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Careers Briefs / ? Black Chambers Unite Numerous African- American Chambers across the country from Portland to Boston have come together to form the National Alliance of African American Chambers (NAAAC). The newly formed organization had an inaugural reception on Sept. 29 at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Washington. D C . dur ing the Congressional Black Caucus Legislative Conference. The guests included over 250 diverse representatives from the public, private and non-profit sectors. Attendees included Master of Ceremonies George Fraser of FraserNet: Managing Director of Supplier Pender Diversity for Southern California Edison Joseph Alderete; U.S. Rep. Laura Richardson: and Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development John Fernandez. Eraser passionately spoke about the need for the African-American community "to connect the dots" and create synergistic energy that will lead to the eco nomic empowerment of the African-American commu nity. Clayton Hammond is the chairman of NAAAC. Randon. Pender, president of the Winston Salem Black Chamber of Commerce, is a member of the N AAAC Board. * v. . . For more information, email the NAAAC at -info@NaitionalAAAC:org. ; visit www.National AAAC.org 'or ea"ll'20!S509-9$86. Veteran and WFU MBA student to write for BusinessWeek Andy Rinehart. a student in the full-time MBA program at the Wake Forest University Schools of Business, has been chosen as a writer for BusinessWeek's MBA Journal. He joins the ranks of more than 1 (X) students and spouses of students w ho have written accounts of their B-school experiences and beyond since- +998. Each year, BusinessWeek sends out an open call for first-year MBA students and spouses of incoming students to write for the popular MBA Journals col umn. This year, editors reviewed writing samples submitted by hundreds of applicants and chose 10 new contributors to chronicle this life -changing expe rience. "it's an honor to be selected by BusinessWeek as one of their MBA Jourpal contributors." saidl Rinehart. "I'm excited to represent Wake Forest University and the Schools of Business, and 1 hope that the program will benefit from the positive expo sure to BusinessWeek's online audience " Rinehart's experience could be different than others in the MBA program, as he hopes to become a JD/MB A candidate through a dual program with the Wake f orest University School of Law . That is not the only difference for Rinehart. As a non-tra ditional student. Rinehart enters the Wake Forest Schools of Business w ith eight years of military serv - ice. He personally led more than 50 combat missions in Baghdad and took part in non-combat activities including local economic assessments and fuel ration distributions. Social media will be discussed April Coble will present "The Social Media Revolution ? Business Builder or Time Waster '" on Thursday. Oct 15 at the Piedmont Club. 200 W. Second St. on the 19th floor of the BB&T Financial Center. A wine reception will take place at 6 p.m.with dinner at 6:30. followed b\ the program. The cost is $25 at the door Coble, president of Launch Media and Marketing, says social media is not a question of "if." but rather of "w hen" you w ill get involved. For reserv ations and more information, call 336-724-7077. UNCG honored for diversity ?r The University of North Carolina at Greensboro and one of its education faculty members. Dr Charles P. Gause. have been recogni/ed by a national organi zation for work in advancing equity and diversity on the campus. Gause received the National Facultv Mentor Role Model of the Year Award at the 10th National Role Models Conference, held Sept 11-14 in Washington. D C. The conference was organized by Minority Access Inc.. a non-profit firm, with support from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Sen ices. His award was inscribed "For Guiding. Mentoring and Leading Others." The uni\ersit\ was recog Dr. Cause m/ed for a second year. receiving a citation for its campus efforts in diversity and inclusion effort, including the UNCO Inclusive Community Task Force, which Gause co-chairs with Dr Susan Dennison. an associate professor of social work. Gause. a former teacher and school administrator, is an associate professor of educational leadership in the School of Education. He is author of the book. "Integration Matters: Navigating Identity . Culture and Resistance," which was published in 2008. Minority Access Inc. is cooperating with the Office of Minority Health, and the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to help close the health disparities gap. a goal to which NIH has accorded the highest priority. Winston-Salem State students compete well in New Orleans C HKOMC I I s I VI I Kl 1HK1 A team made up of WSSU MBA students Nathan Thompson. Willie Hunt and Miranda Dalton recent!) won the third-place award at the 2009 National Student Case Competition. The contest took place in New Orleans during the National Black MBA Association's annual condi tion. The competition, sponsored by the Chrysler Group and the Chrysler Foundation, featured teams from 22 ot the nation's leading business 'schools. The> competed for $35 .(KM) in schol arships. The \V$SU team won SS.