NEW STATIONERY AND BUSINESS CARDS TO ROLL OUT WITH NEW PURCHASING SITE
As part of the new branding and advertising campaign that began last year, North Carolina A&T State University will introduce its newly designed stationery and business card in the weeks ahead.
A&T PARTNERS WITH UNCG FOR COST-EFFECTIVE PRINTING
North Carolina A&T State University's Purchasing Department has joined forces with UNCG's University Graphics & Printing Department to save money on printing. Photo: ©iStockphoto.com/alexsl
Equal employment opportunity, guaranteed surpasses goal
To ensure that equal employment opportunity exists at North Carolina A&T, the University's Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action (EEO/AA) plan has been updated. All employees share responsibility for the implementation of and compliance with this plan and program. Internal and external information will be communicated regarding the intent and provisions of the plan. In addition, communication and educational strategies will be developed to ensure that the University is familiar and well versed in EEO/AA principles. For additional information, contact Sylvia Anderson, employee relations/affirmative action officer, at (336) 334-7682 or scanders@ncat.edu.
Coed basketball camp
A basketball camp for boys and girls, ages 7-14, will be held June 14-18, 8 a.m. until noon, in Corbett Sports Center. The registration fee is $100 per child. For more information, call the N.C. A&T Men's Basketball Office, (336) 334-7689, or send an email to Scott Bollwage, smbollwa@ncat.edu.
2010-2011 Text in Community
The 2010-2011 Text in Community is Rebecca Skloot's The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Lacks' roots lay in tobacco farming as a child in Virginia and inner-city Baltimore as an adult, wife and poor mother of five, yet her cells – taken without her knowledge after she died of cancer in 1951 – became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first "immortal" human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today in tens of thousands of research labs and factories around the world. Lacks' cells have aided in medical discoveries from the polio vaccine to AIDS treatments. Yet, today, her family cannot afford the medicines that their mother's cells help to develop. Author Skloot, with the help of Lacks' daughter Deborah, takes the reader on a journey of discovery, uncovering a long-buried story about family, poverty, racism and medical science.
Alzheimer's Memory Walk
Join the African American Alzheimer's Disease Research Study at North Carolina A&T State University and The Western Carolina Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association at the 2010 Memory Walk to help end Alzheimer's Disease, Saturday, May 15, at Center City Park in downtown Greensboro. The walk begins at 9 a.m. Visit Donation/Participant Search or www.alz.org to sign up to participate and/or donate to North Carolina A&T State University's team. For more information contact Ruth G. Phillips at (336) 285-2160 or rgphilli@ncat.edu.
Summer enrichment programs
The Aggie Enrichment Camp series and the Summer Departmental Programs for Youth are being offered again this year. Beginning June 13, most of the sessions last one week and are offered at various intervals through July 30. For camp and program listings, applications, costs and other details, contact the Office of Summer Sessions and Outreach at (336) 334-7607 or (888) 323-6237.
Claude Lamb and Zerihun Assefa, associate professors in the department of chemistry, have authored a peer reviewed article, "Ethyl 5-oxo-2,3-diphenyleyclopentane-1-carboxylate." The manuscript appears in Acta Crystallographica (Section E, 2010, E66, o1183). It was co-written in collaboration with Richard Sykora of the University of South Alabama.
G. Scott Jenkins has joined the administration as director of institutional research. Prior to coming to N.C. A&T, he was the interim chief academic officer and associate academic officer at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, where he oversaw teaching, admissions, registrar and library activities. He also has served as associate vice president for institutional research and analysis at UNC General Administration. Jenkins has a B.S. degree in biology from UNC Charlotte, an M.S. in microbiology and immunology from Wright State University, and a Ph.D. in cancer biology from Wake Forest University.
Comfort O. Okpala, associate professor in the department of human development and services, has been elected treasurer for the American Education Research Association's Fiscal Issues, Policy, and Education Finance Section for a two-year term. American Education Research Association (AERA) is an international professional educational organization with the goal of advancing educational research with practical applications. It has more than 26,000 members from areas such as education, research methods, statistics, finance, assessment, evaluation, counseling, psychology, sociology, history, economics and medicine.
Cindy Waters, associate professor of mechanical engineering, was elected chair of the Division of Research for the American Society of Engineering Education, Southeast Region, during the organization's April 2010 meeting. This office coordinates the division's faculty awards, organizes paper sessions and coordinates the undergraduate student poster competition. It also puts Waters in line for upper leadership roles in the division.
MAY 14
Deadline for on-campus registration in
academic departments or Web for
students without paying late fee for pre,
dual and first summer sessions
MAY 17
Classes begin for pre, dual and first
summer sessions
MAY 18
Last day to add or audit a course for
dual and first summer sessions
MAY 18
Last day to drop a course and receive
financial credit for pre, dual and first
summer sessions
MAY 18
Late registration ends for dual and first
summer sessions
MAY 18
Last day to submit application for
graduation for pre, dual and first
summer sessions
MAY 21
Last day to withdraw from the university
without a grade evaluation for pre-session
MAY 28
Classes end for pre-session – final exams
MAY 31
Memorial Day (University Holiday)
JUNE 3
Final grades due for pre-session
JUNE 4-5
North Carolina Legislative Black Caucus
Foundation’s 24th Education Scholarship
Weekend
JUNE 14-18
N.C. A&T Basketball Camp
LOCATION: Corbett Sports Center
