North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

December 16, 2005 Edition

Division of Research & Economic Development

Olivia (2) and Alexia (9), talk with Santa Claus

FAMOUS AGGIE PHOTO
Future Aggies, Olivia (2) and Alexia (9), talk with Santa Claus about blue & gold Aggie gifts. They are the daughters of April Cobb in Academic Affairs.
(Man in red suit is a famous civil rights activist. Email mables@ncat.edu if you recognize this Aggie.)
If you have a Famous Aggie Photo to share in AGGIeNEWS, forward your photo to mables@ncat.edu.

NEW WEBSITE!

Check out aggienewsonline.com to connect with North Carolina A&T to explore, discover and become!

You will find in-depth information about North Carolina A&T State University, WNAA 90.1 LIVE, local weather, contests, A&T calendars, community calendars, music, tickets, CDs, gifts, comics, interviews, sound bytes, news you can use and much, much more.

This new website will offer tidbits and links regarding Aggie information, education, and entertainment from the academics to arts to athletics. And of course you will listen to the very best in gospel, blues, jazz, rhythm & blues, house music, rap, disco, oldies but goldies, and everything in between.

This inviting, exhilarating website will feature new public affairs programming, new prizes, new personalities and new photos every week. Plus, there will be unique opportunities for you to share your thoughts, ideas, and opinions regarding top news stories, issues and community concerns.

Aggie bulldog shows us how to be cool!

Make Your Educational Dreams Realities at N.C. A&T!

Your one-stop shop for applications, registration, financial aid, support and counseling with undergraduate and graduate faculty and representatives.

7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Tuesday, January 3, 2006
Smith Technology Building
Laurel Street off Lindsay on N.C. A&T Campus

Fall Graduation On-line
Please spread the word! N.C. A&T’s Fall Commencement is on-line and may be viewed by going to http://drum.ncat.edu/remote.html. The University’s Fall Commencement will be streamed “live” from the Greensboro Coliseum.

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Greensboro, NC 27411
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Chancellor
James C. Renick

Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Carolyn W. Meyers

Vice Chancellor/Development and University Relations
David Hoard

Editor
Mable Springfield Scott

Editorial Assistants
Sandra Brown, Nettie Collins Rowland, Darlene East

Photographer
Charles Watkins

E-Design
Margaret Vap

Hear N.C. A&T's official broadcast voice,
WNAA-FM 90.1
on the internet:

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North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
A Doctoral/Research Intensive Institution

www.ncat.edu
explore … discover … become

Calling All Aggies: Help us communicate with Aggies across the country and around the world! Following each edition of the AGGIeNEWS, we receive e-mails from Aggies wanting to be added to our database. Please send the following information to strengthen our Aggie database: complete name, address, phone number, email address, class year, school/college, major and employer. If your spouse is an Aggie alum, please provide his/her information. Please forward to devinfo@ncat.edu this information about Aggies who may not already be receiving the AGGIeNEWS or A&T publications like the A&T Today or the Chancellor’s Annual Report.

Public Health
A. Leads: Dr. James Gooch (IPH), Dr. Goldie Byrd (A&S) & Ms. Schenita Randolph (Nursing)
B. Colleges of Arts & Sciences, Engineering; Schools of Agriculture, Technology, Nursing, Education
C. Academic Tie: New Institute of Public Health

Biotechnology & Bio Sciences
A. Leads: Dr. Guochen Yang (Ag) & Dr. Mary Smith (A&S)
B. Schools of Agriculture, Technology; Colleges of Engineering, Arts & Sciences
C. Academic Tie:

Advanced Materials & Nanotechnology
A. Leads: Dr. Jag Sankar (Eng) & Dr. Solomon Bilign (A&S)
B. Colleges of Arts & Sciences, Engineering; Schools of Agriculture, Technology
C. Academic Tie: Ph.D. Program in Mechanical Engineering

Computational Science & Engineering
A. Leads: Dr. Guoqing Tang (A&S) & Dr. Aijt Kelkar (Eng)
B. Colleges of Arts & Sciences, Engineering; Schools of Agriculture, Technology
C. Academic Tie: New Graduate Program in CSE

Leadership & Community Development
A. Lead: Mrs. Adrienne Witherspoon (Edu)
B. All Colleges and Schools
C. Academic Tie: New Ph.D. Program in Leadership

