THE CAMPUS ECHO
EHCELLENCE WITHOUT EKCUSE
Issue 30
NORTH CRROLINR CENTRRL UNIOERSITV
Dec. 3, 1993
NCCU Graduate Will Carry On Family Tradition
By Donna Lee
Staff Writer
The light at the end of
the tunnel of graduation has
finally crept into visibility for
the sixth generation of
Smith’s.
At the 1994 May
graduation, Emanuel and
Janice Smith will watch their
first grandchild graduate from
North Carolina Central Uni
versity . The last time they
visited the campus of North
Carolina Centrd University
was May of 1981 when they
witnessed the graduation of
theirfifilh clnld. Over the past
two decades, all five of their
childmi have graduated iiom
these sloping hills and verdant
green.
Since 1966, each
college-bound immediate
family relative has attended
and graduated fiom NCCU
consistently.
In 1970, Evelyn
Juanita sparked the tradition
graduation from Education ar
English departments. She has
since been teaching English
and Reading at South Lenoir
High School for twenty-one
years.
Emma Jean graduated
in 1972 has been a guid
ance counselor at Fairmont ^ "
High School for die past
eighteen years.
Donna G. Lee
Daimy Carl graduated
in 1973 and Johnny Ray in
1979 from the physical
education department.
Grossie EUa gradu
ated from the Public Adminis
tration Department in 1981.
She is now working at the
Philadelphia Housing Author
ity in Pennsylvania.
In May, Dorina Lee,
much like her mother will
graduate from the English
department with a concentra
tion in Media -Journalism.
Lee plans to pursue a career
in broadcast journalism or
editing for print media. “My ^
goal finally seems to be
within rea^ Thanks to God
and strict determination this
moment has become possible.”
When I first came to
NCCU I was an unfertilized
seed in what seemed to be
desert sand. Throughout
continuous educational experi
ences, motivational professors,
dorm life andpersonal tribula
tions here at NCCU; I have
been fertilized, watered and
pruned. I now consider myself
to be another beautiful rose
amongst the bed of academi
cally blossomed class of 1994.
We will always be an
NCCU Eagles family. Our
family continues to suppoit the
Univmity am} {dans lo keep
the legacy alive. There are
twelve other school age Smith
grandchildren.
Ronald Andrews "A Dreamer With A Vision"
By Sundar W. Fleming
Correspondent
Anyone who listens to
Rmald D. Andrews for more
than five minutes can tell you
that he is a dreamer. But
anyone who knows him well
will tell you that Ronald D.
Andrews believes in making
his dreams come true the old
fashioned way... he woiks hard
for them!
At thirty years, this
dynamic young man has held
more positions and has started
business ventures than most
will in a life time.
The entrepreneurial sinrit
burns brightly and it is not
uncommon to find him heavily
involved in several of his
business ventures simulta
neously: Marketing Concepts,
Inc., MC Publishing Co., MC
Systems Inc. and Motivational
I^ogram to name a few.
MC Systems Inc., the
steam cleaning and automobile
detailing operation, was started
in 1989 and is at present the
chief bread winner of his
various businesses.
Andrews says, ‘Thru MC
Syst^s I’m building a base
upon which I can fuel and
support my other dreams.”
Andrews’ focus seems to be
paying off.
MC Systems has
recently been awarded
several contracts from North
Carolina Coitral University
and Andrews is fasdy
becoming known as the
carpet care specialist at the
university, as well as being
persoruiUy responsible for
maintaining the automobiles
of many university faculty
and staff.
Andrews says he sees
the stem cleaning business
as a means to an end and that
his ultimate goal is to be able
to give back to the commu
nity.
For the youdi his desire
is to be a positive role model
of what a black man with a
dream and determination can
accomplish in this busine»
world. *‘I want than (youth)
to be the best diey can be., to
riever forget their dream,”
said Andrews.