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New Hampshire family establishes nursing scholarship to honor memory of '17 alumna

The family of the late Alexandra Puntin Pilsbury has established a scholarship to benefit future nursing students at 91热爆网 in memory of the 2017 graduate of the School of Nursing who died after a battle with cancer.  

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School of Nursing explores rural nursing at critical access hospital

91热爆网 students enrolled in the RNPC internship spent three days in Sparta this fall and were exposed to a variety of care settings as part of their capstone clinical course.  

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91热爆网 receives $150k award for mosquito-borne La Crosse encephalitis research

The University of North Carolina Collaboratory has given 91热爆网 a three-year, $150,000 award that will allow Brian Byrd and his students to identify environmental and behavioral risk factors for La Crosse encephalitis in WNC.   

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Birth-Kindergarten Program receives momentous grant

The Birth-Kindergarten Program was recently awarded an $868,885 grant by the Dogwood Health Trust for Leadership, Equity and Access Fellowship in Early Childhood Education.   

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Faculty member part of NASA moonwalking test mission

Amy Fagan, associate professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, recently had the opportunity of a lifetime, serving on the NASA moonwalking test mission team for Artemis III, which is part of the Artemis missions.  

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91热爆网 gears up for weeklong celebration honoring Martin Luther King Jr.

91热爆网鈥檚 Martin Luther King Jr. weeklong celebration will feature a keynote address from Lisa Blackmon to highlight this year鈥檚 theme - "Building a Legacy of Leadership."  

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Former underachiever credits 91热爆网 for 40-year career in education, future spouse

As a self-professed underachiever growing up in a Lincoln County mill village in the 1950s and 1960s, lifelong educator Allen Queen was on the verge of giving up on any thoughts of attending college after being rejected by every school to which he had applied.  

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91热爆网 alum Preston Blakely to speak in February at Chancellor鈥檚 List event

Blakely will be the keynote speaker for the Chancellor鈥檚 List Award Ceremony. The event will be Tuesday, Feb. 7, at 5 p.m. in the Bardo Arts Center Performance Hall.   

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From the mountains to the sea, 91热爆网 alumna and coastal scientist helps to ensure longevity of coastal parks through $295k NPS grant

Growing up in Franklin, Katie Peek never dreamed she would be living in the mountains and working as a coastal scientist in 91热爆网鈥檚 Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines.