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Vol. 16
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Issue 4
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Groundbreaking
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Incubator
Homecoming Week packed with
spirited events
The theme of Homecoming 2014 is the Spirit of Pembroke. It is a week filled
with events that culminates with Braves football battling Newberry College on
Saturday, October 25, beginning at 4 p.m.
Monday, October 20
11:30 a.m. – Homecoming Kickoff, U.C. Mall
2 p.m. – Spirit Competition judging
5:30 p.m. – “Hail to UNCP!” Book Talk & Signing,
U.C. Annex
6:30 p.m. – Native Round Dance, U.C. Annex
7:30 p.m. – “Jekyll & Hyde,” GPAC, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, October 21
11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. – Faculty & Staff Lunch
Fare, U.C. Annex
5 p.m. – Pembroke Chamber After Hours Mixer
Wednesday, October 22
3:30 – Cornhole Tournament, U.C. Annex Lawn
4 p.m. – Volleyball, Main Gym
7 p.m. – Professional Juggler Charles Peacock,
U.C. Lounge
Thursday, October 23
7 p.m. – Moonlight Madness and Pep Rally, Main
Gym
Friday, October 24
11:30 a.m. – 1964 Class Reunion, Chancellor’s
Dining Room (invitation only)
2 p.m. – Groundbreaking, Entrepreneurship
Incubator, 202 Main Street
4 p.m. - Homecoming Parade
6:30 p.m. – Alumni Awards and Hall of Fame
Banquet, U.C. Annex (reservations)
7 p.m. – Volleyball, Main Gym
9 p.m. – Homecoming Comedy Show with
Michael Ian Black, GPAC
Saturday, October 25
11 a.m. – Women’s Soccer, Varsity Grounds
12:30 p.m. – Tailgate Zone
4 p.m. – Football vs. Newberry
8 p.m. – Step Show, GPAC
10 a.m. – Homecoming Dance, U.C. Annex
Spirit of Pembroke
Homecoming Parade
Friday, Oct. 24, 4 p.m.
to participate:
www.uncp.edu/parade
Groundbreaking ceremonies for
the Entrepreneurship Incubator will be
held on Friday, October 24, at 2 p.m. at
202 Main Street, Pembroke. Campus
personnel, business representatives
and community residents are
invited to attend before enjoying the
Homecoming Parade.
Metcon, a Pembroke-based general
contractor that has built several
campus buildings, will be renovating
the 17,000 square-foot storefront.
Construction is on a 10-month
timetable, and the building will be
ready for occupancy in September
2015.
The storefront incubator will
house consultants, Beth Wilkerson of
the Small Business and Technology
Development Center (SBTDC) and
Dr. Carmen Calabrese and Dr. Mike
Menefee of the Thomas Family Center
for Entrepreneurship, the university’s
privately funded academic and
business development program.
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OCTOBER
2014
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Nursing
program ranked
5th among
Southern
schools
Pembroke Day packed ’em in
More than 3,000 attended Pembroke Day on October 1. Nearly 1,500 free hot dog lunches were handed out.
Here, the Quad walkways are jammed. Music was provided by the Pembroke Singers, UNCP Chorale, Jazz
Combo and the Marching Band.
Title IX
Administrator
Ronette Sutton Gerber
has been appointed director
of Title IX and Clery
Compliance. She previously
served as associate general
counsel for the university.
Gerber will oversee the
administration of policies, procedures
and data collection to ensure UNCP’s
compliance with Title IX of the
Education Amendments of 1972 as
it relates to gender discrimination,
with particular emphasis on sports,
employment and sexual harassment.
She will also instruct and manage the
university’s compliance with the Jeanne
Clery Act, which requires an annual
reporting and disclosure of campus
crime statistics for all colleges and
universities.
“It requires a good understanding
of the law, familiarity with university
policy and the ability to work
collaboratively with multiple
constituencies,” Chancellor Carter said.
“Ms. Gerber brings all these skills to
the table, and I’m pleased that she has
accepted this new role.”
Kimberly Locklear
promoted to
director of
purchasing
Kimberly Locklear has
been promoted to director
of the newly created
Purchasing Department.
