The 4th Annual Diversity Summit Cultivating Higher Achievement in Generational Engagement, sponsored by
the NC State Community for Diversity in Natural Resources and Weyerhaeuser, presented October 13-14, 2009, can still be viewed as a webinar. Presentations on transitions for veterans, GLBTdefinitions and terminology, women in the workplace, and generations studying and working together are just some of the topics. View the webinar.
The NC State Union Activities Board and Student Veterans Association Veterans Day Celebration on November 11, 2009 was a great success. The full story
Chancellor James Woodward has signed a proclamation declaring December 10, 2009 to be Human Rights Day at North Carolina State University. Human Rights Day 2009 will focus on non-discrimination. "All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights". These first few famous words of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights established 60 years ago the basic premise of international human rights law. More about International Human Rights Day from the UN Office of the High Commisioner for Human Rights.
2008-09 Hispanic/Latino Status Report is now available online. This report includes information about undergraduate admissions, retention and graduation rates; graduate admissions and degrees conferred, and faculty hiring and retention.
Diversity Library-- recent articles and books of note
The Office of Multicultural Student Affairs was recently awarded $50,000 by Excelencia in Education for enhancing our Latino initiatives. The grant will fund will a program to increase retention and graduation rates of incoming and current Latino students.
North Carolina State University was one of only twenty colleges and universities from across the nation chosen to receive the award.
Official Press Release NC State Bulletin Story
Collaboration between North Carolina Pork Council and NC State College of Veterinary Medicine to provide training for hog farm workers taught exclusively in Spanish. Glen Almond and Martin Liebstein, Vet School faculty, have created a course taught in Spanish for hog-farm workers from Mexico and Central America. The course covers topics such as animal behavior and management; injections, breeding and gestation management. Full Story
Announcing the 2009-2010 Equal Opportunity Institute (EOI)
The EOI is a program designed to increase participants' awareness of equal opportunity issues and increase their effectiveness as employees or students. With over 250 graduates, the program is still making a difference on our campus. In these times of budget cuts, this is a program of excellence that provides an outstanding professional development opportunity free to NC State University faculty, staff and students. Visit the following web site for additional information and to apply: http://www.ncsu.edu/equal_op/eoi/
NC State will be honored as an Institution Committed to Diversity by Minority Access, Inc. The formal award will be bestowed during Minority Access' Tenth National Role Model Conference, September 11-13, 2009 in Washington D.C. Minority Access, Inc. is a non-profit educational organization that supports individuals and academic institutions to diversity campuses and work sites.
NC State's GLBT Center is featured in the August 19 edition of the Independent, along with other area centers. See indyweek.com for the story and photos!
CAALS 3-D Project: Creating Awareness of Agriculture and Life Sciences Disciplines, Degree Programs, and Discoveries Project
The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is excited about a new collaborative partnership with the North Carolina School of Scince and Math (NCSSM). The CAALS 3-D Project targets male African-American, Hispanic/Latino and Native American youth as these groups are most under-represented in the CALS student population. Over 25 NCSSM students are on campus this week participating in the first annual CAALS 3-D one-week summer research experience.
Access and Barriers for Persons with Disabilitites 2009 Survey Results. In April 2009, to determine the extent to which the University is complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act and fulfilling its commitment to persons with disabilities, the Office for Equal Opportunity at NC State asked the vice chancellors, deans, vice provosts and department heads to review programmatic access and barriers within their college/department/unit by completing a survey. A summary of the results is online at http://www.ncsu.edu/dso/facts/access_barriers_survey61909.pdf
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