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The Campus Echo
NEWSLETTER
Number four
North Carolina Central University
April—May issue
Virginia’s Lieutenant Governor
Douglas L. Wilder
Reception held for Who’s Who
and essay contest winners
By Valerie Leach
The 1987 recipients of
Who’s Who Among American
Colleges and Universities and
the 1987 Awards Day essay
contest winners were given a
reception on April 23 in the
auditorium of the Health-
Sciences Building at J'lorth
Carolina central University.
Dr. G. W. Reid, chairman
of the Who’s Who committee,
presided over the program;
remarks for the occasion were
given by Chancellor T. R.
Richmond. Chancellor Rich
mond gave each Who’s Who
recipient a certificate for their
outstanding academic
achievements.
Essay contest winners were
recognized by Dr. Ruth Ken
nedy, who is an associate pro
fessor of English and chairper
son of the Awards Day com
mittee.
The theme for this year’s
Awards Day essay contest
was: “Our Vision, Our Gods:
What Should they Be?’’ Carl
Hicks—a junior English major
concentrating in media jour-
nalis—won first-place.
Freshmen students, Lonita
Rogers and Melissa McCoy
won second and third place
respectively. Each student
read their prize winning
papers.
Prize money was awarded to
students; $150 for first place,
$100 for second place, and $75
for third.
Closing remark were given
by Dr. Sheikh Ali, chairman
of the Honors Convocation
sub-committee on the essay
contest and professor of
political science. Others on the
committee include Dr. Ernest
Mason and Dr. Helene
Dibona—associate professors
of English.
Virginia’s Lt. Governor is
commencement speaker
By Allen'Wilson
Virginia Lieutenant Gover
nor L. Douglas Wilder will be
the speaker for Commence
ment Excercises of North
Carolina Central University,
Saturday, May 9 at 9:00 a.m.
at the O’Kelly Stadium.
Wilder,' a native of Rich
mond, Va., attended
segregated public schools and
received his bachelor of
science degree from Virginia
Union University. He earned
his Juris doctor degree in law
from Howard University.
In early 1950s, Wilder—
who was a baccalaureate
holder in chemistry—applied
for employment for the state
of Virginia. Hie only position
open to the young black scien
tist was as a cook.
'Wilder found an enjoyable
irony in the fact that after he
had won the election as lieute
nant governor, the room in
which he had been turned
down for state employment
was now his transition office
as the incoming second-in-
command of the state govern
ment of the Commonwealth of
Virginia.
Wilder, who was elected to
his office in, November 1985,
entered politics in 1969, when
he was elected as the first
black member of the Virginia
State Senate since Reconstruc
tion.
After graduation from
Virginia Union, Wilder served
in the United States Army in
Korea; where he won a Bronze
Star for heroism in ground
combat. He and two other
soldiers found themselves
alone on a,hill claimed by 19
Chinese soldiers. He was
quoted as saying, “We made
them believe there was more,
running in different directions
and hollering....but we still
didn’t know there were 19 of
them. When they came out of
the hootch....it looked like
they never stopped coming.”
After his Army tour. Wilder
returned to Richmond^
Virginia and waited tables un
til a job as a lab specialist with
the state health department
opened.. From that job, he
went On to law school, and
eventually into politics.
Frye addresses Honors Convocation
By Serrano J. Guitard
The Honorable Henry E.
Frye, associate justice of the
North Carolina Supreme
Court, spoke to an audience of
more than 1,500 students,
faculty, and guests on April 3
in McDougald Gymnasamium
as North Carolina Central
University celebrated its 38th
annual Honors Convocation.
This year’s theme was “A
Common Vision, A Common
Goal.”
“You have excellent
teachers at NCCU, so en
courage, challenge, and in
spire them,” said Frye.
Students should always strive
to“be knowledgeable and full
of intelligent, probing ques
tions,” he added.
The annual honors convoca
tion saluted more than 300
students for their outstanding
academic acheivements. Dr.
Ruth Kennedy—chairperson
of Honors Convocation Com
mittee-said, “the students
demonstrated extraordinary
academic achievement and ex
emplary leadership potential.
It’s a chance for students to
hear and see dignitaries whose
lives are so far removed from
that of the ordinary students.”
The Chancellor’s Award,
which singles out the senior
with the highest cumulative
grade point average over his
first seven semesters was
presented to DeAndrea
See HONOR, page 2
Honor students stood in line as their names were called to be
recognized for their outstanding academic achievements.