A&T Announcements - Sept. 5, 2022
North Carolina A&T Baseball Managers
North Carolina A&T baseball team is looking for student managers for the 2022-2023 season. Duties include: on field help during practice and games, helping coaches with office duties, laundry and potential to travel with the team on away trips. Great opportunity to be part of the Aggie baseball team. Please contact Elliott McCummings via email if interested (Ejmccummings@ncat.edu).
HBCU New Venture Challenge
The HBCU New Venture Challenge has officially launched! The HBCU New Venture Challenge is your opportunity to compete and secure funding for your business idea. Grand Investment Prize: $25K
Application Submission: 250-word executive summary and a 90-second video pitch. Deadline is Sept. 28. Apply here.
For more information, visit hbcunvc.com.
Follow N.C. A&T on Social Media
Make sure to stay in the know! Get the latest information, updates, news and activities. Follow N.C. A&T on all social media platforms. Visit here.
COVID-19 Testing and Vaccination/Boosters Available
The A.V. Blount Jr. Student Health Center is available for COVID-19 testing Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
COVID-19 vaccines are also available at the Student Health Center Pharmacy Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and 2-4 p.m. daily.
Eastern Transportation Coalition MBUF Pilot EnrollmentAs gas tax that supports a well-functioning transportation system has become unsustainable over the last decade, the Eastern Transportation Coalition, a partnership of 17 states and Washington D.C., needs your help to explore an alternative approach, called a Mileage-Based User Fee (MBUF), where each driver pays for the miles they drive instead of the fuel they buy.
To better understand how an MBUF program could work, the Coalition is conducting a FREE Pilot Program in North Carolina and they want N.C. A&T students, faculty, and staff to join and tell them their perception of MBUF and its impact on our communities. Please see more information and sign up on this link. Your voice matters for new upcoming statewide transportation initiative!
Student Center, Campus Rec & Corbett Pool Fall 2022 ScheduleThe fall semester schedules will go as follows:
Student Center***
Effective Saturday, Aug. 15
Monday – Friday, 7 a.m.-1 a.m.
Saturday, 10 a.m.-11 p.m.
Sunday, noon-11 p.m.
Campus Recreation Center***
Effective, Wednesday, Aug. 17
Monday – Thursday, 6 a.m.-midnight*
Friday, 6 a.m.-9 p.m.*
Saturday, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.**
Sunday, 2 p.m.-9 p.m.**
*Closed weekdays from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. for deep cleaning
**Closed for home football games
Corbett Pool***
Effective, Wednesday, Aug. 17
Monday – Friday, noon-8 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday, Closed
***Subject to change with notice
Students are required to have health insurance either by remaining on their parents’ insurance or buying an individual insurance plan. Students without insurance may purchase the Student Blue Student Health Insurance. Students will be automatically billed (on tuition account) and enrolled in the Student Blue coverage, unless a waiver is completed by the semester due date Sept. 12.
University Writing Center Hours and Services Offered
The University Writing Center, located in the General Classroom Building, Room 309, is currently open, Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Students may walk-in during these hours or make an appointment online at ncat.mywcoline.com. Online help is also available from 9 a.m. – 8 p.m., Monday through Thursday. Students can receive help with thesis development, essay and paragraph development, sentence structure, avoiding run-on sentences, comma splices, sentence fragments, grammar, punctuation, research essay writing, source citation, business writing, and personal statements along with any other writing needs. The Writing Center also offers classroom visitations.
If you would like for a writing consultant to visit your classes to briefly introduce the UWC, please let us know. Also, if you would like a UWC writing consultant to visit your class to conduct a workshop on any of the writing needs mentioned above, contact Adri-Anne Jones, Senior Writing Consultant, at 336-285-3523 or 285-3531 or aadjones@ncat.edu
Counseling Services has partnered with an online service called TogetherAll to provide 24/7 support to students. Students can register with their Aggie email, provide quick demographical information (can also remain anonymous) and in three minutes have access to a counselor at any time. The service also provides mental health resources, peer support communities, creative outlets and more.
