Wolf Tales recording with Gabrielle Diaz and Morgan Sanchez: Last Day of Classes Open Recording Day, 28 April 2017

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Title:

Wolf Tales recording with Gabrielle Diaz and Morgan Sanchez: Last Day of Classes Open Recording Day, 28 April 2017

Description:

This recording was conducted in the Talley Student Union on the campus of North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina, at the Wolf Tales Last Day of Classes (LDOC) 2017 Open Recording Day. In the recording, Gabrielle Diaz (‘17) and Morgan Sanchez (‘17) discuss: Diaz’s participation in the Summer Transition Program for minority students in engineering as incoming freshman; identifying as part of the Latinx and engineering communities at NC State; academic challenges; places on campus that hold special significance for them, including Welch Dormitory and Mann Hall for Sanchez; Sanchez’s role as a mentor in the Women of Welch Residential Village; being sisters in Latinas Promoviendo Comunidad/Lambda Pi Chi Sorority Inc., and Diaz’s leadership as president; hosting actor Eva Longoria at NC State for a public talk to raise awareness of Latinx issues; Diaz’s role as a mentor in the Minority Engineering Program (MEP); and changes that they wish to see at NC State in the future, including seeing more minorities enter engineering fields. This recording was created with the support of funds made possible through a 2016-2017 Diversity Mini-Grant from the NCSU Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity (OIED). [Preferred citation: Wolf Tales recording with Gabrielle Diaz and Morgan Sanchez, 28 April 2017, NCSU Libraries Wolf Tales Recordings, MC 00581, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC]

Topics:

Student Life

Subjects:

College students
Latino students
Latinx people
Universities and colleges

Original Format:

Digital video recording, sound, color

Item identifier:

mc00581-wt-diaz-sanchez-20170428

Producer:

North Carolina State University. Libraries more info on North Carolina State University. Libraries 

Interviewee:

Diaz, Gabrielle more info on Diaz, Gabrielle 

Interviewee:

Sanchez, Morgan more info on Sanchez, Morgan 

Created Date:

2017-04-28

Genre:

Interviews
Oral histories (Document genres)

Names:

North Carolina State University -- Students more info on North Carolina State University -- Students 
Diaz, Gabrielle more info on Diaz, Gabrielle 
Sanchez, Morgan more info on Sanchez, Morgan 

Location:

Raleigh (N.C.)

Digital Project:

Wolf Tales: Capturing Voices of the Pack: As part of the NC State University Libraries Special Collections Research Center, the Wolf Tales project collects the stories of the NC State community, past and present. NC State community members are invited to share memories of the events, people, and places that shaped their time at NC State. Stories are preserved and shared with current and future generations, to tell the history of NC State University through the voices of the people who lived it. Wolf Tales recordings and transcripts will be archived at NC State University Libraries and shared online through our Special Collections website.