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The magazine for Fayetteville State University Alumni and Friends SPRING SUMMER 2013

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Contents ADMINISTRATION From The Chancellor’s Desk......................................................................2 Six New Trustees Selected........................................................................3 FSU: A Source of Pride and Need for the Region and State......................4 Endowed Criminal Justice Chair................................................................6 FSU’s Teacher of the Year..........................................................................6 New Associate Vice Chancellor for Development......................................7

STUDENT LIFE New Student Center to Offer Something for Everyone...............................8 Goldsboro Native Wins Miss FSU............................................................11 The 2013 Community Impact Student Award...........................................12 Fine Arts At a Glance................................................................................13

ACADEMICS Teacher Education at Fayetteville State University..................................14 Long-Time Employees Contribute to Capital Campaign..........................16 Walmart Executive Shares Life Experiences with Graduates..................17 Renowned Author Honored by UNC Board of Governors........................18 FSU Alumna Serves on CDHS Board with Pride.....................................19 Center for Defense and Homeland Security.............................................20 Former Board Chair and Wife Make Donation to FSU.............................22 Retired Educator and Former Athlete Makes Gift to FSU........................22

SPORTS Kershaw Takes Over Football Program....................................................23

ALUMNI FSU Receives $30,000 from Retired Alumna...........................................24 McNair Scholars: FSU Alumni Instilling Bronco Pride..............................25 The White and Blue: News from Bronco Alumni.....................................26

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F ro m t h e C h a n c e l l o r ’s D e s k Dear Broncos and Friends, June 2013 marked my fifth year at Fayetteville State University, and I sit in awe and pride as I reflect on the many great transformations that this institution has made. A couple of years ago we adopted the mantra “From Ordinary to Extraordinary”, and I am pleased to say that we continue to progress in that direction.

One of the biggest transformations that you will find at FSU is the physical appearance of our campus. I say without reservation that FSU has one of the most beautiful and inviting collegiate settings that you will find anywhere. Many of you may recall the beauty and splendor of the quad area near the Paige Alumni House, H.L. Cook Building, and Joyner Hall. A few years ago, needed construction projects necessitated the moving of mobile units onto that area. The quad now has been restored to the beautiful area that you remember. Additionally, it has been enhanced with benches and lighted walkways.

The 62,000-square-foot LEED Silver Science and Technology Building is open and ready to produce the next generation of STEM scholars. The building, which has now become the centerpiece of this campus, is complete with laboratories for chemistry, forensics, mathematics, physics and computer science. Connecting the building’s two wings is the “Discovery Forum,” the building’s common-use area that includes community space, seminar rooms and a coffee shop that is already receiving rave reviews from the students, faculty, staff, and community. You will not find a building like it on any other campus. Also, our students continue enjoy to enjoy the inviting ambiance of our newest residence hall, Renaissance Hall.

The cover of this issue of FS&U features our next major construction project, renovations costing $22 million for the new Rudolph Jones Student Center has begun, and will be completed by early 2015. The center will have a multi-functional ballroom, increased meeting space, a mini theater, and a revamped game room and social area, complete with a new restaurant. This facility will certainly aid us in student recruitment and most importantly, retention.

On a final note, “The Campaign for Fayetteville State University,” our effort to raise $25 million, is underway. You will be hearing from the Division of Institutional Advancement about the role each of you can play in the most ambitious fund-raising project in the university’s history.

Remember, we are in control of our own destiny.

In the Bronco Spirit,

James A. Anderson Chancellor

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S i x N e w Tr u s t e e s S e l e c t e d for FSU Board

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ix new members have been appointed to the Fayetteville State University (FSU) Board of Trustees. Each will serve a four-year term that began July 1, 2013 and will end June 30, 2017. The new members were sworn in at the September 2013 board meeting.

science and math to high school students in the public and private sector. She also worked in state government until 1979, when she began working full-time for First Baptist Church (as the co-pastor), which later became Christian Faith Center in 1986.

Joining the board are Claude Bogues, a Certified Public Accountant from Durham; Creedmoor minister, Brenda Timberlake; Dr. Richard Clayton Adams, a Fayetteville dentist; Dr. Inder Nijhawan, FSU professor emeritus; and businessmen and FSU alumni Wayne Branch, and Jodie Ervin. The new members replace Jerry Dean, Sylvia Ray, Terence Murchison, Juanita Pilgrim, Dr. Wayne Riggins, and Dr. Shirish Devasthali.

Adams is a native of Toledo, Ohio. He attended the United States Military Academy at West Point before earning a Bachelor of Science Degree from The Ohio State University.

He also earned a Doctorate of Dental Surgery from The Ohio State College of Dentistry.

“I welcome the new members to the FSU Board of Trustees and I look forward to working with each one of them,” said Chancellor James A. Anderson. “This is an exciting time to be a part of the FSU Board as we are embarking on some historymaking ventures that will increase the profile of the university.”

Bogues received an Associate of Arts Degree in Management from Golden Gate University in San Francisco, California, and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the owner of Claude M. Bogues, CPA, PPLC, an accounting firm based in Durham.

Timberlake is Senior Pastor of Christian Faith Center in Creedmoor, N.C. She is an FSU alumna and graduated in 1970 with a degree in chemistry. Timberlake has taught

Nijhawan retired from FSU in 2012 after 40 years of service.

He earned the academic rank of full professor in 1979 and was granted Professor Emeritus status in 2012. Nijhawan received Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees from Delhi University. He holds a doctorate in economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

A former law enforcement officer and highway patrolman, Branch began a new journey in the area of printing and in 2001 began his own printing company, Large and Small Graphics, LLC. He currently employs thirty-six (36) people at his current location Raleigh, NC. Professionally, Wayne has been the recipient of numerous awards and recognitions.

Ervin is a retired Xerox executive and a 1974 graduate of FSU. He is a former outstanding FSU athlete in golf and a member of the FSU Athletic Hall of Fame. Mr. Ervin resides in Raleigh, NC.

Rev. Brenda Timberlake

Mr. Claude Bogues

Dr. Richard Clayton Adams

Mr. Wayne Branch

Dr. Inder Nijhawan

Mr. Jodie Ervin

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A Source of Pride and Need for the Region and State

By James A. Anderson Chancellor

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overnor McCroy’s proposed budget for 2013-14 includes a $49.3 million state appropriation for FSU. In 2008, my first year as Chancellor, the state provided $57.5 million to FSU. That’s a decrease of 14.3%. We have been forced to cut faculty and staff positions, cut operational expenses, and increase class sizes and reduce the number of class sections.

Despite these shrinking state resources, and thanks to our dedicated faculty and staff, FSU has increased its service to southeastern North Carolina in many important ways.

FSU is improving the region’s workforce by increasing the level of educational attainment of its citizens – including traditionalaged college students, soldiers, veterans, and adult learners.

The 1,174 students who earned degrees in 2011-12 represent an increase of 24% increase over the 948 graduates in 200809.

Of these recent graduates, 530 are from Cumberland County with 162 from adjacent counties. More than two-thirds (804) are 25 years of age or older and 179 are affiliated with the military. This is not a traditional, residential population that often takes longer than four years to graduate.

Of the 120 teacher education majors, 90% of our initial licensure teachers assumed teaching positions in North Carolina, with the majority working in Cumberland and neighboring counties.

Through collaborations with regional hospitals, we have enabled more than 50 registered nurses to complete baccalaureate degrees. Thanks to one of our newest 4

programs, Fire and Emergency Services Administration, more than 60 regional fire service professionals have completed baccalaureate degrees.

Our strengthened ties with Fayetteville Technical Community College (FTCC) are reflected in the fact that the number of our graduates who initially earned associate degrees from FTCC has more than tripled in the past five years – from 52 in 2007 to 165 in 2012. We also have increased the number of 2+2 articulation agreements with FTCC. We have made great strides in improving the quality of our academic programs. The most recent graduating classes of our Nursing Program earned 89% and 100% pass rate, respectively, on the licensure exam. More than 90% of our graduates regularly pass the teacher licensure exams.

Our Criminal Justice program is the ONLY program in the state certified by the national criminal justice professional organization. Our computer science and music programs have recently earned national accreditation. Our School of Business has earned accreditation from the international Association for the Advancement of Colleges and Schools of Business (AACSB); and in the Social Science Research Network’s rankings, only UNC and Duke are ranked higher than FSU in North Carolina among the top 100 business schools in the United States. FSU is the only HBCU ranked in the top 200.

While all universities claim to strengthen their students’ critical thinking skills, FSU has data to prove it. A 2012 study based on the Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA), which tests students’ development of critical and analytical reasoning and writing skills, FSU students showed more growth in these skills than 95% of other schools in the study. The five-year UNC FS&U | SPRING SUMMER 2013

Strategic Plan has recommended that a pilot similar to the FSU model be conducted among several UNC schools.

The value FSU adds to southeastern North Carolina is not limited to academic programs and graduates.

We are improving young people’s college readiness. Partnering with Cumberland County Schools, FSU is the home of two early college high schools – the only UNC institution hosting two such schools one traditional and one international – whose graduates move on to universities with as many as 60 college credits.

Our GEAR-UP, Educational Talent Search, Upward Bound programs provides thousands of hours of tutoring and other academic support to the region’s middle and high school students. The Department of Education has cited the FSU GEAR-UP application as one of the best models to follow.

In recent weeks, we opened a collaborative project that brings together the resources of FSU’s departments of nursing, social work and psychology, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the larger Fayetteville community to provide physical and mental health services to military veterans and their families (Collaborative Institute for Interprofessional Education and Practice).

