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On Wednesday, January 15, twelve North Carolina educators and two staff members from the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences embarked on an exciting journey to Mexico as part of the Museum's most recent Educators of Excellence program: Mexico's Magical Migrations Institute.Meet the Educators

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"Christin Brown is an absolute jewel for Jennette's Pier and NC Aquariums. Christin and her very small yet powerful team embrace the opportunity to welcome nearly 10,000 students each year. Many of these children have never seen or experienced the ocean, and this team creates not only a fun and engaging educational experience but crafts a lifelong memory for these children while fostering an appreciation for our natural resources." - Hap Fatzinger, Director, NC How long have you been with DNCR? 13 years.

Opened in 1927 to serve Black patients during Jim Crow era. Housed nursing school, 1929-1954. Operated here until it relocated in 1966.

N.C. General Assembly appropriated funding for rural schools in 1911 to teach homemaking and farm life skills. First was opened 3/10 mile N.

State supervisor of Black elementary schools, 1915-1934. Est. N.C. Congress of Colored Parents and Teachers. Was Gates Co. Jeanes Supervisor, here.

Director, N.C. Division of Negro Education, 1921-50. White advocate for Black opportunities within the system of segregation. He lived 2 blocks N.

Botanist and educator. Pioneer in the study of flora, southeastern U.S. Highlands his base after 1886; taught here.

Est. in 1925 by Olive D. Campbell and Marguerite Butler, who adapted the Danish folk school model to study of the region.

Founder of Western Carolina University & its president, 1889-1912, & 1920-1923. Lived 5 mi. N.