Community Briefs
Ttenilk Richardson-Quamina receives
doctoral degree
Winston-Salem native Tenille Richardson
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Doctorate of Philosophy in
Marriage and Family Therapy
with highest honors, from
Virginia Polytechnic and State
University, in Blacksburg,
Virginia.
Her doctoral thesis researched
the problems and occurrences
revolving around online activity
and infidelity. She resides in Quamina
Miami, Fla., with her husband,
Ian Quamina, and their 19-month old daughter Rebel
Rose.
She is the daughter of Larnettra Banner
Richardson of Winston-Salem, Toby A. Richardson
of Kemersville, and the granddaughter of Ida H.
Michael, also of Winston-Salem.
In Miami, she is program director of Intensive
Family Preservation Services for Gulf Coast Jewish
Family and Community Services. As agency director
for GCJJFCS since last August, she has been respon
sible for garnering over $250,000 in in-kind dona
tions. /
Richardson-Quamina graduated from East
Forsyth High School and gained a degree in psychol
ogy from Howard University in Washington, D.C.
She received her master's degree in social work from
the University of Maryland Baltimore.
Triad McDonald's to expand all day breakfast
menu
Triad McDonald's restaurants are answering on
going requests from customers to have even more
breakfast options during non-traditional hours.
Participating locally owned and operated Triad
McDonald's restaurant locations are now serving
both McMuffins and McGriddles all day, in addition
to die scratch-made biscuits and other menu items
that have been on the All Day Breakfast menu since
October.
Department of Defense funds $1j6 million
study at Wake Forest University
As military women prepare to head into combat
posts, the Department of Defense is strengthening its
efforts to level the battlefield, regardless of gender. A
new clinical trial at Wake Forest University will study
the effects of strength training to prevent overuse
injuries in female runners which will ultimately help
the U.S. Armed Forces retain female recruits and
assist with military integration efforts.
The $1.6 million study is funded by the
Department of Defense to gain insight in to how more
female recruits can successfully complete basic train
ing and avoid leg and foot injuries. Professor of
health and exercise science Steve Messier is the lead
investigator for the STARS (Strength Training And
Running Study) trial and will begin actively recruit
ing 150 women runners, ages 18 to 60, in March to
participate in the study. The study is particularly _
timely as approximately 225,000 previously male
only military jobs will be open to female troops
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Forsyth Tech's Automotive Program named a
technician training site
American automobile manufacturer Fiat Chrysler
Automobile (FCA US) in partnership with the
National Coalition of Certification Centers (NC3) has
designated Forsyth Tech as one of the first 20 col
leges in the U.S. to offer a program designed to train
the next generation of Chrysler dealership service
technicians. The program, known as Mopar CAP
(Career Automotive Program) LOCAL, is being
rolled out across the country on a selective basis to
colleges with highly qualified automotive programs.
Forsyth Tech's program is the first in North Carolina
to receive this designation. Mopar CAP LOCAL pre
pares students to work as Level 1 Technicians upon
graduation from certified.programs.
HES moves into new space with room to flex
The Health and Exercise Science (HES)
Department at Wake Forest University has more
room to stretch and grow, thanks to a new addition to
the Worrell Professional Center.
The 29,000-square-foot addition, which opened
this semester, houses state-of-the-art research space,
classrooms, and academic and administrative offices.
The facility includes a two-story entry into the HES
suite at the ground floor alongside Carroll Weathers
Drive, making it easily accessible for students, facul
ty, staff and visitors.
The functional aspects include four dedicated
classrooms and modem lab spaces for the ISO HES
majors and 18 graduate students. Students also now
have a lounge and comfortable living room-style
spaces perfect fen- studying or socializing. The faculty
who lead research teams - many of which are nation
ally renowned - also have dedicated lab space where
as before labs were shared between teaching and
scholarship .-Though the flow of the building is sepa
rate from the law school, the HES wing is connected
to the existing Worrell building through an interior
hallway.
