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Sweet 16: Omar Strong, Texas Southern
The Baltimore SunAn extra year at junior college and a torn ACL seven months before his Texas Southern debut were just two of the many obstacles standing between Omar Strong and Division I basketball. The challenges that Strong faced before college didn’t end...Tags: College Sports, Basketball, Mike Davis, NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, College Basketball
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Single mother works double-time to finish degree
The Charlotte ObserverNo one in Lavaris Nelson's family had ever graduated from college, and for much of her life, it seemed like the universe was determined to keep her from getting a degree, too. But on Sunday at the Irwin Belk Complex, the 31-year-old single mother of two...Tags: Nursing, Johnson C. Smith University, University of Southern California, Medical Specialization, Charlotte
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Maryland Public Schools seeks to diversify teaching corps
Capital News ServiceMike Williams recalls having only one black, male teacher during his K-12 education in Montgomery County, Md. “I felt a bit isolated. That’s coming from me, and I was fairly popular. I was an athlete,” said Williams, 43, now a social...Tags: Minority Groups, Teaching and Learning, Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland), Teachers, Colleges and Universities
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Pay rises for area execs, mostly from awards
Winston-Salem Journal, N.C.Compensation rose, in some instances significantly, for eight of the top 10 compensated executives in the Triad during fiscal year 2012, primarily because of stock and option awards they qualified for last year. In fact, the awards represented the...Tags: Herbalife Limited, Corporate Officers, Tanger Factory Outlet Centers Incorporated, Caterpillar Inc., Finance
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Fourth RECHS class graduates
The Courier-Tribune, Asheboro, N.C.Members of Randolph Early College High School's Class of 2013 received a lot of advice at Thursday morning's commencement for beginning their individual life journeys. This advice was delivered by classmates and educators before a standing-room-only...Tags: FBI, Physical Therapy, Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities, Schools
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Cabarrus Teacher of the Year has special connection to students
Independent Tribune, Concord, N.C.Students in local schools are taking tests and preparing for others this week, and in teacher Courtney Smith's seventh-grade English and Language Arts classes, it was no different on Wednesday. As her students at C.C. Griffin Middle School were about to...Tags: Charlotte, Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Elementary Schools, Literature
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Streetcar gets boost from city manager
The Charlotte ObserverCharlotte's controversial streetcar extension appears to have a good chance of being approved after new City Manager Ron Carlee said Monday the city could pay for it without a property tax increase. Carlee's plan for the $126 million streetcar extension...Tags: Time Warner Cable Arena, Anthony Foxx, Taxation, Finance, Johnson C. Smith University
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BRIEF: Famous names among college graduation speakers
The Charlotte ObserverWhat do North Carolina's governor, a U.S. Senator, a Grammy-winning recording artist, and one of the NFL's greatest placekickers have in common? Each is a guest speaker Saturday at a college commencement exercise in the Carolinas. It's the biggest day...Tags: Charlotte, Executive Branch, University of South Carolina , Government, National Football League
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Cary woman accused of strangling her husband to death
The News & ObserverA 77-year-old man lay still on an upstairs bed as a 911 dispatcher gave instructions for resuscitation attempts that proved futile late Wednesday night. His wife would be charged with his murder. "She said that she just choked her husband to death,"...Tags: Nursing, Raleigh, Vanderbilt University , Colleges and Universities, Wake County
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Where are the jobs?
The High Point Enterprise, N.C.In a just a little over a month, many high school seniors will become rising freshmen. The seniors at Penn-Griffin School for the Arts have their college plans in order and are looking to the future. Amber Jones will attend University of North...Tags: Wake Forest University, Technology, Suze Orman, Realty, Colleges and Universities
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UNCC student competes well in Japanese after self-teaching since middle school
The Charlotte ObserverJames Bollinger, 20, took his first course in Japanese last summer at UNC Charlotte. Now he's in an advanced intermediate class. "I've never seen a student like that," said Professor Chikako Mori. "I was very surprised." Just a few weeks ago,...Tags: Charlotte, Japan, Duke University, Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning
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Springtime for Charlotte: 10 reasons to fly there now
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Many a traveler moves through Charlotte; fewer stick around. For some, it's just a busy hub airport, visited occasionally while taking advantage of US Airways' often reasonable fares to other places. We know it as an important...
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