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Homecoming Blood Drive

Don’t miss your chance to roll up your sleeve for the final homecoming blood drive today from 3 to 7:30 p.m. in the Honors Common Village. Every donor receives a free T-shirt. Sign up online.

Homecoming Parade

Hillsborough Street will host the homecoming parade at 6 p.m. Friday. Before the parade, Hillsborough will close from Dan Allen Drive to Pullen Road to make room for the lineup of coaches and athletes, cheerleaders, university dance team members, marching bands, student-sponsored floats and vintage cars. Some side streets will close as well.

Floats will be built and staged in the Sullivan parking lot behind the tennis courts and Doak Field. The C parking behind the tennis courts will be restricted Friday for parade preparations. Those with C permits may also park on the west side of Varsity Drive.

Wolfline will suspend bus service shortly after 5 p.m. for the parade. All routes except 4 (Westgrove) and 11 (Village Link) will resume normal service as soon as roads clear, projected after 7 p.m. Check the Wolfline site for information on campus service and links to CAT/TT transit and homecoming information. Check online for real-time bus locations and updates.

NIH Funding Workshop

Friday is the deadline to RSVP for a workshop on applying for funding from the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Thomas Hess, psychology professor and graduate coordinator for lifespan developmental psychology, will share his successes in receiving NIH funding and his perspectives as a grant reviewer. The discussion from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday in Withers Hall 331 is hosted by the Office of Research in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. To reserve a seat, RSVP to Joyce Jones at joyce_jones@ncsu.edu. For more information, visit http://www.chass.ncsu.edu/research.

Will Allen, founder of Growing Power Inc. and recipient of a 2008 MacArthur fellowship, will speak Monday at the McKimmon Center.

Sustainable Agriculture Speaker

Will Allen, founder and CEO of Growing Power Inc., will give the Center for Environmental Farming Systems’ 2009 Sustainable Agriculture Lecture at 7 p.m. on Monday at the McKimmon Center. Allen, recipient of a 2008 MacArthur fellowship, commonly called a “genius grant,” is known for urban farming initiatives in Milwaukee and Chicago. He was recently featured in the movie Fresh.

Allen will also speak in Goldsboro, home of the Center for Environmental Farming Systems. For more information about the day’s events, visit the CEFS Web site.

Victorian-Era Parenting

Eileen Gillooly, associate faculty member in English and women’s studies at Columbia University, will give a talk titled, “Anxious Affection: Parental Feeling in 19th Century Middle-Class Britain,” at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday in Winston Hall 001.

Gilllooly, associate director of the Heyman Center for the Humanities, has had essays and reviews published in The New York Times Book Review and in a number of collections and journals, including Victorian Studies and Feminist Studies. She is the author of Smile of Discontent: Humor, Gender, and Nineteenth-Century British Fiction and co-editor of Victorian Prism: Refractions of the Crystal Palace and Contemporary Dickens. Her talk is sponsored by the English Department Speakers Committee. For more information, send an e-mail to Elaine Orr at elaine@gw.ncsu.edu.

Equal Employment Opportunity Workshops

Improve your knowledge of equal opportunity hiring at upcoming workshops. The Office of Equal Employment Opportunity is sponsoring a series on the 10 protected classes of people covered in university policies. Here are the remaining workshops this month:

• Protected Class of Veteran Status: 1 to 4 p.m. on Tuesday in the Talley Student Center Blue Room
• Protected Class of National Origin: 9 a.m. to noon on Wednesday, Nov. 18, in the Talley Student Center Walnut Room

For a complete list of upcoming workshops, visit the EOE site.

Delany and Fiction Contest Winners

Find out who won NC State’s 2009 fiction contests and hear science fiction author Samuel Delany read from his works at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday in the Caldwell Hall lounge.

Delany judged this year’s statewide contests for short fiction and short-short fiction. A professor of English and creative writing at Temple University, he is the author of Nova, Dhalgren, Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand, The Mad Man, Atlantis: Three Tales and the award-winning autobiography The Motion of Light in Water. For event details, visit http://english.chass.ncsu.edu/creativewriting/story_contest.php. 

Veterans Day Film Event

Watch two films and hear from panelists with a variety of views during a Veterans Day event at 7 p.m. on Wednesday in Witherspoon Cinema. Panelists include war veterans and conscientious objectors who became educators, poets and clergy.

Two films will be shown. Sir! No Sir ! (85 minutes) tells the story of intense, widespread upheaval during the 1960s. The 2005 film was directed by David Zeiger. Selective Service System Story (10 minutes) revisits the 1970 short film "Selective Service System" and interviews its two creators, who as film students graphically depicted attempts to avoid the Vietnam War draft. The 1998 film was directed by Bill Daniel.

