To say the least, budget season is a busy time in local government. I have witnessed the stress of this time of year during my first few weeks in Person County as I helped prepare documents for Board meetings and budget work sessions. The work that has …

SAS plays an integral role in today’s world of “Big Data” enabling the use of analytics to aid organizations in managing information, forecasting and analyzing trends, and making better-informed decisions. Particularly, SAS’ slate of  data analysis too …

  Overwhelming. Inspiring. Energizing. These words describe my first few days as an Education Pioneer Fellow at Boston Public Schools. Education Pioneers is a non-profit organization with a mission to “identify, train, connect, and inspire a new g …

The Women’s Movement, Title IX, and Moxie! For the past couple of weeks, I have been learning about the CWC’s involvement in collaborative projects by meeting with representatives from organizations we work with regularly. Out of these collaborations, …

Greetings Blogosphere! It’s Tuesday, and as to not disappoint, I am back again to share my adventures at the Town of Carrboro. To recap, last week I wrote a glowing review of my new internship site. But in my haste to write my first blog post I left ou …

This was a very busy week of meetings and more visits to County departments, in addition to the projects I’m currently working on. Yesterday, I visited Person Industries and the recycling center it runs, as well as Person County Animal Services, making …

The Carolina Women’s Center is not just for women. The Carolina Women’s Center is here to serve all students, faculty, and staff at UNC. Its mission is to “create an inclusive education and work environment where gender is not a barrier to success, dif …

Greetings Blogosphere! Here is a little known fact: blogosphere is included in the Office Word dictionary. Carrboronite is not. What is a Carrboronite, you may ask? Well, since I arrived in Carrboro, North Carolina nearly two years ago, it’s been my ve …