Edward Waters College July 2014 Newsletter

Edward Waters College Newsletter July 2014

President Nathaniel Glover named a finalist for the 2014 HBCU Awards Nominated for “Best Male HBCU President” Edward Waters College President Nathaniel Glover has been selected as a finalist for this year’s HBCU Awards, presented by national news website HBCU Digest. The HBCU Awards celebrates the achievements of historically black colleges and universities throughout the United States and is the first and only event to recognize the influence and impact of HBCUs on American culture.

The nominations were submitted and reviewed by a host of individuals close to the HBCU community including students, alumni, PR officials and journalists covering historically black colleges and universities. Votes are counted in each category via secret ballot of 13 HBCU presidents and the Center for HBCU Media Advocacy (CHMA) board members.

HBCU Digest is billed as the “national President Nathaniel Glover is one of news resource of record for historically four presidents nominated for “Best black colleges and universities (HBCUs).”

Male HBCU President of the Year.”

President Nathaniel Glover The winners in various categories will be According to HBCU Digest, nominees announced at the HBCU Digest’s HBCU were selected based on their “…impact and achieveAwards event set for July 11 at Dillard University in ment in the fields of leadership, arts, athletics, research New Orleans. and community engagement in the previous academic For more on the nominees go to http://hbcudigest. year.” com/hbcu-awards-finalists/.

Student Accounts Manager Retires After 41 years of service

Josephine Bellamy

When Josephine Bellamy became an Admissions Clerk for Edward Waters College in 1972, she never thought she would still be at the institution 41 years later. “It has truly been a privilege and honor to be here. My extended family is here. I have worked with some really good people,” said Bellamy.

Bellamy has held positions in the Office of Financial Aid and Student Support Services. She was the Grants and Contracts Manager for five years. She also served

as a cashier in student accounts twice. She later became the Student Accounts Manager in 2008, where she has been ever since.

Josephine Bellamy plans to relax, and enjoy her son and granddaughter, who both live in Jacksonville, Florida. She is also using In This Issue this time to fulfill her lifelong dream of starting her Dr. Prabir Mandal’s Partnership own bakery, Bellamy Cakes. with UF ........................ Page 2 Wherever life takes her, she says Edward Waters College Black Male College Explorers Program ..................... Page 2 will be with her. “Of course, I am a true Tiger and always Students’ Prestigious Summer will be.”

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Biology Professor’s research will help african americans stop smoking

Dr. Prabir Mandal Edward Waters College Biology Professor, Prabir K. Mandal, Ph.D. is working with the University of Florida to create a program that will help minorities quit their tobacco addictions.

The University of Florida was awarded $1.6 million by the Florida Department of Health to create a tobacco cessation program to battle

tobacco-induced cancer and cardiovascular disease. The project, funded by the Department of Health’s James and Esther King Biomedical Research Program, will help combat the 28,600 annual deaths that come from cigarette use in Florida. According to the Florida Health Department, lung cancer is the leading cause of all cancerrelated deaths, and is the most common tobacco-related cancer.

Dr. Mandal will serve on the OneFlorida Executive Committee and participate in the Pragmatic Trials and Implementation Science Minority Education Program. Dr. Mandal will work to improve the care of patients with tobaccorelated illnesses by testing new ways of providing care in real-world clinical settings.

The project is significant because it will increase enrollment of vulnerable populations in research studies to better understand ways of improving health outcomes for everyone in Florida. Dr. Mandal is one of three researchers that will focus on helping the State’s minority populations.

“I am very honored to be selected and pleased that Edward Waters College will have the opportunity to collaborate and contribute on this grant with the University of Florida. Our participation will help positively change the lives of those who are affected by tobacco-related illnesses and cancers,” said Dr. Mandal.

EWC Black Male College Explorers welcomes 41 to Summer Program Forty-one teens will spend part of their summer at Edward Waters College for the Black Male College Explorers Summer Program. The at-risk prevention/intervention program was designed to prevent black males from dropping out of high school; facilitate their admission to college; and significantly increase their chances of earning a college degree.

Edward Waters College provides five weeks of highly concentrated developmental experiences, which includes weekly seminars, workshops and motivational trips during the summer.

