Wake Technical Community College
As part of a statewide program, ACTS team members will work with similar programs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University to share best practices in support of community college transfer students. Additionally, NCA&T will expand its ACTS partnerships to include other North Carolina community colleges that have articulation and dual enrollment agreements with the university.
“It is exciting to see this important investment in bridging the gap and advancing academic STEM opportunities in a way that has regional and statewide significance, leveraging the strength of NCA&T and our community college system,” said Nancy Johnston, executive director of the Piedmont Triad Office of the North Carolina Biotechnology Center.
A $1.5 million gift from the North Carolina GlaxoSmithKline Foundation will help community college students pursue science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) degrees at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in Greensboro.
The gift will support the university’s new Aggie Commitment Trailblazer Scholars (ACTS) program for students transferring to NCA&T from 11 community colleges in North Carolina.
ACTS is a STEM Pathways program that will support full in-state tuition scholarships, transfer-centric learning communities, mentoring, a co-advising student success model, experiential learning opportunities and work strategy planning.
“The ACTS program is about student success and STEM Pathways, but it is also about equity in opportunities for STEM degrees,” said Chancellor Harold L. Martin Sr. “As part of our diversity and inclusion efforts at A&T, we are committed to removing barriers to access so that all students have opportunities to succeed.
A place to call home: Foster parents provide 20-year-old with home, skills to succeed Share Updated: 12:09 PM EST Feb 5, 2021 Audrey Biesk Share Updated: 12:09 PM EST Feb 5, 2021
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Show Transcript AUDREY BIESK HAS THEIR STORY. NEEDING A PLACE TO CALL HOME DOESN’T END FOR KIDS ON THEIR 18TH BIRTHDAY. JOSE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH TYPE ONE DIABETES AT AGE HE’S LIVED IN 15. COUNTLESS DIFFERENT FOSTER HOMES. HE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR MONTHS, AND JOSE COULDN’T MAKE IT ON HIS OWN. THAT’S WHERE THE TERHUNE FAMILY COMES IN. PEGGY AND BOB FROM RANDOLPH COUNTY HAVE BEEN FOSTERING FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS. THEY ADOPTED TWO TEENS AND FOSTERED MORE THAN 100 CHILDREN. AT FIRST I DIDN’T WANT TO GO TO A FOSTER HOME, I FELT LIKE I WAS TOO OLD FOR IT. FOUR MONTHS AGO, THE TERHUNES CALLED HOSE A HOME. FOX THEY SAID TO HIM WELL WE HAVE THIS FAMILY FOR YOU AND THEY AREN’T YOUR TYPICAL FAMILY. ARE WE TYPICAL? OF COURSE NOT. WHAT
North Carolina school districts can now apply for IBM grants meant to strengthen cybersecurity via IBM.org through March 1 to receive one of the six $500,000 grants, which will be contributed via in-kind funding.
IBM points out that in the past year, schools have become a growing target for cyberattacks, particularly ransomware, which involves bad actors blocking access to school systems and demanding payment to release them.
More than 1,600 schools fell victim to this attack in 2020 alone, including Richmond Community College just outside of Raleigh in Hamlet, Burke County Public Schools just outside of Charlotte, Guilford Technical Community College in Jamestown and Haywood County schools near Asheville.
GTCC offers truck driver training program to help with nationwide shortage
According to Labor Department data, the trucking industry now has about 80,000 fewer drivers compared to 2019. Author: Taheshah Moise Updated: 10:28 PM EST January 21, 2021
GUILFORD COUNTY, N.C. Guilford Technical Community College is working to help end a truck driver shortage and get people employed.
According to Labor Department data, the trucking industry now has about 80,000 fewer drivers compared to 2019.
Last fall, the college introduced a new Commercial Drivers License training program. Nine out of the 11 December graduates are already working. Each student completed a 320-hour course with 22% of their course work in the classroom and the remaining 78% on the driving range and/or on the road.