As director, Locklear manages the
purchasing programs of the university
and has the responsibility for planning,
directing and coordinating all
functions as it relates to the purchase
of goods and services. She brings to the
job more than 13 years of purchasing
experience and 15 years in higher
education and reports to Carlton
Spellman, assistant vice chancellor for
administration.
Proficient in state purchasing
laws and policies, Locklear has
considerable experience with UNCP
policies and procedures as well. She
has been responsible for coordinating
the department’s activities with
the North Carolina Department of
Administration and the Division of
Purchase and Contracts, a role that she
will continue.
The RN-to-BSN program
has been ranked fifth best among
Southern colleges and universities by
Best Value Schools, an online rating
service.
In a survey of the 30 toprated schools in the south, UNCP
was compared to large and small
universities.
“We are
excited about
the news of
our ranking as
number five on
the Best Value
Schools list of
nursing programs
throughout the South,” said Dr.
Barbara Synowiez, chair of the
Department of Nursing. “This
ranking verifies the outstanding
opportunities at UNCP and the
exceptional nursing education
available for students.
“In addition, this recognition
affirms the faculty’s commitment to
providing quality nursing education
and the creation of an environment
in which our students develop a
passion for professional nursing
practice and lifelong learning,” Dr.
Synowiez said.
After rating all programs in the
region and determining the top 30,
the schools were ranked according
to affordability. The highest priced
university on the list came in at
$21,512, and the lowest cost was
$6,089. UNCP’s net cost was $9,632.
OCTOBER
2014
Frederick
Nominated for
NCAA Award
Faculty athletics representative
Dr. Jeff Frederick (History) has
been selected as the Peach Belt
Conference’s nominee for the
NCAA’s Dr. Dave Pariser FacultyMentor Award.
Frederick will represent the PBC
in competition with the 29 other
NCAA Division II conferences.
“I cannot think of an individual
who is more deserving of
recognition for their tireless efforts
to coach, mentor, and support our
student-athletes,” said Director of
Athletics Dick Christy. “Jeff is a true
asset to the athletics program at
UNCP and our students benefit from
his leadership.”
The criteria for the award states
that the delegate 1) represents the
NCAA Division II core values
of learning, passion, service,
resourcefulness, sportsmanship and
balance, 2) exhibits “mentorship” for
student-athletes and their institution
and 3) displays a strong commitment
to prepare student-athletes to
excel in their endeavors after their
athletics careers have ended.
Frederick regularly preaches an
open-door policy for each student
on campus and visits with athletic
teams to talk about the importance
of academics and the balance
needed to be a collegiate studentathlete. Frederick often serves as an
advisor to student-athletes on their
curriculum, but always makes time
to support them in their athletic
endeavors at home events.
“I am grateful to be nominated
by UNC Pembroke and the Peach
Belt for this prestigious award,”
Frederick said. “My passion is
to work with students and I find
student-athletes to be intellectually
curious, motivated and passionate
about their futures. That is a terrific
combination.”
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UNCP part
of PBS Program
The Lumbee Tribe and UNCP were
featured on Bare Feet with Michela
Mallozzi in a 26-minute video. Mallozzi,
a New York dancer and filmmaker,
explored the community and powwow
dancing.
“Dance of the Spring Moon” airs on
public television and online. The video
moves from Lumberton up the Lumber
River to Pembroke. Dr. Michele Fazio
discussed “Voices of the Lumbee” and
lessons learned about the Lumbee in
the post-war economy. April Wittemore
Locklear (Transfer Transitions) and her
son, Laettner, discussed the intricate
meanings of Native regalia.
See it at: http://a002-vod.nyc.gov/
html/bare_feet.php?id=2605&pn=1.
Friends of
the Library
scholarships
grow
The Friends of the Mary
Livermore Library has contributed
an additional $10,000 to increase the
principal balance of their Generalist
Endowed Scholarship. Last spring,
the Friends of the Library awarded
scholarships to eight students.
The Friends have two endowed
scholarship for $1,000 each. They now
have two Generalist Scholarships for
$500 each. The Dean Elinor Foster
Scholarship is a non-endowed annual
award, and the Ben Chavis Endowed
Scholarship provides $1,000 annually.
