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George Tarantini retires Raleigh, North Carolina
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Campus police found student with marijuana in his room. Staff Report Student Michael Locklear is in police custody today after Campus Police received a tip he had marijuana in his room. According to Jon Barnwell, media relations patrol division commander with Campus Police, said they received a tip about Locklear. Locklear’s room is in the Avent Ferry complex. Locklear is an 18-year-old freshman in the transition program. According to the arrest warrants, Locklear is charged with one count of possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, one count of possession of drug paraphernalia and one count of maintaining a dwelling for the sale of marijuana. Police found 71.4 grams of marijuana in Locklear’s room. In addition to the drugs, police found a scale and a box of small sandwich bags in Locklear’s dorm room. Locklear is in custody in the Wake County jail in lieu of a $3,500 bail.
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Head coach George Tarantini stands with his team as the national anthem plays at Dail Soccer Field before the game against Presbyterian Sept. 22. Tarantini announced his retirement Tuesday after 25 years with the men's soccer program. Tarantini had an overall record of 234-197-43 and was named ACC Coach of the year in 1992 and 1994 and NCAA regional coach of the year in 1994.
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FERPA works to protect students and student employees FERPA works to protect all students at N.C. State. Shivalik Daga Staff Writer
At N.C. State, long standing FERPA is working to protect students in multiple ways. The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act is a federal law that guards students’ personal information as well as any release of his or her educational records while at school. Louis Hunt, vice provost and University registrar, said the University informs students every year about how they can keep their information safe, and private. “We want students to be informed
about their rights while they are at the University. We send them information about how they can restrict access to their personal information through email at the beginning of every semester”, Hunt said. Student can regulate what information can be viewed by others by configuring the appropriate settings from their MyPack Portal account. Access to some of the personally identifiable information that can be regulated by students includes their contact information like their phone number, address etc. As far as academic information is concerned, such as grades, assignment submissions and projects, among others, Hunt said that such information is strictly protected under FERPA and can not be released without the stu-
dent’s permission. “A student’s academic information can not, and is not, released in any case, except in some special cases when they arise, such as court orders,” Hunt said. A growing concern with student privacy is online privacy, and this is also addressed by FERPA. Electronic assignment submissions on websites such as Moodle, and student email accounts are also covered by the law and are protected. Clifton Williams, University records officer at the University’s Office of General Counsel, said that while state laws require faculty and administration emails to be in the domain of public records, FERPA is a federal law that protects student rights and information.
“Students have a lot of rights on campus regarding their information. They can view it, prohibit University disclosures and there is also a mechanism to change it,” Williams said. FERPA requires that no personally identifiable information about a student be released. However, if the content contains no such information, Williams says that the University can release it without consent. Williams said that there are three main reasons why it is important to protect such information about students. “It is not advisable to release such information keeping in mind the students’ age and the possibility of identity theft. Also, the University has a responsibility to protect this informa-
College of Management introduces online MBA degree The program will launch in fall 2011. Joshua Chappell Staff Writer
For graduate students like Eric Mayer, the new online MBA program will allow for greater flexibility and elasticity with course availability and ease of access. According to Mayer, who is currently finishing his masters in microbial biotechnology and has been taking masters in business administration courses on campus, the program will allow him the opportunity to move out of state while still retaining his earned MBA credits. “The online MBA seems to be the best chance for me to finish the degree from out-of-state location,” Mayer said. “Otherwise I would have to enroll in another school which may not accept my credits or I would have to drop the MBA all together and waste the credits earned up to this point.” This is exactly the opportunity Steven Allen, associate dean for graduate programs and research in the college of management, had in mind when he created the online MBA task force a year and a half ago.
“We have a unique and outstanding MBA program,” Allen said, “and we think this online option will augment the availability of our program.” According to Allen, the program will have many similarities, as well as a few differences, with the on-campus MBA option. “Even though we’re trying to make the convenience of an online education available to people in the greater region,” Allen said, “it’s still an N.C. State MBA degree. It’s going to be hard to get into, and there’s no guarantee of a degree after you’re admitted.” “The program will be taught by the same faculty and will hold students to the same academic standards,” Allen said. Two major aspects of the program that Allen said were crucial to the development of the students are a fourday communication training shortly after students begin the program and an international studies trip to east Asia or south America about a year into the program. “Competition in business today is global, and for companies to be successful they have to understand competitors that they may face tomorrow,” Allen said. “We want to make sure that all of our students, when they exit the program, have a mindset that gets
them thinking about opportunities and threats outside the American borders.” Additionally, Allen said the program will not be conducive to students who wish to start the MBA program and complete a dual-degree programs, since the group will be acting as a “cohort” in taking classes. The program, according to Allen, seeks to award degrees after two years in the program. There will be, however, flexibility in scheduling. “Life is going to happen,” Allen said, “and we will deal with those cases on an individual basis.” Scheduled to launch in fall 2011 with 30-35 students, Allen said he hopes to deliver 30-35 degrees from the program in August 2013. The idea of online degrees is something that is catching on quickly in the UNC system, according to Allen. “The UNC system has made growth of online education a priority, and I expect there to be more online opportunities available on campuses statewide,” Allen said. Fayetteville State and East Carolina currently have online MBA programs, and other system schools are headed in that direction, according to Allen. “UNC-Chapel Hill is announcing a similar program soon. We beat them
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to this one,” Allen said with a smile. For Mayer, the online program has the potential to be beneficial, but it also has the opportunity to be unsuccessful. “The online version will be more beneficial on several accounts, but also less beneficial in other areas,” Mayer said. “Online learning allows more variety and diversity of students to interact who may be in other parts of the country,” Mayer said, “however, distance learning may hinder the teambuilding that is a big part of the MBA experience.” According to Allen, the first online MBA class of students will be crucial in steering the direction of the program in the future. “We will certainly welcome feedback from [the first class],” Allen said.
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tion, so that is why it is not released,” Williams said. Students who are employed by the University in their capacity as students are treated the same as students who are not necessarily employees. Explaining the need behind this, Williams said that students even if they are employed on campus, at a paid position, are not treated as public employees, and so their information can not be made public. “If the job you’re performing requires you to be a student, then your information is protected,” Williams said. “For example, for Student Government members, even though they receive payment, the key word to remember here is Student. They are able to do that only because they are students at the University.”
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