors, says in the accompanying video. “But regardless of… READ MORE
RALEIGH – North Carolina’s community colleges do so many things for North Carolinians – and one of those is to offer an affordable start toward a four-year degree. Every North Carolinian lives within 30 minutes of a community-college campus, and the system of 58 colleges reaches about 700,000 students a year.1 “We’re seeing more and… READ MORE
CHAPEL HILL – After a pandemic and three years without a new state budget, the UNC System needs to invest in both its physical capital and its human capital, President Peter Hans says. “The university has thrived because of public support for its work,” Hans says in the accompanying video. In what Hans refers to… READ MORE
GREENSBORO – Not many donors want to put their name on an HVAC system. Yet sometimes those systems need to be replaced. And across the UNC System, postponed maintenance amounts to billions of dollars. “There’s deferred maintenance on all of our campuses,” UNC Greensboro Chancellor Frank Gilliam Jr. says in the accompanying video. Then Gilliam… READ MORE
RALEIGH (May 26, 2021) – A new directive from Gov. Roy Cooper will make $31.5 million available to help graduating high-school seniors attend North Carolina community colleges, as well as $12.5 million to help students who stopped out of college return to finish their degrees. In all, Cooper announced Monday that he will direct $51… READ MORE
CHAPEL HILL (May 27, 2021) – In a debate over whether to require students to submit SAT or ACT scores with their applications for admission in Fall 2022, access – particularly for rural students – won out. In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, the UNC Board of Governors that oversees 16 public university campuses… READ MORE
To commence means to begin. And after weathering a worldwide pandemic, commencement for the Class of 2021 indeed felt like a new beginning for thousands of UNC System graduates. AT UNC-CHAPEL HILL, Dr. Anthony Fauci and UNC alum Kizzmekia Corbett spoke to graduates and received honorary degrees. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy… READ MORE
RALEIGH – North Carolina’s community colleges will lead the state through the recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, the system’s president says. Community colleges will not only retrain displaced workers – they will offer a path for high-school graduates and those seeking a career change, N.C. Community College System President Thomas Stith III says in the… READ MORE
RALEIGH – To lead North Carolina’s economic recovery, the state’s community colleges will need support from the General Assembly and Gov. Roy Cooper, the NC Community College System’s president says. In the accompanying video, System President Thomas Stith III lays out what he calls a “moderate” agenda for this year’s legislative session. First and foremost,… READ MORE
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