CLIFTON DAVIS TO SPEAK AT REMBA CONFERENCE
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University will host its fourth annual Rehabilitation of Racial and Ethnic Minorities with Behavioral Addictions (REMBA) conference, April 15-16 at the Proximity Hotel in Greensboro. Photo: ©iStockphoto.com/Juanmonino 
EMPLOYEES LAUDED FOR OVER 700 YEARS OF SERVICE
Thirty-six former employees of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State who retired in academic year 2008-09.
Photo: ©iStockphoto.com/David Franklin
Changes are ahead for State Health Plan participants
Effective July 1, coverage for ALL faculty and staff enrolled in the State Health Plan will automatically default to the 70/30 Basic Plan.
Employees and covered dependents who are non-smokers and wish to remain in the 80/20 Standard Plan MUST sign-on to the State Health Plan online enrollment system to attest that they are non-smokers to be eligible to re-enroll in the 80/20 plan. If no action is taken, coverage will remain at the 70/30 level. Smokers will only be eligible to enroll in the 70/30 plan and will not have to take further action once defaulted.
Employees who want to enroll in the 80/20 Standard Plan for July 1, MUST log onto http://ncat.hrintouch.com and complete the attestation (confirmation) questions in the HR InTouch system to verify that (1) they and any family member(s) who will be covered on July 1, 2010, do not use tobacco products, or (2) they and/or their family member(s) who will be covered on July 1, 2010, do use tobacco products BUT are participating in an approved tobacco cessation program.
The 2010-2011 enrollment period is March 15 through April 9. Inquiries may be referred to the Benefits Office, (336) 334-7226.
Lyceum Series presents Dallas dancers
The Dallas Black Dance Theatre will perform Wednesday, March 24, at 7 p.m. in Harrison Auditorium, as part of the University's 2009-2010 Lyceum Series. The oldest continually operating professional dance company in Dallas, Texas, the company performs a mixed repertoire of modern, jazz, ethnic and spiritual works by nationally and internationally known choreographers.
The event is free of charge for N.C. A&T students and staff, and $5 for the general public. Tickets are available at A&T's Ticket Office in Brown Hall. For more information contact Nichole Florence, associate director of programs, at (336) 334-7571.
Ribbon cutting to be held at new child development facility
The North Carolina A&T State University Child Development Center (CDL) will host an open house and ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday, March 31, 3-6 p.m., in its new facility located at 114 Luther St.
Over 60 years old, the CDL is the primary teaching, research and service laboratory for students in the Family and Consumer Sciences Department who are majoring in child development and family studies. The CDL is also available for use by other majors across campus that have an interest in child development, child behavior, special education, physical education, speech pathology, social work and other areas involving children and families. The maximum enrollment is 36 children per year.
N.C. A&T's Child Development Center is located near the campus tennis courts and the Alumni-Foundation Event Center parking lot. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Juliette Jackson of the Family and Consumer Sciences Department at (336) 256-2750.
Suggestions are needed for 2010-11 Text in Community
The Text in Community Committee is soliciting recommendations for the 2010‐2011 campus-wide read. Send your suggestions, along with a brief description of the suggested book, to Beverly Grier, committee chair, bcgrier@ncat.edu, by Monday, April 5.
Biology to sponsor alumni reception and art auction
The Department of Biology will sponsor an Alumni Reception and Scholarship Art Auction Friday, April 9, at the Alumni-Foundation Event Center. The preview will begin at 6 p.m. and the auction at 7 p.m. Hors d'oeuvres, wine tasting and door prizes will be provided.
The ARTcetera ™ collection, presented by Regency Fine Art of Atlanta, Ga., will include lithographs, oil paintings, fine art prints, serigraphs, etchings, watercolors, celebrity collectibles and sports memorabilia. The collection also has a large selection of African American Art.
Admission is $50 per person. Online donations are welcome from those who are unable to attend. For registration and additional information, visit http://cas.ncat.edu/~biology online.
Poet, where art thou?
The University Writing Center will observe National Poetry Month by hosting a poetry contest. Outstanding original works will be awarded prizes and winners will be recognized at the Center's open mic event on Thursday, April 15. For rules of entry, the deadline to submit entries and other details, contact the University Writing Center at (336) 334-7764 or jacksonw@ncat.edu.
Sandra Blackstock, an assistant professor in the School of Nursing, is among five protégés and mentors selected from across the country to participate in the National League of Nursing (NLN)/Johnson and Johnson Leadership and Mentoring Program. The program pairs early and mid-career faculty members with NLN Academy of Nursing Education Fellows. Blackstock will work with a mentor over a 12-month period to develop an individual and group project that will be presented at the 2010 NLN Education Summit. As part of the mentoring process, she will receive a stipend and travel to New York City and Las Vegas.
Constance A. Gathings, executive assistant in the Office of the Provost, presented at the annual meeting of the North Carolina Association for Research in Education (NCARE), Feb. 26, in Winston-Salem, N.C. Her presentation was featured in the symposium titled "The Impact of the Current Economic Condition on Adult Education Programs and Adult Learners."
Gathings is a participant in the City of Winston Salem University (CWSU), which is administered and funded by the City of Winston Salem. CWSU gives citizens a better understanding of city government, including the responsibilities of various city departments and the city's role in the community. Participants are chosen through an application process.
