’What Makes a Great University’ is a look at what makes North Carolina’s public universities great and what it will take to make them greater. In coming months, the series will visit each of our public universities and explore them in depth..
- NCSSM meets high-achieving students where they are
DURHAM – If a smart student on Ocracoke wants to take Honors Physics, odds are her high school won’t have enough students to offer it. But the North Carolina School of Science ...Read more - “Music is math”DURHAM – ‘The Arts’ aren’t part of the name at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. But the arts are an integral part of the school. “People, when they hear ...Read more
- Duke President: “We need … a great public university system”DURHAM – Duke likes UNC? Yes, Duke University President Richard Brodhead says in the accompanying video. It might not be evident from sports rivalries, but Duke supports and enjoys a collegial ...Read more
- NCSSM: “Best high-school education in the country”DURHAM – Imagine a public high school where students take multivariable calculus, organic chemistry and mechanical engineering – and all of them go on to college. It’s not imaginary. The NC School of ...Read more
- Keep the talent hereDURHAM – The expression ‘best and brightest’ is overused – but at the NC School of Science and Mathematics, it really does apply. From NCSSM’s class of 2016 alone, six graduates went ...Read more
- Hospital turned high schoolDURHAM – A high school is one creative way to reuse a 1908 hospital. The former Watts Hospital that became the NC School of Science and Mathematics breathes character – ...Read more
- Leadership Profile: UNCG Chancellor Franklin Gilliam, Jr.GREENSBORO – Oddly, Frank Gilliam Jr.’s path into academia started on a football field. As a senior running back for the Drake University Bulldogs, Gilliam was having the game of his life ...Read more
- Most diverse campus in the UNC system?GREENSBORO – At UNC Greensboro, it’s a challenge to define the “typical” student. “We have perhaps the most diverse student body in the system,” Chancellor Frank Gilliam, Jr. says in the accompanying ...Read more
- UNCG: Opportunity – and excellenceGREENSBORO – Chancellor Frank Gilliam boils what makes UNC Greensboro great down to two words: Opportunity and excellence. “Historically, we’ve always provided opportunity, even when it was a woman’s college,” Gilliam says ...Read more
- ‘That’s what makes college so exciting’GREENSBORO – As UNC Greensboro develops a new strategic plan, Chancellor Frank Gilliam says he wants the university to focus on a few very important things to make itself better: Support for ...Read more
