About Time
November 14, 2022
Once unsure of where her life was headed, UNC professor and New York Times columnist Tressie McMillan Cottom is in demand, in control — and done with regrets. … More About Time
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The Missionary
May 27, 2016
“Isn’t this a great view?” Shirley Ort asks in her elegant, lilting voice of the scene outside her Pettigrew Hall window. Ort’s office is modest, but the world beyond it is indeed spectacular, an October burst of yellow and orange across the expanse of McCorkle Place, with ruddy brick walkways crisscrossing the fading summer grass, all paths paved with opportunity. This view was unthinkable to Ort at 17, a world of higher consciousness closed to a girl from an impoverished rural family. … More The Missionary
The Right Stuff: Getting in at N.C. State
June 1, 2005
A unique admissions system helps NC State balance the limited number of slots in its freshman class with its land-grant mission to serve the state. When students apply for admission, they must choose a college. Their choice could make the difference between getting in or not. Parents file into the Withers Hall auditorium one Saturday … More The Right Stuff: Getting in at N.C. State
Cap in the Air
March 1, 2004
Nothing is as simple as a percentage when it comes to deciding the personality of a campus Frenchie was a showgirl. She danced on a drum in Memorial Hall and wore the closest thing to a bikini that Jerry Marder ’44 had ever seen. Little grass skirts lilting about beyond his imagination, right here in … More Cap in the Air
Governer on Guard
November 1, 2000
Gaston Caperton overcame dyslexia to become a millionaire and rise to West Virginia’s highest office. Now he leads the venerable College Board into a new century – and, he hopes, a new relevancy – on the Web. … More Governer on Guard
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