NCGS § 116-32. Officers and meetings of the boards
of trustees. At the first meeting after June 30 of each year
each board of trustees shall elect from its membership a chairman, a
vice-chairman and a secretary. Each board of trustees shall hold not
less than three regular meetings a year and may hold such
additional meetings as may be deemed desirable. (1971, c. 1244, s.
1.) As well as NC A&T Bylaws Section IV Officers A.
Chair, Vice Chair and Secretary, referencing NCGS § 116-32.
UNC Policy and Code [SECTION 401.OFFICERS.] says "At the first
regular meeting after June 30 of each year, each board of
trustees shall elect from its membership a chair, a vice chair, and
a secretary. [See NCGS. 116-32], clearly indicating the first Board
of Trustee Meeting was to take place at the first Regular Board
of Trustee Meeting. Pursuant NC A&T 2019-2022
Meeting Schedule of the Board of Trustees (BOT) posted on the
universities' web site. Friday, September 27, 2019 is the
first Regular Schedule Meeting of NCA&T Board of Trustees in which
Retreat agenda action items could be legally considered.
Request for comment was made on
September 13, 2019
to Todd Simmons Associate Vice Chancellor University Relations and
Melissa Holloway
Office of Legal Affairs which said:
Pursuant NC A&T 2019-2022 Meeting Schedule of the Board of
Trustees (BOT) posted on the universities' web site. Friday,
September 27, 2019 is the first Regular Schedule Meeting of
NCA&T Board of Trustees. Which is the first regular schedule
meeting of NCA&T BOT after June 30th. Which pursuant G.S. §
116-32 and UNC Policy and Code [SECTION 401.OFFICERS.] is the
first meeting after June 30th, 2019 NC A&T BOT could consider
items approved at the July retreat.
No reply to
requests was received from Simmons and/or Holloway.
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NSA, N.C. A&T Partnering for a Diverse Workforce
EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (Jan. 23, 2019) -- As a
Historically Black College and University (HBCU) with a focus in Science,
Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM), North Carolina Agricultural and
Technical State University (N.C. A&T) has partnered with the National
Security Agency (NSA) for over 20 years. To celebrate its partnership, NSA
has named N.C. A&T a Featured School.
The
Featured School Series highlights colleges and universities that help
develop the talent and tools needed to meet national security challenges.
The collaboration between NSA and N.C. A&T is being highlighted on NSA.gov,
Intelligence Careers.gov and on social media. N.C. A&T has been a National
Center of Excellence (CAE) for eight years, promoting higher education and
research in the critical area of cyber defense.
The school is also one of 16 colleges and
universities across the country in NSA’s hiring and recruitment Campus
Ambassador Program (CAP), which serves to build and strengthen relationships
with select universities. Further, N.C. A&T hosted two GenCyber Camps in
2018 sponsored by NSA and the National Science Foundation, providing free
summer cybersecurity experiences for students and teachers at the K-12
level. “Academic partnerships are so vital to national security that NSA
invests more than $100 million annually in support of academic partner
programs, including educational grants, research and recruitment efforts,”
George C. Barnes, deputy director of NSA said. NSA aims to introduce a new
featured school every few months, highlighting schools designated as
Centers of Academic Excellence (CAE) that have a depth and breadth of
engagement with NSA. The series will also have a presence on
IntelligenceCareers.gov and will be featured on social media.
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Completive Edge
North Carolina A&T State University is again expanding its
graduate-level cybersecurity program. David
Arneke
Job opportunities are abundant; the White House cites estimates of the
demand for cybersecurity workers growing 12 times faster than the
overall job market. N.C. A&T will work with 12 other historically black
colleges and universities and two national laboratories to dramatically
grow the workforce of professionals, researchers and academics prepared
to lead the nation’s defense against cyber attacks. The
project will be funded by the federal
Cybersecurity Workforce Pipeline Consortium, a program to spark
interest in cybersecurity in students from elementary school to graduate
school. The $25 million, five-year program is sponsored by the U.S.
Department of Energy and its
National Nuclear
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Administration.
A&T will be involved at the master’s and doctorate levels. Graduates
from the other colleges and universities will study and conduct research
at A&T. Research will focus on cyber-identity protection and privacy in
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College of
Engineering at N.C. A&T to Offer Free Cybersecurity Camp; Enrollment
Open Now
Tonya Dixon
EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (May 3, 2019) –The College of Engineering at
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University will host
two sessions of its free
GenCyber Summer Camp,
July 22–26 and July 29–Aug. 2, 2019, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. The day camp
is open to rising eighth through 12th grade students. Campers will
learn cryptography, network security and digital forensics through
hands-on activities, as well as correct and safe online behavior and
cybersecurity ethics.