Information Sciences & Technology
A. Leads: Dr. Numan Dogan (Eng) & Dr. DeWayne Brown (Tech)
B. Colleges of Engineering, Arts & Sciences; Schools of Business, Technology
C. Academic Tie: Ph.D. Program in Electrical Engineering

Logistics & Transportation Systems
A. Leads: Dr. Paul Stan.eld (Eng) & Dr. Michael Simmons (Bus)
B. Schools of Business, Technology; Colleges of Arts & Sciences, Engineering
C. Academic Tie: Ph.D. Program in Industrial Engineering

Energy & Environment
A. Leads: Dr. Abolghasem Shabazi (Ag) & Dr. Shamsuddin Ilias (Eng)
B. Schools of Agriculture, Business; Colleges of Arts & Sciences, Engineering
C. Academic Tie: New Ph.D. Program in Energy & Environment

To showcase its research strengths, NC A&T has developed eight core Research Cluster areas. The Clusters, which are truly interdisciplinary in nature, each involve several schools and/or colleges and have a direct tie to a graduate program or academic institute.

Each Cluster is led by two or three research faculty members. These Cluster co-leads have expertise (research and/or related work experience) they can draw upon to direct Cluster activities and to engage other faculty. Co-leads are currently spearheading cohesive, comprehensive, synergistic programs that lead to the development of interdisciplinary proposals and funding opportunities.

For more information about a particular Cluster area contact the Office of Research Services at
(336) 334-7995 or divofres@ncat.edu.

SCHOOLS & COLLEGES
• College of Engineering
• School of Agriculture & Environmental Sciences
• College of Arts & Sciences
• School of Business & Economics
• School of Nursing
• School of Education
• School of Technology
• Graduate School

• Over 11,000 students in 2005 - 2006
• About 500 faculty; most with terminal degrees
• 89 Bachelor’s Degree Programs
• 43 Master’s Degree Programs
• 5 Ph.D. Degree Programs

- Electrical Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Industrial Engineering
- Energy & Environment Studies
- Leadership Studies

• Largest School of Agriculture amongst HBCUs
• Only University offering a graduate program in Computational Science & Engineering in the UNC System
• Only HBCU offering a Ph.D. program in Industrial &
Systems Engineering
• Graduates the largest number of African American Engineers in the country
• Produced 21 Ph.D.s in Engineering in 2004
- More than half of them were US African Americans
• Produces the largest number of
African American Accountants and CPAs
in the country
• All Engineering Programs accredited
• Only HBCU with an Agromedicine Program and Accredited Degree Programs in Landscape Design, Bioenvironmental Engineering and Laboratory Animal Science
• A strong Agricultural Extension Program as well as a Community Development Program
• One of only two schools in NC with an accredited program in Journalism and
Mass Communications
• Fiscal Year 2005 Funding for Research:
$35.5 Million
• Ranked third in the UNC System in terms of research funding

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Tom Joyner will deliver the commencement address

Tom Joyner, host of the leading nationally syndicated morning radio show, Tom Joyner Morning Show, will deliver the commencement address for North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University’s Annual Fall Commencement Exercise.

The ceremony will be held Saturday. Dec. 17 at the Greensboro Coliseum. The lineup begins at 8 a.m.
and the ceremony starts at 8:30 a.m. More than 740 students will receive degrees. Joyner, a native of Tuskegee, Ala., is founder of REACH Media Inc., the Tom Joyner Foundation, BlackAmericaWeb.com, and host of the nationally syndicated Tom Joyner Show on television.

The 2005 Broadcasting and Cable Magazine Hall of Fame inductee has won numerous awards and honors including the prestigious Marconi Award as the nation’s leading network/syndicated personality in the country. In 2004, Joyner was listed as one of Newsday’s “Top 20 ‘Who’s Got Juice List,”’ and in 1999, he was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame. Savoy magazine named him 2002 Person of the Year.

Joyner received four Billboard magazine’s Best Urban Contemporary Air Personality awards and Impact magazine’s Joe Loris Award for Excellence in Broadcasting.
Additionally, he received the Hubert Humphrey Award from the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, the prestigious “Good Samaritan” award from the National Association of Broadcasters Education Foundation, an Essence Award and was named Impact’s Best DJ of the Year so many times that this honor has been renamed the Tom Joyner Award.

Aggie Celebrations

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