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 Jehovah,
ultimate father to all and defender of the
disenfranchised, steps out of the background into
the foreground on behalf of enslaved people in the
most powerful county at that time. |
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HBCU Stem Conference at NCA&T Photo Courtesy
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In North Carolina In North Carolina Agricultural And
Technical State University, where
the student made the bricks to build the building in which
to be educated, the LORD established
a Land Grant University where the sons |
and daughters of former  slaves
and slave owners, coal miners daughters and sons, alleged
trailer park trash, working people, and the disenfranchised
World Wide, can potentially move pass their pass, working
together through shared experiences and competition,
potentially embracing the ideal they don't have to kill
each other, as they prepare for their future in an education
setting accessing world wide education opportunities at the  highest
levels. NC
A&T working with others institutions shall established joint
academic programs with other HBCUs expanding institutions
offering jobs with a future. People of Color world wide
shall opportunities other than sports and entertainment. His
Plan. |
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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
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 Reported
in the Media: " "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", emphasis added; "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 -
Monday, July 20, 1992 . (emphasis
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think for the next 50 years, A&T and the
engineering programs and science programs are
going to be an integral part and a driving force
in the economic development of the community,''
said Greensboro attorney Jim Phillips Jr., a
member of the UNC Board of Governors."
[3] Their
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 HBCU
institution North
Carolina A&T, one of the state's two land grant
institutions, has programs throughthe doctoral
level. Its programs include engineering, arts and
sciences, agricultural and environmental sciences,
business and economics, education, nursing,
technology, and graduates studies. “
The expected roles of a land- grant institution,
is teaching agriculture and engineering, and
providing cooperative extension services”. NC
A&T's 2001 amend University Master Plan called for
developing 75 acres of land along East Lee Street
targeted to develop new opportunities for both
research and education in both the private and
academic arenas between the University's technology
and agricultural research and its students, which
didn't include across-town historical white UNC
Greensboro and its affiliated members of the
Greensboro business community. |
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Emerging from a legislative
mandated study HB 1264 ,Staying
a Step Ahead, to ensure the State's
citizens are academically prepared and equipped
for current job opportunities and jobs of the
future in North Carolina's growing knowledge
economy, explicitly referred to research
clusters created by HBCU NCA&T |
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HB
1264 explicitly
referred to research clusters Public Health,
Biotechnology, Bio & Food Sciences, Advanced
Materials & nanotechnology, Computational
Science & Engineering, Leadership & Community
development, Information Sciences & Technology,
Transportation & Logistics, and Energy &
Environment created by HBCU NCA&T. |
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Nanotechnology,
Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, should have
been HBCU NCA&T Signature Programs |
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HB 1264 (6), says
with regard to the University System, there
shall be special emphasis on the development of
signature programs for Historically Black
Colleges and Universities and the University of
North Carolina at Pembroke. |
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“Signature programs” have been defined as those
that are distinctive, that build on
existing strengths,
that advance the institution’s profile, and that
serve regional and/or state economic
transformation needs." |
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“Expertise in nanotechnology may become a
prerequisite for many scientists and engineers
that support a wide variety of industries, nano
expertise among the North Carolina science and
engineering workforce may soon become a
competitive advantage issue for the state. [PCG/UNC-NCCCS/UNC
Interim report
3.doc/RB.SP.PC.CR.ATPCC.1/CC.14/10May05 Page
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"It is predicted
that nano scale science will change the nature
of almost every human-made product this century.
This field has great potential applications in
materials, medicine, electronics, optics, data
storage, advanced manufacturing, environment,
energy, and national security. PCG/UNC-NCCS/UNC
Interim report3. doc/RB.SP.PC.CR.Atpcc.I
/CC.14/10May05 page 109] |
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"We're
Not Following Any Path, We're Blazing A
Trail" |
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NC
A&T is "well known in areas
such as advanced materials, nanotechnology,,
computational science, and
says N. Radhakrishnan,
former VP for research and
economic development at N.C.
