Colleges and Universities
Lenoir-Rhyne University
1866-1915
Lenoir-Rhyne University was founded in 1891 by four Lutheran pastors—Andrew L. Crouse, Robert A. Yoder, William P. Cline, and Jason C. Moser—to provide students with an education grounded in Christian faith and values. The institution began as Highland Academy, a one-room schoolhouse with twelve students during its first year. The school was located in Hickory,...
Salem
A Moravian town formed in 1772, Salem, or Old Salem, was once the center of the Wachovia Tract. Salem's history is rooted in Moravian culture and religion.
Cleaning Up the Tar-Pamlico River Basin
In the 1980s, a group of North Carolina business and government leaders figured out a way to reduce water pollution when the Clean Water Act could not achieve it.
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Since 1951, Southeastern Baptist Seminary in Wake Forest has been a leader in the cultural and theological changes within Baptist churches, especially those affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention. Baptists in the United States formed the General Missionary Convention of the Baptist Denomination in the United States of America for Foreign Missions in 1814. Also...
Historic Preservation: “George Washington Slept Here”
Beginning in 1887, North Carolinians began seriously preserving the state’s historical buildings. One popular focus was buildings in which George Washington either “slept here” (to use a popular and overused cliché) or with which he had genuine connections. In 1791, George Washington, then president, took a tour of the southern states, and, as a result,...
Elizabeth City State University
Located in Pasquotank County, Elizabeth City State University (ECSU) was formed in 1891 as a school to teach African-American educators.
University of Mount Olive
The University of Mount Olive opened its doors in 1952, after the Convention of Original Free Will Baptists approved the founding of a junior college named Allen Junior College.
Carolina University
Carolina University is a non-denominational Christian school in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Founded in 1947 by Dr. Charles H. Stevens, it offers courses from theology to engineering.
Global TransPark
The North Carolina Global TransPark (GTP) was envisioned as a bold experiment in rural economic revitalization, a 2,500-acre industrial and aviation complex in Kinston, North Carolina. Conceived in the 1990s as a state-backed hub for global shipping and logistical management, the project aimed to jumpstart economic growth in eastern North Carolina. With access to an...
Lenoir-Rhyne University
Lenoir-Rhyne University was founded in 1891 by four Lutheran pastors—Andrew L. Crouse, Robert A. Yoder, William P. Cline, and Jason C. Moser—to provide students with an education grounded in Christian faith and values. The institution began as Highland Academy, a one-room schoolhouse with twelve students during its first year. The school was located in Hickory,...
Salem College
The story of Salem College goes back to 1744, when immigrants from Moravia settled in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.There, Moravians fostered communitarian values, and each individual devoted labor to community needs in exchange for food and shelter, in a system known as oeconomies. They kept this enterprising spirit as they expanded into North Carolina and founded the...
High Point University
At the start of the twentieth century, Reverend Joseph M. McCulloch of Greensboro conceived the idea of a church-affiliated-school and worked for almost a quarter century to realize this vision.
Ben Cone, Jr., and the Endangered Species Act
One of the species that the Endangered Species Act was supposed to protect was the red-cockaded woodpecker. But the law's negative incentives led Ben Cone, Jr., to cut down trees that might harbor the woodpecker.