Admission is free. For more information, contact Devin Orgeron, associate professor and director of film studies, at 515-4138 or devin_orgeron@ncsu.edu.

Is the New Testament Forged?

Bart Ehrman, James A. Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill, will give a talk titled, “Is the New Testament Forged? Reflections on the Authors of the Christian Scriptures,” at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday in Withers Hall 232. Ehrman is author of the best-selling books Misquoting Jesus and Jesus, Interrupted. He has appeared on NPR’s Fresh Air and on the History Channel. His talk is sponsored by the Religious Studies Colloquium Series. For more information, contact Anna Bigelow at anna_bigelow@ncsu.edu.

Building Bridges Workshop

The National Coalition Building Initiative will hold a campus workshop on strengthening leadership for diverse communities from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 12, in the Talley Student Center Brown Room. For registration and details about this workshop and others, visit http://www.ncsu.edu/ncbi/.

Philosophy Presentation

Ruth Elizabeth Chang, associate professor of philosophy at Rutgers University and fellow with the National Humanities Center, will give a talk titled, “Do We Have Normative Powers?” at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 12, in Withers Hall 344.

America Recycles Day

NC State will have an electronics recycling and paper shredding drive for America Recycles Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 13, in the Reynolds Coliseum carriageway. Waste Reduction and Recycling staff will offer games with prizes.

Confidential shredding and recycling will be provided by Shred-it. All personal and departmental confidential materials are welcome, with a limit of seven boxes. No private business items will be allowed. Gently used office supplies and electronics are also welcome. Campus property will go to Surplus Materials Management. For those with personal electronics, Synergy Electronic will recycle many devices with cords for free and will dispose of televisions, which are banned from county landfills, for $5. Last year, organizers recycled 14,000 pounds of electronics and gave away 15 bins of reusable office supplies.

Hunger Banquet

Students in a hunger and homelessness social work class will hold a banquet and food and clothing drive for National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, Nov. 15-21.

Admission to the Hunger Banquet at 6 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 16, is open to the public for a $5 ticket or a donation of three cans of food. Reservations are recommended because of limited seating. To RSVP or for more information, contact Susie Barnes at susie_barnes@ncsu.edu. Food donations will benefit local agencies serving the homeless. Donations of new and gently used outer wear, such as coats, scarves and gloves, will be accepted at the banquet and in Room 202-A of the 1911 Building throughout the week.

This fall, the students lived for a week on a food stamp budget of $6.57 per day. For two of those days, they ate only foods that do not require heating or refrigeration, giving them an understanding of the challenges of living outdoors or in a car. Their posters will be on display during the banquet and in the second floor hallways of the 1911 during the week.

International Education Week

NC State will celebrate International Education Week, Nov. 16-20,  with more than 20 special events, including lectures, panel presentations, information sessions and cultural events. The event, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and Department of Education, promotes global education and exchange programs.

Cultural events will feature Ethiopian photos, Chinese drumming and calligraphy, Native American culture and Latin American film. Lectures and symposia include a Fulbright Scholars panel, culture shock seminar, talk on the Berlin Wall and Poland, and presentation on serving and marketing to Latinos in the New South. Study abroad and career seminars will also be offered.

For more information on the week’s events, visit  http://ncsu.edu/oia/InternationalEducationWeek.html or contact Chantell LaPan at chantell_lapan@ncsu.edu. For updates and reminders, follow on Twitter at http://twitter.com/NCSUOIA.

Passport Fair

Planning an international trip? Apply for a first-time passport or a renewal from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 17, in the Talley Student Center south gallery. Representatives from the U.S. State Department and U.S. Postal Service will be on hand to process passport applications. For details on the documents you'll need, visit the State Department site.

Shoeboxes of Love

The African American Cultural Center is accepting donations for Shoeboxes of Love, a community service project to provide area children with necessities and educational and creative toys. To find out what’s needed, contact  Toni Thorpe at toni_thorpe@ncsu.edu.

Christmas Trees, Wreaths and Garland

Alpha Zeta is selling Christmas trees, wreaths and garland to deck  the halls. All orders are due before Thanksgiving break.

Trees and wreaths are Fraser fir. Tree options range from a 6-foot tree for $40 to a 10-foot cathedral ceiling size for $75. Wreaths are priced from $15 to $35, depending on size. Fraser fir, white pine or mixed garland is available, starting at $12 for a 10-foot strand. For more information, contact Jesse Scott at jmscott@ncsu.edu.

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