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tuesday march
9
2010
Raleigh, North Carolina
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Alumni Association recognizes student leaders, celebrates Founder’s Day Annual banquet features distribution of Mathews, Watauga medals Kate Shefte Executive Editor
The McKimmon Center played host to the annual N.C. State Founder’s Day dinner Monday night as hundreds of alumni and current students gathered to celebrate the University’s opening, which took place 123 years ago Sunday. While nearly 400 guests finished their chocolate cake, Jay Dawkins, a senior in civil engineering, Shanna Rose, a senior in political science, walked on stage to receive the 2010 Mathews Medals, the highest nonscholastic award an N.C. State student can receive. The award, based on the prestigious Watauga Medal and named after one of State’s first students, honors graduating seniors who have built a legacy based on leadership and significant contributions to the University. Rose, whose lengthy resume includes the titles of former student senator, chair of the Student Government Leadership Development Committee, president of the Alumni Association Student Ambassadors and current co-chair of Service Raleigh, N.C.’s largest student-run service organization, said she and Dawkins were “humbled” by the experience. “[Dawkins] and I will tell anyone who asks that some of the most important things we’ve learned in college have not been academic related,” Rose said. “It’s cool that they’re able to point that out and recognize the contributions we’ve made.” Perhaps because most undergraduates were scared away by the $75 price tag of
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Interim Chancellor Woodward presents former Student Body President, Jay Dawkins, with the Mathews Medal at the Founders’ Day Dinner in the McKimmon Center Monday, March 8, 2010. The Mathews Medal recognizes outstanding N.C. State seniors who have given service to the University.
dining with the Alumni Association, many of the few students that attended the event were Dawkins’ and Rose’s friends. Rose said bridging the gap between alumni and current students is crucial and that, in time, she hopes the Founder’s Day banquet will include
a wider range of age and experience. “These events are great. I wish there are more students here to provide that connection, but in the future, if there’s student recognition of what the award is, there might be more student and alum participation,”
Agriculture Awareness Week stakes claim on the Brickyard Alpha Zeta hosts opportunity to see beyond the steak on the dinner plate
Rose said. After speeches from current chancellor James Woodward and Chancellor-elect Randy Woodson, who will take office later
IFC looks to inform, mold new members into gentleman Workshops teach fraternity brothers etiquette and business know-how John Cline Staff Writer
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Loud moos and other barnyard noises will continue to fill the Brickyard this week through Thursday as part of Alpha Zeta’s Agriculture Awareness Week, which features tents with information booths and live animals such as baby chicks, cattle and pigs. “We’re out here to educate the students and public about where their food comes from,” Amanda Noble, a junior in plant and soil science, said. “It doesn’t just come from the grocery store.” Included in the week’s activities are opportunities to pet animals, eat lunch and watch contests. “[Monday] we had the administrative agriculture Olympics. We had three administrators from CALS participate in an Egg Toss, Watermelon Crawl, Tractor Race and a Sunflower Seed Spittin’ contest,” Noble said. “Tomorrow we’re having a milking contest. Lunch will be served every day at 12:30.” According to Jamie Jordan, a senior in animal science, Alpha Zeta, an agricultural fraternity, also invites other agriculture related clubs to come out and do fundraisers and whatever else they wish to do. Lauren Mabry, a junior in animal science and poultry science, said the Poultry Science Club has a booth set up with informational pamphlets and an area for people to hold baby chicks. “The Poultry Science Club has set up a chick booth where people can hold the baby chicks. We’ve got a tri-fold board that shows the activities we’re doing or we’ve done,” Mabry said. “We’re trying to educate people about
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its New Member Institute at 2 p.m. Sunday afternoon in Riddick Hall with programming aimed toward developing young fraternity members into upstanding young gentleman. “Today is a workshop for all new members from the spring in IFC fraternities to give them the tools to succeed overall with their fraternity experience,” Peter Barnes, a junior in natural resources and the President of IFC, said. Workshops throughout the day included topics such as academic success, safety do’s and don’ts taught by Campus Police, résumé building, dressing for success, safe sex and students’ legal rights. The day concluded with a buffet-style dinner during which the young men were instructed in proper etiquette by Lu Ann ElyRandolph, a professional etiquette and protocol consultant. “They’re going to learn both American and Continental dining styles, as well as basic table manners and how to interact with wait staff,” ElyRandolph said. “Also, they’re going
to learn about proper conversation and interview do’s and don’t, such as what to do when offered alcohol at a job interview (politely decline) or how to address a prospective employer.” The Institute, which is required for all new members, has grown in size and scope in its second year of existence. “We’ve done it before but it hasn’t been this structured and well organized,” Michael Curran Sullivan, a junior in civil engineering and the Vice President of Finance for IFC, said. “We’ve never had the dining tutorial or this many different workshops. We really wanted to step it up to enrich the experience for everyone.” According to IFC Advisor James Byars, the New Member Institute helps to broaden the benefits young men gain from being involved in a fraternity. “When we looked at doing this, we saw a need to provide training and opportunities for success and to fill in the gaps in what members can learn from their experience in Greek Life,” Byars said. “It’s hard to do a program like this for undergraduate men since they may have other priorities in mind, but [the institute] puts the resources in place for them and makes them readily available to anyone interested.”
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Tossing her lasso high in the air, Caitlin Purcell, a sophomore in history, readies herself to ring a fake cow Monday Mar. 8, 2010. “I’ve never tried something like this before,” said Purcell, “they make it look a lot easier.” The lasso event was held in the brickyard as part of Agriculture Awareness week, which is taking place all week in the brickyard.
the industry.” Ryan Amos, a freshman in chemical engineering, said the tents and animal exhibits looked cool. “It made me think of home,” Amos said. “I live on a farm at home.” Jordan said Alpha Zeta wants to
present agriculture in a different way. One of those ways is through Hoover, a large steer with a hole in his stomach.
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