The FYC Faculty Fellow program emerged in the fall of 2006 in response to the growth of the First Year College Village and success of students living there. The level of seamless interface between activities inside and outside of the classroom proves more and more powerful as we assess our Linked FYI courses, our Resident Mentor program and numerous other events and activities. Years of research have shown us: the university better retains students who interact with faculty outside the classroom.
Sponsored by the First Year College Village Advisory Council, which is comprised of staff and students from within our partnership, the Faculty Fellow program is designed to provide opportunities for faculty-student interaction outside of the classroom most specifically by having meals together in the dining hall and faculty presenting programs in the residence halls or the FYC Commons. These activities allow faculty the opportunity to share their interests, both academic and otherwise, with residents and help foster an important connection for students. The faculty members involved in the Faculty Fellow Program are volunteers.
Faculty Fellows are expected, through their experiences within and outside of their academic discipline, to add something "special" to the programming and community that occurs in the FYC Village. The Faculty Fellow's connection with the RM Team and the students in the FYC Village is intended to accomplish several things:
The faculty involved in the Faculty Fellows Program are volunteers. A motivating factor in their involvement in the program is a commitment to improving the undergraduate experience for FYC Village students by providing ways for faculty and students to get to know each other beyond the classroom walls while providing worthwhile programs for students in the FYC Village. In this way, the gap between undergraduates and the professorate can be partially bridged.
 Dr. Bob Petters
Emeritus Professor of Music (Pizza and a Prof, FYC/FYI “linked” faculty)
Has taught MUS 180Q link since Fall 2004 “I’m much more interested in composing, performing and listening to music than learning facts about music.”
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 Dr. Bob Pond
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology (FYC/FYI “linked” faculty, Faculty Fellows Meals)
Has taught PSY 201Q link : Controversial Issues in Psychology link since Fall 2001.
Research interests include: Work motivation, work attitudes, and organizational change and development
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 Dr. John Ambrose
Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor/Entomology
(Faculty Fellow Meals, Dinner and Theatre, FYC/FYI “linked” faculty)
Has taught ENT 203Q Link: Honey Bee and Beekeeping link since Fall 2001
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 Mindy Sopher
Academic Advisor, and visiting faculty member in the Department of Communication (Pizza and a Prof, Dinner and Theatre)
Facilitated: “What the Heck Can You Do With a Communication Major”
A Wittenberg (OH) and Bowling Green State University (OH) alumna, Mindy Sopher has a long history of working with college students at her alma maters, as well as Heidelberg College, Grove City College, Memphis State, Old Dominion, and NC State Universities. She now teaches Public Speaking (COM 110), Interpersonal Communication (COM112), and Nonprofit Leadership & Development (COM 466), while serving as an Academic Advisor in OASIS (Office of Advising, Support, Information and Services) at the home of the WOLFPACK! She also found some free time to teach Leadership History and Public Speaking courses at nearby Peace College. Volunteer service includes judging a few Greek awards now and then, mentoring a number of Peace College Leadership Studies majors, serving 2 terms as Kappa Delta Alumnae Association President and assisting with the Faculty Advising Development Committee on campus.
Mindy's research interests include small group communication, team building, and Community College Outcome Assessments. She has co-authored several publications for the National Initiative for Leadership and Institutional Effectiveness (NILIE) through NC State College of Education. She counts herself lucky to be asked to speak at various honor society, class and community programs, including CSLEPS Leadership Development Series programs on ethics and team building.
What really matters is that Mindy is a three-time breast cancer survivor, thanks to amazing medical professionals, friends, and family! Her passions? Cheering for Western Pennsylvania's professional sports teams (“Go Stillers!”), leadership development, angels, college athletics, Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, community service-learning, pursuing wisdom and justice, thinking like Leonardo DaVinci, making huge newspaper hats, struggling through Portuguese and Chinese languages, scrapbooking, African violets, building community and loving her English Bulldog, Queen Victoria!
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 Dr. Charles Stark
Assistant Professor in Poultry Science and Feed Mill Specialist (Pizza and a Prof, Faculty Fellow Meals) Faciliatated: “Feed Science: What the Heck is THAT?”
Dr. Stark joined the faculty at North Carolina State University in the Department of Poultry Science specializing in Feed Science and Management in the fall 2007. His extension and research efforts are associated with feed mill operations and management. Specifically in the areas of: 1) maximize the feeding value and improving the handling characteristics of bio-energy by-products, 2) developing processing methods for alternative cereal grains, forages, and food processing co-products. Prior to joining the faculty at North Carolina State University he spent 12 years in the integrated animal production industry working in feed mills and QA labs.
Dr. Stark travels throughout the United State presenting information on feed manufacturing. Recently he traveled to South Africa to present a paper on new feed technology. In his free time he enjoys playing basketball and backpacking.
