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“The tragedy of life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal.
The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach. It isn’t a calamity to
die with dreams unfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream.”
-Benjam in E. Mays
The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia voted unanimously on June 21, 2013 in
naming Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith as the ninth president of Fort Valley State University. President
Griffith took office on July 22.
A political scientist, Dr. Griffith served earlier as professor of political science and provost
and senior vice president at York College of The City University of New York. His notable
achievements there include growing the full-time faculty by 30 percent over four years, re-
organizing the academic division into three Schools, and enhancing the research and scholarly
climate by creating a Provost Lecture Series and a companion Distinguished Scholars Lecture
Series, recognizing and rewarding research and scholarship, and establishing an Undergraduate
Student Research Program.
Before becoming York’s provost in 2007, Dr. Griffith was professor of political science and
budget dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Florida International University (FIU), dean
of the Honors College at FIU, and provost at Radford University in Virginia. President Griffith
holds a Bachelor of Social Sciences, with distinction in political science, from the University of Guyana,
a Master of Arts in Political Science and Public Administration from Long Island University, New York, and both a Master
of Philosophy and a doctorate in political science from The City University of New York Graduate School. He also
graduated from Harvard Graduate School of Education’s program in educational leadership.
Deeply committed to the intellectual enterprise, Griffith is a specialist on Caribbean security, drugs, and crime. He has
published seven books and more than 50 articles in various scholarly journals. The research for the highly-acclaimed Drugs
and Security in the Caribbean: Sovereignty Under Siege, published by Penn State Press, was funded by the MacArthur Foundation.
His eighth book, Challenged Sovereignty, will be published by the University of Illinois Press. President Griffith also serves on
the editorial board of the journal Defense and Security Studies Review.
President Griffith has been a consultant to Canada’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development, USAID, and
other agencies, and he has testified before the United States Congress on Caribbean security issues. A past president of the
Caribbean Studies Association, he has been a Visiting Scholar at the William Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies
in Washington, D.C., the Royal Military College of Canada, and the George Marshall European Center for Security Studies
in Germany. Recently, he was one of 45 experts from across the Americas invited by the Secretary General of the
Organization of American States to review the hemisphere’s narcotics policies and practices and propose anti-narcotics
scenarios through 2025.
Also passionate about service, President Griffith served on the National Steering Committee of AASCU’s Red Balloon
Project and briefly as convener of its Provosts of Color Caucus. As well, he served on the vestry (Board of Directors) of
his church, St. George’s Episcopal Church in Hempstead, Long Island, and as chair of their Ambassador Program and
Education Committee. A member of the 100 Black Men of Long Island at the time he left New York, he also was a trustee
of the Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning in Queens, N.Y. President Griffith looks forward to deep engagement with
the Fort Valley, Warner Robins, Macon, Atlanta and other Georgia communities. He and his wife Francille, a registered
nurse, have two adult children.
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Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith, Ph.D.
Ninth President, Fort Valley State University
About Fort Valley State UniversityFort Valley State University remains Georgia’s only
1890 land-grant institution, and one of the state’s
three public historically black colleges and
universities. Located in Fort Valley, Ga., the
campus was originally chartered in 1895 as Fort
Valley High and Industrial School. FVHIS merged
with State Teachers and Agricultural College of
Forsyth in 1939 to become Fort Valley State
College. The University System of Georgia’s
Board of Regents later granted FVSC a university
status in June 1996.
Fort Valley State University’s distinguished
academic programs in the Colleges of Agriculture,
Family Sciences and Technology; Arts and
Sciences; Education; and Graduate Studies and
Extended Education have produced well-rounded
scholars for nearly 120 years.
Special academic offerings include two new,
rigorous programs: Honors Program and
Undergraduate Research Program, which provide
a challenging environment for high-achieving
Wildcats. FVSU’s dual-enrollment program, the
University Today Scholars’ Program, helps high
school students earn college credit while working
toward their diploma. The campus’ dual-degree
Cooperative Developmental Energy Program
(CDEP) prepares minorities and women for
challenging energy-related disciplines.
In athletics, the university is a leading contender
in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic
Conference and the National Collegiate Athletic
Association Division II in both men’s and
women’s athletic programs. Wildcats football,
basketball, tennis, track, volleyball and softball are
among the 11 sports offered. Soccer is coming
soon.
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“We ar e what we r epeatedly do.
