VOLUME 34, NO. 1
Speaking For Ourselves
FAYETTEVILLE
STATE
UNIVERSITY
FAYETTEVILLE
N.C. 28301
SEPTEMBER 4, 1979
SGA President Uses “We Are Family” As Theme
by Lillie Booth
Robert Atkins, SGA
President for the 1979-80
school term, plans to reunite
the student body and rekindle
the Bronco pride and spirit
that seems to have decreased
over the past years.
Atkins refers to the Sister
Sledge’s rendition of “We
Are Family” as the theme to
be used throughout his ad
ministration. The song, he
states, speaks of having faith
in the things you do which is
an excellent motto for all of us
to follow.
The new administration
will concentrate on academic
excellence more so than social
activities, although they will
not be completely neglected.
When asked how he felt about
thkj constitution being
rewritten with the stipulation
for higher academic
requirements, Atkins said he
felt that persons in office
should be academically
qualified to cope with the
pressure of being in office and
versatile enough to cope with
the position as well as perform
successfully academically.
Stricter academic
qualifications perhaps would
assure this, he thinks. The
current grade requirement for
SGA officials is a 2.0 (C)
average.
As far as working with the
administration is concerned,
Atkins thinks there will be few
problems in working with
Chancellor Lyons or other
officials. “We are trying to get
away from the cowboy and
Indians image that seems to
prevail,” Atkins said. The
main thing is to work together
and combine our resources he
believes.
Atkins also foresees no
problems in working with
members of his staff and the
new woman Vice-President,
Valorie Perry. He is of the
opinion that a woman’s point
of view will enhance his ad
ministration.
The first plan initiated to
carry out Atkins’ unity plan
was seen this summer when a
tour of the city of Fayetteville
for incoming freshmen was
sponsored during June 18th -
21st. This tour promoted not
only positive aspects of
Fayetteville but helped to
cement positive feelings
among the students toward
FSU.
The new year hopefully
will produce many new ideas
that Atkins has in mind. Some
of these are plans to make the
campus more esthetically
pleasing. The “adopt a dor
mitory” idea will stress the
beautification of a dormitory
by the students each month.
Tutorial programs that in
volve high school students in
the area are also on the
agenda.
Atkins is in the Air Force
ROTC program on campus
and is a business ad
ministration major. The Air
(Continued on Page 2)
FSU Administrator Named
Academic Dean At FSU
Dr. Charles “A” Lyons,
Jr., Chancellor of Fayetteville
State University, has an
nounced the appointment of
Dr. Sydney A. Reid as
Academic Dean at Fayet
teville State University. Dr.
Reid began his initial ap
pointment at Fayetteville
State in 1976 as Academic
Dean of the Fort Bragg
University Center.
A native of St. Mary,
Jamaica, Dr. Reid receiv^
his B.A. and Masters degrees
from Cornell University,
Ithaca, New York and his Ph.-
D. from the University of
Massachusetts in Amherst,
Massachusetts.
Prior to coming to FSU,
he served as Chairman of the
Department of Political
Science and Public
Management to Florida A&M
University; Administrator
Dr. Sydney A. Reid
(Photo by Tony Threatt)
and Research Associate in the
Research Foundation of the
State University of New York,
Downstate Medical Center,
Brooklyn, New York;
Research Associate for the
Department of Government at
the University of
Massachusetts, Amherst,
Massachusetts; and Research
Assistant in the Department
of Agronomy at Cornell
University, Ithaca, New York.
Dr. Reid’s professional
associations include mem
bership in the: University of
North Carolina Council on
International Programs;
National Science Foundation,
International Education
Committee, American
Association for the Ad
vancement of Science,
American Association for
Higher Education, Society for
College and University
Planning.
Dr. Reid’s new duties will
include the administration of
academic programs on the
main campus of FSU and
faculty development.
FSU Professor Deals With Basics of Economic System
Dr. Inder P. Nijhawan,
Associate Professor of
Business Administration at
Fayetteville State University,
speculates that 50 percent of
secondary-school social
studies teachers in the nation
and state have never been
trained in economics. This, he
believes, contributes to the
fact that most students in the
nation’s junior high schools do
not know the difference
between the economic
systems of the United States
and Russia. In addition to this,
about 67 percent of American
people in general do not un
derstand the profit motive, he
feels.
Nijhawan wants
desperately to remedy this
situation. He is approaching
the problem by working with a
program that is designed to
get economics into the
elementary and high school
classroom.
SGA President Robert Atkins
(Photo by Rosemary Byrd)
The Developmental
Economic Education
Program (DEEP) will train
Fayetteville and Cumberland
County Teachers this summer
in methods of teaching basic
economics during regular
classroom instruction. It is
hoped that the program will
promote understanding of the
basics of how the U.S.
economic system works.
(Continued on Page 8)
Dr. Jacl(son
Appointed
Academic Dean
For FSU’s Fort
Bragg Center
Dr. Tillman V. Jackson,
Director of Summer School at
Fayetteville State Univer
sity’s main campus, has been
appointed Academic Dean of
the FSU Fort Bragg
University Center. This ap
pointment was announced by
Dr. Charles “A” Lyons, Jr.,
Chancellor of Fayetteville
State.
A native of Knoxville,
Tennessee, Dr. Jackson
received his B.A. degree from
Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee,
Alabama and his Masters and
Ed. D. degrees from the
University of Oklahoma,
Norman Oklahoma.
Prior to coming to
Fayetteville State, he served
as Research Professor and
Director of University
Management Systems at
Prairie View A&M University
in Prairie View, Texas. He
also served as Director of
Teacher Education at FSU,
Director of Teacher
Education, Prairie View
A&M, Chairman of Graduate
Studies in Science Education
at Tennessee State University
and Lecturer in Science
Education at Fiske Univer-
Dr. Tillman Jackson (Photo
by Rosemary Byrd)
sity, Nashville, Tennessee.
Dr. Jackson is a member
of the Association for In
stitutional Research,
Association for the Education
of Teachers of Science,
Association for Deans of
Education of Land Grant
Colleges and Universities,
National Education
Association and Southern
Council on Teacher
Education.
With love and appreciation, we
dedicate this edition of THE VOICE
to
DR. WILLIAM H. GREENE.
THE VOICE Staff
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