The Register, 2005-08-17

              recanted their first-day move in dorm transition at least once and first-year aggies and alumnus toothpaste mouthwash and soap to their designated dorm rooms every student goes through the sions stereos suitcases wal-mart bags and six months worth of it's that time again when par ents and students haul their televi cess this academic year again i welcome you with aggie pride and best wishes for great suc enjoy all the athletic events concerts lectures by visiting scholars art exhibits at our university galleries and the programming available in your residence hall become familiar with all the opportunities available to you through student organizations enjoy meeting and greeting new and old friends let me urge you to take advantage of the many positive opportunities that have been scheduled for you attend class and be punctual many others have helped you make the necessary arrangements to come to the university this fall now it is up to you to make good decisions compact was authored by your fellow students and reminds us all that we have an obligation and a commitment to excellence and maintaining the preeminent status of north carolina a&t i encourage you to commit yourself to the aggie pride compact a doo ument that spells out standards and expectations for all aggies the on behalf of the entire aggie family i am happy to welcome you and express our delight that you are pursuing your educational goals at north carolina agricultural and technical state university some of you are new to the campus but many of you are returing undergraduate and graduate students we are happy that each one of you is here the size of the aggie family is increasing—we expect nearly 11,000 students this fall—so you are a part of a growing family photo by stancheka boone new freshman kimyatta armstrong organizes her belongings before moving them into her dorm room in barbee hall some of the first-year girls were putting their clothes in closets with their mothers their dads were set suitcases and trunks that was four years ago for pruitt but things hadn't changed much for the incoming first-year students on friday aug 12 with temperatures blazing at 92 degrees and humidity hitting 86 percent the incoming students spent their day sweating and carrying heavy you're really on your own seriously i just realized that yo ; it felt good because i was get ting away from home he said good one experience aggies of yesteryear said their first-day was an emotional one andre pruitt a december 2004 graduate said his experience was a once i looked at other dorms i thanked my lucky stars that i ended up in vanstory leid said vanstory was very clean-kept and most of the people in my hall were sociable and cool aggie alumna cassandra leid said that she had air but her room was extremely small comes to getting cool air some stu dents were luckier than others barbee is one of the few dorms on campus without air when it was no air-conditioning excited to get out of the house and felt the biggest change for her neering major from monroe was ting up computers on desks in the hallowed halls of barbee first-year tierra hayes an architectural engi sea simms page 3 a&t increases at enrollment enrollment at a&t 12000 i 10030 10383 _ 10000 — ■ ——- jais 3 jt 8319 mk -—'^ | 8000 | p «■»•- | 6000 — • ~ 4000 j — 2000 —— 0 i 1 1 i 1 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 year mm . mm m mi $ sms graphic by erica franklin the fall enrollment at a&t has increased by several hundred students for the last five years aggie pride by erica franklin editor in chief enrollment at north carolina a&t state university continues to photo by erica franklin new members of the blue & gold marching machine march to frazier hall after 9 p.m on aug 6 freshman participated in a band camp from aug 5 to aug 7 todd becomes a&t's first female a.d by michael stanley sports editor sob bhumqit page 3 i'm looking forward to the the north carolina a&t athletics department named delores dee todd the university's first female athletics director on may 4 2005 increase we expect to open with 10,800 students this fall said robert ussery the assistant vice chancellor of institutional research and plan students from maryland virginia attraction to more out-of-state stu dents from northern states with about 85 undergraduate programs and 45 master's degree programs a&t has become an enrolled than men the university over the years in 2004 there were 651 more women more and more women joined skyrocket females were not allowed to enroll again until 1928 the shift to a co-ed university caused the population of the student body to the university restricted women from enrolling at tributed to the overall enrollment increase in 1902 a&t faculty attending a&t has also con students and alumni engaged local ly and nationally at a higher level so that we are no longer referred to as the best-kept secret she said the rising number of women fit for me opportunity todd said i'm enjoying it and i think it's a great todd has an impressive back ground with a significant amount of success in interscholastic and intercollegiate athletics with over 30 years of experience in strategic planning scheduling athletic train ' her responsibilities allowed her to supervise direct and coordinate officiating programs for baseball as female assistant commissioner for the atlantic coast conference ment todd has made history in other organizations she was the first see mgcfr page 3 recently she served on the national collegiate athletic men's and women's cross country indoor and outdoor track and field she also served as a liaison between sports committees and coordinated special projects with staff members well as plan organize and direct ing and human resource manage in my opinion chancellor renick has helped the university build on this rich tradition through vision and by getting faculty staff mended renick on a job well done colleen grotsky the executive assistant to the chancellor com dents enrolled in 2004 there were 10,383 stu semester at a&t graduates enrolled for the fall rung after becoming the chancellor in 1999 james c renick has helped the campus expansion when he arrived there were only 7,442 stu dents both undergraduates and arts & entertainment campus news tmidi vandross dies at 54 campus safety tips 2005 greensbpro nc 27411 newsroom 336 334-7700 e-mail register@ncat.edu the a&t register boxe-25 1601 e market st features get advice from the fashion expert news 2 news 3 entertainment 4 35 features 5 n editorial 6 sports 7 editorial s.g.a president wants t.o.t.a.l involvement dear students by kassidy johnson news editor august 17,2005 new students move in iit welcome back the a t regis chance of thunderstorms lshiwf former jaggie begins third season in san jrancisco sincerely james c renick chancellor