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Spring Summer 2009

Debate Team Makes Historical Debut in DC Inaugural Celebration Provides Backdrop for Success

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Table of Contents Feature Debate Returns To FSU Chancellor For A Day Program Chancellor’s Installation Retrospect

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Academics Criminal Justice Granted Certification Beyond The Yellow Ribbon Professor Unites The Arts Donna Brazile Packs House

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Student Life Students Organize Crop Walk Miss FSU Crowned Lady Broncos Shine In The Bahamas Vette’s Unlimited Supports FSU Broncos Support Boots & Booties

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Support One-Stop Shopping New Alumni Career Services Network

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Scholarship Annual Fund Campaign Great Things Come In Small Packages Vice Chancellor Establishes Scholarship Life Long Connections

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Leadership Carter Takes Reins As Trustee Chair Administrative Updates Alumni Accentuations

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On The Cover: Chancellor James A. Anderson celebrates with members of the FSU Debate Team following their historical participation in the Presidential Debates in Washington, D.C., during the Obama inaugration festivities.

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Presidential Debate An Historic Opportunity Fayetteville State University’s debate team had an extraordinary opportunity to participate in the historic Presidential Debate on January 19, 2009; the day before President Obama’s Inauguration. This historic event was co-sponsored by the White House Initiative on HBCU’s and the HBCU Debate Consortium. On January 16, the FSU team traveled to the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, VA to participate in a two-day Debate Consortium Workshop to prepare for the competition. Five other debate teams met FSU in Fredericksburg: •

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Wake Forest (2008 National Champion) Michigan State University (2006 National Champion) USC University of Mary Washington Voorhees College

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Wake Forest Vs. Michigan State University- Topic: “Energy and Climate Change” Mary Washington vs. USCTopic: “Health Care” Voorhees College vs.

Fayetteville State University - Topic: “Foreign Policy/The Bush Doctrine

Because the debate series was an exhibition; there were no declared winners. However, given the newness of the FSU team, the Broncos were able to “hold our own” against the seasoned powerhouse teams.

The Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture hosted the Inauguration Debate Series in the Baird Auditorium located in the National Museum of Natural History.

In August, the university hired William Gregory Thomas as a lecturer and debate coach.

“The plan was for me to be the debate coach from the time I was interviewed,” said Thomas, who teaches Speech 200, Public Speaking and Argumentation and Debate at Fayetteville State. “My reason for coming to FSU was to re-establish the debate team.”

Thomas is no stranger to debate teams, having coached them at Eastern New Mexico University and Methodist University. He is excited about the possibilities that lie ahead at Fayetteville State.

“I am excited about all things FSU and debate,” Thomas said. “It is my belief that given the support structure and the student population at FSU that Fayetteville State University can field a nationally competitive debate in the very near future. I have lived in the Cumberland County area most of my life, and I absolutely thrilled at the opportunity to help the FSU Debate Team become a symbol for academic excellence in our state.”

Fayetteville State is participating in the HBCU Debate Consortium with 10 other historically black colleges and universities, said Dr. Janice J. Haynie, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs. At the invitation of Dr. Leonard L. Haynes III, Executive Director of the White House Initiative on HBCUs, the consortium was launched at the National HBCU Week Conference in Washington, D.C. last September, Haynie said.

awareness of multiple perspectives and enhancing research skills, which are necessary in preparing arguments.”

Haynie couldn’t say enough about the benefits of a debate team at FSU. “The other benefits associated with debate are increased literacy by 25 percent, improved grade point averages by eight to 10 percent and graduation rates of nearly 100 percent,” Haynie said. “Debaters are proven to be effective advocates for themselves and their communities.”

Thomas said the number of debate team members fluctuates, which is fine with him. “There are around eight members at this time,” he said. “The number fluctuates, and some members have recently graduated. There are no tryouts for the team. I don’t believe in that type of system. Any student who wants to participate in debate is more than welcomed to be a part of the team.

“The debate team is important because debate facilitates participatory and experiential learning and broadens disclosure,” Haynie said. “The benefits of debate on learning are strengthening communication skills, enhancing critical thinking, providing an in-depth knowledge of social issues, heightening

The FSU Debate Teams is welcomed by North Carolina Senator Hagan.

From left to right: Williams G. Thomas, Jessica J. Ross, Kay Hagan, United States Senator from North Carolina, Queen E. Colbert, and Dr. Janice Haynie, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Feature 3

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While there may be requirements to determine who gets to travel to tournaments (such as participation at practices, meetings, etc.) all students are encouraged to come give debate a try.”

Franklin Jr., Benjamin Mays, Howard Thurman, James Nabrit Jr., Bayard Rustin, Barbara Jordan and Donald McHenry. Unfortunately, over the last several decades, debate programs at HBCUs have declined.”

There are no specific GPA requirements for debate team membership. Students must be in good academic standing, meaning they are not on academic probation or suspension, Thomas said.

Besides Fayetteville State, schools that are considering -- or have confirmed participation -- in the HBCU pilot program are: Grambling State University, Morgan State University, Voorhees College, Wiley College, Howard University and The University of the District of Columbia.

Four FSU students participated in the September debate held at Penn State Mont Alto in Pennsylvania, Thomas said. Current team members include seniors Jessica Ross, Brian Marcus, Adrianne Shelley, Daniela Jacobs, Makeba Wilson, and sophomores Queen Colbert and Robert Harley. Member Dana Ellis graduated in the fall.

Haynie said Fayetteville State may have the opportunity to participate in the Federal Debate Forums, which are organized debating events hosted by agencies of the federal government who have a stake in promoting public debate on controversial issues. Those

agencies include the EPA, Department of Transportation and the CIA, she said.

Thomas said he doesn’t think there’s enough emphasis on debating at the high school or collegiate level.

“Debate is a skill that everyone should be given the opportunity to obtain but not everyone is,” Thomas said.

“Some people may not recognize the importance and/or potential benefits of participation in debate. Some may recognize the benefits but may not be able to afford to support a debate program. Whatever the reason, anything that can be done to emphasize debate at any opportunity should be done.”

Thomas encourages any FSU students who think they’re interested in debate to contact him.

Debate has a rich history with HBCUs. Its roots can be traced more than a century to a 1908 debate between Howard and Shaw universities, Haynie said.

“Over subsequent decades these debates were often convened before large audiences, similar to those captured by the major motion picture ‘The Great Debaters’ starring Denzel Washington,” Haynie said. “Along the way, these debates nurtured and prepared students on the controversial topics of the day. The pantheon of debaters for whom debate was a significant and transformative academic experience includes James L. Farmer Jr., Ralph J. Bunche Jr., John Hope

Chancellor, James A. Anderson, converses with FSU debate team. The team recently participated in a debate held at Penn State Mont Alto in Pennsylvania.

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CHANCELLOR FOR A DAY P R O G R A M

The program is designed to enable students to gain a better understanding of the day-to-day operations of the University by shadowing the Chancellor for one day. They will participate in all of the activities and meetings scheduled for the Chancellor.

MAIN GOALS:

n To give students an opportunity to be a part of the administrative process. n To emphasize the role of the student in the university. n To give students experience in the decision making process. n To enable students to gain some understanding of the leadership skills required for managing a multifaceted organization and the synergy required for operating as a whole.

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS: A letter of application for “Chancellor for a Day” of 500 words or less must include the following:

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n Tell why you want to be Chancellor for a Day. n Must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.00 or higher. n Must have demonstrated an interest in leadership through participation in student or community organizations, or in the academic major. n Explain the compelling factors about yourself that make you the best person to be Chancellor for a Day. n Include name address, telephone number, email address, academic major, and classification.

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Send all applications by E-mail to Dr. Bertha H. Miller, Special Assistant to the Chancellor (bmiller@uncfsu.edu).

CALLING ALL

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The Installation of

Chancellor James A. Anderson

Pictorial Review and Keynote Address

THE FUTURE IS CALLING: REAFFIRMING THE BRONCO LEGACY Installation Address James A. Anderson, Chancellor April 3, 2009 To President Erskine Bowles and members of the UNC Board of Governors; members of the Fayetteville State University Board of Trustees; my fellow chancellors in the UNC system; my fellow presidents and chancellors from other distinguished institutions; elected officials; members of the Fort Bragg community and the Fayetteville community; friends and family members from across the country; and most of all to my Bronco family, the faculty, staff, students, and alumni of FSU: I am deeply grateful for your presence today and for your expression of support for me and this wonderful university.

At the outset, without hesitation or qualification, let me state that today is not about me, rather it is a celebration of all that is grand and glorious about this institution and the UNC system and those who have served and who continue to serve both missions. Life’s journey can often be rewarding, perplexing, and difficult but something is responsible for my presence here in this city, at this university, at this point in time. That something is a Being and a Force far greater than you and me. I am deeply indebted to and can never repay two individuals who took a chance on adopting a 10 year old boy who had been abandoned by his birth parents to live a life of insecurity on the unforgiving streets of Washington, D.C. The late William and Avor Anderson, a loving Christian couple, took me into their home and into their life and made my success their only priority. It is ironic that while my first 18 years were spent in Washington, D.C. my parents were from Greenville, NC and LaGrange, NC respectively. So, indirectly I have returned home to represent them, the Anderson descendents, the Hill family and the Carter family.

Much of the credit for my presence here today also belongs to the support and tolerance from my wife Nancy, the first lady of FSU, her family, the women who served as my surrogate mothers over the years: Consuela Najera, Eathel McDaniel, Marilyn Gray and Moms Pankey; my daughters: Arie, Amina and Jennifer, my grandsons: James, Justice and Brandon, and my son-in-law, Paul. I would also be remiss if I did not include the years of support since my college days of my two best friends Cyril Crocker and his family, and Terry Stewart.

Finally, I am also the product of two other families: Villanova University, where my educational, moral and political values were solidified, and North Carolina State University where I grew as a man and a leader under the tutelage of Chancellor Larry Monteith who exhibited his faith in me by bringing me into the Wolfpack family, Provost Kermit Hall, Provost Phil Stiles, and then Provost Jim Oblinger who is now Chancellor.

I would also like to thank the Installation Committee for their commitment to make this a special day for me, for you, and the university. They are the real unsung heroes who willingly gave their time at the expense of many personal commitments. Would all who served on this committee please stand?

What would the hallowed ground of this university be without the vision, passion, persistence, and dedication of those leaders who have preceded me as Chancellor? From November 29, 1867 until today 10 men and women have been called upon to exhibit servant leadership at the helm of Fayetteville State University. During their tenure there were never enough resources, yet they found a way, whether by collaboration or instigation to survive and to thrive. Please join me in welcoming the former FSU Chancellors who are here with us today (or who have sent a representative) and let’s thank them for their leadership and contributions to this university and community.

I hope that one of the hallmarks of my tenure at Fayetteville State University will be absolute clarity about our mission and our strategic priorities. That mission is to provide students with the highest quality learning experiences that will produce global citizens and leaders as change agents for shaping the future of the state and the nation. Most two-and-four year institutions recognize that their mission statements must change in response to the demands of the 21st century. We are no longer preparing students to simply obtain college degrees but to procure competitive degrees that reflect success in and across academic disciplines and the presence of 21st century competencies. We recognize that “The Future is Calling” and we must be ready to respond. As such, I have asked for FSU’s commitment to six strategic priorities:

-FSU will be a university of choice in North Carolina and the nation and will garner a reputation for innovation and excellence in teaching, learning, research and technology.

-FSU will be a leader in the economic transformation of the southeastern region of North Carolina.

-FSU will be an intellectual and cultural center that sustains a climate of excellence.

