07 Spring Happenings

A Newsletter for the Fayetteville State University Family Published by the Office of Public Relations

Spring 07

Vol. 3, No. 9

Library Director’s Service Award Mrs. Eloise L. Vowotor was the recipient of the Library Director’s Service Award at the 7th Annual Friends of the Library Banquet on January 23, 2007 in recognition of her dedicated and loyal service to the Friends of the Charles W. Chesnutt Library.

Dr. Peter Valenti received the Library Faculty Award and Ms. Suzetta Perkins, author of Behind the Veil was the guest speaker at the banquet. To see pictures of the FOL Banquet go to the Library’s homepage and click on the Friends of the Library link (http://library.uncfsu.edu/reference/FOLBanquetJan2007.htm).

The Friends of the Library (FOL) organization was formed in 1996 to serve as an advocate for the library, to develop cultural activities, and publicize library resources to the community. The Board of Directors for the FOL are the following: Jim Purcell (President), Pat Darlington (Vice-President), Mack Virgil (Treasurer), Helen Pierce (Recording Secretary), Natasha Walker (Secretary to the Board), Myrtle Pringle, Wilson Lacy, Peter Valenti, Daisy Maxwell, Norma Campbell, Blanche RadfordCurry, and Bobby C. Wynn, Ex. Officio.

North Carolina African American Archives Group Met At Fayetteville State University on February 9, 2007 The North Carolina African American Archives Group held its 3rd Annual Meeting at FSU on February 9, 2007. The North Carolina African American Archives Group is an organization of archivists, librarians, educators, independent organizations, and private citizens whose primary mission is to research, collect, preserve, and make available endangered primary cultural materials.

The organization further serves as a catalyst to perpetuate and enhance connectivity between North Carolina archival institutions and Historically Black Colleges and Universities to provide educational and training opportunities for member institutions. Officers of the group are Linda Simmons-Henry (President), Eloise Vowotor (Vice-President) and Stephanie Fennell (Secretary/Treasurer).

Bottom Row: (Left to Right) Stephanie Fennell (NCCU), Linda Simmons Henry (St. Augustine College, Eloise L. Vowotor (FSU) Middle Row: Monika Rhue (JCSU), Juanita Midgette (ECSU), Greeta Davis (St. Augustine Coll.) and Carolyn Baker (Shaw Univ.)

Top Row: Ray Christian (NC Mutual Insurance), Joan Williams (Bennett College), Gloria Pitts (A&T), and Andre Vann (NCCU)

FSU HAPPENINGS

Bronco Toastmasters International Charters Club!

By Dr. David Allen, Executive Director of Military Affairs and the Ft. Bragg Education Center Toastmasters International (TI) has officially awarded a community club charter to “Bronco Toastmasters” (Club #996283) of Fayetteville effective February 4, 2007. It took six long months but due to a great team effort, it is a “done deal.” Mr. Mike Kesselring, TI District Governor for NC, called regarding the club’s status and said there will be an official chartering ceremony at FSU in early April (specific date TBD). He and other state and local TI officials plan to attend. The public is invited. Now, at long last, Cumberland County, an area in excess of 300k citizens, is

serviced by two Toastmasters Clubs. It is not unusual to find TI clubs over 50 years old. The club meets every Monday evening, 6 pm- 7 pm, in SBE 207.

There are nearly 30 members. They represent students, faculty, staff and local citizens from the community. It takes a minimum of 20 paid members to charter a club. Official sponsors of Bronco Toastmasters include Dave Allen and Bernard Fleming.

University sponsors include Assad Tavakoli and Craig Wishart.

Official charter members of Bronco Toastmasters include:

1.

DAVID ALLEN

11.

SHIPING CHEN

2.

BERNARD FLEMING

12.

SHALISA IRBY

3.

ASSAD TAVAKOLI

13.

AKILAH SCOTT

4.

CRAIG WISHART

14.

SUZANNE HESSELTINE

5.

DONALD AVERY

15.

LATICIA WILSON

6.

GWEN CARTER

16.

ENA GAINEY

7.

BOZIDAR MILOSAVLJEVIC

17.

COURTNEY JOHNSON

8.

STEPHANIE SILBERSTEIN

18.

DONALD MITCHEL

9.

JAY GRAHAM

19.

WILLIAM HARRIS

10.

TANDON MARDIS

20.