A&T. The school also has
significant strengths in
other areas, including
biotechnology, energy and
the environment, information
sciences and technology,
logistics and transportation
development. |
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 All these endeavors are
aligned in eight research
clusters that bring faculty
together across disciplines
to develop large research
projects. These research
clusters run in parallel
with a number of
multidisciplinary centers
and institutes at N.C. A&T which
develop partnerships with
private and corporate
sponsors, educational
institutions, and government
agencies. |
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Historical
Black Land Grant NC A&T was listed as University
focus on Nanotechnology May 2005.
Crosstown PWI UNC Greensboro was not
listed as a University focused on Nanotechnology
and Gateway University Research Park didn't
exist. |
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Nanotechnology is
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NC A&T was 4th in Nanotechnology
Research at North
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with $11 Million Dollars between
2000-2005 and UNC Greensboro was
11th out of 12 with $44,999. In
2003 A&T, NATO Sponsor Material
Symposium in Ukraine. |
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A&T Awarded NSF Engineering
Research Center |
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NCA&T State University has been funded at an
average rate of $3-5 million per  year
in the area of nanoscience and nanotechnology.
Most of the research in nanoengineering is done
in the Center for Advanced Materials and Smart
Structures (CAMSS). Several Centers and projects
are under CAMSS, including the NSF Center for
Research Excellence in Science and Technology
(CREST), the DoD Center for Nanoscience, Nanomaterials
and Multifunctional Materials (CNN) for Homeland
Security, the NSF Nanoscale Science and
Engineering Center (NSEC), the NSF project on
US/Europe Materials Collaboration:
Self-Organized Nanostructured Thin Films for
Catalysis, the NSF project on Nanoscale
Interdisciplinary Research Teams (NIRT), the NSF
Major Research Instrumentation for
Nanoengineering Research, and the NSF
Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education (NUE)
program. CAMSS also facilitates many of the
materials research activities of the
NASA-National Institute for Aerospace (NIA). In
addition, the Center for Composite Materials
Research (CCMR) does research in nano-enhanced
composite materials and the Army Center of
Excellence for Battlefield Capability
Enhancements (Flexible Displays) does research
in material characterization and development of
novel displays. UNC
Greensboro:
A Center for Research Excellence in
Nanobiosciences in the process of being
established.
[5] Photo N.C. |
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The NSF ERC for Revolutionizing Metallic
Biomaterials at A&T will conduct research in the areas
of biomedical engineering and nano-bio applications and
is in partnership with the Universities of Cincinnati
and Pittsburgh. It also has a global technical partner
in Germany’s Hannover School of Medicine and a global
cultural and outreach partner in the Indian Institute of
Technology, Madras, India. California State University
at Los Angeles will serve as an outreach partner in the
USA. The
ERC has partnerships with pre-college institutions in
North Carolina to involve teachers and students in
engineering; it has partnerships with a broad range of
North Carolina organizations devoted to entrepreneurship
and small business development. Shena Crittendon,
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1264(7)(2003-04)) the Legislature mandated the Board of
Governors emphasized existing and new programs at Liberal
Arts Universities specifically aimed at meeting business,
industry, workforce, and career needs of North Carolina in
the State's changing and growing knowledge-based economy,
taking into account, as appropriate, State and regional
economic strategies. |
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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 [Ken
Mayer, Editorial, UNCG, A&T University will need to
be leaders in the charge for high-tech industry in
the Triad, Triad Business Journal Nov 9, 1998] ( Ken
Mayer is former Chairman UNCG BOT 2003-2004 &
2004-2005.
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The University of North Carolina at
Greensboro 2003-2004 Profile |
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With the source of enrollment growth
being minorities as white enrollment leveled off across
the University of North Carolina, Guilford Technical
Community College experiencing record enrollment, ECPI
University and ITT Tech offering addition technology based
education in the Triad education market place. What’s left
on the plate for Majority serving Liberal Arts UNCG with a
potential national
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political astute business organization affiliated UNC-G use
political connections to reposition Majority serving UNC-G
in and Minority serving NCA&T out? UNC-G 2003-08 formulated
a 2003-08 academic plan to establish a joint Millennial
campus with NC A&T. |
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"Last year, the development corporation
proposed the idea of developing a UNCG/A&T Knowledge and
Industry Campus, perhaps in southeast Greensboro...This
would be the beginning of our version of N.C. State's
Centennial Campus." Ken Mayer former Chairman UNCG BOT
2003-2004 & 2004-2005. |
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"I
think for the next 50 years, A&T and the engineering
programs and science programs are going to be an integral
part and a driving force in the economic development of the
community,'' said Greensboro attorney Jim Phillips Jr., a
member of the UNC Board of Governors."
