Enriching the Professional Harvest

September 22 and 23, 2005

NC State’s College of Natural Resources Community for Diversity proudly presents the first annual diversity summit, “Enriching the Professional Harvest.”  The day and a half event will include a reception and dinner with keynote speaker, and a full day of workshop sessions designed to address the most pressing issues of diversity facing natural resources and environment.  Attendance by more than 200 legislators, community leaders, corporate executives, industry partners, individual supporters, distinguished alumni, and university officers is expected. 

This summit will explore the challenges and opportunities of successfully aligning student interests and academic programs with the needs of industry and communities to better serve a diverse world.  Universities and industry must not only cease to ignore diversity, but must seek out and challenge their ability to embrace it fully.  These workshops will address the issues of diversity head on.

The Community for Diversity is dedicated to making Natural Resources a welcoming profession for all populations. We will achieve this through university-industry partnerships, inter-institutional collaborations, and community focused programs.

Members include natural resource related departments at the following institutions: Tuskegee University, North Carolina A&T State University, St. Augustine's College, North Carolina Central University, Shaw University, and North Carolina State University.

$2,500 Sponsorship Package

• Sponsor Recognition in Pre-event Promotion

• Media exposure including all event press releases
• On-line presence on http://communityfordiversity.ncsu.edu

• On-site Sponsor Recognition at Event
• Sponsor acknowledgment in event program
• Verbal recognition of sponsor and representatives during event
• On-site signage with sponsor logos

• Sponsor Recognition in Post-event Promotion
• Acknowledgement in the College of Natural Resources News Letter (distributed to alumni and friends nationwide)
• Recognition in all appropriate media coverage

• VIP Hospitality
• Invitation for four VIP guests to attend event reception and dinner
• VIP premium seating at dinner

For additional information, please contact:             

Thomas Easley.

CNR Director of Community for Diversity

Thomas_Easley@ncsu.edu or 919-513-0534

Enriching the Professional Harvest:

Cultivating a Professional Community To Address the Growing Importance of

Natural Resources and the Environment For A Diverse Population

September 22 and 23, 2005

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is pleased to support the 2005 Enriching the Professional Harvest with a gift of $2,500.

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_____ Check enclosed made payable to:

NC Forestry Foundation, Inc memo: Enriching the Professional Harvest

Mail to: NC State University, CB 8005, Raleigh, NC 27695

Sponsorship Opportunities offered through the NC Forestry Foundation, Inc.

For additional information, contact Thomas Easley at Thomas_Easley@ncsu.edu or 919-513-0534