We have made significant contributions to the intellectual and cultural life of the region with nationally known speakers, appearances by renowned performers and partnerships with the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra and the Cape Fear Regional Theater. Later in April, FSU will host the world premiere of And Then Came Tomorrow by Visiting Theatre Professor Walter Allen Bennett, Jr. FSU has increased its service to the region despite the loss of state support.

Now the Governor is proposing further cuts to FSU and the UNC system. Some legislators are even discussing closing some UNC campuses. Such talk and plans – as the state tax revenues are improving – is not only unnecessary, but is out of touch with the many ways FSU and other UNC institutions help to improve the lives of the people of North Carolina. For example, between 20102015 FSU will/has engaged in over $80 million of building construction on campus. We have hired architects, contractors, and subcontractors from Fayetteville, Cumberland County, the region, and the state. Together, with approximately 1,200 employees at FSU, this represents a significant economic

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FSU Chancellor James A. Anderson, right, attended the Change of Command ceremony for Gen. Lloyd Austin in Florida. Also pictured is Gen. Austin’s wife, Charlene, an FSU alumna.

impact for this region.

The best models of performance-based organizational assessment in higher education and the corporate sector recommend the utilization of multiple assessments to ascertain organizational effectiveness. Why then has the legislature emphasized one metric – fouryear graduation rates – in its discussion of North Carolina HBCUs? Of the ten metrics that the UNC system will utilize to evaluate FSU, we can demonstrate effectiveness/excellence on nine of those ten. Even in the consideration of the remaining metric – 4-yeargraduation rate – the university has made significant progress. Since my arrival in the 2008-09 school year, the 4-year graduation rate at FSU has almost doubled.

Reprinted with permission from The Fayetteville Observer Newspaper, Fayetteville, NC.

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Endowed Criminal Justice Chair to Bear the Name of Dudley Flood

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hancellor James Anderson has announced the new Dudley E. Flood Endowed Chair in Criminal Justice in the School of Arts and Sciences. The chair is named in honor of Dr. Dudley E. Flood, a retired educator and a member of the University of North Carolina Board. The position is made possible by a $500,000 donation from the C.D. Spangler Foundation. Spangler is a former president of the University of North Carolina System.

The purpose of the chair is to strengthen faculties and to promote excellence throughout the UNC system. The Endowed Distinguished Chair is expected to serve as a faculty and student mentor, to raise the visibility, quality, and productivity of scholarship, teaching and service within the department and the university.

“Fayetteville State University is honored and pleased that this newly created endowed chair bears the name of such an outstanding leader, scholar, and supporter of higher education in the state of North Carolina,” said FSU Chancellor James A. Anderson. “Dr. Flood is held in the highest regard by his peers on the UNC Board of Governors and the Chancellors in the UNC System.”

The Department of Criminal Justice is one of the largest and fastest growing programs on the FSU campus. In support of the university’s mission, the Department of Criminal Justice, housed within the College of Arts and Sciences, offers a Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice, a minor in Criminal Justice, a Master of Science Degree in Criminal Justice, (with both a thesis and non-thesis option), and a Graduate Certificate in Criminal Justice. There are on-

campus and on-line components to both the undergraduate and graduate programs. The undergraduate program received Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) Certification in 2009 and is in the process of seeking ACJS Certification for its graduate program.

In addition to the UNC Board of Governors, Flood serves on the Substance Abuse Advisory Committee for the North Carolina Prison System, the Minority Cancer Awareness Action Team, and on several other boards and committees. He received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Social Studies in 1954 from North Carolina Central University, his master’s degree in School Administration in 1969 from East Carolina University, and his doctorate 1979 from Duke University.

Flood began his career as a teacher of mathematics, sciences, and English at the eighth grade level and was promoted to principal of a school covering grades 1-12 before joining the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (DPI) as a specialist in school desegregation and race relations. During his 21 years of service to DPI, he earned promotions to Assistant and then Associate State Superintendent. After his retirement in December 31, 1990, he served for over five years as Executive Director of the North Carolina Association of School Administrators. Since April 1999, he has served as a lecturer and consultant to groups throughout the country.

Flood has received more than 300 awards for civic service.

He has been presented the Order of the Longleaf Pine Award (North Carolina’s highest civic award) three different times from Governors James G. Martin, James B. Hunt, Jr., and Mike Easley.

A c c o u n t i n g P r o f e s s o r i s N e w Te a c h e r o f t h e Ye a r

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r. Rammohan Yallapragada was honored as Fayetteville State University’s (FSU) Teacher of the Year during the 146th Spring Commencement. The award was presented by FSU Chancellor James Anderson.

As FSU Teacher of the Year, Yallapragada will serve as chief marshal at all university ceremonies to include Fall Convocation, Founders Day, and winter and spring commencements. Yallapragada is an Associate Professor of Accounting in FSU’s School of Business and Economics where he teaches financial accounting and managerial accounting.

He received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Mathematics and Physics from Madras University, a Bachelor of Laws from Osmania University and a Master’s of Education in Agriculture Education from Tennessee State University. He also received a Master’s of Business Administration in Accounting from the University of Tennessee, and a Doctorate in Accounting from the University of Houston.

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F S U We l c o m e s N e w A s s o c i a t e Vi c e C h a n c e l l o r f o r D e v e l o p m e n t

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r. Harriet Davis has been named Associate Vice Chancellor for Development at Fayetteville State University (FSU). Dr. Davis is an experienced higher education administrator and fund-raiser with more than twenty five years of experience. Most recently Dr. Davis was employed at Hampton University, Hampton, Va., as Assistant Vice President for Corporate Relations. During her five-year tenure at Hampton, she was directly responsible for the overall operation of the fund raising efforts within the Campaign Office identifying financial needs and opportunities for Hampton University while building and cultivating corporate partnerships. Over a span of nineteen years, Dr. Davis held a variety of leadership positions in the Division of Institutional Advancement and University Relations at North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro, N.C., serving as director of alumni affairs, director of development, interim director of community relations and special events director.

“When I was hired in May of this year, Chancellor Anderson charged me with putting together an Advancement team that could assist him and the board of trustees with launching a first-rate capital campaign,” said Getchel Caldwell, Vice Chancellor for Institutional Advancement. “The addition of Dr. Davis to our advancement family will enable us to conduct a campaign that will be second to none. Dr. Davis has a proven track record in capital campaigns, developing collaborative corporate and community partnerships, and increasing alumni participation and giving. We are fortunate to have someone of her skills and experience to join our team.”

Dr. Davis is a graduate of the Management Development Program at Harvard University and North Carolina A&T State University where she received her bachelor, master’s and doctoral degrees. Dr. Davis serves as a board member of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), District III, and as chair of Opportunity and Inclusion. She is also a member of Women Executives in Virginia Higher Education (WEVHE) and an affiliate member of the Hampton Roads Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP).

In her spare time, Dr. Davis volunteers with a number of organizations. She is a member of the Links, Incorporated Governance Board, and serves as HBCU Coordinator for the Eastern Area Links, Incorporated. She is a Diamond Life member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., a Sustainer member of the Junior League of Greensboro, Inc., and Leadership Greensboro Alumni. She is also a member of New Light Missionary Baptist Church, Greensboro, N.C. Dr. Davis is the mother of two adult daughters, Dr. Jillian H. Davis and Dr. Jennifer Davis Alexander.

Fayetteville State University Ranked No. 69 in Latest National SSRN Business School Rankings

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he Social Science Research Network (SSRN) lists Fayetteville State University’s School (FSU) of Business and Economics at number 69 among its latest rankings of top 1,000 U.S. Business Schools. The school is also ranked number 119 in the world.

SSRN is devoted to the rapid worldwide dissemination of social science research and ranks schools “in an attempt to measure the scholarly impact of the authors currently affiliated with the organizations.” The SSRN rankings are based on the total number of faculty papers and citations downloaded, with the main ranking determined by the number of papers downloaded within the past year. FSU ranks 69th and is among the top three in the state of North Carolina. Only Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill rank higher.

“FSU’s School of Business and Economics continues to demonstrate its status as a world-class program with a world-class faculty,” said FSU Chancellor James A. Anderson. “Everyone in the school from the dean to the faculty members to the support staff has played vital roles in helping FSU become one of the best and most highly respected programs in the world. I am especially grateful to the faculty for their continued productivity and scholarship. It is because of their hard work that we have achieved this status.”

The School of Business and Economics is accredited by the AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. AACSB is one of the most prestigious and rigorous accrediting bodies for business programs in higher education. Currently, less than one-third of U.S. business programs and only five percent of the world’s business programs have earned AACSB accreditation.

Receipt of this distinguished accreditation provides evidence that FSU’s School of Business and Economics has established itself as a leader among business schools.

To see a complete listing of the rankings, go to:http://www.ssrn.com/institutes/top_institutions_transfer_files/top_institutions_transfer_files.html

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New Student Center to Offer Something for Everyone

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ayetteville State University is getting a new landscape facelift. After successful completions of Renaissance Hall and the Science and Technology Building, work has begun on renovations of the Rudolph Jones Student Center.

For FSU students and administrators, the project is long overdue.

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The current student center – in particular the cafeteria – was designed to accommodate 1,700 students. FSU now has more than 6,000. Additionally, FSU now has two early colleges on its campus making larger accommodates an even greater necessity.

