Howard Bison Beat March 2017

A Monthly Newsletter from the Office of the President

March 2017 Volume 6 Issue 3

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Dear Howard University Community, March is always special for Howard

In that same spirit of a commitment

impact across the globe—reminding

began with a spirited and successful

Day Dinner raised double the

changing, what we know for sure:

University. This year, the month celebration of Howard’s 150th

Charter Day and escalated to the

highly anticipated announcement

of the University’s partnership with

to excellence, this year’s Charter

amount of revenue from last year’s fundraising event and brought in a record-breaking $1.2 million in net

us that, in a world that is ever-

Howard University is the change we need and wish to see.

proceeds to aid the Bridging the

In a separate initiative during

especially inspired by Gary Howard,

World Languages and Cultures as

as well as Cecilia Suyat, the widow

Journalism & Film provided students

provided unique prospectives with

experience as they influenced the

and appreciation for Howard and

traveled to Panama City, Panama.

University continues to provide a

are life-changing and expose each

provocateurs and service-oriented

their own narrative, rather than have

Gap campaign. On March 3, I was

spring break, the department of

a descendant of Oliver Otis Howard,

well as the department of Media,

of Thurgood Marshall. Both of them

with a unique interdisciplinary

regard to their individual connection

University’s global footprint and

their desire to ensure that the

The effects of international travel

space for the future trailblazers,

student to an opportunity to create

leaders of our time.

it created for them.

University past, present and future.

Recently, during Alternative Spring

As we continue to celebrate 150

Charter Day—we welcomed Mark

rays of light to communities that

inspired and ask that you will offer

students, faculty and staff—all of

spirit. For more information about

unique cultures. This year, the ASB

howard.edu.

highlight Howard’s commitment to

Excellence in Truth and Service,

Google that will provide juniors and seniors an opportunity to receive instruction from senior Google

engineers and Howard faculty and to receive course credit for their studies.

A series of events, including

the Charter Day Convocation,

the Charter Day Dinner and the

Sesquicentennial Celebration hosted at the National Museum for African American History and Culture

helped to signal a focus on Howard On March 2—Howard’s official

A. L. Mason, a Howard University board of trustees member and

alumnus to serve as the Charter Day Convocation orator. He proclaimed: “Today, Howard takes on a new relevance. Howard has always

meant something different in each

generation, while at the same time

representing something timeless— the need to advance and the

commitment to excellence in truth and service.” I couldn’t agree with those words more.

Break 2017, Howard sent forth

years of Howard University, I remain

need and want help by way of our

your contributions, in true Bison

whom are mosaic representations of

how to get involved, go to 150.

team made an increased effort to

150 years of excellence in truth and service by sending more than 500

student leaders to 11 domestic sites and two international sites—Haiti

and Ghana—for the first time in HU

Alternative Spring Break history. The student-led initiative was inspired by the slogan “We are the Change”—a statement that made a resounding

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Wayne A. I. Frederick, M.D., MBA President

Inside AROUND CAMPUS 4

Howard Students Give Back During Alternative Spring Break

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Howard Faculty and Students Take Educational Experience to Panama City

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Howard University Celebrates Milestone 150th Anniversary Charter Day Convocation

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Charter Day Dinner Raises Record-Breaking Amount

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Howard Students Give Back During Alternative Spring Break

AROUND CAMPUS

Howard Students Give Back During

This year, the Alternative Spring Break program, which is committed to serving communities in need and involving students in meaningful service, sent more than 500 students to the following community service projects: FLINT, MICHIGAN (inter-faith collaboration on social and environmental justice) DETROIT, MICHIGAN (literacy intervention and mentorship WASHINGTON, DC (homelessness and HIV) NEWARK, NEW JERSEY (high school retention) BALTIMORE, MARYLAND (gang violence) CHICAGO, ILLINOIS (gun violence) ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI (social justice) MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE (poverty) LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA (crisis cleanup and cultural exploration) NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA (education and prison industrial complex) DILLEY, TEXAS (immigration)

PORT-AU-PRINCE; CROIX DES BOUQUETS, OUEST; AND CAP HAĂ?TIEN, NORD, HAITI (construction and infrastructure development)

ACCRA, GHANA (civic engagement and leadership development)

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$120,000 More than $120,000 in donations was raised through WHUR 96.3’s Helping Hands initiative to support students in completing their projects.

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Howard Faculty and Students Take Educational Experience to Panama City During Spring Break Spring Break 2017 took some Howard University students to Panama City, Panama, for a week to visit the Festival de Diablos y Congos; Museo de Afro Antillano; Colon; the Panama Canal and more. Students also taught English to Panamanian students.

Professors Edilberto Galvan and Fredric Kendrick led this interdisciplinary international trip, which included students from the department of World Languages and Cultures and the department of Media, Journalism and Film. Students fielded stories in English and Spanish for print and video.

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Howard University Celebrates Milestone 150th Anniversary Charter Day Convocation

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Howard University celebrated “150 Years of Excellence in Truth & Service” with the recent Charter Day Convocation, an annual event commemorating the special charter enacted by the U.S. Congress that was subsequently approved by U.S. President Andrew Johnson, establishing Howard University on March 2, 1867.

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With the sesquicentennial theme, “The Time is Always Now,” the University commits to carrying forward the banner of social justice and academic excellence.

Convocation speaker Mark A. L. Mason, alumnus and member of the board of trustees, lauded Howard University as “the incubator that nurses America’s conscience.”

During the event, President Wayne A. I. Frederick announced new initiatives meant to ease the burden of college costs on students and families, such as implementing a 10 percent tuition discount for families with two or more siblings who are enrolled at Howard; allowing students to pay one price for taking 42 credits over the

course of the fall, spring and summer semesters; and creating new degree completion options for students who have been unable to satisfy degree requirements. He also announced plans to potentially unveil a new three-year degree tract.

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Charter Day Dinner Raises RecordBreaking Amount $1,200,000 Fundraising efforts in 2017 brought in a record-breaking $1.2 million in net proceeds to aid students in need. This year’s net proceeds were four times greater than those raised for the Charter Day Dinner in 2016— which, at the time, had been the event’s best fundraising year to date.

In celebrating Howard’s sesquicentennial, the University experienced unprecedented fundraising success. This year’s Charter Day Dinner raised double the amount of revenue from last year’s fundraising event and brought in a record-breaking $1.2 million in net proceeds to aid students in need.

Howard’s sesquicentennial is a monumental milestone for the University’s community and a time to celebrate, reflect and look to the future. The occasion called for highlighting Howard’s distinctive legacy of academic excellence and the many contributions the University has made to society since its founding. The University honored the leadership role it has played as well as its continued commitment to advancing myriad issues impacting the African Diaspora.

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