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Volume 13 Number 8


Career and Business Opportunities NSU Renews Partnership with U.S. Coast Guard


Hampton Festival FROM PAGE 1 The day's events commence with


an opening greeting given by Troy Atkins of the Chickahominy Tribe. An African Libation ceremony presented by Chadra Pittman of The Sankofa Projects accompanied by an African drumming


ensemble will honor


the ancestors. The Rev. Samantha Vincent-Alexander, Rector, St. John's Episcopal Church will offer an invocation. Hampton Mayor Donnie Tuck will welcome those assembled to the day’s activities.


Performers and Presenters


Meherrin Indian Tribe members Greg and Diane Stephenson will invite attendees to join in Iroquois welcome and


social dances. Afterwards,


BY NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY NSU Interim President Melvin T. Stith, Sr., Ph.D., and Vice Admiral Scott Buschman


Norfolk State University Interim President Melvin T. Stith, Sr., Ph.D., and Vice Admiral Scott Buschman, Commander, Coast Guard Atlantic Area, signed a formal memorandum of agreement Friday, March 22, that continues the partnership between the two entities. The agreement is part of the Coast Guard’s College Student Pre-Commissioning Initiative (CSPI) program.


“This partnership is so very


important to Norfolk State,” said Stith. “It’s a great day for Norfolk State – to have this kind of document and this kind of partnership.”


CSPI is a scholarship program Coast established


Guard in


1989 to improve the diversity of its officer corps. The initial partnership between Norfolk State and the Coast Guard was rejuvenated in 2017. The program


provides opportunities to receive a funded education Photo courtesy of NSU with


a salary and a rewarding career. Recent program updates allow Vice Admiral Buschman, as the Executive Champion, to select a qualified student


from NSU for the CSPI


scholarship. “This joint initiative with NSU will serve as a key component in building and supporting a diverse, mission-ready Coast Guard workforce,” said Buschman.


NSU will promote the Coast


Guard and share the opportunities that it offers to students. Wayne Ivey, NSU’s director


services and veterans affairs, said like NSU’s Army and Navy ROTC branches, the Coast Guard offers student


of military


other related benefits to prospective applicants


Position Vacancies at the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management (BLM)


View the complete list of positions currently available with the BLM at https:// www.usajobs.gov/Search?a=IN05


Survey Technician


Department: Department of the Interior Agency: Bureau of Land Management Number of Job Opportunities & Location(s): FEW vacancies - Oregon State Salary: $33,394 to $53,773 / Per Year Series and Grade: GS-0817- 05/07 Open Period: March 13, 2019 to May 15, 2019 Position Information: Permanent - Full-Time - This is a permanent seasonal position. Who May Apply: U.S. Citizens


Park Ranger


Department: Department of the Interior Agency: Bureau of Land Management Number of Job Opportunities & Location(s): 1 vacancy - Fort Benton, Montana Salary: $42,053 to $66,868 / Per Year Series and Grade: GS-0025-07/09 Open Period: April 15, 2019 to May 1, 2019 Position Information: Permanent - Full-Time Who May Apply: U.S. Citizens


Legal Instruments Examiner


Department: Department of the Interior Agency: Bureau of Land Management Number of Job Opportunities & Location(s): 1 vacancy - Billings, Montana Salary: $33,949 to $54,670 / Per Year Series and Grade: GS-0963-05/07 Open Period: April 19, 2019 to May 3, 2019 Position Information: Permanent - Full-Time Who May Apply: U.S. Citizens


Forester (O & C Lands)


Department: Department of the Interior Agency: Bureau of Land Management Number of Job Opportunities & Location(s): FEW vacancies - Oregon State Salary: $33,949 to $66,868 / Per Year Series and Grade: GS-0460-05/07/09 Open Period: April 22, 2019 to April 29, 2019 Position Information: Permanent - Full-Time Who May Apply: U.S. Citizens


Human Resources Assistant


Department: Department of the Interior Agency: Bureau of Land Management Number of Job Opportunities & Location(s): FEW vacancies - Portland, Oregon Salary: $36,139 to $58,196 / Per Year Series and Grade: GS-0203- 05/07 Open Period: April 24, 2019 to April 30, 2019 Position Information: Recent Graduates - Full-Time Who May Apply: Recent graduates, Open to the public


scholarships, training and and that the University


has alumni who have completed the program.


Diane Stephenson will demonstrate finger weaving techniques and Greg Stephenson will share knowledge of his Native language. They are bringing Iroquois storyteller Gregory Cooper to the festival for the first time, and Smoke Dancer Patrick Suarez returns for his second appearance at Heritage Day.


