Thursday, June 11, 2009

VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT


Rules and Regulations:



What to bring on the day:
  • $18 per team
  • Any volleyballs you would like to contribute to the game
  • Protective wear from the sun
  • Sunscreen

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Need volunteers for Black & Veatch - Workday on this Saturday, Oct. 25

Hey guys,

Here is a cool volunteering opportunity. It could also be a good networking opportunity if you are interested in working for Black and Veatch. Contact Bill Buckner (contact info below) directly if you want to go.

Chris
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Chris & Akeem, Black & Veatch Corp. in Cary is supporting the Adopt-A-Stream program with the City of Raleigh. We have a Workday coming up this Saturday. We are in need of about 15 additional volunteers to help with the stream clean up from 8:00 AM to 12:00 Noon on Saturday. This is very physical work and most everyone will get wet also, so we need people that can handle rough conditions and work hard.
Can you share this with the EWB teams at NCSU and lets see if we can get additional volunteers to help with this worthy environmental cause. The stream location is Pigeon Fork creek actually located off Capital Blvd behind the old Harris Wholesale warehouse near Peace College.

If we could get some volunteers from NCSU - EWB, that would be wonderful. We are short on people now.

See if you can help us out with this. My number below is listed if you need any additional information. Just have the volunteers contact me directly. I can pick up people Saturday morning if anyone needs a ride.

Bill Buckner
Black & Veatch Corporation
Procurement Manager - Raleigh
Phone: 919-462-7356
Fax: 919-468-9212
Email: bucknerwt@bv.com
Building a World of Difference®

Sunday, October 19, 2008

Oct. 22nd speaker on Bolivian social movements and current political violence

If anyone is interested in attending this event, let me know and we can get a group together. It sound like it should be pretty interesting.

Chris
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Hey Akeem,

It's Matt Ball from Duke-EWB. We're hosting a speaker about current events in Bolivia on October 22nd and I wanted to invite you and the other members of the NC State Bolivia team. Here's the official info:

*Current Power Struggles in Bolivia: A First Hand Account*
Bolivia has recently been gripped by political instability stemming from the indigenous President's plans to redistribute the nation's wealth and lift some of the continent's poorest farmers out of poverty. The country's landowners and business elite have had the support of the US government in their actions to destabilize the democratically-elected government.

Denise Cochran fled Bolivia weeks ago after living there with her family for the past twelve years. She worked as a non-profit consultant on issues related to social and economic justice while her husband advised Evo Morales, Bolivia's president and South America's first indigenous head of state. The Cochran family's close ties to the government have provided clear insights into the roots of the political violence that has recently taken hold of the nation.

Mrs. Cochran will speak on Wednesday October 22nd at 6:30pm in room 130 of the Sociology-Psychology building about current developments in Bolivia and the US's role in them. This event is sponsored by Duke's chapter of Engineers Without Borders. Refreshments will be provided.

More on current events in Bolivia:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/28/world/americas/28bolivia.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7668527.stm

Info on EWB's past work in Bolivia:
https://wiki.duke.edu/display/engineerswithoutborders/Bolivia

If you all have time to come, that would be great. Thanks.

Matt