Four book scholarship of $300 each
were awarded last year.
Scholarship funds are raised at
the annual Dinner and Auction. For
membership or other information
about the Friends of the Library,
please call (910) 521-6516.
Obama administration official
comes to Pembroke
Bill Mendoza,
executive director of the
White House Initiative
on American Indian and
Alaska Native Education,
met with representatives
of the Lumbee Tribe and
university community in
Old Main on September 9.
He knows UNCP through
its participation in the
Native American Serving
Non-Tribal Institutions, a
grant program of the U.S.
Department of Education. Bill Mendoza speaks with Dr. Mary Ann Jacobs in Old Main.
An Oglala-Sicangu
Lakota, who grew up on the Pine Ridge and Rosebud Sioux reservations in South
Dakota, Mendoza demonstrated his familiarity of the Lumbee.
“I am tremendously touched by the sense of community, struggle and
resilience of the Lumbee,” Mendoza said. “It is tremendously inspiring. There is
a lot here that other tribes could work with. There is a web of collaboration here
that does not exist elsewhere.”
OCTOBER
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Bookstore bringing home the
bacon for scholarships
This fall, the UNCP Bookstore is rolling out the Bring Home the Bacon for
Textbooks scholarship program. Each campus department and office will be visited
by Bookstore staff members who will deliver a piggy bank.
“We ask that you feed the pig with your spare
change and support textbook scholarships at
UNC Pembroke,” said Bookstore Manager Karen
Swiney. “With the rising prices of textbooks the
Bring Home the Bacon campaign will provide
another worthwhile avenue for scholarships to well
deserving students.”
The Bookstore makes textbook savings available
to students in multiple formats, including used
books, textbook rentals, e-books and by giving a five
percent discount for using a UNCP reusable bag.
Textbook donations are offered several times
throughout the year - during orientation, the annual
Halloween Costume Contest and end-of-semester
buyback. During each book adoption period, $1,000
in scholarships is awarded.
All participating offices have to do is to stop by
the Bookstore and sign up to foster a pig and feed it
with your spare change throughout the semester. If
Debra Singletary (Graduate Studies) the pig needs picking, you may contact the
feeds
the pig in her office.
Bookstore, and they will return it nice and lean.
The week prior to exams, the Bookstore will calculate how much “bacon”
each department has brought in. The department that raises the most money will
have lunch catered for their entire department compliments of Sodexo and the
Bookstore.
Day of Service
Dr. John Jones (Student Affairs) pitched in, literally, on the 9/11 Day of Service and Arbor Day on September
13. More than 100 students showed up at 8:30 a.m. on a soggy Saturday to plant trees behind GPAC and
clean up the grounds at Pine Cottage and the Campus Garden. It was sponsored by the offices of Community
and Civic Engagement and Sustainability. Pictured are members of the Spirit Squad, who volunteered to do
some heavy lifting.
Chinese Moon Festival, the traditional celebration
of fall, was held on September 17. A Moon Festival
play, a fan dance, crafts, food and more were part of
the event. It was sponsored by the Office of Diversity
& Inclusion, China Eight restaurant and Yuanyuan
Lin (Foreign Languages).
Hutchens, Fazio
win two awards
Dr. Jason Hutchens (Mass
Communication) and Dr. Michele Fazio
(English) won two awards this fall for
their work on “Voices of the Lumbee.”
The documentary film took first
place honors in the faculty competition
for District II of the Broadcast
Education Association. Dr. Hutchens
received the award at the organization’s
recent conference in Boone, N.C.
On October 11, they were awarded
the Brown-Hudson Award from the
North Carolina Folklore Society. The
award recognizes individuals who
make significant contributions to
the transmission, appreciation and
observance of traditional culture and
folklife in North Carolina.
OCTOBER
2014
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Dr. Oxendine to
participate in
Chinese school
forum
During the
first week in
November, Dr.
Olivia Oxendine,
a faculty member
in the Department
of Educational
Leadership and Counseling,
will represent the State Board of
Education as a member of the
North Carolina delegation traveling
to Jaingsu, China to participate in
the Zhenjiang Forum on School
Leadership.
