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PAGE 2 September 2015 Know your student government leaders By Christian D. Roberson The 2015-2016 academic year is off and running! An important part of how smoothly the year goes for students is the leadership of the Student Govern ment Association. Heading this dynamic team is SGA President Henry Capers, who promises that the board will work hard for stu dents. “I believe that my SGA board will be the best SGA board to ever ef fect change at Saint Augustine’s Uni versity,” Capers said. “The SGA, along with Campus Activity Boards and the Queens Council has been working very dUigently to be the voice for the stu dents at Saint Augustine’s University to make a change for the better.” In addition to Capers, other mem bers of the SGA include: Porscha Wal ton, Chief of Staff; Howard Walker, in charge of Internal Affairs; Chris Acev edo, the executive secretary and Denard Haney, the Board of Trustees represen tative. The board also has the following class representatives: Kendrick Cunningham, sophomore class president; Stephon Gumbs, interim junior class president; Jermaine Goods, interim junior class vice president; CoUiet Bramwell, senior class president; and Dondre Banks, se nior class vice president. AH of the positions for SGA are not yet filled. There wiU be elections for the following offices: SGA vice president. freshman class president, freshman class vice president. Miss Freshman, Mister Freshman, sophomore class vice presi dent, Miss Sophomore, Mister Sopho more, junior class president, junior class vice president. Mister Junior, Mister Senior, and Mr. Saint Augustine’s Uni versity. Elections wiU be on held Sept 8 on the second floor of the MLK building. Any student in good academic and fi nancial standing with the university can apply to run. For more informa tion about running for these SGA of fices contact Mr. Henry Capers (hec- apers@st-aug.edu) or Ms. Ann Brown (abrown@st-aug.edu). LIVING, from Page 1 Under the program, students are grouped by major on dorm floors, so that they not only take many classes together but live together in “Living/ Learning Communities.” Plans caU for new com puter labs in the dorms so that the students can have 24-hour access to learning resources. Living/Learning communities have been estabhshed at Latham and Weston dormito ries, which are mostly inhabited by freshmen. EventuaUy, the goal is to expand the communities into Falkcrest and target upperclassmen as well, according to Dr. Paul Norman, Dean of Men and Director of First Year Experience. In the Living/Learn ing Communities, stu dents on the same floor spend roughly nine to 12 hours together in class. Dr. Norman said. The floors wiU have a “study hour” when a professor wUl, come to the dorms to give personal help to students, he said. It’s not a new idea. Dr. Norman said. In fact. LIBRARY, from Page 1 degrees of responsibiUty. She worked at the Richard B. Harrison Library in Wake County from 2008 to 2011 as a hbrary assistant. From there, Nevels moved on to N. C. Central University in Durham. There, she worked in the Catalogue Department, getting new books in and placing them into a data base. After that, she moved to Elizabeth City State University, where she was appointed Catalogue Manager. Nevels left Elizabeth City State in mid 2012 to work at Alabama State University as a manager in three dif ferent areas of the hbrary - acquisitions, coUections and assessments. In 2014, Nevels migrated back to North Caro lina where she took a job in the main branch , of Durham County Public Li braries as the Adult Services Manager. She has high hopes for the Hbrary. For instance, she wants to apply for grants for improvements such as 3D printing, green screening, new pro jectors and smartboards. “This would make the Hbrary more of a global learning environment,” she said. ” Nevels has not made any changes yet, though. “The Hbrary is the central hub for information on campus,” she said. I want to work with faculty and staff on buHding a bridge from the classroom to the Hbrary. It’s a coUab- orative thing.” One thing she is sure about: Nevels loves her job: “As an employee I feel the same way now as I did hack then. I want to interact and connect with the students here at St. Augustine’s.” NRSA, from Page 1 side of Oakwood Avenue - Washington Terrace, be tween Saint Augustine’s University and Raleigh Boulevard, and CoHege Park, generaHy south of the university. The two neighborhoods have high needs, city data shows. In CoHege Park, more than 47 percent of fami- Hes live below the poverty Hne. In Washington Ter race, 98 percent of resi dents have incomes less than 80 percent of the region’s median income. The area does have ad vantages - chiefly Saint Augustine’s University, which provides stabiHty to the neighborhoods, a city report states. The plan caHs for a number of improvements SAU gets $1.5 million grant for the TRIO program staff reports Saint Augustine’s University’s Academic Achievers/TRIO Pro grams has been awarded a 11.5 miHion grant from the US. Department of Education for a five-year period from 2015 to 2020. The university wHl receive an 1310,810 annuaHy. SAU’s proposal was one of 906 selected