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    The Power of a Humanities Degree

    August 11, 2023

    Five years out, people with humanities degrees are making equivalent money to people from a STEM discipline. The kinds of things that folks in the humanities and the arts develop are the very things that corporations want in their employees

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  2. July 23, 2023

    Lena Kisner鈥檚 passion for early childhood special education spurred her investigation of preschool inclusion rates in rural Kansas schools. She鈥檚 a special education director, overseeing children from birth to age 21 for five interlocal school districts.

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    Forging Connections Becomes Key Link to College Success

    April 27, 2023

    First-gen Nursing major Rosemary Gonzalez know attending college without her parents fully understanding all the steps it takes to get there would create some obstacles and adversities. Facing those is when she realized that for her to be successful in higher education, she needed to find a new support system. 鈥揟ambi茅n en espa帽ol

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  4. March 15, 2023

    Jenny Pettit went to Belize three times to conduct research for her dissertation 鈥淓ducational Experiences that Influence the Upward Mobility of Maya Women in Belize,鈥 which was awarded UNC鈥檚 Graduate Dean鈥檚 Citation for Outstanding Dissertation last year. Pettit identified three Maya women who were leaders in their communities and examined how their educational and other life experiences had influenced their success.

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