News & ViewsFROM THE PARK

Vol. 2, DECEMBER 2009

Gateway holds groundbreaking ceremony for The Joint School of Nanoscience & Nanoengineering

CEREMONIAL TURNING OF THE DIRTLeft to right: Representative Patricia Hurley, Representative Maggie Jeffus, Representative Alma Adams, and Senator Katie Dorsett of the NC General Assembly; Ms. Hannah Gage, Chair, UNC Board of Governors; Mr. Erskine Bowles, President, University of North Carolina; Chancellor Linda P. Brady, UNCG; Chancellor Harold L. Martin, Sr., NC A&T; Representative Joe Hackney, NC Speaker of the House; Dr. Jim Ryan, Founding Dean, JSNN; Mr. John Merrill Executive Director, Gateway University Research Park; and Mr. Ed Kitchen, Chair, Gateway Board of Directors.

Aground-breaking ceremony for The Joint School of Nanoscience & Nanoengineering

(“JSNN”) was held November 9, 2009 at Gateway’s South Campus. Close to 300 guests attended the ceremony and festivities.

Site construction will begin before year end and total construction time for the school is estimated at 24 months.

The JSNN and its academic, research and outreach programs will position the Triad and North Carolina to take advantage of the explosive economic growth expected from the next wave of innovation. Commercialization of fundamental research in nanoscience and nanoengineering is expected to have a broad impact across many industries and enable technologies that were once thought impossible.

Elementary students from General Greene Elementary School’s Science & Technology program help with the ground breaking. Pictured from left to right: George Boschini, Principal; LeAnn Niedziela, Cameron Wall, Shelby Pennix, Mary Helen Wood, and Ryan Walton.

Chancellor Linda P. Brady (UNCG) (forefront) greets Gateway’s facilities personnel.

(left to right) Greg Benton, Charles Barfi eld and Tony Turner

Ed Kitchen, Vice PresidentJoseph M. Bryan Foundation

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NOVEMBER 4, 2009 -- GREENSBORO, N.C. — A fi fth-grader listens intently as his speech-language pathologist reads from a nonfi ction book the boy has chosen. The boy answers questions posed by the therapist and soon will have to summarize the story in detail.

What makes this therapy session unique is that the boy and his therapist are hundreds of miles apart. They are part of a TeleSpeech Therapy pilot program that allows speech-language pathologists at UNCG to help children in eastern North Carolina via videoconferencing.

The program has been supported in part by a $67,000 Congressionally-directed grant from the U.S. Department of Education.

In some parts of North Carolina, particularly rural areas, school districts are struggling to hire qualifi ed speech-language pathologists. TeleSpeech Therapy has shown promise as an effective way to deliver services in such places.

“TeleSpeech has provided on-target services for our students,” a school administrator wrote in a program evaluation. “Through videoconferencing, rural school districts are able to service students with limited personnel resources.”Therapists at UNCG’s Speech and Hearing Program at Gateway University Research Park sit in front of a high-defi nition camera with an array of materials and peripheral devices. The students face similar cameras and a 38-inch television monitor that allows the students to see the speech-language pathologists.

The pilot program is working with rural school districts in Perquimans and Northampton counties, and delivering treatment that differs very little from face-to-face sessions. A paraprofessional escorts the children to and from therapy and helps manage the on-site materials, student behavior and equipment.

TeleSpeech Therapy could help deal with a rising demand for services. The U.S. Department of Labor has predicted an 11 percent increase between 2006 and 2016 in the number of jobs for speech-language pathologists, who diagnose and treat communication disorders.

Public schools were already having a hard time fi lling vacancies in 2006, according to a survey conducted by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, which has endorsed the use of TeleSpeech Therapy when distance, impaired mobility or a lack of specialists creates a barrier to services.

The response to the pilot program, now in its second year, has been positive. Parents, teachers and school administrators indicated a high level of satisfaction in a survey administered last year.

Students have been even more encouraging. A fi rst-grader asked the paraprofessional if she could watch “TeleSpeech Therapy” on her TV at home. Another student asked if his treatment sessions could be increased from twice per week to every day.

For more information about TeleSpeech Therapy, contact Michael Campbell, director of the UNCG Speech and Hearing Program at Gateway University Research Park. He can be reached at (336) 217-5120 or m_campbe@uncg.edu. Campbell serves on the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Ad Hoc Committee for Telepractice and is a member of the American Telemedicine Association Telerehabilitation Standards and Ethics Committee.

Pilot Program Helps Rural Schools Deliver Speech-Language TherapyBy Dan Nonte, UNCG University Relations

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Sena Crutchley, a speech-language pathologist at the UNCG Speech & Hearing Program (North Campus), provides therapy to a student in eastern North Carolina via videoconferencing.

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More News

Advaero Technologies, Inc. has announced it will be the first corporate tenant at Gateway University Research Park’s South Campus. Advaero, Inc. is a new advanced composites company spun off from research conducted at North Carolina A&T State University. Advaero will develop applications for high-strength, lightweight carbon composite materials. The company is developing parts for the military’s CH-46 helicopters which will replace heavier aluminum components. Another application under development are blades for wind turbines. The company will begin with about five employees chiefly engaged in research and engineering.

A+ Schools Program (North Campus) has moved to the SERVE Center at UNCG. The A+ Schools Program’s mission and work continues to be focused on the support and development of the Network of A+ Schools in North Carolina and across the country, and the move brings the additional opportunities of new research and professional development projects to the A+ Schools program.

The Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering has opened a temporary office in Suite 2200 in Research Facility One (South Campus), located at 2901 East Lee Street.

The joint venture team of Barton Malow, Samet Corporation, and SRS, Inc. is opening a site office in Suite G100 in Research Facility One (South Campus). The office will serve as the headquarters for the supervisors and field personnel overseeing the construction of The Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering.

Gateway University Research Park has opened a new office in Suite 2500 in Research Facility One (South Campus). Chuck Dixon, project manager, occupies the office full-time, and other Gateway personnel will operate from both campuses. The new address will become the official corporate address for Gateway.

UNCG spinoff company helping college athletes avoid the pitfalls of drugs and alcoholThe NCAA’s Southern Conference is particating in myPLAYBOOK, an interactive substance abuse prevention program developed by Dr. David Wyrick, an associate professor of public health and the president of Prevention Strategies, and Dr. Melodie Fearnow-Kenney, the company’s vice president of research and development.

The myPLAYBOOK program includes interactive learning exercises and detailed information, specifi c to student-athletes, on the effects of alcohol and marijuana use. The program also includes education on the NCAA’s drug testing policies and information on the NCAA’s banned substances. Over 2,500 student-athletes from 60 Division II conferences took part in the myPLAYBOOK program in the fall of 2008 and those students demonstrated immediate gains in knowledge of NCAA drug testing procedures and banned substances, negative alcohol expectancies, and negative marijuana expectancies. Student-athletes indicated their intentions to use harm prevention strategies related to alcohol increased signifi cantly.

Prevention Strategies, Inc. is a spinoff company from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro and is based at the North Campus of Gateway University Research Park. For more information about myPLAYBOOK or Prevention Strategies, Inc., please visit www.preventionstrategies.com.

Holiday ScheduleGateway University Research Park would like to extend warm wishes to you and yours for a safe and happy holiday season.

Our office will be closed for the following upcoming holidays:

Christmas, December 24 and 25, 2009New Years Day, January 1, 2010

The electronic security gate at the North Campus will be closed each of these days. CaCampmpusus w wilill l bebe c clolosesed d eaeachch o of f ththesese e dadaysys. .

Community Garden Initiative

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ffuun n ssttuuffff• What is once in a minute, twice in a moment, and never in a thousand years?• What word can be written forward, backward or upside down, and can still be read from left to right? • How many times does the letter ' f ' appear in the following text? Fanny Filinger was of the impression

that eighty-six years of history show that scientifi c research is of the utmost importance in every case of future generations.

• Forward I'm heavy, backward I'm not. What am I? • How many times can you subtract the number 5 from 25?

(Answers on Page 5)

Congratulations!Congratulations to Beth Talley who wed Ryan Todd on October 3, 2009.

The new Mrs. Todd is with the UNCG Speech & Hearing program

located at the North Campus.

Congratulations to Mr. Dennis Stearns (member of the Gateway Board of

Directors) and his wife Pam on the birth of their daughter, Angela Marie.

Several staff members from the East Remote Sensing Laboratory of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Resource Conservation Service, established a

local Community Garden on Gateway’s South Campus this past summer. The initiative was conceived and led by ERSL Earth Team Volunteers, who planted, weeded and harvested squash, peppers, tomatoes, watermelons and okra. Unfortunately, the local wildlife took a strong liking to the corn.

Gateway University Research Park provided the plot for the garden and individuals from NC A&T State University prepared the garden plot for planting. Members of the USDA’s East National Technology Support Center (“ENTSC”) provided guidance during the garden’s development.

The ERSL donated a total of nine bags of produce to the area’s local urban ministries and local church pantries. The ERSL is located in Suite 1100 of Research Facility One at Gateway’s South Campus.

The fi rst phase of construction on the new Gateway Gardens is well underway! When

complete, Gateway Gardens will feature a spectacular collection of trees, shrubs, perennials and annuals, and a number of public art works.

Gateway Gardens is located across East Lee Street from Gateway University Research Park and across the street from Greensboro’s Barber Park. Development of the Gardens is a project by Greensboro Beautiful and The City of Greensboro.

The eleven-acre site Master Plan includes the Michel Family Children's Garden, Greensboro Heritage Garden, Rain Garden, Japanese Garden, Wedding & Special Event Garden, Rose Garden, Showcase Gardens, a Visitor Center, and walking trails that take advantage of an existing White Oak Forest.

The Gardens have been professionally designed by Cline Design Associates of Raleigh and Seay Partners of Greensboro in consultation with the City, Greensboro Beautiful, and community volunteers.

Construction will be completed in phases as funds are available, and the gardens will be maintained by the Greensboro Parks & Recreation Department's Botanical Gardens Division. Plans are to open Phase I of Gateway Gardens in 2010.

Phase 1 development includes:

• Overall Site Work• Decorative Fencing• Main Entrance & Parking Lot• Rain Garden & Pond• Michel Family Children's Garden• Greensboro Heritage Garden: Plaza; Icon & Water Feature; Entry Wall• Public Artwork• Initial Landscaping• Irrigation• Restrooms

Francis Vega/Vega Metals of Durham has designed the signature Icon/Water Feature, which will beckon visitors traveling on E. Lee Street into Greensboro. The Icon will also be the centerpiece of the Greensboro Heritage Garden Plaza.

GATEWAY GARDENS

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Icon/Water FeatureJoseph M. Bryan Foundation

TRIVIA ANSWERS:1. The letter “m”.2. NOON3. Eight (8)4. Ton5. Once. After that you would be subtracting from the number 20.