Former Sec. of Health & Human Services Donna Shalala to Discuss Care of Wounded Veterans at NC State’s Millennium Seminar

Former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala will speak at North Carolina State University’s Millennium Seminar Series with a presentation to students, faculty, staff and the public at 3 p.m. on Monday, March 10, in Stewart Theater on campus. Her remarks will focus on the care of returning wounded service members from Iraq and Afghanistan.

The seminar is free and open to the public. Public parking is available in the parking deck located at the corner of Cates Avenue and Jeter Drive. Turn onto Pullen Road from either Hillsborough Street or Western Blvd. Turn onto Dunn Ave. and take the second left turn onto Jeter Drive, and the next left into the Coliseum Parking Deck. Stewart Theater is on the second floor of the Talley Student Center west of the Coliseum Deck.

Note to Media: A satellite pool feed of the seminar will be available through UNC-TV. If you experience problems, please call Greg Grissom at 919/485-3346 or 919/549-7249. The coordinates are as follows:

Sat time for Mar 10, 2008

14:30-15:00 EST: test window
15:00-16:30 EST: program
This is a digital transmission only
transmission standard:  DVB
Horizons 2 Transponder 2 Channel C  located at 74 deg w ( formerly Galaxy 17)
KU band
Downlink: 11764.5   Mhz
Polarity:   Horizontal
Symbol rate 5.66667 MSps
FEC 3/4

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, NC State will honor requests for reasonable accommodations made by individuals with disabilities. Limited wheelchair space is available inside Stewart. However, televisions located in the first-and second-floor lobbies of Talley Student Center are available for viewing the seminar. To make special accommodations, contact retta_clemons@ncsu.edu or phone 919/515-2195.

– gregg –