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SENSORIA 2012 - April 12 -17, 2012

Faculty are encouraged attending and bringing their classes to the upcoming Sensoria events,

April 12-17, 2012. The Sensoria events connected to the B&SS Division for 2012 are:

World Experience: A Cultural Exchang

Kathryn Wells and Mahbubeh Yektaparast

Friday, April 13, 11AM - 1PM

First Floor, Overcash Building, Central Campus

From Grits to the Allman Brother

Professor W. Fitzhugh Brundage

Tuesday, April 17, 11AM -12:15 PM

Tate Hall, Overcash Building, Central Campus

Fight for Education Equality – A Firsthand Account

Panel Discussion

Tuesday, April 17, 11AM – 12:15PM

Levine Campus Auditorium

Published Authors from the CPCC Faculty

Rick Helms

Tuesday, April 17, 11AM – 12:15PM

2nd Floor Atrium, Library, Central Campus

Psych Class Band – Vietnam, the Great Musical Explosion

Bill Brinnier

Thursday, April 19, at 12:30 PM

Levine Campus Atrium

Further information about the Sensoria events is at: http://sensoria.cpcc.edu/history-culture/ and http://sensoria.cpcc.edu/literature/

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Model UN Spring 2012 on the Move!

In February 2012, twelve students and two faculty advisors traveled to Boston for the Harvard National Model United Nations conference. This was our biggest challenge yet, and we were very excited. The representing nations were Madagascar and Syria. To raise money for our trip, the club held three bake sales this fall at the Levine Campus, sold Auto Bell Car Wash tickets, asked area businesses for donations, and applied for and received $2500 from Student Government and $750 from Harvard.

Updates of the results will soon follow!

CPCC’s Model United Nations club would like to thank faculty, staff, and students at the Levine Campus and in the Behavioral & Social Sciences Division for their support in our fundraising efforts. We would like to send a special thanks to the Dean’s office staff, Student Life personnel, and librarians at the Levine Campus who have spent significant amounts of time assisting us organizing our events, trips, and research for these conferences. Another special thanks to History Instructor Mike Baxter for his generosity and assistance in jumpstarting our fundraising efforts.

Model UN is always welcoming new members. There are two meeting times to choose from: Thursdays at 3:30-4:30 or Fridays at 12:30-1:30, both in room 1307 at the Levine Campus. If you are interested in joining, please contact Teresa Hall at Teresa.Hall@cpcc.edu or Phil Garland at Phil.Garland@cpcc.edu.

Teresa Hall
History Instructor
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Central Piedmont Community College
704-330-4229

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Rick Helms Recognized for

Writing Talents

Published: 03/17/2011

Psychology instructor and CPCC award-winning mystery author Rick Helms (Levine Campus) has received Short Mystery Fiction Society Derringer Award finalist nominations in two categories. The nominations, announced March 1, came in the Long Fiction (4,001-8,000 words) category, for his story "Silicon Kings" (Back Alley Webzine, April 2010); and in the Novelette (8,001-17,500 words) category for "The Gods for Vengeance Cry" (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, November 2010). This is the second time Helms has received two nominations for the Derringers in the same year. He previously did so in 2008, when he also won both. The winners of the Derringer Awards for 2011, based on voting by the 1,300 members of the Short Mystery Fiction Society, will be announced on April 1.

Helms' 14th novel, "Thunder Moon," comes out June 15 from Five Star/Cengage.

Reference: http://shortmystery.blogspot.com/2011/03/2011-smfs-derringer-award-finalists.html