-FSU will distinguish itself in the preparation of leaders in all disciplinary fields and cocurricular programs. Our students will achieve and compete in the global economy.

-FSU will increase access to education in North Carolina through expanded partnerships and collaborative efforts.

-FSU will demonstrate fiscal integrity and resourcefulness and will develop a blueprint for sustainability.

Concerning our mission and our priorities, I am the pilot of the new revolutionary aircraft for the 21st Century, the FSU QSST (Quiet Supersonic Transport) and this jet plane is getting ready to taxi out to the runway. This is the last call for all who are boarding otherwise we assume that you are planning to stay at the gate where your image will get smaller and smaller until you become a dot in a few minutes as the FSU QSST flies away to the future and to the galaxy greatness. Star date 4.3.2009. The Future is Calling…All Aboard!

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So, where are we headed at FSU? We are moving from an identity as a collection of mini-groups and mini-cultures that represent many traditions and varied goals to a more unified sense of identity.

FSU is on the cusp of becoming a culture of integrity, excellence, engagement, commitment, and innovation. As we evolve we must stay attentive to the needs of our students, our faculty, our community partners, and to the global marketplace. We must reflect periodically on how we handle our most precious commodity: KNOWLEDGE. Knowledge is the central currency of the business that we engage in at FSU – it is our identity. How does the FSU community use that knowledge to enable our students to become learned and responsible global citizens? A major responsibility of a president or chancellor is to support the efforts of those who manage the knowledge economy on their respective campuses. This task however becomes increasingly difficult due to the dynamic and rapidly-changing nature of knowledge. Knowledge is growing exponentially, as are the ways in which knowledge is conveyed.

At times I feel overwhelmed by the unending stream of information online via the web and email, on CNN, in print, on television and the radio, and as I participate in teleconferences and videoconferences. But then I stop and think about our students – they live in a world of expanded information inputs that also involve texting, blogging, Facebook, MySpace, and other forms of social networking. It is no wonder that they have that glazed-over look in their eyes when we make reference to them about something as mundane as how it was “when we were in college”. My friends, I completed my doctoral dissertation on a typewriter – something most of our students have never seen.

The message is clear as we operate in this technologically advanced knowledge-driven economy. Students have to develop the ability to sort through and analyze streams of information in their pursuit of knowledge. In essence, we must prepare our students with thinking skills that are up to the tasks their future will demand. It should be obvious that teaching and learning will also change in response to these dynamics. As the Borg often said in the Star Trek series “Resistance is Futile”. The term “Google” has become the password of the knowledge economy.

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My personal journey through the educational pipeline from kindergarten until today has changed my life, opening new vistas that I never imagined, shaping who I am. I have never been to Egypt but education has allowed me to explore the mysteries of the Pyramids. Psychology has revealed to me the complexities of the mind and our emotions. Higher education is a call that I have enthusiastically and willingly answered. I have found my niche and have never wanted to do anything else except to be the lead singer and front man for the Temptations. It’s not too late though. If Chancellor Holden Thorpe can play the electric guitar and organ at Chapel Hill basketball games and other student events, surely at my own installation I can sing “My Girl”.

Senior officers at colleges and universities need to make difficult choices and trade-offs so that our institutions will grow, thrive and excel- not just for the next five years- but for the next 100. There is no wiggle room on this one. The unprecedented challenges that confront us are too significant. I have a passionate belief in the greatness of human beings when they are allowed to self-actualize. My good friend and colleague, Larry Keen, who serves as the president of Fayetteville Tech Community College captured this belief in these words:”Only a few times in one’s lifetime do we have the opportunity to be truly transformational. We have to give people in our institutions the freedom to dream”. This message resonates with that of President Barak Obama who states “we must have the audacity to hope” that dreams can become a reality.

of the national recognitions that we have received in the arts, in terms of academic scholarship and accreditations. This and much more is due to the contributions made by the faculty, staff and students of FSU.

No dreams are more important to us than those of our beloved students. The pact that we make with students when they arrive at our doorstep extends far beyond words. That agreement represents a solemn oath that means that their development and our excellence as an institution are inextricably bound to one another. I ask the members of the FSU community and our supporters: In a world that seems to become more precarious every day how will we be judged if we do not deliver on our promise to support student achievement and success? Our mandate is very clear – it is reflected in the mission statement that I alluded to earlier. Read it every day if you must. It is also couched in our vision, our priorities and, most importantly, it is part of the proud Bronco legacy.

I am deeply grateful for the advice, counsel, and sound judgment that is exhibited by our Board of Trustees in support of the strategic direction of the university. I am proud of the efforts to date of my executive team and cabinet who continue to manage effectively in difficult times because of their commitment to excellence and to FSU. I am proud

Before I was introduced today you witnessed another example of the creative energy and talent of the FSU Choir. It was I who requested a blended rendition of two of my favorite songs: “Home” and “Over the Rainbow”. Why? First, in a strange and ethereal yet comfortable way I feel that returning to North Carolina equates to coming home. During my eleven years in Raleigh and at NC State University I simply fell in love with the state and the region. Second, when I accepted the position of Chancellor at Fayetteville State University I positioned myself and the university on the front side of a rainbow. Rainbows portend hope, promise and a belief in obtaining the unobtainable. I had a sense, which has now been confirmed, of the immense effort that will be needed to simply rise to the highest level of the arc in that rainbow before one can begin the descent to the other side.

But I have a belief in those who call the city of Fayetteville home, who call Cumberland County home, who call North Carolina home, and who call Fayetteville State University home. Over the rainbow is our destiny, the realization of our vision, the confirmation of our legacy. Join me in this journey. I will not fail you, we will not fail each other and we will continue to establish Fayetteville State University as one of the great institutions in this nation.

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The Jury Is Not Out! They’ve Finished !!

Criminal Justice Program

Granted Full Certification

On March 10, 2009, the Executive Board of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) voted to grant full certification to Fayetteville State University’s Bachelor of Science degree program in Criminal Justice for a period of 10 years. This makes the FSU Criminal Justice program the only Criminal Justice program in North Carolina to hold ACJS Certification and the only HBCU in the nation.

The Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences is an international association established in 1963 to foster professional and scholarly activities in the field of criminal justice. The ACJS promotes criminal justice education, research, and policy analysis within the discipline of criminal justice for both educators and practitioners.

To achieve ACJS Certification, an academic program in criminal justice must demonstrate, through substantive, credible evidence, that the program meets or exceeds all parts of every

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certification process. The programs are required to provide evidence of quality and effectiveness based on program outcome assessment.

Congratulations to faculty in the Department of Criminal Justice and, especially, to Dr. Elizabeth DeValve, who led the Department’s initiative to achieve ACJS Certification!

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BEYOND THE YELLOW RIBBON: Article written by Dr. David Allen & Dr. Janice Haynie

The following article was originally published in “Student Affairs Leader,” and is reprinted here by permission of the publisher, Magna Publications, Inc. Since WWII, higher education has embraced its veterans — in some cases because of the financial aid many veterans carry and in others because of the value veterans add to college communities. Now colleges had better be ready for the return of hundreds of thousands of service members to the classroom in the next few years. With the passage of the much improved 2008 GI Bill, higher education is expecting the number of student veterans to swell far beyond the 2007 level of approximately 500,000 (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs).

Student affairs leaders are exploring various transitional strategies that will address the integration of veterans into collegiate life.

Suggested strategies focus on increased and specialized campus services designed to address the anticipated needs of veteran and assist them in the transition to civilian life on campus.

TRANSFORMING THE COLLEGE CULTURE In general, collegiate life is centered on inward thinking in which the realities of life are purposefully abandoned until after graduation.

Despite all the dialogue about globalization and diversity, students are disengaged with the outside world, and the reality of wars in Afghanistan

Higher Education Comes to the Aid of Veterans and Iraq remains an abstraction for many students.

context of their unique circumstances and experiences.

As a result, returning veterans are met with a degree of indifference and even hostility when they encounter students who debate the necessity or relevance of the wars.

According to Levinson, “an individual’s life structure is shaped by their social and physical environment” (1986). For student affairs leaders, an understanding of the complexity of the student veteran’s life experience is important to creating a campus climate in which veterans can access the resources they need to transition from military to collegiate life.

While we, as student affairs leaders, must assist returning veterans with their specialized adaptation needs, we must also develop strategies to transform the collegiate culture to be more grounded in the realities of global issues.

Our challenge is to create campus cultures that are simultaneously globally focused and reality based, respectfully inclusive, and reflectively oriented. Only then can we produce citizens who accept responsibility for their behavior; embrace self-reliance and habits of lifelong learning; and thirst to advance knowledge, promote understanding, and serve society.

TRANSITION ISSUES There are many well-documented transition issues facing returning veterans, including readjustment to civilian life, physical and mental health issues, physical disabilities, career decisions, family relationship concerns, and readjustment to an individualistic lifestyle. In addition, student veterans are also faced with the traditional developmental tasks reflective of their age group.

Erik Erikson and Daniel Levinson have written extensively about the developmental tasks associated with early adulthood transition, which includes completing tasks and addressing issues related to forming identity, developing competencies, finding mentors, and moving into adulthood.

Student veterans must also address these tasks, but within the

Part of that understanding is realizing that while redeployed veterans are proud of their service to the nation, many are focused on family and future yet haunted by recent events of past deployments.

For service members returning to life “back in the world” (as they often refer to home in America), such a highly anticipated event is a double-edged sword. Often major adjustments must be made in reunions with family, management of anger, domestic violence, stress, depression and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

In fact, there has been much press of late concerning the fallout effects of PTSD, an anxiety disorder that can develop after exposure to a terrifying event in which grave physical harm occurred or was threatened (Stiglitz and Bilmes, 2008, p. 234).

According to Science Daily (April 19, 2008), nearly 20 percent of military service members who have returned from Iraq and Afghanistan—300,000 in all — report symptoms of PTSD or major depression, yet only slightly more than half have sought treatment, according to a new RAND Corporation study. And PTSD symptoms may be delayed in their manifestation. Often referred to as “the walking wounded,” these service members appear normal to the casual observer, but after returning to an America where

neither war is on the radar screen, their sense can be summed up as “The army is at war; America is at the mall.” It is no wonder that many service members become angry at what they find on their return. (A great source for just about everything you would want to know about PTSD is www.ncptsd.org.)

INSTITUTIONAL RSPONSIVENESS But what can student affairs leaders do? One example is found at Cal State Long Beach (CSLBU). In 2008, the campus launched a special program to ease returning veterans’ entry into college and the workforce.

CSLBU created the “Veterans University” in conjunction with the VA Long Beach Healthcare System to connect veterans with needed medical services. This two-pronged system connects the veteran not only to CSLBU (to include its disability services and counseling services), but also to the adjacent hospital that assists those with health difficulties, including disabilities and mental health issues.

At the authors’ institution, Fayetteville State University (FSU), 341 students are active-duty military personnel, 101 students are veterans, and five students are dependents of veterans receiving benefits.

A satellite campus at Ft. Bragg serves both Army and Air Force personnel. Another campus at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in Goldsboro, North Carolina, serves students pursuing MBAs. Graduate interns from FSU’s Master of Social Work, Master of Counseling Psychology, and MBA programs are engaged not only in Ft. Bragg’s Wounded Warrior program and Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) office, but also in Ft. Sam Houston’s Master Degree Program in Social Work 11 Academics

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at the U.S. Army Medical Department Center and School (AMEDDC&S).

FSU has formally identified support to veterans as a top priority in its strategic planning and budgeting processes.

Recommended actions student affairs leaders are in a unique position to help service members achieve their academic goals as well as to foster their transition from being soldiers to peaceful warriors and contributing members of a grateful nation.

