University of North Carolina System

Our institutions continue to demonstrate an extraordinary commitment to collaboration and supporting those in need following Hurricane #Helene. 💙🏔️ ⛰️ Emergency Responders from North Carolina State University traveled to University of North Carolina Asheville to assist with rescue and recovery efforts, including relocating students and cleaning out damaged buildings and residence halls. Campuswide, students, faculty, and staff have been collecting supplies to send to western locations. ⛰️ Elizabeth City State University’s Aviation Science Program deployed two university aircraft to airlift necessary supplies to Western NC. ⛰️ East Carolina University sent dining trucks to serve hot, nutritious meals at UNC Asheville following the devastation of Hurricane Helene. ⛰️ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill partnered with Duke University to collect and transport multiple truckloads of hurricane relief supplies to Western NC. ⛰️ North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and Winston-Salem State University sent emergency managers, law enforcement personnel, and supplies to UNC Asheville to assist with recovery operations. ⛰️ Winston-Salem State University and University of North Carolina School of the Arts collaborated to collect and deliver hurricane relief supplies to North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics in Morganton, NC! Find out how you can continue to support our recovering campuses and communities: https://ow.ly/4p2L50TNIgw

East Carolina University leaders broke ground Thursday on a planned seven-story, 195,000-square-foot Center for Medical Education Building financed by the state of North Carolina. When it opens in 2027, the Center for Medical Education Building will provide state-of-the-art classrooms, anatomy labs and simulation technology integrated with flexible spaces, collaboration rooms, small group student spaces and green infrastructure. “There is a shortage of primary care doctors in our country that’s acute for rural Americans. East Carolina University stands in the breach, training today’s medical students who will choose to practice primary care in underserved areas tomorrow,” said Chancellor Rogers. Learn More: https://lnkd.in/e6FqEawP

The application deadline has been extended for the UNC System Presidential Scholars program! December 2024 and May 2025 graduates from UNC System undergraduate programs are invited to apply for this eleven-month, paid, full-time rotational fellowship at the UNC System Office. The new deadline to apply is December 1 at 7 p.m. Learn more or apply now: https://ow.ly/R6BN50U94Vo

In September, Hurricane Helene brought down more than 5,000 trees at The North Carolina Arboretum, closing the arboretum and leaving trails and roads through 434 acres of the Pisgah National Forest inaccessible. A new collaborative project will repurpose more than 65 truckloads of those fallen and damaged trees to support recovery in western North Carolina. Norma R. Houston, chief of staff to the UNC System Office, said the arboretum would still be closed if not for the Interagency Recovery Coordination (IRC), a team of federal, state and local government, non-profits and faith-based organizations. “This is an example of what amazing things can happen when groups sharing a common mission dedicated to helping people in times of need work together,” she said. Learn More: https://ow.ly/3ivX50U88uk

The UNC Board of Governors Subcommittee on Laboratory Schools will hold a special meeting at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. https://ow.ly/wWLw50U5Apo

The UNC Board of Governors will meet in regular session today (Thursday, November 14) at 10 a.m. at the UNC System Office in Raleigh. Watch the livestream provided by PBS North Carolina: https://ow.ly/GOqi50U2nML

Safe drinking water has returned to UNC Asheville's campus! All testing to ensure the water is safe and free from contaminants is complete and the campus community was notified today, (Wed. Nov. 13), of the change. Learn more about how we began working with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers roughly four weeks ago to construct a temporary water treatment facility on campus PLUS get a behind-the-scenes tour of the water filtration process from Rocky in our latest story! https://lnkd.in/eXcj4NN7

For the past several years Dr. Erin Reifsteck in kinesiology, the newly appointed Faculty Fellow for Student Veteran Wellbeing, has closely studied student veterans at UNCG and at other universities across the University of North Carolina System. Her research findings are now helping inform how UNCG addresses issues impacting student veterans. UNCG School of Health and Human Sciences

High school seniors affected by Hurricane Helene can receive help with the college application process at a free special event at University of North Carolina Asheville on November 17. Learn more about College Day: https://ow.ly/YIje50U3veH #NCed #NCHigherEd

The UNC Board of Governors will meet in regular session at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024, at the UNC System Office in Raleigh, NC. https://ow.ly/jzgY50U2nAr