Ed Funkhouser really knows how to work a crowd. He does so every Saturday in the fall when NC State plays a home football game at Carter-Finley Stadium. On game

days, Funkhouser, the stadium’s public address announcer, can get nearly 60,000 Wolfpack fans to yell “first down” in unison by simply inflecting his voice, measuring his tone and pacing his delivery.

“FIRST DOWN!” the crowd responds.The cheer has become a fixture at Wolfpack home games since

Funkhouser first took over the microphone 10 years ago. Later, while back in his office in Tompkins Hall, Funkhouser, a veteran communication faculty member and associate dean in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, explains that the popularity of the cheer is based on concepts of “paralanguage,” which refers to the manipulation of one’s voice during communication to achieve a desired effect.

“People think I announce the games because I love football,” Funkhouser says. “Well, I do love football, but I do this most of all because I really love communication. I enjoy the process of engaging audiences, and I’ll do it for as long as I can.”

In fact, being behind a microphone is all Funkhouser says he’s ever wanted to do.

By the time he was a teenager, Funkhouser hosted his own sports show called “Eddie’s Corner” at his hometown radio station in Mount Jackson, Va., where he covered news and high school

Voice of the PackEd Funkhouser keeps the crowd engaged from behind the mic at Carter-Finley.

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sports in the region. While working on his bachelor’s degree in business administration at Madison College (now James Madison University) in Harrisonburg, Va., Funkhouser also worked five days a week as a disc jockey.

“I don’t know how I graduated in four years,” Funkhouser says. “I passed my classes and made OK grades, but I could have done a lot better if I hadn’t been working at the station all the time. But it’s what I love to do.”

Shortly after joining the faculty at NC State in 1977, Funkhouser became the announcer for the marching band and held that post until 1999. That’s when C.A. Dillon, the longtime public address announcer for NC State football and men’s basketball games, approached Funkhouser about taking over the announcing duties for football. Funkhouser has been behind the microphone on game days at Carter-Finley Stadium ever since, and he also serves as the public address announcer at NC State women’s basketball games.

“Communication is all about conveying information, and there’s a lot of information to convey during the course of a football or basketball game,” Funkhouser says. “Announcing these games gives me an opportunity to be behind the microphone. I’ve done it for so long that being behind the microphone is just part of who I am.

“I would miss it greatly if I didn’t have that opportunity.”

Ed Funkhouser, right, on game day.

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How do you go from pouring cocktails to providing clean water for people in impoverished countries? Ask Doc Hendley, a 2004 NC State graduate who has been named

a CNN Hero for tapping into his bartending experience “to save thousands of lives on the other side of the world.” Hendley is founder and executive director of Wine to Water, an international faith-based organization in Boone that installs running water and sanitation systems in the neediest parts of the world.

Hendley will attend a rally on the Brickyard at noon today in his honor, along with Chancellor Jim Woodward and Raleigh Mayor Charles Meeker.

Wine to Water raises funds by hosting benefit wine events, such as tastings, to support water projects around the world. To date, Hendley’s group has worked in five developing countries, including India, bringing safe drinking water to more than 25,000 people in refugee camps, orphanages, schools, hospitals and a leper colony, as well as directly into hundreds of homes through the installation of bio-sand filters. Wine to Water is also building two training centers in northern Uganda to teach locals how to access clean water without having to rely on international aid.

Wine to WaterNC State honors alum Doc Hendley, nominee for CNN Hero of the Year.

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This is CNN’s third global search for ordinary people accomplishing extraordinary deeds. Hendley was chosen as one of the top 10 heroes of 2009 from among 3,700 nominations by a panel of world leaders and luminaries recognized for their own dedication to public service, including Gen. Colin Powell, Whoopi Goldberg and Elton John. People can vote for CNN’s Hero of the Year online until Thursday, Nov. 19.

“Water is by far the most important resource to life on our planet. Sadly it is also a resource that acts as a breeding ground for diseases that kill children worldwide,” Hendley says. “I am so grateful for the recent exposure to our work from CNN, and also from my alma mater, NC State. In the end, the more people that get excited about our work, the more lives we will all be able to save. Thank you NC State for your support.”

CNN will announce the 2009 CNN Hero of the Year and honor the Top 10 CNN Heroes in a Thanksgiving Day telecast, “CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute,” on Thursday, Nov. 26, from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood.

Doc Hendley works on a water project in Ethiopia.

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Homecoming Blood DriveDon’t miss your chance to roll up your

sleeve for the final homecoming blood drive today from 3 to 7:30 p.m. in the Honors Common Village. Every donor receives a free T-shirt. Sign up online.

Homecoming ParadeHillsborough Street will host the

homecoming parade at 6 p.m. Friday. Before the parade, Hillsborough will close from Dan Allen Drive to Pullen Road to make room for the lineup of coaches and athletes, cheerleaders, university dance team members, marching bands, student-sponsored floats and vintage cars. Some side streets will close as well.