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Susan Navey-Davis
Assistant Department Head for Student Affairs, Foreign Languages and Literatures
Faculty Fellow Meals, Pizza and a Prof
Susan Navey-Davis encourages all students to connect with other languages and cultures through classes, study abroad programs, extra-curricular activities, volunteer work, friendships, and a variety of other means. She has been involved with the NC State First Year Inquiry Program since its creation. She is co-author of three textbooks and serves on the College Board AP Spanish Language Curriculum Committee. As secretary of the board of directors of a medical philanthropic organization, she travels to Nicaragua to interpret for medical mission trips. She has received NC State awards for teaching, advising, and extension service.
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Dr. Nathan Reading
Asst. Professor of Mathematics (Faculty Fellow Meals) Nathan Reading is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics. His research program focuses on "the combinatorics of Coxeter groups" or, in more familiar terms: He studies symmetry, particularly mirror-symmetry. He teaches courses ranging from first-year undergraduate courses to graduate courses in his area of specialization.
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Susanna Branyon
Lecturer in the English Department (Pizza and a Prof, Dinner and Theatre) Facilitated: “How Music Can Help You Write a Better English Paper”
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 Dr. Philipp Tavokoli
Faculty member in Interdisciplinary Studies
(FYC/FYI “linked” faculty, Pizza and a Prof)
Has taught IDS 201Q link: Environmental Ethics link since Fall 2006
Facilitated discussion on: “Why You Should Study Abroad”
“I practiced international business law in Austria before I came to NC State. In addition to a law degree, I have a Ph.D. in Political Science.
I grew up in Germany, Iran, and Austria; my first language is German. I speak English fluently, Spanish, French and Pharsi some. Sometimes one can "hear" my accent even when I'm writing.
Currently, I am a faculty member in Interdsciplinary Studies, CHASS, at NC State University, teaching Environmental Ethics, Ecorealism, Technology Transfer, and other interdisciplinary seminars. All my courses have a very strong international component. My research interest focuses on the reciprocal relationship between humans and the environment.”
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 Dr. Marc Hoit
(Pizza and a Prof)
“The Intersection of Technology and Careers”
Dr. Hoit has his Masters and PhD in Structural Engineering from University of California, Berkley. Since earning his degrees has taught Civil and Coastal Engineering at the University of Florida before moving into research and information technology.
Since September 2008, Dr. Hoit has been serving as NC State’s Vice Chancellor for Information Technology and CIO, and as Professor of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State University
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 Dr. Sarah Ash
Associate Professor in Food Science (Pizza and a Prof; FYC/FYI Linked Faculty)
“Careers in Nutrition”
Taught MDS 211Q: Eating Through American History in Fall 2005.
Dr. Ash’s research interests include: “Evaluation of dietary practices and nutrition knowledge among the elderly; eating disorders, disordered eating practices and attitudes towards body weight and food consumption among college-age men and women.”
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 Dr. Cindy Hemenway
Professor in Biochemistry (Pizza and a Prof)
Facilitated: “Surviving a Science Major” Dr. Hemenway started out as a music major in college a very long time ago, but ended up getting a B.S. in Biology at Bradley University in Peoria and a M.S. in Biology at Illinois State University, and a Ph.D. in Biology at Columbia University in New York City. She then did postdoctoral training in plant biotechnology at Monsanto Company in St. Louis, Missouri for 2 years. After being hired by Monsanto to be a staff scientist, she worked there another three years prior to coming to NCSU as an Assistant Professor in Biochemistry in January of 1992. Dr. Hemenway has a research program dealing with plant virus replication and she teaches BCH453/553 and BCH768 on alternating years.
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 Dr. Rich Slatta
Professor of History
Facilitated: “Literacy in the 21st Century” “Richard W. Slatta is professor of history at North Carolina State University. He has taught at NC State since completing doctoral work at The University of Texas at Austin in 1980. Promoted to full professor in 1990, he has since won the NCSU College of Humanities and Social Sciences Lonnie and Carol Poole Award for Teaching Excellence for 1999-2000. Thinking about taking one of his classes? Read about his Inquiry-Guided Approach to History.
He participated as a teaching fellow in the Hewlett Continuation Project for 1999-2001 and as a member of the Campus Writing and Speaking Program seminar for 2000-01. In 1999, he designed, created, and taught the history department's first online course, HI 216, Latin American since 1826. During the spring 2003 semester he added another online offering--HI 453, US-Latin American Relations.” Visit Dr. Slatta's website.
