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Professor of Biology; Dr. Susan
J. Curtis, Rank, Chemistry; Dr.
Alan Goble, Associate Professor
of Psychology; and Dr. Ray
Treadway, Professor of,
Mathematics and Director of
Academic Computing have been
nominated for the 1999-2000
Board of Trustees Faculty
Teaching Excellence $1,000
award. Each nominee was
selected by his or her depart
ment.
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Dr. Rhonda White, dean for the
Center for Academic Achieve
ment and Retention presented
"You are Your One Best Thing":
African-American College
Women Responding to Their
Lives by Way of Toni Morrison':
novel Beloved. The presentation
took place Feb. 23 and is part the
Faculty Lunch and Learn
Program.
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Gloria R. Scott and four represen- Other issues at the forum included
tatives from the Board of Trustees, handicapped accessibility, senior
Once in the chapel, the crowd assessment fees, and international
swelled to more than 300, with student registration,
students, faculty, staff, and five A total of 18 students and one
BOT representatives. BOTmem- faculty member addressed the rep-
ber Elenora D. Kennedy presided, resentati ves before they responded.
During the two-hour forum in Jean Howard, class of 1954 and
the Chapel, Panton said the stu- BOT representative, said, “You
dents protested because they had have my pledge that the trustees
gone to the faculty and staff with will examine the issues you’ve
theirproblemsbeforeandthey were brought to us.”
tired of going through “red tape”
and “quick fixes.” Panton showed
and narrated the footage of the four VV3nt ChsnCI©”
dormitories to the BOT represen- ®
tatives.
After the video presentation, —KrishGl Panton
Panton said, “When we were out- '
side in front of the President’s President Scott responded to the
home, we were not cold, we were students’ comments. “Wearecom-
angry. We want change.” mitted to dealing widi the issues
Elizabeth Fryar, president of you’ve brought to us," Scott said,
the Student Govermnent Associa- Scott also discussed tuition and
tion, spoke for the student body. fees.
She was given two minutes to ex- “We have not raised tuition or
plain the 12-page memorandum fees at this college since 1982 to
written by students. After Fryar, really cover the costs here... What
the fourclass presidents addressed will all the changes you want re-
the representatives, each turning jjiy cost?”
over their time to other students. Scott said a three-year cycle of
“All we want is the truth,” said renovations that includes plumb-
Neda Brown, a junior political sci- jng and electrical system upgrades,
ence major from Forest City, N.C. and a dataport and cable hookup
and corresponding secretary for foralldormitorieswouldcostabout
the SGA. $6.5 million.
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Rpnice Johnson , a senior mass
communications major from
Bronx N.Y. and Shaneik Isaac, a
senior music major from
Washington D.C. are both UNCF
scholars. They joined CBS
morning talk show host Bryant
Gumbel at his annud golf
tournament in Disney World
Feb. 25-27.
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Dr. Lenora Brogdon-Wyatt,
Humanities Division chair, has
been named the class of 2000
Distinguished Alumni Hall of
Fame for the Warren, Ohio high
schools. The official induction
will take place in May.
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Charmaine McKissick-Melton,
an assistant professor in the
Mass Communications, Speech
and Theatre Department, is one
of 75 professors across the
country selected as a Interna
tional Radio and Television
Society Faculty Fellow.
McKissick - Melton attended the
conference Feb. 23- 27 in New
York City.
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Elizabeth Fryar, a senior biology
major from Clinton, N.C. was
accepted to Howard University
School of Pharmacology ..Fryar
was accepted into the Howard's
doctoral program on a full
fellowship. She will also receive
a stipend.
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Dr. Krishna Kasibhatla, Interim
Chair of Business and Econom
ics; Dr. Asha Khopkar, Associate
Professor of Sociology and
Social Work; Dr. Lana D. Cobb,
associate professor, Mass
Communications, Speech and
Theatre; Varlerie Johnson, choir
director and Instuctor of Music,
Music; Dr. Anne Mangum,
Accociate Professor of English
Acting Chair Dept, of English
and Foreign Language ; Dr.
Barbara H. Blake, Associate