A&T, GTCC SIGN ENGINEERING
CO-ADMISSION AGREEMENT
North Carolina A&T State University and Guilford Technical Community College recently announced a new joint partnership that will give GTCC students an opportunity to apply for joint admission to N.C. A&T’s College of Engineering.
A&T TO HOST 2013 INNOVATE
CAROLINA CONFERENCE
North Carolina A&T State University’s Department of Management is collaborating with the North Carolina Chapter of the Product Development Management Association (PDMA) to co-sponsor and host the 2013 Innovate Carolina Conference on Friday, April 12, in Merrick Hall Auditorium.
WORLD MUSIC CONCERT TO FEATURE
PERSIAN TAR AND WESTERN PIANO
Performers from two cultures will bring traditional Persian and classical Western music together in a concert at Harrison Auditorium on Sunday, April 21, at 6:30 p.m.
Pre-Memorial Day 2013 tributes
The Office of Veteran and Disability Support Services will pay tribute to loved ones lost through service in the U.S. Armed Forces. To commemorate your loved one(s) at the Annual Pre-Memorial Day Ceremony (Thursday, May 2, 11:30 a.m., Memorial Student Union Monument), submit their name(s) during the week of April 15– 19, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., at the Office of Veteran and Disability Support Services, Murphy Hall, Suite 01. For more information call 336-334-7765.
NSF CAREER proposal writing
The Office of Research Services and Project Management will host a webinar, “How to Write a Competitive NSF CAREER Proposal,” for assistant professors in the STEM disciplines. The webinar will be held Thursday, April 18, in the Fort IRC Building, room 410, 2–4 p.m. Registration is not required.
The speaker will be Lucy Deckard, president of Academic Research Funding Strategies, a research-funding consulting firm. The session will cover how to decide when and if to apply for a CAREER grant; how to position yourself and your research to be competitive for a CAREER; how to structure your proposal; how to develop an educational plan; keys to success and common mistakes to avoid; a step-by-step discussion of each section of the proposal and what it needs to tell the reviewers; how to analyze reviews and decide whether to revise and resubmit; and questions and answers. Additional materials, including example proposal sections, proposal outlines and helpful resources, will be included.
Click here for information on the NSF CAREER program.
Another NSF proposal workshop
Are you interested in learning how to prepare a highly competitive NSF (National Science Foundation) grant proposal? Would you like advice from experts in obtaining NSF funding? If so, plan to attend the Building the NSF Grant Proposal Workshop hosted by the Division of Research and Economic Development.
The workshop will be held Thursday, April 25, 9 a.m.–3:30 p.m., in room 108 of the Academic Classroom Building. Dr. Robert Porter, director of research development for the University of Tennessee, and Dr. Earnestine Psalmonds Easter, program director in NSF’s Division of Graduate Education, will provide information on writing successful proposals for NS programs, particularly concentrating on those that are relevant for N.C. A&T faculty.
The event is free and lunch will be provided. Register early to reserve a seat. If you have questions, contact Nora Shively at nmshivel@ncat.edu or Danielle Peterson at 336-285-3273.
Extended learning
Did you know that the Office of Extended Learning, which includes Summer School, Continuing Education and Professional Development, and Distance Learning, offers a wide array of programs, courses and special events that may interest you? For example, there are courses that may meet your degree requirements during the summer, online courses during summer and the regular semesters, summer camps and enrichment opportunities for children, professional development workshops for working adults, and other training opportunities. In addition, the office provides conference and meeting planning services for university employees as well as external partners including online registration and fee payment and processing. For more information, contact the office at 336-334-7810 or send an email to osso@ncat.edu.
Bonnie Newman Davis, the Greensboro News & Record, Janice Bryant Howroyd Endowed Professor of Journalism, has written articles and commentaries for several publications in recent months that include the News & Record and thegrio.com. Davis’ commentary for the News & Record reflects on what it is like to return to her hometown after 32 years. Her commentaries for thegrio.com, an MSNBC online news site, focus on United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice and Facebook CEO Sheryl Sandberg. In addition to teaching and writing, Davis helps student hone their writing, editing and visual journalism skills for the JOMC Journal, an online news site created in 2011 within the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication.
