More Reasons to Believe - Durham is Where Great Things Happen

More great things:

  • Duke's Coach K reached 800 wins, only the sixth Division-I head coach to hit the milestone, taking 1,064 games to reach the historic total.
  • The Museum of Life and Science ranked 7th on Budget Travel's list of North Carolina's Top Ten Picks for Spring travel.
  • Durham advertising agency The Republik took home 24 awards at the Addys, more wins than any other agency in the advertising competition sponsored by the Ad Club of the Triangle. Ogilvy Durham was also a big winner with 15 awards including 10 golds.
  • Durham's Jordan High School Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combo each finished first in their respective divisions at the Essential Ellington Jazz Festival at UNC in Chapel Hill. The jazz groups competed with 24 other groups from across the state.
  • Nine students at the N.C. School of Science and Mathematics students took honors in the 30th annual Math Meet at the College of Charleston competing against 680 high school students from South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee.
  • N.C. Central University will become the second in the UNC system to offer students a degree in computer and informational science.
  • Duke Women's basketball players Chante Black and Abby Waner were named to the 2008 All-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Women's Basketball team.

For more great things, visit www.wheregreatthingshappen.com.

 

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