MONROE – Character.org will honor Union Academy Headmaster Ann Walters with the 2019 Workplace Game Changer Award on Oct. 24 in Washington, D.C. Walters leads a team of more than 300 … [Read more...]

WINGATE – Wingate University honored nearly 90 employees for a combined 1,000 years of service during an awards luncheon May 9. Four were singled out for special recognition: • Christy Cobb, an … [Read more...]

WINGATE – U.S. Sen. Richard Burr told graduates at Wingate’s 123rd undergraduate commencement on May 11 to “look forward with an active eye and eagerness to learn and adapt.” Burr addressed roughly … [Read more...]

WINGATE – Students earning graduate degrees at Wingate University on May 10 were encouraged to think like entrepreneurs, to walk in someone else’s shoes and to never stop looking for “t=0” moments to … [Read more...]

MONROE – The Union County Board of Education voted to extend Superintendent Andrew Houlihan’s contract through June 30, 2023. The board approved a three-year contract extension on May 7. The … [Read more...]

WEDDINGTON – The Optimist Club of Weddington announced winners of its computer laptop scholarship program. Students wrote essays on why they deserved the award and how the laptop would help them. … [Read more...]

CHAPEL HILL – Michael Alcorn Jr., of Waxhaw, was among 75 students accepted into the Morehead-Cain Scholars program at UNC-Chapel Hill. Alcorn will graduate this spring from Cuthbertson High … [Read more...]

WEDDINGTON – Union County Public Schools recognized Weddington High chemistry teacher Ben Tewolde as the district’s 2019-20 Beginning Teacher of the Year. The award recognizes teachers in their … [Read more...]