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2009
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Hendley shares passion for service alumnus, hero of the year nominee discusses his experience with Wine to Water Caroline Barfield Staff Writer
Homecoming keynote speaker Doc Hendley said he never imagined he would be back on campus to share his story of how he started ‘Wine to Water’. But the 2004 alumnus was back in Talley Student Center Wednesday night, discussing the idea he conceived in his final semester as a way to create clean water systems in some of most impoverished countries in the world. And today, at noon, he’ll be back on the Brickyard just as he was five years ago. Except he’ll be speaking at a rally in his honor as one of ten nationally honored “heroes” for CNN’s Hero of the Year award. “It’s a different feeling coming back. It’s absolutely amazing and I am honored. I used to be another face, another name no one knew,” Hendley said. “It’s important for people to know that there is nothing special about me- middle of the row, just average. Water is just my passion.” Hendley traveled a lot in his early life and decided to return to college in 2004 where he bartended while finishing school with a public and interpersonal communications degree. Hendley began piecing together an idea just before he graduated. He said he was floored to discover that unclean water is the number one killer among
CNN Hero on the Brickyard 2004 alumnus Doc Hendley will be on the Brickyard today at noon for a rally in his honor to raise support for the philanthropist, who is a finalist for CNN’s Hero of the Year award. Source: N.C. State News Services
children in the world. Hendley said he combined the knowledge he had from bartending with his passion of creating clean water in impoverished countries and held a wine tasting to raise money in hopes of alleviating some of the suffering countries experienced because of the death rate due to unclean water. After his first wine tasting, he decided to give the money to Samaritan’s Purse, since they had a water program of their own and he wanted to make sure an impact was made. According to Hendley, he told the director of Samaritan’s Purse that he wanted the money he raised to go directly to the clean water project, but the request turned into an informal interview, and a few months later he found himself in Darfur. Since that trip, he has dedicated his
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Doc Hendley, alumnus, speaks in front of students in the Talley Student Center Ballroom Wednesday as part of the week long Homecoming celebration. “There is nothing special about me whatsoever — I’m just a regular, average, person.” Hendley, the founder of Wine to Water, said.
Longtime State Senator will step down
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Outgoing Sen. Tony Rand, who visited Student Senate last week, impacted two Student Government members well in advance of their collegiate careers Ty Johnson Editor-in-Chief
A week after he spoke to the Student Senate in Witherspoon Student Center, Sen. Tony Rand announced he intends to leave the State Senate. Rand is accepting an appointment from Gov. Bev Perdue to work with the state parole commission, according to a press release from the Governor’s office. Rand will assume his new role early next year. Rand, who represents Bladen and Cumberland county, spoke in the Student Senate Chambers Oct. 28,
discussing issues the University and state face and answering questions from student senators. But Rand’s visit to campus last week wasn’t the first time he impacted the lives of one of the student senators. Sen. Stephen Kouba, a junior in political science, worked as a page in Rand’s office during high school and said Rand became a mentor. Kouba said he didn’t speak to Rand Wednesday, largely because he knew it would be a busy day for the outgoing senator. Kouba said he kept in touch with the senator after he left, and the two spoke regularly. “They always say keep in touch. I decided to,” Kouba said. “I would call his office and talk to him about issues that were happening downtown. We would talk about my life and what I was planning on doing.” According to Kouba, Rand was largely responsible for getting him involved with politics. “[He was] instrumental in getting
Gov. Bev Perdue on Sen. Tony Rand’s appointment:
“North Carolina is fortunate that Senator Rand decided to take this position. He, like me, cares first and foremost about protecting the public but also understands the importance of giving people a fair shot at a second chance,” said Perdue. “I don’t believe I could find a better candidate in the state or country to lead this commission.” Source: Governor’s office press release
me involved in a lot of things – my internship and involved in government in general, which led me here, naturally,” Kouba said. Student Body President Ji m Ceresnak worked with Rand at his
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Pack-a-Thon sponsors competition for tradition ideas Winning idea may be next University tradition Jessica Neville Staff Writer
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Ben Bingham, a senior in nuclear engineering, squirts mustard onto his Bright Leaf hotdog at “Wear Red, Get Fed” Wednesday. “It’s exciting to see people getting together to support State and wearing red,” Bingham said.
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Pack-a-Thon, an organization that works year-round to raise money and awareness for the North Carolina Children’s Hospital, is working to come up with an original idea to raise money for the Children’s Hospital that could also serve as a new University tradition. Emily Gray, president of Packa-Thon, said the club sent out an e-mail to all student organizations a few weeks ago calling for original and unique tradition ideas. “We wanted to do something different this year, something that everyone on campus could be involved in,” Gray said. “We were very pleased with the amount of responses. 40 students sent in ideas within the week the survey
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was open.” Five finalists from the 40 entries were awarded $25 gift cards. The winner of the competition received $75 and the promise that his or her idea would be implemented as a new University tradition and fundraising effort by Pack-a-Thon. Pack-a-Thon selected May Chung, a sophomore in English secondary education, as the grand-prize winner. Chung’s idea was to create a “giant obstacle course” around campus to include many of the University’s most popular landmarks. “The obstacle course could include fun activities such as swimming in the Talley fountain or painting the Free Expression Tunnel,” Chung said. “It would turn out great if a lot of people participated.” Gray said Pack-a-Thon has plans to implement Chung’s idea and incorporate some of the other entries as well. “We are going to call our event Pack Life, because we want to center the
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Source: emily gray, president of pack-a-thon
obstacle course around the life of a N.C. State student,” Gray said. “It also stands for the Pack coming together to save the life of a child.” Pack Life is tentatively scheduled for mid-April. Gray said registration is planned to start in late November. The fee for entering is $100 for a team of five students, with all of the proceeds
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