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Kenan Fellows Program Wins Pelican Award

Environmental Education

Educators in the Mountain to Sea professional development place-based learning institute show off their cardboard city

Dec 15, 2025

Mountains to Sea Explores Environmental Learning

RALEIGH, N.C.⸺On an overcast afternoon last December, 18 K-12 educators from eastern North Carolina and two pre-service undergrads from N.C. State University’s College of Education gathered outside the Walnut Creek Wetland Center to build a model of a climate-resilient city using cardboard, egg cartons and other recyclable materials. This exercise marked the conclusion of a semester-long professional…
KFP staff members Mark Townley accepts the Pelican Award

Dec 11, 2025

Kenan Fellows Program Wins Pelican Award

MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. (Sept. 22, 2025) – The Kenan Fellows Program for Teacher Leadership at N.C. State University has been awarded a 2025 Pelican Award from the North Carolina Coastal Federation. The honor recognizes the program’s long-standing partnerships that connect K–12 educators with the state’s coastal environments and bring lessons of science, resilience, and stewardship to classrooms across…