We recommend that your campus conduct an inventory of your resources and current capabilities across certain key categories to include people, programs and services, equipment, and strategic budgeting and planning.

PEOPLE 1. Hire additional trained staff as appropriate to lead efforts to serve military personnel.

2. Hire trained psychologists/ psychiatrists to address both developmental and transitional issues.

3. Provide professional development training on identification, intervention, and referrals for service-related health issues (cognitive and noncognitive).

4. Collaborate/partner with other agencies to provide a full range of services.

PROGRAMS AND SERVICES 1. Provide programs on PTSD, traumatic brain injury, family support, and financial aid to military spouses (e.g., the Army’s Career Advancement Account, etc.).

2. Provide transition assistance.

3. Provide Veteran Upward Bound programs.

4. Institute and/or publicize campus ROTC programs and involve veterans.

5. Conduct veteran orientations.

6. Provide social acculturation.

7. Enhance accessibility to infrastructure.

8. Collaborate with the local VA center.

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9. Attend special events on base (education fairs, transitional assistance counseling, community meetings).

10. Provide graduate interns from MSW or counseling programs on base at hospitals and in the Army’s Wounded Warrior program.

11. Provide nursing program clinicals at military hospitals/clinics.

12. Provide programs whose goal is to transform the campus climate to embrace a more global, outward, and diverse perspective.

13. Use the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008 as a recruitment tool.

EQUIPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE 1. Create a Military Affairs department or center for service members and veterans as well as their families.

2. Establish a veterans’ student lounge.

3. Establish a campus advocacy center.

STRATEGIC BUDGETING AND PLANNING 1. Increase veteran services and programs by encouraging college presidents to increase budgets for programs for service members and veterans as well as their families.

2. Take advantage of existing federal and state programs to assist military personnel.

3. Acquire grants to assist veterans and their dependents.

4. Incorporate initiatives in the university’s strategic plan.

IN CONCLUSION A necessary beginning step in formulating an effective soldier support program that includes but transcends financial aid concerns is an institutional early warning system specifically designed for service members returning from war. Any system, such as the Noel-Levitz College Student Inventory, modified with additional questions relevant to

service members, should serve to identify not only all students at high risk of experiencing academic difficulty, but also service members who may be suffering from the consequences of war (i.e., physical challenges, PTSD, severe anxiety, depression, extreme anger, etc.). Identification of high-risk service members enables institutions to target services to those persons before high risk turns into high rates of departure.

Because student affairs professionals are first responders when it comes to student needs, they may be uniquely positioned to not only identify high-risk service members but also implement various ntervention strategies in collaboration with a multitude of other campus offices.

This is the least we can do for those who have sacrificed for so many in the name of freedom.

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RAND Corporation (2008, April 19). One in Five Iraq or Afghanistan Veterans Suffer from PTSD or Major Depression.

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Levinson, D. (1986). Seasons of a Man’s Life. Canada: Ballantine Press.

Military OneSource. Retrieved October 20, 2008, from www. militaryonesource.com

David Allen, Ph.D., U.S. Army Reserves (Colonel, retired July 2008), is the Associate Vice Chancellor for Military Education at Fayetteville State University. He is the author of Freedom Express: Caught Between Iraq and a Hard Place (2008, Deeds Publishing, www.deedspublishing. com).

Janice Haynie, Ph.D., is Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs at Fayetteville State University. She previously served as vice president for student affairs at State University of New York (SUNY) College at Old Westbury.

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Professor Unites the Arts At Fayetteville State University, Dr. Brooksie Harrington is known for his unique teaching style. In fact, colleague Joyce A. Russell says Harrington “combines his musical talent with his literary knowledge to create exciting learning experiences for his students.”

Harrington, an accomplished author and music lover with close ties to gospel recording legend Shirley Caesar, has taught at Fayetteville State University since 1995.

His specialty is AfricanAmerican Literature and The Aesthetics of African-American Literature, so it’s no wonder he was tapped last November to participate in an eight-part series on BET, “Let’s Talk Church.” The series was filmed in Las Vegas as part of a Gospel Industry Retreat. BET officials say it will run this spring on BETJ. Harrington, 53, said BET’s invitation was unexpected. “I was quite pleasantly surprised,” noted Harrington. “Ms. Caesar advised me to talk to BET about my research, and I was able to talk to (Dr.) Bobby Jones briefly. After mentioning my research, he asked me if I would consider being on a panel, and within two weeks I was contacted.”

Saying yes to Jones’ request to participate in the eight-part series was a no-brainer.

Harrington was glad to participate on the panel but admitted he considered his selection a tad controversial “because of my stressing the important role of jazz, blues, pop, etc. on the gospel industry.” That may be. But Jones, the Grammy award winning gospel singer and host of “Bobby Jones Gospel,” one of BET’s most popular shows, said Harrington was chosen because of the legitimacy of his work. “Dr. Harrington has done some impressive work in the study

of religion and literature, so we knew he would be an asset to the “Let’s Talk Church panel,” Jones said.

Other panelists were entertainment reporter Humilitee; Grammy award nominee and Stellar Award winner Dottie Peoples; Blackvoices.com writer Jawn Murray; former original female singer of The 5th Dimension and Grammy award winner Florence LaRue; and gospel music video producer and record industry publicist Darryl Lassiter.

Harrington, who has participated on other television series, said he was “honored” to be asked to participate on “Let’s Talk Church.”

He realizes his relationship with Caesar – the two talk weekly – helped him land one of the coveted panelist spots.

And he’s unabashed in acknowledging he was “determined” to meet Caesar years ago. “I called her record company, her personal office, and I wrote letters because I was determined,” Harrington said. “I have always had an innocent, childlike faith. I just thought somehow I would get to meet her and I did.”

His interest in Caesar was piqued after seeing her on “The Tonight Show “ featuring Johnny Carson. “At the time, I was in the middle of taking a narrative theory course with Dr. James Phelan, a very well known English professor at Ohio State University,” Harrington said. “I noticed how Ms. Caesar used a theoretically based mode of verbal artistry as she introduced her sermonette- songs. I knew I had to write about this lady in the academic forum. Ironically, no one else had ever taken on such a project with her, and this scholarship has brought me a lot of attention.”

Indeed. Harrington’s text, “Shirley Caesar: A Woman of Words,” is now housed in the famed Schomburg Library in Harlem. It exposed him as a writer to many famous artists and, as a result, he has interviewed, accompanied or written about such personalities as Albertina Walker, Inez Andrews, the Rev. James Cleveland, Dorothy Norwood, Cassietta George, Gloria Washington, Lou Rawls and Joe Lagon. Additionally, in November 1999, the National Endowment of the Arts honored Caesar the artist and Harrington the nominator with the National Heritage Award.

Subsequently, Harrington was invited to speak at The Lincoln Center in New York about “The Real Shirley Caesar.”

Russell, an Associate Professor of English who specializes in 19th Century Black Women’s Literature and the Black Chicago Renaissance, said she enjoys working with Harrington. “Dr. H. is a wonderful colleague,” Russell said.

“He is supportive in every sense of the word.”

When the two initially met, Russell said Harrington impressed her as being bright, intellectual and creative. “Over the years, my first impressions have merely been confirmed,” Russell said. “He thinks outside the box. If anything, Dr. H. is more intellectual and creative than I first imagined! He’s a very spiritual man. That’s one thing. For another thing, he is very optimistic.

He always sees that silver lining and refuses to allow himself to become depressed.”

“Harrington’s students are very comfortable with his teaching method,” she said. “They relate to him extremely well, I think in part because of Dr. H’s musical talent,” Russell said. “Dr. H. is just as

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capable of analyzing a hip-hop tune as he is deconstructing a Phillis Wheatley poem.”

Harrington said his love of music came from his father who “yet possesses a silky, smooth tenor even though he is in his 70s.”

He co-produced the original CD for North Carolina State University’s 2004 documentary on Princeville titled “Princeville Remembers the Flood.” Princeville, the nation’s oldest chartered black town, was decimated by Hurricane Floyd in 1999.

Harrington said there is a “seamlessness” that exists between secular and non-secular music, a subject he explores in his new book, “The Aesthetics of African-American Gospel Music.” Today, for example, it’s not uncommon for popular gospel recording artists like Kirk Franklin, a multiple Grammy award winner, to use background music from secular songs for some of their biggest hits.

“It’s all the same,” Harrington said.

“The attitudes and messages are different.”

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Donna Brazile Packs House At FSU If you watched CNN’s presidential election coverage last year, you couldn’t help but notice Donna Brazile, among the best and sharpest political strategists on TV. And if you were fortunate enough to be at Fayetteville State University on November 11, just one week after Illinois Sen. Barack Obama became the first black man to be elected President of the United States, you had the chance to hear Brazile speak in person.

“She was absolutely fantastic . . . and what was so impressive about her was that you could tell how she could be comfortable talking intellectually to the President of the United States and then be just as comfortable in the kitchen cooking collard greens. You could tell she’s such a balanced person. I was very impressed.”

Col. Donald Porter Executive Dir for Economic Development Hoke County and the City of Raeford, NC

Brazile, 49, spoke at Fayetteville State as part of the Chancellor’s Distinguished Speakers Series, which affords the public a chance to meet world renowned speakers and artists on campus. All speaker series events are free and open to the public.

Past participants include civil rights activist and NAACP Chairman Julian Bond, Wole Soyinka, a Nigerian writer, poet and playwright who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986, Actor/Director Edward James Olmos, an Emmy winner and Academy Award nominee, Herman Edwards, who has coached the NFL’s Kansas City Chiefs and New York Jets, College professor and activist Anita Hill, and Lt. Gen. Russel L. Honore, who commanded the task force responsible for relief efforts during Hurricane Katrina.

November’s event featuring Brazile was held in Seabrook Auditorium.

Approximately eight hundred people attended, said Emily Dickens, Director of Community and Government Affairs at FSU. Dickens said the event was successful. “We had a very large audience, and she was very gracious with

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her time,” Dickens said of Brazile, who was born in a New Orleans suburb, the third of nine children. “She participated in a brief question and answer session with the audience, and she signed books and programs.”

Brazile, a graduate of Louisiana State University, became interested in politics at age 9 after a local political candidate promised to build a neighborhood playground. She became the first African-American to direct a major presidential campaign when she managed former Vice President Al Gore’s 2000 campaign. She is author of Cooking with Grease: Stirring the Pots in American Politics, a memoir of her life and work in politics.

Col. Donald Porter, Executive Director for Economic Development for Hoke County and the City of Raeford, was on hand for Brazile’s FSU visit.

Porter is chairman of Fayetteville State University’s $3 million annual fund campaign.

She was absolutely fantastic,” Porter said. “And what was so impressive about her was that you

could tell how she could be comfortable talking intellectually to the President of the United States and then be just as comfortable in the kitchen cooking collard greens. You could tell she’s such a balanced person. I was very impressed.”

Porter said as soon as he learned Brazile would come to FSU he planned to attend. “I was eager to go when I heard she was coming,” Porter said.

“The event was very well attended, and across the board, too, from a diversity standpoint.”

Wendy Jones, Fayetteville State University’s Associate Vice Chancellor of Development and University Relations, also attended the Brazile event. “Donna Brazile is an amazing woman and an inspiration for minority women regardless of their political interests,” Jones said. “She spoke so candidly about her experiences while working with both the Clinton and Obama campaigns, and she truly engaged the audience as she walked us through the countless hours she has spent fighting for equality.”

“The university considers itself fortunate to have been able to schedule such a distinguished speaker during this historical time in our nation’s history,” Jones said.

