'Posture of the Heart:' NC State Professor Christa Oliver Sends Message Through Dance

Feb. 6, 2024

‘Posture of the Heart:’ NC State Professor Christa Oliver Sends Message Through Dance

Christa Oliver, an associate teaching professor in the Department of Performing Arts and Technology, created a dance piece depicting the awful conditions at the Texas-Mexico border. She will remount this piece at the University of Buffalo this month.

Ben Strunk can often be found at Miller Fields, where many of NC State's intramural sports take place.

Intramural Connections

Ben Strunk, Wellness and Recreation’s assistant director of sports programs, helps NC State students build life and leadership skills through his work with intramural and club sports.

Sunlight streams through the wolf statues in Wolf Plaza.

Wellness Tips: Mental Health Matters

Wellness and Recreation shares several tips for faculty, staff and students to take care of their mental health. These include the Faculty and Staff Assistance Program (FASAP), various wellness apps and more.

Wellness Day Next Tuesday

Faculty and students have an opportunity to reflect on their health and well-being on Wellness Day, with the next one scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 13. Mark your calendar and check out the events/activities!

Google Drive Templates

You can access several helpful templates with your NC State Google Account. These include NC State letterheads, meeting agenda templates and templates for slideshows and Google forms. While logged into your NC State Google Drive account, simply click new, hover your cursor over the arrow next to document, sheet, slides or forms and select “from a template.”

Browse the Template Options

News You Can Use

With the early sellout of all four performances of “When We Were Queens,” NC State LIVE and the North Carolina Museum of Art have added a show on Feb. 11 at 6:30 p.m.
University Theatre’s “Jekyll & Hyde” opens in Stewart Theatre on Feb. 15 and runs through Feb. 18 for four shows only. Tickets are currently on sale.
Three exhibitions are now open at the Gregg Museum of Art & Design: “Leading by Design,” “Selections from the Collections” and “The Art of John Mark Hall.”
Carol Nix, the director of the NC State Crafts Center, recently launched a virtual class called “Calligraphy as Visual Poetry.”
Two DASA programs are participating in this winter’s crowdfunding cycle. Check out the Crafts Center Wood Studio and Alternative Service Break fundraising campaigns and support your fellow DASA programs.
Remind your students that submissions for the Student Art Sale are due March 31.
Throughout February, Prevention Services will host several events for Eating Disorders Awareness Month.
The Google Quota Resource site is live. NC State’s Google Quota implementation deadline is Oct. 25. Whether your account is already within the established 100 GB data storage quota for My Drive and Gmail, we encourage all DASA faculty and staff to review their Google storage usage and perform a digital spring cleaning!
April 5 is the deadline for all technology purchases.

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