Broad comes to North Carolina from the California State University system, the nation's largest senior system of higher education where she served for five years as the senior vice chancellor for administration and finance. Prior to that, Broad was the top administrator for Arizona's three-campus university system. A native of Pennsylvania, she is a 1962 Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Syracuse University. The ceremonies will be followed by a free public reception in NCSU's Student Center ballroom, galleries and lobby. Athletes and coaches from Raleigh, Apex, Knightdale, Willow Springs, Fuquay Varina, Zebulon, Garner, Cary and Wake Forest will participate in the tournament, featuring track and field, developmental skills and pentathlon for children and adults with mental retardation or closely related developmental disabilities.
Spectators are welcome to attend any part of the competition at no charge.
The Gift, the largest corporate donation so far in the Museum's capital campaign, was earmarked for the centerpiece exhibit, the Mountains to the Sea. Now the Museum is working with SAS to build an ongoing partnership. The N.C. Museum of Art is on the cutting edge. On Monday, it unveiled its new computer and video learning center in the Museum's Mary Duke Biddle Education Gallery. It provides a database of over 1200 works of art.