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Trace Evidence Symposium registration open The Gregg has planned a symposium to explore thoughts of how textiles serve as an accessible and suitable medium for communicating the interconnected traceries of the paths. There will be panel discussions, a keynote address by Glenn Adamson, deputy head of research and head of graduate studies, Victoria and Albert Museum and a lunch address by Blanton Godfrey, dean of the College of Textiles. Panels will focus on the creative community, moving into new terrain, challenging assumptions and artist and the environment. Noted textile artists and College of Design faculty Susan Brandeis, Vita Plume and Jan-Ru Wan will serve as panelists together with artists in the Traces exhibition. The symposium will take place from March 24 through March 26. Registration forms are online and the cost is $78 for adults and $28 for students. There are student scholarships. For more information contact gregg@ncsu.edu. Source: ARTS NC State: Gregg Museum
Fall White House Internship applications open Internships are open to 18-year-olds who are currently enrolled at a college, community college or university, or have graduated within the past two years from undergraduate programs. The internships are full time and unpaid, and run from Sept. 6 to Dec 16, 2011. Applications are online until March 13. Source: White House Internship Program
College of Education and Friday Institute grant writing workshops The first of a series of monthly seminars on techniques and practices for writing grant proposals will take place at BB&T at the Friday Instiute on Thursday from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. In particular, proposals to the National Science Foundation will be featured. FI and CED faculty and staff with GrantProse, Inc., a local firm specializing in Federal grant proposals, will conduct the seminars at the Friday Institute on Centennial Campus. CED faculty who are well experienced grant writers, those with some experience, and those with little experience will all find these seminars interesting; graduate students are welcome to attend as well. The seminar topics build progressively. Seating is limited and RSVP to Marj Santoro (msantor@ncsu.edu). Source: College of Education
Amazing Alumni- Greg Volk NCSU Libraries’ Amazing Alumni series presents Greg Volk, an alumnus from CHASS in 2003, who recently won his second Emmy for his work with the popular Discovery Channel show Cash Cab. Volk, a former Caldwell scholar and writer for Technician, will discuss his career and the secrets of developing Cash Cab questions. The event will take place Feb. 23 from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. It will take place in the 2nd floor of the West Wing. Source: Campus Calendar
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Chinese New Year celebrated with short folk dances in Thompson Hall Members of the Students Art Troupe of Xiamen University entertained viewers with folk dances in honor of Chinese New Year. Lee Daniello Staff Writer
Colorful costumes and music abounded in Thompson Hall Saturday evening when the Chinese New Year was celebrated by Chinese students who traveled to share their folk music. Xiamen University student performers traveled to Thompson Hall from China to perform a show to celebrate the beginning of the Year of the Rabbit. The Students Art Troupe of Xiamen University has traveled to universities throughout the country, including Presbyterian College, University of South Carolina, Western Kentucky College, Middle Tennessee State University, and North Carolina State University, to showcase their talents and celebrate the New Year. There are different variations of New Year’s across the globe. Of course, they do have some variations, but essentially they all celebrate the coming year and the positive outlook associated with it. “Even though I’m Vietnamese, the new years of Asia, I’m sure, are practically alike. There are only a couple changes, such as the date and possible animal variations, as well as the stories behind it all, such as the race between the zodiac animals. I feel Lunar New Year is a lot more superstitious than the new year we have in the US,” Bao Vu-
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Dancers from the Students Art Troupe of Xiamen University in China performed a dance that many small Chinese villages put on as a source of entertainment. The folk dance is called “Chinking Coins” and portrays the poor life that many villagers face everyday, but with a humorous twist. Along with traditional dances, the show also featured a variety tradtional Chinese songs played on Chinese instruments, as well as a few American songs, like Jingle Bells. An assistant professor from the Xiamen University scribed traditional calligraphy with a fine tip brush on Shuan Paper, also known as ‘Rice Paper,’ which was presented as a gift to N.C. State at the end of the show.
