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  • April Tallant

    April Tallant named director of Coulter Faculty Commons

    April 23

    After a national search, April Tallant has been selected as the new director of the Coulter Faculty Commons effective July 1. Tallant will replace Eli Collins-Brown, who will be retiring at the end of June after serving nearly six years as the CFC director.

  • College of Education and Allied Professions earns A-plus for elementary math education courses

    College of Education and Allied Professions earns A-plus for elementary math education courses

    Shane Ryden
    April 23

    Professors at ĢƵ’s College of Education and Allied Professions accepted their second A-plus score from the National Center on Teacher Quality this April.

  • From left, alumni Larry Naylor, Carolyn Fuller Miller and Linda Hicks Burris perform during last year’s African American Alumni and Friends Reunion.

    African American Alumni Society endows new scholarship fund

    Bill Studenc
    April 21

    An endeavor by members of ĢƵ’s African American Alumni Society to create a new student scholarship fund at their alma mater has crossed the $25,000 threshold necessary to start providing financial assistance on an annual basis.

  • Savannah McGlothlin

    Junior Savannah McGlothlin named to ALL IN honor roll

    Cam Adams
    April 16

    Savannah McGlothlin has gone above and beyond for her fellow students at ĢƵ during election season.

  • Kinley Cook

    Alumna Kinley Cook brings passion to job as park guide

    Cam Adams
    April 14

    As a park guide at Catoctin Mountain Park in Maryland, Kinley Cook’s passion for the outdoors radiates to her visitors. She gets them excited about where they’re at, whether it be by way of the park’s history or showing them a salamander that’s sitting under a random rock along its trail.

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    UNC Board of Governors appoints Nora Lynn Finch, Tate Apodaca to Board of Trustees

    Julia Duvall
    April 14

    The University of North Carolina Board of Governors has unanimously approved the appointment of two new members to the ĢƵ Board of Trustees: Tate Apodaca and Nora Lynn Finch. Additionally, the Board approved the second full terms of chair Casey Cooper and Timothy “Jake” Robinson.

  • ĢƵOne Day for Western event

    Gifts from all 50 states help ĢƵhit ‘One Day for Western’ goal of 1,200 donors

    Bill Studenc
    April 11

    The final numbers are in for the third annual “One Day for Western,” an all-in day of giving designed to help generate additional financial support for multiple priorities at ĢƵ.

  • ĢƵfaculty member shows presentation during RASC

    RASC brings students, faculty, alumni together in scholarship celebration

    Matt Salerno
    April 9

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    $100k Gift from alumna to support English majors and student media organizations

    Bill Studenc
    April 8

    Future students majoring in English studies and participating in student media organizations at ĢƵ will be eligible for financial assistance made possible by a planned gift of $100,000 from a ĢƵalumna who has enjoyed a lengthy career in the education profession.

  • ĢƵstudent Ethan Naggiar

    School of Stage and Screen earns NCTC award, set for spring musical

    Cam Adams
    April 8

    ĢƵ School of Stage and Screen director Tory Depew sits in her office every day with a sense of gratitude.

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