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WFU's Moser promoted
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Wake Forest University has named Donald
"Buz" Moser executive director of business serv
ices. Moser has served as director of universitv
stores at Wake Forest since
1999. He joined the univer
sity in 1995 as department
chair and professor of mili
tary science.
In his new position,
Moser will oversee the busi
ness service units of the
finance department, includ
ing University Stores,
Purchasing and Mail
Services.
In addition to his work
with university stores.
Moser is the program manager for the universi
ty's resource optimization initiative, a director on
the National Association of College Stores
(NACS) Foundation Board, secretary of the
College Store Association of North Carolina, and
serves on the National Customer Advisory
Council for Follett Higher Education, Office
Depot's National Strategic Customer Advisory
Council and the Wake Forest Honor and Ethics
Council. He is also an adjunct member of the uni
versity faculty.
Moser is a graduate of the United States
Military Academy and received a Master of
Business Administration degree from Long Island
# University. He retired as an infantry lieutenant
colonel in the U.S. Army after 23 years of serv
ice.
Pittsburgh company settles
race discrimination lawsuit
PITTSBURGH (AP) - A Pittsburgh-based
home improvement company has settled a lawsuit
involving accusations that it fired an African
American employee because he complained
about race discrimination.
Champion Window of Pittsburgh has agreed
to pay $100,000 in the suit filed by the U.S.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
The agency says the company failed to give
Martell Waite the same tools, benefits and assis
tance it gave to white workers in the same pos^
tion.
It also says Waite complained about racially
offensive language and racial discrimination
before the company demoted and fired him in
2007.
Thompson Joins ARC
Eugene "Big Red" Thompson has joined
Automated Residential Concepts (ARC), on
Hanes Mall Boulevard in
Winston-Salem, as a home
electronics consultant.
The company designs,
sells, installs and main
tains all aspects of residen
tial electronic systems.
Thompson has a long
history of working in the
home electronics industry
in the Triad area. Prior to
joining ARC, he was a
sales associate at Tweeter
Thompson
in Winston-Salem and also
worked for the company when it operated under
the name of Now! Audio Video. Earlier in
Thompson's career, he worked for Ed Kelly's
home electronics retail store on Stratford Road.
"We're thrilled to have Gene as part of our
professional staff," said Tony Baker, president of
ARC. "He is a legend in the local audio and
video electronics retail industry and has vast
knowledge about home audio and video system
design, sales and installation. Gene is a consum
mate professional and will be a tremendous
resource to clients of ARC."
Thompson received the B.A. degree from
North Carolina Central University in 1972. He is
a native of Greenville, S.C. He and his wife,
Vannessa, live in Winston-Salem.
G'boro United Way's
Westmoreland receives honor
Cindy Westmoreland, director of Campaign
Operations at United Way of Greater Greensboro,
was honored Thursday, May 29 at the Koury
Convention Center with one
of three leadership meaais
given on an annual basis by
Leadership Greensboro.
According to the
Greensboro Chamber of
Commerce and Leadership
Greensboro, Westmoreland
was recognized for her work
with the ACC Tournaments
and Adult Center for
Enrichment. Recipients
demonstrated outstanding
rnnraue. commitment and
community leadership positively affecting citi
zens in the Greensboro community.
Neil Belenky. president of United Way of
Greater Greensboro' stated, "Cindy is a wonderful
example of how United Way employees invest in
our community beyond their internal roles and
responsibilities."
A&T's second in command retiring
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
Dr. Janice G. Brewington, N.C.
A&T State University's provost and
vice chancellor for academic
affairs, will retire June 30? the
school announced last week.
Chancellor Stanley F. Battle
appointed Brewington as his second
in command upon arriving as the
11th chancellor of N.C. A&T on
July 1, 2007. Brewington was part
of Battle's first wave of Senior
Cabinet announcements.
"As chief academic officer for
the past two years, Provost
Brewington has played a stellar role
in keeping North Carolina A&T
State University on a successful,
strategic course," Battle said. "We
will sorely miss an ultimate profes
sional and our top leader of under
graduate and graduate instruction/
scholarly excellence, and effective
Brewington has held key leader
ship positions in A&T's Division of
Academic Affairs She served as
public service."
A&T Chancellor
Emeritus James C.
Renick appointed
Brewington, a
Greensboro native, as
interim provost and vice
chancellor of academic
affairs on May 1 , 2006,
to replace Dr. Carolyn
W. Meyers who became
president of Norfolk
Statp I Iniversitv
assistant dean and inter
im dean in the School of
Nursing and associate
vice chancellor for aca
d e m i c
affairs/institutional plan
ning, assessment and
research. She previously
held this role before tak
ing an administrative
leave for one year as a
corporate manager.
