Category: CED News & Miscellaneous
Student Corner: A Bright Future: An Expanding After-School Program Discussing Launch of a Yanceyville Office
Melvin McDermott III is a graduate student in UNC’s Master of Public Administration program and a CCP intern working in Caswell County. Yanceyville Town Staff recently renovated an old industrial building to house all the operations of the town. CCP Interns showed up at the new building in late Ma … Read more
Student Corner: La Voz ENC Serves Lenoir’s Spanish-Speaking Residents
Andrew Guinn is a graduate student in UNC’s Department of City and Regional Planning and is a CCP intern in Caswell and Lenoir Counties. As a member of the Kinston community, Luis Guzman is well known and well respected; having served on the Kinston All-American City delegation and also as a support … Read more
Student Corner: The Greater Kinston Credit Union: educating the community in financial literacy
Leah Elliott is a rising junior in UNC’s undergraduate departments of Political Science and Public Policy and a CCP intern working in Caswell and Lenoir Counties. Every month, a group of approximately fifteen individuals enters the Greater Kinston Credit Union (GKCU) and heads to the second floor. O … Read more
Student Corner: A Year in Lenoir County
Adam Parker is a Masters in Public Administration alumnus at UNC Chapel Hill. Parker is entering UNC Law in the fall and currently works with Lenoir County, North Carolina. Over the past year, the Community Campus Partnership has engaged in a number of activities in Lenoir County. This post highligh … Read more
Student Corner: The BEST STEP
Matt Dudek is a graduate student in the UNC Department of City and Regional Planning, the School of Government, and a CERC intern working with the Cape Fear Council of Governments. During my three weeks working with the Cape Fear COG I have been working with the BEST STEP cluster and getting up to s … Read more
Student Corner: Branching out in Lenoir County – CCP and La Grange, NC
Joy Jackson is a graduate student in UNC’s Master of Public Administration program and a CCP intern working in Caswell and Lenoir Counties. After nearly a year of focusing our efforts in Lenoir County on the city of Kinston, CCP interns recently sat down with the town manager of nearby La Grange i … Read more
Student Corner: F35B additions to Cherry Point generate debate along the coast
Suzanne Julian is UNC-Chapel Hill graduate student pursuing a master’s degree in Public Administration. She is currently working with the STEP leadership team in Pamlico County as part of the Carolina Economic Revitalization Corps program. There’s controversy in the air these days along the North Ca … Read more
Student Corner: Artists’ and Artisans’ Gallery Moves Forward in Yanceyville
Andrew Guinn is a graduate student in the UNC Department of City and Regional Planning and a CCP intern working in Caswell and Lenoir Counties. This summer, the Community-Campus Partnership is continuing work with the Artists’ and Artisans’ Gallery in Yanceyville, Caswell County. Currently the gall … Read more
Student Corner: Sweepstakes Cafés: Another Side to the Same Story
Lindsay Moriarty is a graduate student at UNC-Chapel Hill pursuing dual masters’ degrees in Health Behavior and Health Education and City and Regional Planning. She is currently working with the Lumber River Council of Government through the Carolina Economic Revitalization Corps (CERC). Earlier th … Read more
Student Corner: Moving Forward with Promise Neighborhoods
Danielle Parker is a PhD student in the School of Education and CCP Intern working in Lenoir County. Kinston-NC- The deadline for the Promise Neighborhoods Grant is quickly approaching. The federal grant application is due on Friday, June 25, 2010. Over the last few weeks, several community partners … Read more