The Brevard College Athletics Department supports the mission of the college by offering student-athletes opportunities to compete, enhance personal growth and develop leadership skills. We strive to provide a safe and secure atmosphere while inspiring future generations to succeed academically, athletically, and spirituality.

Davidson College seeks intellectually curious students who are committed to developing their talents for lives of leadership and service. Small classes enable our renowned faculty to work closely with students, engaging them directly in original research and creative work across the arts, sciences, social sciences and humanities. In the classroom and beyond, Davidson cultivates students'​ compassion, creativity, resilience and moral courage. We nurture these values in a community founded on trust as articulated by the Honor Code and on free, unfettered inquiry. The Davidson Trust supports our campus-wide commitments to access and equal opportunity. Nearly 25 percent of our students compete in Division I athletics, and 80 percent of our students study or work internationally during their Davidson careers. These rich and distinguished offerings enable Davidson graduates to thrive in a global society and exert disproportionate impact for good.

The Lenoir-Rhyne University Center for Graduate Studies of Asheville provides excellent graduate education that develops innovative leaders prepared to serve the current and future needs of Western North Carolina and beyond. Thinking about going to grad school in Asheville? The Center for Graduate Studies of Asheville equips students with the knowledge and skills to lead, innovate, influence, and sustain. Our Master's programs are especially designed to meet both the needs of the Asheville community and of graduate students balancing work and school. Our classes, held in the evenings and on weekends, offer flexibility in scheduling for the working professional. We are conveniently located near the heart of downtown, right of I-240 at 36 Montford Avenue, in the Chamber building. Health Care/Sciences Dietetics Internship (focus on obesity in children) Master of Public Health Master of Science in Nursing Business and Government Master of Business Administration (with the following track options): Business and Sustainability - "green MBA" Tourism and Hospitality Health Care Administration Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Technology Commercialization Arts Entrepreneurship Liberal Arts and Sciences Master of Arts in Writing Master of Science in Sustainability Studies Education and Human Services Master of Arts in Counseling Master of Arts in Community College Administration

Duke University Press supports scholars in doing what they are passionate about: learning, teaching, and effecting positive change in the world. This bold, progressive spirit drives both what and how we publish. Each year we publish over 120 new books, more than 50 journals, and multiple digital collections that transform current thinking and move fields forward. Our work supports Duke University’s mission to advance the frontiers of knowledge and contribute to the international community of scholarship. Originally founded as Trinity College Press in 1921, we became Duke University Press in 1926. The Press is located in Durham, North Carolina in the United States.

Founded in 1867, Johnson C. Smith University is a private, close-knit, urban, historically Black university located in Charlotte, N.C. Our University’s Latin motto, “Sit Lux,” or “Let There Be Light,” encourages our students, faculty and staff to shine the lights of learning and service. With a growing national reputation for integrating the liberal arts with business, the sciences and technology, JCSU offers 21 fields of study, including a master’s degree in social work, to more than 1,000 students from a variety of ethnic, socioeconomic and geographic backgrounds. The University’s excellent academic programs focus on servant leadership, civic engagement and global responsibility to produce students who share in the spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation.

As North Carolina's oldest retirement community; WhiteStone: A Masonic & Eastern Star Community boasts a proud heritage of Southern sophistication. What is now WhiteStone: A Masonic & Eastern Star Community began more than 100 years ago as The Masonic & Eastern Star Home of North Carolina. Originally purposed to provide a higher quality care for fraternal members than found in state run senior housing, MESH as it was called has superior quality at its core. Today our community is open to everyone, but still carries those strong fraternal values that promote friendship, community and quality care for one another. We have grown into a leading Continuing Care Retirement Community in North Carolina. We are proud to be a non-profit CCRC Managed by Life Care Services and governed by a Board of Directors made up of Masonic and Eastern Star members. As a non-profit, we are free to focus on our the quality of life of our residents or as we call them, our family! Life Care Services, the nation's leader in senior housing has added to our quality and the experience of our residents by connecting us with a network of senior communities throughout the United States providing our community with the best of best practices. WhiteStone: A Masonic & Eastern Star Community has another heritage widely regarded in the triad and that is of being one of the best places to work. That's because we are all part of a family; and we like it that way! Stop on in to see what it's all about today!

Livingstone College and Hood Theological Seminary were originally founded as Zion Wesley Institute by a group of A.M.E. Zion ministers for the purpose of training ministers in the Cabarrus County town of Concord, North Carolina in 1879.

Crossnore Communities for Children grows healthy futures for children and families by providing a Christian sanctuary of hope and healing.

PIEDMONT COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL INC is a company based out of BOX 3706, GASTONIA, North Carolina, United States.

A premier independent school, we foster academic excellence through collaboration, creativity, and character development. Students 2 years old-12th grade are offered an active, challenging learning environment through our broad array of programs.

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