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NC construction management organization provides scholarship funding
July 26A statewide chapter of a construction industry professionals organization has established a new endowed scholarship fund at ĢƵthat will provide financial assistance to students from North Carolina studying construction management.
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Antonia Kincaid - Finding Inspiration
April 23Antonia Kincaid came to ĢƵthinking she had it figured out, but quickly realized that her passion for teaching would bring her to the classroom as a student teaching intern.
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Benny Smith
February 21Benny Smith is proud of his success because he is deliberate in using the investment of time and energy that a community of people have given him throughout his life to make a lasting impact in the lives of others.
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All Roads Lead to Rome
February 17Despite Covid-19 challenges, Samuel Josephson, a Sophomore studying International Studies and History, was able to arrange a study abroad program at the American University in Rome.
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Brandi Hinnant-Crawford
February 7Brandi Hinnant-Crawford says that her success makes her humble, appreciative and grateful. She is proud, but not of herself; She is proud of the fantastic community that raised and nurtured here. And her success makes her accountable to that community.
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Myron Jackson
February 7Myron Jackson is proud of his success because it taught him to be grateful for the help and support of others. One cannot succeed alone.
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Shamella Cromartie
February 1Shamella Cromartie didn’t recall the first time she heard that “if you live by the cheers, you die by the boos,” but it stuck with her and it shapes much of her thoughts around success.
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Munene Mwaniki
February 1Getting a PhD certainly isn't easy and there are few Black professors to model after, but Mwaniki also was fortunate in a lot ways and didn't believe that a degree made him smarter than others.
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Exploration Leads to Career Connections
October 28For almost a week this month, 29 students and five faculty members in ĢƵ’s Geosciences and Natural Resources Department went camping and visiting sites across the mountains. It was fun, to be sure, but there was a specific purpose.
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Envisioning Championships
October 16To this day, Kerwin Bell remembers vividly the scene in Gainesville, Florida in 1984 when he and his University of Florida teammates returned to campus following a trip to Kentucky after the Gators clinched what was then their first Southeastern Conference championship (a title that was later vacated because of rules violations by coach Charley Pell). Just before landing, the team plane flew over Florida Field where some 40,000 fans gathered to welcome the team home. On the bus ride from the airport to campus, the Gainesville streets were lined with fans.