to re ceive funding out of 1,476 proposals submitted. According to Anto nio C. Stephens, direc tor of the SAU Aca demic Achievers/Office of TRIO Programs, the mission of the SAU Aca demic Achievers/TRIO Program provides aca demic services and a sup portive environment in order to retain and gradu ate low-income, first gen eration and/or disabled coHege students. The Academic Achiev ers/TRIO Programs has been at SAU since 1978. This federal grant wHl enable SAU to provide the motivation and ad vocacy necessary for low- income, first-generation, and disabled students to complete a program of study in the attainment of a bachelor’s degree. EHgible students wiH be provided mandatory and permissible services which include including academic one-to-one tu toring, individual needs assessment, academic ad visement, financial Htera- cy and economic Hteracy, financial aid counseling, career and/or graduate school counseHng, peer mentoring, assistance with writing and technol ogy, academic progress checks, academic enrich ment workshops, cultural enrichment, and supple mental grant-aid. almost 20 years ago the university — then Saint Augustine’s CoHege — tried a simHar program. “I am not sure why it ended but, based on re search this tool is a great way to assist in our re tention efforts,” he said. “The thinking behind the Living/Learning Com munity is that it takes a community to educate a student. The plan is to begin with our freshman students and the goal is to see what type of im pact we can have on our retention. The ultimate goal is to improve rela- dents who have simHar academic goals, greater opportunity for peer mentoring and tutoring in the residence haHs, and the creation of a more coHaborative learning en vironment. “It works Hke a ‘buddy system’ - if one succeeds, then aH succeed,” he ex plained. “The school is not trying to pick your friends or control you, the ‘buddy system’ is sim ply a set-up for success. ” The program is part of a larger effort to change the culture at Saint Au gustine’s University, Dr. Dr. Paul Norman tionships outside of the classroom between stu dents and faculty, and to improve academic per formance.” The benefits of Living Learning Communities Dr. Norman said, include involvement with stu- CHIEF, from Page 1 in that position.” Interim Chief Headen said he is ex cited to be in his new position. “I am very grateful that Dr. Ward and his staff chose me to do the job,” he said. Interim Chief Headen has 26 years of law enforcement under his belt. He worked for the New York City Depart ment of Correction from 1989-2010. His assignments included stints at the city’s main jaH complex, Rikers Island, as weH as at other detention centers and courts in Manhattan. After retiring in 2010, he attended Vance-GranviHe Community CoHege. After earning a degree in basic law en forcement training in 2012, he began working at Saint Augustine s Univer- Norman said. Other ef forts include the Sons and Daughters of Saint Augustine^j^^Jniversity program, wfiere fresh men males and females gather periodicaHy in separate groups to dis cuss issues about Hfe on campus. Also, a poHcy begun last year has been extend ed - attendance at chapel on Sunday is mandatory for freshmen. “There are a lot of op portunities on campus,” Dr. Norman said, “but you have to meet us half way.” sity as a security guard. Born and raised in Bronx, New York, Interim Chief Headen said he wants students to see that no matter where you come from you can make some thing of yourself just as he did. He be- Heves in a firm, but fair, discipHne. The chief urges students to use the campus poHce. “If a student feels un safe or unease, or simply doesn’t feel comfortable walking in the dark spots on campus, do not feel hesitant to caH or ask a nearby officer to escort you on campus,” he said. “I want everyone to know that I have an open door poHcy and I am here for the university.” Interim Chief Headen said anyone on campus can contact him at whead- en@st-aug.edu over an eight-year period: * New sidewalks on Oakwood Avenue from Heck to Raleigh Blvd. * 320 new rental units. * 195 new homeown- ership units. * 30 home rehab loans to assist seniors and low- income residents. * Creation of at least 500 construction jobs. * Construction of a chHd-care facHity on the Washington Terrace site. Other improvements may include computer training, health and weH- ness classes, Bible study and exercise classes for senior citizens, as weH as classes for money invest ments, parenting educa tion, mentoring and job prep programs for youth. So far, residents are cautious about the plan. Esther Delany, a long time resident of Wash ington Terrace, admits “the neighborhood needs repair,” but she said the city should move slowly and be carefiH to get in put from residents. “Citizens should have a voice,” Delany added. “They should be asked what programs they need to better the neighbor hood rather than just as sumptions on what they need.” Marji Smith said the plan “sounds good on pa per” but added it might hurt residents: “The plan wHl move a lot of people out of the area. When it is finished, current resi dents wiH not be able to afford it.”
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