Dr. Kimberly McNeil, interim associate dean of the School of Business and Economics, and her colleagues Drs. Scott Neslin, Gail Ayala Taylor and Kimberly Grantham, published an article, "Overcoming the 'recency trap' in customer relationship management," in the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Volume 41, Issue 3 (2013), 320-337.
Jacqueline Y. Powers, assistant director of new student orientation in the Office of New Student Programs, received the National Orientation Directors Association (NODA) Region Six Outstanding New Professional Award at the 2013 Southern Regional Orientation Workshop in Memphis, Tenn., on March 17. This award recognizes a new (2-4 years) orientation, retention and transition professional who has demonstrated service to NODA and/or to the orientation, retention and transition profession.
Dr. Syrulwa Somah, associate professor and graduate studies coordinator in the Department of Built Environment, spent Jan. 7–25 at W.V.S. Tubman University in Harper, Maryland County, Liberia, to lay the foundation for international projects between TU and N.C. A&T. The projects include (but are not be limited to) a study abroad program, faculty and staff exchanges, and the development of an environmental health and safety curriculum.
Dr. Pauline Ada Uwakweh, assistant professor in the Department of English, presented a paper, “Power, Powerlessness, and Social (In)Justice in Tsitsi Dangarembga’s The Book of Not,” at the 39th Annual African Literature Association Conference in Charleston, S.C., March 20–25. In the paper, Uwakweh argues that in The Book of Not, which explores race and power dynamics in colonial Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), Dangarembga appropriates “storytelling” as a technique for exposing the various facets of social injustice.
Another of Uwakweh’s papers, “(Re)Constructing Masculinity and Femininity in African War Narratives: The Youth in Chimamanda Adichie’s “Half of a Yellow Sun” and Gorretti Kyomuhendo’s “Waiting: A Novel of Uganda at War,”was published in the Journal of the African Literature Association (JALA), vol. 7(1), Summer/Fall 2012. This paper was presented at the 38th ALA Conference in Dallas, Texas, last year.
Now–APR 15
Vote for N.C. A&T in the
Home Depot’s Retool Your School
Now–May 21
Registration period for the
First Summer Session
APR 12–13 | 8 p.m.
Department of Visual and
Performing Arts presents
David Bottrell and Jessie Jones’s
“Dearly Departed”
Location: Harrison Auditorium
Information: 336-334-7749
APR 13 | 8 a.m.
25th Annual Douglas M. Boone
Invitational Golf Tournament
Location: Crooker Tree Golf Course
(Browns Summit, N.C.)
Information: 336-697-8932 or 336-456-1131
APR 14 | 3 p.m.
Department of Visual and
Performing Arts presents
David Bottrell and Jessie Jones’s
“Dearly Departed”
Location: Harrison Auditorium
Information: 336-334-7749
APR 15 | 2–3:34 p.m.
Open Forum: Candidate for Provost and
Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Location: Proctor Hall, Room 160
APR 16 | 9 a.m.–3 p.m.
Instructional Technology Showcase
Location: Alumni-Foundation
Foundation Event Center
Contact: Dr. Tracie Lewis, 336-285-4491
APR 16 | 4–5 p.m.
Traditional BSN Entry Option
Info Session
Location: Noble Hall, Room 308
Contact: Carliss Lee, 336-334-7750
APR 16 | 5–6 p.m.
Accelerated BSN Entry Option
Info Session
Location: Noble Hall, Room 308
Contact: Carliss Lee, 336-334-7750
APR 17 | 2 p.m.
School of Business and Economics
Students, Faculty and Staff Tribute to
Dr. Quiester Craig (Retiring Dean)
Location: Merrick Hall Quad Lawn
APR 17 | 3:45–5 p.m.
