The Compass
Friday. September 20, 2002 ^
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CITY STATE UNIVERSITY’S NEW HIRES
Biology
ELIZABETH
Human Resources
The ECSU Vikings would like to
greet the following Faculty and Staff
Members to our family and to
older members in new positions,
congratulations:
Division of Academic
Affairs
General Studies
W. Beatrice Beasley, Reading
Specialist
Division of Business &
Finance
Housekeeping
Ms. Linda Dewald, Housekeeper
Division of the
Chancellor
Athletics
Mr. Fred Batchelor II, Instructor/
Head Women’s Basketball Coach
Mr. Jeremy Henry, Lecturer/
Assistant Football Coach
Ms. Stacy Sage, Athletic Trainer
Mr. Marcus White, Lecturer/
Assistant Football Coach
Division of Enrollment
Management. Planning.
Research & Outreach
Small Business Technology &
Development Center
Mr. James Whitley, Small Business
Specialist
Division of Student
Affairs
Residence Life
Mr. Warren Basket, Director of
Residence Life
School of Arts &
Humanities
Language. Literature &
Communications
Dr. Joseph Lisowski, Associate
Professor
Dr. John Luton, Associate Professor
Ms. Ida Muldrow, Assistant
Professor
Music
Ms. Amelia Harris-Horne, Assistant
Professor
Dr. Penny Kwiatkowski, Assistant
Professor
Social Sciences
Dr. Melody Brackett, Visiting
Assistant Professor
Dr. Margery Coulson-Clark,
Associate Professor
Dr. Rebecca Seaman, Associate
Professor
School of Business &
Economics
Dr. Joe Barrett, Associate, Professor
Mr. Harvey, Beasley, Lecturer
Ms. Joyce Green, Visiting Assistant
Professor
Dr. Freda McBride, Associate
Professor
School of Education &
Psychology
Dr. Saundra Copeland, Assistant
Professor
Dr. Linda Lisowski, Associate
Professor
Mr. Terry Mitchell, Diagnostic Testing
Coordinator
Mrs. Anne White, Associate
Professor/Middle School Education
School of Math. Science
& Technology
Dr. Camellia Okpodu, Marshall A.
Rauch Distinguished Professor
Ms. Crystal Saunders, Lecturer
Chemistry & Physics
Dr. Lei Zhang, Visiting Assistant
Professor
Geological. Environmental &
Marine Sciences
Dr. Ms. Katheen Fischer, Assistant
Professor
Ms. Elizabeth Noble, Project
Coordinator
Mr. John White, Visiting Assistant
Professor
Math and Computer Science
Dr. Nwojo Agwu, Assistant
Professor
Mr. Melvin Anderson, Instructor
Dr. Jamiiru Luttamaguzi, Assistant
Professor
Mr. Christopher Palestrant,
Assistant Professor
Mr. Antonio Rook, Instructor
Technology
Dr. Howard Price, Visiting
Associate Professor
ECSU ADDS TWO NEW DEGREE PROGRAMS
Elizabeth Martins
eamartins@mail.ecsu.edu
&
LaVonda Whitt
dionzareshea@yahoo.com
At a meeting on March 6, the
Board of Governors of the Univer
sity of the North Carolina System
voted in favor of the establishment
of two new bachelors degree pro
grams at Elizabeth City State Uni
versity- one in Mass Communica
tions and the other in Aviation Sci
ence.
The School of Arts; and Human
ities, which encompasses the
Department of Language, Litera
ture, and Communication, will offer
a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Mass
Communications.
A committee was formed to
recommend that there be a new
degree program, which was
approved by Dr. Velma L. Blackmon,
Chairperson of the Department of
Language, Literature, and Commu
nications. Once the recommenda
tion had the approval of Blackmon,
the proposal went to a Planning
Committee. After that, the idea was
later presented to the Board of
Trustees. From the Board of Trust
ees, the proposal had its final
approval by the Board of Gover
nors.
According to Blackmon, the
department’s new Communication
Studies Program will enable stu
dents to concentrate on studying
Mass Communications and its spe
cialty areas.
“The students who are in the
communications studies are no
longer required to take Shake
speare, Literary Criticism, History
of the English Language, English
Literature, and American Literature,
but they will be able to take course
that will steer them in the direction
of the Communications Master’s
or career in communications,” said
Blackmon. “Students will need
course in Communications Law,
Communications Theory, Commu
nications Management, and other
courses that will make them more
marketable as they pursue a
degree.”
The Mass Communications
program will also increase intern
ship opportunities for students and
better prepare them for professional
media careers.
“Hopefully, we can sponsor
additional internships for students
where by they will be more pre
pared going into the work force;
rather than one internship they
would have two,” said Blackmon.
“They will have more courses under
their belts in the field of mass com
munications. Students will be better
able to go into management and
other different new media courses.
They will be better prepared to
go into industry as communications
professionals, such as public rela
tions specialists, media specialists
and technical writers.”
In order to accommodate the
anticipated number of students who
will be majoring in Mass Commu
nications, many changes will take
place.
1. Johnson Hall will be reno
vated and refurnished. Moore Hall,
which currently houses the School
of Business and Economics as
well as The Department of General
Studies, will make provisions for the
faculty and staff of the Department
of Language, Literature, and Com
munications. The Department will
temporarily operate out of Moore
Hall during the construction at John
son Hall.
2. ECSU is seeking new faculty
members. Prior to January, the Uni
versity had posted openings for fac
ulty positions. A committee was
formed to help review prospective
applicants. The committee included
Mr. Shawn Smith, Language Arts
Instructor and Director of the
University Players, Dr. Venus
Deonanan, Spanish Professor, Dr.
Samuel Moore, Language Arts Pro
fessor, and Mr. Stephen March, Lan
guage Arts Instructor and Advisor
for The Phoenix Magazine.
There will be a new program
that will offer a Bachelor’s of Sci
ence Degree in Aviation Mainte
nance Management with one of
three concentrations,'Computer Sci
ence, Business Administration, and
Electronics. Students with a B.S.
degree in Aviation Science can
pursue a career in Air Traffic Man
agement, Air Craft Manufacturing,
Air Craft Manufacturing, Air Craft
Operations, Maintenance Facilities,
Safety and Aviation Weather Report
ing.
According to Dr. Carolyn
Mahoney, who is now the Vice
Chancellor for Academic Affairs,
the program has been in the
making for about a year.
“We started thinking about
bumping this up as a major pro
gram about a year ago,” said
Mahoney.
In designing and developing,
and implementing the Aviation Sci
ence degree program, the depart
ment of Mathematics, Science, and
Technology collaborated with Eliza
beth City’s Coast Guard to better
assist students and expand their
academic opportunities.
“We’re pretty excited about the
Aviation Science Program,” said
Mahoney. “We think that being
in Elizabeth City with the Coast
Guard Base, and that being that
the Coast Guard Base here in Eliz
abeth City is one of the largest
Coast Guard bases in the nation,
the new program will be well
aligned with what students want to
do. We had a wonderful opportunity
to partner with the Coast Guard
and collaborate with them.
Mahoney would recommend
this program to students who are
interested in the whole aviation sci
ence industry.
This is a very strong progrann
of preparation for that,” Mahoney
added.
The course guidelines for the
new programs will be featured in
the 2002-2004 ESCU Catalog.