BELMONT, North Carolina, Dec. 13 -- Belmont Abbey College issued the following news release: Belmont Abbey College announces the establishment of a Nursing Advisory Board, focusing on collaborating with local community members to offer guidance and support for the college's nursing program amidst the evolving healthcare landscape. Rooted in the Benedictine hallmarks and Catholic intellectual tradition, this initiative seeks to enhance the educational experience for nursing students and foster s  more

BUIES CREEK, North Carolina, Dec. 13 (TNSres) -- Campbell University issued the following news: Dr. Michael Rodriguez, associate professor of the Lundy-Fetterman School of Business, presented his research at the 2023 Atlantic Marketing Conference held by the Atlantic Marketing Association (AMA). Rodriguez's presentation was titled "Development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Scale in Business to Business (B2B) Sales Process and Conceptual Model: Exploratory Study." AMA is an international orga  more

DURHAM, North Carolina, Dec. 13 -- Duke University issued the following news: The late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor has been named the 2024 recipient of the Bolch Prize for the Rule of Law by the Bolch Judicial Institute of Duke Law School. A ceremony will be held in her honor on April 4, 2024, at Duke University. O'Connor's pathbreaking career included service as a lawyer, state legislator, state court judge and the first woman justice of the United States Supreme Court, wh  more

FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina, Dec. 13 -- Fayetteville State University issued the following news: A Fayetteville State University (FSU) faculty member delivered the keynote speech at the inaugural International Conference on Innovative Technologies for Climate Change (INTCC) from Nov. 3-5 in Sousse, Tunisia. Shakir Ullah, Ph.D., an associate professor of finance, presented on leveraging blockchain for climate changes to approximately 70 participants from diverse regions of the world. His engag  more

GASTONIA, North Carolina, Dec. 13 -- Gaston County issued the following news on Dec. 12, 2023: For the third year in a row, the Gaston County Board of Commissioners selected Riverbend Township Commissioner Chad Brown to serve as the board Chairman for 2024. The Board made the selection unanimously during its organizational meeting on Tuesday, December 12. Brown, who is in the middle of his fourth term on the commission, also previously served as mayor for the Town of Stanley and is a Republica  more

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, Dec. 13 -- North Carolina A&T State University issued the following news: As the fall 2023 semester comes to a close at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, 1,100 students are expected to turn their tassels during the university's graduate and undergraduate ceremonies Friday, Dec. 15, and Saturday, Dec. 16, respectively. The journey has been filled with ups and downs, joy and sorrow, but most of all satisfaction and pride. These soon-to-be alu  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Dec. 13 -- The University of North Carolina's School of the Arts issued the following news release: Kory P. Kelly has been named the new vice chancellor for strategic communications at UNCSA, effective Feb. 12, 2024, Chancellor Brian Cole has announced. Kelly brings experience from a wide-ranging career spanning nearly 25 years as a theater professional and arts administrator, with positions at various regional theaters across the nation, most recently as chief m  more

BANNER ELK, North Carolina, Dec. 13 (TNSres) -- Lees-McRae College issued the following news: Each year, the Land and Environmental Art course (ART-130) at Lees-McRae seeks to address a global issue that becomes more and more pressing with each new cohort of students: climate change. In each class, Associate Professor of Communication Arts and Design Michael Iauch guides students through that year's Assessment Report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a lengthy annual repo  more

MISENHEIMER, North Carolina, Dec. 13 -- Pfeiffer University issued the following news on Dec. 12, 2023: By Ken Keuffel By the time David Miller '04 was in high school, in the northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C., he was playing soccer well enough to field scholarship offers from several universities. The only question was whether he'd play outside midfield in the NCAA's Division I or Division II. Coaches at the Division I schools on his radar told him he'd likely redshirt before he c  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Dec. 13 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release: Attorney General Josh Stein and a coalition of 11 attorneys general released the following statement after the Texas Supreme Court denied abortion access to Kate Cox, a pregnant woman whose health and life were at risk as a result of a lethal fetal diagnosis. Ms. Cox was forced to travel out of state to receive abortion care. "No one should be forced to fight in court and leave the  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Dec. 13 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following statement on Dec. 12, 2023: * * * Attorney General Josh Stein today released the following statement after he and Gov. Roy Cooper filed a friend-of-the-court brief in Pierce v. North Carolina State Board of Elections. The plaintiffs, two African-American voters from Halifax and Martin counties, are asking a federal court for a preliminary injunction to prevent new State Senate districts from bei  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Dec. 13 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release: Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that he obtained a temporary restraining order against the National Collegiate Athletics Association's (NCAA) transfer eligibility rule. The order is part of Attorney General Stein's ongoing antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA. "I am pleased that the Court has recognized that the NCAA's transfer rule is unlawful," said Attorney General Jos  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Dec. 14 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Dec. 13, 2023: Yesterday, Governor Roy Cooper and Attorney General Josh Stein filed an amicus brief in federal court that urges the court to address racial discrimination in the State senate map that violates the Voting Rights Act by diluting the power of Black voters. The plaintiffs in the case are two Black voters who live in northeastern North Carolina who have been drawn into a sprawl  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Dec. 13 (TNSres) -- The North Carolina Department of Public Safety issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2023: The Governor's Crime Commission on Thursday heard the results of a statewide crime victim needs assessment (https://www.ncdps.gov/documents/north-carolina-victims-crime-needs-assessment/download?attachment) conducted by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The assessment, originally funded to help commissioners steer an increa  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Dec. 13 -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: North Carolina State University will confer degrees on more than 3,200 graduating students during its fall commencement ceremony, beginning at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 16, in PNC Arena. Media coverage is invited. Credentialed media should contact Mary Cole Pike with any questions. During the ceremony, NC State will confer more than 3,400 degrees -- 1,987 bachelor's, 1,000 master's, 380 doctor  more

FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina, Dec. 13 -- Methodist University issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2023: Today, a check presentation was held at MU's Horner Administration Building - featuring officials from First Citizens Bank and Methodist University. During the presentation, representatives from the Robert P. Holding Foundation announced the $25,000 donation would go towards Methodist University's Nursing program. Methodist University's renowned Nursing program received a $25,000 d  more

CARY, North Carolina, Dec. 13 -- SAS Institute, a business analytics software and services provider, issued the following news release: What is in store for marketers in the coming year? In the midst of the rise of generative AI, slashed marketing budgets and concerns over MarTech sprawl, we polled SAS' top marketing thought leaders for their predictions for 2024. Visit SAS 2024 Predictions (https://blogs.sas.com/content/2024predictions) for more trends and forecasts. The rise of responsible   more

CARBONDALE, Illinois, Dec. 13 (TNSres) -- Southern Illinois University issued the following news release: A longtime Southern Illinois University Carbondale faculty researcher has been named a fellow by the National Academy of Inventors for its 2023 class. Ken Anderson, professor of geology and director of the Advanced Energy Institute at SIU, is just one of 162 academic inventors receiving the honor this year. He will receive his medal during the NAI 13th annual meeting on June 18 in Raleigh,  more

WHITEVILLE, North Carolina, Dec. 13 -- Southeastern Community College issued the following news on Dec. 12, 2023: Industry partners, county administration, state and federal government representatives and Southeastern Community College staff assembled behind Cartrette building near a row of dirt and shovels on Dec. 11. It was groundbreaking day for SCC's newest construction project on campus: a new greenhouse made possible by a $375,000 grant from the North Carolina Tobacco Trust Fund. "It's   more

GASTONIA, North Carolina, Dec. 13 -- Gaston County issued the following news: Gaston County Attorney William Stetzer is resigning his position with the county to serve an eight-year term as a Superior Court judge for the Fifth Judicial District. His last day with the County is December 31. Stetzer was appointed to the role by the North Carolina General Assembly earlier this year. He has served as Gaston County's Attorney for nearly two years, as was the Acting United States Attorney for the We  more

ASHEVILLE, North Carolina, Dec. 13 -- Warren Wilson College issued the following news: At the end of each fall semester, Warren Wilson College hosts a Winter Showcase as a celebration of students' academic accomplishments. The event features senior capstone projects, Natural Science Undergraduate Research Sequence (NSURS), presentations on first-year seminars, and other final projects from the semester. Below are a few projects presented at this year's event: Investigating Autofluorescence in  more

COOKEVILLE, Tennessee, Dec. 13 -- Tennessee Technological University issued the following news release: A group of Tennessee Tech University graduate students and faculty recently embarked on an immersive four-day trip into the history and culture of Cherokee, Appalachian and other rural communities across Tennessee, North Carolina and Georgia. The trip was organized as part of the new "Engendering the Spirit of Gadugi at the Food-Energy-Water Nexus" program at Tech, which received a $3 million  more

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, Dec. 13 (TNSres) -- The University of North Carolina's Gillings School of Global Public Health issued the following news: Jeliyah Clark, PhD, and Josee Dussault, PhD, two alumnae from the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, were recently selected as recipients of the Lady Mireille and Sir Dennis Gillings Global Public Health Fellowships. The fellowships, a vision of Lady Mireille Gillings and conferred in partnership with the Pasteur Foundation U.S. and th  more

BOTHELL, Washington, Dec. 13 -- The University of Washington's Center for an Informed Public issued the following news: During a special gathering and discussion this fall, the University of Washington's Center for an Informed Public honored University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assistant professor Francesca Bolla Tripodi, selected earlier this year as the winner of the 2023 CIP Award for Impact & Excellence, for her research, including ethnographic observations of two Republican groups o  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Dec. 13 -- Wake Forest University issued the following news: Wake Forest sophomore Couriyah Stegall has been presented with the Community Impact Student Award by NC Campus Engagement for her commitment and contribution to civic and community engagement. Stegall was selected by Wake Forest University administration after careful consideration of the students who made a lasting impact on the Wake Forest campus. She was honored for her efforts and achievements at t  more

ASHEVILLE, North Carolina, Dec. 13 -- Warren Wilson College issued the following news: Warren Wilson College has received a Women's Triathlon Emerging Sport Grant through USA Triathlon. The grant will allow Warren Wilson to establish a new varsity women's triathlon program, to begin competing Fall 2024. Triathlon is an emerging varsity sport across the country. Warren Wilson will become one of only 42 NCAA colleges and universities to offer triathlon as a varsity sport, and one of only 14 NCAA  more