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“The appearance of two new Early College High Schools caused the demand to swell in the cafeteria and introduced more stress,” said FSU Chancellor James A. Anderson. “Also, I visited some student centers on other UNC campuses and recognized how inadequate ours was.”

That will not be the case when the renovated center opens in 2015. The $22 million worth of additions will include – among other amenities – a 500-capacity multipurpose room, office space, and a newly designed cafeteria.

“Students can finally have large events without disturbing athletic initiatives held in Capel Arena,” said Dr. Janice Haynie, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs. “Capel is currently the largest venue on the FSU campus. The new venue will be perfect for dances, banquets, career fairs, large lectures, galas, and a host of other large events. The Fayetteville community will also have access to a large rental venue.”

Students played a major role in the amenities that the renovated center will have. Anderson said it was important to get their input because they utilize the area more than any other group on campus.

“Student fees will pay for the new student center, thus they must have a voice,” he said. “Moreover, as the primary users, students often have a better sense of the relationship between their needs and space utilization.”

The center is needed not only because of the need for space, but also to remain competitive with other institutions.

Prospective students often compare amenities of one institution with that of another before making a decision on where they will spend the next four years. Thus, it’s important for FSU to be on a level playing field.

“Having a state-of-the art center increases the competitiveness of FSU in the state and national markets,” Haynie said. “It sends the message that FSU cares about building an inclusive campus community with a facility that embraces 21st Century technology and amenities. As well, it acknowledges the efforts of the administration to provide an atmosphere of student engagement.”

The student building will mark the fourth major building project since Anderson’s arrival in five years ago. He said he is honored to have a role in helping change the physical landscape of the campus.

“I am pleased that the students, faculty, staff, alumni, my cabinet and the Board of Trustees have supported my building recommendations,” Anderson said. “We all recognize that ‘the Future is Calling’ and we have to be prepared to provide the modern physical space that allows for enhanced learning and appropriate student services. The enhanced student experience is our first priority”

Jermaine Coble, former president of the Student Government Association, said he thinks the renovated cafeteria will be the highlight of the building. He said the cafeteria will be a conversation piece for the students.

“It is going to be a big difference from what students are used to seeing in the cafe,” Coble said. “It is going to be a new feeling with more efficient ways to make food.

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From a Proud Legacy ...

To a 21st Century University The Campaign for Fayetteville State University

Proud to Be . . .

Fayetteville State University sits on the precipice of increasing its influence as a commanding force in shaping the future of our region, state, and nation. We provide students with the highest quality learning experiences that will enable them to become citizens and leaders as change agents in this new technologically advanced global society. Our core values are student success and the pursuit of excellence, shared governance, global responsibility and collaboration. We work tirelessly to advance these values as we continue to transform FSU into a vibrant 21st Century University each and every day.

Our ambitions are high for FSU and will require continued investment to be realized. To pursue these aspirations, the university is embarking on a $25 million Capital Campaign so that we can support our diverse student body, increase the competitiveness and caliber of our academic and student life programs, and continue the investment in our community. We are proud to be partners in this exciting endeavor with the greater Fayetteville and Cumberland County communities as well as the surrounding communities in the southeast United States and beyond.

The Campaign for Fayetteville State University seeks to grow the following strategic areas:

• Scholarships for Deserving Students $13,000,000

• Support for Scholar Athletes $ 1,000,000

• Professional Development for Faculty and Staff $ 3,000,000

• Student Enrichment and Global Enhancement $ 3,000,000

• Military and Veteran Partnerships $ 2,000,000

• Center for Defense and Homeland Security $ 3,000,000

Make Your Committment Today! www.uncfsu.edu/giving

or mail your check to Fayetteville State University, Division of Institutional Advancement Continuing Education Bldg, Ste 124, 1200 Murchison Road, Fayetteville, NC 28301

G o l d s b o r o N a t i v e Wi n s M i s s F a y e t t e v i l l e State University Crown

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erraye Daniels, a sophomore sociology major from Goldsboro, N.C., was crowned Miss Fayetteville State University.

Daniels won the contest over four other young ladies.

Competition was held in the following categories: student vote, interview, athletic wear, talent, on-stage question, and evening gown.

First runner-up was Adeeaylaw Israel, a junior psychology major from Raleigh, N.C., and second runner-up was Carletta Burney, a junior business administration major from Roseboro, N.C. Taheiya Foster, a senior from Fayetteville was named Miss Congeniality.

In addition to the Miss FSU crown, Daniels also won the Olivia Chavis Evening Gown Award and the Maceo Smith Talent Award. For evening gown, she wore a yellow silk gown with a sweetheart neckline encrusted with AB stones. For talent, she performed the Etta James classic “At Last.”

Daniels will receive a scholarship and other awards. Additionally, she will be able to compete for selection as one of Ebony magazine’s Top 10 campus queens. To vote for Daniels, go to www.ebony.com/campusqueens. Voting began April 30 and ends at midnight on May 25. You may vote as many times as possible.

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Fayetteville State University Student Honored The 2013 Community Impact Student Award Krishonda Hansborough, a senior at Fayetteville State

University, has received a 2013 Community Impact Student Award. Given by North Carolina Campus Compact, an association of colleges and universities committed to fostering campus-community engagement, the award recognizes one outstanding student on each campus for making a difference in the community. Hansborough is one of nineteen students across the state to be honored.

As vice-president of FSU’s Green Team, Hansborough helped develope a long-term partnership with Fayetteville Area Operation Inasmuch, a non-profit that provides breakfast, showers, and laundry service to nearly 120 people daily. A highlight of the collaboration was a project Hansborough coordinated where FSU volunteers painted facilities at the non-profit. On campus, she has led numerous campus clean-ups, partnering with student organizations like the Air Force ROTC; and she serves nearly 20 hours each week as a math and biological sciences tutor. Hansborough is a biotechnology major from New Bern.

Jay Blauser, FSU’s Director of Sustainability, nominated Hansborough for the award. “She is very deserving of the recognition for her actions and leadership with both the local City of Fayetteville community and the FSU campus community,” says Blauser.

Hansborough and other award winners were honored recently at North Carolina Campus Compact’s annual student conference. Now in its 20th year, the conference was held at Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte. Nearly 200 student leaders from 28 campuses in 3 states attended.

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at a Glance

Fine Arts Series January 30

North Carolina Symphony Seabrook Auditorium 8:00pm

February 8

William Henry Curry, Resident Conductor, Dovid Friedlander, violin, Bonnie Thron, cello, Melanie Wilsden, oboe, John Pederson, bassoon Gluck: Overture, Dance of the Blessed Spirits and Dance of the Furies from Orfeo et Euridice Haydn: Sinfonia Concertante Beethoven: Symphony No. 5

Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra Travel the world with the Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra. Gershwin’s An American in Seabrook Auditorium Paris will inspire the sights and energy of this beautiful French city. Then journey south 7:30pm to the throbbing pulse of the drums of Senegal with the Sabar Concerto. Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 “From the New World” will finish out the evening, a piece Leonard Bernstein called truly multinational in its foundations.

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Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra The Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra performs an all-time favorite by Tchaikovsky.

Tchaikovsky’s emotionally powerful and intense Symphony No. 6 Pathétique, is a Seabrook Auditorium lamenting work recognizable the world over with excerpts included in many films.

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Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana “This was a show of graceful, sensuous dance, expressing a host of raw human emotionsSeabrook Auditorium evocative of loneliness, pride, passion and joy” ~The Philadelphia Inquirer 7:00pm

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Evening of Percussion and Trumpets Seabrook Auditorium 7:00

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Evening of Wood Winds, Voices and Strings Seabrook Auditorium 7:00pm

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FSU Jazz Express and Guests Seabrook Auditorium 4:00pm

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FSU Band & Choir Concert Seabrook Auditorium 7:00pm

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Forces of Nature Dance Theater Force’s of Nature’s cultural matrix is centered in an African and an American intelligence that Seabrook Auditorium is global and environmental. Its aesthetic has been critically acclaimed as visceral, thought 7:00pm provoking and creatively brilliant.

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Teacher Education at Fayetteville State University

By Leontye L. Lewis, Dean of The School of Education

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s one of three academic degree-granting units at Fayetteville State University (FSU), the School of Education (SOE) is committed to educating and to preparing pre-service teachers and other school executives as reflective and knowledgeable facilitators of learning. In order to achieve our mission of preparing quality educators to serve a diverse society, we have strategic processes in place to validate the quality of our programs. Although the SOE is one of only seven institutions in North Carolina on the First Annual List of NCATE Accredited Institutions for July 1, 1954, we have not rested on our strong history. We continue to reevaluate our strategies, processes, and achievements for growth. The readiness of our graduates in the education profession is an effective measure of “output” quality. However, for those who consider “input” as a measure of quality, the SOE requires that all students have a minimum GPA of 2.5 for admission to, continuation in, and graduation from programs. The average admission GPA for the 2012-2013 is 3.37 with an average completion GPA of 3.18.

The SOE collects performance data on each completer through the Learning Achievement Tools (LAT) platform in TaskStream.

There are six major, standards-based assessments plus a cumulative electronic portfolio, which measure the readiness of prospective completers. This data are reviewed by each department. Candidates, who are not demonstrating quality through measures of efficiency, are retained. It is also important to note that mentor teachers and principals at capstone internship sites must affirm that the candidates are indeed ready to become teachers of record. Failure to secure this confirmation results in an extended internship experience guided by a prescription on expectations from our partners’ feedback. A full semester of student teaching experience is required for all initial licensure programs, while a year-long internship experience is required for both the principal and superintendent preparation programs.