Credit union recognized as American Heart
Association 'Fit-Friendly Worksite'
Allegacy Federal Credit Union, one of the largest
credit unions in North Carolina, has been recognized
as a platinum-level 'Fit-Friendly Worksite' by the
American Heart Association for helping employees
eat better and move more. Allegacy's AllHealth
Wellness program began in 2009 and has since gar
nered great success internally and externally with
numerous awards and accolades including participa
tion in a national study on wellness, and recently
being highlighted in a worldwide initiative to encour
age companies to release their health metrics in annu
al reports. Allegacy leads the way as the first compa
ny in the United States to do just that. Allegacy's
wellness success includes a 94 percent voluntary par
ticipation rate, a 50 percent reduction in risk factors
since 2010, increased employee engagement level of
166 percent and trust level of 225 percent since 2006.
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Today (March 10) & March 11
- Celebrating International
Women's Day
The Women's Fund of Winston
Salem will celebrate International
Women's Day by lighting up the
Nissen Building, 751 West Fourth
Street Building and The Milton
Rhodes Center in purple lights in
their weeklong celebration of the
Fund's collective impact and its com
mitment to power, passion, and pur
pose in enriching the lives of women.
From "Painting the Town Purple" to
wearing purple clothing all week,
and volunteering at partner agencies,
they will be honoring International
Women's Day. They encourage
women and men to wear purple dur
ing the week of March 7-11. Visit the
Women's Fund website at
www.womensfundws.org to learn
how you can become a member, or
participate in and contribute to this
year's, celebration.
Today (March 10) - Piedmont
Grown Conference
Piedmont Grown, a certification
program that identifies and promotes
farm products grown, raised, and
made in North Carolina's Piedmont '
region, is holding its fifth annual
conference today, Thursday, March
10 from 8 a.m. to 5 pm. at the Hunt
Library on NC State's Centennial
Campus, Raleigh. Join farmers, buy
ers, researchers, and eaters to cele
brate local food and support farmers
in their goal to grow the Piedmont
Grown brand, increase efficiency,
and expand sales. Hie conference
will featura/nine breakout sessions
with a dynamic group of speakers
including buyers, crop insurance spe
cialists, marketing professionals, and
farmers. Conference tickets are on
sale now and can be purchased
online at
http://bit.ly/PiedmontGrown2016Co
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Today (March 10) - Sierra
Club Meeting
The Sierra Club will meet on
Thursday, March 10 at 7 pjn. at
Single Brothers Workshop, 10
Academy St. in Old Salem. Please
join us for an insider's perspective of
Hanging Rock State Park. The dis
cussion will be led by park ranger
Jason Anthony. The meeting is free
and open to all. For more informa
tion, contact Dave Fairall at
dafair@aol.com.
March 11 r 'Ansel Adams:
Eloquent Light' Exhibit Opens
Reynolda House Museum of
American Art, 2250 Reynolda Rd.,
has reopened after being closed for
maintenance projects. The exhibit,
"Ansel Adams: Eloquent Light,"
opens on March 11.
The museum will host a monthly
object talk on the first Wednesday of
every month at 1 p.m. These talks are
free with museum admission.
March 11 - 'Forks on Friday'
Spring lecture series
Forsyth County Extension
Office, 1450 Fairchild Road, will
present a program on steps to reduce
the maintenance in your home land
scape on Friday, March 11 from noon
to 1 pm. Wendi Hartrup, Extension
agent, will present the program and
look at various low maintenance
plants and tips for reducing the time
you need to spend on maintaining
your landscape. Bring your lunch;
beverages will be. provided. The
workshop is free, but registration is
required. To register, email coop-ext
registration@forsyth.cc or call 336
703-2850.
March 11 - Spring Arts
Extravaganza
Winston-Salem/Forsyth County
Schools will present its "Spring Aits
Extravaganza" at an opening recep
tion on Friday, March 11 from 5 to 7
p.m. at Milton Rhodes Center for the
Arts, 251 Spruce St. The public is
invited to view the artwork from ele
mentary, middle and high school stu
dents. Modem Automotive "Artists
of the Future" contest winners and
certificate recipients will be
announced at the opening reception.
Opening night will have a special
activity for kids sponsored by
Modem and led by the Sawtooth
School.
Through April 30 - "2016
Invitational" art exhibit
"On the Wall," Delta Fine Arts
Inc., exhibit and sale of the "2016
Invitational" works of students, pro
fessional and emerging artists across
the region. On display: Pamela Cola,
Owens Daniels, Darlene Glenn
McClinton, Jerilyn Harney-Baker,
Cornell Jones, Joseph King, Bobby
Roebuck, Donald Sawyer, David
Wilson and 13 additional African
American artists. The public can
vote ^actheir favorite artist in the
People's Choice Award. For more
information, call 336-722-2625 or
visit www.deltaartscenter.org.
