PHOENIX, Arizona, Oct. 11 -- Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes issued the following statement on Oct. 10, 2023: * * * Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes and a bipartisan group of 13 attorneys general from California, Delaware, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and the District of Columbia, released the following joint statement on the current situation in Israel and the attacks launched by Hamas: "We are aghast and outraged  more

SALISBURY, North Carolina, Oct. 11 -- Catawba College issued the following news: Catawba College received $2.5 million this summer to provide scholarships to students with SAT scores of 1500 and above and 1400 and above, or the ACT equivalent. Scholarships to qualified students with scores over 1400 will cover full tuition over four years; additional scholarship funds are designated for students with SAT scores of 1500 and above, covering tuition, room, and board. "We are grateful for this gi  more

MURFREESBORO, North Carolina, Oct. 11 -- Chowan University issued the following news: By Kim Sherman Bailey The Office of Alumni Relations at Chowan University hosted the second annual Executive Partners Forum on Friday, October 6. The event, established by the Alumni Council, brought together a near-capacity crowd of students, alumni, and faculty members. The panelists for this year's forum included distinguished Chowan alumni: Barry Bradberry, class of 1973; Misty Buren, class of 2004; Zach  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Oct. 11 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news on Oct. 10, 2023: An architect whose work has navigated issues of dignity, equity and justice in cultural and civic spaces will deliver the 2023 Morton B. Gulak Lecture in Urban and Regional Planning at Virginia Commonwealth University on Thursday, Oct. 19. Zena Howard is a principal with Perkins&Will, an architecture and design firm with 30 studios worldwide. Based in North Carolina, Howard is the firm's  more

FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina, Oct. 11 -- North Carolina A&T State University issued the following news: The Farmer Veteran Coalition of North Carolina (FVC), a group that helps veterans find meaningful and sustainable work in agriculture, will host the first Eastern Regional Farmer Veteran Coalition of North Carolina Education Conference on Oct. 27 at the Cumberland County Extension Center. The non-profit coalition is part of the national FVC, with work done by Cooperative Extension at N.C. A&  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Oct. 11 (TNSres) -- Duke Energy issued the following news release: Duke Energy will post its third-quarter 2023 financial results at 7 a.m. ET on Thursday, Nov. 2 on the company's website at duke-energy.com/investors. An earnings conference call for analysts is scheduled at 10 a.m. ET that day to discuss the third-quarter 2023 financial results and other business and financial updates. The conference call will be hosted by Lynn Good, chair, president and chief execu  more

DURHAM, North Carolina, Oct. 11 -- Duke University Pratt School of Engineering issued the following news: Computing has always had an image problem. "We're nerds," said Shaundra Daily, the Cue Family Professor of the Practice of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University and the education and workforce director for the Athena AI Institute. "And I'm okay with that, but not everyone thinks it's as cool as we do." But now, in partnership with one of the coolest independent retailer  more

FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina, Oct. 11 -- Fayetteville State University issued the following news: Fayetteville State University (FSU) Board of Trustees elected new officers on Thursday, September 28, at its full board meeting and welcomed two new trustees. FSU alumna Dr. Kimberly Jeffries Leonard will serve as board chair. Jeffries Leonard has been on the FSU Board of Trustees since 2021 and previously served as the board secretary. She is the recipient of the Chancellor's Medallion, the highe  more

FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina, Oct. 11 -- Fayetteville State University issued the following news: Fayetteville State University (FSU) recognized 292 students for superior academic achievement during the fall semester at its 2023 Chancellor's List reception, held October 4 on the FSU campus. FSU Chancellor Darrell T. Allison and Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Monica T. Leach delivered greetings and congratulations. Students received special medallions commemorating thei  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Oct. 10 (TNSres) -- Forvis, an accounting and advisory firm, issued the following news release on Oct. 9, 2023: Rural telecommunications companies are seeing the effects of inflation cut into their profitability, which could prompt some to implement new pricing strategies for services they provide to customers. This and other takeaways are found in the 2023 Rural Telecom Benchmark Study, released today by FORVIS, a leading integrated professional services and consult  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 11 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following joint statement on Oct. 10, 2023: * * * Attorney General Kwame Raoul today joined bipartisan group of 13 attorneys general from Arizona, California, Delaware, Kansas, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and the District of Columbia, to release the following joint statement on the current situation in Israel and the attacks launched by Hamas. "We are aghast and  more

MONTREAT, North Carolina, Oct. 11 -- Montreat College issued the following news: Montreat College has signed two articulation agreements with Gaston College, charting a seamless route for transfer students to earn a bachelor's degree from Montreat College's School of Adult and Graduate Studies (AGS). In addition, a separate agreement allows Gaston College students who earn an Associate of Applied Science degree in Criminal Justice Technology to enter Montreat College as a junior to earn their   more

