BUIES CREEK, North Carolina, Aug. 31 -- Campbell University issued the following news: Campbell University's School of Engineering received a $2,500 check on Tuesday from Terracon Consultants, a national engineering consulting firm that specializes in environmental, geotechnical, facilities and materials services. The Terracon Foundation -- a philanthropic arm of the company that has granted nearly $4 million to universities, community organizations and disaster relief efforts -- donated the f  more

BUIES CREEK, North Carolina, Aug. 31 -- Campbell University issued the following news: The 2023 Special Olympics North Carolina (SONC) Golisano Health Leadership Award was presented to Dr. David Tillman of Campbell University. The award is the highest honor for health partners and individuals that SONC presents, created to recognize champions and their efforts toward fulfilling the mission of Special Olympics' global health program, made possible by the Golisano Foundation. Tillman was present  more

SALISBURY, North Carolina, Aug. 31 -- Catawba College issued the following news: "We are very excited about this grant from the Teagle Foundation," said Associate Professor of English, Dr. Patrick Swaney. "We started The Pursuit program thanks to a generous gift from a donor. This grant funding will allow us to provide additional students with opportunities to meaningfully engage with the humanities." The Pursuit introduces Catawba students to the humanities through transformative texts and pr  more

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio, Aug. 31 -- Clark State College issued the following news: Clark State College has named Quinton Alstork as head coach of the men's basketball team. Alstork began his coaching career in 2009. He was assistant coach for the boys' varsity basketball team at Trotwood-Madison High School prior to joining the Clark State team as assistant coach in 2022. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in theology from the North Carolina School of Theology. "We are very excited to bring Quint  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Aug. 31 (TNSres) -- Forvis, an accounting and advisory firm, issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2023: FORVIS, one of the nation's leading assurance, tax, and consulting firms, today announced revenue of $1,685,539,000 for the fiscal year ending May 31, 2023. This represents a growth rate of greater than 13% over the previous fiscal year and places FORVIS as the eighth largest U.S. firm. Revenues grew in each of the firm's three major service lines and its 1  more

HIGH POINT, North Carolina, Aug. 31 -- High Point University issued the following news release: High Point University's Workman School of Dental Medicine, the state's only private dental school, achieved a milestone by receiving its initial accreditation from the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA) on Aug. 24. "Being awarded initial accreditation from the nation's sole agency to accredit dental education programs supports HPU's distinctive approach to prepare health care professionals fo  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Aug. 31 -- LPL Financial LLC, a company that provides support from independent financial advisors to financial institutions, issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2023: LPL Financial LLC announced today that financial advisors Steve Boeckmann, CFP(R), ChFC(R) , CRPC(R) and David Wyzgowski have joined LPL Financial's broker-dealer, RIA and custodial platforms. They reported having served approximately $350 million in advisory, brokerage and retirement plan asse  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Aug. 31 -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: Ives will join LSU in October from North Carolina's Catawba College, which became the first certified carbon-neutral college in the Southeast U.S. under his leadership. Bradley "Brad" Ives brings a rare combination of experience in industry, government and academia. As assistant secretary for natural resources in North Carolina between 2013 and 2015, he drafted and negotiated the state's wind farm   more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Aug. 31 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2023: Attorney General Josh Stein today led a bipartisan coalition of 33 attorneys general calling on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and its Center for Tobacco Products to do more to protect kids from e-cigarettes. Attorney General Stein's suggestions include limiting the flavors that draw kids in, reducing nicotine levels to prevent addiction, and protecting  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Aug. 31 -- The North Carolina Department of Commerce issued the following news release: Unemployment rates (not seasonally adjusted) decreased in 39 of North Carolina's counties in July 2023, increased in 27, and remained unchanged in 34. Scotland County had the highest unemployment rate at 6.7 percent while Buncombe and Swain Counties each had the lowest at 2.7 percent. Two of the state's metro areas experienced rate decreases, two increased, and 11 remained unchanged.  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Aug. 31 (TNSres) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: It is increasingly common for people to discuss mental health challenges on social media platforms, but a new study finds these disclosures can affect the way potential employers view job applicants. "People are often encouraged to discuss their mental health struggles on social media with the goal of reducing the stigma associated with mental health challenges," says Lori Foster, co  more

CULLOWHEE, North Carolina, Aug. 30 -- Western Carolina University issued the following news release: Teaching is where Patricia Bricker, professor of elementary and middle grades STEM education in Western Carolina University's College of Education and Allied Professions, feels most at home. After serving as associate dean of the college, Bricker is starting her 23rd year at WCU back in the classroom as the Jay M. Robinson Distinguished Professor in Educational Technologies. Her journey to b  more

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, Aug. 31 (TNSres) -- The University of North Carolina's Gillings School of Global Public Health issued the following news: Integrating antiretroviral treatment (ART) into pregnancy care for people living with HIV has significantly reduced the number of children who acquire the virus before or soon after birth. Now, new research out of Zambia and Malawi, in collaboration with UNC-Chapel Hill, suggests that incorporating robust prevention strategies into routine pregna  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 31 (TNSres) -- The University of Illinois Chicago campus issued the following news release: Living in a racially segregated neighborhood puts Black children at a higher risk of having elevated blood lead levels, and this association has persisted over more than two decades, according to new research from the Children's Environmental Health Initiative, which is led by University of Illinois Chicago Chancellor Marie Lynn Miranda. The study, published in Pediatrics, analyz  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 31 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: In a new video, university leaders discuss how Vanderbilt is responding to the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision disallowing the use of race-conscious admissions at colleges and universities. The court ruled in June that race-conscious admissions practices at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill violated the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution, significantly limi  more