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Recently, Golden LEAF President, Chief Executive Officer Scott T. Hamilton sat down with Don Flow, Immediate Past Chair of the Golden LEAF Foundation Board of Directors via Zoom and filmed an episode of Critical Conversations.
Published: Monday, March 25th, 2024 @ 1:14 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Gov. Cooper recently declared a “state of emergency for public education,” claiming Republican policies aim to “choke the life out of public education” by cutting budgets, siphoning funds, and funneling tax dollars to unaccountable private schools
Published: Sunday, August 27th, 2023 @ 9:10 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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As the Golden LEAF Foundation enters the second year of a five-year strategic plan, the Foundation continues its work funding strategies to improve the economic conditions of North Carolina’s rural and tobacco-dependent communities.
Published: Wednesday, March 1st, 2023 @ 7:04 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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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: Saturday, January 14th, 2023 @ 4:51 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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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: Friday, January 13th, 2023 @ 10:46 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, the world’s fifth-richest man, thinks that Communist China should be praised for the way it has handled poverty.
Published: Monday, October 3rd, 2022 @ 12:03 am
By: Daily Wire
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The state’s economic vitality is tied to the skills of its workforce. Trends show that by 2030, nearly two-thirds of North Carolina’s jobs will require a post-secondary degree or credential.
Published: Wednesday, September 28th, 2022 @ 1:06 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Golden LEAF’s mission is to increase economic opportunity in North Carolina’s rural, tobacco-dependent, and economically distressed communities through leadership in grantmaking, collaboration, innovation, and stewardship as an independent and perpetual foundation.
Published: Tuesday, September 27th, 2022 @ 12:47 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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In a continued effort to help students create a career or university transfer plan for themselves and then to stay on track until graduation, Beaufort County Community College (BCCC) opened its Centralized Advising Center on August 8.
Published: Sunday, August 21st, 2022 @ 12:35 pm
By: Attila Nemecz
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One of the longest running programs of the Golden LEAF Foundation is the Golden LEAF Scholarship Program.
Published: Thursday, June 30th, 2022 @ 7:14 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Golden LEAF Foundation announced 215 rural students from 78 North Carolina counties were selected to receive a Golden LEAF Scholarship worth up to $14,000.
Published: Friday, June 10th, 2022 @ 5:21 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Recently, Golden LEAF President, Chief Executive Officer Scott T. Hamilton sat down with Peter Hans, President of the President of the University of North Carolina System, via Zoom and filmed the thirteenth edition in a video series called Critical Conversations.
Published: Sunday, May 15th, 2022 @ 12:21 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Chancellor’s Awards for Service recognize ECU faculty, staff and students
Published: Thursday, April 7th, 2022 @ 8:45 am
By: ECU News Services
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The United States Department of Education awarded $1,237,500 for the creation of a centralized advising center at Beaufort County Community College.
Published: Wednesday, January 26th, 2022 @ 6:22 pm
By: Attila Nemecz
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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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The Board of Directors established the Golden LEAF Scholarship Program as a workforce strategy to broaden educational opportunities for students from rural counties.
Published: Friday, December 24th, 2021 @ 2:01 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Golden LEAF Foundation awards funds to provide scholarships for both high school and community college transfers entering a four-year college or university in North Carolina as well as for rural students attending community college in North Carolina.
Published: Friday, August 27th, 2021 @ 11:45 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, the Golden LEAF Board of Directors awarded $2.4 million in funding to support projects through the Open Grants Program, Community-Based Grant Initiative, and Disaster Recovery Grant Program.
Published: Friday, June 11th, 2021 @ 7:47 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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ECU introduces K-12 students to benefits of college education
Published: Tuesday, April 27th, 2021 @ 4:06 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Welcome to the latest edition of LEAF Lines
Published: Friday, January 29th, 2021 @ 3:01 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Scholarships to help 215 rural NC high school seniors, NC community college transfer students attend NC colleges
Published: Thursday, January 21st, 2021 @ 2:31 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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More and more school districts are making decisions not to return students to in-class instruction until early spring
Published: Friday, January 15th, 2021 @ 12:48 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Welcome to the latest edition of LEAF Lines
Published: Friday, January 15th, 2021 @ 1:23 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Happy Holidays from the Golden LEAF Board and staff.
Published: Thursday, December 24th, 2020 @ 12:06 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX has partnered with a public school system in West Texas to deliver fast, low-latency internet to students residing in areas where connectivity is inadequate, unaffordable, or non-existent.
Published: Thursday, November 5th, 2020 @ 2:21 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The University of North Carolina System wants to pay chancellors based on their quality of work.
Published: Tuesday, September 24th, 2019 @ 5:34 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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In the United States, tradition dictates that we have summers off from school.
Published: Sunday, May 31st, 2015 @ 2:24 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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These are issues that must be addressed by the entire board to fulfill our fiduciary and legal duties to every taxpayer in our state. The board should immediately hire an independent forensic auditor to begin a review process.
Published: Monday, June 24th, 2013 @ 5:08 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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