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Make Up Days Announced for Orange County Schools

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 11, 2015 | Pre-K - 12 Education

Traditional school students in the Orange County School System will add 20 minutes to the end of the instructional day beginning March 16, in a new plan from the Board of Education to make up for days missed due to winter...

Health Report Card Released for NC Children

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 9, 2015 | Health

The health of North Carolina children is improving is several key areas, but in other aspects the Tar Heel state is lagging, according to a new study. The 20th Annual Child Health Report Card was released Monday morning by the...

UNC to Continue Work on Poverty

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 9, 2015 | UNC

Many UNC faculty members, and citizen across the state, have expressed concern recently with the decision from the Board of Governors to close three centers across the UNC System. UNC Faculty Chair Doctor Bruce Cairns tells...

Boxill Resignation Comes Days Before Appeal Hearing

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 9, 2015 | UNC

Dr. Jan Boxill, who has been one of the key figures in the academic scandal at UNC, resigned her position just before her appeal of her firing was to be heard by a faculty committee. Rick White, Associate Vice Chancellor for...

UNC System President Ross Responds to Governor’s Budget

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 6, 2015 | State Government

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Highlights of Gov. Pat McCrory’s $21.5 billion spending plan released Thursday for the 2015-16 fiscal year. Unless otherwise noted, the dollars amounts are for the 2015-16 year only. For spending...

Transparency at UNC

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 6, 2015 | UNC

The University of North Carolina has been under an intense microscope in recent years, dealing with questions from an academic scandal that spanned nearly two decades. The issue of public records being filled by UNC has been a...

UNC Graduate Program in Spotlight

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 6, 2015 | UNC

The graduate program at UNC was put under the microscope in an article in Sunday’s News and Observer after revelations were made that special permissions were given for athletes at Carolina. WCHL’s Blake Hodge spoke with UNC...

Chancellor Emeritus Moeser: Campus Climate Change at UNC

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 5, 2015 | UNC

UNC Chancellor Emeritus James Moeser is calling on residents of North Carolina to stand up for the state’s universities. Anxiety has fallen on much of the UNC campus following decisions recently made by the University System...

Eve Carson Scholarship Carries on Her Memory

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 5, 2015 | UNC

Thursday marks the anniversary of a day that many in the Chapel Hill community will never forget. March 5, 2008, Eve Carson was shot and killed. At a press conference, then Chapel Hill Police Chief Brian Curran made the...

Center on Law and Gov’t Voluntarily Closes

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 4, 2015 | Higher Education, UNC

The decision of the UNC Board of Governors to close three centers across the UNC System has drawn a lot of attention over the last few days. The Center for Poverty, Work, and Opportunity at UNC was voted to be shut down in the...

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