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Students Organize Crop Walk Fayetteville State students, faculty, staff and alumni turned out in droves to help raise money for the annual Cumberland County CROP Hunger Walk. It was FSU’s first time participating in the CROP Walk.

Officials hope it won’t be their last.

“I don’t know how in the world they raised over $4,500,” said Jeffrey Brooke Allen, a planning volunteer with the CROP Walk. “The most any other group has raised was $1,900.”

Allen, a retired college professor who taught American history at FSU 25 years ago, said he is amazed by what Fayetteville State accomplished.

One of the things that really impressed me was that after he wrote a letter to Chancellor Anderson . . . inviting them to come to a meeting, and they sent seven people,” Allen said. “By contrast, Methodist University sent one representative and Fayetteville Technical Community College sent one person. They all got the same invitation, and they all came to the same two meetings, but the only one that produced any real money was Fayetteville State University.”

Allen was also impressed because the FSU contingent wore T-shirts printed especially for the CROP Walk. “I don’t know how they did it,” Allen said. “I only know about the beginning of the process and the end of the process. I just think it’s an absolutely beautiful, compassionate story and everybody who was involved should be named.”

Make no mistake about it. FSU’s participation in the 21st CROP Walk didn’t happen by accident. Juanette Council, Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, was FSU’s liaison with CROP Walk officials. After attending the initial meeting with Dean of Students Landon Hadley, she organized the Division of Student

Affairs CROP Walk Committee.

“I thought that for us to be successful it was important to approach this project from a broad perspective,” Council said. “We decided to incorporate our efforts into the many homecoming activities. We set fundraising and participation goals and then devised strategies to reach these targets. My major efforts were to ensure that the CROP Walk was a Division of Student Affairs priority.”

Council said the event would not have been as successful without Eric Burns, Division of Student Affairs Business Manager; Tamara Taylor, Student Leadership Coordinator; and Kindra Jackson, Coordinator for Commuter and Adult Student Learners. “They were instrumental in implementing the overall action plan,” Council said. “They worked extremely hard to ensure that all the pieces came together.”

The entire Fayetteville State University community--students, faculty, staff, administrators and alumni--pitched in to make the CROP Walk successful. But the majority of the money was raised by student organizations Council said. “We challenged each of the 70 student organizations and 10 residence hall associations to support the CROP Walk. “Additionally, we collected funds during the majority of the homecoming festivities, including the Mr. FSU Competition, the homecoming dance, comedy show, game and step show.

The other funds were donated by administrators, faculty and staff.”

Council said the CROP Walk T-shirts were her idea because she “thought it would be a great way to unify the participants.” The shirts were designed by Regina Locust, Program Director for Student Organization Development, and read: Fayetteville State University Making a Difference

2008 CROP Walk. Council said she thinks FSU will participate in future walks. “I think it was a great way for the students to come together and make a difference in the community,” Council said. “It was a very fun event.

Administrators, faculty, staff and alumni also walked with the student participants.”

“I’m hoping other CROP Walks across the state will invite historically black institutions and white institutions, too,” Allen said.

“When I first broached the subject of inviting Fayetteville State I was told they wouldn’t be able to do it because it was their homecoming weekend. I decided to give it a shot anyway, and it’s remarkable that they added CROP Walk. They not only added it, they sent 300 students and raised $4,500. It’s just a prodigious accomplishment.”

The Rev. Laura Lupton, CROP Walk Vice Chairwoman, said the money raised is used to fight hunger.

“Twenty-five percent remains in the local area, and we designated that for Second Harvest Food Bank of Southeastern North Carolina,” Lupton said. “The remaining 75 percent is used worldwide for hunger relief. We’re very, very pleased with our income this year and hope that people will still make some final contributions. We were thrilled to have FSU . . . and are hoping they continue to participate. We love having the students.”

And the students loved being a part of it all. “Participating in the CROP Walk was very worthwhile,” said James Jefferson, Student Government Association President.

“Seeing the various student groups working together and knowing that our efforts would help those in need was a rewarding experience. It was a great Bronco effort.”

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The 18th Annual Miss Fayetteville State University Pageant was held on Saturday, April 25, 2009, in the J. W. Seabrook Auditorium. This year’s pageant, “Sentimental Journey,” featured a train motif. Miss Fayetteville State University 2008-2009, Brittany Jackson; Mr. FSU 2008-2009, Travis Harris, the Miss FSU Pageant Dancers, the FSU Royal Court, and the 2009 Miss FSU Contestants participated in the rousing opening number.

The contestants wowed the audience with their opening number routine to the O’ Jay’s classic, Love Train.

Seven dynamic ladies fiercely competed for the coveted title in the six phases of competition: Interview, Fitness and Athletic Wear, Talent, OnStage Knowledge & Awareness, Evening Gown and Student Vote. Amber Lindsay, an honor student from Columbia, South Carolina, was crowned Miss Fayetteville State University 2009-2010. She also received the Maceo Smith Best Talent Award for her rendition of Summertime and the Olivia Chavis Best Evening Gown Award. Crystal Jones was selected as First-Runner Up and Shante Elliott was selected as Second-Runner Up. Lolitta Kirby, Clarissa Silver, Latonya Jones and Diamond Bradsher also competed.

The pageant, a time honored campus tradition, is sponsored by the Division of Student Affairs, Office of Student Activities and Cultural Programs.

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Clarissa Silver

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Miss FSU 2009-2010 Amber Lindsay LaTonya Jones

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At The Horn!! 63-61!!

Lady Broncos Shine in the Bahamas L’Oreal Price and Chelsea Jeter named to All-Tournament Team.

Jeter named MVP.

Fayetteville State (5-4 overall) faced a tough California (PA) in the Division II championship round of the Bahamas Sunshine Shootout in Nassau, Bahamas. In the previous round, the Lady Broncos defeated Charleston (WV) by four points while California (PA) overcame Mars Hill by two. Once again, Danielle Russell saved the team by sinking a layup prior to the final horn for a thrilling 63-61 victory over California (PA), who dropped to 6-2 overall.

Fayetteville State jumped to an early nine point lead in the first five minutes of the game. FSU went up by as much as 18 points and went into the locker room with a 33-20 score at the half. After intermission, California (PA) worked aggressively to decrease the deficit and tie the game for the first time at 40-40 with 13:39 remaining.

Free throws plagued the Lady Broncos in the second half as they shot only 43.5% making 10 of 23 attempts. In the final two minutes of the game, FSU continued to struggle by making one of its five free throw opportunities until the clock showed 42 seconds remaining.

Down 61-56, Danielle Russell drove through the lane and hit a tough layup to cut the lead down to three. The pressure defense of the Lady Broncos forced a turnover with 52 seconds remaining and called its final timeout with 48 seconds to go. On the inbound play, the Lady Vulcans’ head coach was charged with a technical foul following a personal foul called on her team with 42 seconds left. LaQuasha Jordan stepped to the line and missed her first attempt of the technical free throw but nailed the second to bring FSU within two. Russell was next to the line to face her two free throw attempts which she made to tie the score 61-61. The Lady Vulcans raced the ball across halfcourt and called its final timeout with 31 seconds left. A Lady Bronco foul at 14 seconds gave California (PA) a chance to take the lead, but both attempts bounced off the rim with the last one landing in the hands FSU. Russell then proceeded to advance the ball up court with the game on her back and delivered prior to the buzzer with the winning shot.

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Vette’s Unlimited Supports FSU Like other universities, Fayetteville State relies on support from an array of sources. The UNC Board of Governors, alumni, local benefactors, and Corvette owners.

Corvette owners? That’s right.

For two decades, a group of Corvette owners has strongly supported FSU, escorting university dignitaries during homecoming parades and at other times as needed. But rest assured the organization does much more than drive people around in fancy, eyecatching cars.

“Our club was initially formed at the FSU homecoming parade in 1984,” said Cravis Taybron, Jr., President. “However, most of us were in the military. So after about seven or eight years, many were reassigned and the club sort of dissipated.” About eight years ago the club was reformed under the same name, and now we’re stronger and more focused.”

Taybron, a Durham native, said he initially joined Vette’s Unlimited for social reasons. “You know, it was just some guys coming together with similar interests and to enjoy each others company,” Taybron said. “But now our focus is giving back to the community.”

Taybron, who graduated from El Paso Community College in 1989 with a degree in management science, retired from Fort Bragg as a command sergeant major in 1998.

He owns an embroidery business, Taybron’s Sweaters Unlimited, in Spring Lake. He became president of Vette’s Unlimited in 2006 after then-president Gilbert Williams was killed in a motorcycle accident.

Williams’ name remains on the organization’s membership rolls.

“Helping Fayetteville area youth is among Vette’s Unlimited’s top priorities,” Taybron said. “We consider the youth our future,” he said. “Unfortunately, many of them lack positive male role models, so we try to step in and help fill that void. When we were coming up, people were there for us, so we recognize the critical importance of returning the favor.”

To that end, Vette’s Unlimited is heavily involved with Westarea Elementary School’s Reading Caucus, a statewide points program that encourages elementary kids to read a variety of books. Taybron said he and other Vette’s Unlimited members consider strong reading skills key to educational success.

Additionally, Vette’s Unlimited members serve as mentors to Westarea third graders, encouraging them to strive for higher grades.

The club, in conjunction with the 555th Parachute Infantry Association, raises money for scholarships for Cumberland County students and students at Overhills High School in Harnett County. In June, they will award $1,000 scholarships to 44 students, he said.

“Vette’s Unlimited members enjoy helping young kids, but they never stray too far from Fayetteville State,” Taybron said. “In the 2008 homecoming we provided 11 Corvettes and one Jaguar. We provide transportation for the grand marshal during the parade, the chancellor and for anyone else as requested by FSU.” Supporting FSU is a no-brainer.

Taybron said, “You know they say take care of home before you go anywhere else. We want to make sure that all of our local students and the community are successful.”

Taybron is proud of the good works performed by the club. Other members are: Richard Watson, vice president; Jimmy Bennett, secretary; Tommy Paschall, treasurer; Melanie Garcia; Charles Cooper; Bobby Bennett; Louis Hopkins; Eric Bryant; Eric

Johnson; Raymond Thompson; Tim Burton; Edwin Scott; and Lamont Boyd. Taybron said that he’d love for membership to increase as high as 30.

Membership rules are fairly basic: possess a Corvette and have a desire to perform community service. Taybron said his Corvette, which he has owned for 28 years, is charcoal gray metallic with a red interior and looks like it just came off the showroom floor.

“All of our members are community oriented and want the youth to be successful,” Taybron said. “If you’re not the type of person who likes to help people and give of your time, then this probably isn’t the club for you. When we talk to kids at Terry Sanford High School, we tell them that we’re not just a bunch of men and women with fast, beautiful cars. In other words, if all you want to do is profile in your Corvette, then you might as well ride on down the road because we’re about a lot more than just that.”

To join Vette’s Unlimited or for more information about the organization email Taybron at cravist@aol.com.

To donate money to the scholarship fund, go to: www. ftbragg555thpia.com.

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Broncos Support Boots & Booties Article reprinted with permission of Fayetteville Publishing Company and the Fayetteville Observer newspaper.

posting of the event on Fayetteville Cares’ website, 700 women applied to join the party. The event was booked within four days.

Sarah Deady walked into the Crown Expo Center on Saturday afternoon with her hospital bracelets still on her wrist and her 2-day-old daughter Ava in tow. Deady had been released from the hospital less than an hour before Boots & Booties, the largest military baby shower, was set to start. She had signed up for the baby shower months before, and she didn’t want to miss it.

