Youth Advocacy WeekStudents Advocating for Youth, an organization on campus that teaches students about advocacy, will host Youth Advocacy Week next week.SAY will host two events, the first a rally on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. in the Court of North Carolina and the second a Youth Advocacy Summit on Friday at 1 p.m. at the Friday Institute.
Senior designers showcase projectsECE Senior Design Day will be held on Thursday from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Friday Institute. Almost 140 electrical and computer engineering seniors will showcase this semester’s projects from the senior design project course.
Annual health fair to be hosted by the Islamic Association of RaleighThe IAR will host its sixth multicultural health fair with many student volunteers from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 29 at Method Community Center and Park. Free health screenings and seminars for the public will be held.
Agricultural Field Day to be heldExperts from the University will present in Harrellsville, NC from 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m on May 4th. The purpose of the event is to familiarize farmers with canola, a new North Carolina crop that can be used to make biodiesel fuel.
Ralph Cicerone to deliver N.C. State Commencement AddressRalph Cicerone, president of the National Academy of Sciences, will deliver the commencement address Saturday, May 13. The commencement ceremony will take place at the RBC Center. Chancellor James L. Oblinger will bestow honorary degrees from N.C. State to Cicerone, J. Stuart Hunter, Daniel L. McFadden, John Ruffin and George S. Tolley.