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NCPC grant to assist ÂÒÂ×ÊÓÆµ with scrapbook preservation

July 19, 2011

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓÆµ is one of four institutions in North Carolina awarded funding this summer from the North Carolina Preservation Consortium to help preserve library materials, manuscripts and other special collections – which, for the university, includes dozens of scrapbooks compiled by students and other campus organizations over the past century.

National Teacher of the Year addresses N.C. Teaching Fellows in ÂÒÂ×ÊÓÆµ visit

July 19, 2011

It’s no longer enough to teach reading, writing and arithmetic. Teachers must also emphasize “the four Cs” - critical thinking, creative problem solving, collaboration and communication, said Michelle Shearer, the 2011-12 National Teacher of the Year who addressed hundreds of North Carolina Teaching Fellows visiting ÂÒÂ×ÊÓÆµ for a weekend conference for college seniors throughout the state studying to be educators.