WCU among 15 UNC System schools to receive freezers for COVID-19 vaccine storage
WCU Stories December 21, 2020
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – All 15 research institutions within the University of North Carolina System will soon be receiving 61 new freezers capable of safely storing COVID-19 vaccines at temperatures as low as -80 Celsius (-112 Fahrenheit). The freezers will support state and local public health agencies, hospitals, and pharmacies with the critical logistics of sub-zero storage and subsequent distribution of COVID-19 vaccines that started arriving in North Carolina this past week. Vaccines stored at UNC institutions will be distributed according to the State’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan at the direction of state and local public health officials.
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There will be no CIAA menâs or womenâs basketball this winter.
Nor will there be any womenâs volleyball.
The CIAA Board of Directors has voted to cancel the seasons because of fears related to COVID-19.
Basketball season was to begin Jan. 9, with an abbrevi- ated schedule and postseason tournaments in Baltimore.
Womenâs volleyball already had been moved from the fall to winter because of the pandemic.
âUnfortunately, COVID-19 continues to challenge the conferenceâs ability to see a clear path to move forward collectively,â CIAA Commis- sioner Jacqie McWilliams said in a statement. âThe impact to health and wellness, community concerns, as well as the economic ramifications, are real.â
MacKenzie Scott Gives Away $4.2 Billion, and Colleges Rejoice
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Many of the gifts, which were made over the last four months, went to historically Black colleges or universities, tribal colleges, or community colleges. Among the beneficiaries are Prairie View A&M University, an HBCU in Texas, which described Scott’s $50 million gift as the largest ever gift in the college’s history. Other HBCUs reported receiving record-breaking gifts from Scott in the tens of millions: Morgan State University, in Baltimore, reported a gift of $40 million; Winston-Salem State University, in North Carolina, reported a gift of $30 million; and Delaware State University and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore reported gifts of $20 million each.
North Carolina HBCUs receive gift from MacKenzie Scott
She gave Winston-Salem State University a record $30 million as part of more than $4.15 billion in donations to 384 organizations in all 50 states.
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. Three historically black North Carolina colleges have received historic financial gifts from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott.
Scott is the former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
She gave Winston-Salem State University a record $30 million as part of more than $4.15 billion in donations to 384 organizations in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico.
She donated $45 million to North Carolina A&T State University and $15 million to Elizabeth City State University.