This year’s text-in-community author Wes Moore will discuss his book, “The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates,” on campus Thursday, Feb. 7, at 4 p.m. in the Memorial Student Union. The event is free and open to the public.

“The Other Wes Moore” is a narrative about two African American boys who grew up in similar circumstances in the same poor section of Baltimore. While Moore became a Rhodes Scholar, White House Fellow, decorated veteran, Democratic Party National Convention speaker and businessman, his namesake was sentenced to life in prison for his involvement in the killing of a police officer.

In addition to being an author, Moore is a youth advocate, social entrepreneur and host of Beyond Belief on the Oprah Winfrey Network. Moore is a Phi Theta Kappa graduate of Valley Forge Military College. He entered the U.S. Army as a commissioned officer and later graduated Phi Beta Kappa at Johns Hopkins University.

After completing studies at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, Moore served a tour of duty in Afghanistan with the 1st Brigade of the 82nd Airborne Division. He later served as a White House Fellow to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

Moore serves on the board of the Iraq Afghanistan Veterans of America and Johns Hopkins University. He is the founder of STAND, an organization that works with Baltimore youth involved in the criminal justice system. He is donating a portion of his book proceeds to City Year and the U.S. Dream Academy.

The North Carolina A&T State University Office of Academic Affairs will host the FIRST® Tech Challenge (FTC) Aggieland Championship at N.C. A&T on Saturday, Feb. 23, in Corbett Sports Center. The tournament begins at 8:30 a.m. and is open to the public.

A&T’s Office of Academic Affairs serves as the FTC Operational Partner for North Carolina.

FTC is designed for those who want to compete head to head, using a sports model. Teams of up to 10 students are responsible for designing, building and programming their robots to compete in an alliance format against other teams. The robot kit is reusable from year to year and is programmed using a variety of languages.

Teams, including coaches, mentors and volunteers, are required to develop strategy and build robots based on sound engineering principles. Awards are given for the competition as well as for community outreach, design and other real-world accomplishments.

Participating students get to design, build and program robots; apply real-world math and science concepts; develop problem-solving, organizational and team-building skills; compete and cooperate in alliances and tournaments; earn a place in the world championship; and qualify for nearly $9.7 million in college scholarships.

More information about the North Carolina FIRST® Tech Challenge is available online at usfirst.org and ncfll.wildapricot.org.

The Office of Continuing Education and Professional Development at North Carolina A&T State University is sponsoring the Society for Human Resource Management’s (SHRM) Learning System®, a 10-week certification examination review course, Tuesdays, Feb. 26-April 30, 6– 9:30 p.m.

The course is designed to help human resources managers and staff prepare for the certification examination that leads to the Professional in Human Resources (PHR) or the Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR). HR professionals needing recertification and HR practitioners seeking professional development to further their careers also will benefit from this course.

The SHRM Learning System® includes six modules covering topics that are most relevant to today’s HR professionals and matches the HR Certification Institute body of knowledge on which the PHR/SPHR exams are based. The six modules are Strategic Management, Workforce Planning and Employment, Human Resource Development, Total Rewards, Employee and Labor Relations, and Risk Management.

Andrea West (SPHR), manager for corporate compensation with Novant Health in Winston-Salem, will instruct the class. West oversees pay practices and compensation for nearly 27,000 employees at hospitals in three states. She also supervises a staff of eight analysts and compensation specialists.

Continuing Education Units (CEU), a nationally recognized standard of measure for non-credit learning activities, will be awarded for successful course completion.

For registration and further information on the SHRM Learning System® certification review course, call Patricia O’Connor in the Office of Continuing Education at 336-334-7810, or e-mail ceprodev@ncat.edu.

Feb. 11 is the deadline to register. Online registration is available.

The Department of Human Development and Services will host the seventh annual Rehabilitation of Racial and Ethnic Minorities with Behavioral Addictions (REMBA) Conference, April 18–19, at the Grandover Resort in Greensboro.

This year’s conference theme is “Moving Outside the Box of Trauma and Addiction: Fostering Resilience, Hope and Recovery in Communities of Color.”

The REMBA Conference attracts rehabilitation counselors, community counselors, school counselors, counselor educators and supervisors, human services personnel, HR professionals, administrators, students and others interested in learning more about addictions in underrepresented communities. CEUs and CRCs will be offered.

The planning committee is seeking presentations on topics such as Drug and Alcohol Addictions, Effects of Addiction on Families, Ethics in Addictions and/or Trauma Treatment, Gambling Addictions, Love/Relationship Addictions, and Multicultural Issues in Addictions and/or Trauma. The deadline is
Monday, Feb. 25.

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