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 Winnell Newman
Manager of Student Programs in Biotechnology (Pizza and a Prof)
Facilitated: “Biomanufacturing & Biotechnology Careers and Training” Winnell H. Newman, Manager of Student Programs, BTEC at NCSU
BTEC = Biomanufacturing Training and Education Center www.btec.ncsu.edu
Winnell has been a researcher for 20 years and was the former Director of the Nucleic Acid Synthesis Facility at North Carolina State University (NCSU). She co-developed drug-discovery technology with her expertise in oligonucleotide synthesis in a technology spin-out startup company. She also has 20 years of laboratory management experience, nine years specializing in DNA and RNA oligonucleotide synthesis, and has published eight scientific articles. Prior to her work at NCSU, Winnell held biochemistry laboratory and instrumentation management positions at Ciba-Geigy and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
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Jenny Ellerbe
Coordinator of Biology Academic Advising/First Year Experience (Pizza and a Prof)
Facilitated: “Majors in the Department of Biology” Ms. Jenny Ellerbe is the Coordinator of Biology Academic Advising and the First Year Experience in the Department of Biology. She is in her 6th year working at the University. During that time, Ms. Ellerbe has served as an academic advisor and Coordinator of Academic Advising in addition to
her current role within the Department of Biology (formerly the Department of Zoology and the Biological Sciences Program). Prior to coming to NC State University, Ms. Ellerbe taught at Howard Community College in Columbia, Maryland. While at the college, she taught and coordinated the general biology labs. Ms. Ellerbe also taught the nursing microbiology labs and an environmental science laboratory. She received her Bachelor
of Science in Animal Science with a minor in Nutrition from NC State
University. Ms. Ellerbe attended the University of Maryland College Park as a Master's student in Nutrition before completing her Master's in Higher Education at NC State University. She is passionate about the life sciences and guiding students toward their educational goals. Ms. Ellerbe lives in the Raleigh area with her husband (who is an officer in the USAF) and their Golden Retriever.
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Sarah Rusche
(FYC/FYI “Linked Faculty) Taught SOC 204Q: Sociology of the Family in Fall 2008. Will teach this link again in Fall 2009.
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Allen DuPont Adjunct Assistant Professor, Economics and Director of Assessment for the Division of Undergraduate Academic Programs (FYC/FYI “Linked” faculty)
Teaching EC 201Q as a link in Fall 2009 for the first time
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James Barker (FYC/FYI “Linked” faculty)
Teaching HI 251Q: Introduction to Early American History in Fall 2009.
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Dan Graham
Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Studies, (FYC/FYI “Linked” faculty) Has taught PS 201Q link: Introduction to U.S. Government Link since Fall 2004
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 Amy Otterson
(Pizza and a Prof)
Facilitated: “How We Communicate in Certain Situations” B.S. Broadcast Journalism, University of Nebraska, 1997
M.S. Organizational Communication, NC State University, 2005
M.Ed Counselor Education, NC State University, 2009
After finishing my undergraduate degree at University of Nebraska, I worked as a sports reporter and part-time anchor in Omaha, NE. After a few years, I got the travel bug and decided to go to work with an airline and spent a little over four years investigating the U.S., Europe and South America. As a student and working professional, I also had the experience of working as a corporate trainer which presented many situations where I needed more tools for communicating. After 9/11, I took a leave from flying to look into grad school and ended up at NC State pursuing a degree in communications. This is where I got the chance to teach through an teaching assistantship position. I found that it was one of my favorite parts about going back to school. The connection with students also led me to my current academic pursuit in counseling. In addition to teaching at NCSU, I am also interning at a local high school and plan to work with adolescent and college age students in a private therapy setting. My research has been directed toward diversity and conflict management in communication, and domestic counseling in my current field of study. I wanted to participate in Faculty Fellows because I think that students need more occasions to communicate with their teachers on a more level playing field.
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 Dr. Bob Patterson
Alumni Distinguished Professor of Crop Science
Coordinator of Undergraduate Programs
(FYC/FYI “Linked” faculty)
Has taught STS 323Q: Populations and World Hunger link since Fall 2006. Visit Dr. Patterson's website.
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Dr. Jeremiah Feducia 
Bio: I was born in Winston-Salem, NC and have since been migrating east
along I-40. I completed a BS in Chemistry at UNC-Greensboro and moved to
UNC-CH where I received a Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry in 2007. After my
graduate work, I came to NC State as a post-doc and joined the Chemistry
faculty in the summer of 2008. Outside of teaching General Chemistry and
Organic Chemistry, I also serve as the department's Outreach Coordinator
and am currently the faculty advisor for the Gamma Xi Chapter of Alpha Chi
Sigma (professional chemistry fraternity). When I am not engaged with our
students on campus, I try to keep up with my son Will at home, which is
often more challenging than dealing with a class of 250 freshman.
Spotlight on Faculty:
1) What advice do you have for students during mid-terms and/or finals?
The best advice I can give is to remain calm, the ship is not always
sinking. I always encourage my students to bug me more, even if they are
no longer in my class. Tutors and study guides are helpful, but a
student's question will always best be answered by going directly to the
source, the professor. Most professors would rather have a packed house
for office hours as opposed to a ghost town and students should take
advantage of this.
