NC A&T College of Arts & Sciences -- Liberal Studies Department

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What is Liberal Studies?

The Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies is an interdisciplinary degree designed to prepare students for employment, civic participation, and life-long learning in our complex global environment. Students must complete 124 semester hours that include 24 hours in a Concentration and 6 hours of Related Electives. They also must earn at least a “C” in all concentration courses, related electives, ENGL 100 (or UNST 110), ENGL 101, HIST 100, and HIST 101.

The Liberal Studies program offers concentrations in African-American Studies; Business; Cultural Change and Social Development; Dance; International Studies; Race, Class, and Culture; Women's Studies; Pre-Law; and a customized Interdisciplinary Studies concentration. The customized concentration allows students to design programs to meet their educational and career goals, and often is chosen by students returning to college after a break for family, career, or other pursuits.

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ltr: Dr. Sullivan Welborne, vice chancellor for student affairs; Dr. Kenneth Ruff, director of bands; Dr. Michael Plater, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences; and Honda representative.

North Carolina A&T State University receives a plaque from the American Honda Motor Company for being selected to participate in the annual Honda Battle of the Bands Invitational Showcase, to be held on Jan. 24, 2009.

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Faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences

Michael Joseph Roberto, assistant professor of history, has been appointed to the Greensboro Human Relations Commission by the City Council for a three-year term.The position was offered to Roberto for demonstrating a positive influence with IMPACT Greensboro, which will make a public report on the city's economic life in November. IMPACT Greensboro, a unique leadership program that reflects are design of the Mosaic project, launched in 2005 to pair people of diverse backgrounds to spend quality time together and develop friendships.

Anjail Rashida Ahmad, assistant professor and director of creative writing, has been selected to serve on the Piedmont Laureate Selection Panel for the first ever Piedmont Laureate Program for the Piedmont Region. This initiative is the result of a collaboration between the City of Raleigh Arts Commission, Durham Arts Council, Orange County Arts Commission and United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County. The program lists as its primary goal "to promote awareness and high-end appreciation for excellence for the arts in the Piedmont region."

Zerihun Assefa, associate professor in the department of chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, has co-authored a peer reviewed journal article, "Magnetic interactions in dimeric lanthanide iodates: Structures, Raman Spectroscopy and magnetism of Ln(IO₃)₃ (Ln = Gd, Er) and magnetism of Yb(IO₃)₃." The manuscript is published in the Journal of Solid State Chemistry , 181 (2008) 1867-1875. Scientists from Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of South Alabama collaborated on the manuscript.