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Monthly Archives: July 2011

My Awesome Summer Vacation ... in Haiti

Social Work major Krystal Smith ('14) headed for Haiti when exams ended this spring. She spent the summer coordinating volunteer work groups, helping school children learn English, and spending time at a local orphanage. Read about the summer that changed this Park Scholar's life.

Posted on July 27, 2011 by CHASS Admin | Posted in Social Work, Students | Comments (0)

Caution: Your Child's First Job Could Be Hazardous to Her Health

The Atlantic has published an article about workplace safety among teens, using research conducted by Sociologist Michael Schulman. An estimated 80 percent of teens are employed at some point during their high school years--but many of them are ill-equipped to deal with on-the-job hazards. Around 146,000 adolescents are injured in the workplace every year, according to federal data, with about [...]

Posted on July 27, 2011 by CHASS Admin | Posted in Faculty, Research, Sociology and Anthropology | Comments (0)

English Prof Named American Council on Education Fellow

Molly Corbett Broad, president of the American Council on Education (ACE), has announced that Laura Severin, Professor of English at NC State University, is one of 50 Fellows at the American Council on Education for academic year 2011-12. The ACE Fellows Program, established in 1965, is designed to strengthen institutional capacity and build leadership in American higher education by identifying [...]

Posted on July 26, 2011 by CHASS Admin | Posted in English, Faculty | Comments (0)

Psychology Dept Leads Global Progress in Emerging Field

A group of volunteers travels to a foreign country to provide aid. But as so often happens, unforeseen problems arise. Maybe the volunteers aren’t a good fit or their skill levels aren’t sufficient for the task at hand. Perhaps there’s a clash of cultural values between those helping and those being helped. When such problems arise, they can greatly impede [...]

Posted on July 24, 2011 by CHASS Admin | Posted in Faculty, Psychology, Research | Comments (0)

CHASS Alum is Driving Force in Eugenics Victims' Compensation Effort

CHASS alumna Charmaine Fuller Cooper (MPA '07) has a tough job. As Executive Director of the N.C. Justice for Sterilization Victims Foundation, a newly-formed division of the state's Department of Administration, her role is to express the state’s formal apology to victims of the N.C. Eugenics Board. She is also charged with bringing together a diverse group of individuals and [...]

Posted on July 22, 2011 by CHASS Admin | Posted in Alumni, School of Public and International Affairs | Comments (0)