Elementary students experience ECU’s opportunities
Published: Thursday, June 15th, 2023 @ 1:45 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Donald Bryson, president of the John Locke Foundation, explores some of the most significant points where agriculture policy has the most impact on the world around us.
Published: Thursday, March 16th, 2023 @ 11:42 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Each year, the Golden LEAF Scholarship is awarded to 215 students who reside in a qualifying rural and economically distressed North Carolina County.
Published: Tuesday, January 17th, 2023 @ 11:34 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Advanced manufacturing career opportunities abound in North Carolina and are continuing to grow with expansion and new industry announcements. These jobs require a high level of skill, pay good wages, and are often done in clean, temperature controlled environments.
Published: Saturday, August 27th, 2022 @ 7:47 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Rocky Mount Opportunities Industrialized Center, Inc. (OIC) is helping build the Nash and Edgecombe workforce through its enhanced Integrated Training Academy for people with barriers to employment.
Published: Tuesday, August 2nd, 2022 @ 3:19 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today announced a major milestone in its innovative Healthy Opportunities Pilot program with 10 people who are members of managed care successfully receiving a food service delivered through NC Medicaid Managed Care.
Published: Monday, March 28th, 2022 @ 12:05 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today announced the selection of organizations to serve three regions of the state
Published: Monday, June 7th, 2021 @ 8:47 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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LiNC-IT, a state-developed internship program for people with autism, is at the forefront of an effort to bring more neurodiversity into the workplace
Published: Saturday, April 3rd, 2021 @ 10:35 am
By: Governor's Office
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Honors College opens doors to transfer students
Published: Saturday, September 12th, 2020 @ 4:49 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Today, Vice President Mike Pence will visit a well-known school in Apex to highlight to the Trump Administration's firm commitment to providing educational opportunities to all North Carolinians and following the guidance of medical experts to reopen schools for our children in person learning.
Published: Friday, July 31st, 2020 @ 11:16 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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When the legislature set April 28 as the return date for this legislative session, no one could have imagined this session would be so different from any that has ever come before.
Published: Thursday, April 30th, 2020 @ 2:22 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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WTAS: Business Leaders Pledge to Create More Opportunities for Workers Across the Country
Published: Saturday, July 27th, 2019 @ 3:40 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A bill N.C. lawmakers passed in late June aims to help 2 million residents get a postsecondary degree or certificate by 2030.
Published: Saturday, July 13th, 2019 @ 9:10 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services released a policy paper and a Request for Information (RFI) to invite feedback on the Healthy Opportunities Pilots — a groundbreaking program that will test and evaluate the impact of integrating evidence-based, non-medical services
Published: Tuesday, February 19th, 2019 @ 5:16 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Where is the best place to find good employment opportunities in the technology industry? According to a new study by the Computer Technology Industry Association (CompTIA), it’s not Silicon Valley. It’s North Carolina.
Published: Thursday, November 1st, 2018 @ 7:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Apprenticeships Are Not a Silver Bullet
Published: Sunday, July 9th, 2017 @ 12:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Over the last two years, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) has worked across the aisle to advance policies that support and benefit military families.
Published: Wednesday, December 21st, 2016 @ 11:07 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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North Carolina families should have an easier time finding K-12 education options thanks to a new web application launched by Parents for Education Freedom in North Carolina, an organization that supports expansion of school choice across the state
Published: Wednesday, November 30th, 2016 @ 3:24 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory joined nearly 300 state government and military leaders at a summit today to encourage hiring veterans in state government. The summit was part of Governor McCrory's efforts to make North Carolina the most military and veteran-friendly state in the nation by connecting...
Published: Saturday, April 23rd, 2016 @ 4:46 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Today, the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee approved a "megabus" bill (S.425) that includes three bipartisan bills introduced by Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) aimed at improving educational opportunities for veterans and their families. On Veterans Day, two of these bills were endorsed by...
Published: Sunday, January 31st, 2016 @ 12:40 am
By: Chris Downey
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Growing up in Fuquay-Varina in the 1960s, Sheilah Cotten's only chance to participate in competitive sports before she entered high school was retrieving foul balls during boys' baseball games.
Published: Thursday, January 28th, 2016 @ 3:45 am
By: ECU News Services
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Entrepreneurship programs are spreading rapidly across America and are attracting a growing number of students. But one question keeps coming up: Is it really possible to teach entrepreneurship?
Published: Thursday, January 7th, 2016 @ 10:29 am
By: John William Pope Center
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It was early on a Friday morning, but East Carolina University nutrition student Kara Massotti was wide awake and focused on her patient at ECU's Family Medicine Center. George Broussard needed to keep better track of his calories, and the recommended tool was a smart phone application.
Published: Wednesday, October 21st, 2015 @ 4:10 am
By: ECU News Services
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Results from an employer survey recently released by the University of North Carolina system suggest that graduates of the state's 16 public universities - especially those from less selective schools - are deficient in terms of their written and oral communication, work ethic, and workplace...
Published: Thursday, August 13th, 2015 @ 5:38 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Governor Pat McCrory signed two bills into law today to support veterans and military families through in-state tuition at University of North Carolina (UNC) system universities and North Carolina Community Colleges and by improving job opportunities for veterans by extending the time period...
Published: Thursday, June 25th, 2015 @ 6:32 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory announced today the release of a new NC4VETS printed resource guide and new updated website that focuses on federal VA benefits as well as opportunities for employment, education, health care, housing and personal services for North Carolina veterans.
Published: Sunday, May 24th, 2015 @ 3:13 am
By: Chris Downey
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Governor Pat McCrory's senior education adviser, Eric Guckian, has sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Thomas Wheeler urging the FCC to act now to expand E-Learning opportunities for North Carolina students.
Published: Saturday, July 5th, 2014 @ 9:06 am
By: Christopher Maye
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Governor Pat McCrory issued an executive order today that requires equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, disability and genetic information.
Published: Tuesday, July 1st, 2014 @ 6:00 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Governor Pat McCrory joined the governors of Maryland, Mississippi, Oregon and Virginia today in a bipartisan call for federal support of E-Learning opportunities.
Published: Tuesday, June 24th, 2014 @ 1:20 am
By: Christopher Maye
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This week’s Bad Bill is thankfully just a joint resolution, but is important to spotlight as it advocates a topic that continues to be hotly debated both here in NC and nationwide. SJR 838, sponsored by Sens. Earline Parmon (D-Forsyth) , Don Davis (D-Greene) and Angela Bryant (D-Halifax) is a...
Published: Thursday, June 12th, 2014 @ 4:34 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Most people think of occupations requiring licenses as those like medicine and law. North Carolina, however, has made it state's business to certify auctioneers, barbers, librarians, manicurists, and over a hundred others.
Published: Thursday, October 18th, 2012 @ 2:07 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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