Floats will be built and staged in the Sullivan parking lot behind the tennis courts and Doak Field. The C parking behind the tennis courts will be restricted Friday for parade preparations. Those with C permits may also park on the west side of Varsity Drive.

Wolfline will suspend bus service shortly after 5 p.m. for the parade. All routes except 4 (Westgrove) and 11 (Village Link) will resume normal service as soon as roads clear, projected after 7 p.m.

NIH Funding WorkshopFriday is the deadline to RSVP for a

workshop on applying for funding from the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Thomas Hess, psychology professor and graduate coordinator for lifespan developmental psychology, will share his successes in receiving NIH funding and his perspectives as a grant reviewer. The discussion is noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday in Withers Hall 331. RSVP to Joyce Jones at joyce_jones@ncsu.edu.

Sustainable Agriculture SpeakerWill Allen, founder and CEO of Growing

Power Inc., will give the Center for Environmental Farming Systems’ 2009 Sustainable Agriculture Lecture at 7 p.m. on Monday at the McKimmon Center. Allen, recipient of a 2008 MacArthur fellowship, commonly called a “genius grant,” is known for urban farming initiatives in Milwaukee and Chicago. He was recently featured in the movie Fresh.

Victorian-Era ParentingEileen Gillooly, associate faculty

member in English and women’s studies at Columbia University, will give a talk titled, “Anxious Affection: Parental Feeling in 19th

Century Middle-Class Britain,” at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday in Winston Hall 001.

Gilllooly, associate director of the Heyman Center for the Humanities, has had essays and reviews published in The New York Times Book Review and in a number of collections and journals, including Victorian Studies and Feminist Studies. She is the author of Smile of Discontent: Humor, Gender, and Nineteenth-Century British Fiction and co-editor of Victorian Prism: Refractions of the Crystal Palace and Contemporary Dickens. Her talk is sponsored by the English Department Speakers Committee. For more information, send an e-mail to Elaine Orr at elaine@gw.ncsu.edu.

Equal Employment Opportunity Workshops

Improve your knowledge of equal opportunity hiring at upcoming workshops. The Office of Equal Employment Opportunity is sponsoring a series on the 10 protected classes of people covered in university policies. Here are the remaining workshops this month:

> Protected Class of Veteran Status: 1 to 4 p.m. on Tuesday in the Talley Student Center Blue Room

> Protected Class of National Origin: 9 a.m. to noon on Wednesday, Nov. 18, in the Talley Student Center Walnut Room

For a complete list of upcoming workshops, visit the EOE site.

Delany and Fiction Contest WinnersFind out who won NC State’s 2009

fiction contests and hear science fiction author Samuel Delany read from his works at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday in the Caldwell Hall lounge.

Delany judged this year’s statewide contests for short fiction and short-short fiction. A professor of English and creative writing at Temple University, he is the author of Nova, Dhalgren, Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand, The Mad Man, Atlantis: Three Tales and the award-winning autobiography The Motion of Light in Water. For event details, visit http://english.chass.ncsu.edu/creativewriting/story_contest.php.

Veterans Day Film EventWatch two films and hear from panelists

with a variety of views during a Veterans Day event at 7 p.m. on Wednesday in Witherspoon Cinema. Panelists include war veterans and conscientious objectors who became educators, poets and clergy.

Two films will be shown. Sir! No Sir ! (85 minutes) tells the story of intense, widespread upheaval during the 1960s.

Bulletin BoardThe 2005 film was directed by David Zeiger. Selective Service System Story (10 minutes) revisits the 1970 short film “Selective Service System” and interviews its two creators, who as film students graphically depicted attempts to avoid the Vietnam War draft. The 1998 film was directed by Bill Daniel.

Admission is free. For more information, contact Devin Orgeron, associate professor and director of film studies, at 515-4138 or devin_orgeron@ncsu.edu.

Is the New Testament Forged?Bart Ehrman, James A. Gray

Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill, will give a talk titled, “Is the New Testament Forged? Reflections on the Authors of the Christian Scriptures,” at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday in Withers Hall 232. Ehrman is author of the best-selling books Misquoting Jesus and Jesus, Interrupted. He has appeared on NPR’s Fresh Air and on the History Channel. His talk is sponsored by the Religious Studies Colloquium Series. For more information, contact Anna Bigelow at anna_bigelow@ncsu.edu.

Building Bridges WorkshopThe National Coalition Building

Initiative will hold a campus workshop on strengthening leadership for diverse communities from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 12, in the Talley Student Center Brown Room. For registration and details about this workshop and others, visit http://www.ncsu.edu/ncbi/.