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Greensboro
City's Greensboro
Connections 2025 Comprehensive Plan was
adopted May
2003. A key principle of the
Comprehensive Plan is to promote economic
development in historically under-served parts of
the City such as East Greensboro. Properties in
these areas should receive priority consideration as
the City designates and promotes land for economic
development. The NCA&TSU Farm site is one such
candidate. 7D.3 Promote economic development
through public/private partnerships to include
government, economic development agencies,
educational and health care institutions, and
businesses. Build on existing partnerships and
initiatives in this effort. Examples include:
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University-related research and development
opportunities with UNCG and NCA&TSU (building
on the example of the Nussbaum Center incubator
facility)[ One of their primary tasks will be
keeping tabs on research at the two universities, in
areas such as engineering and sciences, that might
have commercial uses. They will look for existing
companies that could benefit from that research and
explore the potential of using it to create start-up
businesses.]
Work with NCA&TSU to establish a research park on
the A&T farm property, [NCA&T Farmland was located
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  Loud and Clear “Harold, we need North Carolina A&T State University to assume a more prominent role in helping to positioning our region to become more economic competitive. I want to reassure business leaders I heard them the loud and clear” , said NC A&T Chancellor Harold Martin at his 2009 inauguration. Video |
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am so energized by the potential of this research park, in
particular the joint schools of nano technology and nano science.
The world is seeing explosive growth today in the commercialization
of nanotechnology. We will have all of the assets right here in
Guilford County that we need to participate in that explosion,
and they will be right here at the Gateway University Research
Park." said ("Greensboro Boy" ) Erskine Bowles President of the
University of North Carolina System. [2 |
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"A Promise for the Future By some accounts,
nanotechnology is destined to replace much of today's
technology. Gateway University Research Park expects to
be at the forefront of these new technologies with the
creation of a new
institution the
Joint School for Nanoscience and Nanoengineering
(JSNN)" [15] The
intent of the (JSNN) school is to become a world-class
educational and technical institution.
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"The
Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering will be a unique,
interdisciplinary school, located at the South Campus of the Gateway
University Research Park, the joint millennial campus of NC A&T
and UNCG' ( formerly NC A&T farm property)... “It
[JSNN] will be one of the most stimulating opportunities in the
history of the area and will serve as a national model for
collaboration between two institutions, one a historical black
institution and the other a historical white female institution.” "JSNN
to offer (a) joint interdisciplinary Ph.D. degree and (a) joint
professional science master's degree." "JSNN to
offer (a) joint interdisciplinary Ph.D. degree and (a) joint
professional science master's degree." “The building
would include the academic departments, laboratory facilities
(teaching and research), and centers and institutes of the new
School as
well as selected centers and institutes currently located at the
partner universities. [5]
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Fraudulent claiming HBCU NC A&T and HWI UNCG were
partners in Board of Governors designated
NCGS: 116-198.34. (8b) NC
A&T/UNCG Joint
Millennial Campus. May 2007 UNC Board of Governors established
alleged Joint School of
Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, at de
facto NC
A&T / UNCG Joint Millennial Campus, UNCG affiliate, Gateway
University Research Park, Inc.; to offer (a) joint
interdisciplinary Ph.D. degree and (a) joint professional science
master's degree. [6] |
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For Liberal Arts UNC Greensboro with doctorial programs in music and
nursing to offer Nanoscience degrees requires access to NC A&T
academic programs and research: “Although the degree is in
Nanoscience (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
must be able to work on collaborative projects with faculty in the
School of Engineering. |
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institutions with millennial campus designations and the
UNC System does not indicate an NC A&T/UNCG Joint
millennial campus was authorized. Link |
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