The Chickahominy Dancers will perform a variety of ceremonial dances in traditional and contemporary regalia. Members of the Pamunkey Indian Tribe will show, demonstrate and


sell


Joining the festival for the first time, representatives


traditional of


(Nottoway) Indian Tribe will offer traditional beaded and silver jewelry for purchase and lead arts and crafts activities.


New to the event last year, and returning due to popular demand to close the day’s events at 5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m., the Native Pride Dancers, will educate and entertain the audience on the beauty, skill and majesty of American Indian music and dance to honor the uniqueness and history of First Nations Peoples including the Meskwaki Nation, Lakota, Ojibwe, Dakota, Nakota, Menominee, Cree, Ho-Chunk, Navajo, and other tribes.


include


Highlights of colonial-era Historical


with raw wool and weaving, life


Heritage Education who will engage visitors


embroidery, sewing,


sail making, rigging and open-fire cooking demonstrations. Using their mobile hot box and portable studio, the Missoula School of Hot Glass will create glass vessels and objects on site. Members of the Tidewater Blacksmiths Guild will demonstrate and interpret their time-honored craft. Historical


interpreter and craftsman


Jay Templin will demonstrate 17th and 18th century wood carving techniques.


The Itinerant Band will perform music from the 17th century accompanied by dances in which the public is encouraged to participate. The


award-winning bluegrass


band Bill Jenkins and The Virginia Mountain Boys will offer authentic Appalachian music.


African music and dances will be performed by Atumpan – The Talking Drums, who will also engage the


audience in interactive


storytelling. Songs and stories of the African Diaspora will be presented by The Legacy of Weyanoke of the Weyanoke Association for Red & Black History and Culture. Performer Dylan Pritchett will pass on the rich African oral tradition of storytelling inspired by cultural folktales with a positive message that cross cultural boundaries. The vocal group Musical


interpreters from carding


gourd art. the Cheroenhaka


May 2019


Mosaic will take attendees on a musical journey from spirituals of the enslaved up to gospel music of the mid-20th Century.


The Contraband Historical Society is bringing a full-scale replica of a Contraband


cabin representative of


the dwellings created by slaves who escaped to Fort Monroe during the Civil War. Neighborhoods of similar cabins sprang up in Hampton offering the formerly enslaved their first personal homes and private space. Project 1619 will be on hand to relate the story of the first Africans in English North America.


Community Groups and Cultural Organizations Other community groups include


the Aberdeen Garden History & Civic Association, representing the 1930s Hampton neighborhood designed and built by African Americans that is on Virginia Landmark Register and the National Register of Historic Places; Descendants of the Charity Family of Colonial Virginia, among the first families of Virginia and free people of color; the Hampton Public Library, with books and DVD recommendations related


to the history and culture of


Hampton; Hampton’s Streetcar 390 Project, presenting a display about the restoration of the Peninsula’s last remaining trolley.


Cultural and


organizations include Evolution-2019


governmental American


Commemoration, to


highlight the events of 1619 that shaped America’s beginnings; Hampton 2019 Commemorative Commission, to share their work to commemorate the 1619 arrival of Africans to English North America;


the Casemate Museum at


Fort Monroe with hands-on activities for Junior Ranger Day; Citizens' Unity Commission, which focuses on promoting diversity, inclusion and unity; Sandy Bottom Nature Park, with a reptile display and interpretive materials; The Sankofa Projects, which creates cultural & educational programs focused on the experience of the African diaspora; the Weyanoke Association will share information about the historical and cultural


associations between Africans and Native Americans.


Hampton History Museum educator Kris Peters will lead an activity about historical


dwellings where


children can try their hand at building techniques used by Native American, Africans and European colonists.


University


An exhibit created by the Hampton Museum about


Native


American education and life at Hampton Institute (now Hampton University) featuring


dozens of historical


photographs also will be displayed. Vendors A selection of vendors whose wares


are reflective of the heritage nature of the


event include: Amade, featuring


African dresses, skirts, scarves, jewelry and art; Graceful Gems, handcrafted beaded jewelry; Level Up Art, African inspired stone and copper jewelry; Linda’s Handmade Goat Milk Soap; Nago Village, African fashions and accessories; RaEssence Shea Butter, handmade lotions; and While Waiting, handmade Haitian beads.


Food from


Africanne on Main, African cuisine various


regions; Column 15


Coffee, single-origin fair-trade organic freshly roasted coffee beans, and craft nitro cold brew; Got Fish, fresh fish and chips and hand-crafted sides; Lmnz Twizted Pretzel, artisan-made pretzels, dips and drinks.


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