Excel lence, then, i s not an ac t ,
but a habit .” -Aristo t l e
Larry E. Rivers
Class of 1973
2006-2013
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Former Presidents
Horace Mann Bond
1939-1945
Walter W. Sullivan
Acting President
1983
Kofi Lomotey
2001-2005
Waldo William Emerson
Blanchet
1966-1973
Melvin E. Walker
Acting President
1988-1990
Cornelius Vanderbelt Troup
1945-1966
Luther Burse
1983-1988
William Harris
Interim President
2005-2006
Cleveland W. Pettigrew
Class of 1943
1973-1982
Oscar L. Prater
1990-2001
Kimberly Ballard-Washington
Interim President
2013
The academic costume derives from practices originating in the Middle Ages. When European universities were
formed in the 12th and 13th centuries, the first scholars, mainly clerics, adopted costumes similar to those of
their monastic orders. Cold halls and drafty buildings made caps and floor-length gowns with attached hoods a
necessity for warmth. Probably because of the religious customs of that period, academic costumes remained
largely drab. After the administration of the universities was removed from the control of the Church, some
features of the academic costumes took on brighter hues. Drawings and restored prints from this era reveal a
strong similarity between the academic costumes worn in the early European universities and the regalia worn
today.
In light of the strong English heritage in the United States, the academic costume has been in use in the United
States since colonial times. To establish a standard of uniformity with regard to the practice of dress in the
academy, an intercollegiate commission was formed. This commission prepared the code, which has been adopted
by all universities, for the wearing of caps, gowns, and hoods. Originally round, the shape of the cap is now the
more familiar mortarboard square. Its design resembles the scholar’s book. Legend has it that the privilege of
wearing a cap was the initial right of a person who had been enslaved under the Roman Empire. The flowing
gown has become symbolic of the democracy of scholarship for it covers any dress which might indicate work
or social strata. The hood not only indicates the type of degree, but is lined with the official colors of the
university.
THE GOWN
BACHELOR’S Black, full cut with long pointed sleeves
MASTER’S Black, long or short sleeves with an arc-shaped panel for each sleeve
DOCTORATE Black, with velvet panels on the front of the gown and three velvet bars on each sleeve.
Color of the velvet may be black or distinctive of the field of study
THE HOOD
BACHELOR’S Three feet in length with a two-inch wide velvet
MASTER’S Three and one-half feet in length with a three-inch wide velvet
DOCTORATE Four feet in length with a five-inch wide velvet and panel at the sides
The lining of all hoods, which is folded out, bears the official colors of the institution from which the degree
was received. The color of the velvet indicates the field in which the doctoral degree was granted.
THE CAP AND TASSEL
Candidates for graduate degrees at Fort Valley State University wear the black mortarboard with a gold tassel,
and candidates for undergraduate degrees wear the black mortarboard with a black tassel.
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Academic Attire
Like the academic costume, the mace dates to medieval times. Knights used the mace, a heavy
club topped with a spiked metal knob, as an effective instrument against the strongest armor in
battle. Most likely this use of the mace influenced university officials to adopt it as a symbol of
vested authority. Usually about two feet in length, the ceremonial mace survives today as a symbol
of authority in most institutions.
Notable instances of its use are found in the sessions of the British House of Commons, where
the mace is placed on the treasury table, and in sessions of the United States House of
Representatives, where the mace is placed to the right of the Speaker of the House. The mace
has also been adopted as an emblem by many colleges and universities in the United States. It is
used in formal academic ceremonies and activities.
The Presidential Mace of Fort Valley State University is 26
inches long. Its shaft is made of rosewood. The head and
tail of the mace are sterling silver. At the very top is an inset
consisting of the engraved university seal, which is gold
plated and sterling silver. On the sides of the head are four
scenes in low relief, illustrating the academic emphases of the
university: Education, Arts and Sciences, Agriculture, and
Business. The mace was designed by a nationally known gold
and silversmith, professor Kurt J. Matzdorf of New Paltz, New
York. The inauguration of President Luther Burse in 1984 marked
the first ceremonial use of the mace at Fort Valley State University.