Now through March 25 -
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Applications accepted for
Citizens' Police Academy
The Police Department is accept
ing applications for the next
Citizens' Police Academy, which
will start April 14. The Citizens'
Police Academy is a 13-week pro
gram that meets once a week to bet
ter acquaint citizens with the law
enforcement profession and the role
of the Police Department within the
community. Hie Academy curricu
lum is similar to training for new
police officers, with a mix of class
room and scenario/hands-on train
ing. Participants will have an oppor
tunity to ride with a patrol officer.
Classes will be held from 6:30 to
9:30 p.m. Thursday evenings at the
Public Safety Center or the
Alexander R. Beaty Public Safety
Training and Support Center.
Enrollment is open to any citizen 18
years of age or older who resides,
works or attends school in Winston
Salem. Anyone interested in attend
ing the, Citizens' Police Academy
may call the Winston-Salem Police
Department for an application at
(336) 408-8126, or complete an
application online at
www.WSPD.org. The class is limited,
to 30 students. Applications must be
submitted by March 25.
March 12 - Atkins High
School Class of 1971 meeting
The Atkins High School Class of
1971 monthly meeting will be held
on Saturday, March 12 at 10 a.m. at
the North Point Grill, 7843 North
Point Blvd. Breakfast is Dutch treat.
Plans are being made for the upcom
ing 45-year reunion, which will be
held September 2-4, 2016. For more
information, call Annette Wilson at
336-473-5830.
March 12 - Writer's Workshop
Winston-Salem Writers will host
a workshop, "The Real Difference
Between Showing and Telling and
How to Make it Work in your
Writing," on Saturday, March 12,
from 1 - 3 p.m. at the Milton Rhodes
Arts Center. The workshop will be
presented by Chris Roerden, author,
editor and educator. The workshop is
free. To register, go to www.wswrit
ers.org and click on Programs.
March 12 - Teen Maker
Workshop
The Forsyth County Public
Library and the Center for Design
Innovation will offer a Teen Maker
Workshop for high school students.
The high school Teen Maker
Workshop will be held on Saturday,
March 12, 10 am. to 4 p.m. at The
Center for Design Innovation. The
Library, in collaboration with the
Center for Design Innovation, will
offer a one-day Teen Maker
Workshop blending the use of 3D
printing technology and the art of
storytelling. Students will create
objects made with a 3D printer to a
pie-made mask reflecting their per
sonal interpretation of the poem "We
Wear the Mask" by Paul Lawrence
Dunbar. For instructions on how to
become a participant, go to
www.forsythlibrary.org and click on
the Teen Maker Workshop article.
Call 336 703-2913 for more informa
tion. Space is limited. Participants
will be randomly selected.
March 12 - Tre' Town per
formance
Tie' Town will perform 8 p.m.
Saturday, March 12, at Legends at
the Quality Inn, 2008 S. Hawthorne
Road. The group is composed of
local musicians who play Motown
tunes. Admission is $5, $8 a couple.
For more information, call (336)
655-8688 or email fastfame@bell
south.net.
March 12 Omega Mardi Gras
Ball
Join the brothers of Eta Beta Beta
Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity
Inc. for the Omega Mardi Gras Ball,
on Saturday, March 12, at 8 pm. at
the RCR Event Banquet Hall, 425
Industrial Drive, Welcome. The
Omega Mardi Gras is truly a party
with a purpose and proceeds will be
used to benefit the Scholarship Fund,
Talent Hunt and Boys Camp. For
ticket information or to make a dona
tion, please call Charlie Bethea at
336-414-0032 or any member of Eta
Beta Beta Chapter of Omega Psi Phi
Fraternity, Inc.
March 12 & 13 - Dance inter
pretation of 'The Wiz'
The Pointe! Studio of Dance, in
association with Elise Jonell
Performance Ensemble, will present
a dance interpretation of the 1978
Movie production of "Wiz," a re
imagining of the classic tale "The
Wonderful Wizard of Oz" by L.
Frank Baum, on Saturday, March 12,
at 2 p.m. and 7 pm. and March 13 at
3 pm. at the Harrison Auditorium,
NC A&T State University, 1601 E.