SARAH BANJAK

IN SUMMARY--Toastmaster’s International for Public Speaking is 83 years old. Founded in 1924 by Dr. Ralph Smedley in a YMCA in Santa Ana, CA, it is dedicated to practice and training in the art of public speaking, presiding over meetings, and just plain old promotion of sociability and good fellowship among its members. Worldwide, TM now consists of over 200,000 members

in 90 countries spread across 10,500 clubs! Members focus on progression through project books that range from achievement of the Competent Communicator award (CC) to the Advanced Communicator awards (AC) to the highest level, Distinguished Toastmasters Award (DTM). There are also speech contests that culminate in an annual World Championship of Public Speaking.

Bottom line? It’s just plain old fun! Come join us!

NC Sociological Association Annual Meeting Sam Adu-Mireku, Dept. of Sociology

Twenty-seven students (22 undergraduates and 5 graduates) and six faculty members in the Department of Sociology attended the annual meeting of the North Carolina Sociological Association in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, from February 8-9, 2007.

Dr. Akbar Aghajanian, professor of sociology, who presented a paper at the conference, was elected to serve a three-year term on the Executive Council. Dr. Ella Keller, professor of sociology, is in her second year as a member of the Executive Council.

FSU HAPPENINGS

Fayetteville State University Student Wins Travel Award Nichole Ashley Hodges, a junior chemistry major at Fayetteville State University has been awarded a NSF-REU Chemistry Leadership Group Travel Award.

This award is to help fund her travel to the American Chemical Society’s (ACS) 233rd National Meeting & Exposition March 2529, 2007 in Chicago, IL. Nicole works with Dr. Shubo Han, who is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Natural Sciences, to conduct research as part of the North Carolina Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation/ Fayetteville State Alliance for Minority Participation (NCLSAMP/FSU-AMP) Research Mentorship in Chemistry. Nicole will present her research results on electrochemistry of alpha synuclein which links to the pathogenesis of Parkinson’s disease at the conference.

The ACS is the world’s largest scientific society with more than 158,000 members dedicated to advancing the chemical sciences and technology; communicating to the public the value of chemistry and chemical engineering; and supporting the chemical professional and its practitioners.

FSU Touring Company Performs at Youth Academy Leadership Fayetteville Conference

by Phoebe Hall, Department of Performing and Fine Arts

The FSU Touring Company performed for the Youth Academy Leadership Fayetteville Conference on February 7, 2007, in Capel 222.

Approximately 75 students participated in theatre games, improvisations, and creative drama activities. The FSU Touring Company consists of Andrew Leggett (Company Manager), Quentin Sidney (Assistant Company Manager), James Branch, Jerrell Nelson, Tagina Kiser and Titus Ferrell and are under the direction of Phoebe Hall, Director of Theatre at Fayetteville State. The company visits schools and organizations across the county with a combination of scripted one acts, scenes, and monologues as well as more informal theatre games.

Faculty Accomplishments Dr. Valentine Udoh James, College of Humanities and Social Sciences - Upon successful completion of all coursework and examination requirements, Dr. James was granted certification as a Certified Air Quality Specialist by the Environmental Assessment Association on February 8, 2007.

Carole Weatherford, an associate professor of English, appears in the February issue of “Teaching Pre-K-8: The Magazine for Professional Development.” The column “A Poetry Workshop in Print,” spotlights Prof. Weatherford and her recent books of poetry for children. The column can also be accessed online. http://www. teachingk-8.com/archives/a_poetry_workshop_in_print/carole_boston_weatherford_ by_lee_bennett_hopkins.html Soni Martin, Department of Performing and Fine Arts, was invited to participate in the exhibit titled A Sense of Place at the Gaddy-Hambrick Art Center, Meredith College, January 21 - February 18, 2007, and she agreed to serve on the Advisory Board for the Associates in the Fine Arts Program at Fayetteville Technical Community College.

Ms. Martin was also invited to serve as the juror in March for the national competition Watermark 2007: Works on Paper, hosted by Southeastern Community College; the High School Art Competition hosted by the University of North Carolina at Pembroke; and the Cumberland County High School Competition hosted by the Cumberland County Public Schools at the Fayetteville Art Center

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Fayetteville State University Division of Institutional Advancement April 2, 2007

Annual Fund Giving Update!

Dear Alumni and Friends:

I want to take this opportunity to thank you for all that you have done and continue to do for Fayetteville State University. FSU is a special place with special people--largely because people like you have invested your time and resources into the fine institution that you know and love. I am proud to say that even greater things are in store for FSU, and you have an opportunity to be part of them.

