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Dr. Jill W. Van Horne

Dr. Jill W. Van Horne Awarded Outstanding International Service Award
Nov 2, 2020

Dr. Jill W. Van Horne, program director and associate professor of professional school counseling in the Department of Human Development and Psycholog...

Brandy Webb

Alumni Update: Brandy Webb ’17
Oct 28, 2020

Brandy Webb (née Booe), originally from Burlington, North Carolina, graduated in 2017 with a B.S. in elementary education. Currently, Brandy is a sec...

Courtney Bebber

Bebber named Alexander County Schools Beginning Teacher of the Year
Oct 19, 2020

Miss Courtney Bebber has been named the 2019-2020 Alexander County Schools Beginning Teacher of the Year. She will serve during the 2020-2021 school y...

Jill Ward

Old Fort’s Jill Ward is 2020-21 MCS Principal of the Year
Oct 19, 2020

Jill Ward, principal of Old Fort Elementary, has been selected by her colleagues as the 2020-2021 Principal of the Year for McDowell County Schools. "...

Amanda Crouse

CVCC honors excellence in teaching and staff
Oct 19, 2020

Catawba Valley Community College announced the recipients for its annual Staff Excellence Award (SEA) and the Excellence in Teaching Award (EIT).Amand...

Forsyth Technical Community College Announces New Vice President for Student Academic Success and Chief Academic Officer
Oct 19, 2020

Forsyth Tech is proud to announce the appointment of Jacob Surratt, who has a doctorate in education, as the new Vice President of Student Academic Su...

Matt Cooper

Alumni Update: Matthew Cooper ’03 ’08
Oct 15, 2020

Matthew Cooper, originally from Nashville, Tennessee, graduated in 2003 with a B.S. in Psychology and again in 2008 with a M.A. in Community Counselin...

Storytelling in Queer Appalachia: Imagining and Writing the Unspeakable Other Book Cover

Author Matthew Thomas-Reid and the Difference Between ‘Queer’ and ‘Quar’ in Appalachia
Oct 12, 2020

Dr. Matthew Thomas-Reid, an assistant professor in the Department of Leadership & Educational Studies spoke with 100 Days in Appalachia about...

Five From the RCOE Participate in the Education Policy Fellowship Program
Oct 12, 2020

Five faculty and staff in the Reich College of Education (RCOE) will be participating in the Education Policy Fellowship Program (EPFP): Dr. David Pey...

Dustin Evatt-Young

Dustin Evatt-Young Awarded the Alice P. Naylor Outstanding Dissertation Award
Oct 9, 2020

Dustin Evatt-Young, originally from Easley, South Carolina, and currently living in Cleveland, Ohio, was awarded the Alice P. Naylor Outstanding Disse...