September 30i 1972
THE VOICE
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Chancellor Charles Lyons, Jr.
LEADS
Fayetteville Slate University
HOLMES, PASCHAL JOIN
FSU STAFF
vastly different still from that
of the present.
There are certain major
trends in the society at large
which have had over the past
As we start this new aca
demic year, we find ourselves
moving Into a learning envir
onment that is vastly differ
ent from that experienced by
the professors who are re
sponsible for imparting know
ledge to you, I predict that
the learning environment of
the college of the future will
continue to chanee and be
decade a powerful impact on
the nature of the learning en
vironment. A few of these
should suffice to illustrate
this point; (1) A vast popu
lation increase, a marked in
crease in the population of
the young — more youth to ed
ucate and a vast expansion
of the educational enterprise;
(2) The young who have reach-
FORWARD
ed college are a different kind
of young — better prepared,
greater exposure to the world
through travel, and the explo
sion in the communications
industry; (3) Accelerated
growth in technology making
it possible for us to date to
travel to other heavenly bod
ies and to explore the outer
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Dr. Defield Holmes and Dr.
Jerry Paschal recently join
ed the already expanded ad
ministrative staff of Fayette
ville State University. One of
the nation's prominent edu
cator - administrators.
Holmes was appointed head
of FSU-N.C. State - Ft. Bragg
Branch and continuing educa
tion programs. His assistant,
Paschal, will serve in the po
sition of associate vice-chan
cellor of the Ft, Bragg cam
pus.
Chancellor Charles Lyons,
Jr., said that Holmes would
have broad responsibilities
for the FSU- N. C. State-
Ft, Bragg Branch, contin
uing education, the Evening
College, and developing inno
vative educational programs
for the various communities
Fayetteville serves,
“Fayetteville State Univer
sity is fortunate to secure
the services of Dr, Holmes,”
said Chancellor Lyons, ‘T
have known him for a long
time and he has made an ex
cellent mark in higher educa
tion. He will be an asset to
our educational program at
FSU and Higher Education in
GROUP VISITS — Fayetteville State University Chancellor
Charles "A” Lyons, Jr. (right) greets members of the North
Carolina Advisory Budget Commission as they arrive on campus
to make their biennial visit to the campus last week. With Chan
cellor Lyons are (left to right) State Senator John Henley,
State Representative Kenneth Royall, State Senator Ralph Scott,
and former State Senator Thomas White, Chairman, Advisory
Budget Commission. Chancellor Lyons presented Capital Im
provement requests totaling more than $10.4 million to the
panel.
T
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DR. JERRY PASCHAL,
LEFT & DR. DEFIELD HOLMES
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT
ANNOUNCES AWARDS
TV TALK — Dr. Lyons appears on television station, WITN-
TV, in Washington, N,C, Chancellor Lyons was special guest
of Bill Rogers on his Tempo-72 Show, The show was seen
throughout eastern North Carolina.
RECEPTION — Chancellor and Mrs, Charles Lyons, center,
chat with Sharon More, left, and Charles Melvin, freshmen
at FSU, at a reception at the chancellor’s residence recently.
The National Endowment for
the Humanities has announced
the first group of awards in
the "Youthgrants In the Hu
manities” program. Twenty-
nine projects, all originated
by individuals, or groups of
individuals, ranging in age
from 18 to 30, are receiv
ing grants from $675 to $10,-
000, either directly or through
their college or other organi
zation.
The projects, most of which
were carried out this summer,
involved research, education,
film, and community activity
In all fields of the humanities
including history, languages,
philosophy, literature, arche
ology, and the humanities -
related social sciences.
Announcement of the awards
made by Dr. Ronald S. Ber
man, the Endowment Chair
man.
In issulngthelistof “Youth-
grant” awards. Dr. Berman
stated, ‘‘These first awards,
with their exciting variety of
activities, demonstrate that a
large number of young people
both in and out of school are
capable of designing and un
dertaking on their own, ser
ious, intellectually demanding
work, exploring the roots of
our history and culture....”
He went on to announce
that as a result of the en
thusiastic response of young
people and the high quality
of applications submitted to
the Endowment, the program
is expected to be expanded
this coming year.
The “Youthgrants” pro
gram was created as a result
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North Carolina in general,”
he continued.
Paschal, a native of Okla
homa, is a 1971 recipient of
the Doctorate degree from
Duke University. Presently,
he is state president of the
Political Action Committee
for Education.
Before coming to Fayette
ville, the 41-year-old educa
tor was superintendent of
Goldsboro City Schools where
he held the position slncel966.
In 1959, Paschal received a
master’s degree at the Uni
versity of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill. He has served
as principal (1959 - 60) at
Eanes Elementary School In
Lexington, and 1960-61 at
Chadbourn Union School at
Chadbourn. From 1961-64,
Paschal was principal of
Charles B. Aycock High
School, Pikeville.
Holmes, a native of Fra->
zier. Pa., did his undergrad
uate work at Hampton Insti
tute and received the M. S.
and Ph. D. degrees from Ohio
State University, He has done
postgraduate work at the Uni
versity of Rochester, Univer
sity of Minnesota and Argonne
Research Laoratories,
His membership in profes
sional organizations include
American Conference of Aca
demic Deans; Council of Col
leges and Sciences; American
Institute of Biological Sci
ences; American Association
for the Advancement of Sci
ence; The Ohio Academy of
Science; Mathematical Bi
ology Association and the As
sociation for Educational Da
ta Systems.
Paschal is a life member of
NEA and is affiliated with
numerous professional organ
izations in the field of educa
tion and administration.
Holmes brings a wealth of
experience and noteworthy a-
chlevements in the area of ed
ucation to the Fayetteville
State University position.
Since 1960, he has written
proposals and directed fund
ed science projects totaling
more than one-half million
dollars. His proposal to the
Department of Health, Edu
cation and Welfare entitled:
“Special Services for Disad
vantaged Students in Institu
tions of Higher Education Pro
grams” was funded for$190j-
000 and has been used by many
institutions as a prototype for
curriculum revision.
The 51 - year - old ad
ministrator - educator comes
to Fayetteville State Univer
sity post from Atlanta, Ga.,
where he was director of the
United Board for College De
velopment,
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TAKE ADVANTAGE — Military personnel and their dependents
take advantage of the academic offerings at the Fayetteville
State University — N. C. State — Ft. Bragg Branch. Recently
one of the nation’s prominent educators- administrators. Dr.
Defield Holmes, was appointed vice-chancellor of the Ft. Bragg
Campus.