$1,500,000 $1M $900K $800K $700K $600K $500K $400K $300K $200K $100K

$451,050 Volunteer Leadership Annual Fund Campaign 2007 Honorary Chairs: Mr. Charles Broadwell The Honorable Dr. Jeannette Council Campaign Chair: Dr. W.T. Brown Mr. Fred Waddell

Ms. Terri Union

Mr. John Ben Brown

Ms. Keisha Robinson

Mr. Stephen McDaniel

Ms. Carole Battle

Dr. David Barlow

Mr. Marshall Pitts

Dr. Carolyn Jewell

Ms. Gayle Nelson

Ms. Peggy DeVane

Mr. William Freeman

Dr. Dennis Royal

Ms. Jackie Washington

Mr. Chris Harris

Apostle Tommy Ford

Mr. Willie Gray

Dr. Beatrice P. Carroll

On March 29, 2007, FSU kicked off its Annual Fund Drive. During this time, we launched one of our most aggressive fundraising campaigns in the 140-year history of this institution. Our goal is to raise $1.5 million before the fiscal year ends on June 30. That date is only three months away, but there is no doubt in my mind that this feat can be achieved because we have caring alumni, and friends like you who are concerned about our future.

The money raised from this campaign will be used to enhance FSU’s academic portfolio, provide scholarships for deserving students, and enhance the university’s status as one of the premier academic institutions not only in North Carolina but also one in this entire country. This goal can only be reached only with your generous support.

Once your contribution is received, we will send a letter personally thanking you for your support. Also, at the conclusion of the campaign, we will publish a listing of all donors. These will be just a few of the ways that we will acknowledge your gift and show to others that you are a loyal and supportive Bronco.

Please demonstrate that you adhere to our university motto, “Res Non Verba” (Deeds Not Words), by using the attached form to send your tax-deductible contribution today.

Again, thank you for your support of Fayetteville State University.

Yours truly,

T. J. Bryan Chancellor

Donor Spotlight FSU Retirees Club

In November, 1988, Chancellor Lloyd V. Hackley requested that a group of FSU Retirees meet with him in the Student Center. He greeted everyone warmly and congratulated all on having reached retirement.

He informed the group that he had discovered a talented group, who could be an asset to the University. After detailed discussion, it was agreed that the group would organize and the name Retirees Club was selected.

The mission of the FSU Retirees Club is to assist the administration, faculty, and students in attaining their objectives at FSU by consulting, creating scholarship funds, recruiting retirees and identifying potential students.

This year alone the Retirees Club has committed to raising $10,000 for the University, and has fulfilled $6,000 of their commitment thus far. On May 20th the annual Grandparents Baby Contest will be held where the group expects to raise the additional funds to meet their $10,000 goal.

Campaign Update

FSU HAPPENINGS

Staff Quarterly Award Winners October – December 2006

Business and Finance Monique Alexander Lisa Bernard Ray Brown Dorothy Freeman Tracy Joe Michael McKinnon Maria Rhodes Dorothy Whitehead

Institutional Advancement Kendra Dunlap

Chancellor’s Office Suzetta Perkins Patricia Heath Sophia Long

Academic Affairs Gloria Garner Deborah McPherson Ivy Rittenhouse Karen Stealing ITTS Amber Kutney Tommy Williams

Faculty Accomplishments Dr. Todd S. Frobish, Department of Performing and Fine Arts, has published the first-ever edited anthology of the WORST SPEECHES IN AMERICAN HISTORY. Crises in American Oratory: A History of Rhetorical Inadequacy is the first collection and critical analysis of the great upsets in American oratory. By focusing on these controversial discourses, Frobish shows us that public speaking is an art with the potential for both success and failure. This text highlights a carefully chosen and historically relevant mix of rhetorically inadequate and hard-to-find orations, and reveals the nuances of real world public speaking and the consequences of poor communication.

Crises in American Oratory is divided into 3 parts to cover three forms of oratory: forensic oratory, or those speeches dealing with issues of the past; epideictic oratory, or those speeches dealing the present; and deliberative speeches, or those speeches dealing with the future. Each of these parts contains several chapters and a relevant collection of speeches that present, define, critique, and theorize about the nature of rhetorical inadequacy.

Frobish, T. (2007). Crises in American Oratory: A History of Rhetorical Inadequacy. Dubuque, IO: Kendall Hunt Publishing.

ISBN: 978-0-7575-3970-1. pp. 246. Retail: $46.95 Dr. Timothy T. Ajani, Department of English & Foreign Languages, published article “Is there indeed a “Nigerian English?” in Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences. Issue 1, Volume 1.

4th Annual The Chancellor and FSU Foundation ‘s Scholarship Gala

Saturday, April 14, 2007

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For ticket Information: Call (910) 672-1724 or visit www.uncfsu.edu /gala/