BOONE – It’s easy to make jokes about majoring in beer.  But Appalachian State University has skipped past the punchline to turn its Enology and Viticulture program into a major ...

The $2 billion Connect NC bond proposal that will go to voters in North Carolina’s March 15 primary election includes $70 million for a new Health Sciences building at Appalachian ...

WINSTON-SALEM – Auto dealer Don Flow is a graduate of the University of Virginia. And he stepped down this year as Chairman of the Board of Trustees at Wake ...

GREENSBORO – Though he’s new to campus, Chancellor Frank Gilliam of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro knows UNCG lost a star health economist to the University of Virginia. “If ...

GREENSBORO – The Piedmont Triad region’s future is in technology, telecommunications, electronics, information technology, transportation and nanoscience, according to North Carolina A&T State University Chancellor Harold Martin. “We have core programs ...

CHAPEL HILL – Long-stagnant pay for university teachers and researchers will be at the top of the agenda when the University of North Carolina Board of Governors convenes Dec. 11. During ...

NC A&T State University Chancellor Harold Martin speaks from experience – it’s no fun carrying steel bolts inside you long after broken bones have healed. But with help from the National ...

When the Board of Governors that oversees North Carolina’s public universities granted raises recently to 12 chancellors, it prompted faculty across the system to ask:  What about us? There is no ...

(Click here for video of Rep. Arp discussing the bond proposal at UNC Charlotte) CHAPEL HILL – State Rep. Dean Arp (R-Union) is known as a fiscal conservative.  And his strong ...

To have a talented workforce for the 21st century, government, philanthropies and employers must all value higher education, Reynolds American President and CEO Susan Cameron says in the accompanying video. “There’s ...