Article Archive
September 5, 2008
Ceremony welcomes Bennett College's Class of 2012
GREENSBORO — Clad in white dresses, the new students sang the lyrics printed on the next-to-last page of their programs. It...... Continue
A&T lands prized National Science Foundation center
GREENSBORO — N.C. A&T took a giant leap into the future of medical engineering research Thursday, becoming the first histo... Continue
September 4, 2008
N.C. State to perform marrow transplants — on dogs
RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina State University's cancer treatment program has gone to the dogs. The News & Observer of Ral... Continue
Aycock’s curtains rise free Sunday
GREENSBORO — UNCG is inviting the public to see the renovated Aycock Auditorium this Sunday. Curious visitors can tour the rem... Continue
Schools find the clothes make the student
GREENSBORO - Jack Kraemer reluctantly went along with the new policy at Northeast High. He even helped write the rules, although... Continue
HPU gets approval for parking lot
The David and Goliath saga of homeowner Larry Chason versus High Point University came to a close Tuesday night. Unlike the bibl... Continue
September 3, 2008
High Point University gets former industrial facility as gift
HIGH POINT - High Point University recently received a gift of light industrial real estate in support of the School of Educatio... Continue
GTCC enrollment sets record
GTCC set another record this month with enrollment at the school topping 11,200 students. It is the 11th consecutive academic ye... Continue
Report: High school tried to fix test scores
LAURINBURG (MCT) — A state investigation of Scotland High School alleges that at least 115 students were removed from the roll... Continue
Price school’s fate remains uncertain
GREENSBORO - Two hours of what several people described as passionate conversation ended with no decisions on what the future ho... Continue
September 2, 2008
Teacher receives Order of Long Leaf Pine
GREENSBORO - A newly-retired Guilford County teacher was honored Tuesday with the state's highest civilian honor. Marsha Morrell... Continue
UNCG opens renovated Aycock Auditorium to public
UNCG is inviting the public to view the renovated Aycock Auditorium from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday. Renovations kept the 80-year-old fa... Continue
Update: Residents, college officials to meet over sports complex
Greensboro College Presdient Craven Williams said late this afternoon he will meet with Warnersville residents and supporters to... Continue
August 31, 2008
In college move-in, experience empowers
Dozens of new college students and their parents filed in and out of Grogan dorm like ants earlier this month, carrying futons...... Continue
Price school’s fate linked to Greensboro’s first black community
In Greensboro, you can't walk very far in any direction without tripping over racial history. Even those who know the history ar... Continue
August 29, 2008
School board passes 2008-09 budget
Five months after seeing the first draft, and three days after most of its students started the school year, Guilford County Sch... Continue
August 28, 2008
GTCC gets aviation grant
GTCC will beef up its offerings in aeronautics thanks to a Duke Energy grant. The school announced today it received a grant for... Continue
August 27, 2008
Rockingham County fills vacant school board seat
EDEN - The Rockingham County Board of Education voted unanimously on Wednesday night to appoint Nicole Crews Penn to its vacant...... Continue
It's back to school for Guilford County
GREENSBORO — The day dawned dreary and dismal, and raindrops falling from the eaves echoed in the metal gutters as the buses t... Continue
UNCG extending the ways it sends safety alerts
GREENSBORO — With the tragedy of Virginia Tech still a fresh memory, UNCG will enter its second of a three-year campus safety...... Continue
County’s SAT scores inch up
GREENSBORO — Guilford County Schools saw SAT scores rise this year, but the district remains a long way from its goal of besti... Continue
Driver cited after school bus overturns
MADISON — A bus driver was cited for a lane violation after an empty school bus she was driving overturned on Rierson Road, th... Continue
August 26, 2008
SAT scores up in N.C.
North Carolina's average SAT score in 2008 increased, bringing the state to within 10 points of the nation's average, according...... Continue
UNCG to invest $1 million in safety
With the tragedy of Virginia Tech still fresh in their minds, UNCG will enter its second of a three-year campus safety upgrade w... Continue
Superintendent not laughing at school bus prank
CHARLOTTE (MCT) — The host of a Charlotte FM radio station that sent a staff member aboard a Charlotte-Mecklenburg school bus...... Continue
