 Deese
Gives $1 Million To Support N.C. A&T
Alzheimer’s Research, Student Success,
Athletics
Joy Cook Photo A&T
North Carolina A&T State University alumnus
and retired pharmaceutical executive Willie
A. Deese is generously giving back to his
alma mater, once again, in ways that will
provide critical, immediate and ongoing
support for research, student success and
athletics. Deese’s $1 million gift will be
split five ways in areas of need and
opportunity across the university. The 1977
graduate of the School of Business and
Economics (now a college), is a strong
supporter of N.C. A&T and a true believer in
investing in its mission. Deese, who retired
in June after 12 years as a senior executive
of Merck and Co., Inc., a pharmaceutical
and health solutions company (known outside
the United States as MSD), has long been one
of the university’s most passionate and
deeply involved alumni. Combined with his
previous gifts, his overall financial
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The Center for
Outreach in Alzheimer's Aging and Community
Health at North Carolina A&T State
University will launch its first Caregiver
College
Tiffany S. Jones
The Center for Outreach in Alzheimer’s’
Aging and Community Health at North Carolina
A&T State University will launch its first
Caregiver College
GREENSBORO, N.C. (June 7, 2018) – Meeting
the challenges of Alzheimer’s disease in the
African-American community, whose elders are
about twice as likely as whites to have the
disease, demands a comprehensive approach.
If raising a child calls for the help of the
whole village, as the saying goes,
addressing Alzheimer’s requires no less.
Leaders of the Center for Outreach in
Alzheimer’s Aging and Community Health, (COAACH)
embrace that idea, and for the first time
are formally collaborating with faith-based
organizations on the COAACH “Caregiver
College” (C3), a community-engaged and
intervention-based education program
designed to improve awareness, care
management and health outcomes for families
impacted by Alzheimer’s. |
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NCA&T Center
for Outreach in
Alzheimer’s, Aging, and
Community Health
(COAACH) |
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Donna
Bradby (file)
North Carolina A&T State
University will hold two
series of events this
spring to support
caregivers for
Alzheimer’s patients.
port Group program. The
Center for Outreach in
Alzheimer’s, Aging, and
Community Health (COAACH)
will hold a four-part
“Healthy Aging Lunch and
Learn Series” and will
continue its monthly
Caregiver Sup All events
will be held at N.C.
A&T’s COAACH Center at
2105 Yanceyville St.
The lunch and learn
series will begin Friday,
March 13, 2015 Friday
March 13, 11:45
a.m.-1:30 p.m. .
Lunch will be provided.
There is no cost to
attend. Registration is
required. Please contact
Felicia W. Russell at
336-285-2200 or via
email. When registering,
please provide the
event/date that you
would like to attend,
number of individuals
attending, your phone
number and email
address. COAACH
PROGRAM File
Video COAACH
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C3 is set for June 11 – 14,
2018, at North Carolina Agricultural and
Technical State University. COAACH is one of
the university’s 17 centers and institutes.
Working closely with faith-based
organizations, COAACH leaders identified 20
community participants who will be the
inaugural graduating class of the Caregiver
College. COAACH hosted a Pastor’s Breakfast
on Tuesday, April 10, attended by faith
leaders from across the state to facilitate
the selection process.
As part of C3, designated congregation
members will learn from evidence-based
healthy aging modules, engaging hands-on
activities, create culturally relevant
materials and host three events that will
promote healthy living. The participants
will then take these skills back to their
communities to implement at their churches.
In addition to its focus on Alzheimer’s, the
program will stress disease literacy,
diabetes management and care giving
strategies. |
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