During Annual Assessment Retreats, faculty from SOE and the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) review program data and determine areas for growth as well as identify strategies to strengthen those areas during the next academic year.

Annual data are shared with the SOE faculty and staff at the opening meeting each semester. Departmental meetings during each Bronco Kickoff provide an avenue for faculty to drill into their program data and collaboratively apply changes for the next academic year – all with a goal of continued program enhancement.

The SOE seeks input on the effectiveness and quality of our programs through the services of external constituents

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represented by Local Education Agencies (LEA), students, the CAS faculty, and other University representatives through their participation on the Teacher Education Committee (TEC). The TEC, which is instrumental in the review process, meets twice per semester and consistently reviews standards, policies, and processes that guide program admission, progression, and completion. All teacher education programs were recently revised to be 21st century proficient and are aligned with state standards and priorities. External partners supported the program review process, resulting in approval of all programs by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction and the State Department of Education. Maintaining accreditation is a priority for the SOE and FSU. Standards-based teams comprised of faculty, students, and external partners meet regularly to review program and unit data against strong accreditation standards measures.

The SOE, through its Assessment Office, conducts surveys to provide information on the satisfaction of our recently employed graduates. The institution also conducts surveys of Graduating Seniors to seek their input on the quality of their preparation program. The SOE has consistently received ratings of over 80% on students’ satisfaction with services provided as well as their readiness for employment based on success measured during their first 3 years of employment.

The persistence rate of our candidates is also above 80%.

Although response rate has been limited, employer surveys, primarily from principals, also reflect a high satisfaction in our graduates and their readiness and performance on the job. Our candidates pass rate on exit examination is always above 90%.

In addition to our internal quality processes, the SOE is facilitated by external measures to determine the quality of our programs through its products -- our graduates. The University of North Carolina General Administration, in collaboration with the North Carolina Public Policy Institute, conducts annual research to evaluate the effectiveness of all teacher preparation programs in the state. Effectiveness is based on the value-added impact of teachers on the students in their classrooms. Research results have consistently shown that teachers who graduated from FSU’s programs have a positive impact on the academic growth of the children they teach. Our English, mathematics, and science teachers document statistically significant impact, with teachers of mathematics demonstrating that they are the best in the state!

Documents providing details on these external measures of quality are posted to the SOE website at the link “Program Quality Indicators” http://www.uncfsu.edu/soe/program-qualityindicators.

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Greater than 90% of our completers secure permanent employment in their area of preparation with most securing employment during their capstone experience. The 2012 teacher of the year and principal of the year for Cumberland County Public Schools are both FSU graduates. These educators provide relevant validation of the quality of our programs. Three graduates of our doctoral program are currently serving as superintendents in the Sandhills region of North Carolina.

The SOE is proud of the strong preparation and qualifications of the faculty members who serve the programs. Faculty members are experts in the curriculum area they teach and most are licensed in those areas. Several faculty members are retired administrators or administrators who have changed careers to assist us in our quest to deliver high quality programs and prepare highly qualified facilitators of learning for the professional workplace. Our faculty maintains professional relevance and readiness through conference attendance, presentations at local, national, and international conferences, and multiple peer-reviewed publications. As a faculty, we are actively involved in serving on national accreditation and state program approval teams. Since our programs are closely aligned to national standards, our faculty also serves as reviewers on programs seeking national recognition from professional organizations. The SOE is served by staff members who have longevity with the institution and participate in professional development activities to maintain knowledge of not only institution processes, but also program content and strategies for effective customer service.

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The SOE will participate in the continued reaccreditation process with CAEP/NCATE in spring 2015 when a team of external reviewers will review our processes and products to assist us through continued quality and effectiveness. While we have much in place to measure and validate quality, we welcome ideas and opportunities to provide a check and balance on the quality of all programs. We believe the preparation of a quality teacher requires great collaboration; therefore, we will continue to engage in strategies that will support this goal and assist us in preparing effective teachers for classrooms and workplaces that serve our greatest resource – our children. GO BRONCOS!!

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Long-Time Employees Make $35,000 Donation to FSU

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ayetteville State University (FSU) has many dedicated and loyal employees who give of their time, talent, and resources for the betterment of the institution. The husband and wife team of Drs. LaDelle Olion and Marion GillisOlion are certainly among them. Both have held a variety of teaching and administrative duties during their 30-plus years at FSU and are among the institutions most well-known. Olion currently serves as Dean of the Graduate School and GillisOlion is Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs/ Southern Association for Colleges and Schools Liaison.

They now take on the role of university donors. Thanks to their $35,000 donation, the Olion Endowment Fund for Teachers has been established at FSU. The endowment will support deserving undergraduate or graduate students, with financial need, enrolled in undergraduate or graduate degree programs leading to licensure in elementary education, early childhood education (teaching), special education, reading education, or middle grades education with specialization in language arts.

“Scholarships are one way of validating academic achievement. A scholarship award means that others recognize your accomplishments and value your chosen work,” Dr. Olion said. “We wanted to be a part of the system that says people notice when students do the right things.”

The Olions said they hope other faculty and staff will recognize the academic achievements of FSU students by making an investment such as theirs. The university will benefit in the long run, they said.

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“This institution and the students it serves have made it possible for us to lead a lifestyle of our choosing and provide for our family,” Olion said. “Although we feel we have worked hard for our salaries over the years, we know that the various administrations have done their share to ensure that FSU was always able to meet its payroll and supply comfortable working conditions. These scholarships that we and others provide will help to ensure that the institution can attract students with academic potential and thereby sustain itself as a viable community partner able to support families such as ours in the future.”

FSU Chancellor James Anderson said the Olions are two of the university’s hardest workers and most staunch supporters. He said he can always count on them to be involved in whatever it takes to put the university at the forefront.

“This generous donation by LaDelle and Marion is just one of many ways that they have demonstrated their support of Fayetteville State University and our mission to produce 21st Century Global Scholars,” Anderson said. “They are true examples of the institution’s motto, ‘Deeds Not Words” by imparting their knowledge, wisdom, and now financial resources on FSU and its most valuable resource, its students. I am grateful to them for all that they have done and will continue to do for this university.”

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Walmart Executive Shares Life Experiences with Graduates

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haron Orlopp, Global Chief Diversity Officer and Senior Vice President of Walmart, addressed the graduates during the 146th Spring Commencement of Fayetteville State University (FSU). More than 640 graduates joined the ranks of FSU alumni. Of those graduates, more than 140 graduated with honors.

Orlopp shared with graduates her experiences in the business world and the route she took to become one of the most respected individuals in corporate America.

She also shared with graduates remarks about FSU made by alumni who work for the Walmart Corporation.

Orlopp is responsible for advancing a diverse workforce with 2.1 million associates worldwide. She served as Senior Vice President of People Division at Sam’s West, Inc. She has more than 25 years of management experience; 16 of those years have been spent in the human resources arena. She came to Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. in 2003.

Orlopp’s responsibilities included ... training and development, associate processes, event planning and communication, compensation and all aspects of human resources. Prior to Sam’s, Orlopp served as Vice President of Human Resources at Gart Sports where

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she was responsible for the sporting goods retailer’s compensation, benefits, training, recruiting, Public Relations, and Investor Relations. Before that, she spent 17 years at Footlocker where she worked her way up through the ranks from sales associate to become the Vice President of Human Resource Administration. She serves as Director of Women’s Foodservice Forum, Inc. Orlopp serves as the Advisory Board for the Center for Business Women’s Research, known as the leading authority on women business owners and their enterprises worldwide. She is also a Board Member for Northwest Arkansas Radiation Therapy Institute, NARTI, and Future Business Leaders of America, FBLA. After graduates were conferred their degrees by Chancellor James Anderson, he introduced the valedictorian and salutatorian for the spring 2013 class. The valedictorian was Johnya Sasso, a criminal justice major from Brooklyn, New York. Sasso has been accepted into law school at North Carolina Central University. Salutatorian honors went to Taylor Jordan, a Goldsboro, N.C., native. Jordan earned a degree in chemistry with a minor in biology.

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Renowned Author Honored by UNC Board of Governors

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arole Boston Weatherford, a professor of English at Fayetteville State University (FSU), was honored with the 2013-14 University of North Carolina Board of Governor’s Excellence in Teaching Award. Boston Weatherford received a medallion and a stipend from Board of Governors member David Powers during the 146th Spring Commencement.

In his presentation to Boston Weatherford, Powers said Weatherford’s teaching philosophy stresses the importance of interactive and community based learning.

“It is her core conviction that we need to tell a family’s story, examine their struggles, and their belief system to preserve their history,” Powers said. “For example, her children’s literature class includes a service learning component where students present books and activities in K-5 classrooms. In Spring 2011, her class staged a multimedia readers theatre of her book Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-ins. The performance brought more than 600 elementary school students to FSU’s campus.”

Boston Weatherford has authored sixteen books of poetry, nonfiction and children’s literature and received a North Carolina Arts Council Fellowship, the North Carolina Juvenile Literature Award, an NAACP Image Award nomination, and the Carter G. Woodson Award from National Council for the Social Studies. She holds an M.F.A. in creative writing from the University of North Carolina-Greensboro and an M.A. in publications design from the University of Baltimore.

to reward great teachers across the University, the awards are given annually to a tenured faculty member from each UNC campus.