Jane Weaver-Sobel, North Carolina chapter president for Operation Homefront, said she met with Joanne Chavonne of Fayetteville Cares earlier this year about how to distribute more than 90 boxes of donated baby clothes.

“The community got behind the idea and donated more items to throw a shower”, she said.

Besides, her doctor told her it would be good for her to walk around.

“I figured that we would come on out and check and see what was going on,” she said. “I think this is great. It is really exciting.” About 1,000 moms attended the event. Each received a gift bag filled with goodies for their newborns. The event was sponsored

by Operation Homefront of North Carolina, Fayetteville Cares, Fort Bragg Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation, and Pope Airman and Family Readiness Center.

Deady and her husband, Mark, were immediately surrounded by volunteers and sponsors who welcomed them and congratulated the couple on the newborn. “It’s good to see a lot of people coming out and helping the community and helping the moms out,” Mark Deady said. “I am sure there are a few single moms out here who could use help.”

This is the first time that the organizations have hosted such an event. The shower was for pregnant women and mothers of babies up to six months old. Within 24 hours of the

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“We thought that it would go like hot cakes, but it went much faster than we anticipated and we ended up with a waiting list,” Weaver-Sobel said. “We want to take care of the military. These guys are overseas fighting for us.”

A line snaked around the entrance of the Crown Expo before noon. The women were treated to a catered lunch of mini-sandwiches, deviled eggs, veggies and cup cakes. There were also drawings for prizes, including an iPod, computer, a complete baby suite, doula services, car seats and strollers and a brand new Chevy Malibu.Melissa Sanchez drove away in the new car.

Along the wall of the Crown Expo were booths that provided expectant mothers with information about feeding, infant massages, infant care, labor and delivery, and local resources available to them.

Vanessa McLaughlin-Iacovone, 22, sat at a table with other women in her company who are pregnant or have recently given birth.

McLaughlin-Iacovone, who has been in the Army for three years, is due in December. She said the event helps those who may not have family in the area with their pregnancy.

“Certain people around here, all they know is their company because they are from other places,” she said.

“I am from here, so I have a support system. But for some of my friends, they only have us.” Contessa Vales, 23, is in McLaughin-Iacovone’s company. She is due December 31.

The New York native said it was a great idea for the community to put on a baby shower for the women. “I have never experienced a big gathering like this,” Vales said.

“For a lot of people, their family is not here because we are military.

We only have our spouses and our coworkers. It is touching to me.

This is my third baby shower, but it is good to experience it with other pregnant females.” The event gave the women the opportunity to interact with other expecting moms and gather tips, Vales said. “I think this is a great experience and I will always remember this,” she said.

Fayetteville State University faculty, staff, and students joined together to make an important impact on Fayetteville’s Boots and Booties baby shower. Trucks from the Facilities Maintenance Departments, along with other vehicles, were filled to capacity with donated items. Mrs. Nancy Anderson and other fellow Broncos worked tirelessly in accumulating the donated items and working onsite for the event.

Contributions from the FSU family not only showed support for our military constituency and their families, but it also served to demonstrate how much Fayetteville State University students care about their city and its citizens.

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One-Stop Shopping For many students, learning their way around campus can be an absolute nightmare. And there are some places such as the cashier’s office, for example, where all students must go sooner or later.

At Fayetteville State University, officials recognize how daunting navigating campus buildings can be.

So they have created a sort of “onestop shopping” area to make things easier on students. A new service center which houses the financial aid office on the first floor, the cashier’s offices on the second floor and the registrar’s office on the third floor is now available for students in a newly renovated area of Lilly Gymnasium.

Prior to this academic year, those three all-important offices were in the Barber and Collins Administration buildings.

“The offices now housed in Lilly will allow our currently enrolled students to take care of financial aid, billing, and registration needs in one location,” said Roxie M. Shabazz, Associate Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management. “It is a very good concept, and we are excited to have this opportunity to better serve our students.” Shabazz, who has worked at Fayetteville State since December 2005, has no doubt students will like having all three offices in the same building. It is easier for students to take care of their university business now. “They may still need to move from one office to another, but now they only have to ride the elevator! Also, the staff will have easier access to each other, again to better serve students.”

Of course, the

admissions office is also an important place where students must go. Shabazz said FSU officials hope to house admissions close to Lilly in the near future.

Shabazz said. She and others on campus are excited that Fayetteville State has now grouped financial aid, the registrar’s office, and the cashier’s offices together.

The idea of offering “one-stop shopping” to students has been kicked around at Fayetteville State for a while, Shabazz said. “This has been a concept at the university for many years,” she said. “It has taken time to find the right location, to find funding for renovations, to renovate and, of course, to move in.” Overall, Shabazz said enrollment services could use additional staff to better serve FSU students, but extra employees were not necessary for the relocation to Lilly Gym.

“The university’s number one priority is our students, and how we can best help them transition through the phases of their education to reach the final goal of graduation,” Shabazz said. “While on the surface this may appear to be ‘just a building,’ it is so much more. We will be able to better serve our students and help them through the enrollment process with less anxiety and frustration so they can concentrate on what’s most important: their academic work.”

All three offices are already open, and Shabazz said she expects a considerable amount of traffic in that part of the gym.

“Students typically have to visit all of these offices at some point in the enrollment process,”

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Alumni Career Services Network

Up and Running!

The Office of Career Services at Fayetteville State University hopes that 2009 brings you and your loved ones a great new chapter of success, happiness, and health. This new year marks the beginning of an exciting new chapter in career and professional development services offered to Fayetteville State University students and alumni.

The Office of Career Services is proud to present a new resource to assist our students and alumni. The new Alumni Career Services Network website , located at www.uncfsu.edu/ CareerServ/, will serve as a vital portal

to aid our FSU family in achieving professional success. Simply click the Alumni Career Services Network (ACSN) link to immediately access the site, or you may access the Network from the Alumni section on the Career Services website.

Gain a competitive advantage in your career by leveraging the excellent employment opportunities and resources being developed exclusively for Fayetteville State University alumni. The new resource is powered

by Boxwood Technologies, the nation’s leader in online professional association career development.

The ACSN includes cutting edge career development resources and information that can provide alumni with employment strategies, tools, and tactics to advance their career. In the near future, ACSN will be growing its capabilities to include other resources for alumni professional development.

If you work for an organization that would like to share your career opportunities with successful Fayetteville State University alumni, see our new website for instructions or call the Office of Career Services at 910-672-1212.

If one of your resolutions is to advance your career in 2009, this new Alumni Career Services Network website will assist you in making your resolution a reality. Please share this great new resource with fellow

alumni of Fayetteville State University.

2008

2009

Annual Fund Campaign

“It’s times such as these that donors realize the importance and impact of their gifts, regardless of the size of their contribution.”

Foundation, a non-profit, philanthropic organization. “Every little bit helps. Those small contributions are the ones in many cases that keep everything going.”

Wendy Jones Likewise, Porter said he’s willing to do Associate Vice Chancellor for Development and University Relations whatever is necessary to help Fayetteville Like the rest of the country, North Porter is no rookie when it comes State raise $3 million. “I will work around Carolina is experiencing tough economic to annual fund campaigns. In fact, he my schedule and go anywhere anytime,” times. But that didn’t stop Fayetteville participated in FSU’s annual campaign he said. “I don’t plan to be just an armchair State University officials from kicking off last year. “I worked very hard and was chairman. I plan to get out and work. One their annual fund campaign on Nov. 20. very impressed with the efforts that I saw,” of our major focuses will be the alumni And what’s more, officials have set their Porter said. “I was asked this year to serve because we all owe our universities when we graduate. I’ll be really campaign goal at $3 million--up significantly and just couldn’t say no, primarily working the alumni association from last year’s goal of $2 million. due to my passion for community hard, as well as the business

service and giving back.” community. Also, the faith“We can do it. I’m confident in the

based community will be very community,” said Donald L. Porter, annual He said he’s confident in important to our efforts as fund chairman. “I know it’s a tough time his abilities as well as those of well.” now and it’ll be tough. I’m not saying the annual fund’s honorary co it’ll be easy, but when you consider the chairs, Linda Lee Allen and Don Jones said she feels resources we have in the community and Price. good about the campaign’s the importance that Fayetteville State is to

potential, despite the country’s the community, I think the community will “That’s another reason I’m Col. Donald Porter economic woes. The campaign step up and do what’s necessary to help confident we’ll make our goal ends June 30. “I think that FSU in this effort.” and I am excited about the goal,” people in general will give more during

Porter said.” Both of them are very well challenging economic times,” Jones said.

Porter is Executive Director of Economic known, distinguished people in our city, “It’s times such as these that donors Development for Hoke County and the City and we’re very lucky to have them working realize the importance and impact of of Raeford. He retired as a colonel from with us on the campaign.” their gifts, regardless of the size of their the Army in 1999 after serving 30 years,

including nine years at Fort Bragg.

“The kickoff, which took place at the contribution.” The money will be used

Rudolph Jones Student Center on FSU’s for a specific purpose, she said. “The Selecting him to serve as chairman campus, was very nice,” Porter said. Chancellor and Board of Trustees have of the annual fund campaign made good Musical entertainment was provided, hors identified scholarship support as our area sense, FSU officials say. “Col. Porter has d’oeuvres were served, and Porter spoke of greatest need,” Jones said. “The money strong ties in our community from both after comments from Chancellor James raised from our annual fund campaign an economic and military standpoint,” A. Anderson and Jones. “It was very well will go towards increasing the scholarship said Wendy Jones, FSU’s Associate done,” Porter said, adding that student support we can provide to our students.”

Vice Chancellor for Development and representatives, alumni, business leaders, And that’s just fine with the campaign’s University Relations. “He is committed to members of the faith-based community top leader. “The market’s global now,” our institution and was a natural fit for a and others were present.

Porter said. “We’re not competing just leadership role in our fundraising efforts.”

against the next city but also against the Jones is confident Porter will do a great In terms of how the campaign will next country, and the only way we’re going job. “He’ll absolutely do a great job,” she be successful, Porter said the math is to allow them to beat us is for them to beat said. “He’s retired military. He doesn’t fairly simple: “No campaign contribution us educationally, and we can’t allow that know any other option except success.” amount will be too large, and no amount to happen.” will be too small,” said Porter, a member of the Cumberland County Community

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Great Things Come in Small Packages It’s no surprise that Horace Small wanted Fayetteville State University students to excel in football, basketball, golf, and other sports. After all, he was FSU’s athletic director for about 12 years.

But Small also wanted Fayetteville State students to excel academically, and that’s one reason his widow has established a scholarship in his memory. “I felt like leaving a scholarship in my husband’s name was a good way to remember him,” said Lovern H. Small. “He wanted to see the students succeed both academically and athletically. He wanted them to be well-rounded so they could succeed in life.”

“The Horace T. Small Athletic Scholarship will be awarded to students who maintain a 2.5 GPA and demonstrate potential for making positive contributions to the FSU community,” said Wendy Jones, Associate Vice Chancellor for Development. “They must be a student athlete who demonstrates a financial need for support, and according to Mrs. Small’s wishes, that they either participate in football and/or golf,” Jones said.

The scholarships will be awarded annually, but neither the number of students nor the dollar amount has been determined.

“It depends on what is available in the fund to award,” Jones said.

“That will be based on the amount of contributions made towards the fund.”

When her husband passed in April, in lieu of flowers Lovern Small requested contributions to The Fayetteville State University Foundation in his name.

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appreciate flowers and they’re beautiful, but a scholarship is far more memorable and its impact can last a lifetime,” Mrs. Small said. “This is something that will help students, and that’s what my husband would have wanted.”