ong, a freshman in engineering said. “But of course, there are similarities, like the declaration of New Year’s Resolutions, whether it is good health, good grades, etc. My family members usually give me red envelopes filled with dollar bills and pray that I will be a better person for the future.” Held in Thompson Hall on Saturday, Feb. 19, the Spring Festival Gala brought out a crowd that filled nearly
every seat in Titmus Theatre. Students and families from all backgrounds came out to see a colorful performance to celebrate the coming of the Year of the Rabbit. The Students Art Troupe of Xiamen University involves students with a passion for the arts, and their instructors and mentors. The troupe is
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The French students are taking different stances on housing, but the most common complaint is that they’re paying too much. This is the first year the SKEMA School has been active, and the students in some sense are serving as guinea pigs for future semesters. As a result, they have to face the same student-housing realities as everyone else. SKEMA is a top-tier private French business school with satellite campuses around the world. The North American campus was built in Raleigh, N.C., on Centennial Campus. The school is in its first semester and currently serves over 200 French students from all over France, who join the already 30,000 international students attending N.C. State. SKEMA worked with the College of Management to find housing for their students in the U.S. and contacted leasing agencies in the area to find available housing, guaranteeing full occupancy by the wave of incoming international students. The resulting deal was that the students got to choose between multiple prearranged apartment complexes located south of Western Blvd. Some other, more fortunate students were able to room closer to friends already living in or around campus. Both the administration and stu-
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2 calligraphy demonstrations 6 instrumental pieces 5 varied traditional dances 2 vocal songs, sung by sopranists Wang Linan and Xu Chengbin 1 tai chi performance by the world champion, Zhou Bin Source: arts nc state
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SKEMA members adjust to housing, complain about high costs French students from the new business school adjust to housing conditions while administrators remain optimistic.
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dents agree that the ideal is for French her three roommates pay $570 each and American students to live close and live in an apartment complex together to ease the transition process. on Marcom street. Other students Michael Bustle, the Director of In- pay up to $800 a month each. Most ternational Services, serves as a liaison of the students’ leases last only unto the SKEMA School in France and til May, at which point they can eihas helped the French students get ac- ther return to France or stay or find climated to their new environments, new roommates. Another student, Fabien Chenel, offering student ID cards and organizing orientations and tours of Raleigh. said he and his roommates pay “I would love for them to mix it up around $700 each. Their apartand live with Americans…The goal is ment is even farther away from to carry over an inter-student dialogue campus but includes things like and develop a long-term partnership,” a swimming pool and basketball courts. “I have friends who have Bustle said. quite the same, Caroline and they pay D e c a g n y, a $500 a month. second-year I’m feeling a student in little screwed,” SKEMA, said said Chenel. she would like Elise Cimatto live closer ti, who lives to Ameriof f Ma rcom cans. “Having street, said she a dorm with also feels like French people Caroline Decagny, second-year SKEMA she’s pay ing right next to student too much. “It’s a dorm with more expenAmerican stusive than my dents would be apartment in Paris, and Paris is great,” Decagny said. There are other concerns about the the most expensive city in France,” location, including safety. “It’s a bit Cimatti said. Most apartments are fully fursketchy sometimes because you have people stare at you, but it’s mainly nished and have a washer and when you go out late at night,” Decag- dryer, cable, Internet and a fully furnished kitchen. But not all the ny said. In addition to these worries, the stu- students have equal access to these dents are forced to walk considerable benefits: some have considerably distances or rely on the buses, which less while paying approximately take them to and from Centennial the same amount per month. The overall quality of the apartcampus and Talley. When things like grocery shopping are taken into ac- ments is expectedly varied, as well. Decagny said they have problems count, the distance can become even with their washer and dryer, but more of a problem. The students’ housing costs vary, that the kitchen works fine. as do the number of roommates and available commodities. Decagny and skema continued page 3
“Having a dorm with French people right next to a dorm with American students would be great.”
Three University alumni honored with Watauga Award Blalock, Close and Ward thanked for service in the ed., ag. and industrial development areas. Elise Helgar Staff Writer
The Watauga Medal is given to people who have made significant contributions to the advancement of the University. Dr. T. Carlton Blalock, Derick Close, and Susan Ward are this year’s winners. Applicants have to be former students, all three recipients have made great contributions that have served the University in a positive way. The Board of Trustees established the Watauga Medal in 1975. The Watauga Medal promotes the educational, agricultural, and industrial development of North Carolina. Recipients of the Watauga Medal have recommendations sent to the Chancellor and then to the Board of Trustees. The Medal has been awarded to 93 men and women since it was created. “This award is obviously very important and the people who receive it are hard workers who care a lot about our University,” Kyle Doss, a sophomore in nuclear engineering, said. Dr. T. Carlton Blalock is a former state Extension Service director. Dr. Blalock received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from N.C. State and also earned a doctorate in extension administration at the University of Wisconsin. Dr. Blalock joined the University as a dairy specialist in 1951. Leading the integration of 4-H and
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