Rural Works

Apr 28, 2021

Division of Academic and Student Affairs Recognizes 2021 Awards for Excellence Recipients

Five DASA employees have received one of the university’s highest honors for their outstanding work in the past year. 

Sep 10, 2019

Student Interns Help Rural Employers Reach Goals

Written by Kirsten Chang The City of Kinston has a problem to solve. As a small town in rural eastern North Carolina, its workforce is starting to retire, and there are fewer and fewer young people stepping up to take public service jobs.  As part of the solution, the city wanted to educate local students… 

Sep 18, 2018

Beyond the Bricks

North Carolina’s rural counties — which include some of the most economically distressed areas in the state — are losing bright young minds to larger, more urban centers at a fast rate. This “brain drain” hampers population and economic growth. But those rural counties can expect a boost from NC State’s new Rural Works! program, which… 

Aug 11, 2018

From Paraguay to Kinston

Spending the summer in a small community in eastern North Carolina might not be every graduate student’s dream. But for Fatima Morys Barrios, a summer internship in Kinston through NC State’s Rural Works! program was not just rewarding; it changed her outlook on her career goals.