Get ready: Rhodes Scholarship, Fulbright Program grant, and more (2022-23 AY)Aggies students, current alumni, and graduating seniors: it's time to DREAM BIG and Explore The Extraordinary for the 2022-23 academic year!
-Do you want to become a leader and gain a network of global peers at the U. of Oxford in England as a Rhodes Scholar?-Would you like to pursue an independent project, earn a postgraduate degree, or help foreign students learn about America while learning English as a Fulbright Program grantee?-Are you interested in FULL FUNDING to learn a language, study or intern abroad, conduct independent projects/research, participate in leadership and graduate school preparation programs, earn a postgraduate degree, and more?
Get in contact with Ms. Alsace Gallop in NCAT Extraordinary Opportunities: acgallop@ncat.edu. Stay tuned now through next semester for required campus deadlines, advising deadlines, and information sessions.
Learn STEM Skills and Credentials with Digital Badge Program
N.C. A&T is starting a digital badge program, funded by the National Science Foundation, to enable undergraduate students to increase their STEM skills through mentorship programs, experiential learning activities, research opportunities, scholarships, and more.
The ASETTS program will connect students to researchers, professionals, and alumni from STEM‐related fields currently working in transportation careers and give students extra credentials to increase their marketability and secure employment after graduation.
Compete for Scholarship Money, BAE Systems Panel and Information Session – Sept. 8
International defense contractor, BAE Systems, is sponsoring a white paper competition, the BAE Systems Think Tank at N.C. A&T for science and technology students and for engineering students. Attend the panel discussion and information session in 3001 Smith, Sept. 8 12:30-2 p.m. Pizza will be served, and there is room for 50. Email childres@ncat.edu if you’re interested in attending the panel and information session. We hope to secure a second room in McNair soon. Write to Pam Dunhom at pamela.dunhom@baesystems.com for more information.
Open Educational Resources and Course Adopted Texts – Sept. 8
While textbooks are free for our students for the next two academic years, now is the perfect time to plan to lower textbook costs in the future. Open educational resources (OERs) and Course Adopted Texts are great alternatives to traditional textbooks. Bluford Library invested in a product called Faculty Select to strengthen its commitment to helping faculty explore textbook alternatives and saving students’ money. Learn how to use licensed library ebooks and openly licensed materials via Faculty Select instead of costly textbooks on Sept. 8 at 11 a.m. This workshop will also present research demonstrating the quality and efficacy of OERs. Register here.
New International Student Welcome Reception – Sept. 9
Please come join the Office of International Affairs in welcoming our new international students to North Carolina A&T Agricultural Technical State University on Sept. 9 from 3-4:30 p.m. in the new Academic Classroom Building lobby! We are proud to have a continued global campus of 103 new international students for the Fall 2022 semester. This welcome celebration will provide our new students with the opportunity to build new friendships with other international students, get to know the campus and meet faculty and staff. Light refreshments will be served!
Virtual Study Abroad Information Sessions for Fall 2022
The following are the dates for the virtual Study Abroad Information Sessions for Fall 2022. Each session will be held on Zoom Passcode: 638977 Sept. 7 at 3 p.m.
Sept. 20 at 11:00 a.m.
Oct. 6 at 3:00 p.m.
Oct. 18 at 11 a.m.
Nov. 3 at 3 p.m.
Citation Management Using RefWorks – Sept. 13
This workshop will be held Sept. 13 at 11 a.m. and will last approximately 60 minutes. 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, Ph.D. dissertation, journal article, and/or grant proposal. Users do NOT need to download or install any software, although there are plugins available for the RefWorks Citation Manager functions in Word and Google Docs. Users only need to create an account and then login here using their A&T email information.
Annual Fall Career Fair (In-Person) – Sept. 14
The Office of Career Services at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University will host its 48th Annual Career Awareness Fair in-person on Sept. 14 from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. The format of this activity will enable employers to brand their organization, speak with students of all academic disciplines regarding internship, co-op, and full-time career opportunities, as well as strengthen university partnerships.
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
