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volume 33 NUMBER 1 FAYETTEVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY. FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. 28301
AUGUST, 1978
I take great pleasure in
welcoming the Freshman
class of 1978-79 to Fayetteville
State University. I am
honored to know that you
chose this institution of higher
learning for your educational
needs.
For nine years, Fayet
teville State University has
been on the course of
becoming a “Full Service
University” and an equal
access University for all of the
people in the Cape Fear
Region. In speeches to Civic
Clubs, churches and other
community groups, the same
message has been presented.
“...given adequate
resources, Fayetteville State
University must have the
daring and boldness to be
different; it must have the
vision to become more
creative, to experiment more.
JVeu7 Grtiding System At FSfJ
by Lillie Booth
Students at Fayetteville
State University will ex
perience a new change in their
grading system this Sep
tember.
The new system which
will allow a student to receive
a “no credit” instead of an E
is expected to benefit the
freshmen and sophomores the
most. A student’s grades for
all courses attempted will be
averaged; however, course
grades below 64 (D) wiU be
excluded.
Charles “A” Lyons, Jr., Chancellor
Chancellor's iffessoge To
Incoming Freshmen
Students For 1978
According to DeField T.
Holmes, Provost and Vice
Chancellor for Academic
Affairs, “The new grading
system will publish success
rather than failure.” He noted
that E’s on transcripts are
placed there and not the
circumstances why an E was
given. Students are still ex
pected to live up to academic
expectations of the university,
he stated.
A student does not have to
repeat the exact course he
failed, but a similar
requirement must be met. In
this instance, if a student
failed a biology course,
another science course could
be substituted.
Fifty percent of the
courses must be passed after
a student has completed 21
credit hours. Students failing
to meet this requirement wiU
face academic suspensicm.
FSU’s present numerical
system will not be affected.
Students can still earn an A
for grades averaging 100-92; a
B for 91-83; a C for 82-73 and a
D for 72-64.
While it can and should learn
from the experiences of
others; it must not be content
just to follow what other in
stitutions are doing and have
tested and found to be good. It
must be creative; it must also
lead.”
We, at Fayetteville State
University, have found this
philosophy to be a good one.
We have lived and worked by
it and shall continue to do so.
FayetteviUe State
University lives and works by
the maxim that “deeds, not
words” (our motto) constitute
the real measure of
achievement. The deeds of
Fayetteville State University
over the past decade are a
matter of official record and,
they are impressive. Needless
to say, we are not satisfied, or
resting on our laurels; we are
still on the course of becoming
a full service institution.
This University is com
mitted to providing a
significant amount of the
talent that will one day shape
and control the future of this
nation. We are strengthened
and encouraged by the
unrealized potential of the
hundreds of young people who
enter our doors annually. The
strength of this University is
dedication and loyalty of the
faculty who are committed to
meeting the needs of all the
students whom we serve.
Students matriculating at
Fayetteville State University
can rest assiu-ed that we will
pursue with deligence the task
of providing quality
educational experiences in a
quality setting. Our aim is to
assist each student, in every
way possible, to acquire the
skills, the knowledge, the
sensitivities and the un
derstandings that will help
him to become a competent,
productive and contributing
citizen.
Today, Fayetteville State
University stands on the
threshold of attaining its
avowed goal of a “Full Ser
vice University”. I believe it
is a major laboratory into
which we are taking ad
vantage of a great opportunity
to test the sufficiency of the
equalitarian educational
philosophy and the fun
damental social philosophy of
the American Society. We
have the opportunity, and are
endeavoring, to demonstrate
that our ideas about the
essential self-esteem, the
worth and dignity of the in
dividual, human freedom, and
the equality of opportunity for
every human being to develop
whatever talents he may
possess, can be translated into
public policies and in
stitutional arrangements that
work.
We hope you find
Fayetteville State University
to be the ideal institution for
achieving your goals and
ambitions.
Charles “A” Lyons, Jr.
Chancellor
ENERGY-SAVING TIP
If you’re watching
television and there is a lamp
with a three-way switch in the
room, always turn the lamp to
the lowest level. You’ll reduce
the glare, and save electricity.