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Upcoming Events
Issue 66
North Carolina Central University
Durham, NC 27701
Wednesday, April 30, 1997
Three new
members
join NCCU
trustees
Echo Reports
The University of North
Carolina Board of Governors
elected three new members of
the North Carolina Central Uni
versity Board of Trustees on
(March 14) and re-elected Ralph
K. Frasier to the Board.
Frasier, who is a Columbia,
Ohio banker, is a member of the
NCCU class of 1963 and received
his law degree from NCCU in
1965.
The three new members are
Maynard H. Jackson, former
mayor of Atlanta, who received
his law degree from NCCU in
1965; Valeria L. Lee, who was a
1996 Democratic primary candi
date for N.C. Secretary of State
and is a program officer with Z.
Smith Reynolds Foundation, a
1961 graduate of NCCU; and
Kenneth Olden, director of the
National Institute of Environ
mental Health Sciences.
Six positions on the Board of
Trustees are filled every two
years, with members limited to
two consecutive terms. Two of
the positions are filled by the
Governor of North Carolina and
four are elected by the Board of
Governors of the system.
For related stories, see pg. 5
Eagles set to leave nest
In less than two weeks, many students will shed their undergraduate
garments and take the initiative to join the real world. Yes, the real
world. That mystical place that professors haphazardly spoke of and
where daddy gets the funds to pay your tuition. No more late nights at
Plum Crazy, no more calling home to mom when the refridgerator has
little more than ice. Well, never fear. The Campus Echo will not let you
leave nirvana without one last look at the sheer bliss of the past four
years. Inhale these pages like fresh air and reminisce.
SGA
elects
new
officers
Echo Staff
Winners of the North Carolina
Central University Student
Government Association general
election, which was held in April,
are gearing up to take their
positions next academic year.
Catilla Everette, who served
as SGA vice president, will serve
as president.
Her election by the
undergraduate student body
makes her a member of the
NCCU Board of Trustees, ex
officio, with voting rights.
William Bryant, Jr. of
Hendersonville will serve as her
vice president.
Cheryl Wood, of Roxboro, will
serve as Miss North Carolina
Central University.
A total of 518 students voted in
that contest.
Class officers were also
selected:
Temika Smith,Senior Class
president; T. Lynette Shackleford,
Junior Class President and Faith
Anderson, Sophomore Class
President.
U.S. Transportation Secretary to address May grads
Echo Reports
Rodney Slater, U.S.
Secretary of Transportation,
will be the principle speaker for
the North Carolina Central
University commencement
exercises on May 10.
Slater, who grew up in
Marianna, Ark., was
Administrator of the Federal
Highway Administration at the
time of his Feb. 14 appointment
as Secretary of Transportation.
During his tenure as
Administrator of the Federal
Highway Administration, Slater
oversaw the establishment of
the National Highway System.
This 160,000-mile road
network is expected to have a
similar impact on 21st century
America as the Interstate
Highway system has on the
present.
He was a member of the
Arkansas State Highway
Commission from 1987 to 1992,
and was chairman of the
TransportationSecretary RodneySlater
commission in 1992.
He has also served as Director
of Government Relations at
Arkansas State University,
Executive Assistant to the
(Ark.) Governor for Economic
and Community Programs, the
Arkansas Governor's Special
Assistant for Community and
Minority Affairs, and Assistant
Attorney General in the
Litigation Division of the
Arkansas State Attorney
General's Office.
He was also the Arkansas
liaison for the Martin Luther
King, Jr., Federal Holiday
Commission.
Marianna, Ark., is in one of
the poorest areas in the United
States. Slater held his first paying
job at age six, working alongside
his mother in the cotton field in
order to buy a bicycle.
He graduated from Eastern
Michigan University, where he
was captain of the football team
and a member of the university's
national champion forensics
team.
He earned his law degree
from the University of Arkansas.
Eastern Michigan University
presented Slater its Black
Alumni Achievement Award in
1994 and awarded him an
honorary doctorate in 1996.
He has received the
President's Award from the
National Bar Association, and
has been named "Arkansas
Hero," by the Arkansas Times
magazine.
Tke Sports ^ar in Review
The Campus Echo salutes all student-athletes
enrolled at NCCU who constantly strive to compete
on the playing field as well as in the classroom.
Now, sit back and read about some of the more
interesting and memorable sports moments from
this past year!page 18.