The Global Dinner Table
A Truly Delicious Global North Carolina Story Our work with the N.C. Coalition for Global Competitiveness is about positioning North Carolina as a great place to invest, work, study, visit, partner, and live. A feature story in the Raleigh News & Observer this month...
VaccinatioNCelebration Highlights Flu Shot’s Future
The N.C. Biotech Center vaccinated more than 100 individuals, including N.C. Secretary of Commerce John Skvarla, at its VaccinatioNCelebration on Tuesday, October 4. The capital NC isn’t a typo – the vaccination, Flucelvax Quadrivalent, is manufactured in Holly...
Bridging the Divide
This story originally appeared on the Public News Service website. [ms_audio mp3="http://www.publicnewsservice.org/mp3.php?f=rss-54383-1.mp3" ogg="" wav="" mute="no" autoplay="no" loop="no" controls="yes" class="" id=""][/ms_audio] CHARLOTTE, N.C. — While Law...
Read the October 2016 E-News
The October 2016 e-news is out! This issue includes the exciting launch of the North Carolina Global Engagement Snapshot, the follow-up from Global Teachers: South Africa 2016, the impact of the Latino Initiative Law Enforcement 2016 program, a VaccinatioNCelebration,...
The Big Picture: Go Global NC Launches Snapshot for Global Engagement
Download the media release regarding the launch of the Global Engagement Snapshot RALEIGH, N.C. – North Carolina is exporting products around the world. Children in even rural parts of the state are learning Mandarin. Nearly 250,000 North Carolinians are employed by...
Students Speak Poetry
Waddell Language Academy students Elise Tucker and Nea Strawn have studied Mandarin Chinese from a young age. Last month, they shared what they've learned at the annual United States/China Summit, flawlessly reciting a poem in the language. Click on the image below to...
NCSU Attracts New Students from 117 Countries
NC State University welcomed 1,700+ new international students to campus at the start of the fall semester, more than any other public or private campus in North Carolina.They represent 117 countries and bring world languages and cultures to enrich the college...
N.C. Teachers Go for Global Badging
Just one year after the Department of Public Instruction began offering the Global Educator Digital Badge Program, nearly 400 North Carolina teachers have enrolled in the initiative that recognizes professional development and experience in global education. Learn...
Read the September 2016 E-News
The September 2016 e-news is out! This issue includes a video of our conversation with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Kerr Putney about the Latino Initiative: Law Enforcement program, a report about the recent Global Teachers: South Africa program, news about the...
Go Global NC Launches Its First Crowdfunding Campaign!
Background 2016 has been a turbulent time for communities across the United States, and law enforcement officials are in the eye of the storm as our country grapples with race relations and the horror of violence by and against police officers. Against this backdrop,...
Read the August 2016 E-Newsletter!
The August e-newsletter is out! Read about the Burroughs Wellcome Fund Scholars program in Singapore, our Kickstarter to support a new Latino Initiative for Law Enforcement, our Featured Traveler, and more. Also participate in our new Global Glimpses poll. Post your...
Teacher of the Year Visits South Africa
Program alumni are sharing their Go Global NC experiences! Rowan-Salisbury School System teacher of the year Nancy Goodnight spoke with the Salisbury Post about her recent travel to South Africa, the difference between education systems in North Carolina and South...
