RALEIGH (July 21, 2021) ā Thereās no shortage of people who want to be nurses. And thereās no shortage of people who want to hire them. The shortage is a shortage of instructors ā largely because they can make more money being a nurse than teaching students how to nurse. āWhen you can make more… READ MORE
āWe have to competeā for nursing faculty
GREENSBORO (July 21, 2021) ā Hiring and keeping nursing faculty isnāt a challenge just at community colleges. āOne of the things that vexes us is that while thereās great student demand for spots in nursing schools, the supply of nursing faculty is actually quite constricted,ā UNC Greensboro Chancellor Franklin Gilliam says in the accompanying video…. READ MORE
Nursing Heroes: āThe Mother Teresa of Durhamā
CHAPEL HILL (July 16, 2021) ā So very many factors influence wellness ā and Dr. Sharon Elliott-Bynum embraced them all. In the accompanying video, Dr. Cheryl Giscombe, a Professor in the School of Nursing at UNC Chapel Hill, describes the community health center Elliott-Bynum built ā and built and built and built ā until she… READ MORE
HELP WANTED: Nurses
RALEIGH (July 14, 2021) ā Thereās no better time to appreciate nurses in North Carolina. As we climb out of a global pandemic, weāve seen nurses take incredible risks to themselves and their families. Weāve seen them hold the hands of patients as they die. Weāve seen them hold tablets for patients to see and… READ MORE
UNCG: More nurses
GREENSBORO (July14, 2021) ā To examine how one state university is confronting North Carolinaās nursing shortage, we need to look back six years. āWeāre turning away 140 qualified nursing students every year,ā UNC Greensboro Chancellor Franklin Gilliam Jr. said in 2015. āCone Health tells us we cannot produce nurses fast enough for them to hire…. READ MORE
UNC Pembroke: Improve health in Southeast NC
PEMBROKE ā Obesity. Heart disease. Diabetes. Southeast North Carolina faces persistent health problems ā Robeson County, in fact, has ranked last in the state in health for the last three years.1 Access to care is key, Provost David Ward of the University of North Carolina Pembroke says in the accompanying video. āThe state may have… READ MORE
Serving the community with WSSU health professionals
WINSTON-SALEM ā Winston-Salem State University is North Carolinaās top producer of bachelorās degrees for African-Americans in nursing and health professions.1 In the accompanying video, WSSU Chancellor Elwood Robinson traces that to when the university ā which started as a teachersā college ā launched its nursing school in the 1950s. āAs a result of that, I… READ MORE
Addressing rural disparities at ECU
GREENVILLE ā Itās no secret that rural North Carolina lags the stateās urban areas in education, health and economic development. But East Carolina University Chancellor Cecil Staton aims to do something about it. In what he calls the signature initiative of his chancellorship so far, Staton has created an interdisciplinary Rural Prosperity Initiative to combine… READ MORE
ECU: āNo greater return on investmentā
GREENVILLE ā East Carolina University Chancellor Cecil Staton isnāt shy about saying ECU serves rural and underserved parts of North Carolina. āI like to say, if North Carolina didnāt have ECU, it would have to go out and build it tomorrow,ā Staton says in the accompanying video. Ā He goes on to highlight various aspects in… READ MORE
An array of offerings at NCCU
DURHAM ā People are sometimes surprised to learn NC Central University is home to two biotechnology research institutes, Chancellor Johnson Akinleye says. But thatās not all. In the accompanying videos, Akinleye outlines a broad array of course offerings at NCCU: A nation-leading program in Jazz Studies, as well as programs that provide more teachers in… READ MORE