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Summer Camps at N.C. A&T
Provide Enrichment Opportunities for Local Students
Tonya Dixon
EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (May 31, 2019) – Students of all ages will
participate in hands-on, summer enrichment camps at North Carolina
Agricultural and Technical State University July 8 – Aug. 2, 2019. Each
camp will run from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m., Monday – Friday. From Paul Robeson
Theatre to Science Xploration to Cadets That Code, multiple camps will
be offered to provide enrichment activities and interdisciplinary
learning in science and technology, the arts, mathematics and much more.
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Cross Campus Collaboration Nets N.C. A&T
$7.5 Million Contract with U.S.Dept. of Labor
Joy Cook
The Division of Research and Economic Development (DORED) at North
Carolina A&T State University in conjunction with Lead Principal
Investigator Dr. Cameron Seay, in the College of Science and Technology,
has secured a federal contract through the U.S. Department of Labor.
The five-year contract, with a value of $7.5 million, will be utilized
to increase the numbers of underrepresented minorities and women in
science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) related fields.
The contract will focus specifically on information technology as it
relates to talent development for mainframe computers, on which the
global economy depends. The term “mainframe computer” is usually
associated with the IBM Corporation. With the advent and wide
availability of micro-computing in the 1980s and beyond, mainframes were
targeted for extinction because of their immense size and cost. While
smaller computers with tremendous power have indeed revolutionized
information technology, the heaviest input/output functions such as
transaction processing, airline reservations and cellular signal routing
are still left to the heavy lifters: mainframe computers. Although these
big workhorses still play a vital role in the technology spectrum, the
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"The goal
isn't to expand mankind's body of knowledge so much as it is to expand
the local economy." "Its
[UNCG] historically strong programs in music, education and nursing are
not the kinds of programs that spin off research and
development or
software companies to fuel high tech economies " |
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Rewinding
to 1991-92,
at bequest of UNC Board of Governors NC Legislature enacted NC GA § 116‑252.
Piedmont Triad Graduate Engineering Program in support faculty and
graduate students
involved in engineering at
the campuses of The University of North Carolina. In doing so UNC Board
of Governors rejected a $20 Million
dollar NCA&T/UNC-G
Engineering and Science
Research Center; "but that center [Piedmont Triad Engineering Research
Center] contains no role for
UNCG, which
had
hoped to get several doctoral level programs out of a joint engineering
and science research center with A&T";
Reported
in the Media: "UNCG/A&T proposal had won the enthusiastic
endorsement of top Greensboro business leaders. Acting through the
Greensboro Development Corp., they last year commissioned a $300,000
study to determine what areas of research at UNCG/A&T center could
engage in to the benefit of the Triad economy and its industries";
and I'm [banker E.S. ``Jim'' Melvin, chairman of the Greensboro
Development Corp convinced it [Research Center] is the thing to do, but
we've got to work through the university system, build the case for it
and get it high on the
board's priority
list. That's going to take some time.'' reported Jack Scism
TRIAD SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH CENTER:
VIABLE DREAM OR PIE IN THE SKY? , JACK SCISM, Greensboro News & Record -
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Union Square Campus,
Inc. called for relocating State funding programs from State owned
facilities to Union Square Campus leased facilities. |
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Notwithstanding Union Square Campus, Inc. (Landlord) and NCA&T and UNC-G
(Tennant) leases were not approved by the State Property Office nor
pursuant UNC President delegated authority. Public Record documents
implicate University Chancellors claimed to be duly authorized to
execute leases on behalf of the corporation - the catalyst for
fraudulent conveyance of land, improvements, loans, and lease fees to
Union Square Campus, Inc.. |
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Union
Square Campus is a key initiative of Opportunity
Greensboro, a working group of leaders from Greensboro
businesses, foundations and higher education
institutions. This (alleged) national model of
collaboration is identifying and acting on opportunities
to transform our wealth of educational assets
into economic success—creating for Greensboro a
competitive advantage for business growth.
[1] The proposed campus is designed to
drive economic and workforce development for a knowledge
based, global economy.
