May 4, 2018
Bliss for Kylie Foley is listening to a three-hour podcast while driving somewhere new. These days, she’s probably on the road to a small town in North Carolina; It’s part…
May 1, 2018
First in Future: Where Emerging Ideas Take Flight is a weekly program from the Institute for Emerging Issues (IEI) at NC State University that connects you with people thinking big thoughts about…
Apr 24, 2018
Apr 23, 2018
Eager to hear the youth perspective on bridging North Carolina’s rural-urban divide, the Institute for Emerging Issues bridged a “Wolfpack-Tar Heel” divide this semester as we worked with a group of…
Apr 22, 2018
“Being appointed to a place known only as, ‘Two miles from somewhere,’ is daunting, like being anointed as the only one in town who can pray away the haunting.” The…
Apr 17, 2018
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Apr 10, 2018
For Lisa Hayworth, working at a community college drove home the importance of early childhood development, and if that connection seems a bit far removed—it shouldn’t. Educators at all levels…
For Alicia James, public policy is about understanding people’s stories, which is why the former undergrad English major fits right in as she begins her next career chapter at the…