Market St., Greensboro. It features
musical dance numbers that express
die story line and artistry of dance
and acting through ballet, tap, Jazz,
t
contemporary and Hip Hop. Tickets
are $15 in advance and $20 at the
door. To purchase tickets, visit
http://fantasyandadventureofoz.even
tbrite.com/. For more information,
contact Lashelle Stanley at 336-493
6929 or email at mailto: elise
jonell@gmail.com.
March 13 - 'Smiles of a
Summer Night* film at Aperture
Join Piedmont Opera to view the
Ingmar Bergman film that inspired
its spring production, "Little Night
Music," the Tony Award-winning
musical with music and lyrics by
Stephen Sondheim and book by
Hugh Wheeler. "Smiles of a Summer
Night" will be shown at Aperture
Cinema, 311 W. Fourth St. on
Sunday, March 13 at 3 pjn. It is set
in 1955 Sweden and was the first of
Bergman's films to bring the director
international success, due to its expo
sure at the 1956 Cannes Film
Festival. In 2005, TIME magazine
ranked it one of the 100 greatest
films since 1923. Tickets are $12.50
and are available at http://www.aper
turecinema.com.
March 14 - Social Security
discussion
A discussion about Social
Security and its benefits hosted by
Blanche Cheeley, financial adviser,
will be held on Monday, March 14
from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the
International Civil Rights Museum,
135 S. Elm St., Greensboro. For
information, call 336-541-7133.
March 14 & 15 - Open audi
tions for actors
The Meroney Theatre, 213 S.
Main St., Salisbury, will hold open
auditions for actors, male and
female, ages 20s to 60s, for a variety
of roles for the upcoming "A Time to
Kill, based on a book by John
Girisham," on Monday, March 14,
and Tuesday, March 15, at 7 p.m.
The dates of the show are May 5-14.
For more information, call 704-633
5471 or email md@piedmontplay
ers.com.
March 15 deadline to register
-Industries for the Blind Singing
Competition
Winston-Salem Industries for the
Blind (IFB) is looking for this coun
try's best singers who also happen to
be legally blind to participate in the
second annual A Brighter Path
"Blind Idol" singing competition.
Interested singers can visit
www.blindidol.com for competition
details, and the deadline for submis
sions is March 15,2016. The compe
tition is open to any legally blind
adult who is 18 years or older and a
resident of the United States.
Entrants are required to provide
proof of legal blindness as defined
by' the Social Security
Administration. The Blind Idol win
ner will receive a Grand Prize pack
age of $1,000 cash, eight hours of
recording time at a recording facility
in Winston-Salem, and a profession
al headshot. The total prize package
is valued at $3,000. To enter, contest
ants must submit a video or mp3
audio file of an individual singing
performance no longer than two min
utes in length either online or by mail
no later than March 15. There will be
20 semi-finalists selected to perform
in a live audition on May 14. Five
finalists will move on to the live
finale competition on Auig. 6 at the
Southeastern Center for
Contemporary Art.
March 15 - Leadership
Winston-Salem Community
Conversation
Leadership Winston-Salem will
present a Community Conversation
luncheon on the theme of better
engaging Millennials in community
issues on Tuesday, March 15, at
11:30 ajn. The event will take place
at the Benson Center at Wake Forest
University. Dr. Rogan Kersh, provost
of Wake Forest University, will lead
an interactive discussion on
"Attracting, Retaining and Engaging
the Next Generation in Our
Community." The cost is $25 a per
son and includes a box lunch.
Registration is required by March 8
at www.leadershipws.org, by calling
723-1002, extension 200, or e-mail
ing admin@leadershipws.org.
March 17 - Lunch & Learn
for Caregivers
A free Lunch & Learn for
Caregivers is scheduled for
Thursday, March 17,11 a.m. to 1
pjn., at Senior Services, 2895
Shorefair Drive. Kristen Perry,
director of Community Engagement
at Senior Services, will speak on
"Aging Matters: A New and
Innovative Approach to
Caregiving." Eric Marks will lead in
an "Intro to Thi Chi: Exercise for
Mind, Body, and Sprit." Lunch is
provided by Right at Home In
Home Care & Assistance.
Registration is required. Call 721
6918. Call early to assure a space.
Sponsored by Senior Services.
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