A Google search on Pirates and New York City yields numerous results, including a Seattle Times article stating that in New York in 1692, “piracy was a leading economic-development tool in the city’s competition with the ports of Boston and Philadelphia.”
Published: Friday, March 1st, 2024 @ 3:20 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Application deadline is January 8, 2024
Published: Tuesday, November 28th, 2023 @ 9:25 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The Golden LEAF Scholarship Program focuses on providing students with strong ties to rural communities with scholarships to attend a four-year college or university in North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, November 21st, 2023 @ 11:35 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Innovative new MBA pathway provides leadership experiences for students, companies
Published: Saturday, November 18th, 2023 @ 10:42 am
By: ECU News Services
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ECU undergrads find guidance in SECU Public Fellows Internship program
Published: Tuesday, November 14th, 2023 @ 12:59 am
By: ECU News Services
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Psychology major inspired by role in data internship
Published: Monday, November 13th, 2023 @ 7:57 am
By: ECU News Services
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October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month, and the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is committed to raising awareness of the contributions made by employees with disabilities through its continued focus on building a strong and inclusive workforce
Published: Sunday, November 12th, 2023 @ 11:42 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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LiNC-IT works with 44 employers to help employees on the autism spectrum succeed at work, recognized as national model
Published: Saturday, November 11th, 2023 @ 6:35 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Technology company International Business Machines (IBM) sponsors at least two discriminatory paid internship opportunities, one that bars white and Asian applicants, and another that is only for women, with an exception for men who identify as women.
Published: Saturday, November 11th, 2023 @ 10:09 am
By: Daily Wire
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Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) spoke to the media Tuesday evening after a historic U.S. House vote led to his removal as Speaker of the House — the first time in U.S. history a speaker has been removed.
Published: Wednesday, October 25th, 2023 @ 2:25 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is launching the Inclusion Works initiative to promote competitive integrated employment for people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities
Published: Saturday, October 14th, 2023 @ 4:23 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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SECU Foundation champions ECU’s students and mission
Published: Friday, October 13th, 2023 @ 5:40 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Funding will provide Indigenous youth with opportunities to engage in meaningful public service projects on federal and Tribal lands
Published: Sunday, September 24th, 2023 @ 3:34 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Oracle, a giant of the tech industry, hosted scholarship and internship opportunities in conjunction with the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) that excluded both white and Asian applicants on the basis of their race.
Published: Tuesday, September 5th, 2023 @ 11:27 am
By: Daily Wire
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This summer, 49 Golden LEAF Scholars are participating in the second cohort of the Rural Internship Initiative. In its first year, Golden LEAF had 20 interns working in rural North Carolina counties.
Published: Thursday, August 17th, 2023 @ 5:33 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The Piedmont-Triad Prosperity Zone has a unique opportunity this fall to leverage an available $11 million to be awarded by the Golden LEAF Foundation for projects that will boost job creation and economic investment, workforce preparedness, and agriculture.
Published: Sunday, July 16th, 2023 @ 1:30 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Girls will explore state government STEM careers this summer
Published: Saturday, July 8th, 2023 @ 8:07 am
By: Kevin Smith
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This summer seventeen agencies will offer practical work experience in public service
Published: Tuesday, June 13th, 2023 @ 8:34 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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On April 27, 2023, the Golden LEAF Foundation held a Community-Based Grants Initiative Kickoff for the Piedmont-Triad Prosperity Zone in Lewisville.
Published: Monday, June 5th, 2023 @ 12:09 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Graduates credit supportive friendship and success to Honors College
Published: Thursday, May 18th, 2023 @ 6:04 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Donors, merchandising advisory board linking to students in unique ways
Published: Wednesday, April 19th, 2023 @ 8:27 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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RALEIGH: Governor Roy Cooper has proclaimed April as STEM Education Month in North Carolina to highlight the positive impacts of science, technology, engineering and mathematics and recognize STEM educators across the state that are preparing students for the jobs of today and tomorrow.
Published: Wednesday, April 19th, 2023 @ 8:01 am
By: Governor's Office
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Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper unveiled what he called his “First in Opportunity” budget at a press conference Wednesday, proposing to spend $32.95 billion in the first year of the biennium and $34.23 billion in the second year.
Published: Monday, April 10th, 2023 @ 7:56 am
By: Carolina Journal
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There are 761 Golden LEAF Scholars currently attending North Carolina colleges and universities across the state. Over the last few months, we have had the opportunity to visit with more than 170 of them at on campus gatherings hosted by their college chancellor
Published: Saturday, April 1st, 2023 @ 12:36 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Gov. Cooper Proposes Historic Investments in Education, Economic Development, and Workforce Without Raising Taxes
Published: Monday, March 20th, 2023 @ 9:37 am
By: Governor's Office
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The March 1, 2023 deadline is fast approaching for the Golden LEAF Colleges and Universities Scholarship. Information and the application for the 2023-2024 school year is available at CFNC.org.
Published: Thursday, March 2nd, 2023 @ 2:46 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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As the Golden LEAF Foundation enters the second year of a five-year strategic plan, the Foundation continues its work funding strategies to improve the economic conditions of North Carolina’s rural and tobacco-dependent communities.
Published: Wednesday, March 1st, 2023 @ 7:04 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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ECU’s occupational therapy program a perfect fit for Rogan twins
Published: Monday, January 30th, 2023 @ 8:51 am
By: ECU News Services
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East Carolina University leadership in the Miller School of Entrepreneurship and the office of Research, Economic Development and Engagement developed a student entrepreneurship program called RISE29 out of conversations started at Golden LEAF’s Community-Based Grants Initiative meetings in 2018.
Published: Sunday, January 29th, 2023 @ 9:30 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) recently received approximately $17 million in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Education to help meet the mental health needs of students in the state’s public schools.
Published: Thursday, January 26th, 2023 @ 5:30 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Scholarships to help 215 rural N.C. high school seniors, N.C. community college transfer students attend N.C. colleges
Published: Saturday, January 14th, 2023 @ 4:51 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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High school girls interested in STEM-related public service careers can apply through Feb. 24
Published: Saturday, January 14th, 2023 @ 9:31 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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