Cape Fear Community College announced its Live House Project on Monday, which aims to give students hands-on experience building homes from the ground up. Starting this fall, CFCC students will begin constructing the first home, as part of a multi-semester project that’s designed to mirror real-world residential construction timelines and industry standards, accor ...

The New Hanover Community Endowment plans to grant $116 million over 10 years to New Hanover County to improve school facilities, which would boost county officials' plan for a more than $320 million school bond, according to an announcement Thursday. The endowment grant is contingent upon the bond proposal moving forward and gaining voter approval in November. N ...

Dreams can come true in Hollywood East too. At least some of them are coming true for the head of Cape Fear Community College's film program, who has hoped for many years that his classes could be based at Cinespace Studios' Wilmington location on North 23rd Street. The program is moving from CFCC's North Campus on Blue Clay Road to a soundstage at Cinespace ...

The University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) has named Robert Burrus as provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs.  According to a press release, the appointment followed a national search for a candidate, conducted with assistance from the UNC System Office.  Burrus was appointed interim provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs in July ...

A local nonprofit plans to submit an application to the N.C. Department of Public Instruction on Friday to establish an all-boys charter school in Wilmington.  If approved, it would become the first all-boys charter school in North Carolina, according to state officials.  Rob Campbell, CEO and founder of Wilmington-based New H.O.P.E. CDC and pastor of ...

Cape Fear Community College is launching a startup program with Bank OZK. The Startup Acceleration & Idea Launch (SAIL) program, presented by CFCC's Small Business Center, is a 10-week training program that culminates in a pitch competition offering up to $4,000 in funding, according to a news release. The program is intended for first-time founders who have dev ...

Arthur Hughes, a supply chain lecturer at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, is spearheading an effort to connect students with supply chain leaders in the region. Hughes, alongside Drew Rosen and Jayanth Jayaram, both distinguished professors at UNCW’s Congdon School, is working to establish an advisory board of eight to 12 industry professionals to ove ...

Jon Barber fell in love with manufacturing as a young man by being on the factory floors his father managed. But Barber, who chairs the New Hanover County Schools’ Career and Technical Education (CTE) business advisory council, knows every kid doesn’t get that kind of upbringing. That makes him determined to bring New Hanover County students the next best th ...

National data following a 2015 cohort of community college students through 2021 suggests that only 16% ultimately earn a bachelor’s degree. At first glance, the percentage, part of data gathered by the Aspen Institute, the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center (NSCRC) and the Community College Research Center (CCRC) at Columbia University, might seem low ...

The New Hanover Community Endowment on Tuesday announced a $500,000 grant for UNCW’s Center for Marine Science to support efforts to enhance flood safety and resilience in New Hanover County. According to a news release, the two-year planning grant will “help the community better prepare for future flooding and recover more quickly by building cross-sector p ...