Presidential Mace
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INAuGurATION PArADE
Parade Procession begins
at the Anderson House Museum and Welcome Center
Blue Machine Marching Band Drumline • FVSU Athletes • FVSU ROTC Cadets
Parade Procession arrives at the Health and Physical Education Complex
Prelude
“Trumpet Voluntary” • Henry Purcell, Composer
Performed by William Franklin Gross, Assistant Professor of Music, and the FVSU Brass Ensemble
OrDEr Of PrOCESSION
Learned and Civic Societies Marshal
Berlethia Pitts, Interim Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
Colleges and universities Marshal
Anna Holloway, Dean of the College of Graduate Studies and Extended Education
Student Marshal
Rena Ingram, Vice President of the Student Government Association
faculty, Staff and Alumni Marshal
Kananur Chandras, Professor of the FVSU Department of Behavioral Sciences
university Emeriti and retiree Marshal
Ira Hicks, FVSU Professor Emeritus
Grand Marshal of the university
Isaac Crumbly, Associate Vice President of Career and Collaborative Programs
and Founder of the Cooperative Development Energy Program
PLATfOrM PArTy
representatives of fort Valley State university Students
Rashad Robertson, President of the Student Government Association
Marlon Gilbert and Lauren Mitchell, Mr. and Miss Fort Valley State University, 2013-14
Courtney Lester, Mr. FVSU Freshman and Charter Member of the FVSU Honors Program
representatives of university faculty, Staff and Alumni
Komanduri Murty, President of the Faculty Senate
Terrence Wolfork, President of the Staff Council
Lawrence Marable, President of the FVSU National Alumni Association, Inc.
Josephine Davis, Professor for the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Chizu Hirata, Professional Counselor for Valley Behavioral Health Services
representatives of Colleges and universities
Cheryl Davenport Dozier, President of Savannah State University, Georgia
Marcia Keizs, President of York College, New York
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Delegation Procession
PLATfOrM PArTy(continued)
representatives of Learned and Civic Societies
Johnny Taylor, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund
Thomas Morrill, Chairman of the Peach County Chamber of Commerce
William Thomas, President of the Guyana Association of Georgia
and President of the Council of Presidents of Caribbean Associations in Georgia
Joanne Nwasike, Member of the FVSU Global Initiatives Council
and Head of Thematic Programs, Governance and Institutional Development Division
Commonwealth Secretariat, United Kingdom
Ivor Mitchell, Founding Chair of the FVSU Global Initiatives Council
federal, State and Local Government
Sanford Bishop, Jr., Congressman for the Second Congressional District
Calvin Smyre, Representative for the Georgia House, District 132 and Chair, FVSU Foundation, Inc.
Patty James-Bentley, Representative for the Georgia House, District 139
Barbara Williams, Mayor of Fort Valley, Georgia
Cedric George, Commander of Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia
The President’s Cabinet
Govind Kannan, Interim Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs
Melody Carter, Vice President of External Affairs and Executive Director of the FVSU Foundation, Inc.
Lynn McCraney, Vice President of Student Success and Enrollment Management
Lynn Hobbs, Vice President of Business and Finance
Charles Jones, Chief Legal Officer and Director of Government Relations
Denise Eady, Special Assistant to the President for Compliance
and Director of the Office of Strategic Initiatives
university System Board of regents
Henry “Hank” Huckaby, Chancellor of the University System of Georgia
Philip Wilheit, Sr., Chairman of the University System of Georgia Board of Regents
Larry Walker, Regent of the University System of Georgia
university President
Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith, Ninth President of Fort Valley State University
INAuGurAL PArADE
POSTING Of THE COLOrS
FVSU ROTC Cadets
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“If you don’t like something, change it.
If you can’t change it, change your attitude. Don’t complain.”
-M ay a A nge lou
The Inauguration of Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith, Ph.D.DreamING aND DoING: a VISIoN oF exceLLeNce eNGaGemeNt
APrIL 11, 2014 • 10 - 11:30 a.m. • HEALTH AND PHySICAL EDuCATION COMPLEx
Presiding
Melody Carter
Vice President of External Affairs
and Executive Director of the FVSU Foundation, Inc.
DECLArATION Of CErEMONy OPENING
THE INVESTITurE Of THE NINTH PrESIDENT Of fOrT VALLEy STATE uNIVErSITy
ANTHEMS
“The Star Spangled Banner”
“Lift Every Voice and Sing”
INVOCATION
Kristie Kenney, Director of the FVSU Foundation, Inc.
rECOGNITION Of THE fIrST fAMILy AND SPECIAL GuESTS
First Lady Francille Griffith, Ivelaw Lamar Griffith and Shakina Aisha Griffith
GrEETINGS TO THE PrESIDENT
federal, State and Local Government
Sanford Bishop, Jr., Congressman of the Second Congressional District
Calvin Smyre, Representative for the Georgia House, District 132 and Chair, FVSU Foundation, Inc.