Recipients are nominated by special committees on their home campuses and selected by the Board of Governors Committee on Personnel and Tenure.

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FSU Alumna Ser ving on CDHS Advisor y Board with Pride

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hen Trudy Caldwell learned that Fayetteville State University (FSU) was starting a Center for Defense and Homeland Security (CDHS), she knew that it as something of which she wanted to be a part. Caldwell, an FSU alumna, is a retired major from the United States Army and a member of the CDHS advisory board.

“We don’t have a lot of HBCUs with a focus on developing the next generation of National Security Professionals; particularly in the areas of Defense and Homeland Security,” Caldwell said. “Those are niche fields and leaders are normally grown in those areas. It’s hard to walk into positions in those departments without prior training and preparation. We certainly need to create a pipeline. I feel like it is a good and worthwhile mission and it will serve our young people and nation well for years to come.”

If anyone knows about serving the nation it’s Caldwell. She served 20 years in the Army, four years as an enlisted soldier and 16 years as a commissioned officer. Before she retired, she was working in the Pentagon as a strategist on the Army staff. Prior to that, she was the Executive Officer for the Army Campaign Plan/Army Transformation Office.

One of the most interesting aspects of Caldwell’s stellar military career was when she worked in the Secretary of the Army’s legislative liaison office with the U.S. House of Representatives. In a January 2005 interview with The Fayetteville Observer, Caldwell referred to her position at that time as “a front line for the Army.” “‘‘We build relationships with members of Congress and their staff,’’ she told the Observer. Her office serves as a clearinghouse for congressional requests for information from the Army, she said.

Caldwell has since taken on yet another task. The former student body president at Fayetteville State University is

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enjoying her role in helping FSU get its CDHS the world-wide notoriety she knows that it can achieve.

“A program such as the CDHS can position FSU to be a leader in developing leaders who can operate at the national level,” Caldwell said. “The professors and students that will emerge from this program will be well equipped to serve in positions at defense, homeland security, and state. The center’s proximity to Fort Bragg makes it ideal because it can leverage a lot of talent and resources at Fort Bragg.”

Caldwell got the opportunity to see first-hand center’s operations. She attended the CDHS’s National Security Symposium last April.

The symposium, organized by CDHS Director Dr. Curtis Charles, was an opportunity to bring back alumni like Caldwell who are currently working in influential positions within the military services, national security agencies or in the private sector. More the 100 National Security Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), with many coming from North Carolina, Florida, Virginia, Washington, DC, New Jersey, and New York attended the event. In addition to FSU alumni, attendees included senior officials from the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, US Army, US Air Force, U.S. Coast Guard, as well as national and local businesses. The purpose of the event was for the attendees to share ideas, establish networks, and identify mutually beneficial resources and opportunities for the new center.

For Caldwell, attending the symposium served a two-fold purpose. She wanted Charles to know she endorsed the project, and it provided an opportunity to show support for FSU. “FSU has done so much for me,” she said. “My time at FSU was one of the most rewarding and by far one of the best times of my life. It was a no-brainer. I knew I would give back; I just didn’t now in what capacity. This is exactly what I’m supposed to be doing and it feels good.”

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Fayetteville State Aims to Attract Major Grant Dollars via New Center for Defense and Homeland Security

By Reginald Stuart

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hen academic leaders across the nation talk informally about institutions noted for innovative academic programs and securing choice internships and jobs for students and faculty, Fayetteville State University (FSU) in North Carolina isn’t on the radar. With a new, evolving focus on cybersecurity and disaster management, FSU, a historically Black college with an enrollment of just over 6,000 students, is hoping to change those conversations, boost its standing in the academic community and secure itself for this century by helping develop a relevant workforce for the state, says Dr. James A. Anderson, FSU’s chancellor.

For sure, the strategy is running against strong headwinds.

Like most institutions across the country, FSU has endured several years of painful budget and spending cuts ($9 million in the most recent 12 months), largely attributed to falling state financial support and declining enrollment. FSU is dealing with the reality that all faculty are not on the same page regarding the new strategy. Externally, it is facing the fact that it is a late arrival on a stage long occupied by some of the biggest names in higher education defense contracting starting with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

To address those realities and champion its new thrust, FSU has created a Center for Defense and Homeland Security (CDHS). The center, started on a seed money budget of $250,000 and run by Dr. Curtis Charles, senior associate vice chancellor, draws on a core group of 20 faculty engaged in teaching and research. They have become the initial vehicles for change at the university.

Anderson said he hopes to supplement that cadre of academicians with military veterans returning from service.

Many will be looking for work and already have the skills FSU needs for its new thrust. “We can use them on the teaching end,” Anderson said.

The CDHS has also recruited from other institutions a short roster of veteran educators with experience in identifying and securing federal grants and research contracts. It has organized a broad-based advisory board made up of people who work in its areas of focus in government and private industry. The center is working to strengthen its partnerships with the state’s major research institutions and plans to hire a person to represent the university in Washington, D.C., working

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with federal agencies to enhance its efforts to identify and secure federal research money.

In March, FSU became an associate member of Oak Ridge Associated Universities, a consortium of universities that helps create partnerships between the federal government, private industry and higher education to facilitate grants, major contracts and faculty and student internships. Meanwhile, FSU is courting the federal Department of Homeland Security, hoping to win designation in 2014 as one of a handful of DHS’s Centers of Excellence. There are no HBCUs serving as centers.

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research … by addressing issues of importance to the country.”

In so doing, FSU positions itself to secure millions of dollars in contracts and grants to pursue a variety of academic projects and, at the same time, offset the steady losses in state funding.

The goal, he said, is to “transform” FSU into “a competitive institution.”

The new thrust is beginning to pay dividends.

FSU has landed student and faculty internships this summer at MIT’s Lincoln Laboratory and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, a first for FSU. It’s courting the brass at the nearby Fort Bragg Army base, long mutually ignored despite being close geographical neighbors.

Beyond the catchphrase Like most HBCUs seeking to find relevance and financial support in the new century, FSU is spending a lot of energy focusing on STEM (science, technology, engineering and math). FSU, however, has expanded the umbrella of the buzz phrase to be STEMS, said Charles, touting the continued importance of traditional social science courses in a defense and homeland security academic strategy. The social sciences help students gain a better understand of human behavior, he said.

“We gradually want to develop this higher level of both sciences [STEM and STEMS],” said Charles. “The problems of the world cannot be solved by one.

“Had we been investing more, longer in the history of the Middle East, we would have been able to do more,” Charles said, offering an example of the importance of history, geography, languages and the study of human behavior alongside science, technology, engineering and math.

For sure, it could be some time before the university is able to determine the payoff of this new strategy. For now,

it is celebrating the early results, like the new internship opportunities.

“It makes me more competitive by having Oak Ridge on my resume,” said 21-year-old senior Lewis Williams, an FSU math major engaged in a paid 10-week internship at the federal research facility in East Tennessee. “It’s better preparing me for research,” said Williams, who eventually hopes to attend MIT. His past internships were on campus, Williams said. While crediting them for their value, the Oak Ridge experience further opened his eyes to the potential in his field and the practical implications of his work.

At MIT’s Lincoln Laboratory, which has hosted interns from Howard University and Morehouse College in the past, recent FSU graduate Adrian McClain is among the intern ranks this summer. In addition to his “mission area” work as an intern, McClain is learning much more.

“It gives them a greater understanding of national security issues and how a government lab works,” said John Kuconis, a retired Air Force pilot who has been executive officer for the director at MIT’s 61-year-old Lincoln Laboratory, the nation’s premier Department of Defense federally funded research lab.

Charles, an MIT alum from the 1980s, acknowledges that the challenges facing his assignment are monumental. Still, he said he gets his persistence in helping FSU “transform” and persevere from the fact that today’s higher education landscape at MIT and other major research institutions is much like it was when he was a MIT student. “They still need brown students,” he said, referring to the absence of more people of color in the sciences.

As for FSU being relatively new on the scene and a small fish in a very big pond (MIT alone, Charles noted, gets tens of millions of dollars a year in federal defense research grants), he refers to an ancient Greek proverb in voicing confidence in FSU’s new venture: “After slaying the Minotaur in Crete, the hero Theseus sailed back to Athens in a well-worn ship. As each plank decayed, it was replaced by new and stronger timber, until every plank in the ship had been changed. Was it then still the same ship?

And if not, then at what point — with which plank — did the ship’s identity shift?”

“We’re not losing our mission,” Charles said. “But, to be relevant to legislators and funders, we must address compelling national issues. We have the potential to be a major player,” he said. “We want to be relevant to the next generation.”

Reprinted with permission from Diverse Issues in Higher Education.

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Former Board Chair and Wife Make $25,000 Donation to FSU

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en and Dorothy Brown have been affiliated with Fayetteville State University (FSU) for as long as they can remember. He earned his Master of Business Administration and Master of Education degrees from FSU and served on the Board of Trustees for eight years, two of those years as its chairman. Mrs. Brown, an alumna, is a retired professor having taught in the School of Education for 10 years. They have always had FSU’s best interest at heart.

FSU administrators announced recently that the Browns have made a $25,000 donation to the institution. The money will be used to establish the John “Ben” Brown and Dr. Dorothy G. Brown Endowed Scholarship in support of students majoring in education and/or business and economics.

FSU Chancellor James A. Anderson said the Browns have always been supporters of FSU and the institution is grateful for their loyalty and dedication. He said they are a shining example of the university’s motto “Res Non Verba” (“Deeds Not Words).

