October 2024 Announcements
- Let’s pack the polls at NC State this election season! Talley Student Union is an early voting site for the general election from Oct. 17-Nov. 2. Talley is your one-stop shop to register or update your voter registration and cast your ballot (for campus and Wake county residents). Your vote is your voice! Learn more at go.ncsu.edu/packthepolls.
- Flu vaccinations are now available for students, faculty and staff on campus via appointments and walk-in clinics! Vaccinations can be made by appointment, and Campus Health will host a number of walk-in clinics at locations throughout campus through Dec. 9. Learn more.
- The NC State Division of Environmental Health and Public Safety has published the 2024 Annual Security and Fire Safety Report. You may access the report online. Hardcopies are available by request to University Police, either in-person or by email. Please visit the University Police website for more information.
- For more information on how you can help/receive assistance in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, please read the latest message from Chancellor Woodson, review resources from NC State Extension.
Administrative Updates
- The Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost is responsible for reviewing the administrative performance of vice provosts and senior vice provosts. Per Regulation 05.50.05 Review of Vice Chancellor and Dean of Academic and Student Affairs, Dean of the Graduate School, and Vice Provosts, comprehensive reviews are conducted to assess unit leadership and programs at intervals of not more than five years from the initial date of appointment or the date of the last review. Consistent with this regulation, the Office of Assessment and Accreditation Leadership and Program Review will be held this academic year.
As part of the review, Vice Provost for Assessment and Accreditation Fashaad Crawford will give a unit overview presentation that the campus community is invited to to attend on Friday, Nov. 8, 9-10 a.m., in Witherspoon Student Center, Washington Sankofa Room (Rm 126). Virtual participants may join Zoom Webinar, which be accessible Nov. 8 at go.ncsu.edu/oaa_review.
- Rebecca Sanchez has been named director of NC State’s Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP), effective October 1. In this role, she will work with the QEP implementation teamto enhance student success through Packways: Learning by Doing, the university’s 2024-2029 QEP.
- Two new department head appointments became effective in September:
- Tania Allen (Interim), Media Arts, Design and Technology, College of Design
- Steve Shannon (Interim), Nuclear Engineering, College of Engineering
From Continuing and Lifelong Education:
- Golf.com showcases NC State’s groundbreaking seven-day certification program taught by Tour Caddie Collective founders. Read more here.
From DELTA:
- Vice Provost Donna Petherbridge has been elected to the board of directors of EDUCAUSE, the association for information technology in higher education. Petherbridge will serve a four-year term. Petherbridge has been part of DELTA since its formation in 2000 and has worked at NC State since 1997.
- DELTA has awarded a total of 13 Express Grants stretching across eight colleges. There were six Course Mapping, two Course Accessibility and five Instructional Tools Grants accepted for the fall. DELTA Express Grants differ from DELTA Grants in that they are shorter and more directed toward course improvement which will last a semester as opposed to the traditional year. Faculty recipients will work with the Digital Learning team to enhance their courses through the Express Grants.
- As a unit in the NC State Office of the Provost, DELTA fosters the integration and support of digital learning in NC State’s academic programs and supports online and distance education. Our mission is to leverage technology and pedagogy to create innovative, effective, and impactful digital learning experiences. DELTA operates with a collaborative, service-oriented, and innovative mindset for the benefit of instructors and learners. Discover or rediscover DELTA’s pillar programs that support NC State instructors here.
- Initial findings of new research conducted jointly by DELTA Research and the Office for Faculty Excellence suggest a strong correlation between inclusive teaching practices and positive outcomes for students including increased feelings of belonging, perceptions of instructor caring, overall course satisfaction and course performance. The research project, Capturing the Online Student Experience: Course Belonging, Community and Teaching Practices, examines students’ understanding of how course design promotes an inclusive classroom community that emphasizes student success and course satisfaction. Initial findings were presented at the 2024 NC State Conference on Faculty Excellence.
- DELTA Faculty Fellow Sarah Khan explores the relevance of AI for future business leaders in her article, “Why Generative AI? Reasons to Embrace the AI Renaissance”. Read more here.
From the Office for Faculty Excellence:
- Join the Wolfpack 14-Day Writing Challenge! Are you ready to revitalize your writing practice? As part of the upcoming National Day on Writing (Oct. 20), we’re excited to invite you to participate in the Wolfpack 14-Day Writing Challenge, starting on that day! Whether you’re working on research, creative projects, or just looking to develop a consistent writing habit, this challenge is designed to help you make daily writing part of your routine. And just like in the Wolfpack, you won’t be writing alone—this challenge will connect you with colleagues across campus for accountability and support.
- SoTL Journal Club fall dates are Tuesday, Oct. 22 and Tuesday, Nov. 12 from 1-2 p.m. via Zoom. Are you interested in learning more about the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) before committing to applying to NC State’s SoTL Institute? Are you a former participant in the SoTL Institute interested in finding community around your educational scholarship? Then the SoTL Journal Club could be a perfect fit. The SoTL Journal Club’s goal is to create community around SoTL themes, and to connect practitioners with faculty that might be interested in learning more about the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.
- The Campus Writing and Speaking Program workshop: Delivering Research Presentations at Conferences will take place Thursday, Oct. 17, from 10-11 a.m. Conference presentations of research constitute a core component of academic life. Improving your research presentations can boost your career as well as enhance your connection with colleagues and other audiences. This workshop, offered through the NC State Campus Writing and Speaking Program (CWSP), provides concrete techniques to enhance your presentational skills at conferences. We also will address the challenges and triumphs that participants have had (or anticipate) at conferences, yielding concrete action plans to optimize performance for novice as well as experienced presenters.
