AUBURN, Alabama, Oct. 17 -- Auburn University issued the following campus notice: After an extensive search, Kionna Coleman, assistant chief communications officer at North Carolina State University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS), has been named executive director for the Office of Communications and Marketing (OCM), with an official start date of Nov. 1. A seasoned marketing and strategic communications professional, Coleman brings more than 20 years of experience to the OC  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Oct. 17 -- Bank of America, a financial institution, issued the following news release on Oct. 16, 2023: Bank of America today announced the latest honorees of its Neighborhood Builders Social Equality Award (NBSE), which recognizes individual leaders from across the country who serve as catalysts in advancing social equality and economic opportunity. The six individuals were selected for their extraordinary contributions to breaking barriers and creating opportunitie  more

SALISBURY, North Carolina, Oct. 17 -- Catawba College issued the following news on Oct. 16, 2023: Catawba College received a gift of $500,000 to support the college's history department. It is the largest gift the department has received. The gift provides additional scholarship funding for students majoring or minoring in history and also supports faculty development. This support allows the faculty to explore expanded class offerings in the department. "This generous gift is going to help u  more

HICKORY, North Carolina, Oct. 17 -- Catawba Valley Community College issued the following news: Take this opportunity to level-up your computer literacy with four new, in-person courses at the CVCC Alexander Center for Education. On October 25th, "Basic Computer Skills I" will introduce basic computer operating systems, file management, security, and privacy. On November 1st, "Basic Computer Skills II" will further explore the use of search engines, how to conduct ethical business research,  more

GREENVILLE, North Carolina, Oct. 17 -- East Carolina University issued the following news release: East Carolina University's Center for Sustainable Energy and Environmental Engineering (CSE3) has received a half-million dollar grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to support pollution prevention in disadvantaged communities. The $563,932 Environmental Justice in Communities grant is intended to allow CSE3 to develop and adopt practices that prevent pollution and increase water a  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Oct. 17 -- Discovery Education, a division of Discovery Communications, issued the following news release on Oct. 16, 2023: Honda and Discovery Education today launched a new multi-year safety initiative to help address the nearly one-third of annual traffic fatalities in the U.S. involving drivers under the age of 25. Honda is building on its "Safety For Everyone" approach by teaming up with Discovery Education to launch Honda Safety Driven, a new national safety pro  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Oct. 17 -- LPL Financial LLC, a company that provides support from independent financial advisors to financial institutions, issued the following news release on Oct. 16, 2023: LPL Financial LLC announced today that five financial advisors with Infinity Wealth Group have joined LPL Financial's broker-dealer, RIA and custodial platforms. The team reported having served approximately $265 million in advisory, brokerage and retirement plan assets*, and joins LPL from Cad  more

BOZEMAN, Montana, Oct. 17 -- Montana State University issued the following news release: Last summer, Montana State University student Ryan Senitte found himself presenting to C-suite members of U.S. Bank in the company's executive board room. He had made the finals of the company's intern case competition and traveled from the office in Charlotte, North Carolina, where his internship was located, to the company's headquarters in Minneapolis. "We were the first to go, at 9 in the morning," he  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Oct. 17 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Oct. 16, 2023: Last week, Governor Roy Cooper led a 35-person North Carolina delegation to Japan for the annual Southeastern United States/Japan (SEUS/Japan) Economic Development Conference in Tokyo. The Governor held productive meetings with major business leaders and worked to recruit more good-paying jobs to North Carolina in advance of next year's SEUS/Japan Economic Development Confe  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Oct. 17 -- The North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources issued the following news release on Oct. 16, 2023: Bryan Wilder has been promoted to park superintendent at Elk Knob State Park in Watauga County, the N.C. Division of Parks and Recreation announced. Wilder succeeds Tracy Minton, who transferred to New River State Park earlier this year. Wilder has been serving as the acting superintendent for the park since Minton's departure. A park superinte  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Oct. 17 -- The North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources issued the following news release on Oct. 16, 2023: The state's highest civilian honor, the North Carolina Award, will be presented to six distinguished North Carolinians Thursday, Nov. 9, at the North Carolina Museum of Art. Governor Roy Cooper will present the awards. The award was created by the General Assembly in 1961 to recognize significant contributions to the state and nation in the fie  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Oct. 17 (TNSres) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: Using a small bird's nest-making process as a model, researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a nontoxic process for making cellulose gels. The freeze-thaw process is simple, cost-effective, and can create cellulose gels that are useful in a number of applications, including tunable gels for timed drug delivery. The process also works with bamboo and potentially  more

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Oct. 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Cincinnati issued the following news: * * * UC to partner with UNC, Duke for large prospective study Patients with a previous or current cancer diagnosis are more likely to have a stroke than the general population, but how are specific cancers and treatments associated with stroke risk? * * * A collaborative team led by University of Cincinnati, University of North Carolina (UNC) and Duke University researchers is seeking to answer th  more

ASHEVILLE, North Carolina, Oct. 17 -- Warren Wilson College issued the following news: Dr. Eric Griffin, professor of Environmental Studies at Warren Wilson College, has joined four other lead scientists in a $1 million National Science Foundation grant to study tree diversity at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center tree restoration experiment. The experiment, called BiodiversiTREE, studies forest response to climate change from the molecular to the watershed level. It is a project th  more

GOLDSBORO, North Carolina, Oct. 17 -- Wayne Community College issued the following news release: For the second year in a row, the Honor Our Firsts Board has donated funds from their annual gala to support local first responder training initiatives at Wayne Community College. Members of the board, along with representatives from the Wayne County Chamber of Commerce and local nonprofit Rewarding Responders, presented a check for $10,000 to the Foundation of WCC to be used for the College's Publ  more