[2]
The presence of a downtown university campus provides a
vehicle to spur additional economic growth in the way of
housing, retail stores and other opportunities
. [3]
Training and education for healthcare professions –
primarily nursing -- will comprise the first phase of
Union Square Campus,
with these initial key
stakeholder/tenants: UNCG, NCA&T, GTCC, and Cone Health
(Cardiovascular
Physician Management Company, Inc. …) [4]
Union
Square Campus, Inc. called for relocating State funding
programs from State owned facilities to Union Square
Campus leased facilities. |
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N.C. A&T Scores Big with Union Square
Partnership
The
greater Greensboro community has anxiously
awaited the opening of the Union Square Campus
for several years. The ribbon cutting ceremony
finally arrived on Friday, Aug. 5 and no other
entity was as excited or proud as North Carolina
A&T State University. As one of the campus’
inaugural and pioneering tenants, along with the
University of North Carolina at Greensboro,
Guilford Technical Community College, and Cone
Health, N.C. A&T will house its accelerated
Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Registered
Nurse-Bachelor of Science in Nursing Completion
entry programs,
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Notwithstanding
Union Square Campus, Inc. (Landlord) and NCA&T
and UNC-G (Tennant) leases were not approved by
the State Property Office or pursuant President
Delegated authority. Public Record documents
indicate University Chancellors claimed to be
duly authorized to execute leases on behalf of
the corporation - the catalyst for fraudulent
conveyance of land, improvements, loans, and
lease fees to Union Square Campus, Inc..
Union Square
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Ask UNC Board of Governors,
NCA&T Chancellor Harold Martin, NC A&T Board of Trustees where
are NC A&T Nanoscience MS. and Ph.D. degrees.
"UNCG and NC A&T are partners. UNCG
is offering graduate degrees in nanoscience; A&T will eventually
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May
2007 UNC Board of Governors established alleged Joint School of
Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, at bogus NC A&T / UNCG Joint
Millennial campus Gateway University Research Park, to off (a)
joint interdisciplinary Ph.D. degree and (a) joint professional
science master's degree.
In order for
UNC-G to offer Nanoscience degrees it must access NC A&T
academic circular and research [Although the degree is in
Nanoscience (and does not include Nanoengineering),
students
will be given the opportunity to take relevant courses at the
School of Engineering at North Carolina A&T University and will
be able to work on collaborative projects with faculty in the
school of Engineering- request to plan Ph.D. in Nanoscience. The
University of North Carolina Board of Governors approved
establishment of the MS in Nanoscience on November 13, 2009, and
establishment of the PhD program in
Nanoscience
on January 8, 2010, excluding NC A&T. December 9, 2009 UNC
Graduate Council recommends authorization of the joint PhD,
Dr. James Sadler Associate Vice President for Academic Planning
University of North Carolina
Chronology. |
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UNC Greensboro (UNCG) has been awarded
a two-year National Science Foundation (NSF) grant of $499,912 to build
the The Gate City Research Network (GCRN); a high-speed research data
network that will both connect UNC Greensboro and NC A&T with each
other and enable faster, easier sharing of research with
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NC A&T is connect to the North
Carolina Education and Research Network (NC-REN) dedicated
to high speed traffic and
research data.
NC A&T has two Cray Super
Computers.
They are like air craft carriers - we have two of them.
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NC A&T is ranked third in sponsored research in
the UNC System since 2005 and is connect to
North Carolina A&T State University increased sponsored
program funding by 22% over the past five fiscal years,
reaching a total of $64.3M in FY2018.
Included
in this record-setting achievement is funding for five
research centers totaling $11.3M. Two of the centers are
housed in the College of Agriculture and Environmental
Sciences ($4.9M), two in the College of Engineering ($5.0M),
and one in the College of Business and Economics ($1.4M).
UNCG has been last in Sponsored Research among Doctorial
Granting Institutions for the past five years. Source
UNC BOG Sponsored Research Report Jan 2019. Source
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA RESEARCH AND SPONSORED PROGRAMS
REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT Fiscal Year 2018 March 21, 2019 .
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N.C. A&T Chancellor Harold L. Martin Sr., “This is an
exciting opportunity for researchers at N.C. A&T, UNCG and
their collaborators from around the globe. My expectation is
that this new data network will assist our researchers in
strengthening existing partnerships and creating new
partnerships that will produce innovative solutions to some
of the world’s persistent challenges.”
UNCG’s Jeff Whitworth, associate vice chancellor and chief
infrastructure architect, served as the Principal
Investigator (PI) for this grant, with co-principal
Investigators Shyam Aravamudhan, associate professor, N.C.
A&T; Geoff Starnes, associate vice chancellor of information
technology and deputy chief information officer, N.C. A&T;
and Daniel Todd, director, Triad Mass Spectrometry Facility.
Ask Harold "HN" Martin why is he
connecting A&T research to UNC Greensboro's Gate City
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Harold
'HN' Martin and NC A&T Board of Trustees , in town on
Thursday and out of town of Friday four times a year,
referred to on the university website as leaders may bring
little to nothing to the table except for transferring NCA&T
education and research assets as Collaborators
with cross-town HWI UNC Greensboro and Greensboro Business
organizations. |
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