“John and Dorothy are among FSU’s greatest fans. They always answer when we call upon them to lend a helping hand or to support the university in some capacity,” Anderson said.

“The fact that they chose to establish this endowed scholarship

shows their love for their alma mater and it demonstrates their commitment to students in financial need.”

While they have been regular donors to FSU, the Browns said they wanted to increase their support. They said FSU played important roles in their professional lives and they felt it was time to pay it forward.

“We felt that we needed to step up and do more in giving back to the place that has been so special and important in our lives,” Ben Brown said. “My years at FSU in the MBA and Masters in Education Administration programs provided me with skill sets that enabled me to have a successful career in Local Government Executive Management following a career in the military,” Ben Brown said. “It provided my wife with foundational skills to pursue her very successful career in education, attaining a master’s and doctorate, and teaching in the public school and university levels.”

Retired Educator and Former Athlete Makes $25,000 Gift to FSU

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ayetteville State University (FSU) alumni are in the giving spirit.

Another FSU graduate has made a $25,000 donation to the institution. The latest gift was given by James Boyd, a member of the Class of 1954 and a retired educator. The money will be used to establish the James and Wilma Boyd Endowed Scholarship.

“My wife is deceased and was the only child in her family and I am the only child in my family, and I wanted it to be known that I was here,” Boyd said. “My wife went to Fisk University and I am setting up a scholarship there in her name.”

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he said he paid only $200 out of his own pocket to finance his education. He said that establishing this scholarship was not only a way of keeping his and his wife’s legacy alive, but it was also a way to acknowledge his fondness of FSU. “I had pretty good experiences there,” Boyd said. “When I was there, we had only about 800 students and consequently, you knew everyone. We had only one dormitory for men and that was Hood Hall. It was a pretty good experience and everyone knew everyone there.”

FSU Chancellor James Anderson said he is grateful to alumni like Boyd who remember the positive experiences they had at the university. He said creating an atmosphere where students can thrive and flourish socially and academically is something for which the university continuously strives.

“I am so very pleased that Mr. Boyd enjoyed his time at FSU and I am thankful to him for the generous gift that will pay homage to him and his wife,” Anderson said. “It is great to know that caring and thoughtful alumni like him are investing in the future of this university by establishing scholarships that will enable students to receive the same quality education that he did when he was at this great institution.”

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K e r s h a w Ta k e s O v e r F S U ’s F o o t b a l l P r o g r a m

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awrence Kershaw, who has eight years of experience as an offensive coordinator and a total of 17 on the collegiate level, is the new football coach at Fayetteville State University (FSU) He took over the Bronco program after serving as the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach at Florida A&M University for the past five years.

FAMU finished as Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Co-Champions in 2010 with a 7-1 record.

Under his schemes in 2012, the Rattlers finished first in the MEAC in Passing Efficiency (141.9), Touchdown Passes (18) and Completion Percentage (70.4). FAMU was ranked second in the conference in Pass Offense (236.2 per game) and third in Total Offense (359.0 per game). The offense has ranked in the top three of numerous offensive categories through his five years. Kershaw has helped guide 20 offensive student-athletes and six position players (linemen) to All-MEAC honors.

Three of his linemen, Robert Okeafor, Steve Brazzle and Anthony Collins garnered All-American accolades. One of his quarterbacks was named MEAC Offensive Player of the Year. The Rattler offense once ranked 13th in the nation in Scoring Offense and 17th in Rushing Offense.

In 2007, Kershaw was the offensive line coach at Hampton University. The offense finished first in the MEAC in Scoring, Passing and Red Zone Offense.

In 2006, he served as the offensive line coach and coordinator of the strength and conditioning program at Truman State University.

A 1995 graduate of Virginia State University, Kershaw has abundant experiences in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association. At the completion of playing career, he signed on as the offensive line coach for three seasons.

Kershaw completed his Masters of Education Degree in 1997 at VSU and returned to his home

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state of New York in 1998 to volunteer at Fordham University.

After the brief stint away, he returned to his almamater in 2000 as the offensive line coach and took over as the offensive coordinator a year later. The Trojans won two CIAA Championships (1995 & 1996) and finished runner-up in 1997.

Kershaw expanded his experience outside the CIAA after he served as the Assistant Head Coach at Virginia Union University from 2004-05.

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FSU Receives $30,000 from Retired Alumna

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retired educator and Fayetteville State University (FSU) alumna who wanted to honor her late husband has made a $30,000 donation to the institution. Nealie McLean, a 1952 graduate of Fayetteville State University (FSU), made the donation to establish the Dexter and Nealie McLean Endowed Scholarship. Her goal is to contribute $100,000 to support band and athletic scholarships.

“She was one of 14 children and two of them received degrees from Livingstone and one from A&T (North Carolina A&T State University), and three from FSU, including my mother,” said Roger McLean, Nealie McLean’s son. “Three other siblings attended FSU but did not attain degrees. One other sibling attended A&T, but did not finish. Her mother Mable Bacote was a strong supporter of higher education and was once honored

by FSU as educator of the year. Also, all 29 of Mable Bacote’s grandchildren attended college. Ten of her 14 children attended college, with six of them receiving teaching degrees.”

Nealie McLean, who taught in the Robeson County School System for 32 years, has four children of her own. Three of her sons graduated from North Carolina Central University in Durham, and her daughter is earned a degree at St. Andrews College in Laurinburg.

Nealie McLean is no stranger when it comes to giving to FSU. She is a proud member of the Bronco Legacy Circle.

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The Bronco Legacy Circle recognizes alumni and friends who have remembered FSU through a planned gift or bequest. It has two distinct branches. The C.I. Brown Club is named in honor of Charles I. Brown, a former FSU alumnus and faculty member. It is for members whose financial commitment to the university has been made in outright cash via a bequest or will or another deferred gift program. The Katie C. Forshee Club is named for alumna and former faculty member Katie Forshee.

This group includes members whose financial commitment to the institution has been made through a gift of real property or other asset, other than cash, via a bequest or will or another deferred gift program.

“My mother and family were tremendously pleased when she was honored and allowed to be a part of the Legacy Club at FSU,” Roger McLean said.

Nealie McLean is one of FSU’s most respected and revered alumni. Her support to the university is testimony to her love for the school, said FSU Chancellor James A. Anderson.

“As demonstrated by the number of college graduates in her family, it is apparent education is important to Mrs. McLean,” Anderson said. “I am extremely grateful that she wants to see the children of other families get the educations that they deserve. This donation will certainly benefit young men and women who otherwise might not be able to get a college education.”

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ayetteville State University (FSU) graduates and alumni are certainly living up to the university’s motto “Res Non Verba” – “Deeds Not Words.” Several winter 2012 and spring 2013 graduates have been accepted into graduate, professional, or law schools. Additionally, three alumni recently graduated from professional schools.

The following McNair Scholars were recently accepted or graduated from graduate school: Student Name

Graduation Date

Graduate Program

Graduate School

George Alvarez

Fall 2012

Biochemistry

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Lashanda Hicks

Fall 2012

M.S. in Social Work

Fayetteville State University

Eric McLean

Fall 2012

Research Scholar Initiative (PostBaccalaureate Program)

Harvard University

Tierra Savage

Fall 2012

M.S. in Clinical Psychology

The Chicago School of Psychology

JaCoya Thompson

Fall 2012

M.S. in Mathematics

The University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Amber Birden

Spring 2013

M.S. in Elementary Education

George Washington University

Jo’nel Barnes

Spring 2013

M.S.in Adult and Community College Education

North Carolina State University

Karlesia Montague

Spring 2013

M.S. in Clinical Psychology

NC A&T State University

Lewis Williams

Spring 2013

M.S. in Applied Mathematics

NC A&T State University

Jazmin Henry graduated from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro earning a Master’s in Business Administration.

• Melissa Duques, Florida Coastal School of Law

Ms. Sabena Conley graduated graduated from North Carolina A & T University with a Master’s in Biology, and has been accepted into the Doctoral Program of Biomedical Sciences at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA.

• Toya Moore, NCCU School of Law

The Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program (McNair Scholars Program) is named in honor of Dr. Ronald E. McNair, the second African American to fly in space and one of the seven-person crew who died on the ill-fated Space Shuttle Challenger on January 28, 1986. It is one of the TRiO programs federally funded by the U.S. Department of Education to provide a comprehensive Ph.D. preparatory program for first-generation, low-income, and/or underrepresented minority college students to pursue graduate studies.

The following graduates have been accepted to law school:

• Barbara Henry, NCCU School of Law • Jasmine Moore, Charlotte School of Law • Johnya Sasso, NCCU School of Law • Curtis Tanner, Charlotte School of Law The following alumni recently earned professional degrees: Emily Opeka, Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm. D.), Campbell University School of Pharmacy-former FSU biology student Stephanie Means-Price, Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS), UNC at Chapel Hill)-former FSU biology student & former FSU-RISE Coordinator Yonesha Phair, Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS), UNC at Chapel Hill-former biology student & FSU-RISE Scholar

• Jessica Stevens Tuttle, NCCU School of Law • Lezley Bass, NCCU School of Law • Crystal Carter (Grad Student), NCCU School of Law • Yanique Chambers, Howard University School of Law • Chris Cochran, Seton Hall University School of Law FS&U | SPRING SUMMER 2013

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This section of FS&U captures news and updates from Bronco Alumni through August 2013.

Alumni Notes: Marion A. Crowe, Jr. ‘85 recently received his Masters of Arts Degree in Education/Adult Education and Training from University of Phoenix.