Patty James-Bentley, Representative of the Georgia House, District 139
Barbara Williams, Mayor of Fort Valley, Georgia
Cedric George, Commander of Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia
Learned and Civic Societies
Johnny Taylor, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund
Thomas Morrill, Chairman of the Peach County Chamber of Commerce
William Thomas, President of the Guyana Association of Georgia
and President of the Council of Presidents of Caribbean Associations in Georgia
Joanne Nwasike, Member of the FVSU Global Initiatives Council
and Head of Thematic Programs, Governance and Institutional Development Division
Commonwealth Secretariat, United Kingdom
Musical Performance
“Take Me to the King” • Kiara Beaver, FVSU student, accompanied by the FVSU Blue Note Singers
Board of regents
Philip Wilheit, Sr., Chairman of the University System of Georgia Board of Regents
Larry Walker, Regent of the University System of Georgia
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university and College Presidents
Cheryl Davenport Dozier, President of Savannah State University, Georgia
Marcia Keizs, President of York College, New York
fort Valley State university Community
Lawrence Marable, President of the FVSU National Alumni Association, Inc.
Rashad Robertson, President of the Student Government Association
Komanduri Murty, President of the Faculty Senate
Terrence Wolfork, President of the Staff Council
INAuGurAL POEM
“Daring to Dream in the Valley”
By Daisy Cocco De Filippis, President of Naugatuck Valley Community College, Connecticut
Read by Courtney Lester, Mr. FVSU Freshman and Charter Member of the FVSU Honors Program
MuSICAL SELECTION
“Dream the Dream” • Rendition by FVSU Blue Note Singers
PrESENTATION Of THE PrESIDENT
Philip Wilheit, Sr., Chairman of the University System of Georgia Board of Regents
Larry Walker, Regent of the University System of Georgia
Ivor Mitchell, Founding Chair of the FVSU Global Initiatives Council
Josephine Davis, Professor of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Chizu Hirata, Professional Counselor of the Valley Behavioral Health Services
Lauren Mitchell, Miss Fort Valley State University, 2013-14
Marlon Gilbert, Mr. Fort Valley State University, 2013-14
INVESTITurE Of THE PrESIDENT
Henry “Hank” Huckaby, Chancellor of the University System of Georgia
INAuGurAL ADDrESS
Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith
fOrT VALLEy STATE uNIVErSITy ALMA MATEr
BENEDICTION
Kenneth Hutnick, Deacon for Saint Juliana Catholic Church, Fort Valley, Georgia
rETIrING Of THE COLOrS
FVSU ROTC Cadets
rECESSIONAL
“Trumpet Tune” • Jeremiah Clarke, Composer
Performed by William Franklin Gross and the FVSU Brass Ensemble
POSTLuDE
“Aida: The Grand March” • Giuseppe Verdi Composer
Performed by William Franklin Gross
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The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia was created in 1931 as a part of a reorganization
of Georgia’s state government. With this act, public higher education in Georgia was unified for the first time
under a single governing and management authority. The governor appoints members of the Board to a seven
year term and regents may be reappointed to subsequent terms by a sitting governor. Regents donate their time
and expertise to serve the state through their governance of the University System of Georgia – the position is
a voluntary one without financial remuneration. Today the Board of Regents is composed of 19 members, five
of whom are appointed from the state-at-large, and one from each of the state’s 14 congressional districts. The
Board elects a chancellor who serves as its chief executive officer and the chief administrative officer of the
University System. The Board oversees the 31 colleges and universities that comprise the University System of
Georgia and has oversight of the Georgia Archives and the Georgia Public Library System.
C. Dean Alford, P. E.
Lori Durden
Larry R. Ellis
Rutledge A. “Rusty” Griffin, Jr.
C. Thomas Hopkins, Jr.
James M. Hull
Donald M. Leebern, Jr.
William “Dink” H. NeSmith, Jr.
Doreen Stiles Poitevint
Neil L. Pruitt, Jr., Vice Chair
E. Scott Smith
Kessel Stelling, Jr.
