More ultra-cold freezers are on the way to help store the COVID-19 vaccine, more specifically, historically minority-serving universities around the state including North Carolina Central and Fayetteville State University.
NC Central will get seven freezers as part of the broader effort to increase cold storage capacity. The university will then give them to places like the Halifax or Granville Health Department or even the Lumbee Tribe to use.
Four other historically minority-serving institutions in the UNC System including Elizabeth City State University, North Carolina A&T University, UNC Pembroke and Winston-Salem State University received a mobile freezer Wednesday that s capable of safely storing and moving COVID-19 vaccine vials. Those already delivered are a portion of the 62 slated to arrive in the coming months as part of Operation Deep Freeze.
RALEIGH (WTVD) Apple is partnering with Saint Augustine s University for a first-of-its-kind education hub for Historically black colleges and universities.
The tech giant is launching the Propel Center, which intends to be a global hub for innovation and learning for the HBCU community.
In North Carolina, students at Saint Augustine s and Elizabeth City State University will have access to technology support, career opportunities and fellowship programs. The center will offer a range of educational tracks in AI, machine learning, social justice, app development, design and more. Experts from Apple will develop the curricula and provide mentorship.
The Propel Center will have a physical campus in Atlanta. The center is part of Apple s $100 million Racial Equity and Justice Initiative.
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Dream Job:
Campus Events You Enjoyed Participating In and The Reason(s):
Student body meetings, Homecoming, Viking Fest, and Consent Week.
Plans After Graduating From ECSU:
Continue working in early childhood education.
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Your words to live by:
I don’t have a particular quote but something I always say is “if you’re going to do something then do it to the fullest.
Favorite Place on Campus
My favorite place to be on campus is the Ridley Student Center because you can do anything in there. You can grab something to eat, do your homework in the PACE Center,
Editor s note: This story has been corrected with the correct premiere date for the movie.
Sanford native, Jessica B. Smith, used her love for writing to create a script for her first movie, Elle Rose, a romantic comedy inspired by the ones she loved growing up.
Smith, a Lee Senior graduate, will release her first movie which she wrote, directed and starred in and which also features Hope Mills native Shaun McMillan.
Smith said the movie was inspired by her love for Black romance movies such as Love & Basketball and Brown Sugar. I love Love & Basketball. Love & Basketball came out when I was in high school. I fell in love with the movie, and I never stopped loving it, Smith said. It is one of my favorite movies ever. I just love the story of two very close friends falling in love I love that. Another one of my favorite movies is Brown Sugar, again, it s the same story, basically. I ve always wanted to write something like that.