Marychristiana E. Uzochukwu, a faculty member in the School of Nursing, has begun the initial implementation of an initiative that is designed to help students help one another succeed academically in one of her classes, SRHEOS (Students Reaching and Helping Each Other Succeed). Participants are to ensure that every member completes every class assignments promptly, as well as adequately prepare for exams and other class related projects.
MAR 19 | 2:45 p.m.
Second Annual Urban
Education Institute
SPEAKER: Judge Glenda Hatchett
LOCATION: Alumni-Foundation
Event Center
MAR 19 | 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Annual Student Art Exhibition
Opening Reception
LOCATION: University Galleries
MAR 19-APRIL 16
Annual Student Art Exhibition
THEME: Visual Voice
LOCATION: University Galleries
MAR 20 | 8:30-2 p.m.
Second Annual Urban Education Institute
LOCATION: Proctor Hall
MAR 20 | 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
Animal Sciences and
Pre-veterinary Club Dog Wash
LOCATION: Webb Hall
MAR 23 | 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Benjamin A. Gilman International
Scholarship Program Workshop for
HBCUs
LOCATION: Stallings Ballroom A
MAR 24 | 7 p.m.
University Lyceum Series:
Dallas Black Dance Theatre
LOCATION: Harrison Auditorium
MAR 25
Mathematics Department hosts
State Regional Preliminary Math
Contest in Geometry and Algebra II
MAR 25 | 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Political Science/Criminal Justice hosts
World War II Exhibit featuring the
contributions of African Americans
LOCATION: Memorial Student Union
Exhibit Hall
MAR 25 | 12:30-1:30 p.m.
Lunch and Literature
Khaled Hosseini’s A Thousand
Splendid Suns
LOCATION: Bluford Library
Seminar Room 256-258
MAR 26
Last day to withdraw from a course
without a grade evaluation
MAR 26
Operation Aggie Shield
Mock Shooter Exercise
LOCATION: Campus
MAR 28
Project Haiti Sorting Party
LOCATION: Aggie Stadium (front lot)
MAR 29 | 7 p.m.
University Honors Program presents
"Good News About Injustice"
SPEAKER: Wayne Barnard of
The International Justice Mission
LOCATION: Merrick Hall Auditorium
MAR 30 | 3:30-5 p.m.
Faculty Forum
LOCATION: General Classroom
Building Auditorium
MAR 30 | 7 p.m.
University Honors Program presents
"Building Dr. King’s World House:
Interfaith Cooperation and the
Legacy of the Civil Rights
Movement Today"
SPEAKER: Hind Makki of
Interfaith Youth Core
LOCATION: General Classroom
Building Auditorium
MAR 31 | 7:30-9:15 a.m.
Family and Consumer Sciences
Second Annual Community
Health and Prayer Breakfast
LOCATION: Alumni-Foundation
Event Center
MAR 31 | 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Family and Consumer Sciences
Community Fair
LOCATION: Alumni-Foundation
Event Center
MAR 31 | 3-6 p.m.
Ribbon cutting and open house
LOCATION: N.C. A&T Child
Development Laboratory
APR 5
Deadline to submit suggestions for
the 2010-2011 "Text in Community"
APR 5 | 6:30-8 p.m.
University Lyceum Series:
Gibbs Lecture and Reception
SPEAKER: Peniel E. Joseph,
Tufts University
LOCATION: GCB Auditorium
APR 6-8
SACS Reaffirmation On-site
Team Visit
APR 9
Annual enrollment period ends for
2010-2011 State Health Plan
APR 9 | 6 p.m.
Department of Biology Alumni
Reception and Scholarship
Art Auction
LOCATION: Alumni-Foundation
Event Center
APR 10 | 7:30 p.m.
E. Gwynn Dancers of N.C. A&T
Spring Dance Concert
LOCATION: Harrison Auditorium
APR 15 | 7p.m.
University Jazz Ensemble:
A Salute to John Coltrane
LOCATION: Harrison Auditorium
APR 15-16
Fourth Annual REMBA Conference
LOCATION: Proximity Hotel
APR 15-17 | 8 p.m.
Richard B. Harrison Players present
An Evening of Short Players
LOCATION: Paul Robeson Theatre
APR 18 | 3 p.m.
Richard B. Harrison Players present
An Evening of Short Players
LOCATION: Paul Robeson Theatre
APR 18
University Choir Performance
4 p.m.
LOCATION: Harrison Auditorium
APR 20 | 7 p.m.
Electronic Music
LOCATION: Frazier Hall, Room 122
APR 22-24 | 8 p.m.
Richard B. Harrison Players present
An Evening of Short Players
LOCATION: Paul Robeson Theatre
APR 23 | 10 a.m.
Installation of Chancellor
Harold L. Martin Sr. '74
LOCATION: Corbett Sports Center
APR 23-MAY 7
M-F, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Graduating Seniors Art Exhibition
LOCATION: H.C. Taylor Gallery
(Dudley Building)
APR 24
March of Dimes March for Babies
LOCATION: Center City Park
(Greensboro)
APR 25 | 3 p.m.
Richard B. Harrison Players present
An Evening of Short Players
LOCATION: Paul Robeson Theatre
APR 27 | 7 p.m.
Chamber Singers
LOCATION: Harrison Auditorium