Benjamin “Ben” J. Tarbutton, III
Richard L. Tucker
Thomas Rogers Wade
Larry Walker
Don L. Waters
Philip A. Wilheit, Sr., Chair
Members of the Board of Regents
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Schedule of EventsSuNDAy, APrIL 6
Ecumenical Service
9 -11 a.m. • Founders Hall Auditorium
Gospel Concert
5 - 7 p.m. • C. W. Pettigrew Center
MONDAy, APrIL 7
Day of reading and reflection • All Day Activities in Various Locations
Week of the young Child • reading with the first family
9:30 a.m. • Hubbard Education Building
Inaugural reading and reception with the Honors Program
6 - 8 p.m. • Student Amenities Building
TuESDAy, APrIL 8
Cultural Celebration of Excellence Engagement, featuring Babacar M’Bow
5 - 7 p.m. • Founders Hall
(Week-long Art Exhibition in Huntington Hall Gallery)
WEDNESDAy, APrIL 9
Inaugural “Dreaming and Doing” Lunch Gathering and Spirit Day
11:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. • Lottie M. Lyons Student Center
THurSDAy, APrIL 10
Inaugural Day of Community Service
11 a.m. - 4 p.m. • City-wide Initiative
Community forum:
“Engaging Students in the 21st Century to Meet Global Demands”
5 - 7 p.m. • Peach County High School
900 Campus Drive, Fort Valley, GA 31030
frIDAy, APrIL 11
Investiture Ceremony
10 a.m. • Health and Physical Education Complex
(Processional Begins at 9 a.m.)
Post-Investiture reception
Student Amenities Building
Campus Tours
1 - 2 p.m. and 2 - 3 p.m. • Begins and Ends at the HPE Complex
Inaugural Gala
7 - 9 p.m. • Health and Physical Education Complex
SATurDAy, APrIL 12
Soccer Exhibition
Noon • FVSU Wildcat Stadium
THE STAr-SPANGLED BANNEr
O say, can you see, by the dawn’s early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming,
Whose broad stripes and bright stars,
through the perilous fight
O’er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there;
O say does that Star-Spangled Banner yet wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
O thus be it ever when free man shall stand
Between their loved home and the war’s desolation;
Blest with victory and peace, may the Heaven-rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto, “In God is our trust;”
And the Star-Spangled Banner in triumph shall wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
-Francis Scott Key, 1775
THE ALMA MATEr
Fort Valley State! Fort Valley State!
Our lives to thee we dedicate.
Our souls we blend to sing thy name;
Eternal praise we do proclaim.
Faithful and true, Fort Valley State,
We at thy call, forever wait;
We lift our hearts to thankfulness,
For loyalty and thoroughness.
-William H. Pipes
We love to hear thy sweet name called;
Thou art the dearest school of all.
Our hearts to thee will e’er belong,
Thou art so steadfast, brave and strong;
We love thee so, Fort Valley State,
Our loyalty we dedicate;
Thy name forever we proclaim;
Fort Valley State, We love thy name.
-Odessa Hardison McNair, 1954
LIfT EVEry VOICE AND SING
Lift every voice and sing,
Till earth and heaven ring,
Ring with the harmonies of liberty;
Let our rejoicing rise
High as the listening skies,
Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.
Sing a song full of faith that the dark past has taught us,
Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us,
Facing the rising sun of our new day begun
Let us march on till victory is won.
Stony the road we trod,
Bitter the chastening rod,
Felt in the days when hope unborn had died;
Yet with a steady beat,
Have not our weary feet,
Come to the place for which our fathers sighed?
We have come over a way that with tears has been watered,
We have come, treading our path
through the blood of the slaughtered,
Out from the gloomy past,
Till now we stand at last
Where the white gleam of our bright star is cast.
God of our weary years,
God of our silent tears,
Thou who hast brought us thus far on the way;
Thou who hast by Thy might,
Led us into the light,
Keep us forever in the path, we pray.
Lest our feet stray from the places, our God,
where we met Thee;
Lest, our hearts drunk with the wine of the world,
we forget Thee;
Shadowed beneath Thy hand,
May we forever stand.
True to our God,
True to our native land.
