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tuesday september
28 2010
Raleigh, North Carolina
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Parents and Families Services recognizes top family Danielle Maness’ family will be recognized at the Oct. 2 football game.
chology, was chosen out of 25 entries to be the winner for the 2010 Family of the Year award. Maness said she wanted people to know what her family has done for her. Joanna Banegas “I didn’t believe it,” Maness said. “I Staff Writer was just doing something for them in The office of Parents and Families return and I didn’t expect to win. I Services has chosen the winner for the just really wanted to write about my 12th annual Family of the Year Award. family.” Jennifer Bell, director of Parents Family of the Year is awarded by the Office of Parents and Families Ser- and Families Services said the applivices. Students can nominate their cants are judged based on criteria and examples of the family through family support an essay contest. for the student’s The Family of the education. Year award is con“A t s o m e sidered a tradition point, she went at Parents and through a time Families weekof crisis in her end. According to life in college Parents and Famand that was the ilies Services, the biggest example award is intended she shared with to celebrate the us,” Bell said. supportive roles “Her family was families play in a key by helping the lives of stuher through that dents a nd t he Danielle Maness, senior in psychology process.” University comLaci Weeden, munity. Since 1999, the University has rec- assistant director for the Office of ognized one special family each year, Parents and Families Services said in her essay, Maness described how she according to Bell. “By acknowledging a family of the has her biological family and her N.C. year, we’re recognizing the values of State family of the faculty and staff. “Maness talked about how she has student’s families,” Bell said. “It is way to say thanks to all our students’ fami- support from two families: her biolies for being so supportive, and be- logical family and her N.C. State famcause it gives an opportunity for stu- ily who are the faculty and staff that dents to host their parents to campus, supported to help her push on and be giving their families Wolfpack spirit.” what she can be,” Weeden said. In her application essay, Maness deDanielle Maness, a senior in psy-
“I didn’t believe it. I was just doing something for them in return and I didn’t expect to win. I just really wanted to write about my family.”
scribed her family’s support and enthusiasm for the University, according to a press release. Weeden said in her essay, Maness said that people think her mom is an N.C. State alumna because she wears NCSU attire everywhere she goes. Also in her essay, Maness said her brother always expects University clothes for Christmas. “Her great uncle, who died when she was 13, was a huge N.C. state fan and she wrote about his drive and motivation to help her,” Weeden said. “People aren’t aware of how important family is to students and how family plays such a key role in student’s lives.” Maness’ family makes sure she has everything she needs, according to Maness. “I do pageants, so when it is time for a pageant, everybody is helping and raising money and they just love me,” Maness said. Bell said family is defined in all different shapes and forms. “Danielle is recognizing her mother and her brother. She is also is recognizing her grandmother and her uncle,” Bell said. Maness and her family will be recognized with a presentation during Parents and Families Weekend at the Virginia Tech football game Saturday, according to Weeden. Chancellor Randy Woodson and Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Tom Stafford will present Maness family with a commemorative plaque, a class ring, and a $500 book scholarship. “This is a good way to thank your
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Celebrating after a N.C. State touchdown, the 2009 N.C. State family of the year, the Bulfin family, cheers after watching a touchdown in Carter-Finley Stadium Saturday Sept. 26, 2009.
French business school signs International students face lease on Centennial Campus problems upon arrival - for study, research and employment.” SKEMA’s academic strategy is to open its own campus in countries it believes will have a major influence on global business. SKEMA currently has campuses in China and Morocco, in addition to three campuses in France. “Our new partnership with N.C. State will allow Shivalik Daga SKEMA to provide a complete range of service and Staff Writer academic excellence to students,” said Alice GuilN.C. State is expanding international connections hon, dean of the SKEMA business school. “Openby partnering with top ranked French Business ing this N.C. State campus represents a unique opportunity for students, faculty members and School SKEMA. The School of Knowledge Economy and Manage- our respective regions. We look forward to being ment, SKEMA, will offer several undergraduate and actively engaged and supportive of the academic graduate business programs, ranging from one to and business communities in North Carolina, as two semesters, on Centennial Campus. The first we are in France.” SKEMA students will pay the same fees charged to group of about 250 students will arrive for the spring the University’s full-time undergraduate/graduate semester in January 2011. SKEMA will lease about 18,000 square feet on students for use of the library facilities and services; Centennial Campus and have a resident academic campus recreation and gym facilities; and university bus transportation. director as well as its own SKEMA students are faculty and administrative not considered N.C. staff. State students. They The school was opened can’t be provided acin June 2009 because of a com modat ion, a nd merger of two top French will have to arrange for business schools, Ceram housing by themselves. Business School and the According to Wiess, ESC Lille School of Manthis might create some agement. In 2009, The Ira Weiss, dean of the College of Management hassles for the French Financial Times’ Master students as popular offin Management ranking placed CERAM and ESC Lille, recently merged, at campus locations on Avent Ferry Road like Chamrespectively 23 and 17 positions out of 50 European, pions Court and Kensington Park already house the majority of the University’s international students. North American and Asian business schools. Lauren Ball, programs coordinator at the office of According to SKEMA representatives, the school was drawn to the region given the world renowned international services said that the high number of arriving French students could create some issues. reputation of the Research Triangle Park. “The 200 students arriving in January will comThe University’s proposal, including the infrastructure available on Centennial campus, allows pete with the existing University students for offSKEMA to offer complete service and academic campus housing. We’re talking to international excellence to its students. The school has come to student organizations about how this can be manan agreement with the College of Management to aged,” Ball said. There is no formal agreement yet, but the Univerwork on a number of academic projects together. “This type of partnership is extremely important sity is looking at the possibility of creating studyin an increasingly global business environment,” abroad and exchange opportunities for N.C. State said Ira Weiss, dean of the College of Management. students at SKEMA’s French campuses. The University currently has more than 200 global “SKEMA is a highly-ranked, highly-regarded business school. By bringing SKEMA to N.C. State, we partnerships, and has added more than 70 internaexpand our international portfolio and create new tional agreements in the last three years. international opportunities for students and faculty
Approximately 250 SKEMA students will begin courses on Centennial Campus with the College of Management in the spring semester.
“This type of partnership is extremely important in an increasingly global business environment.”
OIS relies on quick responses to help international students. Pranay Deshpande Staff Writer
International students sometimes see most basic tasks as difficulties on arrival in the United States. Student organizations collaborate with the Office of International Services to function as a single unit in times of difficulties and try to help international students in every possible way, according to Thomas Greene, associate director of OIS. Green said he feels that an international student has to go through a “test of will” during application process and on arrival in the U.S. “Learning a new language, the application process and the visa process could be intimidating even if it goes well,” Greene said. Basic tasks, such as grocery shopping
and getting a phone, can be a problem for international students. Sangram Chavan, a graduate student in business administation and a member of MAITRI, Indian Graduate Student Association said it is difficult to do certain things without a Social Security Number. “On arrival, we walked to Food Lion but the rest of the things were pretty inaccessible. We didn’t have a cell phone and getting one without Social Security Number was a problem,” Chavan said. According to Greene, OIS gets huge number of questions every year. “Every effort is made to respond as soon as we can. We try to bring clarity where there might not be any,” Greene said. According to Chavan, after arrival it’s total chaos in the life of an international student. “Finding an apartment is a problem. Setting up bank account, progress energy connection and water connection without a Social Security Number are problems. Get-
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