5/16/2025
New from EdNC
Introducing a new podcast from EdNC: Running Towards Disaster
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The Editor’s Notes
In October 2024, just after Hurricane Helene, Dr. John Gossett, president of Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College said, “Think about who went running. It was our law enforcement, EMTs, fire, rescue, all these people we have trained — they were the ones who ran immediately into the storm.”
Gossett’s words stuck with EdNC’s Caroline Parker, and she has been working on the podcast we are launching today ever since. It is his words that inspired the title of this series.
You are about to hear from residents of your state who are public servants, trained to serve and save — and have been educated at a community college.
Each episode will lift up first-person perspectives of those who lived through and helped in the aftermath of Helene. There will be a new episode each day next week.
Our introduction and first episode are out now. Find them below or directly on Spotify here.
Please listen. Please share.
Here is your playlist for the weekend courtesy of Jeff McDaris.
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UNC System ‘exploring’ creating its own accrediting agency, president says
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