Members of the delegation will
visit several schools in the Zhenjiang
province and exchange perspectives
on the role of school leaders in
global educational reform. The
event is sponsored by the Center for
International Understanding located
in Chapel Hill and serves to promote
awareness; expand understanding;
and empower action through global
education. The center partners with
North Carolina businesses, policy
makers, and education leaders. The
goal is to make North Carolina the
most globally engaged state in the
nation.
In other activities, Dr. Oxendine
was appointed to the Academic
Standards Review Commission
authorized by the General
Assembly to study the Common
Core State Standards and propose
recommendations to the full State
Board of Education by December
2015.
In addition, Dr. Oxendine serves
on the North Carolina Commission
of the Principal Fellows Program.
This 12-member body governs the
direction of the program, including
the selection of qualified recipients
to participate in the program.
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Dr. McDonald
named to state
counselors board
Dr. Angela
McDonald
(Counseling) has
been appointed by
Gov. Pat McCrory to
serve on the Board
of Directors for
the North Carolina
Board of Licensed Professional
Counselors (NCBLPC).
The NCBLPC was established
in 1993 to regulate the activities
of persons who render counseling
services to the public. It is empowered
to carry out provisions of the law,
which include activities such as:
examining and passing on the
qualifications of candidates, issuing
licenses and license renewals,
adopting ethical standards and
examination materials, establishing
standards for continuing professional
counselor education and conducting
investigations and hearings as
necessary to enforce the Licensed
Professional Counselors Act.
Dr. Sara
Simmons
(Education) has
been elected by the
membership to serve
a two-year term
on the Executive
Committee of
the North Carolina Association of
Colleges and Teacher Educators (NCACTE). The Executive Committee is
the governing board.
This professional organization
is the state unit of the Association of
Teacher Educators and the American
Association of Colleges for Teacher
Education. It unites the state’s public
and private colleges and universities
that offer educator preparation
programs, as well as public agencies
that foster teacher education.
Dr. Jeffrey
M. Warren
(Professional
School
Counseling)
recently coauthored an article
with colleagues at
NC A&T and Florida A&M.
The article, titled “Three Tiered
Model Toward Improved SelfAwareness and Self-Care,” was peerreviewed and published in Ideas
and Research You Can Use: VISTA
2014. VISTAS Online is published
by Counseling Outfitters, LLC,
and sponsored by the American
Counseling Association.
Also, Dr. Warren recently coauthored a review of a song with
Clinical Mental Health Counseling
student, Shanna Bell. The review
was published in the Chi Sigma
Iota Counselors’ Bookshelf. The
review provides an overview of
“True to Yourself ” by Ziggy Marley
and includes ways the song can be
utilized when working with clients
struggling with a variety of issues.
UNCP
Counseling
Programs’ students
Kathy McCoin
(Business), Jarrett
Evans, Vanessa
Doran, and Robyn
Dr. Nicole Adamson
Hale and their
advisors Dr. Jeffrey Warren and Dr.
Nicole Adamson poster proposal
for the ACA 2015 Conference and
Expo (March 12-15, 2015) was
recently accepted. The topic of
the presentation is “Using the CSI
Counselors’ Bookshelf to Support
Professional Identity and Advocacy.”
OCTOBER
2014
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Dr. Hagevik’s
paper wins
national award
Dr. Rita Hagevik
(Biology), director
of the Science
Education program,
and a team of
collaborators found
a way to help school
children discover the natural world
of their schoolyard utilizing new
technologies.
Their article was recently
published in the March 2013 issue
of Science and Children, a peerreviewed journal of the National
Science Teachers Association
(NSTA). Published under the title,
“Get Connected,” the article was
recently awarded the national
REVERE Award (Recognizing
Valuable Educational Resources
across all ages, in all media, for
all educational settings) by the
Association of American Publishers.
The REVERE Award identifies
and honors excellence in educational
materials. No other competition has
had the longevity and success of the
national REVERE Awards, and other
awards cannot match the prestige of
winning a REVERE Award.
Dr. Rose
Stremlau (History)
was invited to give a
talk at a symposium
at Florida State
University on
September 12.
