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UNC across the street

July 6, 2022 by Higher Ed Works 2 Comments

RALEIGH (July 6, 2022) – Now we know where state legislators want to put the UNC System, NC Community College System, Department of Public Instruction and Department of Commerce. Across the street. And now it will cost a mere $180 million in taxpayer dollars. In what has grown to a $250 million plan to demolish… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2022, Governance, UNC System

Frank Daniels Jr.

July 6, 2022 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

RALEIGH (July 6, 2022) – Blunt. Gruff. Contrarian. The remembrances of the aptly named Frank Daniels Jr. after he died at age 90 last week all noted his forthright opinions. In fact, if there was one thing (and maybe only one thing) Daniels shared with longtime nemesis Sen. Jesse Helms, it was that you always… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2022, Our Opinion

Sartarelli: ‘A better university’ at UNCW

July 1, 2022 by Higher Ed Works 1 Comment

WILMINGTON (July 1, 2022) – UNC Wilmington’s outgoing Chancellor, Jose “Zito” Sartarelli, recalls that when he arrived seven years ago, he wanted UNCW to be recognized for excellence, as a global player, and for its community work. Sartarelli added international programs as well as undergraduate programs such as coastal engineering, respiratory therapy, cybersecurity and intelligent… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2022, UNC Wilmington

UNCW Chancellor Volety: ‘It’s great to be home’

July 1, 2022 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

WILMINGTON (July 1, 2022) – As he becomes Chancellor at the University of North Carolina Wilmington today, Dr. Aswani K. Volety wants to keep the focus on students. “It’s really continuing what UNCW already does so well,” Volety says in the accompanying video interview with Higher Ed Works. UNCW has been the fastest-growing institution in… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2022, UNC Wilmington

Central Piedmont: Bridge to Careers

June 30, 2022 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

CHARLOTTE (June 30, 2022) – The Bank of America Bridge to Careers program at Central Piedmont Community College is an effort to connect Black and Hispanic/Latino students with high-demand careers that pay family-sustaining wages. Bridge to Careers is part of a $25 million initiative by Bank of America in collaboration with two dozen community colleges… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2022, Central Piedmont CC, Community Colleges series, NC Community Colleges

Bridge to Careers: ‘Anything that they need’

June 30, 2022 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

CHARLOTTE (June 30, 2022) – The Bridge to Careers program at Central Piedmont Community College provides Black and Hispanic/Latino students tuition, fees, books and materials. But it provides a lot more, says Central Piedmont President Kandi Deitemeyer. “What I love about this program just beyond the financial capacity … is the wraparound services that we… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2022, Central Piedmont CC, Community Colleges series, NC Community Colleges

Central Piedmont: So many health fields

June 30, 2022 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

CHARLOTTE (June 30, 2022) – Central Piedmont Community College offers training in more than 20 health-care fields. There’s Nursing, of course, and nurses are in great demand. But Karen Summers, Dean of Health Sciences at Central Piedmont, says many students simply aren’t aware of all the other opportunities in health care. “If they’ve never really… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2022, Central Piedmont CC, Community Colleges series, NC Community Colleges

Davidson-Davie: Health-care support jobs

June 22, 2022 by Higher Ed Works 1 Comment

MOCKSVILLE (June 22, 2022) – The Davie campus of Davidson-Davie Community College sits not far from major health-care providers in the Piedmont Triad and Charlotte: Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, Novant, you name it. “They’re excellent partners with our college, and there’s a lot of workforce in this region related to health care,” Davidson-Davie President… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2022, Community Colleges series, Davidson-Davie CC, NC Community Colleges

Central Sterile Processing: Who cleans those instruments?

June 22, 2022 by Higher Ed Works 2 Comments

MOCKSVILLE (June 22, 2022) – We don’t usually think about who prepares the instruments a surgeon uses – but they’re very important people. And situated as it is between major health providers in North Carolina, Davidson-Davie Community offers a nine-month program in Central Sterile Processing that’s designed to meet considerable demand for those technicians. “Students… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2022, Community Colleges series, Davidson-Davie CC, NC Community Colleges

Wilkes: ‘Lifting a generation out of poverty’

June 15, 2022 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

WILKESBORO (June 15, 2022) – Something remarkable is happening in Wilkes County. First, with a goal to lift a generation out of poverty, Wilkes Community College has dramatically improved completion rates for its students over the past four years. Second, an ardent new initiative will attempt to connect Wilkes graduates with high-paying jobs in the… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2022, Community Colleges series, NC Community Colleges, Wilkes Community College

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