Open Forum: Candidate for Provost and
Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Location: Proctor Hall, Room 160
APR 18 | Noon
University Floating Reception for
Dr. Quiester Craig, Retiring Dean of the
School of Business and Economics
Location: Alumni-Foundation
Event Center
APR 18 | 2–4 p.m.
Webinar: How to Write a Competitive
NSF CAREER Proposal
Location: Fort IRC, Room 410
APR 18–19 | 6:30 p.m.
Seventh Annual Rehabilitation of
Racial and Ethnic Minorities
(REMBA) Conference
Location: Grandover Resort and
Conference Center (Greensboro, N.C.)
APR 18–20 | 8 p.m.
Department of Visual and
Performing Arts presents
David Bottrell and Jessie Jones’s
“Dearly Departed”
Location: Harrison Auditorium
Information: 336-334-7749
APR 19 | 2 p.m.
N.C. A&T Board of Trustees Meeting
Location: Alumni-Foundation Event Center
APR 19 | 6 p.m.
Dr. Quiester Craig Retirement
Celebration and Scholarship Banquet
Location: Joseph S. Koury
Convention Center
Ticket Information: 336-433-5551
APR 21 | 3 p.m.
Department of Visual and
Performing Arts presents
David Bottrell and Jessie Jones’s
“Dearly Departed”
Location: Harrison Auditorium
Information: 336-334-7749
APR 21 | 6:30 p.m.
“Worlds Together” Concert featuring
Drs. Mahour Mellat Parast and
Ken Hoppmann
Location: Harrison Auditorium
APR 22 | 3–4 p.m.
Open Forum: Candidate for Associate
Dean, School of Nursing
Location: Nobler Hall, Room 308
APR 23 | 7:30 p.m.
Lyceum Series presents the Russian
National Ballet Theatre
Location: Carolina Theatre (Greensboro)
APR 25 | 9 a.m.–3:30 p.m.
Building the NSF Grant Proposal Workshop
Location: Academic Classroom Building,
Room 108
APR 25 | 3–4 p.m.
Open Forum: Candidate for Associate
Dean, School of Nursing
Location: Nobler Hall, Room 308
APR 27 | 8 a.m.
HPLS SSFM Annual Scholarship
Golf Tournament
Location: Gillespie Golf Course
(306 E. Florida St., Greensboro)
Contact: Richard Watkins, 336-334-7712
APR 27 | 8 a.m.
School of Technology’s 6th Annual
Alumni and Friends Golf Tournament
Location: Bryan Park and
Enrichment Center (Browns Summit)
Contact: Gwen Sanders, 336-285-3091
APR 27 | 9–10 a.m.
Traditional BSN Entry Option
Info Session
Location: Noble Hall, Room 116
Contact: Carliss Lee, 336-334-7750
May 2 | 11:30 a.m.
Office of Veteran and Disability
Support Services’ Annual
Pre-Memorial Day Ceremony
Location: Memorial Student
Union Monument
May 7 | 5–6 p.m.
BSN Completion Entry Option
Info Session
Location: Noble Hall, Room 116
Contact: Carliss Lee, 336-334-7750
MAY 11 | 8:30 a.m.
Spring Commencement
Location: Greensboro Coliseum
June 4 | 5–6 p.m.
BSN Completion Entry Option
Info Session
Location: Noble Hall, Room 116
Contact: Carliss Lee, 336-334-7750
Dr. Harold L. Martin Sr.
VICE CHANCELLOR FOR
UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT
Barbara Pitts Miller
ASSOCIATE VICE
CHANCELLOR FOR
UNIVERSITY RELATIONS
Nicole Pride
EDITOR
Sandra M. Brown
PROOFREADER
Nettie C. Rowland
PHOTOGRAPHER
Charles E. Watkins
PRODUCTION
Derek Brandon
Yvonne L. Halley
CREATIVE SERVICES
Bouvier Kelly, Inc.
CONTRIBUTORS
David Arneke
Carliss Lee
Dr. Thaddeus McEwen
Dr. Sanjiv Sarin
Dr. Daniel Webb