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The National Association of
University Women is, by design,
a service organization. When
the members of the group -
which has more than 77 chapters
across the nation - visit a city,
they make a point of leaving it a
little better than it was before
they came.
Winston-Salem served as the
site for the organization's
national convention, now in its
66th year. More than 200
women of higher education
descended upon the Twin City
Quarter to take part in the week
long event, held July 21-28.
As the host city, Winston
Salem was the recipient of a
rather creative service project.
Members from each participat-'
mg chapter were asked to bring
quilts - handmade or otherwise
- to be donated to local chil
dren's organizations. Officials
from the organization presented
the gifts to representatives from
Brenner Children's Hospital and
the Children's Home.
The idea was the brainchild
of outgoing Second Vice
r
News
Clips
Hospital's Heart Center
lauded
The Heart Center of Wake
Forest University Baptist
Medical Center has earned cer
tification from the Joint
Commission for two specific
disease-management pro
grams, acute myocardial
. infarction (AMI) and conges
tive heart failure (CHF). These
designations mean that the
Heart Center complies with the
highest national standards for
quality of care and safety.
The AMI and CHF disease
management programs under
went extensive evaluation in
May by a team of Joint
Commission reviewers who
measured these programs
against Joint Commission stan
dards. The reviewers conduct
ed interviews with patients and
staff and assessed each pro
gram's processes and ability to
evaluate and improve care.
The Heart Center of Wake
Forest Baptist is internationally
known for pioneering work in
diagnostic technologies, treat
ment innovation and improved
outcomes in key cardiac proce
dures.
DMV taking applicants for
agencies to operate area
license plate sites
The North Carolina
Division of Motor Vehicles
intends to re-establish license
plate agencies in High Point
and Thomas ville. The division
is seeking applications from
individuals interested in oper
ating the agencies.
The agencies will offer
vehicle registration services
and title transactions, as well as
vehicle license plate renewals,
replacement tags and duplicate
registrations. Currently, there
are about 120 license plate
agencies across North
Carolina.
To download an applica
tion form for a motor vehicle
LPA, visit www.ncdot.org/dmv
and click on "Hot Topics" or
call (919) 861-3332 with ques
tions. The plate agency appli
cations (Form MVR-93) must
be returned to NCDMV no
later than Aug. 15.
WSSU names OIP director
Dr. Joti Sekhon. professor
of Sociology and director of the
International Studies program
at Greensboro College, has
been named director of the
Office of International
Programs (OIP) at Winston
Salem State University, effec
tive Aug. 15.
Sekhon had served as a pro
fessor at Greensboro College
since 1991, and the college's
director of International
Studies since 1995. She will
assume the post, which was
previously held on an interim
basis, by Dr. Uchenna Vasser,
assistant professor of Spanish
in the Department of English
and Foreign Languages Vasser
Photos by Layla Farmer
NAUW members display some of the beautiful quilts that were donated.
President Dolores Owens of
Philadelphia.
"I got completely carried
away with our service project,"
Owens confessed. "We just put
a lot into it because we wanted
to leave our mark here in
Winston-Salem."
Owens, who made three
quilts for the effort, wasn't the
only one to take a shine to the
project.
"It just took off," she said.
"One of the members was so . . .
I
excited about the fact that we
were going to do this. She
became ill and before she died,
she had all of her members to
come in ... she had them make
the quilts and she said, 'I just
want to make sure you get these
quilts to Winston-Salem.'"
Other members took the
project to heart, donating multi
ple quilts as well. All told, the
Henry Pankey, a renown
educator and assistant principal
at Parkland Magnet High
School, served as the evening's
NAUW was able to
collect more than 100
quilts to give to the
two agencies.
"They were so
thrilled about the
quilts," Owens relat
ed. "I am so excited
about this (project).
It gives you a feeling
that people still want
to help. It's just been
wonderful."
Many of the quilts
Owens
keynote speaker.
Pankey urged the
women to hold tight
to their mantra:
"Excellence in
Education: Our Hope
for the Future."
'Take back your
schools, take back
the hearts and minds
of your children," he
implored. "...If
excellence is possi
ble, then good is not
were on aispiay ai me puonc
meeting, held Tuesday evening
at the Embassy Suites. A special
quilt made by one of the mem
bers was also raffled off.
NAUW Member Mary Williams
crafted-the quilt, which features
Carolina ? lAtes in honor of
Winston-Salem, and oak leaves,
a symbol of the organization.
Artist James Huff donated
66 signed prints to the conven
tion, in honor of it's 66th year.
An array of city officials and
other dignitaries welcomed the
women at the meeting.
gooa enough.
Pankey applauded the
women for their efforts to pro
mote and enhance higher educa
tion.
"There's no question in my
mind that you are the unsung
heroes of America," he said.
"There's not a problem in public
schools today that somebody in
this room can't fix."
For more information about
the National Association of
University Women, visit
www.nauwl910.org.
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had served in that capacity
since March 15, 2008.
Before joining Greensboro
College, Sekhon taught at
UNC-Greensboro, Guilford
College, and Salem College.
Sekhon has also served as
northern region organizer for
the World Wildlife Fund-India
in New Delhi, and as a research
assistant at the Center for
Women's Development Studies
in New Delhi.
Fluent in English, Hindi,
Stkhon
and
Punjabi,
Sekhon
has stud
ied and
conducted
research
world
wide
including
such
locales as:
West
Indies, China, Tibet, Mexico,
United Kingdom, Brazil, South
Africa, Cuba, Canada, India,
Austria, Switzerland, Germany,
France and Nepal.
"Black In America"
discussion
Local residents are invited
to take part in a discussion and
forum to ponder CNN's docu
mentary series "Black In
America," which aired its lat
est segments this week.
The discussion will take
place on Tuesday, July 29 at
6:30 p.m. at Emmanuel Baptist
Church. A panel of communi
ty advocates will respond to
the series and respond to ques
tions. Comments from local
people about the documentary
can be posted at the Triad
Cultural Arts blog:
www.triadculturalarts bravejou
rnal.com.
For more information, con
tact Fleming El-Amin via e
mail at ntv754@yahoo.com or
by phone at 336-575-0895.
WFIJ Graduate School
grows administration
Wake Forest University
appointed Randall G. Rogan
as associate dean and Dwayne
W. Godwin as assistant dean
in the Graduate School of Arts
and Sciences.
As associate dean, Rogan
will focus on the area of pro
fessional development among
graduate students on Wake
Forest's Reynolda and
Bowman Gray campuses.
Godwin will serve as founding
director for the newly-estab
lished Office of Postdoctoral
Affairs.
Rogan, who will continue
as professor of communica
tion. Rogan received a doctor
ate in communication at
Michigan State University, a
Master of Science degree in
resource development at
Michigan State, and a
Bachelor of Arts degree in
sociology at St. John Fisher
College.
Godwin will continue as
associate professor of neurobi
ology and anatomy at the uni
versity's School of Medicine.
He received a doctorate in
behavioral neuroscience at the
University of Alabama at
Birmingham and a Bachelor of
Arts degree in psychology at
the University of West Florida.
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