Campbell University News

Posted: Today at 2:19 p.m. Updated: Today at 2:33 p.m. Fayetteville, N.C. - A retired Fayetteville teacher left $2.7 million in her will to help fund education, health care and other programs, the Cumberland Community Foundation announced Friday.

Jerry Wallace, former pastor of Elizabethtown Baptist Church, is appointed president of Campbell University, one of the longest church-affiliated universities in the country.

A memorial service for Lee Beavers, 41, will be held 3 p.m. Friday at Northeast Presbyterian Church.

After completing their first week of baseball with a 4-1 record, the Westhampton Aviators took a step back this past week and went 2-3, dropping into second place with a 6-4 record in the Kaiser/Hampton division of the Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League.

The Clinton-Sampson Chamber of Commerce will say good-bye to its executive director come June 30.

Even lawyers are hurting. Once guaranteed a shot at the good life, a growing number of those who practice law find themselves among the unemployed.

Education: UNC Chapel Hill, B.A. in political science, 1993; Campbell University School of Law, J.D., 1996 Career history: U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, law clerk, 1996-97; Haynsworth Baldwin Johnson & Greaves, attorney, 1997-2004; Littler Mendelson, attorney, 2004-present This article is for Paid Subscribers ONLY.

The Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law at Campbell University is reporting a significant increase in applications for admission to begin law school in the fall of 2009.

By Marine Corps Cpl. Jo Jones Special to American Forces Press Service June 11, 2009 - From a young age, Marine Corps Sgt.

Soldiers and others who have earned college degrees this year are being honored with a graduation ceremony at a North Carolina Army post.

Applications are up 25 percent at Campbell University's law school, and officials there say they have downtown Raleigh to thank for it.

Not too many 17-year-old girls have their own welding helmets. But Fike High School senior Kyme Causby of Wilson does.

The Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law at Campbell University announced the receipt of a two-year grant in the amount of $144,904 from the North Carolina Governor's Crime Commission for use in the Law School's Juvenile Justice Mediation program.

Area college-bound high school seniors earned nearly $3.3 million in scholarship money this year, including one Northeastern High School student who netted a $100,000 scholarship to attend North Carolina Wesleyan College.

Clinton High School senior Kaelyn Chenoa Newton has received the very prestigious Gates Millennium Scholarship .

It took Cpl. Christopher Kelleher 10 years and one deployment, but he is finally a college graduate.

Laterricka Bryant, left, and Susan Barefoot turn the tassels on their mortarboards during graduation ceremonies held Thursday night at Wayne Community College for the Wayne Early Middle College High School.

Dr. David Johnson, left, signs his employment contract as president of Johnston Community College.

Fifteen students at college campuses across North Carolina will receive $5,000 in research grant support from the North Carolina Biotechnology Center this year.

From left, Faith Christian Academy's Bethany Dale, salutatorian, and Lindsey Godwin, valedictorian; Wayne Country Day School's co-valedictorians Will Nolan and Ellen Elmore; and Wayne Christian School's salutatorian, Ryan Clarke, and Allison Rose, valedictorian.