2011

Nov 1, 2011

CHASS Student of the Month – November 2011

Maria Spivey, November 2011 CHASS Student of the Month. 

Oct 27, 2011

Hans Kellner, After Hours

  Hans Kellner, opera star? You think you know your professors. He’s the expert in Shakespeare. She knows communication theories backwards and forwards. That’s the ergonomics group. But CHASS faculty members lead many lives. Hans Kellner, for example, is an English professor–and chair of the university’s faculty senate–by day. By night, at least for one… 

Oct 26, 2011

New Project Focuses on Education for Children in Foster Care

Dr. Joan Pennell When children are placed in foster care, it often means a disruption in their education, as well as a change in living situation – which can hurt their educational performance. Now NC State researchers from the Department of Social Work are using a federal grant to launch a project designed to improve educational… 

Oct 18, 2011

CHASS Celebrates National Day on Writing

Step into new ways of writing on October 20. New technologies have expanded the possibilities for writing in multiple media, including digital media. Through the National Day on Writing, created by the National Council of Teachers of English, participants can learn about–and play with–some of the many new possibilities for self-expression in written form.  CHASS… 

Oct 18, 2011

Raising Awareness About Health Literacy

R.V. Rikard Health literacy–the ability to read, understand, and act on health-related information–poses an enormous challenge to improving health and to lowering healthcare costs in the United States. Federal policies and agencies, such as HealthyPeople 2020, the 10-yearagenda for improving national health, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recognize the importance of… 

Oct 13, 2011

Taste Dialect Stew at NC State Fair

Danica Cullinan and Neal Hutcheson preparing the exhibit. Calling all dingbatters!** When you head to the State Fair, make sure you get a taste of North Carolina dialect stew. A CHASS exhibit celebrating the state’s richly-flavored  dialects will introduce fair-goers to the language traditions that are uniquely ours. The language and dialect booth, sponsored by… 

Oct 13, 2011

Historian Explores the Consequences of Silver Mining

History lecturer Nicholas Robins, an expert on the environmental history of South America, exposes modern day consequences of silver-mining practices used by 16th century Spanish conquistadors in his guest blog series on NC State’s Abstract. In “Spanish Colonialism’s Environmental Legacy,” Robins reviews the history of mining in South America and its transformation into a modern day… 

Oct 13, 2011

Administrators Celebrate Staff at CHASS Picnic

CHASS Dean Jeff Braden and  Associate Dean Vicki Gallagher were among the administrators donning aprons to serve the staff. Staff gathered on the Caldwell patio for the picnic. Neko Everett, Michelle Branch, and Crissy Williams-Brown hung out with Mr. Wuf. Allen Emory served as emcee and distributed raffle prizes donated by area merchants. CHASS Dean… 

Oct 10, 2011

Two CHASS Faculty Summoned for White House Summit

Susan Miller-Cochran and Chris Anson at the White House English Professors Chris Anson and Susan Miller-Cochran were invited guests at the White House last week for a summit focused around their areas of expertise. Miller-Cochran directs the university’s First Year Writing Program. Anson, a university distinguished professor, directs the Campus Writing and Speaking Program. Here’s… 

Oct 6, 2011

NC State, UNC, Duke launch Japanese Studies Center

Three universities have launched a Triangle Center for Japanese Studies  that will support fellowships, research, seminars, travel, guest speakers, and library development. North Carolina State University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Duke University will cooperate in the center, founded by a $270,000 grant from the Japan Foundation in Tokyo. NC State’s participation…