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Duke Energy Professional Expands Career Options Through Online Master’s Program

Author: Helen Velk

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Feb 21, 2022

Alternatives to Alt Text

Alternative text (alt text) is an important tool to create equitable experiences for students. DELTA’s Accessibility Team shares best practices for creating alt text along with other tips to help with student engagement and success. 

Feb 1, 2022

Metamorphosis Turns Into An Infestation

Extension Associate Terri Billeisen, Ph.D., provides updates on DELTA Grant work that created 3D interactive models of insects and how it has impacted student engagement and success. Also, it transformed her overall instructional mindset and made the transition to online teaching during the pandemic easier. 

Jan 31, 2022

Sustainable Trash Talk

Associate Professors Kyle Bunds, Jonathan Casper and DELTA created Zero Waste Gameday: A Trash Sorting Game to teach future facility managers/sports marketing professionals about sustainability. Five VR videos were also produced including behind-the-scenes experiences at landfills and some featuring former sports announcer Jeff Gravley. 
Associate Professor Katherine Saul shared this illustration of an example adaptive learning network connecting lesson topics in a module in MAE 206 Engineering Statics (thanks to Teaching Professor Anna Howard).

Jan 26, 2022

NC State and DELTA Lead Group of Four Universities in Adaptive Learning Project

NC State Associate Professor Katherine Saul, Ph.D. shares her experience fully integrating Adaptive Learning (AL) and RealizeIt into her Engineering Dynamics course. This type of course design resulted in students completing five times more problems which fostered deeper understanding of concepts and individualized assistance. 
Program Advisor LaShica Waters, Ph.D, Erin McHugh and Teaching Assistant Professor Tracy Appling on graduation day in December of 2021.

Dec 21, 2021

Erin McHugh Proves You Can Come Home Again

After leaving the undergraduate program at NC State in 2013, an online graduate comes full circle to complete her Leadership in the Public Sector (LPS) program degree in 2021. 
One of the copper wolves at Wolf Plaza wears a protective face mask during the COVID19 (COVID 19) pandemic.

Dec 17, 2021

Newest Members of Course Quality Program Announced

The newest members of the Course Quality Program were just announced. These programs provide several pathways to student success, including the Quality Matters Essential Standards Program and the Online Course Improvement Program. 
This is a photo of online graduate Rhonda Peters and her three children at the beach.

Dec 16, 2021

Passion for Helping Families Inspires Online Grad to Cross the Finish Line

Online graduate overcomes health obstacles to earn her degree with her passion for helping others as a guiding force throughout her educational journey. 
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Dec 13, 2021

Online Degree Elevates Furloughed Camp Director to Licensing Family Caseworker

Furloughed camp director finds her passion for working as a licensing family caseworker in the foster care industry while earning her masters degree as a student in the NC State Online and Distance Education program. 
Photo of Victoria P. Deaton, a winter 2021 graduate from NC State University's online Leadership in the Public Sector program.

Dec 8, 2021

ODE Graduate Credits LPS Degree for Career Advancement

ODE graduate credits NC State State’s Leadership in the Public Sector degree for recent promotion at Durham Technical Community College’s Office of Equity and Inclusion. 
Downtown Raleigh skyline, framed by the State College smoke stack. Photo by Marc Hall.

Nov 30, 2021

Duke Energy Professional Expands Career Options Through Online Master’s Program

December graduate Julianna Jankowski hopes her NC State Master of Environmental Assessment degree will lead her into new opportunities with her employer, Duke Energy.