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Translation and interpretation is currently one of the top 15 fastest growing careers in the nation, and it can be a valuable skill for students in science, technology, engineering or math fields, according to the United States Department of Labor. Department of Labor officials expect 25,000 jobs in written translation and verbal interpretation to open by 2020. According to Ingrid Schmidt, the director of study abroad and associate vice provost for international affairs, N.C. State administrators and faculty are urging students to pursue majors or minors in a foreign language as a result.
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“Employers are increasingly growing in engagement with companies internationally,” Schmidt said. “Students in so many fields are going to be interacting with people from other cultures, so they are encouraged to continue with their language study that began in high school.” The increasing value of translators and interpreters in the workforce is due to the demographics of the U.S. becoming increasingly diverse in both large and small businesses. Schmidt said that some of the highest paying interpretation and translation jobs are in technical fields—a valuable prospect for students majoring in STEM programs at N.C. State.
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Sophomore running back Shadrach Thornton walks off the field with his head down after the end of the Duke game Saturday. Thornton had 103 rushing yards in the Wolfpack’s 38-20 loss to the Blue Devils at Wallace Wade Stadium.
OIT: Helping faculty use technology is a top priority Joseph Havey Deputy News Editor
As technology and education continue to blend, University information technology departments are reacting. According to representatives from N.C. State’s Office of Information Technology, one of the department’s top priorities is helping faculty implement technology in the classroom. Marty Dulberg, senior coordinator of learning technologies for the Distance Education and Learning Technology Applications Office,
said his department offers a variety of different mechanisms of support for faculty, including a help desk, workshops and one-on-one consultations. “Faculty members are embracing technology more to teach in the classroom,” Dulberg said. “New faculty are coming in more fluent in technology and are leading the charge toward many interesting things.” Megan Glancy, a lecturer and advisor in sociology and anthropology, said that she uses several digital tools to support her online and of-
fline classes. “In lessons, I use a variety of resources such as audio clips, interactive web browsers and websites to illustrate the subject matter I teach,” Glancy said. “Technology allows me to do a wider variety of activities with my students and democratize the classroom to accommodate a wider variety of individual learning styles.” Stacy Gant, director of support services for DELTA, said that in the 2012-13 year, her office helped host 130 workshops and seminars, 522 instructional consultations and
answered 5,380 faculty help calls. Although this initiative isn’t brand new at N.C. State, it reflects a broader concern of university IT officers across the United States. Last week, Campus Computing Project released its annual survey of senior technology administrators, which was based on answers from representatives of 451 twoand four-year public and private colleges. The survey found that as technology continues to grow on campuses, nearly 80 percent of university IT departments consider helping faculty members implement
technology into the classroom a top priority. Dulberg said he sees a wide range of technology used at N.C. State. “A lot of it has to do with the faculty member’s area of discipline, how long he or she has been here, or how much money the department is spending on the initiative,” Dulberg said. “But I think more faculty are trying than have given up.” Susan West, director of technology support services for the Office of Information and Technology, said
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Service N.C. State seeks to stop hunger Nobel Prize winner lectures about latest polymer research
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N.C. State’s Center for Student Leadership Ethics and Public Service and Stop Hunger Now held a mealpackaging event Saturday to reach their goal of packaging and shipping more than 100,000 meals. More than 600 people volunteered, through N.C. State student organizations. Other Raleigh-based organizations contributed volunteers and funding to the event. CSLEPS members hit a gong every time 5,000 meals were boxed. According to Amanda Itliong, director of CSLEPS, Service N.C. State is a oneday, large-scale project, and because the event featured more than 100,000 meals, it’s considered one of Stop Hunger Now’s major events. N.C. State is a long-time partner with Stop Hunger Now, according to Dawn Morgan, a coordinator for CSLEPS and Service N.C. State. “[Saturday’s event was] an opportunity to be involved in something that affects people all over the world.” Morgan said. Chris Adkins, an event
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Students and professors gathered in Dabney Hall on Friday to hear Richard Schrock, Nobel Prize recipient and MIT professor, speak about his groundbreaking research in inorganic and polymer chemistry.
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Micaela Hayes, right, a freshman in First Year College, helps scoop cups of rice into bags to be part of packaged meals, which will be sent overseas to victims of hunger Saturday, 9 Nov. 2013. Hayes said her favorite part of volunteering was knowing that she’s helping feed kids that are starving.
facilitator for Stop Hunger Now and N.C. State alumnus, volunteered for Service N.C. State when he was a student, and he said he enjoyed coming back to campus to see that Service N.C. State’s meal packaging event is going strong. “It’s about the impact, not just the ‘Band-Aid’ solution of 105,000 meals.” Adkins said. “We change lives forever and improve developing
countries.” Volunteers who signed up to package meals were asked to donate or raise $25 to participate in the event. Those who showed interest and couldn’t raise $25 were helped by CSLEPS, according to Morgan. One packaged meal contained six servings and cost 25 cents each. The meals are targeted to support transformational development
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programs such as feeding programs for school children, vocational training programs, early childhood development programs, orphanages and medical clinics around the world. According to Morgan, $25 enabled 100 meals to be packaged, and $25,000 was raised in order to hold the event. More donations were
Open access research is becoming the prominent way to publish university research due to government pressure. Open access research, which is a push to make tax-funded research available to the public, is not new idea. However, it has gained attention due to recent federal pushes toward these types of results, said Will Cross, the director of the Copyright and Digital Scholarship Center at N.C. State. In February of this year, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy announced a plan to require federal agencies with more than $100 million in Research and Development expenditures to develop plans to make the published
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Walter Weare, assistant professor in chemistr y, thosted Schrock as a part of the chemistry department’s seminar series in which researchers from across the country are invited to lecture about their cutting edge explorations.
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