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UNC System picks Winston-Salem dean to lead Fayetteville State University

Winston-Salem State University will be losing a dean to fill a leadership gap at Fayetteville State University. Dr. Bill Roper, the UNC System interim chancellor has announced that Peggy Valentine will serve as the interim chancellor of Fayettevil.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsJul 12th, 2019

University of Hawaii System extends admission application deadline amid COVID-19 uncertainty

The University of Hawaii System is extending the application deadline for its three major campuses until Aug. 1, Gov. David Ige and officials with the state school system announced Wednesday. The extension is to provide prospective students to UH M.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMar 25th, 2020

Winston-Salem startup booming as it helps restaurants transition to takeout

Seizing an opportunity to aid restaurants hit hard by the COVID-19 outbreak, SwipeBy of Winston-Salem is seeing exponential growth, lending a hand while capturing significant market share. The success could soon lead to hiring......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMar 25th, 2020

Triad health system pivots primary care facilities to respiratory symptom clinics

Two Wake Forest Baptist Health primary care clinics are now operating as respiratory symptom clinics. The health system’s Family Medicine and Internal Medicine — Peace Haven at 1930 Peace Haven Road in Winston-Salem, and Pulmonology-Westchester at .....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMar 23rd, 2020

St. Mary"s University appoints new law dean

St. Mary's University hired Patricia Roberts to lead its law school on Thursday. Roberts currently serves a vice dean at William & Mary Law School in Virginia, where she oversees academic programs and policies. She will start as St. Mary's Law Sc.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMar 20th, 2020

University of Hawaii Systems cancels all spring commencement ceremonies

The University of Hawaii Systems has decided to cancel all traditional spring commencement ceremonies at each one of its 10 campuses in response to the coronavirus, officials with the state university system announced Thursday. "This decision has.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMar 19th, 2020

UA System, Auburn switching to remote learning due to coronavirus

Many of the state's largest colleges and universities are transitioning to remote learning as part of the effort to limit the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. The list now includes Auburn University, the University of Alabama System, Troy Universi.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMar 12th, 2020

UNC System freezes all on-campus classes statewide due to coronavirus

With the steady spread of the coronavirus pandemic, the University of North Carolina System said Wednesday it would move all of the state's institutions away from in-person instruction later this month.   The UNC System – which oversees the state's 16.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMar 11th, 2020

ASU"s Cronkite journalism school names new dean

Arizona State University has named Sonya Forte Duhé as the next dean of the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Duhé will come to Arizona from Loyola University New Orleans, where she has led the School of Communication an.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMar 6th, 2020

UMMS acquires nine urgent care sites in region

The University of Maryland Medical System has acquired nine urgent care sites across the state as it looks to continue to expand its services and lower costs. The nine ChoiceOne Urgent Care sites have been operated as a joint venture between three.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMar 2nd, 2020

Virginia Tech Innovation Campus’ new director on working with Amazon, hiring top talent

Lance Collins, the man chosen to lead the new Virginia Tech Innovation Campus, is going to be taking a lot of meetings come August, when he starts the gig. The current dean of Cornell University's engineering school has experience setting up a new satelli.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsFeb 4th, 2020

State wants to double its beer tax to fund colleges

Beer and college often go together. But doubling New York’s beer tax to benefit higher education is up for debate. A bill that would boost the levy to help the State University of New York system... To view the full story, click the title link......»»

Category: blogSource: crainsnewyorkJan 12th, 2020

Triad planning board approves rezoning request for retail, restaurant space

The north side of Winston-Salem is a step closer to getting a new retail space and restaurant after the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Planning Board unanimously approved a commercial building for the Target property on University Parkway. The reques.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsJan 10th, 2020

A dad makes his daughter hilarious posters when he picks her up from the airport, and the internet is loving it

Courtney Payne Courtney Payne, a nutrition and dietetics graduate student at the University of Oregon, flies to and from her home state of Kansas a few times a year. Each time Payne lands at the airport, her dad, Doug Payne, waits for .....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderDec 16th, 2019

Wright State names interim provost to succeed Susan Edwards

Wright State University has selected a provisional successor for Provost Susan Edwards, who will leave her post Jan. 1 to become the university’s eighth president. Douglas Leaman, dean of the College of Science and Mathematics, will become interim.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsDec 13th, 2019

Scottsdale luxury homebuilder donates $60,000 to support ASU arts education

Scottsdale-based Camelot Homes is marking its 50th anniversary with a $60,000 investment in arts education at Arizona State University. The family-owned luxury homebuilder has been lead by three generations of the Hancock family since 1969, most of whom .....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsNov 29th, 2019

"Helicopter parenting" can lead to burnout for kids, a new study finds

Michael H/Getty A new study from Florida State University found that ov.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderNov 27th, 2019

Founding ASU journalism dean named president of California university

Christopher Callahan, the founding dean of the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University, is moving on to become president of University of the Pacific in Stockton, California. Callahan will start the new jo.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsNov 21st, 2019

Fed, FDIC approve massive BB&T-SunTrust bank merger

The board of governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. approved the merger between Winston-Salem, North Carolina-based BB&T (NYSE: BBT) and Atlanta-based SunTrust Bank (NYSE: STI) on Nov. 19, clearing the way .....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsNov 20th, 2019

Montefiore picks longtime exec Ozuah to be next CEO as health system continues push north

In its search for its next CEO, Montefiore Medicine ultimately looked internally, choosing Dr. Philip Ozuah to lead the health system, effective Nov. 15. Ozuah, who has about 30 years of experience... To view the full story, click the title link......»»

Category: blogSource: crainsnewyorkNov 8th, 2019

Trump picks Texas oncologist Stephen Hahn to lead FDA

The White House said Friday that President Donald Trump plans to nominate Stephen Hahn, a radiation oncologist and the chief medical executive at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, as the new head of the Food .....»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchNov 1st, 2019