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Student Research Proposals lead to Prestigious summer internships ANOVA factorial design to determine the strength of individual factors as well as the potential interactions between them.

Jones’ internship includes a $3200 stipend, free room and board, round-trip airfare and other perks like GRE prep training.

Cheri Jones Cheri Jones is spending her summer at the University of Iowa expanding a study proposal she started at Edward Waters College.

The Psychology Major was awarded a paid summer internship from the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) consortium for her research proposal on The Effects of Mindfulness and Nutrition on Learning.

The CIC is a coalition of the Big Ten member universities plus the University of Chicago. For more than 50 years, these research institutions have advanced their academic missions, generated unique opportunities for students and faculty, and served by sharing expertise, leveraging campus resources, and collaborating on innovative programs.

Jones’ research proposal is to analyze student achievement in two large, urban school districts and examine the factors of nutrition quality and the integration of stress-relieving cognitive interventions in the form of mindfulness techniques. In the project, Jones suggests using a 2 X 2

“This is a wonderful opportunity that will open so many doors for Cheri,” said Assistant Professor of Psychology and Social & Behavioral Sciences, Dr. G. Victoria Landrum.

“These are the kind of research projects major institutions expect from their future doctoral scholars.”

Edward Waters College student Kenyetta Lowery is spending her summer in the “Big Apple” expanding her proposition for a documentary on Documenting Homelessness: A Visual Ethnography. The Mass Communications major was awarded a paid internship from the Leadership Alliance Summer Research Early Identification Program (SR-EIP) at New York University.

The Leadership Alliance encourages students from groups traditionally underrepresented in the sciences, engineering, social sciences and humanities to pursue research careers in the academic, public and private sectors. SR-EIP provides undergraduates with training and mentoring in the principles underlying the conduct of research and prepares them to pursue competitive applications to

graduate schools.

Kenyetta Lowery and her family were once homeless. In the project, she will use her firsthand experience to scrutinize the cultural perspective of the homeless residing in metropolitan Jacksonville as a proposed documentary film project for the purposes of enhanced realism and authenticity with a more phenomenological approach beyond conventional documentation practices.

“Cheri and Kenyetta’s proposals for research are ambitious and engaging. They tackle meaningful topics that affect all human societies. Their projects also prove that good work is being done at Edward Waters College.

Our faculty really works hard at identifying the talent we see in our classrooms. We hone their skills and challenge them to achieve great things,” said Dr. Landrum.

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Gates Foundation Aims to Build Bridges to Student Achievement

The Gates Millennium Scholars (GMS) Program Bridge Builders Male Initiative Workshop took place at Edward Waters College. Three hundred and fifty minority male students filled the Milne Auditorium to learn the best practices on how they can work to receive the coveted Gates Millennium Scholars Scholarship.

This was the first time that GMS has come to Jacksonville with an event of this magnitude that will support the effort of Duval County Public Schools to boost the number of GMS Scholars produced in the city.

The GMS Program was established in 1999 by a $1.6 billion grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to the UNCF – United Negro College Fund – the nation’s largest and most effective minority education organization. The goal of GMS is to educate the “Leaders for America’s Future” by providing eligible students with the opportunity to complete an undergraduate college education in the discipline of their choice and continue through to a doctoral degree in seven GMS funded fields.

Office of Institutional Advancement Dee Registre Coordinator of Public Relations 904-470-8050 d.registre@ewc.edu

EWC New Student Registration

We are happy to welcome the Class of 2018! This summer we are having two New Student Registration sessions for incoming freshmen and transfer students. Both sessions include a resource fair including registration, housing, health services, financial aid and campus tours. For more information visit http://www.ewc.edu/index.php/ admissions.

3rd Annual Coach Wilson’s Weekend Team Camp

Edward Waters College hosted 150 students and parents from 16 surrounding high schools for the 3rd Annual Coach Wilson’s Weekend Team Basketball Camp.

Charmaine Wilson enters her fourth season as the Lady Tigers Head Women’s Basketball Coach.

Coach Wilson played Division I basketball and was the captain for the South Carolina State Bulldogs. Coach Wilson spent seven seasons coaching at the Division I level at BethuneCookman University as a top assistant. Coach Wilson brings a wealth of knowledge, energy, passion and experience to the program.