Faculiy Spotlight, Audrey Muhammad
By L’ Asia Brown
Features Editor
There is a new face at Fayette
ville State University. Her name
is Audrey Muhammad and she
is a University College Advisor.
A proud native of Toledo, Ohio
and graduate of Bowling Green
State University, Ms. Muhammad
demonstrates a strong passion for
teaching and literature. She taught
high school English for five years
before relocating to California to
teach writing at a local community
college.
While in California, she pub
lished her first piece of literary
art. Rhymes of the Times; Black
Nursery Rhymes, a creative nurs
ery book teaching black history to
young children with rhymes titled
"Martin Had a Little Dream" and
"Pretty Little Black Girl." Possess
ing an additional adoration for
fitness, Ms. Muhammad briefly
taught kick-boxing classes and pro
duced a workout tape with several
of her high school students.
Currently a Freshman Semi
nar Instructor at FSU, she remains
busy but finds time to write a fit
ness column twice monthly in the
international newspaper. The Final
Call, as well as publish Virtue To
day Magazine (www.virtuemag.
com). Ms. Audrey's beloved five-
year old daughter, Hasana, enjoys
calling herself "mommy's business
partner" and looks forward to aid
ing her mother with the promotion
of her newest book, Get Fit to Live:
Be Your Best You!, a compilation
of brilliant fitness columns she has
written over the years.
Ms. Muhammad looks forward
to mentoring students, helping with
beneficial programs and having a
positive impact on FSU's campus.
The Voice (TV): What was your
major? Muhammad: My under
graduate major was Psychology
and Sociology and my Master's is
in English with a concentration in
Technical Writing.
TV: What courses do you teach
at Fayetteville State University?
Muhammad: I teach Freshman
Seminar 101 and 102, and I am a
CRISS Lab instructor.
TV: From your perspective,
what sets a freshman up for fail
ure or success during their crucial
first year in college? Muhammad:
Excellent question! I think that
students need 1. support (family,
friends). 2. Good professors that
are encouraging and supportive.
That is why I think the Freshmen
Seminar/advisors instructors are
so important. At least students
have someone to go to for advice
or to vent. Sometimes students en
counter professors or coaches that
are not encouraging and have a
negative attitude toward students.
Negative relationships can send a
student to another school.
TV: What is the single most
suppressed quality that a freshman
must acess to become successful in
their college career? Muhammad:
I believe a student must have the
attitude or belief that he or she
that shows women as the epitome
of beauty, class and intelligence.
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TV: What are some words of
advice you can offer new students
to help them adjust to college life
in general? Muhammad: I would
highly suggest that students try to
enjoy their college years by mak
ing the most of it. Focus on do
ing "very good" (B) or "excellent"
(A) in all of their classes and seek
help whenever you need it. Get
involved with at least one organi
zation or group on campus and
attend events. Utilize your time
wisely because this is an invest
ment in you. Best wishes to all of
my students. You are the best!
can succeed, but it is going to take
work. Every student must have
the quality of determination and
be willing to go the extra mile to
get help.
TV: If you could go back to
your freshman year in college,
would you do anything different?
Muhammad: No, I loved it! I re
ceived straight A's and had fun at
the same time.
TV: You just finished a book.
How can this book help students
to improve their own quality of life
while attending college? Muham
mad: I did just complete my book.
Get Fit to Live: Be your best you!.
It is a motivating book to encour
age men and women to think about
what they put into their bodies and
their minds. I don't focus too much
on weight loss, because everyone
is not made to be a size two, but
instead, "be your best you" and
be a healthy you. For students,
it will give them insight on how to
improve their diet and incorporate
exercise into their daily lives. I am
also the publisher of Virtue Today
Magazine, a women's magazine
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