The event was titled “Indians
as Southerners, Southerners as
Indians, “and Dr. Stremlau’s talk was
“Allotment, Sexuality, and the State:
Re-conceptualizing the Privatization
of Land and the Politicization of
Indigenous Bodies in the South.”
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Broadcasting
faculty discuss
unmanned aerial
videography
Dr. Jamie
Litty (Mass
Communication)
put together a
panel for the
Broadcast Education
Association’s District
II annual conference
held in Boone, N.C., in late September.
Terence Dollard and Dr. Jason
Hutchens shared insights on what
broadcast pedagogy could look like
should the FAA ever lift its ban on
the use of unmanned aerial vehicles
by all but hobbyists and government
authorities.
Dr. Litty spoke on the lack of
definitional precision and conceptual
clarity at the federal level, misnomers
in the popular press and liability or
privacy concerns that have grounded
unmanned aircraft in broadcast
education. She advised: “Don’t call it a
‘Drone’ – A Public Relations Problem
for Unmanned Aerial Videography.”
Drs. Irina Falls (Education), Rita
Hagevik (Biology) and Sara Simmons
(Education) presented their research,
titled “Promoting Resilience and
Retention of Beginning Teachers in
Five School Districts in Southeastern
North Carolina,” at the North Carolina
Association of Colleges and Teacher
Educators (NC-ACTE) fall forum on
September 26.
At the conference, Drs. Hagevik
(Biology), Falls and Heather Higgins
(Education) presented their research,
titled “The Role of Handheld
Computing in Facilitating Resilience
through Problem Solving.”
“The Brief
History of Social
Media” is an article by
Dr. Tony Curtis (Mass
Communication)
in the new book
“Issues Today:
Social Media,” edited by Christina
Hughes to be published this winter
by Independence Educational
Publishers, Cambridge, England.
The article outlines Internet
media in stages from “Before the
Dawn” of social media in 1969
through “The Dawning” in 1994 and
“After the Dawn” from 2005 to today.
The book is aimed primarily at
the 16-18 age group. It will be used
in a wide variety of courses including
GCSE, A-level and further education,
as well as by public libraries, prison
education providers, government
agencies and professional health and
social care bodies.
Dr. Rita Hagevik (Biology) and
two science education graduate
students, Corinne Jordan and David
Wimert, presented at the 2014
Mid-Atlantic regional meeting of
the Association Science Teachers
Educators (ASTE) in Blowing Rock,
N.C. on September 19-20.
The title of their presentations
were: “The Use of Mobile
Technologies and ArcGIS online
to Improve Pre-service Science
Teachers’ Understanding of
Visual Data” (R. Hagevik), “Use
of Student Created Smartphone
Apps to Improve Understanding
of Complex Human Anatomy and
Physiology Concepts” (C. Jordan)
and “The Effect of Inquiry-Based
Science on Middle School Students’
Alternative Concepts Regarding the
Conservation of Mass” (D. Wimert).
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Alison DeCinti
joins Leadership
North Carolina
Alison DeCinti
(Advancement)
joined 54 civic and
community leaders
from across the state
who were accepted to
form the 2014-15 class
for Leadership North Carolina, the
state’s premier leadership engagement
program. She was awarded the
William Garrett Scholarship.
Each year, through a rigorous
selection process, LNC chooses a class
of established and emerging leaders
from across the state to participate in
its acclaimed program.
Over the course of six twoand-a-half day sessions, Class
XXII participants will learn about
issues critical to the state through
discussions with top officials
and professionals, field trips and
experiential learning activities.
Through LNC’s program, participants
gain new insight into North Carolina’s
strengths and challenges and develop
their own action plans for ways they
can improve and empower their
communities and the state as a whole.
Dr. Sara Simmons (Education)
presented a session titled “Charting
the Course to Resilience and
Retention for Beginning Teachers” at
the 32nd Annual Teacher Education
Forum, sponsored by the North
Carolina Association of Colleges and
Teacher Educators.
In this session, she presented the
ongoing research related to Project
PREP (Partnership for Retention of
Education Professionals), a grantfunded project supported by the Z.
Smith Reynolds Foundation that is
in its fourth year and for which she
serves as primary investigator.
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A short story by
Dr. Jay Hansford C.
