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Oct 11, 2018

How to Overcome Barriers and Make Our Classrooms More Accessible

Sara Trudan/Nubian Message Kennysha Woods | Managing Editor “Shifting Our Framework for Supporting Students with Disabilities in the Classroom” is a workshop that focuses on the creation of more inclusive spaces for students with disabilities. NC State’s GLBT Center facilitates the workshop, which is open to faculty, staff, students and members of the local community. The…

Sep 27, 2018

Buzzfeed’s Curly Gives Keynote Speech at NC State

Erin Cody/Nubian Message Kennysha Woods | Managing Staff In celebration of Latinx Heritage Month, Curly Velasquez delivered the keynote speech in the Witherspoon Campus Cinema on Sept. 27. He is a renowned content creator and video producer from the digital media company Buzzfeed, and works on Pero Like, one of Buzzfeed’s entertainment divisions that launched…

Sep 27, 2018

Afro-Latina Voices: Finding Acceptance on Campus

Anna Lee/Nubian Message Kennysha Woods | Managing Editor “Afro-Latina” is a relatively new–and seemingly complex–term to most people.  With celebrities like music artist Amara La Negra and actress Gina Torres bringing the discussion of what it means to be Afro-Latina in the entertainment industry, we’re implored to learn about the way Afro-Latinas navigate everyday life–especially on…

Sep 13, 2018

Feminist Theory Thursdays Emphasize Theories, Applications

Kennysha Woods | Managing Editor “When we can see a theory that outlines for us why this a valid thing or valid way of being, then we can take that and say, ‘So let me tell you how I feel,’ and we can be powerful in talking about how we feel because this theory has…

Sep 5, 2018

African American Cultural Festival of Raleigh: A celebration of blackness

Shanmukha Sandesh/Nubian Message Kennysha Woods  | Managing Editor In the last four years that I’ve been an NC State student and a resident of Raleigh, I’ve frequently stopped and wondered, “Where are all the black people at?” NC State is a predominantly-white school in a predominantly-white city, and while it offers an array of events…

Sep 2, 2018

Direct Action is Nothing New and (Sometimes) Needed

Kennysha Woods  | Managing Editor Just like any other topic concerning the prevalence of white supremacy in this country, the debate over the removal of Confederate monuments has sparked many protests across the U.S.—even in North Carolina. Now I can sit here and rehash all the reasons why these monuments need to go (of which…

Mar 21, 2018

Study Reveals Food and Housing Insecurity at NC State

Photo Illustration by Glenn Wagstaff Kennysha Woods | Staff Writer There are some common struggles among the students of the Wolfpack; we’re all trying to balance classes, clubs, jobs, and social lives—all while desperately trying to get a full eight hours of sleep when we can. But a recent survey conducted at NC State shows that…

Jan 31, 2018

Blackademics: Dr. Elan Hope

Alex Zachman/Staff Photographer Dr. Elan Hope is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology. Her lab’s primary research focus is at the intersection of education, civic engagement, and early childhood development. Originally From DC, Dr. Hope has made Raleigh her home since 2015.   Kennysha Woods | Staff Writer “I came to NC State because…

Nov 29, 2017

Q&A: The Nubian Message Then and Now with Dr. Tracey Ray, Reggie Barnes, and Dr. Craig Brookins

Assistant Vice Provost for Student Diversity, Tracey Ray, stands in Winslow Hall on Oct. 19.   Dr. Tracey Ray Associate Vice Provost for Student Diversity Interview conducted by Kennysha Woods, Staff Writer Q: What was the social climate like when you came to campus? My senior year, that was when [there were] a lot of…

Nov 29, 2017

A Timeline of the Nubian Message at NC State

Original cover of the Nubian Message, published November 30, 1992 Kennysha Woods | Staff Writer UNC students demand cultural center | March 17, 1992 Students gathered at UNC Chapel Hill’s South Building to confront Chancellor Paul Hardin over their grievances, including the creation of a free-standing cultural center. Hardin refused the center for fear of promoting…

Nov 15, 2017

See A Need, Fill A Need

Alex Zachman/Correspondent 26-year-old Marcus Howard is on M&F Bank Millennial Advisory Board with the goal of helping the bank reach out to millennials. Howard is also the president of the NC State Black Graduate Students Association, which he helped found in 2016. Kennysha Woods | Correspondent In today’s day and age, one wouldn’t expect a handwritten…

Nov 1, 2017

Islam Fair Promotes Cultural Understanding Through Da’wah

Jordan Taylor/Staff Photographer The Islam Fair was held in Riddick Hall and featured several small panels for guests to speak with leaders in the local Muslim Community. The Henna table performed Henna tattoos on guests, there was a panel about the basics of the faith, the women in Islam, Jesus Christ’s role in Islam as…