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Volume39,Number38 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. THURSDAY, May 16, 2013
End of
Long Road
for Eure
WFU professor/leader retiring
after nearly 40 years
BY LAYLA GARMS
THE CHRONICLE .
Dr. Herman Eure shattered the glass
ceiling at Wake Forest University 39 years
ago.
The then-27 year old made school his
tory in 1974 when he became the school's
first full-time African American male fac
ulty member. (The late Dr. Dolly
McPherson, an African American female.
joined the
WFU facul
ty around
the same
time.) Now,
the biology
professor's
storied
career is
coming to a
close. Eure
is retiring,
leaving
behind
legacy of
champi
oning
diversity,
inclusion
and equali
ty at Wake Forest.
"It's been a great run; I've enjoyed it,"
he said. "I've had great colleagues,
extraordinary students, and I hope that I'm
leaving Wake Forest, in terms of my facul
ty position, better than it was when 1 came,
and I think I am. I think I have."
Eure, a native of Corapeake and the
seventh of 10 children, earned his doctor
ate at WFU with the help of a grant from
the Ford Foundation. He was one of just a
few black students.
"My parents had taught us that we
could do whatever we wanted, so I just
deflected that material. That was their
problem, not mine," he said of the discrim
ination he encountered. What I thought
about me was more important than what
they thought about me, so I would never
let that racial thing hit me and stick."
Despite the challenges he faced, Eure
pressed on, with the words of his father
ringing in his ears: "The only way for a
black man to get ahead is to go to college."
Eure completed his degree and was
hired almost immediately by the universi
ty. Provost Emeritus Ed Wilson said the
school wanted very much for Eure to
become a part of the Wake Forest family.
"It was a period when nationally, we
were experiencing the various activities of
the Civil Rights Movement," said Wilson,
a member of the Class of 1943. "...Wake
Forest, I think, recognized that things were
changing and we wanted to change with
them."
Eure said he accepted the post, partial
ly because he too wanted to help affect
change at the university.
"I came with this naive notion that I
was going to be this savior for black kids
because I had been involved in campus
demonstrations and the Civil Rights
See Eure on A7
WFl Photo
Dr. Herman Eure
HAWS readies lor changes
Feds may implement time limits for public housing residents
BY LAYLA GARMS
THE CHRONICLE
High Point native Tiffaney Jackson has seen her share of struggles.
The Sunrise Towers resident lost her mother and her
fiancl in the span of a month, and in 2009, she was diag
nosed with a rare blood condition that kept her hospital
ized for the better part of a year, forcing her to give up her
job as an assistant teacher in a nearby daycare. But things
are looking up, Jackson said. She's back in school, com
pleting the requirements to obtain her GED, and plans to
follow it up by getting re-certified as a daycare teacher so
she can get back to doing what she loves: working with
children.
"Basically, I'm just trying to keep hope and try to get
back stable. I'm trying to graduate - I'm trying to get
See HAWS on A9
Woods
Photo by Layla Ganra
Tiffaney Jackson (left) with Sunrise Tower
Manager Beverly Carter-Leavy.
Photos by Todd Luck
John Davenport
(right), tells Bruce
Wright and his two
sons, Jordan (left)
and Lavar, about
the work he does
at his engineering
firm.
to- fame
Science-minded students
treated to special career fair
BY TODD LUCK
THE CHRONICLE
Students at Atkins Academic and
Technology High School were shown the
opportunities that await those who master
the science, technology, engineering and
math (STEM) curriculum that the school
specializes in.
A career fair last Thursday evening
brought employers, colleges and organi
zations to the school to show students the
paths they can take with a STEM back
ground.
"For our students that come tonight,
their focus is to say 'What's beyond high
school?'" said Atkins' Kevin Hamilton,
who organized the fair along with Terry
Howerton and Monika Vasili. The event
was open to stu
dents system
wide.
Adam Helmus
displayed a truck
horn and seat
components from
Volvo North
America's
Greensboro loca
tion, where the
engineering, sales
and marketing
departments for the company's heavy
truck manufacturing division are based.
"A lot of trucks go for 100,000 miles a
year, 150,000 miles a year," said Helmus.
"It takes a lot of science to keep them that
reliable."
A half dozen Caterpillar employees
were on hand from the company's new
Winston-Salem site, where components
of mining trucks are assembled, tested
and painted. Shawn Meek, Caterpillar's
machining factory manager, said that so
far, the company has not had any prob
lems finding local skilled employees; he
added that Caterpillar wants to make sure
that continues in the future.
"We want to start at the lowest level or
the youngest level possible to begin stem
ming the interest, letting people know
there is opportunity in manufacturing, in
engineering," he said.
School Board Member John
Davenport was on hand, wearing his pro
See Atkins on A10
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Photo by Todd Luck
Latch Key CEO Michael Burton
(left) and Bishop John Huntley
(right) of Alpha and Omega Church
of Faith show City Council Member
Derwin Montgomery the new East
Winston Community Garden.
Ground was broken on the garden
last week. Read more on page A2.
Professor's story proof that all is possible
BY LAYLA GARMS
THE CHRONICLE
Dr. Nkrumah Lewis, a Winston-Salem State University professor and
author of "Becoming a Butterfly: From Prison to Ph.D.," shared lessons
from the School of Hard Knocks and the wisdom of an unconventionally
broad spectrum of life experiences last week.
He gave the keynote address during the May 9 Winston Lake Family
YMCA 16th Annual Black Achievers in Business and Industry Awards
Gala at the Sundance Plaza Hotel. The event is the culmination of the
See Achievers on A8
Ashley Crawford
Photos by Layla
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Nkrumah
Lewis
addresses a
spellbound
crowd.
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