April 11, 2005


In recognition of Graduate Student Appreciation Week, the School of Graduate Studies held an Enchanting Evening of Jazz in the Stallings Memorial Ballroom last week.  Featured artists included the A&T Jazz Ensemble with special guest performances by Rodney Harrigan, vice chancellor of ITT/CIO, Michelle Squire, Ph.D. candidate, industrial and systems engineering, and Gregory Young, M.S. candidate, mechanical engineering.  The gala was designed to give graduate students an opportunity to meet and interact with students, faculty, staff and administrators within and across disciplines/departments.



POETS WRITING IN A TIME OF WAR"

As part of PoetryGSO 2005, North Carolina A&T State University's Creative Writing program and the Greensboro Public Library co-sponsor a reading titled "Poets Writing in a Time of War."

Triad area performers will present poems/songs/spoken word from a wide range of perspectives including, but not limited to poems on: the concepts of war and peace, specific wars (i.e., Vietnam, WWII Iraq, etc.), how war impacts a community (i.e., noncombatants and children), and war from a veteran's perspective. Thanks to the Writers' Group of the Triad for their contributions to this project.

Guest performers include:

  • Dr. Anjail Rashida Ahmad, poet, North Carolina A&T
  • Catherine Ashley-Nelson, Writers' Group of the Triad
  • Ann Deagon, singer/poet
  • Amaris Howard, The Collective
  • D. Noble, The Collective
  • Fran Ostasiewski, Writers' Group of the Triad
  • Dr. Evie Shockley, Wake Forest University
  • Janice Sullivan, PoetryGSO Planning Committee
  • Prof. Eric Weil, Shaw University
  • A&T's Spoken Word Troupe and others
  • Joya Wesley of WNAA-FM will host the program.

When: April 13.  Doors open at 7 p.m., program begins at 7:30.

Where: North Carolina A&T State University in the New Classroom Building Auditorium, A-218, on the second floor. The building is located at Benbow Road and Sullivan (parking is plentiful in Lot G-1 and across the street at Aggie Stadium). (Directions: www.ncat.edu/~english/directions.html) This event is free and open to the public.


Don't miss on Tuesday, April 12, the Distance Learning Faculty Forum, Room 009,1020 E. Wendover Avenue Building, 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.


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Renick Appoints Winning Coach


New women's basketball head coach Patricia Cage-Bibbs and Chancellor James C. Renick

New Coach Took Six Teams to NCAA Tourney
Bibbs Won Three MEAC Titles at Hampton and Three SWAC Championships at Grambling!

North Carolina A&T State University Chancellor James C. Renick appointed a new head women's basketball coach on March 30.  During the Wednesday morning press briefing amid enthusiastic university supporters in Bryan Fitness & Wellness Center, Renick introduced veteran coach, Patricia Cage-Bibbs.

"This is a 'huge hire' for N.C. A&T's intercollegiate activities," Renick said.  "Patricia Cage-Bibbs is a consummate professional who will have an immediate impact on our women's basketball program."  She has a proven track record and years of substantial experience in the MEAC and SWAC."

Effective immediately, Bibbs will begin her new role in order to take full advantage of recruitment possibilities.

Bibbs was head women's basketball coach at Hampton University in Hampton, VA, from 1997 to 2004.  She was MEAC Coach of the Year in 1998 and MEAC Outstanding Tournament Coach in 2000, 2003 and 2004.  In 2000, she was honored for her team's 300th victory and as the first basketball coach at Hampton (men's or women's) to take the team to the NCAA Division I Post-Season Tournament.

She moved up the ladder in athletics at her alma mater, Grambling State University in Grambling, LA, from 1983 to 1997.  Bibbs was head women's softball coach, assistant women's basketball coach, head women's basketball coach, and assistant athletic director/senior women's administrator.  She was the first NCAA Women's Basketball Coach to go undefeated in the SWAC regular season in 1997 and was SWAC Coach of the Year for seven seasons. She was the first basketball coach at Grambling (men's or women's) to take the team to the NCAA Division I Post-Season Tournament. 


Coach Patricia Cage-Bibbs and Jim Pender, national president of The Aggie Club

Bibbs received a NAFEO Distinguished Alumni Award and Coach of the Year from the Black College Sports Information Directors Association.  She was Louisiana High School Coach of the Year, Louisiana Sportswriters Association Coach of the Year, and All-Lincoln Parish Coach of the Year several times while working in Louisiana high schools.  

Following a rewarding, 32-year career as a celebrated college and high school coach, Bibbs became a businesswoman in their family-owned car rental company in Ruston, LA.  She and her husband, Ezil, have two daughters, Sabrina and Satin.

Bibbs said she is excited about coaching at A&T to further fulfill her dream to work on the collegiate level. 

"I'm a builder who loves challenges," Bibbs explained.  "Many people avoid challenges and run away from them, but this has always been my purpose. This is what God has given me to do.  This is my forte' ... to walk in new situations and build strong, effective programs."

Bibbs said she knew she wanted to be at A&T after walking around A&T with Renick and touring the 200-acre main campus.

"I was impressed with how Chancellor Renick talked and connected with students all over campus while we walked.  This interaction doesn't happen everywhere.  This is special ... this is a special place." 

The new coach envisions her leadership role will offer young women opportunities to grow athletically and academically.  "I'm here at A&T to build and manage a program for young women to bring results for our team and to develop our players."

"I feel good about coming to Greensboro and energized about the new program. I want to be here ... this is a good fit!"

Bibbs received her undergraduate degree in health and physical education and a masters in sports administration from Grambling State University.  She did an internship at Michigan State University and other graduate work at Louisiana Tech University.  She is a member of the MEAC Basketball Tournament Committee, Women's Basketball Coaches Association, Black Coaches Association, and NCAA Council (1987). 

A life member of Grambling State University's National Alumni Association, Bibbs is affiliated with Zeta Phi Beta Sorority and St. Rest Baptist Church (Choudrant, LA).