The Smalls met in Raleigh at Shaw University. They have a teenage daughter, Jazzmine, who will graduate from Reid Ross Classical High School in June but is already enrolled at N.C. State University.

They also have a son, Horace Thomas Small, II, who lives in Fayetteville and is married with two young daughters.

“I have weathered this storm so far, and I will continue to endure,” she said. “All of my strength comes from The Lord. I just did my initial sermon on Aug. 31, and my husband would have been so happy because he was the first person who knew that God had called me to preach. He was looking forward to my initial sermon.”

When she feels herself getting down, Lovern Small also draws strength from the courageous way her husband handled his illness.

“The last year or so of his life he struggled to go to work everyday because of his commitment and devotion to the university,” she said. “He gave it his all. He didn’t like to tell a student he was going to be there and not be there. If it had not been Fayetteville State, wherever he was working he would have done the same thing. He was a man of his word. That’s the kind of person he was. Very seldom did I hear him complain. For as long as he could, he continued doing his job.”

Likewise, he never stopped being there for his family, and as long he was physicall able, he continued being active in his church Lewis Chapel Missionary Baptist Church on Raeford Road in Fayetteville.

Coach Small’s ties to North Carolina stem, in part, from friends who lived in Greensboro. In fact, Small lived in Greensboro for a while before enrolling at Shaw University, where he completed a bachelor’s degree in health and physical education. He earned a master’s degree in health and PE at Florida A&M University.

Small’s illustrious career included a stint as an assistant high school principal in Tallahassee, Florida. He also was head wrestling coach and assistant football coach at Delaware State University, and he was the head football coach at Shaw University. Eventually, he found himself at Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, where he was athletic coach director and head football coach. Several factors led to his interest in the AD position at Fayetteville State, including the fact that his wife is a graduate of E.E. Smith High School. Johnson C. Smith’s loss was Fayetteville State’s gain.

As for Small, his wife said he’d be pleased by the scholarship. “He would be happy,” she said. “He would be honored and pleased by the fact that the scholarship has been established. He really enjoyed working with students and being on the staff at Fayetteville State University. There’s no doubt about it.”

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Vice Chancellor Establishes Scholarship When Chancellor James A. Anderson tapped Robert Botley to join the leadership team at Fayetteville State University, he knew he was getting a sound businessman. After all, Botley ran the business and finance department at Winston-Salem State University from January 2004 to November 2007 before joining FSU. But what Anderson and others at Fayetteville State did not know is that Botley and his wife, Carolyn, would make a major difference at FSU by giving a set of whole life insurance policies totaling $25,000 naming FSU as the sole beneficiary.

“We decided to make these gifts to the university when Robert accepted the position there as Vice Chancellor for Business & Finance,” said Botley’s wife, Carolyn McAuley Botley. “We would like for it to be used for scholarships for deserving students who are interested in majoring in education.”

The gifts were made in honor of Mrs. Botley’s parents, Mae Bell and Will James McAuley, who were married for 60 years at the time of Mae Bell McAuley’s death in 2005 and Mr. Botley’s parents, Leonard and Evelyn Botley-Ervin. The gifts together establish The Botley-McAuley Scholarship fund.

“Our parents have done so much for us; we felt that this is one way that we could honor them,” Mrs. Botley said. “Mae Bell McAuley would have felt that she did not deserve such an honor since she never looked to be in the spotlight, and my dad feels the same way.”

Mr. McAuley, 80, lives in Sanford and is a retired emergency room assistant at Central Carolina Hospital in Sanford. Mrs. McAuley, who was 76 when she passed, retired from Cornell Dubilier Electronics Company in Sanford.

“Mae Bell was one who really cared about people,” Mrs. Botley said.

“She especially cared for young people and wanted to see them do well in life and accomplish great things. She was very positive and touched many lives.”

Mrs. Botley, an area operations compliance officer with BB&T in Winston-Salem, said her father, though retired, is still active.

“Will James is very friendly and outgoing,” she said. “He started playing the piano in church when he was a boy and continues to do so almost every Sunday. Although he is retired, he’s very active with the Highway to Healing Organization, transporting patients to the doctor and hospital when needed. He serves as President of the Male Chorus at Love Grove AME Zion Church in Sanford, and plays the keyboard and piano for them. He’s a musician for the church at large and looks forward to a weekly prayer breakfast at a neighboring church.”

Vice Chancellor Botley’s mother was also very musically inclined. She sang, played the piano and directed the Senior Choir of Bethlehem Baptist Church, in Tacoma, WA for over 50 years in addition to being the church treasurer. His father, who lived in Merced, CA, served both in the U.S. Army for two years and retired from the U.S. Air Force after serving for over 25 years.

The Botleys want the money to be used for scholarships for education majors, which is just fine with FSU officials. “The School of Education and the students who are enrolled in its teacher education programs are very fortunate to be recipients of the gift of $25,000,” said Dr. Leontye Lewis, Dean of The School of Education. “The School of Education is committed to training reflective facilitators who can effectively teach students and do so using instructional techniques that are

differentiated. We are proud of our students who have the pedagogical knowledge and skills to be experts in their fields.”

“This funding support is critical in that it will provide an avenue for our students who struggle financially to focus on the development and application of educational skills rather than on how they will afford tuition, fees, or books,” Lewis continued.

“This is a gift that ‘keeps on giving’ as our students will continue to benefit from this selfless support for years to come.”

Carolyn Botley said she and her husband believe in the scripture in Luke that says to whom much is given, much is required. “We also believe that one should pass blessings forward,” Mrs. Botley said. “It’s a good feeling to be able to do for others. We have been blessed in so many ways, and this is one way of giving back.”

Even so, neither she nor her husband expected the university to publicize the gift. “We were both surprised when we found out they were doing a story about it because that wasn’t our reason for doing it,” she said.

Vice Chancellor Robert Botley and Mrs. Carolyn Botley

But they aren’t upset about the publicity – especially if it moves others to contribute to Fayetteville State. “Our future is found in the hearts and minds of these young students attending FSU,” Vice Chancellor Botley said. “To be able to help them in any small way fulfills my desire of not living my life in vain. I just hope that others in the Fayetteville community will do likewise and share whatever their hearts move them to do. We can all play a role in preparing our future leaders.”

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Life-Long Connections

Dr. James A. Anderson and Marilyn Bailey Hayes

Marilyn Bailey Hayes isn’t a Fayetteville State University graduate.

In fact, she has never taken any classes at FSU or even visited the campus. But late last year, a nursing scholarship for single mothers was established at Fayetteville State University in Hayes’ name.

Trying to figure out Hayes’ connection to FSU? Look no further than Chancellor James A. Anderson.

Anderson and Hayes have an unbreakable bond that began some 40 years ago when he was a student at Villanova University, located in a Philadelphia suburb.

The two met after Anderson became friends with Hayes’ daughter, Elaine Knight, who was a student at nearby University of Pennsylvania at the time. “Elaine and I were very close friends,” Anderson said recently in a telephone interview. “I’d go visit Elaine and sometimes have dinner on Sundays.” Anderson noticed early on that Hayes, a single mother, was very strict, very well read and very concerned about her daughters. The three began spending time together in the late 1960s, a period of political unrest in the U.S. “We used to have a lot of interesting political discussions about what was going on in the country and in the world,” Anderson said. “We

didn’t really disagree on anything. It wasn’t that kind of discussion. Elaine’s mother was a nurse, and she was very intellectual, very well read, so I enjoyed the conversation with someone who was expansive. It gave me a perspective that sometimes calmed me down with my politics. At that time when you were in college, everyone was really committed to their politics.

She made me step back and look at it with a broader analysis.” But Hayes, a former operating room nurse in Philly and a floor nurse and supervisor in L.A., did something far more valuable to Anderson than welcome him at the Sunday dinner table and share her political views: She filled a huge void in his life.

“I had never met my real parents,” said Anderson, who grew up in the streets of Washington, D.C. “She also understood that, and, I think, in her mind kind of began to fill that role for me of having not had a mother. That really began our bond, I think.” As time passed, Anderson began to call Hayes mom, though he sometimes addressed her differently. “Elaine told me I’m one of the only people that can get away with calling her Marilyn, by her first name,” Anderson said. Eventually Anderson left the Philly area for graduate school, but he, “his mom” and Knight kept in touch.

But after he accepted a job at Xavier University in New Orleans, Anderson lost touch with Hayes and her daughter for more than three decades.

“I think it really happened when I took my first job and moved to New Orleans,” Anderson said. “ I lost contact with a lot of people. I moved to New Orleans and started a family, and I allowed a lot of my connections with people to fall by the wayside.” Some bonds, however, were meant to last a lifetime. After some job changes, Anderson landed at Texas A&M University from 2003 to 2005, where he was Vice President and Associate

Provost for Institutional Assessment & Diversity. Meanwhile, Knight, whose career had also taken off, was teaching 10th grade English to students with learning disabilities in Houston, Texas.

brought someone to see you. Do you now who this is? She looked. She looked, and Jimmy said I’ll give you a hint and he said ‘Villanova.’ And she said ahhhh. Jimmy.”

“I was just sort of on the Internet one day looking up something and I saw his name,” Knight recalled. “It was some kind of news headline or something, some kind of article, and it said James A. Anderson. I looked and looked and here’s a picture of him working at Texas A&M University, an hour and a half away. It turns out another teacher was organizing a trip to the Bush Library and asked me to chaperone.” Knight wasted no time emailing Anderson – or Jimmy as she and her mother affectionately called him – and anxiously waited for his reply. Eventually they connected via email, then later by phone. “We talked for quite a while before we saw each other,” Knight said. “We spoke a few times on the phone. The first conversation was pretty long. We were just trying to catch up on the details of our lives.” When Knight chaperoned the students on The Bush Library field trip, she and Anderson re-united.

The Saturday afternoon reunion of mother and “son” was beautiful. “It was very heartwarming,” Knight said.

“I mean the smile on her face, the smile on his face. I just stood back and watched.” That evening, the three went to dinner. “We just enjoyed each other so much,” Knight said. “He was able to meet my husband, Vincent. The two of them are great friends and got along famously at my expense. We really had a great time. It was just like a family once again.” Anderson, too, thoroughly enjoyed the reunion. “It was awesome. It brought back so many great memories,” he said. “I think the thing that always surprises you is that even though all the years have passed, you still have the same level of feelings and the same (amount of) caring. It was as if nothing had changed. The three of us, when we were always together, we used to laugh and joke and have a great time, and nothing had changed.”

As Hayes’ 80th birthday approached, Knight planned a big party for her.

“There we were face to face, and it was like ‘I know you,’ ”Knight said. “Oh, it was just so exciting, yes indeed. We had memories that both of us remembered, some he remembered that I didn’t and some I remembered that he didn’t, so it was just a lot of fun trying to catch up.”

Hayes knew her daughter had reconnected with the smart young man she’d taken under her parental wing in the 1960s, but she didn’t join Knight that day at The Bush Library. Instead, Knight and Anderson arranged a time for him to visit Hayes in Houston, where she now resides.

“I came to mom’s door, knocked on the door and Jimmy was standing behind me,” Knight said. “I said ‘I

“I was thinking about a gift, so I talked to a friend of mine here and we put our heads together and she suggested a nursing scholarship for nursing students, something for single mothers,” Knight said. “My mom was a single mom. And I thought, ‘Wait a minute. Somebody black ought to benefit from this.’ Then I thought ‘Wait a minute. Jimmy’s chancellor at Fayetteville State and they have a nursing school. That’s perfect.’ I called Jimmy and told him about my idea and said can you make this happen?”

