Volunteers needed

The Homecoming Parade Committee is seeking volunteers to assist with the parade. Volunteers are asked to complete Crowd Management Training, which is available online. For details, contact Xavier Carrington, co-chair, at 336-285-4232 or xcarring@ncat.edu.

Evening at Bluford Library

F.D. Bluford Library will host An Evening of Literature, Jazz, and Reminiscing on Thursday, Oct. 31, 6–8 p.m., on the first floor. Refreshments will be served. Alumnus Henry E. Frye Sr., and author Howard E. Covington Jr., will sign copies of the book, Henry E. Frye: North Carolina’s First African American Chief Justice. Books will be available for purchase; N.C. A&T faculty, staff and students can receive discounts.

Professor Mondre Moffett, director of the Jazz Ensemble, will premiere music from the Jazz Ensemble Allstars’ new CD, Jazz Preeminence: A Musical Anthology. CDs will be available for purchase with proceeds benefiting the A&T Jazz Ensemble student scholarship fund. 

Reminisce about the good times. Library personnel will demonstrate how to access digitized versions of the AYANTEE yearbooks, the A&T Register student newspaper, campus bulletins, catalogs and more.

Homecoming street closures and parking tips

The University Police Department (UPD) will maintain traffic flow and street closures on many streets surrounding the campus for the 2013 Homecoming events. University personnel and resident students will be required to show a valid Aggie OneCard at designated entry points. Closures take effect at 4:30 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 2, and last throughout the late evening.

Street Closures
The general public should enter campus from East Market Street onto Laurel Street or Benbow Road. However, the Benbow Road entrance at Market Street will close at 7 a.m. The parking deck can be accessed through Market and Laurel streets at all times. From time-to-time a complete vehicular closure may be temporarily necessary for safety reasons. Motorists are advised to use caution in these areas, expect delays and follow traffic signs and signals. Pedestrian access to the campus will be available from the side streets throughout the day.

To accommodate faculty, staff and resident students who need access to campus offices and residence halls, access will be allowed on Sullivan Street and Benbow Road, by way of English Street and surrounding side streets (i.e., Huffman Street). All faculty, staff and resident student drivers will be required to show a valid Aggie OneCard at this entrance. Students residing in Barbee, Vanstory, Morrow and Morrison halls will be allowed to enter the campus on North Dudley Street at Arthur Headen Drive starting at 11 a.m. until late evening. Resident student drivers will be required to show a valid Aggie OneCard at this entrance.

Parking

The Laurel Street parking deck is open for parking at the rate of $10 per day. Shuttle service will be provided to Aggie Stadium for game attendees.

For stadium parking, VIP, game zone and stadium tailgaters should enter the stadium from Bessemer Avenue at the intersection of Lindsay Street. Tickets and vendor passes will be required to gain access at this entrance.

Limited handicap parking is available at the stadium. Patrons with handicap parking passes should enter the stadium area from Bessemer Avenue onto Lindsay Street. Presentation of handicap parking passes registered to the vehicle will be required. Spaces are limited. Handicap overflow parking will be located in the Laurel Street parking lot. Shuttle service will be available.

Vehicles parked in a restricted parking lot without proper authorization are subject to towing at the request of the owner or tenant from whom parking permission should have been obtained. Patrons may be subject to fines and/or towing fees. Parade and game attendees are encouraged to park on campus.

For more information about campus street closures, call UPD at 336-334-7675. For information about parking on campus, call Parking Services, 336-285-2027. Call the Greensboro Police Department for information about city traffic patterns during Homecoming.

EEO workshop

Supervisors and managers are encouraged to register for the Equal Employment Opportunity Institute (EEOI) that will be held Nov. 13–14. The workshop focuses on federal and state EEO laws, antidiscrimination practices and the value of diversity. Facilitators are Sylvia Anderson, director of employee relations and affirmative action officer, and Linda Mangum, employee relations counselor.

The EEOI became a legal mandate for state government managers and supervisors when the N.C. General Assembly ratified House Bill 959 (June 26, 1991). The bill became effective July 1, 1991.

For more information about the EEOI, contact the Center for Leadership and Organizational Excellence in the Division of Human Resources, 336-334-7862.