North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

November 2, 2005 Edition

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		IN THIS ISSUE




•	The James C. Renick School of Education Groundbreaking Ceremony Tuesday, November 8, 2005 10 a.m.

•	National Blogging Conference at A&T Bloggers from across the country converged on the campus of N.C. A&T on Oct. 7-8 for a blogging conference.

•	Aggies in the news
•	In Memory of Rosa Parks
•	A&T Visual & Performing Arts Department to sponsor High School Arts Day
•	University Studies Fall Lecture Series 2005 Nov. 7th topic - “The Long Tomorrow: How Advances in Evolutionary Biology Can Help Us Postpone Aging.”
•	New Chairman of Board of Trustees Dr. Velma R. Speight-Buford, a retired higher education administrator, was elected new chairman of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Board of Trustees.
•	Commencement Speaker Tom Joyner, a nationally syndicated radio host, will deliver fall commencement speech Dec. 17.
•	Aggie Feedback AGGIeNEWS is electronically disseminated biweekly by the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Office of University Relations

The James C. Renick School of Education Groundbreaking Ceremony

New James C. Renick School of Education Building (architectural renderings)

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University will have a groundbreaking ceremony for its new School of Education Building, 10 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8 at the new building site on the corner of Benbow Road and Bluford Street.

The 60,000-square-foot facility will be high-tech, state-of-the-art and designed by the Freelon Group.

This groundbreaking ceremony is free and open to the public. If you plan to attend, call (336) 334-7175.

The groundbreaking ceremony is being held in conjunction with American Education Week Nov. 6 -14. (see ad below)

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North Carolina A&T State University lowered its flags at half staff in memory of the late civil rights activist Rosa Parks, who died Oct. 24 at age 92. In 1955, Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Ala. bus to a white man. Her actions sparked a bus boycott in Montgomery that lasted 381 days. In 1960, four A&T freshmen Franklin McCain, Jibreel Khazan (Ezell Blair), Joseph McNeil and the late David Richmond refused to give up their seats at the downtown Greensboro Woolworth lunch counter. Parks and the A&T Four/Greensboro Four’s non-violent acts against social injustice enhanced the quality of life for minorities in this country.

Upcoming Event
Alumni/Foundation Events Center
Alumni/Foundation Events Center

Alumni/Foundation Events Center Dedication and Unveiling of Joseph Holston's "Graduation"
Friday, December 16, 2005

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The department of visual and performing arts at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University would like to invite your child/children to participate in the first annual High School Arts Day. The event will take place Saturday, Nov. 12 from 7:45 a.m. – 4 p.m. on A&T’s campus.

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Aggie Feedback

AGGIeNEWS is electronically disseminated biweekly by the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Office of University Relations. Send information to:
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Greensboro, NC 27411
Fax: 336.256.0862
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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, Val Nieman

Photographer
Charles Watkins & Alphie Harrigan

E-Design
Margaret Vap

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National Blogging Conference at A&T

Bloggers from across the country converged on the campus of N.C. A&T on Oct. 7-8 for a blogging conference. ConvergeSouth was the South’s first free conference focused on moving North Carolina toward breakthroughs in creativity and diversity on the Web.

Calvin Williams Jr., A&T’s former SGA president, led a panel. on “Adding More Voices.” Dr. Teresa Styles, chairwoman of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, and assistant professors Dr. Sheila Whitley and Valerie Nieman were part of the organizing committee along with civic and community volunteers and bloggers from throughout Greensboro, the Triad and the Triangle.

A full-day media conference was held Oct. 7 in Crosby Hall and the New Classroom Building. Speakers included John Robinson, Lex Alexander, Nancy McLaughlin and Jennifer Fernandez from the News & Record, local bloggers David Hoggard and Ed Cone, and a list of national figures including George Curry, columnist and editor-in-chief of the National Newspaper Publishers Association News Service and BlackPressUSA.com.

Programs included “How to Blog,” led by Ed Cone and Sue Polinsky, international coverage featuring MSNBC’s Michael Moran, “Voices of Iraq” with military and military families, blogging and community building, the business model, ethics and adding more voices to the conversation.

Oct. 8 was a day devoted to creativity on the Web for everyone. Session leaders were involved in blogging, podcasting and vid-casting their ideas. The focus was on community, with topics such as podcasting, creative branding, local politics, vid-casting and blogging from the outside.
Saturday night, singer/songwriter Alana Davis performed at Solaris. ConvergeSouth sponsors were: A&T, Tannenbaum-Sternberger Foundation, Joseph M. Bryan Foundation, Jefferson Pilot Financial, Carolinanet, News & Record Foundation.

The conference was hosted by the N.C. A&T Department of Journalism and Mass Communication with volunteer organizers Dr. Sue Polinsky and Ed Cone, the hard work of Ben Hwang, Jay Ovittore, Allen Johnson, Shaka Singleton, and the generosity and talents of worldwide bloggers.

For more information, visit www.convergesouth.com

November, 2005 edition of Ebony Magazine, page 234, feature story about A&T’s capital campaign co-chair Janice Bryant Howroyd.

Oct. 27, 2005 edition of The New York Times, page C3, story about Carelton Fiorina mentions her speech at A&T’s Spring Commencement.

Oct. 6, 2005 edition of Diverse (formerly Black Issues in Higher Education), front cover and page 18, cover story explains how HBCUs including A&T are providing educational opportunities and support for new students recently affected by Hurricane Katrina.

Aggies, please don’t forget to make sure your Human Medal Award nomination is in the Chancellor’s Office by 5 p.m., Friday, Nov. 4.
Details here

One of the world’s foremost experts of aging, will speak at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Monday, Nov. 7 at 5 p.m. in the McNair Hall Auditorium. His topic will be “The Long Tomorrow: How Advances in Evolutionary Biology Can Help Us Postpone Aging.” (see ad below)

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Dr. Velma R. Speight-Buford

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Tom Joyner

Tom Joyner, a nationally syndicated radio host, will deliver fall commencement speech Dec. 17.
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