Business Education

Dec 12, 2025

Robeson Community College receives transformational $24M gift from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott

President Singler standing with members of Robeson Community College Board of Trustees. Photo by RCC.Robeson Community College recently announced a historic $24 million gift from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, the largest single gift in the college’ ...

Dec 11, 2025

Campbell University to offer free tuition for Harnett County residents

Campbell students - Photo provided by CU.New first-year, full-time students who reside in Harnett County will have 100% of their undergraduate tuition covered by Campbell University beginning in 2026.The Campbell University Tuition-Free Guarantee for ...

Dec 4, 2025

GFBJ joined by esteemed guests for last Power Breakfast of 2025

This morning, local business owners, elected officials and decision makers gathered at Cape Fear Botanical Garden for Power Breakfast: Taking Care Of Business. The speakers for this event were North Carolina Secretary of State The Honorable Elai ...

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North Carolina Holds a Home-Field Advantage in the Innovation Game

Posted Dec 1, 2025
North Carolina’s medical and biotech ecosystem is already highly regarded, but two emerging developments are even greater opportunities for local innovators: the rise of ARPA-H, the federal government’s high-risk, high-reward health innovation agency
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Nov 24, 2025

Bladen Community College Small Business Center launches “Pitch It Bladen County” to support local entrepreneurs

The Small Business Center at Bladen Community College is excited to announce the launch of Pitch It Bladen County, a new business pitch competition and training program designed to help aspiring entrepreneurs develop, refine and launch their business ...

Nov 21, 2025

RCC launches new Utility Fundamentals Program

Graphic provided by RCCRobeson Community College (RCC) is proud to announce the launch of the Utility Fundamentals Program, the first program of its kind in the North Carolina Community College System. Developed in close collaboration with industry p ...

Nov 10, 2025

Campbell, Cape Fear CC sign transfer articulation agreement

CFCC President Jim Morton (left) and CU President William M. Downs (right) - Photo courtesy of Campbell University Campbell University and Cape Fear Community College have signed a new articulation agreement. The Campbell Assured Admission Progr ...

Nov 10, 2025

Pumping up the workforce: FTCC launches Cardiovascular Technology Program to meet growing industry demand

The new program will be sharing space with students from the surgical technology and central sterile processing programs(pictured) following renovations and expansions to the space. Photo provided by FTCC.Fayetteville Technical Community College (FTC ...

Nov 7, 2025

Miller-Motte® College offers more: Ribbon cutting ceremony highlights new trade program additions at Fayetteville campus

 Miller-Motte College (MMC) in Fayetteville, North Carolina, gathered with the Fayetteville community on Friday, Nov. 7, to celebrate the launch of its new Plumbing and Combination Welding programs with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at its campus lo ...

Nov 6, 2025

Fayetteville Tech awarded $500,000 from the Golden LEAF Foundation to support the Training and Education for Advanced Cardiovascular Healthcare project

Fayetteville Technical Community College (FTCC) proudly announces that the Golden LEAF Foundation Board of Directors has awarded the college $500,000 to support the Training andEducation for Advanced Cardiovascular Healthcare (TEACH) project. This fu ...


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North Carolina Holds a Home-Field Advantage in the Innovation Game

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A season of giving: The urgent need for blood in Fayetteville

Emily DeYoung - Practice Administrator, Cape Fear Valley Blood Donor Center
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Incorporating academic readings in economics classrooms: A collaborative research initiative

Mónica García-Pérez, Ph.D. - Distinguished Professor of Economics, Fayetteville State University

In The Current Issue

Hemp hemp hurray: Local farmer and business man seeks to educate the broader community about the many uses for hemp

Keith Dunn began farming hemp in 2017. A few weeks later he founded East Carolina Hemp Supply. After years of slow but steady growth, Dunn hopes to one day be able to build a hemp processing plant in North Carolina to boost the industry and local eco


Australian manufacturer to launch North American operations in Bladen County, investing more than $6M in Elizabethtown

Photo provided by Bladen County Economic DevelopmentVectorTex USA, LLC, a product developer and technology company, will create 44 new jobs in Bladen County. The company will establish its first North American manufacturing facility in Elizabethtown.