Vest, “Akiko’s Dream,”
was published in
the Yellow Medicine
Review: A Journal of
Indigenous Literature,
Art and Thought (Fall 2014; pages
178-184).
This short story reflects on Dr.
Vest’s experience teaching at the
University of Lethbridge, Alberta,
Canada, in 1995 where he encountered
a Japanese student who had saved her
money so as to come and study Native
Americans. During her study at the
university, Dr. Vest introduced her to
several old elders and had a special
encounter with a grizzly bear, which
helped her realize her dream.
Dr. Charles
Jenkins (Education)
wrote op-ed piece
that appeared in
the Laurinburg
Exchange newspaper
on October 1. It was
a very thorough look at the impact of
UNCP on the community. He noted
the strong enrollment this fall, and
that Scotland County produces the
fourth largest number of students for
the university of any North Carolina
county.
Dr. Jenkins, who was provost for
many years and served as interim
chancellor, contributed the article as
part of a series written by education,
business and community leaders for
the newspaper.
Another article by Dr. Vest,
“Solace at Kootenai Falls,” (creative
non-fiction) was published in
Yellow Medicine Review: A Journal
of Indigenous Literature, Art and
Thought, (online journal, October
2014) 13pp.
This article recalls personal
experiences observing wilderness
solitude at Kootenai Falls and
testimony at a hearing to preserve this
last great waterfall in the northwest as
well a special encounter with elders
of the Kootenai Tribe regarding the
sacred significance of this magical
place.
New Hires
The North
Carolina Section
of American
Association of Physics
Teachers (NCAAPT) conference
will be held at the
Department of Chemistry and
Physics on November 7 – 8.
Dr. Bill Brandon (Physics) is
president of this organization and
will be hosting this year’s program at
UNCP.
Terry M. Dimery - Student Services Specialist,
Financial Aid
Jamie M. Hall - Executive Assistant, Vice
Chancellor of Student Affairs
Alisa L. Hammonds - Medical & Health Program
Consultant, Healthy Start 13-14
Melinda C. Locklear - Accounting Technician,
Budget Office
Chuckie Lowery - Broadcast & Emerging Media
Engineering Technician, Mass Communications
Joanna L. Minett - University Program Specialist,
Student Affairs Marketing and Publicity
Marquitta L. Smith - Postdoctoral Researcher,
Army Grant
Angela C. Thomas - Administrative Support
Associate, Admissions
Danielle S. Walker - Administrative Support
Associate, English, Theatre & Foreign Languages
Lewis A. Whitley - Technology Support
Technician, Mathematics & Computer Science
Tony A. Wilson - Business Technology
Applications Analyst & Web and Social Media
Publisher, University Communications &
Marketing
Promotions
Susan D. Evans - Business Technology
Application Technician, Institutional Effectiveness
Ronette A. Gerber – Director, Title IX & Clery
Compliance, Office of the Chancellor
Kimberly H. Locklear - Director of Purchasing
John A. Parnell - Interim Dean, School of
Business
Donna W. Strickland - Associate Director of
Human Resources
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Big Read: UNCP leads way in
Laurinburg
FABRICation! Nancy Palm (left), A.D. Gallery director, introduces
artist Virginia Derryberry who gave the gallery talk. Seven artists and a
multitude of fabrics, materials and styles are featured. Derryberry is an
art professor at UNC Asheville. Approximately 50 students, faculty and
staff came for the opening. The exhibit is on display until October 31.
State Employees Combined
Campaign Ongoing
Nicolette Campos (Accessibility Resources Center)
and Claire Clemens (Library) have been named co-chairs
of the university’s 2014-15 State Employees Combined
Campaign. For those unfamiliar, the campaign is a
consolidation of approved charitable organizations, local,
state and national, into one giving program for state
employees.
“My role as co-chair is to support all of the campaign’s
initiatives and to encourage each of you to support this
great cause!” Campos said. “By working together through
the State Employees Combined Campaign (SECC),
your gift facilitates positive change. Contributions to
your favorite charity through this campaign are payroll
deductible so that you give monthly to the charity you are
passionate about.”
The goal is to have 14 percent of our faculty, staff and
retirees contribute this year.
