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Vol. 41 No. 4
The Broncos’ Voice
April 21, 1987
Lyons Leaving FSU
“I did not take the in
itiative to leave here, ”
Lyons said, ‘‘I was advised
that it would be in my best
interest to look at other op
tions. ”
While most students were
at home during Spring
Break, Fayetteville State
became the favorite topic of
the news media. During this
time, Chancellor Charles A.
Lyons, Jr., announced that
he was resigning as
Chancellor effective the end
of December 1987.
It was reported by all
forms of the news media
that the Chancellor was be
ing pressured to resign. Ac
cording to Chancellor
Lyons, “I did not take the
initiative to leave here. The
initiative came from
somebody else.” During the
early portion of the week,
Chancellor Lyons was
reported by the Fayetteville
Observer as telling the FSU
National Alumni Associa
tion that he was under a
great deal of pressure to
resign. This announcement
sparked various responses
from the community. Most
of the responses were in
support of Lyons.
According to Lyons, he
does not know why he was
pressured to resign. “There
was an interest in a new
direction for Fayetteville
State. I don’t know what
that direction is. And the
new direction for FSU re
quired a new leader at FSU.
I was advised that it would
be in my best interest to
look at other options, (in
other words) I was in
structed to look around for
something else to do.”
There was a lot of specula
tion by the media as to the
causes for the pressure on
Lyons; one major cause
noted was the allegation
that there were some funds
unaccounted for at FSU.
To the question of missing
funds, the Chancellor
responded by saying there
was no truth to these
rumors. Lyons went on lo
say that Fayetteville State is
audited every year by both
state and federal auditors,
and that in all of the years
of auditing, there have
never been any missing
funds.
Another major issue was
the admissions policy of
FSU. Lyons said that his
objective was to make sure
that FSU was accessible to
all students. He went on to
say that FSU students have
gone on the some of the
finest graduate schools and
performed really well. He
also said that FSU
graduates have gone out in
to the job market and per
formed as well as graduates
from any other school in the
UNC System. Lyons did ad
mit however that FSU is
currently reviewing its ad
mission policy. He also
noted that the admission
standards for all schools in
the UNC System will be
changing.
Lyons, in an interview
with the campus newspaper,
warned the students not to
be complacent and to be
alert to what is going on at
FSU. He also said that the
students should not take a
lot of things for granted.
As of yet, no announce
ment of the appointment of
an interim Chancellor has
been made. Will T. Brown,
Chairman of the FSU
Board of trustees has made
it clear that he has no in
terest in the job of
Chancellor on either a tem
porary or permanent basis.
A search committee will be
formed by the Board of
Trustees to locate and
recommend to the President
of the UNC System, C.D.
Spangler, a new chancellor.
Scholarships Awarded
To FSU Students
Ms. Glendia V. Black-
Flippin and Ms. Robyn Y.
White are the recipients of
$500.00 scholarships award
ed from the Fayetteville
Business and Professional
Womens Organization.
Ms. Glendia V. Black-
Flippin, of Raeford, North
Carolina, has a cumulative
grade point average of 4.0.
Ms. Black-Flippin would
like to become an in
termediate school teacher.
She works with Concerned
Students for Education
FSU, Alpha Kappa Mu, a
member of the Student-
NEA and elected for Dean’s
List, Fall 1986.
Ms. Robyn Y. White, of
Fayetteville. North Caro
lina, has a cumulative grade
point average of 3.28. Ms.
White’s intended study is
Intermediate Education
with a concentration in
Science. She is a member of
Kappa Delta Pi, has been
elected to Who’s Who
Among Students in
American Universities and
Colleges and the Dean’s
List for Fall, 1986.
M.
FSU Student Receives
AICPA Scholarship
School of Business and
Economics at Fayetteville
State University announces
that one of its accounting
major students has been
awarded a scholarship for
the second half of the
1986-87 academic year by
the American Institute of
Certified Public Accoun
tants (AICPA). Miss
Sharon Macauley, a junior
from Fayetteville, North
Carolina, is included in the
105 undergraduate and
graduate minority students
in accounting selected to
receive the awards.
The AICPA is the na
tional professional organi
zation of CPAs with a
membership of 24,000. The
organization sets audit stan
dards, enforces the code of
professional ethics, pro
vides continuing profes
sional education and
prepares and grades the
uniform CPA Examination.
What’s Inside
Editorials
Sports
Poem
FSU Dean’s List
and much more
Dr. Grace C. Black Named To National Vice President Of Honor Organization
Dr. Grace C. Black, Ac
ting Dean of the School of
Business and Economics at
Fayetteville State Universi
ty, was recently elected to
the position of Vice Presi
dent of Delta Mu Delta,
National Business Ad-
minstration Honor Society,
at the Triennial National
Meeting held in Chicago.
Presently 107 chapters of
Delta Mu Delta across the
country and 42,000 mem
bers participate in this
organization.
Dr. Black previously
served as Member-at-Large
and a Scholarship Judge for
the national body. She was
responsible for the
establishment of a chapter
of Delta Mu Delta at Fayet
teville State University in
November, 1976, at which
time 25 students and 5
honorary members were in
ducted. Present for that
ceremony were the National
President and Executive
Secretary of the organiza
tion. Since that time 178
students have become
members of the honor
society.
Dr. Black is also a
member of Beta Gamma
Sigma, National Honor
Society in Business. She
holds membership in other
honor organizations in
cluding Pi Omega Pi,
business education; Delta Pi
Epsilon, graduate business
education; Pi Lambda
Theta, education; and Kap
pa Pi, education.