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PART awarded NCDOT funding
As part of the N.C. Department of
Transportation's ongoing commitment to improving
public transportation in North Carolina, the N.C.
Board of Transportation awarded $134,051 to the
Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation at its
________ recent meeting in Raleigh.
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f authority for r?f i?n?l t
route along U.S. 421
from Greensboro to Boone. PART was originally
scheduled to operate the route until June 30, with
Coach America taking over operation of the route in
November. To prevent any interruption in service,
PART agreed to continue operating the route until
November. These funds will cover eligible expenses
and match $21,101 in local funds, totaling $155,152.
Intercity bus services are fixed-route, scheduled
routes that provide long-distance transportation
between Nbrtta Carolina cities, as well as connections
to the national intercity bus system. Ridership on the
" Mountaineer Express" exceeded 14,000 in 2010.
Hagan meets with
local business owners
U.S. Senator Kay R. Hagan (D-NC) hosted a
business roundtable with Greensboro businesses last
week to listen to their concerns about the economy
and discuss ways to work together to create jobs.
Hagan. a member of the Senate Banking and Small
Business committees, is focused on encouraging the
availability of capital to businesses, which will, in
turn, help create jobs.
Roundtable participants included David Powell,
president/CEO of the Piedmont Triad Regional
Partnership: Sam Funchess, executive director of the
Nussbaum Center for Entrepreneurship; Lynn
Douthett. NC district director of the U.S. Small
Business Administration; Rick Eaglin, president of
Anco-Eaglin: Roland Johnson, CEO of Piedmont
Pharmaceuticals; Greg Bowers, president of Advaero
Technologies; Karl Robinson, president of R&R
Transportation; Chris Lester, co-owner of Natty
Greene's Pub & Brewing Co.; and Pam Whitaker,
president of Key Resources.
Tennille named VP at Excalibur
Mary Craig Tennille has been named vice presi
dent of Excalibur Advancement Services, the
Winston-Salem-based firm that provides strategic
communication and development solutions for educa
tional institutions and non-profit organizations.
For the past two years, Tennille has been director
of major donors and professional giving at The Arts
Council ot Winston-salem and
Forsyth County, where she was
responsible for cultivating major
gifts and overseeing annual
workplace campaigns through
out the community.
Additionally. Tennille served as
the liaison to The Renaissance
Society, The Arts Council's top
donor membership group and
The Arts Council's National
Advisory Council.
She played a key role in The
Tennille
Arts Council's Comprehensive Campaign for the
Arts, a three-year. $27.7 million capital campaign
aimed at transforming Winston-Salem into a "City of
Arts and' Innovation" through facility upgrades and
program endowment. Prior to joining The Arts
Council. Tennille was development and information
systems manager at the Fine Arts Museums of San
Francisco from March 2003 through June 2008.
WSSU faculty members
participate in teaching conference
Nearly 50 Winston-Salem State University
(WSSU) faculty members participated in the annual
Lilly Conference that focuses on college and univer
sity teaching with one group from the university win
ning second place in the conference poster session.
Kimya Nance, Mickey McCullough and Teresa
Tyson from WSSU's
Division of Nursing and
Carol Wilson from Family
Services. Inc. placed second
with their work on a mini
walk-a-thon with Family
Services Head Start as part of
a multi-specialty nursing
service learning project.
This year's event, held
recently in Greensboro,
focused on evidence-based
learning and teaching.
Dr. Pearson
vvs.MJ was also recognized tor having the great-,
est number of participants at the conference and
received a free membership to Teaching, Learning
and Technology to further support the university's
commitment to distinctive and innovative education
al practices.
"I was so pleased to be affiliated with such a stel
lar group of scholars," said Dr. Denise Pearson, assis
tant provost for faculty affairs at WSSU. "I was also
impressed with the quality of the three-day confer
ence and its support of the connection between our
research and our mission of providing a quality edu
cation."
Noted professor to keynote
symposium at WSSU
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Professor, author and commentator Dr. Marc Lamont Hill will deliver the keynote
address this evening (Thursday, Feb. 17) at 6 p.m. at the 7th Annual Black Male
Symposium at Winston-Salem State University. The event, which is free and open to
the public, will be held
in Dillard Auditorium
in the Anderson Center.
Sponsored by the
student group Black
Men for Change, The
Black Male Symposium
examines issues related
to black male upward
mobility and progress
to uplift black males,
prepare them to be
leaders, and see them
through the graduation
process. In past years,
featured speakers have
included Kevin Powell,
Dr. Na'im Akbar, Spike
Lee, Rev. Floyd Flake
and Jim Ellis.
Hill, a Columbia
University professor, is
one of the leading hip
hop generation intellec
tuals in the country. His
work, which covers
topics such as hip-hop
culture, politics, sexu
ality, education and
religion, has appeared
in numerous journals,
magazines, books, and
anthologies. Dr. Hill
has lectured widely and
provides regular com
mentary for media out
lets such as NPR,
Washington Post,
Essence Magazine and
The New York Times.
PR Photo
Columbia University Professor Dr. Marc Lamont Hill often
appears on popular news programs.