- The Campus Writing and Speaking Program workshop: Communication in and for the Workplace will take place Wednesday, Oct. 24, from noon-1 p.m., in person or via Zoom. In this workshop, faculty will discuss with participants the role of writing practices in business, science, and technical work, including in education, engineering, finance, management, marketing, programming and research (among other fields). The workshop will cover the kind of rhetorical situations, audiences and genres that students associate with their professional work, as well as the most common situations and functions of writing that students do in their professional lives. Participants in this workshop will benefit from an understanding of how the kinds of communication practices they teach directly impact student success. If you are interested in learning about what makes NC State students successful in their employment after graduating and the ways that robust written, oral, and digital communication plays a part, join us!
- Faculty Conversation Series: Coming Together to Search for Rewarding Team Experiences will take place Wednesday, Oct. 30 from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. via Zoom. Join us for a conversation about teamwork in courses with Faculty Fellow Carlos Goller. Whether you are teaching in the classroom, laboratory, field, or online, group work presents numerous opportunities for growth, reflection, and learning. Research about teamwork and strategies from different fields will be discussed. Come exchange resources, ideas, and strategies to promote fairness and teamwork that is rewarding for group members and instructors!
From the Genetics and Genomics Academy:
- Join Ken Miller for a discussion on the relationship between the scientific understanding of evolution and faith at a special seminar at NC State. Miller’s lecture is titled “Human Evolution: What Does It Mean for Science, Humanism and Faith?” and will be presented in Talley Mountains Ballroom from 6 – 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 16.
From the Global One Health Academy:
- The Global One Health Academy is proud to partner with Citizen Science Campus to offer Participatory Science Microgrants to advance graduate research that utilizes participatory science approaches and/or advance the field of participatory sciences. To be eligible for this award, the applicant must be a graduate or professional student at NC State and enrolled in the Participatory Sciences Graduate Certificate. Award amounts are available up to $1,000 for projects occurring January through June 2025.
- The Global One Health Academy has awarded five GCAP-AMR Seed Grants to projects accelerating knowledge advancement in the area of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). These seed grants are a bi-product of a new GOHA initiative, the Grand Challenges Addressing Program (GCAP) – to address wicked problems that demand an interdisciplinary approach. This first GCAP targets the silent pandemic of AMR at the human-animal-plant-environment interface.
- Please let your students know that they can experience Prague through the lens of One Health, through this Summer II study abroad course, GOH 302: Global One Health Applications. This program applies the One Health framework to real-world global health challenges through field-based learning and interdisciplinary engagement. They’ll participate in immersive field visits, examining issues such as emerging infectious diseases, antimicrobial resistance, and the health impacts of climate change. These hands-on experiences and interactive learning sessions will challenge them to think critically about the many factors that influence health outcomes across different domains.
From the Global Training Initiative:
- The NC State community embraced 30 students from universities of applied sciences across Germany who participated in a program on “A Culture of Sustainability” that included cultural and academic exchanges among all participants. Learn more.
From the Office of Information Technology:
- Hear from Chancellor Woodson as he shares how you can help NC State beat UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke in the Cyber Bowl. Throughout October, students, faculty and staff can visit go.ncsu.edu/cyberbowl to complete a short quiz about cybersecurity, earn points for NC State and be entered to win awesome prizes. The school with the most points will be named the champion!
- Attend the upcoming IT Quick Halls to hear the latest campus IT news. On Oct. 23, CIO Marc Hoit will chat with Amy Orders from Environmental Health and Public Safety about campus emergency preparedness. On Nov. 20, Lt. Col. Seth Barun will join to discuss the North Carolina National Guard Cyber Security Response Force.
- OIT will perform extended IT maintenance from 6 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 3. Campus IT users should expect that many major IT and network services will be degraded or unavailable during this time.
- Cybercriminals are targeting NC State email addresses with a scam that claims they have video of the individual engaging in embarrassing or inappropriate activity. The email includes personal information, such as the individual’s phone number, home address and even images of their home. While it can be alarming to receive this kind of message, this information is often publicly available and used to scare you into sending money. Don’t fall for it!
- To ensure a secure and supported Windows environment, Microsoft desktops running Windows 10 must be upgraded to Windows 11 by Friday, July 25, 2025. Due to Windows 11 hardware requirements, some devices will need to be replaced. Plan now for this change.
From the Institute for Emerging Issues:
- The Institute for Emerging Issues is excited to welcome NC State undergraduate student Ella Taylor as its new communications intern. Throughout the 2024-2025 academic year, Ella will write stories, create digital media and develop narratives to tell the story of the work IEI and its partners are doing throughout North Carolina.
- Read our September 2024 Director’s Message from IEI Director Sarah Langer Hall and learn more about how the university is responding to Hurricane Helene.
From the Sustainable Futures Initiative:
- To work toward a more sustainable future, one must first reimagine that future. Beginning this spring, a new program at NC State will engage student teams in doing just that. Through the redesign of the United Parcel Service (UPS) Foundation Endowment agreement between the UPS Foundation and NC State Continuing and Lifelong Education, the Sustainable Futures Fellows will welcome its first cohort of interdisciplinary student teams in the Spring 2025 semester.
Selected fellows will work in teams of four students alongside a faculty mentor to explore unique sustainability challenges and opportunities across key sectors of the economy, including energy, agriculture, forestry, manufacturing, transportation and more. For 15 weeks, teams will engage in rigorous research and analysis, identifying the drivers, disruptions, transitions and transformative opportunities that may shape a chosen industry over the next 10, 20, 50 and 100 years.
Open to undergraduate and graduate students, this program includes a $1,500 stipend per student, as well as $2,000 for faculty mentors; five hours of weekly teamwork and the potential for summer funding continuation. The application deadline is Nov. 22. Learn more at go.ncsu.edu/futuresfellows.
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