WomenNC United Nations Presentations

Four young female college students will be giving presentations at the Woman’s Club of Raleigh as part of their WomenNC CSW Fellowship before they share their research at the United Nations in February 2011. The presentations will be about sex trafficking, access to reproductive health, violence prevention in higher education, and immigrant girl workers in NC. Click here for more info.

Poole College of Management to host Black History Month Event

Student Network Group credit will be given for this event.  We hope you'll join us!

On February 21 at 4:30 pm in Nelson Hall 3400, The Poole College of Management will be hosting a screening and panel discussion of the documentary Change Comes Knocking.  Change Comes Knocking is the tumultuous story of a bi-racial anti-poverty organization called the North Carolina Fund (NCF) that boldly confronted the explosive issues of race, class and politics during the turbulent 1960s. The tensions that built in North Carolina around issues of economic inequality were mirrored across the country, as riots broke out in Watts, Newark and Detroit. The story of the North Carolina Fund unfolds in this context, and presents a case study of what happened in one southern state and the impact that continues to be felt there today. As the cycle of poverty continues to be a grim reality of American rural and urban life, exploring the victories and the defeats of the North Carolina Fund’s 1960s war on poverty can help to create a new battlefront to attack the entrenched poverty and racial divisions.  Special guests include Producer and Director Rebecca Cerese and NC Fund activists Rubye Gattis, Ann Atwater, and Joyce Nichols.

Welcome to our Spring 2011 Professional Mentors

Peyton Holland, Rural SNG, Skills USA State Advisor/Motivational Speaker

Tara Roebuck, Nontraditional SNG, Education Project Specialist, Siemens Healthcare

Shannon Cook, Women's SNG, Director of Human Resources, Hughes Pittman and Gupton, LLP

Tracy Hall, Commuter SNG, IT Knowledge Manager, Credit Suisse

Erika Martinez, First Generation SNG, Human Resources Manager, Piedmont Air Conditioning

Jonathan Perry, Men's SNG, Managing Director, Fidelity Bank Trust & Investment Management

Bearta Powell, International SNG, Author

Paco Roman, Hispanic/Latino/Latina SNG, Manager World Wide Sales Enablement, CISCO

Stephanie Skaff, Out-of-State SNG, Operations Senior Analyst, Credit Suisse

Christina Moss, Multicultural/Mixed Heritage SNG, Admissions Counselor, NCSU

Dennis Tran, Asian/Pacific Islander SNG, Engineer, Eaton Corp.

Joanne Woodard, African American SNG, Vice Provost for Equal Opportunity & Equity, NCSU

Susan Keely, Military/ROTC SNG, Air Force ROTC Commandant of Cadets, NCSU

Erin Degerman, Religion & Spirituality SNG, Admissions Coordinator, Duke University

College of Natural Resources Diversity Lecture Series

The CNR Diversity Speaker Series continues.  Please join us for:

Understanding the Disconnect between African Americans and the Outdoors

Biltmore Hall, Robertson Wing room 2221. 11:30am-1pm.  Dudley Edmondson, Nature Photographer and Author (Black and Brown Faces in American's Wild Places) will join us. RSVP by February 2, 2011 to Thomas Easley if you will be attending.

Special Campus Event

Human Trafficking: Slavery Still Exists
Documentary Screening of Cargo: Innocence Lost 
January 13th, 2011
South Side Lobby - Talley Student Center (2nd Floor)
6:30pm - 8:30pm
cost: free

Upcoming Campus Event

The African American Cultural Center is hosting political analyst and author Juan Williams as the 2011 NCSU Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Campus Commemoration speaker. The title of Mr. Williams' presentation is "American Leadership: Stories of Inspiration and Power Behind Proven Leaders." This event will take place on Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at 11:30 a.m. in Stewart Theater, Talley Student Center. http://www.ncsu.edu/aacc/index.php/events/entry/dr.-martin-luther-king-jr.-campus-commemoration/

DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RESCEDULED TO THURSDAY, MARCH 3RD AT 11:30AM IN STEWART THEATRE.

Classes start 1/10

Our first M100 meeting will be January 14th at 10:15am.  We will be choosing our Student Network Groups and look forward to welcoming our mentors to class on January 28th!