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PLUME 40 - NUMBER 1 ■TRUTH AM) ShRVICF THROVCH l\FORMA T/0.\ - WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30
1980
NCCU REACCREDITED
BY ASSOCIATION OF
COLLEGES & SCHOOLS
North Carolina Central
University’s accreditation
by the Southern Associa
tion of Colleges and
Schools, the principal ac
crediting agency for colleges
and universities in the
southern United States, has
been reaffirmed.
The action was taken
Tuesday, December 11, at
the association’s annual
meeting in Atlanta, Ga.
The Southern Association
reevaluates its accreditation
of colleges and universities
every ten years. The process
includes a self-study by the
institution and an on-site
visit by a team of educators
and educational administra
tors from other institutions
in the region.
North Carolina Central
University’s self-study and
the inspection by the visit
ing team were completed
during the 1978-79 academ
ic year.
NCCU had been granted
permission to conduct a
“ncn-traditional” self study.
Such permission is given
to institutions which have
consistently met basic re
quirements for accredita
tion. The schools conduct
ing non-traditional self-stud
ies design their own self-
study program to meet
what they consider their
own special needs.
North Carolina Central’s
self-study was the design
and implementation of a
new planning and budgeting
system, intended to achieve
goals in line with long-
range plans.
The visitation committee
evaluated the university on
the basis of its effectiveness
in accomplishing the goals
of the non-traditional self-
study. A list of recommen
dations and suggestions for
improvement of the plan
ning design was generated
by the committee.
This recent action, the
formal reaccreditation, rep
resented the approval of
the member institutions,
through their representa
tives, of the visitation com
mittee’s favorable report on
the university.
Representing NCCU at
the Southern Association
meeting was Dr. Cecil L.
Patterson, Vice-Chancellor
for Academic Affairs.
N.C. CENTRAL ADVISOR
DECLARED NATIONAL
HERO BY COMMISSION
WAYNE MAURICE DUNN
The Carnegie Hero Fund
Commission recently named
27-year-old Wayne Maurice
Dunn, a former counselor in
North Carolina Central Uni
versity’s Academic Skills
Center, as one of 12 nation
al heroes for 1979.
The honor is given annual
ly by the Carnegie Fund
By LARRY D. REVELLE
Editor-In-Chief
Commission in Pittsburgh to
spotlight rescues involving
extraordina^ry life risks by
people living in the United
States and Canada.
Dunn drowned May 30,
1979 in a strong surf near
Pine Knoll Shores while try
ing to save Janice Annette
Harper who is also a coun
selor in Central’s Academic
Skills Center.
The two were attending a
pre-school workshop session
with 13 other staffers when
the tragedy occurred.
Miss Harper got caught up
in a strong tide and was
swept out to sea. After
Dunn realized that she
couldn’t swim, he quickly
swam to her rescue and
brought her most of the
way back before he became
tired and drifted off in the
heavy current. His body was
found several hours later.
Dunn was well-liked, re
spected and highly admired
by his co-workers and the
NCCU student body. Inter
views with Dunn’s closest
associates show that he was
“one of a kind’’ and “every
body’s friend.”
According to University
sources, the NCCU faculty
senate is considering a re
quest to officially name the
building which houses the
Academic Skills Center af
ter Dunn.
Dunn was a native of New
York and moved to Durham
after matriculating at Shaw
University . He began work
ing at Central in 1977.
EX —UMBRA, North Car
olina Central’s highly ac
claimed literary magazine
is now accepting poetry,
prose, and short stories for
its next publication.
The deadline for submit-
ing material is Tuesday,
February 12, at 5 p.m.
The EX~ UMBRA office
is located in room 104-A of
the Elder Student Union.
-MOVING BACK IN FOR THE SECOND SEMESTER-
The Campus Echo camera caught 'Denise Jones, a
sophomore Home Economics major from Goldsboro,
N.C. at the elevator on the 8th floor in Baynes Hall. In
addition to her luggage, Denise seems to have brought
back many 'memories of her Christmas holidays at
home. Over 5000 students have matriculated at Central
for the spring semester.
WHO’S WHO
TAPS SENIORS
Fourty-eight North Caro
lina Central University se
niors have been named to
receive the elite and highly
coveted WHO’S WHO A-
MONG AMERICAN COL
LEGES AND UNIVERSI
TIES award. This prestigous
award is given annually to a
select group of students
throughout the country
who are well-rounded and
exemplify outstanding lead
ership, citizenship, and aca
demic excellence.
The Campus Echo proud
ly salutes the following dig
nified seniors for being
named to \WHO ’S WHO:
Dorcus Adams; Avis Artis;
Stephanie Boyd; Toni
Brown; Reginald L. Bryant;
Thomas M. Caldwell; Cyn
thia Cassidy; Gloria Comif-
fe; Claude H. Davis, III; Ra
chel L. Downey; James C.
Dockery; Anita R. Davis;
Denise Clark; Bernice Du
pree; Janice F. Earle; Thom
as J. Elijah; Tonette Dixon;
Jerry Farrior; Nathan Far-
rior; Sylvia D. Gaither; Oli
via D. Gatling; Camela O.
Green; James P. Green; De
nise Gwyn; Edwena Hughs;
Setrina Hunter; Donald R.
Jenkins; Cheryl A. Joyner;
Willie Lang; Kathy Mapson;
Jerina Massey; Juella
McQueen; Rosalind L.
Moore; Dennis Sloan; Larry
D. Revelle; Tony R. Rich
ardson; John Tally; Eva M.
Thompson; Leland Towne;
Michael L. White; Reginald
Wright; Louis Williams; Pat
sy Watts; Mack Watkins;
Betha Baldwin; Avis Archer;
Vanessa Coley; and Vivian
Conwell.