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, Oct. 11 -- North Carolina A&T State University issued the following news: North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University's Transportation Institute has recognized its most recent Advancing STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) Education Through Transportation Studies (ASETTS) scholars. ASETTS is a digital badge program funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to enable undergraduate students to increase their STEM skills through mentor  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Oct. 11 -- The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release on Oct. 10, 2023: Today, on World Mental Health Day, the North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services is celebrating an unprecedented $835 million investment in behavioral health. These funds are transformative and will make it possible for more North Carolinians to receive care when and where they need it. "Thanks to the leadership of Governor Cooper and the  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Oct. 11 -- The North Carolina Republican Party issued the following news: The North Carolina Republican Party applauds the N.C. General Assembly for successfully overriding Governor Roy Cooper's vetoes of common-sense legislation to increase confidence and integrity in our elections. These bills (Senate Bill 747, Senate Bill 749) becoming law, despite the objections of the governor, is a win for the People of North Carolina. NCGOP has long fought to increase transparen  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Oct. 11 -- Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford issued the following joint statement on Oct. 10, 2023: * * * Today, Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford has joined New York Attorney General Letitia James and 12 other attorneys general from Arizona, California, Delaware, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia in releasing the following joint statement on the current situation in Israel and the   more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Oct. 11 -- Discovery Education, a division of Discovery Communications, issued the following news release: Discovery Literacy - an educational program from Discovery Education, Dollar General Literacy Foundation, and the National Afterschool Association - presents a new five-part, no-cost professional learning video series to help educators develop the critical literacy skills of students in grades K-2. Discover Literacy provides teachers, parents, and caregivers with  more

CARY, North Carolina, Oct. 10 (TNSres) -- SAS Institute, a business analytics software and services provider, issued the following news release: Education institutions across the US can use software from global AI and analytics leader SAS for less, thanks to a new agreement with the Midwestern Higher Education Compact (MHEC). Faced with declining enrollments, US colleges and universities are turning to data and education analytics software to improve efficiencies while increasing student succes  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Oct. 11 -- The South Carolina Educational Television Network issued the following news release: South Carolina Public Radio is proud to announce the network has received 12 award nominations from the Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas (RTDNAC). Winners of the 2023 RTDNAC awards competition will be announced at an awards luncheon on Nov. 11 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. RTDNAC is a nonprofit, volunteer organization dedicated to showcasing the bes  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Oct. 11 -- LPL Financial LLC, a company that provides support from independent financial advisors to financial institutions, issued the following news release on Oct. 10, 2023: LPL Financial LLC announced today that financial advisors Brock Hively, CFP(R), CPFA(R), AIF(R), Josh Smeltzer, PPC, AIF(R), Aaron Gingrich, CPFA(R), AIF(R), and Emily Sides, CPFA(R), AIF(R) have joined LPL Financial to launch a new independent practice, Sides Wealth Advisory Group. They chose   more

WHITEVILLE, North Carolina, Oct. 11 -- Southeastern Community College issued the following news: Twelve students walked across the Southeastern Community College auditorium stage to accept truck driver training certificates of completion at the Oct. 4 graduation ceremony. The partnership between SCC, Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute and the Town of Fair Bluff brought about the new program that started Aug. 1. "We are excited to be working with Caldwell Community College and   more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Oct. 11 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following joint statement on Oct. 10, 2023: * * * Attorney General Josh Stein and a bipartisan group of 13 Attorneys General from Arizona, California, Delaware, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and the District of Columbia, released the following joint statement on the current situation in Israel and the attacks launched by Hamas: "We are aghast and outr  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 11 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following joint statement on Oct. 10, 2023: * * * New York Attorney General Letitia James and a bipartisan group of 13 attorneys general from Arizona, California, Delaware, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and the District of Columbia released the following joint statement on the current situation in Israel and the attacks launched by Hamas: "We are aghast and outra  more

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, Oct. 10 (TNSres) -- The University of North Carolina's Gillings School of Global Public Health issued the following news: Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD, MA, assistant professor of health policy and management at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, has been selected as the recipient of the 2023 Gillings Faculty Award for Excellence in Health Equity Research. The Gillings Health Equity Faculty Research Award recognizes excellence in research by faculty in t  more

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, Oct. 11 -- The University of North Carolina Greensboro campus issued the following news: Possible. Affordable. For me. When UNC-Greensboro students hear "study abroad," that's what their fellow students who have taken time abroad want them to think of next. "Everybody needs to go abroad," says Brianna Rucker. The double major in liberal and interdisciplinary studies and anthropology spent Spring 2023 at Okayama University in Japan. "Being in one country your entire  more

WILMINGTON, North Carolina, Oct. 11 (TNSres) -- The University of North Carolina Wilmington campus issued the following news release: Since 2019, the National Drug Court Resource Center, housed at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, has provided treatment court practitioners with myriad resources to design, implement, expand, and enhance treatment court programs across America and US territories. In September 2023, UNCW was awarded an additional $1.75 million from the Bureau of Justi  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Oct. 10 (TNSres) -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: The Virginia Tech media relations office has the following experts available for interviews this week surrounding issues in the news. To schedule an interview, please contact mediarelations@vt.edu. Still no House speaker in Washington Lawmakers return to Washington this week without a House speaker. Currently, Rep. Patrick McHenry of North Carolina is serving as the acting speaker, though he has little power. R  more

GOLDSBORO, North Carolina, Oct. 10 (TNSres) -- Wayne Community College issued the following news release: Wayne Community College Chemistry Instructor Badrinath Dhakal is the first author of an article that has been published in an academic journal. The article, titled, "Manganese(I) Diamine Electrocatalysts: Electrochemical Carbon Dioxide Reduction to Carbon Monoxide," is included in Volume 11, Issue 9 of Organometallic Chemistry, published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (M  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 10 -- The Yale University School of Medicine issued the following Q&A on Oct. 9, 2023, with Mandy Cohen, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: * * * By Christina Frank Mandy Cohen, MD '05, MPH, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), joined Yale School of Public Health Dean Megan L. Ranney, MD, for a 'fireside chat' about health care leadership and the future of public health on Oct. 5 in Harkness Auditoriu  more