Faculty and Staff Notes

Design Showcase Features CVM Library

The William Rand Kenan Jr. Library of Veterinary Medicine will be featured as part of the American Library Association's annual Library Design Showcase of new, renovated and expanded facilities. Some of the best construction projects of the year will be highlighted in the March 25 online version of American Libraries magazine.

NC State Recognized for International Education

NC State received an honorable mention in the international partnerships category from the Andrew Heiskell Awards for Innovation in International Education. The university was recognized for its Master of Global Innovation Management program.

Chancellor Jim Woodward is all smiles as he accepts his personal copy of the most recent award-winning yearbook, Agromeck (and coupon for a free copy of this year's annual), from the editors. Photo by Roger Winstead.

NC State is one of eight universities to be recognized by the awards this year. The university has developed more than 200 international linkages, including dual-degree programs, research and collaboration agreements, faculty-led study abroad programs and bilateral exchange agreements.

Kuiper Retirement Reception

Help Terree Kuiper, senior director in Human Resources, celebrate her retirement at a reception from 3:30 to 5 p.m. on Thursday, March 25, in the McKimmon Center, Room 1B. Presentations begin at 4 p.m.

Forestry Team's Article a Winner

A team of scientists with NC State and the U.S. and Canadian forest services received top honors from the Society for Risk Analysis for a paper titled “Evaluating Critical Uncertainty Thresholds in a Spatial Model of Forest Pest Invasion Risk.” The research, published in the SRA journal Risk Analysis, explores the role of increased uncertainties in pest risk mapping and was among five papers selected in the 2009 Best Paper Awards category. 

Co-authors Frank H. Koch of NC State, Denys Yemshanov and Daniel W. McKenney of the Canadian Forest Service, and William D. Smith of the U.S. Forest Service were honored at the SRA’s annual meeting in Baltimore, Md.

Veterinary Faculty Honored

Dr. Richard Mansmann, outreach director for the equine health program, received honorary diplomate status with the specialty of large animal internal medicine from the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine. He will be recognized June 9 at the organization’s forum in Anaheim, Calif.

Dr. Martin Liebstein-Bellia, research associate in the Department of Population Health and Pathobiology, became a member of the Academy of Outstanding Faculty Engaged in Extension. He was recognized in particular for enhancing the relationships between the College of Veterinary Medicine and the state swine industry and for outreach to the Hispanic workforce.

Guion Named Assistant Dean

Dr. Lisa Guion has been named assistant dean for diversity, outreach and engagement in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

Guion, professor of agricultural and extension education, has served as assistant dean for diversity in an interim capacity since 2008. In that role, she began a strategic plan for diversity.

Guion, chair of the CALS Diversity Council, will lead and coordinate the college’s diversity efforts, including an initiative to design, implement and evaluate programs, projects and activities to enhance the overall organizational climate and increase diversity among students, faculty and staff. The initiative includes an outreach component that involves collaborating with K-12 schools, other colleges and universities, and community groups. She holds four degrees from NC State: a doctorate in adult and community college education, a master’s in public administration, and bachelor’s degrees in business management and speech communication.

Martin Leads Budget Office

Joy Martin has been named interim assistant dean for finance and business in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

Martin will be responsible for developing college budgets and providing information and analytical support for policy and decision making. She will lead the college’s budget office staff and serve as primary liaison with university fiscal administration.

Martin joined the college’s business office as associate director in January 2007 after working in NC State’s budget office and for the North Carolina Community College System for 17 years. She holds a master’s degree in business administration from Campbell University, a bachelor’s in business management from Mount Olive College and two associate degrees in business management and accounting from Wayne Community College.

Time to Act: Update Your Benefits Online

To maintain health insurance at the 80/20 level of benefits, employees must act during the annual enrollment period, which began Monday, March 15, and ends Friday, April 9. The Benefits Office has created an online guide to assist employees with the State Health Plan annual enrollment Web site. After reviewing the instructions, employees can access the online enrollment site in one of three ways:

• Through the Benefits site, which provides additional information
• Through MyPack Portal. The employee ID number will be available after log in.
• Directly at https://ncsubenefits.hrintouch.com 

Two open meetings about benefits changes are scheduled:

• Wednesday, March 31, noon, D.H. Hill Library, Faculty Senate Room
• Thursday, April 1, Talley Student Center, Room 3118

For meeting details, contact Joe Williams, assistant director of university benefits, at 515-4318 or joe_williams@ncsu.edu.

Melton Named Interim Head of Crop Science

Dr. Tom Melton, assistant director of Cooperative Extension and director of the National Science Foundation Center for Integrated Pest Management, been named interim head of the Department of Crop Science in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.

Melton succeeds Dr. David Smith, who was named associate dean for research and director of the North Carolina Agricultural Research Service in January.

Melton joined the faculty in 1988 as an assistant professor of plant pathology and extension specialist working with tobacco. He holds a bachelor’s degree in botany and a master’s in pest management, both from NC State. His doctorate in plant pathology is from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Eat Smart, Move More, Weigh Less Returns in April

If you’ve been hibernating this winter, now is the time to get ready to look and feel your best by summer. The Eat Smart, Move More, Weigh Less program will provide you with do-it-yourself tips to eating healthier and living more mindfully. Take control of the new you by committing to the lifestyle changes taught in this 15-week course, beginning in late April. The program will be offered many different days across campus, making it convenient for you! Register now for only $30. Sign up online.

If you work outside of Wake County and would like to bring the Eat Smart, Move More, Weigh Less Program to your worksite please contact Surabhi.Aggarwal@dhhs.nc.gov. Contact and additional information about programs throughout the state can be found online at: www.EatSmartMoveMoreNC.com.