-Lyrics by James Weldon Johnson
Music by John R. Johnson
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Anthems and Alma Mater
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Inauguration Planning CommitteeCHAIr
Melody Carter, External Affairs
SuB-COMMITTEES
Ecumenical Service and Gospel Concert
Donavon Coley, Strategic Initiatives
Day of reading and reflection
Lisa Wilson, Sponsored Programs
Vivian Fluellen, Family and Consumer Sciences
Meigan Fields, Honors Program
Celebration of Excellence Engagement and Art Exhibit
LaTalia Minnex, External Affairs
Lunch Gathering and Spirit Day
Denise Eady, Strategic Initiatives
Day of Service and Community forum
Campus Life: Wallace Keese, Annette Burgess and Brian Byrd
Rashad Robertson, Student Government Association
Meigan Fields, Honors Program
Inaugural Parade
Dwayne Crew, Facilities and Planning
Investiture and Luncheon
Melody Carter, External Affairs
Denise Eady, Strategic Initiatives
Inaugural Gala
Charles Jones, Government Affairs
Robert Stephens, Development
Bobby Dickey, Fine Arts, Humanities and Mass Communications
Soccer Exhibition
Joshua Murfree, Jr., Intercollegiate Athletics
Hospitality
Clara Braswell, Career and Alumni Services
Danyell Barnes, Title III
Medallion
Bobby Dickey, Fine Arts, Humanities and Mass Communications
Printed Collaterals
(Invitations, Programs, Banners and flyers)
Won Eason, Sponsored Programs
Bobby Dickey, Fine Arts, Humanities and Mass Communications
Marketing and Communications:
Pamela Berry-Johnson and Shonda Lewis
Multimedia Engagement
(Website, Interviews, Social Media and Video Production)
Steve Register, Information Technology
Shirley Ellis, Mass Communications
Marketing and Communications:
Pamela Berry-Johnson, Christina Milton,
Christine Caesar, Brittany Francis and Shonda Lewis
1005 State University Drive
Fort Valley, Georgia 31030-4313
(478) 825-6319 • www.fvsu.edu/inauguration
A State and Land-Grant Institution • University System of Georgia
Fort Valley State University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award baccalaureate and
master’s degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call 404-679-4500 for questions about the
accreditation of Fort Valley State University.
Fort Valley State University is an affirmative action, equal opportunity institution and does not discriminate against applicants, students or employees on
the basis of race, gender, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability or marital or veteran status.
Dean Blain, Central Georgia Soccer Association
Jo Ann Denning, Peach County School District
Thomas Dortch, Jr., FVSU Alumnus and CEO, TWD, Inc.
Gary Miller, Information Technology
Frank Mahitab, Wilmette Jackson and Randy Duncan, Hunt Memorial Library
Donald Moore, Health and Physical Education Complex
Roslyn Smith, Office of the President
Harold Young Productions: Harold Young, President, and Artis Johnston, Senior Vice President
Neil. O. Wray, Former Honorable Trade Representative of Guyana in Atlanta
Marketing and Communications’ Interns and Volunteers:
Paris Allen, Brittany Francis, Tenisha Howell, Haley Hudson, Karen Nooks and Samuel Tassew
FVSU Department of Fine Arts, Humanities and Mass Communications
FVSU Division of Business and Finance: Campus Police and Safety and Plant Operations
FVSU Division of Student Success and Enrollment Management: Campus Life
FVSU Foundation, Inc.
FVSU National Alumni Association, Inc.
Sodexo
A very sincere “thank you” to all program participants and members of the fort Valley State university family.
Special Thanks
Ashley Ballard, Distance Education Enrollment Services
Edward Boston, Pettigrew Center
W. Gene Bryant, Campus Police and Safety
Brian Byrd, Campus Life
Joel Davis, Jr., Military Science
Aadrian Dawsey, Auxiliary and Support Services
Leonard Giles, Fine Arts
William Franklin Gross, Fine Arts
Lynn Hobbs, Business and Finance
Alecia Johnson, President’s Office
Joyce Johnson, Sponsored Programs
Kristie Kenney, FVSU Foundation, Inc.
Felecia King, External Affairs
Jazmin Leahy Ricks, Campus Life
Lynn McCraney, Student Success and Enrollment Management
Kenneth Morgan, Campus Police and Safety
Doris Nyaga, Sponsored Programs
Art Rolack, Sodexo
Katina Wheeler, Military Science
LuWanna Williams, Intercollegiate Athletics
Ann Janice Vogan, Military Science
Additional Committee Members