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Greetings!
It's the most wonderful time of the year to be in western North Carolina! Winter has arrived to provide a beautiful landscape against which the holidays can be enjoyed throughout the region. We recently received a generous snowfall in Burke County on the order of seven inches and took the opportunity to view our new campus site under a blanket of white. The picture of Goodwin Hall at the top of our newsletter presents a snapshot of our winter wonderland.

As we rapidly approach the holidays and the end of 2017, it is a good time to pause and reflect on the incredible progress our campus planning has achieved. We appreciate the contributions from our friends, colleagues, and partners across North Carolina and look forward to beginning the next chapter of our work in early 2018.

I also want to acknowledge and express my appreciation to the other members of our planning office - Ms. Kelly Lookadoo and Ms. Blythe McNeely - and to the leadership of Western Piedmont Community College for continuing to host our operation on their campus. We are blessed with good fortune in identifying key contributors and supporters for this endeavor.

Finally, I want to thank you for your ongoing support of our emerging campus in western North Carolina. We benefit on a daily basis from the bridges you build to new partnerships and the contributions you make to realizing the vision for NCSSM-Morganton. To that end, we have received a number of questions about how to make financial contributions to support this work. We appreciate your participation in demonstrating support - at any level - and welcome financial contributions through our website. I am also very happy to speak to you about opportunities to provide personal or corporate support at any time.

Please accept our warmest wishes as you celebrate the holiday season. May the new year be filled with health, happiness, and prosperity, for you and yours!

Best wishes,

Kevin Baxter
Director of Western Campus Planning

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Construction Manager at risk announced for NCSSM-Morganton
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics (NCSSM) has announced Barnhill Contracting Company as Construction Manager (CM) At Risk for the NCSSM-Morganton campus. The project will include both renovation of existing structures as well as construction of new facilities.The announcement follows the approval of the campus site master plan and educational program plan for NCSSM-Morganton in September.

Read more about this exciting next phase!
NCSSM-Morganton M ail Bag
As part of the NCSSM-Morganton public unveiling event on Thursday, September 28, 2017, the audience was invited to submit questions to the presentation team. Many of the questions were addressed but the program concluded with several unanswered due to time constraints. In an effort to respond to these unanswered questions, we will continue to feature responses in each of our upcoming newsletters.

Q: How are students supervised during the evening/night times?

A: In Durham, students live in residence halls on campus and each floor or wing is supervised by a professional Student Life Instructor. Among other responsibilities, Student Life staff are in charge of the day-to-day supervision of the residential buildings and help ensure the safety and well-being of students. NCSSM Campus Resources serves as the security oversight on campus. In Durham, two uniformed Campus Resource officers, as well as two uniformed Durham Police officers, are on duty 24 hours day, 7 days a week, during the academic year. The vision for the NCSSM-Morganton campus is to employ a similar structure such that professional staff who reside on site are supported by NCSSM Campus Resource staff and uniformed police from the area.


Please continue to submit any questions you may have for the NCSSM-Morganton Mail Bag to Kelly Lookadoo at kelly.lookadoo@ncssm.edu.

NCSSM launches 2nd episode in ‘Road to Morganton’ series
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Apple plans another expansion: NCSSM looks for partnership opportunities
Sharon McBrayer from the Morganton News Herald writes, "Apple’s data center in Maiden is expanding again, and students at the western campus of North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics could get some hands-on experience at the corporation . ...

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Western Campus Planning Office

1001 Burkemont Avenue | 260 Moore Hall
Morganton, NC 28655
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