2) What did you love about your undergraduate major? If you had not
pursued that major, what was your second choice?
My favorite aspect of chemistry is that all people are impacted by
chemical research in their daily lives. The range of applications within
chemistry are limitless. Along with the versatility of chemistry, this
discipline also provides some of the greatest challenges facing scientists
today. All of the major issues affecting our society today are being
answered in some part, by chemists.
3) What is/was your best study strategy?
Approach studying like you do eating. You do not sit down to a meal and
attempt to consume all of the food in one bite, instead you take several
bites and chew your food. I try to encourage my students (usually until I
am blue in the face) to take this same approach to academics.
4) If you could go anywhere in the world and money and time were no
object, where would you go and why?
I've always been a sucker for history and architecture, particularly
Gothic cathedrals. Once I take a break from teaching summer school, I
plan to travel around Europe and fill up several memory cards with
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Bradford L Wingo M.Ed.
Brad was born and raised in eastern North Carolina - the son of an elementary school  teacher and a salesman. After earning an undergraduate degree in Biology from North Carolina Wesleyan College, Brad taught Middle Grades Math and Science before returning to earn a Master of Education in Higher Education Administration from N.C. State University. Brad has served in various student and academic affairs roles on college and university campuses for 9 years. Brad's passion is linking quality advising to the student success equation and making sure students maximize their experience while an undergraduate student. Brad lives in Wake County with his wife Jennifer (who is a school nurse) and they are both avid Wolfpack football fans and tailgaters!
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Lisa tichavsky
Lisa Tichavsky is a PhD. Student and Visiting Instructor in the Department
of Sociology and Anthropology at North Carolina State University. In
addition to teaching Social Deviance, she has also served as a Research
Assistant for RTI International on the grant for the Girls Study Group. Her
research interests include criminology and family with special focus on
gender and crime, family violence, and formal social control policies and
practices. In her spare time she enjoys boating, fishing, and aviation.
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 Dr. George L. Hodge
Interim Assistant Dean Graduate School and Associate Professor
TECS
Dr. Hodge is current serving as Interim Assistant Dean for Program Development in the Graduate School at North Carolina State University.
Dr. George Hodge's areas of research include: supply chain management, electronic business, data mining, information quality, and enterprise integration. He has served on the board of the APICS Textile and Apparel Specific Industry Group and has worked with this group in surveying the various types of information systems used in the textile industry. He was involved with creating the IBM CIM facility that is housed in the department's Management Systems Lab. He served on the board for the Computer Integrated Manufacturing in Higher Education (CIM/HE). Dr. Hodge currently teaches courses in the Textile Supply Chain Management concentration. In 1994 he was selected as the college's Outstanding Teacher of the Year. He has also served as faculty advisor for Delta Kappa Phi. Dr. Hodge received his Ph.D. from N. C. State in Industrial Engineering, MS degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Ohio State, and BS degree from N. C. State in Nuclear Engineering. He has worked for Carolina Power and Light Company and the Nuclear Services and Training Laboratory at The Ohio State University.
From his website: www.tx.ncsu.edu/ghodge
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 Dr. Jessica Moore
Assistant Professor in Communications (Faculty Fellows Meals/Pizza and a Prof)
“Jessica Moore received her Ph.D. from the University of Texas and is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication. Dr. Moore specializes in relational development, persuasion, and new technology. Her current research examines the impact of interpersonal influence on relational development as well as the ways in which social influence is affected by emotions, cognitive processing, and new communication technologies.
Dr. Moore teaches undergraduate courses in Persuasion Theory, Persuasion & New Technology, Interpersonal Communication, and Relational Communication, among others. She also teaches Human Communication Theory for our graduate program.” Visit Dr. Moore's website.
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Stephen Kleinschmit
 Mr. Kleinschmit is a Ph.D. Candidate in Public Administration, and has been
an instructor in the Department of Political Science since Fall 2006. His
teaching experience includes PS 320: U.S. Environmental Law & Politics, PS
371: Political Science Research Methodology and PS 201: American Politics
and Government. He was nominated for the NCSU UGSA Outstanding Graduate
Teaching Assistant Award in 2009. His research focuses on land use
governance and environmental policy.
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 David DamarÉ
David M. Damaré was born in New Orleans, LA where all but his
immediate family still resides. He graduated from the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1986 and went on to attend pilot training as a
military officer with the United States Air Force. While flying for the
North Carolina Air National Guard, he worked briefly in the financial
investment industry and flew for a major airline. He then founded The David
M. Damaré Team and began with Carteret Mortgage Corporation in 2003.
Currently he is a top producing loan originator with
ADR Mortgage in
Raleigh, North Carolina.
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