Wrenn LaDell Crowe ‘85 and former Miss FSU, received her Masters of Arts in Urban Affairs from Queens College (NY).

She is the daughter of Marion Crowe.

Edward Cromartie ‘79 was recently sworned in as a Wayne County (NC) Commissioner.

Tony Daniels ’10 Former South View Football and Track and Field standout Tony Daniels has been named the Men’s and Women’s Head Cross Country and Track and Field Coach at perennial powerhouse Potomac High School, located in Oxon Hill,MD. Daniels was a standout in both football and track and field while playing for the late Gene Brewer at South View High School, where he was a 3-year varsity letterman from 19871989 and earned an honorable mention honors in 1987. While in Cumberland County, Daniels was an assistant coach at the 71st High School, where he enjoyed huge success in both the Men’s and Women’s sprints and relay events, qualifying for the state 4-AAAA championships, along with numerous all-conference performers. While at South View, Daniels assisted the legendary Jesse Autry with the sprint, hurdles and relay program; he became apart of 2 back-to-back conference championship teams, producing state 4-AAAA 110m hurdler Micheal Moore. Daniels has spent the last two years resurrecting the Crossland High School program in Prince George’s County, MD, sending the Men’s 4x100m relay team, a 100m runner, and the state 3-AAA Pole Vault champion to the state championship meet- a feat the school had not enjoyed since 2005. Daniels holds a Physical Education degree from Fayetteville State University and is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Athletic Administration from The Ohio State University.

John McMillan ’09 has recently been appointed the new principal at East Bladen. McMillan came to Bladen County Schools from Cumberland County Schools, where he served for three years as an assistant principal and athletic director at E.E. Smith High School. Prior to his position at E.E. Smith, McMillan worked in Cumberland County as an exceptional

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children’s teacher, a professional tutor for GearUp/Upward Bound, a teacher assistant and a bus driver.McMillan is a graduate of Fayetteville State University where he received a master’s in school administration and a bachelor of science in psychology. He is a certified K-12 teacher and has a K-12 certification in behavioral and emotionally disabled students.

Dr. Lee David Legette ’73 Professor of Music in the Department of Fine Arts, in the College of Arts and Sciences at Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) was recently awarded the UNC Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching. He has been a valued member of the WSSU academic community for more than 21 years, serving as a faculty, scholar, and community servant. Dr. Legette’s support for this prestigious award spans across WSSU leadership, colleagues, current students, alumni, public school administrators and music educators across the state. This is the University’s highest honor for superior teaching. Dr. Legette was recognized during WSSU’s May 12th graduation exercise by a UNC Board of Governors member who will presented him with an engraved bronze medallion and a stipend check for $7,500.

Angela Parker ‘02, a language arts/reading teacher at Seventy-First Classical Middle School was named 2012-13 Teacher of the Year for Cumberland County.

Parker, a graduate of Fayetteville State University, has been teaching for eight years. She is pursuing a master’s degree in reading from FSU with an expected graduation date of 2014.Before becoming a teacher, Parker worked in the restaurant industry, a job she says helped prepare her for the classroom in an nontraditional way.

“My experience as a restaurant manager helped me tremendously in handling classroom management, parent conferences and professional development … It [managing] was a

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great entrance to my career in teaching,” she said. As the 2012-2013 Teacher of the Year, Parker received: $300 from the Cumberland County Schools; $250 from the Communities In Schools of Cumberland County (CISCC); A one-year car lease of a 2012 Chevy Cruze from Reed-Lallier Chevrolet; A commemorative customdesigned CCS’ Teacher of the Year ring from Jostens; a ladies’ watch from Herff Jones; and a plaque and flowers from the Board of Education.

Roderick Allison ’93, has been named by TSA as Assistant Administrator for Office of Inspection. Allison will oversee the security and integrity of TSA’s operations through a range of inspection services, special investigations, and a rigorous covert testing program. “Rod’s expertise in the field of investigations makes him a highly effective leader for this vital organization within TSA,” said TSA Administrator John S. Pistole. “His tenure and experience at TSA position him to drive the Office of Inspection forward as we continue strengthening our commitment to the agency’s guiding principles of hard work, professionalism and integrity.” Most recently, Allison served as Deputy Assistant Administrator/Deputy Director of the Office of Law Enforcement, Federal Air Marshal Service (FAMS). In 2002, Allison joined TSA as the Assistant to the Special Agent in Charge in the Washington Field Office of the FAMS. Since then he has served as the Assistant Director for Security Services and Assessments, and as the Assistant Director for the FAMS Office of Flight Operations. Allison earned a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Psychology from Fayetteville State University and a Master of Arts degree in Security Management from Webster University in St. Louis.

Alumnus Enters Publishing Business Alumnus Jonathan Clark has published a magazine entitled Eh, Just Saying. The magazine, Clark said, draws on his desire to assist society. The magazine is centered around issues that human beings tend to face on a regular basis and provides adequate forms of motivation for each gender.

To get a copy of the magazine, go to: www.datedocta.com.

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Sharon Smith ’02, has been transferred as a loan officer to the Clinton (NC) branch office of Cape Fear Farm Credit, an agricultural lending cooperative. Smith obtained her bachelor’s degree in accounting from Fayetteville State University as well as her associate’s degree from Sampson Community College.

She began her career with Cape Fear Farm Credit in 2005 as a credit analyst and has served in various roles including controller and loan officer. Sharon resides in Clinton with her husband, John, and their two sons. President and CEO Michael Jackson stated, “During her employment with Cape Fear Farm Credit, Sharon has worked directly with various types of loans and this opportunity will allow her to work in her hometown and increase focus on developing new customer relationships within Sampson County.”

Stewart Hobbs ‘90, the superintendent of the Yadkin County schools, served as president of the N.C. High School Athletic Association’s board of directors for the 2012-13 school year, Hobbs spent 3½ years as the superintendent of the Stokes County schools and led the Sampson County school system from 2003 until January of 2008. Hobbs, who had a successful coaching career before moving into administration, graduated from Clinton High School and UNC Wilmington and has a master’s degree from Fayetteville State and a doctorate from UNC Greensboro.

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Mrs. Denise A. Parker Crowned Ms. Alumni 2012-2013 Mrs. Denise A. Parker ’07 was crowned Ms. Alumni 20122013 by outgoing queen Ms. Sabrina Richardson ‘93 during homecoming weekend 2012. A native of Detroit, Michigan, Ms. Parker resides in Raeford, North Carolina with her husband, Mr. Roy Parker, who is a recent inductee into the Fayetteville State University Athletic Hall of Fame.

Ms. Parker completed her early childhood education in Detroit.

She received her undergraduate degree from Fayetteville State University in the spring of 2007, majoring in Sociology.

Her post graduate degree was completed at the University of Phoenix where she received a Master of Science in Behavioral Psychology in the fall of 2010. She continues her education at the University of North Carolina-Asheville to enhance her professional development and growth in the area of Exceptional Children. Denise is currently employed as a 7th grade Inclusion Teacher. This is a position she thoroughly enjoys. She is an active member of the Cumberland County Chapter of Fayetteville State University National Alumni Association, Inc. where she served as Financial Secretary for two consecutive terms. Denise is also a member of the National Alumni Association’s Homecoming Committee.

Giving back to the community gives Denise great joy. She is a faithful member of St. Luke AME Church where she mentors

youth through the Young Peoples Division (YPD). In addition, she is also a dedicated member of the distinguished women of Alpha Kappa Alpha, Inc., Zeta Pi Omega Chapter, Fayetteville, North Carolina.

First Runner-up was Mrs. Classie S. Kinsey a 1992 graduate.

She majored in Communications with a concentration in Speech and Theatre. While a student at FSU, Classie was in the marching band, member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Delta Alpha Chapter and worked as the Marketing Director’s assistant at WFSS radio station. She continued her education with DeVry University (Keller Graduated School of Management) where she received a master’s Degree in Engineering and Information Science; concentrating in Security – graduating with Honors of Distinction. Classie is a current member of the Raleigh-Wake County Chapter of the Fayetteville State University National Alumni Association, Inc. where she serves on both the social and financial committees.

She is also a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Chi Rho Omega Chapter. She is married to Jerome Kinsey and they have two (2) wonderful children, Christopher Paul and Jyrah Kinsey, and their dong, Angel.

Watch for FS&U’s next issue and the article on newly crowned Ms. Alumni ‘13, Theresita Doyle

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Distinctive Ladies Program Amanda Neely, an alumna of Fayetteville State University, helped to announce the Wells Fargo Outstanding Educators Award Recipients and the Distinctive Ladies Program which she created. The Business Technology and High Expectations Correlate of Reid Ross Classical School will implement a Distinctive Ladies Program for grades 6-8. The Distinctive Ladies Program will serve approximately 30 students from grades 6-8 grades. In today’s society, our young ladies are entering society without the necessary tools to adapt to changes from adolescence to puberty. Many single parent household and working parents with smaller children are unable to provide one-on-one time to ensure their daughter is educated with important facts to the changes that occur as they mature.

The mission of the Distinctive Ladies Program will be to provide a safe and positive program of intervention through academics and enrichment. The goal of this program is to expand the existence and capacity of each individual by providing one-to one relationship building, emotional support, safety, and trust using cognitive behavioral approach. The program aims to build strength and confidence through academics, technology and enrichment activities to reduce idleness that may lead to delinquency and teen pregnancy. It is also designed to produce less behavior related classroom

disruption that leads to increased high school dropout rates.

