NEW PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAM IS AVAILABLE—STAT!
The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) has a new professional development program designed to enhance proficiency in the use of technology. Photo: iStockphoto.com
DISCOUNTED TICKETS ON SALE
FOR 2012 FOOTBALL SEASON
The 2012 Aggie football season is approaching, and it presents another opportunity for N.C. A&T faculty and staff to show off their Aggie Pride by attending home games.
WORKSHOP ON TEACHING
ETHICAL DIMENSIONS
The “Ethical Dimensions of Coupled Natural and Human Systems Research” workshop will be held on campus Aug. 13-14. Photo:iStockphoto.com/hh5800
Fiscal reminders
State funded purchase orders for 2011-12 will be closed or deleted after Monday, June 18. Units should make certain that goods/services are delivered/rendered and an invoice received in Accounts Payable before Friday, June 15. Unused purchase orders on state funds will not carry over to the next fiscal year (2012-13). In those instances where there are unused purchase orders, a new purchase order must be created in AGGIE-MART on Monday, July 2.
The Accounting Office’s final check cycle for the year is on Thursday, June 28. The last day to submit check requests and invoices on purchase orders and have them entered into the system is on Friday, June 15. However, payment would be determined based on availability of funds.
Travel advances/reimbursements must be submitted no more than 30 days after a trip. Submit all outstanding advances to be reconciled. Otherwise, it may negatively impact your next request for an advance. Keep in mind that the close out process sometimes limits the ability to write checks in the new fiscal year, especially on state funds. Therefore, those traveling in the first two weeks of July (or some other need) should plan accordingly.
The last day to make deposits in the Treasurer’s Office for the current fiscal year is Friday, June 29, at 2 p.m.
Construction award
The Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering building at Gateway University Research Park, South Campus, has been honored with the Star Award as 2012’s most outstanding new construction project in North Carolina.
The award is presented annually by the Construction Professionals Network of North Carolina. The JSNN building won in the over $20 million category. The other category, under $20 million, also was won by a Greensboro project, the International Civil Rights Center and Museum.
Projects are selected on their merits and challenges. Criteria include the project’s outcome, overall project management, quality management, cost management, schedule management, project complexity, and innovation and creativity.
Campus queens
EBONY magazine’s annual HBCU Campus Queens feature will appear in the September 2012 issue. Ten women will grace the pages of the magazine. Online voting began at midnight (CT) on May 8 and ends at 11:59 p.m. (CT) on Thursday, May 31. Vote for Miss N.C. A&T, Catherine Hamlin, at www.ebony.com/campusqueens.
Dr. John Kizito, assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, will mentor two Kenan Fellows on their project, Designing Safe Aircraft. Guilford County high school science teachers April King (Middle College at N.C. A&T) and Kathleen Melious (Andrews High School) will spend 18 months working with researchers on an aviation project at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.
Dr. Barbara O’Neal, assistant professor in the Master of School Administration Program, recently co-authored a book chapter, “Salient Factors Affecting Urban African American Students' Achievement: Recommendations for Teachers, School Counselors and School Psychologists.” The chapter appears in the recently published book, African American Students in Urban Schools, edited by James L. Moore and Chance W. Lewis, Peter Lang Publishers.
Dr. Inez Tuck, dean of the School of Nursing, is the lead author of an article that was chosen as the May 2012 Article of the Month by the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education Research Network. “Sacred healing stories told at the end of life” is published in the June issue of Journal of Holistic Nursing (Vol. 30, No. 2, pp. 69-80).
Dr. Tara Wade, postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Economics and Finance, presented the research paper, “Using the logit model with aggregated choice data in estimation of Iowa corn farmers’ conservation tillage subsidies,” at the U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic and Research Service in Washington, D.C., on April 19.
MAY 28
University Holiday
MAY 31
Last day to cast votes for
Miss N.C. A&T to appear in
EBONY’s 2012 HBCU Campus
Queens issue
MAY 31 | 6-7 p.m.
BSN Completion Entry Option
Info Session
Location: Noble Hall, Room 116
Contact: Carliss Lee, 336-334-7750 or
carlissl@ncat.edu
JUN 12 | 6-7 p.m.
Accelerated BSN Entry Option
Info Session
Location: Noble Hall, Room 308
Contact: Carliss Lee, 336-334-7750 or
carlissl@ncat.edu
JUN 18 | 6-7:15 p.m.
N.C. A&T Alzheimer’s Caregiver
Support Group
Location: General Classroom Building,
Room A416
Contact: Dora Som-Pimpong,
336-285-2176
JUL 27
Copy deadline for the next issue of
The Aggie Report
AUG 1
Last day to purchase discounted
football season ticket books (see
Aggie Bits for details)
AUG 10
Faculty/Staff Institute
Dr. Harold L. Martin Sr.
INTERIM VICE CHANCELLOR FOR
UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT
Robert Pompey Jr.
ASSOCIATE VICE
CHANCELLOR FOR
UNIVERSITY RELATIONS
Nicole Pride
EDITOR
Sandra M. Brown
PROOFREADERS
Tiffany S. Jones
Nettie C. Rowland
PHOTOGRAPHER
Charles E. Watkins
PRODUCTION
Yvonne L. Halley
CREATIVE SERVICES
Bouvier Kelly, Inc.
CONTRIBUTORS
David R. Arneke
Lori K. Dobbins
Carliss J. Lee
Laketta D. Lee
Dr. Beryl McEwen
Rosalie N. Roberts