Carver recognizes former b-ball star
SPECIAL l'O THE CHROMCl I
Carver High School's
Department of Athletics
recently recognized John
Floyd, a Carver graduate
who is now an assistant
coach at Quality Education
Academy.
Floyd graduated from
Carver in 1991 and was the
Metro 4-A Player of the
Year. He received a falkaih
letic scholarship to attend
North Carolina A&T Slate
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As an Aggie, he earned
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the MEAC Player of the
Year honor in 1995 and the
Male Athlete of the Year
Award in 1995, which was
his senior year. He also
maintained a 3.0 CPA while
majoring in computer sci
ence and education. Floyd
played basketball overseas
in Spain for nearly 15 years.
He recently retired from
playing the game he loves to
move back to the United
States to be closer to his
family.
"Whenever we have an
opportunity to recognize
those individuals from
Carver High School, we try
to do so." said Carver
Director of Athletics Aaron
Bailey. "Carver High School
has produced some very
high quality individuals who
have been successful in their
own individual ways. John
just so happens to be one of
the many."
In addition to his coach
ing duties, Floyd works for
the City of Winston-Salem
as a human relations special
ist. He and his wife,
Lavonda, have two sons,
Javon and Khyre.
Mayor honors couple with Civil Rights honor
SPKCI \L TO Till ( HRONICU
Sidney Kelly and Beu Ackenbotn-Kelly were
honored posthumously with this year's Civil
Rights Movement Resolution lor their contribu
tions in forging relationships between black and
white eiti/ens in Winston-Salem and Forsyth
County.
A resolution b> Mayor Allen Joines and the
City Council honoring the Kellvs was read at ihe
City Council meeting on Monday.
Joines initiated the annual Civil Rights
Movement Resolution in 2003 to honor those out
standing individuals who worked to strengthen
civil rights and race relations in Winston-Salem.
The Kellvs were instrumental in forming
Crossing 52. a group that was the forerunner to
today's CHANGE (Communities Helping Ml
Neighbors Gain Empowerment) organization, to
bring black and white citizens together to discuss
and improve the lives of those in need.
Their commitment spanned their longtime res
idency in Winston-Salem to include assisting with
the legal cases of those who could not afford to
well as involvement with the Winston
.'S'jfrm Minister's Conference and the ^Yinston
Salem chapter of the National Organization ^>f
Women.
Mr. Kelly was recognized in 19c)8 with the
Winston-Salem State University Charles C. Ross
Award and the 2004 Martin Luther King, Jr. Dare
to Make a Difference Award.
Sidney Kelly passed away on Jan. 18 of con
gestive heart failure. Bea Ackenbom-Kelly died
five days later of cancer.
Kelly
Ackenbom-Relly
Professor named top young Triad leader
Sl'l X I \l TO THE CHRONIC I I:
Environmental engineer
Dr. Stephanie Luster
Teasley ot North Carolina
AiVT State University has
been named one of the
Triad's 40 Leaders Under 40
for 20 1 1 .
The Business Journal
announced the award win
ners in its Feb 18 edition.
Luster- Teasley is an
assistant professor in the
Department of Civil,
Architectural and
Environmental Engineering.
Her research focuses on
water and wastewater treat
ment. remediation ot soil
and groundwater, and air
pollution.
She has developed a con
trol led -re lease biodegrad
able polymer in pellet form
that delivers chemical oxi
dants to decontaminate soil
and water of pollutants,
harmful bacteria or otheT
toxic substances over an
l)r. Luster-Teas ley
extended period. An inter
national patent application is
pending.
Luster- Teasle) also led
the team that dev eloped a set
of experiments about global
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WISEMAN
Mr. Nathaniel (Nate)
Wiseman, 7K, passed
away Saturday. Feb. 5 at
Chef at Staley's where
he enjoyed showing off
his culinary skills^ and
his passion for cooking.
Forsyth
Memorial
Hospital. He
was born Aug.
12. 1932, to the
late Hoyt A.
Wiseman and
Marie Williams
Wiseman in
Winston
Salem. N.C. He
was the
youngest of five sib
lings.
Mr. Wiseman was a
1950 graduate of Atkins
High School, and a
1954 graduate of
Winston-Salem
Teachers College now
Winston-Salem State
University. While at
Winston-Sale m
Teachers College, Mr.
Wiseman was a Sport's
writer for both the foot
ball and basketball
teams. He was also the
statistician for the bas
ketball team.
He taught at Carver
Crest Elementary
School now Cook
Elementary. After
resigning he became a
Mr. Wiseman
was motivated
by his friends,
among them
Susan Hancock
and Brenda
Cockerham. and
his old class
mates Carnella
M. Andrews,
Mary W.
Pearson. Naomi
W. Jones, and Nathaniel
Lee (Na) Tucker, Mr.
Wiseman's classmates
from primary through
college.
At one time Mr.
Wiseman was a resident
of the Rescue Mission
as well an employee. At
his passing he was a
resident of Salem
Terrace Assistant
Living Facility.
A Memorial Service
was held for Nathaniel
"Nate" Wiseman.
Tuesday, Feb. 15 at 4:30
p.m. at First Baptist
Church. Highland
Avenue. Minister Gregg
Cooney, Director of the
Programs at the Rescue
Mission presided.
Friday, March 4, 7am- 7pm
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warming and water quality
selected for the 2010 4-H
National Youth Science Day.
Millions of children
across the United States, in
Guam and even a group in
Antarctica performed the
experiments on Oct. 6. 2010.
In addition, she has been
principal investigator or co
principal investigator on
research funding totaling
more than Si million from
the National Science
Foundation. Department of
Homeland Security, and
U.S. Department of
Agriculture. She received
the university's Junior
Teaching Excellence Award
in 2008 and Rookie of the
Year award for research in
2007.
L.uster-Teasley is a 199ft
graduate of North Carolina
A&T with a bachelor's
degree in chemical engineer
ing. She received her mas
ter's in chemical engineer
ing from Michigan State
University and her doctorate
in environmental engineer
ing, also from Michigan
State.
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Harp earns Board
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Dr. Jill J. Harp, associate professor of biochemistry at
Winston-Salem State University (WSSU), has been selected
as a recipient of an Excellence in Teaching Award presented
annually by the University of North Carolina's Board of
Governors.
Harp will receive a com
memorative bronze medal
lion along with a $7,500 cash
prize during WSSU's Spring
Commencement ceremony on
May 14. The awards were
established in 1994 to under
score the importance of
teaching and reward good
teaching across the
University system. Annually,
a tenured faculty member
from each UNC campus is
recognized for his or her
accomplishments by the
Board of Governors.
Harp has served as a fac
ulty member in the College
of ArtSij and Sciences at
WSSU fof the past 14 years.
She spent the first seven
Dr. Ilarp
years in the Department of Chemistry and the last seven in
the Department of Life Sciences. In addition to teaching, she
also trains high school and college students in her research
lab throughout the academic year and in the summer. Harp
is known for using her own classroom action research to
improve her teaching and student learning. She also requires
her students to demonstrate their understanding of course
content and application of that knowledge through writing
papers and making presentations in class and at profession
al conferences.
A graduate of York College, the City University of New
York. Harp earned her Ph.D. in organic chemistr) from the
University of Maryland. Her publications and research
focus on cocaine abuse drug treatment and she also has
received several grant sub-awards from the National Science
Foundation and the National Institute of Health.
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