Cancer survivors program offered

CHAPEL HILL -- Carolina Well, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center's cancer survivorship program, is offering a program for cancer survivors called "Cancer Transitions: Moving Beyond Treatment."

Developed by and in partnership with the Wellness Community and the Lance Armstrong Foundation, the program was created to help cancer survivors make the transition from active treatment to post-treatment care.

The sessions, open to 20 participants, will be held on six Tuesdays beginning Oct. 13, from 5 to 7:30 p.m., at Carolina Pointe II, 6013 Farrington Road. Program speakers will address key aspects of cancer survivorship: exercise, nutrition, emotional health, quality of life and medical management after cancer treatment ends.

Participation is open to all cancer survivors, regardless of where they received their treatment.

For more information or to register, call (919) 843-5069 or (866) 291-9424 or e-mail elizabeth_sherwood@med.unc.edu.

UNC gets award for diversity

CHAPEL HILL -- UNC was one of 53 colleges and universities nationwide that were honored recently for commitment to diversity.

Minority Access Inc., a nonprofit education organization that supports academic institutions, government agencies and private businesses in improving the recruitment, retention and enhancement of minorities, presents the award. Archie Ervin, UNC's associate provost for diversity and multicultural affairs, accepted the award for the university.

The honor was bestowed recently at the group's 10th National Role Models Conference in Washington, D.C., which was addressed by Lisa P. Jackson, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. She is EPA's first black administrator.

UNC's diversity plan was included in a Best Practices Guide that Minority Access distributed to the participating college and university representatives.

Ervin attributed the award in part to diversity education and training available to all campus units, recruitment of students from historically underrepresented populations and academic, social and support programs for students from diverse backgrounds.

According to the UNC Office of Institutional Research and Assessment, in fall 2008 Carolina's undergraduate population was approximately 71 percent white, 11 percent black and 19 percent other. Faculty and staff were 75 percent white, 14 percent black and 10 percent other.

Mixed-media art to be on display

CHAPEL HILL -- "Dislocation/Relocation/Diaspora: The Art of Hamid Kachmar" will be the title of a mixed-media art exhibit on view from Thursday through Dec. 4 at UNC's Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History.

The Moroccan-born Kachmar's work has been exhibited in countries including France, Spain and his native Morocco.

Kachmar combines techniques such as weaving and woodcarving with physical materials including goatskin and silkscreen to create multi-faceted pieces. His work highlights Moroccan styles of dress, landscapes, colors and woven textiles.

Kachmar lectures on experimental studio and mixed media at Howard University in Washington, D.C. He will attend a free opening reception at 7 p.m. Thursday in the center's Robert and Sallie Brown Gallery and Museum. The gallery will be open to the public from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays (closed university holidays).

For more information, call the Stone Center at (919) 962-9001.