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CAMPUS HAPPENINGS
Eady Retires After Teaching 17 Years
Dr. Fred Eady
Studies
There is an old saying that goes,
“You can’t miss what you never
had.” In most cases this is true, but
when it comes to the expertise and
wisdom, of Dr. Fred Eady, then this
is definitely not a true statement.
Thursday, December 19 will be
Dr. Eady’s last day at WSSU, and
according to former students any
student that did not get a chance to
enroll in his speech or drama class
has undoubtedly missed an
experience.
Eady, a native of Robertville, S.C.
has taught speech and drama classes
at WSSU for 17 years. With a strong
belief that black men should better
themselves and their families, Eady
attained a B.A. in speech and drama
from Howard University. He later
recieved a M.A. from New York
By Tamara Puddy
News Director
University, and a Ph.D. from
Michigan State University.
In 1975, Dr. Eady joined WSSU’s
faculty after teaching for nine years
at Greensboro’s Bennett College. He
said that his most difficult task was
making the transition from teaching
at an all girls college to teaching at a
co-educational university.
“I taught around nine young ladies in
each of my classes at Bennett. When
I came to WSSU on the first day, I
walked into the class and there were
41 young men and women. I must
admit that I was horrified.”
Dr. Eady hopes that he has
instilled in each of his students the
ability to be analytical and to
investigate by reading, questioning
and listening.
He also hopes that they have
developed higher self-esteem and
have also developed an “anything
you can do, I can do better” attitude.
Dr. Eady says he will miss being
with the students the most. He feels
that they “added sparkle to his life
and keep him young.”
When asked if he has any regrets
about retiring. Dr. Eady said, “The
university was good to me, so I was
good to it. If I could, I would do it
all over again, the same way.”
One of his former students, an
August 1992 WSSU graduate had
this to say about Dr. Eady. “He is
the most thorough teacher I have
ever had. He’s intelligent, witty,
spontaneous and I enjoyed being one
of his students,” said Joel Mclver.
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leadership skills, and understand the
importance of the history of our race
just from attending a HBCU.”
Sean McDonald, a sophomore
Elementary Education major said “I
don’t think they (Black study
courses) should be required because
it takes a little bit over a year to
complete general study courses. If
you eliminate some of the general
study courses and add Black study
Woods
courses that will work. But if you
only add, it will take longer to get
into your major.”
Jill Ramsey, an English major
who is also a sophomore presents a
different view, “ I feel as though we
should have more classes required.
That is the whole point of going to a
Black Institution. But we ended up
having the same curriculum as a
white school.”
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Len Milner, a student working
on his MBA in Business
Administration says, “ Black people
play an important role in our country.
We should learn as much about them
as we can because there is usually
information about Black people we
do not get.”
Champ Hubbard, a sophomore
Mass Communications major, said
“I think so, because Black people
need to know about their heritage.
Matter of fact Black study courses
should be required in all schools.”
Dr. Lorenzo Battle, Chairman of
WSSU’s Social Science Department
explained the importance of teaching
African History classes, "African
history is absolutely essential
because you can’t have a clear vision
of the future if you don’t have a
sense of the past.”
editor is to cover community events
as well as campus news. She also
feels strongly about getting more
participation from the WSSU
students. “I want the students to
realize that this is not just the
newspaper staffs paper, it is the
university's, and we want them to
contribute their ideas.”
She is very excited about her new
position. She aspires to be a
journalist and she feels that her new
position will give her experience and
help her to prepare for the world of
print journalism.
When asked what her supreme
goal was, Tonya stated,”I want to be
editor-in- chief of Essence
magazine.”
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