Currently, the campaign needs 101 more donors to
meet its goal. The State Employees Combined Campaign
runs through October 31.
Completed forms may be sent via campus mail to
Chris Davis (Advancement) in Lindsay Hall.
For questions, contact him at extension 6829.
The Art Ed Club and faculty advisor Dr. Tulla Lightfoot (Art) participated in the
kickoff of the Big Read. The students and Dr. Lightfoot manned the Storytelling
booth at the Kuumba Festival last Friday, September 27, in Laurinburg.
The Storytelling and Arts Center of the Southeast in
Laurinburg is in the midst of this year’s Big Read, which
features several members of our UNCP community. Dr. Mark
Canada, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, is a center
board member.
The Big Read is a community reading event sponsored
by the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with
Arts Midwest. This year, the focus is on the works of Edgar
Allan Poe. Free copies of “Great Tales and Poems of Edgar
Allan Poe” are available at SACS in downtown Laurinburg,
at Scotland County Memorial Library on Church Street in
Laurinburg, and at Hickory Hall on the UNCP campus.
Unless otherwise indicated, all events are free and open to
the public.
• Oct. 2 (4 p.m.): Big Read Kickoff featured “Puzzling
Poe” presentation by Dr. Canada at Scotland County Memorial
Library in Laurinburg
• Oct. 17/18, 24/25 after football games on Fridays and
at 10 a.m. on Saturdays are Poe radio dramas and readings by
Michael Berntsen (English), Jonathan Drahos (English), Dr.
Canada and others on WLNC 1300 AM and 95.1 FM.
• Oct. 17-19: Poe storytelling at the annual Storytelling
Festival of Carolina on the grounds of the John Blue House in
Laurinburg
• Oct. 25: Poe Murder Mystery Party, organized by Dr.
Therese Rizzo (English) and Holly Payne (Theatre), at SACS in
downtown Laurinburg; cost: $15
• Nov. 1: Showing of the film ‘House of Usher” with a
discussion led by Dr. Richard Vela (English)
OCTOBER
2014
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Upcoming Music
Events
All events will be held in Moore Hall Auditorium
unless otherwise specified.
International Housekeepers Week was celebrated on campus September 14 – 20 with
t-shirts and recognition. Housekeepers are truly the unsung heroes at UNCP. Since 1981,
one week has been set aside per year for all to focus attention and recognition on the
professional housekeepers working in facilities such as hospitals, hotels, colleges and
schools and more who maintain a cleaner, safer, healthier environment for all of us every day.
Join in the spirit of International Housekeepers Week and thank your housekeeper every day.
Pictured above is the second shift and below, left is the first shift and at right, the third shift.
Don’t be scared...
it’s only bowling!
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21 - 7:30 p.m.
Guest Artist Recital: Lawrence Quinnett, piano
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23 - 7:30 p.m.
Phi Mu Alpha American Musicale
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24 - 7:30 p.m.
Combined Choirs Concert
MONDAY, OCTOBER 27 - 6 p.m.
Junior Recital: William Wilson, euphonium;
Max Mensing, tuba
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28 - 7:30 p.m.
OCTUBAFEST
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5 - 7:30 p.m.
Musical Theatre Scenes Production
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6 - 7:30 p.m.
Student Chamber Ensembles Concert
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9 - 7:30 p.m.
(Givens Performing Arts Center)
UNCP Wind Ensemble Performance with special
guests Brian Balmages, composer/conductor and
Allen Vizzutti, trumpet
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10 - 3 p.m.
(NCMEA Conference, Winston-Salem, NC)
UNCP Wind Ensemble Performance with special
guests Brian Balmages, composer/conductor, and
Allen Vizzutti, trumpet
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11 - 7:30 p.m.
UNCP Jazz Combos Concert
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13 - 6 p.m.
Senior Recital: Terriq White, tenor
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15 - 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
UNCP Flute Day
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15 - 7:30 p.m.
Percussion Ensemble Recital
The Spirit of Pembroke
HOMECOMING PARADE
Friday, October 24
4 p.m.
Interested in participating?
Entry form: www.uncp.edu/parade
or call 910.521.6899 for info
Entries due
Monday, October 20