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The $5,000 grant from the North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities (NCICU) will fund the iBELONG Male Mentor Program, which will be housed in the Center for Access and Success. 

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Board of Trustees Chair Dave Porter and Jen Porter P’11 P’19 generously sponsored a visit for 15 students who expanded their professional contacts, toured major organizations in the area and connected with Boston-based alumni.

Free comes to ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ from Kentucky State University where she has served as the 4-H State program leader, 4-H specialist and director of the Rosenwald 4-H Youth Development Center for the past five years.

The federal financial aid program has helped millions of low-income students gain access to higher education with many seeing their lives immeasurably altered by obtaining a college degree.

Increasing access to an ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ education inspired the Moriartys to join A Will to Lead, a special initiative of the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ LEADS Campaign to encourage donors to make gifts to the university through their estate.

Sixty-six ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Academy scholars gathered at Scott Plaza on Tuesday, June 14, as they begin their summer residential program.

John Pickett took over as director of the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Academy on June 1 following Terry Tomasek, who will continue as a full-time faculty member at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ.

Eighteen students in the Xi cohort of the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Academy were celebrated at Lakeside Upstairs on Tuesday, May 10.

Fifteen rising high school seniors from Alamance-Burlington School System will begin the yearlong Freedom Scholars program this summer with a range of activities focused on the study of democracy and civic engagement.

This is a second generous endowment gift from ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Trustee Louis DeJoy and his wife Dr. Aldona WoÅ› of Greensboro, North Carolina, to assist students with high financial need from Title I schools in Guilford County.