A&T Four Member Leaves Legacy of Courage
Dr. Franklin E. McCain Sr., a member of the A&T Four, died Jan. 9, in Greensboro, N.C.
BOARD OF GOVERNORS APPROVES A&T’S REQUEST FOR MORE OUT-OF-STATE FRESHMEN
The University of North Carolina Board of Governors has approved a proposal from Chancellor Harold L. Martin Sr., to increase the out-of-state capacity for new freshmen at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. Photo: iStockphoto.com/FotografiaBasica
New scholars program for faculty
RTI International has announced a new opportunity for researchers at N.C. A&T and three other area universities to collaborate with RTI scholars. The RTI University Scholars Faculty Scholars program offers a one-year scholarly leave from A&T, during which the researcher will reside at RTI and work with an RTI host researcher.
For academic year 2014-15, up to three faculty scholars will be selected in the areas of human health, energy, and education and workforce development. The application deadline is Friday, Jan. 31. Applications are limited to five pages. Awards will be announced by Friday, Feb. 28.
The program is open to faculty members at A&T, Duke, North Carolina State and UNC-Chapel Hill. For full details, click here.
Technology Week
Over 1,200 undergraduate, graduate, high school and community college students, along with the campus community and corporate partners are anticipated to participate during the second annual Technology Week, March 17–21. This year’s theme is Driving Excellence with Technology.
Technology is one of the fields that is in a job growth pattern and it meets the strategic direction of the country in increasing jobs in STEM. Technology Week provides an opportunity for the School of Technology to educate, inform and display the field of technology and its place as a career choice.
For more information, contact the School of Technology at 336-334-7359 or visit www.ncat.edu/sot.
Save the date
Life sciences research faculty, staff, post docs and Ph.D. students are invited to attend “Data in the Life Sciences - Managing, Protecting, and Complying” on Thursday, March 6, at the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering. A team from Indiana University is providing the half-day workshop. Additional information is forthcoming.
Dr. Cathy Kea, professor of special education, has been appointed to the IRIS Center Steering Committee for five years. The IRIS Center is federally funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP). Headquartered at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., and Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, Calif., the center’s primary objective is to create and infuse resources about evidence-based practices into pre-service preparation and professional development programs. To facilitate this process, IRIS disseminates and offers trainings on those resources. The steering committee is charged with helping the center to prioritize module and case study content and otherwise guide the center’s work to ensure that our mission stays on track. Committee members also foster partnerships with their organizations or agencies with the purpose of leveraging resources.
Tonjia May has been named budget manager in the Division of Research and Economic Development. May will work with faculty members to make sure budgets in research proposals meet the university’s guidelines on such points as indirect rates, cost sharing, and allowable costs, and to see that budgets conform to funding agencies’ policies, regulations and procedures. She previously served as a manager of grants and contracts at Duke University. Before joining Duke, May was a grant administrator in the N.C. A&T College of Engineering.
The National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Research Network for Health Sciences and Health Disparities has accepted a proposal, "Assessing Current and Past HIV Testing Behaviors and Attitudes of Young, Black Women," written by Dr. Schenita Davis Randolph, assistant professor and certified nurse educator. The purpose of the network is to promote health services and health disparities research by faculty at HBCUs focusing on African Americans and other underserved populations.
JAN 20
Martin Luther King Jr. Day and
National Day of Service
(University Holiday)
Information: 336-334-7792
JAN 21 | 6 p.m.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Commemorative Event:
Candlelight March & Vigil
Location: Aggie Village Reflection Pool
JAN 21 | 7 p.m.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Commemorative Event:
Oratorical Contest
Location: Harrison Auditorium
JAN 23 |
6:45 p.m. (doors open),
7:30 p.m. (program begins)
Martin Luther King Jr.
Commemorative Program featuring
Jeff Johnson
Location: Harrison Auditorium
Live feed: Stallings Ballroom
JAN 26–28
28th Annual McNair Celebration and
12th Symposium
Location: Memorial Student Union,
Stallings Ballroom
JAN 28
Ronald E. McNair Memorial Day
JAN 28 | 7–9 p.m.
Aggie Information Session for Prospective Students and Parents
Location: Harrison Auditorium
Contact: 336-334-7946
JAN 28 | 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
National Black College Alumni
Hall of Fame Legacy Lecture Series,
“Building Dreams through Visions of
Leadership”
Location: Harrison Auditorium
JAN 30 | 4–6 p.m.
Tech Thursday Information Session
Location: Smith Hall, Room 2014
Contact: tech@ncat.edu, 336-334-7359
JAN 31 | 6:30 a.m.
Annual Celebration for the
February One Sit-in 54th
Anniversary Breakfast
Location: Alumni-Foundation
Event Center
JAN 31 | 9 a.m.
Annual Celebration for the
February One Sit-in Anniversary:
Laying of the Memorial Wreath
Location: February One Monument
JAN 31 | 9:30–10:45 a.m.
Annual Celebration for the
February One Sit-in Anniversary:
Conversations with the A&T Four
Location: Harrison Auditorium
JAN 31
Last day to apply for graduation
FEB 6 | 5:30–7 p.m.
Aggies Go Red Community
Line Dance Workout
Location: Memorial Student Union,
Exhibit Hall
Contact: Dr. Ruth Phillips, 336-285-2926
FEB 7 | 9:30 a.m.
Aggies Go Red Walk
Location: Memorial Student Union
Contact: Dr. Ruth Phillips, 336-285-2926
FEB 7 | 10 a.m.–2 p.m.
Aggies Go Red Health Fair
and Food Expo
Location: Memorial Student Union
Contact: Dr. Ruth Phillips, 336-285-2926
FEB 7 | 12:30–1:30 p.m.
Aggies Go Red Cook-off featuring
N.C. A&T Chancellor Harold L. Martin Sr., NCCU Chancellor Debra Saunders-White, Bennett College President Rosalind Fuse-Hall and GTCC President Randy Park
Location: Memorial Student Union
Contact: Dr. Ruth Phillips, 336-285-2926
FEB 7 | 10 a.m.–2 p.m.
Aggies Go Red Line Dancing
Location: Memorial Student Union,
Exhibit Hall
Contact: Dr. Ruth Phillips, 336-285-2926
FEB 12 | 3–5 p.m.
Chancellor’s Forum for
Administrators and Faculty
Location: Academic Classroom
Building, Room 101
CHANCELLOR
Dr. Harold L. Martin Sr.
INTERIM VICE CHANCELLOR FOR
UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT
Nicole Pride
ASSOCIATE VICE
CHANCELLOR FOR
UNIVERSITY RELATIONS
Nicole Pride
EDITOR
Sandra M. Brown
PROOFREADERS
Samantha V. Hargrove
Courtney J. Jackson
PHOTOGRAPHER
Charles E. Watkins
PRODUCTION
Derek Brandon
Yvonne L. Halley
CONTRIBUTORS
Dr. Sherry Abernathy
David Arneke
Courtney J. Jackson
Dr. Ruth Phillips
Margaret Stancil
Mary Uzochukwu