The Distinctive Ladies program believes that when a child is personally empowered with knowledge, skills, and abilities, achievement becomes clearer to them in the onset. With the right mentee/mentor relationship, the influence in young people’s lives hold priceless benefits.

Williams Named Police Chief in Laurinburg, NC After six months of searching, the Laurinburg Police Department has its man. The city announced that current Laurinburg Police Department investigator Darwin Williams ‘92 will be its next chief of police. The decision was revealed around 5 p.m. via a press release issued by interim City Manager Harold Haywood. “Lt. Williams will become Chief Williams when our current police chief retires,” Haywood said in the release.

Williams joined the Laurinburg Police Department in 1994. The news of Williams’ hire comes only a day after interim Police Chief Kimothy Monroe abruptly announced his retirement from law enforcement at a city council agenda planning session.

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the position, along with Sanford Police Department officer Eric Pate.

A 1992 graduate of Fayetteville State University with a BS in criminal justice, Williams is a Laurinburg native and a 1988 graduate of Scotland High School. “We are proud to add another Laurinburg native to our senior ranking management team,” Haywood said.

A member of the board of education, Williams also serves on the Juvenile Crime Prevention Council and the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board. Williams has twice been named “Officer of the Year” by the Jaycees and the Scotland County NAACP, according to the city release. Members of Unionville Missionary Baptist Church, Williams and his wife Latonya have one daughter, Darasia.

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Lewis earns recognition of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Committee One of six women to be recognized by the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Committee Inc. at a ceremony in Annapolis is Cumberland native Juanita Cage Lewis, committee chairman Carl Snowden announced. Lewis was presented the prestigious Fannie Lou Hamer Award at St. John’s College, Francis Key Auditorium, 60 College Ave. The 17th Annual Fannie Lou Hamer Reception and Awards program honors women from various racial backgrounds who, in the opinion of the Dr. Martin Luther King Committee, have demonstrated a propensity for social justice.

The annual reception is the only reception in the state that celebrates the birthday of the late Mrs. Hamer, who won national acclaim after making a passionate speech before the 1964 National Democratic Convention describing in graphic details the efforts that were taken to deny her and other African-Americans the right to vote.

Lewis is the customer service manager and ombudsman for the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development. In 2011, Secretary Raymond Skinner awarded her with the agency’s Gold Medal Award for Excellence. She began her career in state government in 1984 with the Department of Economic and Community Development, Appalachian Regional Commission. Later she was assigned to staff the Housing Development Advisory Service.

When the department was renamed the Department of Housing and Community Development, Lewis was assigned to work in the Office of the Secretary with the legislative liaison. She later became the customer service communications coordinator and was also one of the Citizen Response Team members under former Govs. William Donald Schaefer and Parris Glendening.

Lewis also worked with the legislative team during Gov. Robert Ehrlich’s term and received citations of excellence from the governor for her work on the Hurricane Isabel Relief Act. She is also known as Maryland’s Norman Rockwell girl in his famous painting “The Problem We All Live With” because she integrated public school in Cumberland. Her story was featured in a documentary by Maryland Public Television, “The People of Brown.” Lewis is a graduate of Fayetteville State University in North Carolina and resides in Annapolis with her husband, Cliff Lewis. The couple have three children and eight grandchildren.

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Former Chancellor Honored

Dr. Willis B. McLeod, FSU Chancellor Emeritus, was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the FSUNAA during the Annual Homecoming Fellowship Breakfast. He was noted for his numerous achievements and commitment of service to his alma mater. Dr. McLeod is a graduate of the class of 1964 and is pictured sticking a pose with some of his classmates.

During the breakfast, Chancellor Anderson gave an update on future plans for FSU and shared information about the exchange program with China. The FSU Gospel Choir entertained and the 2012-2013 Alumni Queen, Denise Parker, was presented a plaque and gifts from the FSUNAA. Donations were also received from various classes in reunion. Members of the Future Alumni served as host and hostesses.

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President of Queens Chapter Honored Members of the FSUNAA Queens Chapter chose to honor their president, Allene Ritchey, during the Annual Queens Brunch. She was serenaded by two of her close friends, Gigi Mitchell and Cynthia McDonald-Wright. William Ritchey, her son, presented roses from the family and members of the chapter showered her with gifts FSU’s Choral ensemble, Mane Attraction, also entertained the group assembled. A video presentation was coordinated by Nadyne Gilbert and all of the former queens and the reigning king, Brian Wylie, received gifts. The event was co-chaired by Carole Battle and Cynthia Harris and enjoyed by all in attendance.

Meritorious Achievement Award Recipients

Pictured left to right: Franklin W. Withrow, Dorothy W. Hardy, Sabrina Richardson and Clarence R. Taylor, Jr.

FSUNAA awarded the Meritorious Achievement Award to five of its members during the 2012 Homecoming Celebration. Franklin E. Withrow was nominated by the Gold-Wayne Chapter, Dorothy Hardy represented the Queens Chapter, Sabrina Richardson and Clarence R. Taylor, Jr are recipients from the CharlotteMecklenburg Chapter. Not present for the award was Bernard D. Dunn.

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Fallen Broncos John Bledsoe ’12, Fayetteville, NC Christianna Regina Boone, FSU Student, Hope Mills, NC Alvin Burney ’64, New Bern, NC Isabelle Dickens ‘41, Roanoke Rapids, NC Joyce McAllister Dicker ‘73, Fayetteville, NC Josephine F. Edwards ’45, Wilson, NC Carlos Gill, Fayetteville, NC Nancy Hill Greene, Faison, NC Albertine Corry Hickman, ’45, Greensboro, NC Lawrence Jackson, Jr. ’53, Laurinburg, NC Rev. Gerald L. Johnson, ’80 Kinston, NC Gloria Williams Jones, ’71, Washington DC Chapter NAA Ophelia Whitfield Jones ‘66, Vance County NAA William H. Lewis, ’75, Tarboro, NC James W. McCall, ’72, Fayetteville, NC Anzell O. McDonald ‘66, Kinston, NC Larry D. Musgrove ’06, Detroit, Michigan Burnette Burroughs Moore ’52, Hampton, VA Valeria Johnson Pace, ’47 Hope Mills, NC, former FSU Postmistress Carolyn L. Parker, ‘73, Fayetteville, NC Eunice Parker ’45, Jacksonville, NC Philip Parker ‘76, Beaufort, NC Sallie McNair Parnell ‘43. Scarsdale, NY. Rhonda F. Pettiway ‘73, Edgecombe County, NC James Purcell, ’49,Fayetteville, NC Joyce Holmes Ramsey ’64, Fayetteville, NC Marshonda Rhodie, ’97, Fayetteville, NC Robert Sanford, ’79 Fayetteville, NC Eva McEachern Smith ’64, Fayetteville, NC Gladys Stanley Smith ‘64 John F. Strickland ‘96, Dover, NC Sangbolu “Zekee” Tamba, Raleigh, NC Ronald Casanova Thomas ’72, Suffolk, VA Willie B. Thompson ’70, Washington DC Charlie R. Waddell, ’60, Leland, NC John H. Williams ’46, New York Chapter NAA John H. Williams ’47, Corona, NY 31 31

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Alumna Named Teacher of the Year Clinton High School math teacher Stephanie Carter ‘05 was named the 2013-14 Jack and Kitty Morisey Teacher of the Year for the Clinton City Schools district Monday during the school system’s end of the year celebration and awards program.

After Jeff Swartz, director of Child Nutrition, recognized each school’s teacher of the year, Vevlyn Lowe, Sampson Middle School band teacher and last year’s district teacher of the year recipient, took the mic and began listing all the attributes and activities of this year’s winner.

As attendees listened in anticipation of the winner’s name, which was kept a secret until the announcement, and a surprised Carter realized that Lowe was talking about her and fought back tears as she received her recognition and accepted flowers and balloons from the school system and her family.

Carter, a graduate of Fayetteville State University, earned a Bachelor’s degree in Secondary Mathematics Education in 2005 and has been teaching at Clinton High for eight years.

During her time at Clinton High, she has taught numerous math courses including Algebra I, Foundations

of Algebra, Algebra II, Honors and Honors Advanced Algebra II, Technical Math II, Geometry, Honors Pre-Calculus, and AP and Honors Calculus.

Given her active school involvement, one might be surprised to learn that Carter didn’t always want to be a teacher.In her portfolio, she shared that “when I was in high school, my mother tried to persuade me to consider applying for the Teaching Fellows Scholarship, but I adamantly refused to even consider the idea. I told my mother there was no way I was going to be a teacher.”

However, after discovering that she was not as interested in engineering or accounting as she thought she would be, Carter began to rethink her ideas about the teaching profession.

“I realized I wanted to become a teacher and not just any teacher. I wanted to be a teacher that made a difference, like some of the teachers that I had encountered,” shared Carter. “I could always tell the teachers that enjoyed their job, that were actually called to teach, not just earning a paycheck, and those were the teachers that I wanted to emulate.”

Carter’s philosophy on teaching shows that she has, indeed, become one of those great teachers.

Singleton Authors Book Stanley Singleton ’85, is the author of a book titled What to Do When There is Nothing You Can Do. The book is about how people and relationships are defined through adversity and how does a person face each day when there is no reason to anymore.

Singleton received his Bachelor of Science Degree in English from FSU. A native of South Carolina, he currently teaches English at Dongguk University in Seoul, South Korea.

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