Anderson not only “made it happen” but also flew to Texas for Hayes’ party.

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Carter Takes Reins As Trustee Chair When Gloria Moore Carter is at a meeting and something needs to be done, she jumps right in and does it. Whether it’s throwing away trash or helping assemble packets, Carter doesn’t mind lending a hand. No big deal, right? Perhaps it would not be if Carter were not Chairwoman of the Fayetteville State University Board of Trustees.

Carter became the first woman to chair FSU’s 13-member board when she took over the helm Sept.

25. Her rise to the chairmanship likely didn’t surprise those who know her well. “Gloria is a fine person, a very personable, congenial person,” said board member Dr. John R. Griffin.

“She has a lovely personality. She gets along well with others. She has excellent people skills and excellent organizational skills. I think she brings important skills to the leadership of the board of trustees.”

Tyrone Melton, who met Carter 10 years ago when he started working for the North Carolina Association of Educators as a UniServ Director, agrees that Carter will do a great job as chairwoman. “I think that the job is not what’s going to be noticed,” said Melton, State President of the NCAE Staff Union. “I think the difference she

brings to the table is what’s going to make the major impact. It’s just the commitment that she has for doing things the right way and treating people as equals.”

In many respects, it’s fitting that Carter has risen so high at Fayetteville State University. After all, she has been affiliated with the school since graduating from it in 1977 with a bachelor’s degree in early childhood education.

In 1982, a year after receiving a master’s degree in mental retardation from East Carolina University, she resurrected FSU’s Lenoir County alumni chapter. “They had had one, but I moved to Kinston in the early 1980’s and they had so many FSU graduates there so I asked why we didn’t have an alumni chapter,” Carter said. “I was told we used to have one but didn’t now, so I said let’s reorganize, and when you suggest something like that, you end up becoming the president.”

Eventually, Carter far exceeded that post, becoming president of FSU’s National Alumni Association.

“When I was president of the alumni association and we had a gathering I would help to clean off the tables, sweep the floor and people

Mrs. Gloria Moore Carter, FSU Class of 1977 would ask me why I was doing that,” Carter said. “I told them if they were doing it I could do it, too. I won’t ask anybody to do anything I won’t do.”

Carter, who like Melton is a UniServ Director for the NCAE, relinquished the national alumni presidency when she was appointed to Fayetteville State’s Trustees Board. But even after joining the board, she never envisioned becoming its chairwoman.

“I knew when I graduated from Fayetteville State that I was going to be giving back my time, my talents, my funds – whatever I could do,” she said.

“But I never thought I’d be chair of the board.” Now that she is chairwoman, Carter is ready to roll up her sleeves and continue working hard for her beloved alma mater.

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Dr. Thomas Conway

joined the Fayetteville State University (FSU) family as Vice Chancellor and Chief of Staff in June 2008. In this capacity, he is charged with ensuring that the vision of Chancellor James Anderson for FSU is effectively implemented; Coordination among the chancellor’s staff and with the other vice chancellors and their units is essential in this role.

Prior to his appointment at FSU Dr. Conway served as Dean of Undergraduate Academic Programs at North Carolina State University. In that capacity he worked with faculty and university officials across colleges and departments to enhance the quality of academic experience for all the institution’s undergraduate students.

In addition, during his 32 year tenure at NC State University, Dr. Conway served in various capacities, which included, Vice Provost for Enrollment Management and Services (2002-2005); Associate Vice Provost for the Division of Undergraduate Affairs (1998-2002); and Director of NC State’s First Year College (19982000). Before assuming senior administrative responsibilities, Dr. Conway served NC State University in several capacities including counselor in the University Counseling Center; Trio Program Director; Director of the Academic Support Program for Student Athletes; and Director of Recruiting and Minority Services for the College of Engineering.

He earned his B.S. degree in Agricultural Education and M.S. degree in Guidance and Counseling from North Carolina A & T State University, and a Ph.D. in Counselor Education from North Carolina State University.

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Dr. Jon Young

has been A part of the FSU family for nearly 28 years, and has been recently named Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. Young began his career as an Assistant Professor of Humanities from 1981-1988. He was promoted to an associate professor in 1988 and to full professor in 1994. He served as chairman of the Department of Humanities from 1989-91. From 1991-94, Young was acting Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences before being named Director of the University College, a position he held from 19942001. Before taking over the helm as Interim Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, he served as Senior Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs since 2005.

Young earned bachelor’s degrees in religious studies and philosophy from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC-Charlotte). He earned a master’s degree in religion from Emory University, and a doctorate in humanities with a concentration in religion from Florida State University.

Young is married to Paula Brock, who earned degrees at Winthrop University, UNC-Charlotte, and a bachelor’s in music education from Fayetteville State University. She holds National Board Certification in music and is a music teacher at Cumberland Mills Elementary School and organist at First Baptist Church. They have two children, Elizabeth, a graduate of the North Carolina School of the Arts and Manhattan School of Music, and Johanna, a graduate of Wake Forest University. Both daughters are musicians and reside in New York City.

Mr. Robert L. Botley

has been appointed as Vice Chancellor for Business and Finance at Fayetteville State University. Mr. Botley brings to the position a wealth of experience and knowledge in the field of business and fiscal accountability. He served previously at Winston-Salem State University as Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration, a position that garnered for him a special award from the State Auditor’s office for three straight audits with no findings.

Vice Chancellor Botley received his Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Business Administration from the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington, where he attended on a full four-year athletic scholarship.

Prior to relocating to North Carolina in 2004, Mr. Botley served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Edmonds Community College in Lynwood, WA; Budget Officer at Snohornish County Community College in Everett, WA; and Finance Cost Analyst and Industrial Engineer with The Boeing Company in Renton, WA. Mr. Botley also served his alma mater, The University of Puget Sound, as Assistant to the Dean of Students.

Mr. Botley’s civic affiliations include volunteering as a member of the Pierce County (WA) Black Collective, a grassroots organization addressing minority issues; Co-Developer of the Village Educational Center in South Everett (WA); Assisted in the establishment of the Erving Preparatory Academy at Edmonds Community College; and Co-developed the nondenominational Sadie Berrysmith Scholarship program and the Back-a-Brother Scholarship program at his alma mater.

Dr. Janice Haynie

was recently selected as Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs at Fayetteville State University.

Dr. Haynie previously served as Vice President for Student Affairs at State University of New York (SUNY) College at Old Westbury. Her responsibilities included providing divisional leadership and vision to a comprehensive range of services, procedures and practices related to student affairs and co-curricular development. She was responsible for divisional strategic planning, resource allocation, implementing studentfocused programs and services, and personnel recruitment, development, and training. She provided oversight for initiatives that included student engagement, retention, leadership development, residential life activities, judicial affairs, campus diversity, student activities, counseling, career development, and health services.

Before joining SUNY College at Old Westbury, Dr. Haynie served as Associate Dean for Student Development at Morehouse College where she oversaw a variety of student life initiatives. While at Morehouse College, Dr. Haynie’s department received the President’s Annual Points of Light Award for volunteer community service for the Morehouse College Mentoring Program.

Dr. Haynie received both her Masters and Ph.D. degrees from St. Louis University in Applied Experimental Psychology; and earned her bachelor’s degree from Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia. She has a strong research interest in leadership development and attributes related to emotional intelligence. Dr. Haynie has taught courses in the psychology departments at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, St. Louis University, and Morehouse College.

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Mrs. Wendy L. Jones

was recently appointed as the Associate Vice Chancellor of University Development & Relations. Mrs. Jones served as the Director of Development overseeing the university’s annual campaign efforts prior to the appointment on March 4, 2009.

Mrs. Jones received her undergraduate degree in Political Science from UNC-Pembroke in 1999 and obtained a master’s degree in Public Administration from UNCP in 2007. After graduation in 1999, Mrs. Jones entered the classroom as a fourth grade elementary teacher for the Public Schools of Robeson County.

Her career in fundraising began at Methodist College in 2001 where she served as the Director of the Annual Fund & Parent Programs. She later joined the American Heart Association as the Corporate Relations Director for the Sandhills Region, managing a six county area, where she received national recognition for dollars raised and the number of volunteers recruited.

Mrs. Jones joined Fayetteville State University in 2005.

Mrs. Jones serves on the Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra Board of Directors, is an active member of Networth, and is involved in a variety of programs and committees with the Fayetteville-Cumberland County Chamber of Commerce. She belongs to the National Honor Society, Pi Alpha Alpha and the alumni chapter of Sigma Sigma Sigma national sorority.

Dr. Assad Tavakoli

was recently appointed Dean of the School of Business and Economics at Fayetteville State University. He served as Associate Dean and Director of the MBA Program prior to the appointment.

Dr. Tavakoli has extensive research and consulting experience with several local, national, and international organizations including the U.S. Federal Highway Administration, North Carolina Department of Transportation, Black & Decker, and the Cape Fear Valley Health System.

Dr. Tavakoli has worked on a number of applied research projects in the field of optimization and queuing models. The results of his work have appeared in leading publications such as the Decision Sciences Institute, Operations Research, Management Science, and the Academy of Economics & Finance.

He is also a member of the Academy of Management, Decision Science Institute, and Beta Gamma Sigma, the honor society for AACSB accredited schools. Dr. Tavakoli earned his Master of Commerce in Business Administration from the University of Birmingham in England and a Ph.D. in Management from University of Aston.

Dr. LaDelle Olion

is a graduate of the University of Connecticut, is the Dean of the Graduate School and Sponsored Research, and Professor of Special Education at Fayetteville State University. He has worked at Fayetteville State University since 1982. During his tenure at Fayetteville State University, he served as the Dean of Graduate Studies and Research for sixteen years. Other positions at Fayetteville State University include Dean and Assistant Dean of the School of Education.

Prior to coming to Fayetteville State University, Dr. Olion taught at the University of Virginia, where he also served as a Research Associate in the field of learning disabilities. Other positions include Chairman, Department of Special Education and Professor at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, visiting scholar at Furman University and teaching positions at Virginia State University, Central State University and The Ohio State University.

Dr. Doreen B. Hilton

is the Assistant Dean of the Graduate School and a Professor of Psychology.

She first joined the faculty at FSU in 1986. She served as Chair of the Psychology Department at FSU from 1998 until 2004 and Chair of the Psychology Department at Mount Olive College from 1995-1996.

Prior to her current position, she served in counseling, supervisory, and administrative positions at university counseling centers, mental health centers, and federal prisons. Her current research focuses on the attitudes and risky behaviors of young adults and on African American father roles and responsibilities.

She is a graduate of Johnson C. Smith University (B.A. in Psychology) and The Ohio State University, where she earned a M.A. and Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology.

Dr. Olion has served on the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE), Council of Graduate Schools and the Council of Exceptional Children’s boards. Currently, he serves as a Senior Advisor to the Monarch project at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

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Dr. Booker T. Anthony

is an associate professor of English at Fayetteville State University, where he has taught for twenty-three years.

In August 2008, he was appointed to serve as Director of the FSU Honors Program. The Honors Program is part of the university’s Global Scholars Community.

The youngest of ten children, Dr. Anthony received his public school education in Halifax County, North Carolina; his bachelor’s degree in English from St. Augustine’s College, Raleigh, North Carolina; and his master’s and Ph.D. degrees in English from The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.

Dr. Anthony does a number of speaking engagements for community museums, libraries, and public schools. He is a Road Scholar for the North Carolina Humanities Council’s Speakers Bureau, he lectures on religion, literature, and African American culture. He just recently published two articles in the College Language Association Journal.

