BELMONT, North Carolina, Dec. 6 -- Belmont Abbey College issued the following news release on Dec. 5, 2023: Today Belmont Abbey College announces the launch of a Master of Arts in Classical and Liberal Education. Through this degree, Belmont Abbey and its partner institutions will provide strong formation in classical pedagogy, the Great Books, the liberal arts, and the Christian and Catholic intellectual tradition. Intended for individuals with a passion for classical education, this degree pr  more

BUIES CREEK, North Carolina, Dec. 6 -- Campbell University issued the following news: Members of the Campbell University Sales Team competed at the Northeast Intercollegiate Sales Competition in November. The team members included Landon Clifton, Claire Taylor and Colin Nation, led by Associate Professor Dr. Michael Rodriguez. The Northeast Intercollegiate Sales Competition provides an opportunity for students to compete in a multi-round tournament-style sales competition. The competitions inc  more

BUIES CREEK, North Carolina, Dec. 6 -- Campbell University issued the following news: About three years ago, the groundbreaking Doctor of Health Sciences program (DHSc) at Campbell University welcomed its inaugural class. On Dec. 16, members of that charter class will receive their degrees during a ceremony in the John W. Pope Jr. Convocation Center as part of the Campbell University's winter commencement. Nineteen members of that charter class will walk the commencement stage. "The first cl  more

HICKORY, North Carolina, Dec. 6 -- Catawba Valley Community College issued the following news: On Thursday, November 30th, the Catawba Valley Furniture Academy recognized twenty-two graduates of the latest Supervisory Certification Program. Graduates included Tim Bennett; Amanda Bryant; Nicole Craig; Richard Curtis; Ian Dancel; Joshua Davis; Calvin Hang; Jason Higley; Sabrina Ledford; Pao Lee; Wesley Love; Brett McLain; Nathaniel Miller; Damaris Peeler; James Phipps; Camron Pope; Shane Roberts  more

DURHAM, North Carolina, Dec. 6 -- Duke University Pratt School of Engineering issued the following news: New, transformative technologies are dramatically reshaping the status quo in numerous domains. Tools based on large language models are redefining the role of customer service, for example, with numerous firms shifting customer service agents to higher-value work while chatbots automate responses to other inquiries. Meanwhile, virtual reality systems are changing the nature of "hands-on ed  more

DURHAM, North Carolina, Dec. 7 -- Duke University Pratt School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Distinction honors the contributions of Blake Wilson to the cochlear implant, which has helped restore the hearing of more than a million people worldwide * * * Blake S. Wilson, a Duke Engineering alumnus and faculty member who is one of the lead inventors of the cochlear implant, was selected as a co-recipient of the 2024 IEEE Medal for Innovations in Healthcare Technology. For ne  more

DURHAM, North Carolina, Dec. 6 -- The city of Durham issued the following news: The Community Engagement Division of Neighborhood Improvement Services (NIS) has awarded $22,500 in grants for local groups to lead community engagement projects. What You Need to Know * The City of Durham awarded $22,500 in grants for local groups to lead community engagement projects. * 40+ applications, the largest amount to date, were submitted to the Community Engagement Mini-Grants program, formerly known   more

FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina, Dec. 6 -- Fayetteville State University issued the following news: Fayetteville State University is honored to announce Wake County Public School System Superintendent Robert P. Taylor, Ed.D., will deliver its fall 2023 commencement address during. The ceremony takes place Friday, Dec. 15 at 10 a.m. in Felton J. Capel Arena. Taylor, a distinguished dual alumnus and proud Bronco parent, will speak to more than 430 undergraduate and 85 graduate and professional stud  more

