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Balancing Act: Navigating Water Challenges and Financing in North Carolina's Local Communities
August 18, 2023
This story is part of a series called “Hidden Issues,” in which we explore how the School of Government addresses lesser-known issues in local government through its research and advising.Read More
School of Government Faculty Share Top Listens and Reads from Summer 2023
August 16, 2023
As the University prepares to welcome back faculty, staff, and students to campus, the School of Government recently checked in with many of its own faculty to find out how they continued reading, listening, and learning during the slower, warmer months of the year.Read More
MPA Pilots Professional Development Grant
August 3, 2023
Over the past academic year, UNC MPA piloted the Student Professional Development Grant program. This initiative provides up to $250 to every student for professional development expenses such as conference attendance, professional meetings, workshops, or professional organization membership. This funding is in addition to program-sponsored professional development like registration for the North Carolina City and County Management Association Winter Seminar and School of Government courses.Read More
Faculty Member Cheryl Howell Receives State Bar’s Distinguished Service Award
July 21, 2023
The North Carolina State Bar recently honored North Carolina Judicial College faculty member Cheryl D. Howell with a John B. McMillan Distinguished Service Award. In recognition of her “exemplary service to the legal profession,” Howell was presented with the honor by the State Bar President Marcia H. Armstrong at the North Carolina District Court Judges Conference in June 2023.Read More
UNC, Collaboratory, and state government partner to bring new wastewater treatment tech to local governments
July 14, 2023
Nestled high in the mountains of western North Carolina on the banks of the French Broad River, Hot Springs is emblematic of many of the state’s small communities.Read More
Ann Sanders, Longtime School of Government Supporter, Passes Away at 96
July 10, 2023
The UNC School of Government mourns the recent passing of Margaret “Ann” Sanders, wife of longtime School faculty member and two-time director John L. Sanders. Sanders passed away at the age of 96 on July 4, 2023 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. A private memorial service to celebrate her memory will take place in early August.Read More
Submit Community Revitalization Projects for UNC Graduate Students
July 6, 2023
The School of Government is inviting interested parties to submit community revitalization projects for free analysis by students.Read More
Developing Leaders in Rockingham County
June 21, 2023
Rockingham County's motto is "You're in a Good Place" and their county government works hard to live up to the distinction. For the past few years, Rockingham County has partnered with the UNC School of Government’s Lead for North Carolina (LFNC) program to place young people in high-impact fellowships in their county government office.Read More
DFI’s expertise helps turn a former mill into new apartments
June 20, 2023
In early 2018, the School of Government’s Development Finance Initiative received a call from the City of Lenoir, the county seat of Caldwell County in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Private developers had approached the City with a proposal to renovate Lenoir’s historic Blue Bell textile mill into new apartments and condominiums and was seeking public involvement to make the development feasible. Faculty member Tyler Mulligan had provided phone-based advising to the developer and City at no charge on multiple occasions prior to that point, but now the project was reaching a critical stage, and the developer had refined the development concept. The City wanted to help but was unsure whether the developer’s proposal made financial sense. The developers recommended DFI be engaged by the City to evaluate the developer’s proposal, verify the developer’s assumptions, and make recommendations about financing tools.Read More
Carolina launches statewide program focused on improving mental health and reducing suicide
June 12, 2023
Following the success of its first project addressing youth unemployment, Carolina Across 100 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is partnering with the UNC Suicide Prevention Institute to lower the number of suicides in North Carolina.Read More
LFNC Fellow Keshav Javvadi Makes His Mark in Person County
June 8, 2023
In Roxboro, North Carolina, employees of Person County work hard to address the challenges facing their community. For the past year, Keshav Javvadi, a Carolina alum, has been serving alongside them as a fellow for Lead for North Carolina.Read More
Enduring Lessons on Leadership - 10 Years of LGFCU Fellows
June 6, 2023
Committed local government leaders take the next step in their personal and organizational leadership journey by becoming an LGFCU Fellow and completing the Leading for Results program, which includes engaging in executive coaching and joining the alumni network. 2022 marked the program’s tenth year of offering Leading for Results, bringing 48 new fellows from municipal and county governments across 31 counties.Read More