He is currently working on a textbook entitled “Women in the Fiction of Ernest J. Gaines.” He has served as director of Assessment of the University College; chair of the English department; executive assistant to the chancellor; and associate vice chancellor for academic affairs.

In 2007, Dr. Anthony was chosen among twenty-two national and international scholars to be among the 2007 ETS Visiting Scholars of the Educational Testing Service. He was invited back last June to do an orientation with the new ETS Scholars 2008.

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Dr. Dawn Wilson

is an assistant professor in the department of management and the director of the MBA program at Fayetteville State University.

She comes to FSU after a successful career in health care, working as a long term care administrator & consultant, compliance coordinator and most recently physician recruiter. She has taught classes on health and aging at Central Michigan University as well a variety of courses at Capella University including Health Care Human Resources, Health Care Policy and Multicultural Issues in Health Care.

She is a member in good standing of the American College of Healthcare Executives and Rotary International.

Her research interest is long term care.

Dr. Wilson grew up in Michigan, earning her Doctor of Health Administration degree from Central Michigan University. She also has a Master of Arts degree in Health Promotion and Program Management as well as a Bachelor of Science degree in Public Health from CMU.

Dr. Blanche Radford Curry

Since recently being appointed as an Assistant Dean for the College of Arts & Sciences, Dr. Blanche Radford Curry has addressed approximately 500 student concerns with less than five approvals being rejected by the Provost’s Office. Student concerns include change or grade, course waiver, course substitution, overload, transfer of course evaluation, approval to pursue course(s) at another institution, grade appeal, etc. Additional responsibilities include: coordinating and documenting initiatives related to improving our retention and graduation rates, while teaching one course each semester and representing the Dean’s office as needed. She is also engaged in other professional development, and university and community service.

Dr. Radford Curry brings many skills to the position of Assistant Dean. These include being a former Chairperson and Dean, international travel and various projects, consultant for ACT, FIPSE, NC Department of Education, NEH, SACS and others.

She was the Class Spokeswoman for her BRIDGES Program, recipient of FSU’s J.C. Moore Humanities Award, the Fayetteville Women’s Center Unsung Hero Award, and many other recognitions. She recently published three articles for the notable African American national Biography Collection which included: “Dr. Helen Gray Edmonds,” Dr. Gloria Randle Scott,” and “Dr. Renita J. Weems.” She is also Chair of the Philosophy Born of Struggle Conference scheduled at FSU this October 23, 2009 – for the first time in the South. Dr. Radford Curry is an alumna of Clark College/Clark Atlanta University and holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Brown University.

and establishment of the nursing scholarship, and that was the first she learned of it,” Knight said. “It was lovely.

It was so good.” Several people talked publicly about Hayes’ impact on their life at the party, including Anderson, Knight, her siblings Adrienne Dodson and Steven Hayes, both of L.A., Knight’s husband and her cousin, Joyce, who lived with the family while she attended Temple University.

“Different people stood up and shared their experiences of how they knew her at the party,” Knight said.

“Jimmy talked about how he met her, and it was very moving. It was a beautiful evening, and there was just so much love in the room, which was the whole point.” Anderson wouldn’t have missed the party – or a chance to publicly thank Hayes – for the world.

“She’s been a special person in my life, and my involvement with her has filled a void that exists whenever a child doesn’t know his parents, never had a chance to feel the security or the love of a parent,” Anderson said. “There have been two or three women in my life who have filled that void, of which Ms. Hayes is one.” Needless to say, Hayes is forever etched in Anderson’s heart and mind, but now he need look no further than his university’s nursing school to have yet one more reason to thank her.

U

ALUMNI ACCENT ATIONS

Steve Bryant ’87, from the Town

of the Year. Despite her initial pursuit

Citations during its annual Leadership

of Roseboro, NC, has joined the Town

of public relations and journalism,

Awards Luncheon held on April 3, 2009,

of Maxton (NC) Police Department.

Ratliff knew she was hooked on helping

in Atlanta, Georgia. Mrs. Durham was

Steve previously served as the Director

others when she took some psychology

the first African-American Teacher of

of Public Safety for Methodist College

courses in college. For her dedication

the Year in Guilford County (NC) Public

in Fayetteville.

and the outstanding programs she has

Schools (1970). She has received the

implemented, Ratliff was honored by

Governors Award for Volunteer Service.

the Virginia Counseling Association

She is currently serving as a board

Secretary

as the Virginia Counselor of the Year.

member of Guilford County Parks and

Gene Conti announced that Mike

According to colleagues, she is a

Recreation, and served in a variety

Robertson will lead the N.C. Division

dynamic counselor who is extremely

of capacities on many local groups

of Motor Vehicles. Robertson was the

sensitive and responsive to the needs

including Black Child Development,

director of the N.C. Department of Crime

of the school community and "is always

Charter Member Greensboro Seniors,

Control and Public Safety’s Division of

thinking outside the box.”

and Women Involved in Race Relations

Michael Robertson ’80, North Carolina

Transportation

Alcohol and Law Enforcement from

(WIRR). Mrs. Durham is a Life Member

2002 to 2007. “Mike’s extensive law

Charlie and Nettie Marable were

and Golden Soror of Alpha Kappa

enforcement experience makes him

posthumously awarded the Family of

Alpha Sorority, Inc., Theta Iota Omega

an excellent choice to lead DMV,”

the Year Award on Founders Day, April

Chapter. She has tirelessly devoted

said Secretary Conti. Robertson has

5, 2009. The Family

her time and talents as an alumna of

more than 35 years experience in law

of the Year Award

Fayetteville State University serving as

enforcement at the local and state level.

was established in

President, Greensboro Chapter of the

Robertson holds a bachelor of science

1983

recognize

FSU National Alumni Association for

in psychology from Fayetteville State

and honor the parents

10 years. Mrs. Durham is a Lifetime

University and a masters of business

of

four

more

member

all

graduated

from

Association and a member of the FSU

to

or

of

the

National

Alumni

administration from Pfeiffer University.

children

He also is a graduate of the N.C.

Fayetteville State University, and who

Administrative Officer’s Management

continue to bring credit to their family

Program and the Federal Bureau of

and to the University through their

Dr. Algeania Warren Freeman

Investigation National Academy.

achievements and active involvement

‘70 wowed faculty, staff, students, and

who

Chancellor’s Club.

in their respective communities. Sadly,

friends to a standing ovation during

Adora Obi Nweze ‘63 (Johnnie

just a few days prior to the award

her address at the

McGuire-McMillian) was chosen as

ceremony, Mr. Marable, Sr., passed

2009 Founders Day

Florida's

on

away at 89 years of age. “My father

convocation at FSU.

Minority Affairs on the 100th anniversary

was aware that he and my mother were

On

Sunday,

of the founding of the NAACP on

going to be honored by FSU. He let

5th,

Dr.

February 12, 2009. Gov. Charlie Crist

us know how proud he was of each of

called on Fayetteville State University

us and how honored he was that the

1,000 alumni, students and friends in

alumna Adora Nweze ‘63, of Miami,

university selected his family,” said

the Seabrook Auditorium.

to serve as Special Advisor to the

Ronnie ’76. All four Marable children,

Day was the final event celebrating

Governor on Minority Affairs. Nweze

Annie Marable ’68,

the installation of Chancellor James A.

will advise Gov. Crist on strategies

’71, Charles Marable, Jr., ’72, and

that will ensure Florida's government

Ronnie Marable ’76, graduated from

is accessible to these populations. The

Fayetteville State University and have

articulated

governor's appointment of Nweze is

the spirit of service.

“Service to our

Through song and poetic narrative, Dr.

believed to be the first state partnership

community was an example that we

Freeman described how “The Future

with the NAACP through an official

learned from our parents and is the one

Is Calling” has been reflected in a

appointment

thing that we all have in common,” said

collection of milestones from 1867 until

Ronnie.

today. Dr. Freeman is the President

Gubernatorial Advisor

in

the

administration.

Nweze also serves as president of

Ella

Marable

the Florida State Conference of the

addressed

nearly Founders

Anderson. Dr. Freeman mesmerized listeners

with

and

an

eloquently

theatrical

address.

of Martin University in Indianapolis, Pearl E. Durham ‘55

NAACP.

April

Freeman

has

Indiana.

been selected as the 2009 NAFEO Kimberlee Ratliff ‘97, Potomac

Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient.

Patricia

Moses

hosted

what

(VA) Middle School

The National Alumni

she envisions as a monthly event for

Counselor,

has

Association for Equal

all alumni and friends of Fayetteville

been named by the

Opportunity in

State University. Ms. Moses’ vision is

Virginia Counseling

Higher

Association as the

(NAFEO) presented

Virginia Counselor

Distinguished Alumni

Education

to build Bronco ties every 4th Friday in downtown Fayetteville. The first Leadership 31

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“Alumni and Friend Game Night” was held at her home and included graduates from two states with classes White-and-Blue event included food, drinks, and games such as Spades, Tonk, Chess, Dominoes, Scrabble, Life, and Monopoly. The Bronco game of choice for this first event was “Taboo”.

Ms Moses hopes the ongoing event will increase alumni participation with the University as well as initiate partnerships with charities in the greater Fayetteville VA, traveled the farthest to attend this

Preston Lee Boone ’67, Rev. John T. Johnson ’71, Jackie Simmons, Sr., ’71, and Lloyd P. Wallace ’56 were all honored center field during the 2008 homecoming pre-game show.

The

2008 inductees into the Athletic Hall of Fame join an elite group of athletes and supporters of Fayetteville State University. Each of the nominees were invited to the FSU Athletic Banquet on April 21, 2009, hosted by the FSU Athletic Department. The banquet was held in the Felton J. Capel Arena. The Athletic Hall of Fame is designed to honor former athletes at Fayetteville State University who have contributed immeasurably to the FSU athletic program and who continue to exemplify high principles of good sportsmanship through their contributions and achievements as citizens in their respective communities.

Donice Harbor ‘95, has been appointed by NC Governor Beverly Perdue as the Director of the Office of Citizen and Faith Outreach. She will oversee public outreach to constituent groups and the faith-based community.

As a senior staff member, she will serve as the H.U.B. liaison to government agencies.

Harbor earned her M.P.A

from North Carolina Central University and a B.A. in Political Science and Public Administration from FSU.

EMORIALS

Dr. Marian Vick Williams ‘48, Greensboro, NC Gilbert Walston ‘62, Rocky Mount, NC Myrtle Ware ‘46, Laurinburg, NC Barbara Royal ‘55, Washington, DC

Calling All BRONCOS !!!

event.

Saturday, October 24, 2009

area. Dr. Al Moore ’74 from Richmond,

Plan now to attend HOMECOMING 2009 at Fayetteville State University !!!

ranging from 1974 to 2007. This

Tressie Springs ‘47, Winston-Salem, NC Sharon Smith ‘96, Charlotte, NC Joyce Vaughn Battle ‘86, Winston-Salem, NC William “Billy” Moore ‘56, Landover, MD Dazzerine Green ‘55, Wilson, NC Betty H. Massenburg ‘46, Durham, NC Reverend Henry Parker ‘51 Raymond “B-More” Donnell ‘81, Baltimore, MD Mrs.Georgia Tomlinson ‘48, Philadelphia, PA James Scurry, Fayetteville, NC, Former FSU Dean of Students Sonya Hamm ‘82, Atlanta, GA Carneil Pierce ‘54, Stedman, NC William “Bill” Hennessee, Fayetteville, NC, Former FSU Football Announcer Annie Ruth Chasten Murfree’50, Salisbury, NC Charles Darlington, Fayetteville, NC, Former FSU Director of Admissions

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