HIGH POINT, North Carolina, Dec. 7 -- High Point University issued the following news release: High Point University's Board of Stewards exceeded its goal to raise more than $10,000 this semester to purchase gifts for 100 children through the Salvation Army's Angel Tree Program. The Board of Stewards is a student leadership group that shapes the life and witness of the Hayworth Chapel, which serves the HPU campus and the High Point community. Board members shopped for toys, clothes and necessi  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Dec. 7 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release: Attorney General Josh Stein announced that William Louis Willis pleaded guilty to five counts of aiding and abetting the embezzlement of state property. He was ordered to pay $94,510.69 in restitution to the Department of Revenue and will serve 60 months of supervised probation. "When people cheat on their taxes, they're cheating their fellow taxpayers," said Attorney General Josh S  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Dec. 6 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release: Attorney General Josh Stein reached a $1.45 million settlement against South Carolina clinic Med First Immediate Care and Family Practice, P.A. (Med First). The settlement resolves allegations that Med First was operating as a pill mill and filing false claims with Medicare and Medicaid for unnecessary urine drug tests and lengthy complex office visits that never happened. Because Me  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Dec. 6 (TNSres) -- The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued the following fact sheet on Dec. 5, 2023: * * * AIR QUALITY PERMIT OVERVIEW Stericycle, Inc. currently operates two incinerators for the disposal of hospital, medical and infectious waste at its facility in Haw River. It applied to the N.C. Division of Air Quality (DAQ) to renew its Title V air quality permit without any modifications. The facility's control equipment limits emissions of  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Dec. 6 -- The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release: The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality's Division of Air Quality (DAQ) issued a renewal to Stericycle Inc. for its Title V air quality permit. Stericycle operates two incinerators for the disposal of hospital, medical and infectious waste at its facility in Haw River, Alamance County. A system of equipment on each incinerator controls emissions of nitrogen oxides,   more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Dec. 6 -- The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release on Dec. 5, 2023: The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries will hold a public hearing on proposed shellfish leases in Pender County at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 31. The hearing will be held in-person at the Surf City Municipal Complex, Council Chambers, 214 Florence Way, Hampstead, and by WebEx. Pirate Oysters, LLC, (Paul Spiers, agent) has applied for a 0.88-acre shellfish bott  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Dec. 6 -- The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release on Dec. 5, 2023: The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality's Division of Energy, Mineral, and Land Resources (DEMLR) will hold a public hearing beginning at 6 p.m. on Dec. 19, 2023, on the Martin Marietta application to modify a mining permit at Fuquay Quarry. The application (https://edocs.deq.nc.gov/EnergyMineralLandResources/Browse.aspx?dbid=0&startid=1184  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Dec. 6 -- The North Carolina Republican Party issued the following news: North Carolina is fortunate to have had the distinguished public service of Congressman Patrick McHenry for over 20 years. Since first being elected to the North Carolina General Assembly in 2002 and congress in 2004, Congressman McHenry has represented his constituents and North Carolina with honor. A true statesman, Congressman McHenry learned early lessons in his tenure and leveraged that wisdo  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Dec. 1 (TNSres) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: Researchers have developed a new experiment to better understand what people view as moral and immoral decisions related to driving vehicles, with the goal of collecting data to train autonomous vehicles how to make "good" decisions. The work is designed to capture a more realistic array of moral challenges in traffic than the widely discussed life-and-death scenario inspired by the so  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Dec. 6 -- The North Carolina Republican Party issued the following statement on Dec. 5, 2023: * * * Democrat activists are once again abusing our courts to disrupt elections they cannot win at the ballot box. Waiting until after the candidate filing period has already opened, Democrats have launched an empty 'Sue til Blue' lawsuit seeking to once again disrupt our Congressional elections at the expense of the voters of North Carolina. Under Republican leadership, stat  more

CARY, North Carolina, Dec. 6 (TNSres) -- SAS Institute, a business analytics software and services provider, issued the following news release: AI and analytics leader SAS has been named a Leader in retail planning platforms by Forrester. The Forrester Wave(TM): Retail Planning Platforms, Q4 2023 evaluates retail planning providers. SAS' received the highest score in the current offering category among the vendors Forrester studied. The Forrester report states, "SAS's platform and industry exp  more

STEPHENVILLE, Texas, Dec. 6 -- Tarleton State University issued the following news: Dr. Barry Lambert, Dean of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at Tarleton State University, is participating in the fall 2023 Food Systems Leadership Institute (FSLI), two-year executive leadership development program for higher education, industry and government. The FSLI is an outreach of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU). North Carolina State University is the host si  more

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, Dec. 6 -- North Carolina A&T State University issued the following news: Three students from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University's Department of Journalism and Mass Communication (JOMC) - sophomore Kennidi Cottle and seniors Santroya Pitzer and Bria Williams - were selected to participate in the University of Georgia's seventh annual Myra Blackmon AdPr Academy for Diversity & Inclusion one-week intensive seminar in Atlanta. This year marks the  more

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, Dec. 6 (TNSres) -- The University of North Carolina School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Christian Hendershot, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry and director of the Clinical and Translational Addiction Research Program at the UNC School of Medicine, co-wrote a commentary on repurposing the antidiabetic medication semaglutide to treat substance and alcohol use disorders. * * * Semaglutide, a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP  more

WILMINGTON, North Carolina, Dec. 6 -- The University of North Carolina Wilmington campus issued the following news release: The University of North Carolina Wilmington's accreditation has been reaffirmed by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, the university announced today. This decision comes with no additional reporting requirements, recognizing UNCW's continued commitment to high academic standards at all degree levels. "As this decision demonstrates, UN  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Dec. 6 -- The Wake Technical Community College issued the following news: By Michelle Fauver In an era where the demand for skilled craft professions in the construction industry is growing rapidly, Wake Tech stands as a shining example of a forward-thinking institution dedicated to meeting the needs of its community. With its comprehensive array of programs and commitment to student success, Wake Tech has emerged as North Carolina's largest community college, offer  more

GOLDSBORO, North Carolina, Dec. 6 -- Wayne Community College issued the following news release: The Wayne Community College Board of Trustees voted to extend President Patty Pfeiffer's contract during their meeting on Nov. 28. "On behalf of the Wayne Community College Board of Trustees, I am pleased to announce that Dr. Pfeiffer's contract is being extended for two more years," said Board Chair Veda McNair. "Dr. Pfeiffer has been an amazing asset to the College and community during her tenure  more