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Brewington continued in this role
while Dr. Lloyd V. Hackley served
as A&T chancellor during the inter
im period.
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Brewington was an executive on
loan with The Gillette Company in
Boston, as the manager for the uni
versity relations department in tal
ent acquisitions, global shared serv
es for North America. She man
aged college recruitment for busi
nesses across the Company, aligned
with corporate strategy.
Brewington received a B.SJM.
degree from A&T, a M.SJM. degree
from Emory University, and a Ph.D.
degree in health policy and admin
istration from the School of Public
Health, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill. She
minored in organizational behavior
at the UNC-Chapel Hill School of
Business.
The university will conduct a
national search to find a successor.
An interim to assume the position
will be appointed prior to July 1,
according to the university.
A Show of Appreciation
PRNewsFoco/Boys & Girls Clubs of America
Boys & Girls Clubs of
America's National Youth
of the Year Demetrice
Tuttle, left, and President
and CEO Roxanne Spillett,
right, present Microsoft
CEO Steve Ballmer with its
2008 Champion of Youth
Award for the company's
$153 million sponsorship of
the Club Tech program.
Gardner is new local postal leader
He is responsible for an operation that handles 15 million pieces of mailcd day
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
Russell D. Gardner Jr., has been named
manager of the Greensboro District of the U.S.
Postal Service. Gardner succeeds Henry Dix,
who was promoted to District Manager of the
District improve its First-Class, Express Mail
and Priority Mail service performance. The
District is currently among the top 10 in the
nation.
He previously served as the senior manag
er of Post Office Operations for the Mid
Capital District in
Washington, D.C.
earlier this year.
As district man
ager and lead exec
utive, Gardner
oversees an annual
budget of $1.3 bil
lion, more than
10,000 employees,
4 8 0
Postmasters/Station
Managers, 2.8 bil
lion pieces of mail
annually and 15
million pieces of
mail daily.
The Greensboro
Gardner
Carolinas District, which is based in
Charlotte. In that position, he managed the
retail and delivery operations of'twelve of the
district's larger Post Offices, serving 600,000
customers in eight different 3-digit ZIP Code
ranges.
Gardner began his career with the Postal
Service in 1987, as a city letter carrier in
Niagara Falls, N.Y. Over the years, he has
served in various positions, including supervi
sor of mails and delivery and postmaster of
Middleport, N.Y. He moved to the Mid
Carolinas District in 1998 to serve as manager
of customer services in Charlotte. He was
later promoted to manager of Customer
Service Operations for Charlotte Post Office,
and in 2007 served as acting manager of the
Greensboro Bulk Mail Center, leading it to #1
District encompasses more than 50 northern
counties of North Carolina that cover approxi
mately 25,670 square miles and has more than
four million mail delivery customers.
Gardner served as acting district manager
since February. Since then, he has helped the
in national rankings in productivity and per
formance.
A graduate of Montreat College in
Charlotte and the U.S. Postal Service's
Advanced Leadership Program. Gardner is
married with two grown children.
Agency gives women the look to succeed
BY SHERI MADISON KWARTENG
NNPA SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
WASHINGTON - Thirty
seven-year-old Barbara Terrell
recently graduated from her
Women in All Trades career train
ing and placement program. It is a
program that has helped her land a
job as a construction contractor.
But just two years ago,
Terrell's outlook on life did not
render the possibility of such an
accomplishment. She had been
stabbed 12 times by the father of
her twin boys, and she had lost her
home. Following her month-long
hospital stay, Terrell had nowhere
else to turn but to homeless shel
ters. She eventually found a great
resource in Dress for Success, an
international non-profit organiza
tion that has suited and mentored
more than 400,000 women for the
business world since its inception
in 1996.
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Dress for Success Office Manager Cynthia Coleman helps a client
shop for an interview suit.
Each location is staffed ade
quately with passionate and car
ing individuals that go above and
beyond the call of duty to assist
clients. One of those smiling faces
that welcomed Terrell was
Melissa Frazier, the Dress for
Success program manager at the
Washington, D.C. site.
"It's such a blessing for me
just to be a part of the process. For
some of women, it's the first time
they've ever worn a suit," said
Frazier, a 27-year-old New
Mexico native. "It's an incredible
fueling to be able to make this
type of contribution to someone's
life on a daily basis."
Frazier's screen saver says it
all: "I am the vessel."
The Washington, D.C. affiliate
has been in operation since 2002,
suiting more than 40,000 women
since then.
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