Vol. 63, Issue 4
10.23.15
NSU remains confident about probation lift as accrediting agency finishes up its reports by Danielle Kirsh Norfolk State University’s accrediting agency finished up its visit on Oct. 15 and prospects are looking good for the university. In a campus announcement, Interim President and CEO Eddie N. Moore, Jr. said that the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) committee was able to confirm that the university submitted its paperwork on time in Sept. and that the committee had a “very positive experience on campus.” The Committee that visited campus will finalize its report and will allow Norfolk State to correct any possible factual errors on the report. After the report is submitted on Nov. 13, the SACSCOC Committee on Compliance will review it once more before it is sent to the SACSCOC Board of Trustees who will decide the fate of Norfolk State’s accreditation status.
Former homeless students continue to persevere by Antonio Garland
Interim President and CEO Eddie N. Moore, Jr. is very confident that the university has fixed all of the issues that resulted in the university being placed on probation. Photo by Tykhari Coles. While we are not fully clear from probation from this visit alone, we are “90 percent there” as Moore is fully confident that the Committee’s findings will be upheld in the annual SACSCOC meeting in Dec. “The fundamental outcome of the Committee’s
assessment was that there were no recommendations for Norfolk State University based on their review,” said Moore. “There could not have been a better conclusion for Norfolk State.” The visit ended with an exit interview that was open to the entire campus which
60 people attended. The interview lasted about nine minutes and the Committee announced that they concluded their visit and had “no recommendations and no findings.”
Hidden away in NSU’s student body are homeless students whose stories are unknown to the general public. Two former homeless students, Joseph Brown and Garland Wright, spoke of how their lives have changed since coming to NSU. Wright, an NSU senior, author, voting activist for the Obama campaign and president of NSU’s boxing club, became homeless in 2010 after a run in with the law. He stayed with acquaintances and shelters until he decided to come to college for his political science degree. continued on p. 2
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