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There are 761 Golden LEAF Scholars currently attending North Carolina colleges and universities across the state. Over the last few months, we have had the opportunity to visit with more than 170 of them at on campus gatherings hosted by their college chancellor
Published: Saturday, April 1st, 2023 @ 12:36 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The March 1, 2023 deadline is fast approaching for the Golden LEAF Colleges and Universities Scholarship. Information and the application for the 2023-2024 school year is available at CFNC.org.
Published: Thursday, March 2nd, 2023 @ 2:46 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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At the April 2022 Board meeting, the Golden LEAF Board of Directors awarded $10,108,307 in funding to support projects through the Community-Based Grants Initiative in the Western Prosperity Zone, $1.1 million in funding through the Economic Catalyst Program and $998,924.36 in funding
Published: Wednesday, April 20th, 2022 @ 7:49 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, the Golden LEAF Board of Directors awarded $10,108,307 in funding to support projects through the Community-Based Grants Initiative in the Western Prosperity Zone, $1.1 million in funding through the Economic Catalyst Program and $998,924.36 in funding through the Open Grants Program.
Published: Thursday, April 14th, 2022 @ 1:22 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The March 1, 2022 deadline is fast approaching for the Golden LEAF Colleges and Universities Scholarship.
Published: Friday, February 25th, 2022 @ 9:56 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Purple Pantry earns top honors for ECU
Published: Tuesday, February 15th, 2022 @ 3:59 am
By: ECU News Services
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East Carolina University has taken first place and a $10,000 prize in the third annual Collegiate Hunger Challenge, a competition among North Carolina colleges and universities to raise awareness about hunger and food insecurity in the state.
Published: Sunday, February 13th, 2022 @ 7:23 am
By: ECU News Services
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The Golden LEAF Scholarship application for the 2022-2023 academic year is now available at CFNC.org.
Published: Sunday, January 16th, 2022 @ 8:04 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Scholarships to help 215 rural N.C. high school seniors, N.C. community college transfer students attend N.C. colleges
Published: Thursday, January 13th, 2022 @ 3:15 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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East Carolina University is participating in the third annual Collegiate Hunger Challenge, where it will compete against 10 other North Carolina colleges and universities for up to $22,000 to put toward fighting hunger on and around campus.
Published: Sunday, November 28th, 2021 @ 8:38 am
By: ECU News Services
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Welcome to the latest edition of LEAF Lines
Published: Friday, February 12th, 2021 @ 9:04 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Roy Cooper today released his recommended budget for 2019-2021, Investments for a Determined North Carolina
Published: Friday, March 8th, 2019 @ 6:04 pm
By: Governor's Office
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In honor of women's contributions to North Carolina and the nation, Governor Roy Cooper has signed a proclamation declaring March as Women's History Month
Published: Friday, March 8th, 2019 @ 12:22 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Staffing may hobble class size reduction efforts
Published: Friday, June 16th, 2017 @ 1:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Burr campaign today is highlighting a Medium post authored by UNC-Chapel Hill student Danielle Adler.
Published: Saturday, September 3rd, 2016 @ 10:22 pm
By: Russell Allen
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This week saw the Burr campaign unveil its "Students for Burr" leadership team, its second leadership team in as many weeks.
Published: Saturday, September 3rd, 2016 @ 6:08 pm
By: Russell Allen
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Following the release of the "Students for Burr" leadership team, the Burr campaign today announced the purchase of Snapchat geofiters at eight North Carolina colleges and universities.
Published: Thursday, September 1st, 2016 @ 12:22 am
By: Russell Allen
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For three years now, I've been defending the decision of the North Carolina General Assembly to end the longstanding practice of giving public-school teachers automatic pay boosts if they possess or obtain graduate degrees.
Published: Tuesday, October 27th, 2015 @ 1:12 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Earlier this month, Dr. Alisa Chapman, Vice President for Academic and University Programs for the University of North Carolina System, briefed members of the NC State Board of Education on the background, demographics, and qualifications of the state's teaching profession.
Published: Sunday, May 31st, 2015 @ 6:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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When my grandfather was president of Campbell College I remember his stories of students who paid tuitions with hams, cabbages or produce from their family's farm.
Published: Saturday, December 13th, 2014 @ 12:55 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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It's graduation season—the time of year when young people are publicly recognized for their academic achievements. It's also the time of year when colleges and universities invite public figures to speak at commencement ceremonies, sometimes with controversial results.
Published: Tuesday, May 6th, 2014 @ 2:08 am
By: John William Pope Center
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A year ago, Duke Cheston of the Pope Center criticized a class in political science at North Carolina State University. Because its presentation of the American political system was clearly biased, his story was titled "Evil Republicans 101." Now we have come across another section of the same...
Published: Sunday, May 26th, 2013 @ 10:05 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Last year, many North Carolina colleges and universities invited politicians to be keynote speakers during their commencement ceremonies. This year the focus was on speakers who made it big in the technology industry, plus some academics and celebrities from television news.
Published: Tuesday, May 21st, 2013 @ 4:47 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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For years, a large percentage of North Carolina's high school students have graduated without proficiency in either math or reading--and sometimes lacking in both.
Published: Thursday, April 4th, 2013 @ 10:10 pm
By: Jenna Ashley Robinson
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North Carolina Rep. Bryan Holloway, the Republican co-chairman of the state legislature's education oversight committee and a schoolteacher himself, now says that there won't be enough time this year to work out the details of a performance-pay plan for public school teachers.
Published: Friday, March 9th, 2012 @ 4:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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