He is currently a political contributor for Fox News Channel, where he appears reg
ularly on programs such as "The O'Reilly Factor," "Huckabee" and "Hannity." Prior to
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Eateries team with the American Heart Association
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The American Heart Association has teamed up with WS Prime, Full Moon Oyster
Bar, Milner's and New Town Bistro to raise awareness and prevention for the fight
against heart disease and stroke.
These restaurants will be having heart healthy specials and discounts throughout the
entire month of February. The proceeds will go to the
American Heart Association s Go Red ror Women
awareness and prevention education program in
?| Forsyth County. Heart disease is the number
one killer of both men and women in the U.S.
and the number one killer of women in N.C.
WS Prime will be selling an herb roasted
chicken breast with wild rice-wheat berry dried
cranberry pilaf and sauteed haricot verts for
only $13 every night throughout the entire
month of February as well as half-price off all
red wine by the glass every Friday night.
Full Moon Oyster Bar is donating a per
centage of profits from each glass of red wine
sold during the month of February to the
American Heart Association.
"We are participating because we like to help
give back to the community because the communi
ty has been so good to us," says manager Rob Fox.
At Milner's, brothers John and Buddy Milner are preparing a heart healthy meal for
the entire month of February. Each night, they will select a North Carolina fish and
serve it with heart healthy sides. Twenty-five percent of the sales of this delectable dish
will go directly to American Heart Association.
New Town Bistro has decided to make one of its most popular items the special to
give back to the American Heart Association. Fof the entire month of February, New
Town Bistro will donate $1 from the sale of each cup of their Red Wagon hot cocoa
topped with marshmallow fluff.
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Learn and Live
Nanoengineering
MS degree gets
green-light at A&T
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North Carolina A&T State University
announced it has received approval from
the University of North Carolina Board of
Governors for its Master of Science in
Nanoengineering Degree Program that will
begin accepting students in the Fall.
A&T's Nanoengineering Department
will offer the degree through the Joint
School of Nanoscience and
Nanoengineering (JSNN), an academic
partnership between A&T and the
University of North Carolina at
Greensboro. JSNN's goal is to become a
world-class education and research institu
tion that produces trained professionals
that are highly
sought in the fields
of pharmaceuticals,
defense, medicine,
materials, electron
ics and communica
tions.
"North Carolina
A&T is gratified by
the support of the
UNC Board of
Governors in this
endeavor," said
A&T Chancellor
Martin
Harold L. Martin Sr. "Our nanoengineer
ing program continues North Carolina
A&T's growth into the most challenging
and most promising new fields of research.
It offers unprecedented opportunities for
our students and for the businesses here in
the Triad and around the world that need
great researchers to realize the revolution
ary promise of nanotechnology."
The new M.S. in Nanoengineering
Degree Program will focus on the princi
ples and practices of engineering at
nanoscale (the size of atomic and molecu
lar clusters) to enable innovations in the
nanoengineered materials, structures and
devices widely used in industries such as
nanoelectronics. materials and chemicals,
pharmaceuticals, textiles, defense, com
munications, information technology and
medicine.
"The M.S. in nanoengineering
strengthens the Piedmont Triad and the
State of North Carolina as a producer of
top talent for the health sciences and
STEM-related industries that are forming
the bedrock of American productivity."
said A&T Provost and Vice Chancellor
Linda T. Adams.
In addition to the new M.S. degree in
nanoengineering, a Ph.D. in
Nanoengineering has been proposed. Both
degrees will be awarded by A&T.
"The approval of the M.S. in
Nanoengineering Degree Program is a sig
nificant milestone in the development of
the Joint School of Nanoscience and
Nanoengineering," said James G. Ryan,
founding dean of JSNN. "The develop
ment of highly skilled research talent is a
critical factor in attracting companies to
the Piedmont and creating jobs in the
knowledge economy."
WFU : Every company can be eco-friendlier
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Sixty-two percent of companies in 2(M)9
reported that they had empowered internal
teams to create eco-friendly workplaces.
Wake Forest University wants that percent
age to be even higher. The university is
offering tips that can help any department
or office be a little kinder to the environ
ment.
"It's become part of our jobs to take
time to think creatively about sustainabili
ty," says Dedee DeLongprd Johnston,
director of sustainability at Wake Forest.
Green teams ? groups of employees
who volunteer to help identify and imple
ment specific sustainable practices in their
departments ? are flourishing. These pro
grams encourage organizations to select
green team "captains" to evaluate the cur
rent level of sustainable practices in an
office or department and make suggestions
for ways to improve. Ideas might include
simple changes such as purchasing copy
paper with recycled content or making
available reusable mugs and utensils rather
than using disposable ones. Or, changes
may have more impact, like eliminating
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mini-fridges in individual offices.
"Sustainability is not a one-size-fits-all
concept," says DeLongpr? Johnston. Each
department or office has different needs.
"Organizations tend to he more willing to
embrace community-wide goals when they
have had a hand in creating the plans to
implement them. In using this kind of com
munity-based approach, people often come
up with ideas that are bolder than those
suggested by the organization ? such as
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