We spoke with John Patrick, Adjunct Teaching Assistant Professor for the UNC Department of Public Policy about his enriching experience teaching at Dan River as a part of DLL’s Correctional Education Program.

BRIDGES is an inclusive professional development program for cisgender or transgender women and nonbinary colleagues in higher education who seek to gain or strengthen their academic leadership capabilities, and/or individuals who demonstrate a commitment to supporting women and gender issues and equity in the academy.

At the most recent edX/2U University Partner Advisory Council meeting, Inside Higher Ed spent time with Todd Nicolet. Todd is the vice provost for digital and lifelong learning at the University of North Carolina. In their conversations, they found Todd to be both incredibly collegial and massively knowledgeable about the shifting landscape of higher education.

Religious studies Ph.D. student Jocelyn Burney relishes the public humanities aspect of her graduate work — from contextualizing a pottery exhibit in Carolina Hall to teaching the Hebrew Bible at a Raleigh women’s prison to supervising the work of undergraduate students at an archaeological dig in Israel.