Philosophy PresentationRuth Elizabeth Chang, associate

professor of philosophy at Rutgers University and fellow with the National Humanities Center, will give a talk titled, “Do We Have Normative Powers?” at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 12, in Withers Hall 344.

America Recycles DayNC State will have an electronics

recycling and paper shredding drive for America Recycles Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 13, in the Reynolds Coliseum carriageway. Waste Reduction and Recycling staff will offer games with prizes.

Confidential shredding and recycling will be provided by Shred-it. All personal and departmental confidential materials are welcome, with a limit of seven boxes. No private business items will be allowed. Gently used office supplies and electronics are also welcome. Campus property will go to Surplus Materials Management. For

You loved it by the scoop at the Emporium, the NC State Fair and the Creamery at D.H. Hill Library. Now, you can enjoy NC State’s Howling Cow ice cream by the pint. Howling Cow, made at the Feldmeier Dairy Processing Lab on campus, is available in the freezer section of the Bragaw convenience store for $4.50 per pint. Flavors include chocolate chocolate chip, vanilla, cookie dough, chocolate chip mint and Campfire Delight. For more dairy scoops, go to http://icecream.ncsu.edu.

Pint-Size Pick

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Faculty and Staff NotesAdams Named AVC

Dr. Daniel N. Adams will become associate vice chancellor for campus enterprises on Dec. 7. Adams will oversee the Campus Enterprises Division, which includes University Dining, NC State Bookstores, convenience stores, vending, concessions, campus retail operations and the All-Campus card. He will manage the Talley Student Center, Witherspoon Student Center, Erdahl-Cloyd Atrium and support facilities in the future Town Center on Centennial Campus.

Barrax Receives NC Literature AwardGerald Barrax, English professor

emeritus, received the North Carolina Award for Literature from the governor on Oct. 29. The North Carolina awards, established in 1961, recognize significant individual contributions in the fields of fine arts, literature, public service and science.

Barrax served on the NC State faculty from 1970 to 1997.

Fulbright Seminar OfferedFaculty and staff with an interest

in international study are invited to a Fulbright information session from 4 to 6 p.m. on Monday at the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation.

Dr. Andy Riess, senior program officer for outreach and communication at the Council for International Exchange of Scholars, will be on hand, along with Fulbright Faculty Scholar alumni from NC State, UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke University. Refreshments will be served.

For info, contact Dr. Ruie Pritchard at ruie_pritchard@ncsu.edu or Dr. Betsy Brown at betsy_brown@ncsu.edu.

Eury Honored with Menscer CupAlumnus Lynn W. Eury accepted

the 2009 Menscer Cup for exemplary leadership and advancement efforts at the university. Eury, a 1959 graduate, sponsors multiple endowments. Hole No. 5 at the Lonnie Poole Golf Course is named for him. The NC State Foundation established the annual award in 1997 in honor of Darrell and Carolyn Menscer.

Charron Writes Biography Dr. Katherin Mellen Charron, assistant

professor of history, is the author of Freedom’s Teacher: The Life of Septima Clark, which will be published by the University of North Carolina Press this fall.

Redfield Curates ExhibitWendy Redfield, associate professor of

architecture, curated an exhibit of student work from a previous studio for the Lodi Project, a local gallery. Evocations of Space opens Friday.

H1N1 Nasal Spray Vaccine Offered to Priority Groups

NC State students, faculty and staff who are most at risk for H1N1 flu can receive nasal spray vaccine from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Student Health Center, Room 2301. No appointment is needed. Those who qualify for the nasal vaccine are:

> Healthy people 24 years and under who are not pregnant and do not have health conditions such as diabetes or asthma.

>Healthy people 25 to 49 years old who are emergency or health care workers

> Healthy people 25 to 49 years old who live with or care for infants younger than six months.

The vaccine is free, but all recipients must present a current university ID.

Seasonal Flu ClinicDon’t miss the last seasonal flu shot

clinic scheduled on campus. State Health Plan members can receive free shots from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 12, in the Talley Student Center ballroom. Register online at http://www7.acs.ncsu.edu/hr/benefits/enrollment/flushots. Be sure to bring your insurance card to the clinic.

W-2 Smackdown StandingsWho’s leading in the W-2 Smackdown,

payroll’s attempt to make tax time greener by replacing paper earnings forms with electronic W-2s? See for yourself. Weekly standings are online at http://www7.acs.ncsu.edu/hr/payroll/.

The IRS requires employers to issue a paper W-2 unless the employee consents not to receive one. You can opt for an electronic W-2 by checking the box on the payroll site. In case you’re wondering, payroll officials assure us that, yes, the IRS will accept a copy of the W-2 from your home printer.

those with personal electronics, Synergy Electronic will recycle many devices with cords for free and will dispose of televisions, which are banned from county landfills, for $5. Last year, organizers recycled 14,000 pounds of electronics and gave away 15 bins of reusable office supplies.