(HK) in scholarship money ; The team went to the finals after compet ing against -Georgia Tech. the University of Maryland and Texas Southern l ni\ersity in the preliminary round In the finals, L NC-Chapel Hill earned first place and -Emory University took second place "1 am 'reaMy '.proud of what our -students have accom plished." ' said Dr. Suresh Gopalan. the faculW; coach who led the team against much larg er schools. ???They worked really, hard and defoopstriged a high Submitted Photo WSSV team members \athan Thompson. Miranda Dalton and Willie Hunt. level of commitment to finishing, strong." ?' ? Members of the team are already working business pro fessionals. Thompson is an assistant controller at WSSU Hunt is a portfolio review man ager at BB&T Dalton' is the manager of enrol Iment and fam ily services for Rockingham Count} Head Start. The National Student Case .Competition .is a unique . annual event designed to give high powered student teafhs an opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge and problem-solving skills in a formal competition. Teams are given a hypotheti cal -business, case and each pre pares and presents its business solutions before a* panel* of expe rienced business executives. Teams are judged on their analysis of the case, the feasibil ity of- their recommendations and the quality of their presenta tions. WS JaycecN Pboco Derrick Webb receives an award recog nizing him for being a final ist for the o h n A rmbruster Award. Local Jaycees' efforts recognized CHRONIC U STAFF RFPORT The Winston-Salem Jaycees - a leadership organization for young professionals - took home honors at the recent 2009 Mid-Year North Carolina Jaycee Convention in Hickory. The Winston-Salem Jaycees. which organizes the city's annual holiday parade, took the second place overall prize in the "North Carolina Jaycees Parade of Excellence Chapter" category. The local chapter also took home the "Outstanding Community De\eiopment Project" award for "Picture a World Without AlDs." an art auction fundraiser held in February to benefit AIDS Care Service of Winston Salem. Jason Thiel There were honors given to individual mem bers as well, including former Winston-Salem , Jaycees President Derrick Webb. who was a finalist for the John Armbruster Award given to the most outstanding veteran Jaycee. Suzanne Ferguson was a finalist for the C. William Brownfield Award, which is given to the most outstanding first year Jaycee; and Tracie. Robert and Olivia Moreau were finalists for the Mungenast Award, given to the most outstand ing Jaycee Family in the state. Jason Thiel. president of the Downtown Winston-Salem Partnership, won the "Helping Hands" award, and Kevin Matthies took home the "All-Star Secretary" honor. NAACP will honor Parmon tomorrow CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT Forsyth County Democrat Rep; Earfine Parmon will receive the prestigious Traijblazer Award from the North -'Carolina NAACP tomor row. The presentation w ill take place during the state N'AACP's annual convention at the Hickory -Metro Convention Center fn Cataw ba County . The 66th Annual N'C NAACP State Convention is themed, "Big Dreams. Big Victories." The award recognizes Parmon for her "longstanding commitment, hard work and pioneering contributions to the citizens of North Carolina." "I am very pleased to be awarded the Trailblazer Award." Rep. Parmon said. "1 have always worked very hard to advocate for my constituents and the citizens of North Carolina and 1 am truly hum bled to be recognized for my service." Parmon is in her fourth term in the N.C. House. Before going to Raleigh, she served as a member of the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners. For much of her life. Parmon has been a community activist and organ izer who fought for the under dog and helped to get African Americans elected to public office. A longtime education consultant, Parmon founded LIFT Academy, which helped to graduate numerous teenagers w ho had been thrown out of traditional high schools and w ritten off by the school system. As a state representative, education has remained a top priority. She is chair of the House Education Subcommittee on Pre- School. Elementary and Secondary Education: the vice-chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Education: and the House Committee on Education. Parmon is also the co-chair of the Joint Legislative Commission on Dropout Prevention and High School Graduation and advisory mem ber of the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee. North Carolina firefighters remembered l.t. Herman Jones Profession remains one of the most deadly ( HR< )MC II ST \IF R I: PORT The National Fallen Firefighters Foundation held its 28th Annual memorial service fr\r f'lll.in firafinKtiirc nn Qiin/lov f hp HM IUIIV.II I IIV.II^IHV.1 .t Ull JUIIUUI IIIV first da\ of National Fire Prevention Week - in Emmitsburg. Md. The pro gram. which was co-sponsored by the I S Department of Homeland Security celebrated and honored the lives of 98 men and five women from 36 states. Most of the North Carolinians lost their lives last year. Those memorial ized were: i ? r l.__ t r* ? 1 a _?i in rirengnier James can muiui , 17, of Cold Water Fire & Rescue in r nnrnrrf Hi#?H in n mntnr vphirlp acci dent while responding to an accident scene on Feb. 11.2008. Forestry Technician Joshua Crisp. 26. of the U.S. Forest Service - Cheoah Ranger District in Robbinsville. died in a motor vehicle accident while enroute to a non-emergency duty assign ment on March 15. 2006. Fire Chief George Crocker. 32, of the Pine Level (NC) Volunteer Fire Department, died within 24 hours of an emergency 11 innu Monror v? ii juiiv. ^vuo. Firefighter Victor Isler. 40. and Firefighter Justin Monroe. 19, of the Salisbury Fire Department, died from smoke/heat exposure after becoming trapped during a large commercial structure fire on March 7. 2008. Assistant District Forester, Curtis Jessen. 32. of the North Carolina Division of Forest Resources. die0 after r_ it : c 1 1 f' l.: tailing irom a vsaicnau wimc iigiuing a wildland fire on Aug. 21 . 2008. I if>iitf?nant Herman Innp* SX nf the Raleigh Fire Department, died on Jan. 23, 2008 after suffering a torn aorta following department fitness training and tWo medical calls. Firefighter Walter NJichl, 76. of the Sec Firefighters on A5
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