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THE FALCON FORUM VOLUME 3, No. 5 Enlightening minds. Broadening perspectives. Informing a community. Tlie Student Newspaper of Saint Augustine's University j www,thefalconforum.com February 2017 Spring registration Celebration of better than fall 150 years begins By Jazmin Powell and Neffetari Edmond Saint Augustine’s University’s spring se mester registration went more smoothly than fall registration after admin istrators put into place changes to improve the process. Shawnee- Brooks, a freshman, was among those who found the experience much more pleasant this semester. “Registration was very difficult for me last se mester - it took me a week to get fully, regis tered and squared away,” Brooks said. “Going back and forth between budd ings was extremely tir ing. But registration this semester was a lot easier, much quicker. It was sort of a breeze.” “Yeah, it was a lot eas ier,” agreed Mike Massey, a junior. The process did not go smoothly for everyone, and there were stdl com- m \ j sm M J Students say registration was smoother this semester plaints. semester, if not a little “Registration . was more,” said Reign Storm stiU as stressful as last See REGISTER, Page 2 2017 is SAU's sesquicenfennial year Saint Augustine’s University has kicked off its yearlong sesquicen- tennial celebration. The celebration was launched with the Founders’ Day Convocation, held Jan. 24 at Emery Gymnsium. Held annually as a day to honor the university’s founders and their lega cies, students, faculty, staff, and alumni joined Presi dent Everett B. Ward, board of trustee mem bers and campus leaders for an event replete with reflection, gratitude, and inspiration. “The ISO*'’ anniver sary of Saint Augustine’s University marks the be ginning of a new era of leadership development and academic innovation for a new generation of scholars,” said President Ward. “Our mission to empower scholars con tinues to be as relevant and impacting today as it was at our founding in 1867.” The keynote speaker for the convocation was The Reverend Charles L. Fischer, III, rector of St. See FOUNDERS, Page 2 Mt Rev. Charles L. Fischer gives the keynote address at the founder’s Day Convocation. Demarcus Williams Raleigh company establishes internship with SAL) staff reports A Raleigh company has established an intern ship for Saint Augustine’s University students. The company, FirstPoint Re sources, is located in west Raleigh and provides services for trade associa tions. The company has taken on its first two interns, senior Kelvin Mitchell and sophomore Sharif Benis, who start work this month, focus ing on a contract First Point Resources has with the National Association of Hispanic Nurses. The Saint Augustine’s Uni versity interns, who are both communications majors, wiU be helping with communication, so cial media, meeting plan ning and other tasks. The internship came about after a staff mem ber from FirstPoint Re sources came to Saint Augustine’s University to. speak to a class in the university’s Media and Communications De partment. Shortly there after, Jim Booth, Director of Operations Sc Busi ness Development for FirstPoint Management Resources, approached the university about es tablishing a relationship. “We started to look at interns and how they may be able to contribute to our projects for clients,” Booth explained. “We understand that this kind of relationship needs to be mutually beneficial for our clients, for FirstPoint and for the students. By engaging vvdth FirstPoint, not only wiU students be See INTERNS, Page 2 FlRSTPom Leff fo right: Asst. Prof. Dan Holly, Monica Pittman, Jazmin Powell and Kelvin Mitchell went to FirstPoint Resurces Jan. 17 to discuss establishing an internship. Teri Saylor FacuHv Spotliaht: Adjunct professor doubles as small-town mayor By Sterling Raynor At Saint Augustine’s University, Chris Rey is known as an adjunct pro fessor in the Criminal Justice Depart ment. But in Spring Lake, a small town in central North Carolina, he is known as “Mr. Mayor.” Rey has been mayor of the town of 11,000 in Cumberland County since 2011. He is not originally from Spring Lake - Rey is from St. Thomas, in the U.S. Virgin Islands. His family moved to Fayetteville, N.C., when he was 8 years old, and eventuaUy setded in nearby Spring Lake. After graduating from high school, he attended East Carolina Uni versity on a fuU track scholarship, major ing in business administration. After that, Rey attended The CoUege of William Sc Mary School of Law in Virginia. After graduating from ECU, Rey joined he U.S. Army. Later, he spent iw ''W Adjunct Professor/Mayor Chris Rey time as an intern for Congressman John Lewis. Rey began thinking about a career in pohtics and had ambitious plans. He explained in a recent interview with the Independent newspaper how he ended up back in Spring Lake: He ran into some friends from that town, who told him See FACULTY Page 3 student Sootiiaht: SAU atmosphere lured him from small close-knit town By Jazmin Powell Devante Lane comes from a small town caUed Ahoskie in a rural area of Northeastern North Carolina. “It has a small populatign with a tight-knit com munity where everybody knows every body,” he said. So, when it came time to choose a coUege, a community feehng was im portant to Lane - and Saint Augustine’s is where he found it. “Once I stepped on. campus, I felt the love and support I needed to help me accompUsh my dreams and goals,” Lane said. Saint Augustine’s University’s atmo sphere also appealed to Lane. “I chose Saint Augustine’s University because of its great historical richness,” he ex plained. “Out of all the admissions let ters I received, I knew that Saint Au gustine’s University was the one for me.” Now a sophomore and a computer Devanta Lane information systems major. Lane has thrived as a Falcon. He was selected See STUDENT Page 3
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