A&T Announcements - Sept. 13, 2021
COVID-19 Dashboard
N.C. A&T's dashboard for positive COVID_19 tests can be found on the Aggies Care site. Unless otherwise noted, the dashboard displays the most recent 14 days of available data and is updated daily by 5 p.m.
Faculty & Staff Headshots - Sept. 15, 16 and 17
University Relations has scheduled Sept. 15, 16 and 17, to allow faculty and staff who do not have a recent N.C. A&T headshot to be photographed.
A&T work attire is required for these photos, so please dress accordingly:
- Managers and office workers should wear business professional attire. Business casual is an option for those who do not work in an office setting.
- A&T uniforms may be worn by those who are required to wear them.
- T-shirts and sweatshirts—regardless of the fabric—will not be photographed.
- Clothing branded with non-A&T marks will not be photographed.
LOCATION: Dowdy Administration Building, room 424-A
An appointment is required. Use this SignUpGenius link to schedule your appointment. Please arrive no more than 5 minutes before your scheduled time. If you were not able to schedule an appointment, more dates will be offered in the future.
Effective Fall 2021, the university will support two sabbaticals each academic year. Tenured faculty members wishing to apply for consideration should notify their department chairs in advance of the intent to file for sabbatical leave and should follow the Reassigned Time Policy.
All full-time tenured faculty with a minimum of seven years of full-time, continuous service at N.C. A&T are eligible to apply for sabbatical.The deadline to notify department chairs of the intent to file for reassigned time is Sept. 20, this year only. All written proposals for Faculty Reassigned Time or Sabbatical Leave are due to department chairs no later than Oct. 11.
For full information and deadlines, see the Provost's Memo in your university email.
Community Engagement Training Survey
The Office for Community Engagement would like to invite faculty and staff members to participate in a short survey to identify how we can drive the university's commitment to positively impact the surrounding community. Your responses will be used to develop a set of community engagement training modules, beginning next semester. Please follow the link provided and share it with colleagues.
N.C. A&T and NCCU Crush COVID Competition
We’re Crushing COVID through a campus competition with NCCU. The Aggie-Eagle Crush COVID Competition, held July 1 to Sept. 17, encourages faculty, staff and students to do their part by getting a COVID-19 vaccine to ensure the campuses are ready for a healthy fall 2021 semester. The campus with the most members vaccinated will be rewarded with a trophy and ultimate bragging rights at the Sept. 25 Aggie-Eagle football game at Truist Stadium on the N.C. A&T campus. Please note all the issues have been corrected and the portal is operational for ALL faculty, staff and students. All you have to do is upload your vaccination card to the university medical records Medicat portal or schedule a vaccination appointment on campus, or at your local clinic. Make sure to get your information in and be eligible for weekly and grand prizes. All details and upload options are available via www.ncat.edu/crushcovid.
The Center for Leadership and Organizational Excellence (CLOE) is offering workshops for Title IX Updates in September. Register here
Meet your Fall 2021 Digital Learning Faculty Fellows
Digital Learning Faculty Fellows serve as peer consultants and assist the Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) and the Extended Campus with faculty development in online teaching, learning and course design. They will be available for peer consultations and support starting Sept. 1. Check the Online Faculty Commons calendar for their availability and post to the Discussion Board to join the conversation about high-quality online instruction.
Graduate School Fellowships for the U.S. Foreign Service- Sept. 13
Would you like to become a diplomat in the Foreign Service of either the U.S. Department of State or the U.S. Agency for International Development? Are you planning to start a master's degree program in fall 2022?
-Register to meet over Zoom with national program directors and learn how you can be a competitive Rangel, Pickering, and/or Payne Graduate Fellowship applicant. Monday, Sept. 13, from 5-6 p.m. ET.
-Alumni, faculty and staff are also welcome to attend. See here for more details.
Data Management Planning for Research Faculty - Sept. 14
Are you applying for a research grant or beginning a research study? If you don’t have a Data Management Plan (DMP), you’re going to need one! All federal funding agencies now require DMPs. Join us Sept. 14 at 11 a.m. to see how data management planning improves the quality of your research project and benefits all members of the research team, as well as other scientists around the world. This workshop will cover the basics of comprehensive data management planning, including storage of and global access to your data. (Approximately 75 minutes). Register here.
Chrome River Refresher Course - Sept. 14, 16
The University Travel Office will host a series of one hour Chrome River refresher classes. The dates and times are listed here. Enroll today to review the steps of processing travel requests in Chrome River. This is a virtual class in demonstration format delivered via Zoom. Login instructions will be e-mailed once enrolled.
Undergraduate Research and Creativity SNCURS 2021
For the fall 2021 semester, all N.C. A&T undergraduate researchers are requested to participate in the State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium (SNCURS). Abstract submissions for this year’s event will be accepted Sept. 13–Oct. 15, 2021 (11:59 p.m.) Presentation Upload Dates: Oct. 26, 2021, 8 a.m. to Nov. 10, 2021, 11:59 p.m. Symposium Dates: Saturday, Nov. 13, with Preview Day on Friday, Nov. 12.For more information, visit SNCURCS.org.
