Research from the Center for American Progress shows undocumented immigrants are more likely to work essential jobs in the United States, with an estimated 5 million of them in the workforce.
Katherine Ward, a community organizer for Refugee Community Partnership, said vaccinating immigrants is especially important because they have fewer opportunities to receive federal or state aid if they were to lose their jobs or stop working due to the virus.
“It is my hope and my prayer that (the vaccine) will make a difference in&#
Top 10 Takeaways From the Chamber’s COVID Forum: What Employers Need To Know Right Now
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The Chamber hosted a COVID Forum to address what employers need to know right now as it relates vaccines, testing, and employment law – and – what they need to know about the path ahead as it relates to their business continuity planning.
The forum featured six fantastic speakers who gave real-time updates and concrete advice for employers who want to get back to business in a safe and healthy way:
The director of the Orange County Health Department, Quintana Stewart, provided the current state of play on the number of COVID cases, testing protocols, and the vaccine roll-out.
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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.
Nursing School Hub Releases Rankings of Associate s Degree Nursing Programs
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Jan. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ To inform and guide prospective nursing students to valuable educational options, Nursing School Hub (
https://www.nursingschoolhub.com/), an independent, unbiased site featuring rankings, resources, and information for nurses and nursing students, would like to announce its new 2021 rankings of the best associate degree nursing programs in the US:
Top 25 Associate Degree in Nursing Programs for 2021
For all rankings, Nursing School Hub focused specifically on fully accredited colleges and universities with an established reputation for quality.