Citation Management Transitioning from EndNote to RefWorks - Sept. 16
N.C. A&T is transitioning from EndNote to RefWorks. Learn how to export your library from EndNote and import it into the new RefWorks citation management tool. Users will learn how to create an account in RefWorks. Sept. 16 at 11 a.m. Register here. (Approximately 25 minutes)
Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021 from 12:30-1:30 p.m. ET
Applications are open to current eligible STEM students and are due by 5 p.m. ET on Dec. 1, 2021. Benefits include a paid internship and postgraduate employment.
Click here to contact Ms. Gallop in NCAT EO for application feedback and to learn about other EO programs.
Session Dates: Sept. 16, 10 a.m.; Sept. 21, 3 p.m.; Sept. 29, 10 a.m. More fall semester dates to come.
Romantic Communication - every Wednesday
Romance is a way people choose to interact with each other whether or not the relationship is intimate. Come out to this 5 week group and learn some healthy communication skills. Groups will be held virtually on Wednesdays at 2 p.m., Oct. 13 - Nov. 10.
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, the Office of Intercultural Engagement and Estamos Unidos (Latino Cultural Student Alliance) will have a Latinx Student Meet & Greet on Sept. 16, 2021 at 6pm in the Student Center, Room 385. Join us to learn about available resources and support services, networking opportunities, and more. Masks are required. For more information, please contact the Office of Intercultural Engagement (oie@ncat.edu or 336-334-7800).
The University Galleries at N.C. A&T is hosting a new art exhibition, “Finding the Promised Land: Landscape Works by Black Artists from the Permanent Collection.” The exhibit runs through Sept. 24.
Safe Zone Ally Development Training - Sept. 22
A Safe Zone Ally Development Training for faculty, staff, and administrators will take place Sept. 22, 2021 from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. in the Office of Intercultural Engagement (Student Center, Suite 367). An RSVP is required to attend. Maximum of 10 participant slots available for the session. For more information, please call (336-334-7800), or email (oie@ncat.edu).
Citation Management [RefWorks] - Sept. 23
With ProQuest’s RefWorks citation management software, students, faculty, staff, and other members of the N.C. A&T community will learn how this cloud-based application can reduce the time and effort needed to produce a reference list and/or place proper in-text citations in a paper for a class assignment, Master's Thesis, PhD Dissertation, journal article, and/or grant proposal.
Users do NOT need to download or install any software, although there are plugins available for Cite While You Write functions in Word and Google Docs. Users only need to create a login using their A&T One ID. (Approximately 60 minutes) Sept. 23 at 11 a.m. Register here.
DORED Training Event - Grants 101 - Sept. 24
Are you a new faculty member, a faculty member new to research, or a faculty member who’s coming back to research? This workshop is for you—it’s all about the A to Z of writing grant proposals! Speaker: Paul Tuttle, M.A., CRA , Director of Proposal Development, DORED. This session will be held Fri., Sept. 24, 2-3 p.m. Virtual/Zoom training. Register Grants 101
Research-Based Graduate Training in Computational Data Science and Food Security
IS4Good is a NSF-Funded graduate training program open to Master and Ph.D. students in STEM disciplines. This program is designed to equip students to tackle complex, data-intensive problems in hunger relief and food security. The training is tightly woven with our research objective to provide data-driven models that inform and transform strategies for the provision of food aid at the local, state, and federal level.
For additional information visit this website, Application Deadline: 9/24/2021.
Research Impact: Assessing and Tracking Your Research - Sept. 21
Do you want to know what kind of impact your published research is making in your discipline? Join Bluford Library on Sept. 21 at 11 a.m. to learn how you can track, analyze, and visualize the impact of your research. We will explore research impact tools that are easy to use, and which provide a variety of options for analyzing your research engagement. These tools also provide opportunities to network with other researchers in your field and identify potential collaborators. Research impact data can also be analyzed on an institutional basis, which can aid campus decision making. Register here.
"Welcome to The Shop: a series of conversations about manhood and the messages we get from family, friends, acquaintances, and pop culture about masculinity. We will tackle questions such as: "What does it mean to be man and how did we find out?" Want to talk about movies and TV shows? Come on into The Shop. The door's open."
Virtual Group held on Thursdays (Sept. 30, 2021-Nov. 8) at 1:30 p.m. on Zoom.
If you or someone you know is experiencing a crisis or having thoughts of suicide, please contact Counseling Services. Counseling Services provides trainings on suicide prevention. You can become a gatekeeper and save a life by recognizing the warning signs, offering hope, and referring others to seek professional assistance. Here are some resources on suicide prevention.
· National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (24 Hours) 1-800-273-8255· American Psychological Association (APA) http://www.apa.org/
· Suicide warning signs http://www.apa.org/topics/suicide/signs.aspx
· Speaking of Psychology: Preventing suicide http://www.apa.org/research/action/speaking-of-psychology/preventing-suicide.aspx
· Suicide Prevention http://www.apa.org/advocacy/suicide-prevention/index.aspx
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