Southern University and A&M College was one of six Louisiana colleges and universi- es to share in a $2.25 million grant from the BP Foundaon. The grants, announced Friday, January, 29 at BP’s oilfield facilies near Houma, will support math and science enrichment programs, as well as scholarships and curriculum enhancement for technical programs that provide training for jobs in the oil and gas in- dustry. “We believe in the power of partnerships in the communies in which we operate,” said Lamar McKay, chairman and president of BP America. “Our investment will offer students the skills necessary to enter and succeed in the local workforce.” Schools receiving grants are: Southern, Dillard University, Xavier University of Louisiana, Delgado Community College, L.E. Fletcher Technical Community College, and Sowela Technical Community College. Southern, Dillard, and Xavier will conduct intensive science and math summer enrich- ment campus for high-school students. Annual grant awards to instuons range from $50,000 to $275,000 per year. NEWS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT • ))) Greengs SU Family, The newsleer this month is one that re- flects the diversity of talents and strengths of the Southern Fam- ily that have made us so strong over our 130 year history. This publicaon also re- flects our accelerated movement towards dis- ncon as an academic enterprise. In these pages, you will read about student achievement, faculty and staff service to the community and their discipline, and commu- nity support from our stakeholders. I salute the accomplishments of our students, cele- brate the hard work of our faculty and staff, and invite the community to partner with us like never before. The Southern University System has a unique role to play in the future of Louisiana. How- ever, the me has come upon us to show the world “the magic” we make. In the coming issues, I hope that we can increase our cover- age of SU – success. I am honored to have been entrusted with the leadership of this sacred instuon and the efforts reflected in these pages and the stories/lives they mirror make me proud to be your interim leader. We are five campuses, with one vision and global excellence is our goal! Yours for Southern, Kassie Freeman, Ph.D. Interim President Volume 1, Issue 5, February 2010 BP gives $2.5 million to SU, LA schools The BP Foundaon awarded a $2.5 million grant to six Louisiana schools including Southern University. On hand during the January 29 press conference at BP’s oilfield facilies near Houma were (le – right) Mwalimu J. Shujaa, provost and execuve vice-Chancellor, SUBR; Andrea Jefferson, assistant vice-president for Instu- onal Advancement, SUS; James Dupree, senior vice president, BP; Tony M. Clayton, chairman, SU Board of Supervisors; Mary Landrieu, U.S. Senator (D-LA); Katara Williams, director of media relaons, SUS; Francesca Mellion Williams, project director, Office of Research, SUBR; Charlie Melancon, U.S. Representave (D-LA), and Ernie Troy Hughes, special assistant to the president and execuve director of the Foundaon, SUS. President’s Message
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Southern University and A&M College was one of six Louisiana colleges and universi-5es to share in a $2.25 million grant from the BP Founda5on.
The grants, announced Friday, January, 29 at BP’s oilfield facili5es near Houma, willsupport math and science enrichment programs, as well as scholarships and curriculumenhancement for technical programs that provide training for jobs in the oil and gas in-dustry.
“We believe in the power of partnerships in the communi5es in which we operate,”said Lamar McKay, chairman and president of BP America. “Our investment will offerstudents the skills necessary to enter and succeed in the local workforce.”
Schools receiving grants are: Southern, Dillard University, Xavier University ofLouisiana, Delgado Community College, L.E. Fletcher Technical Community College, andSowela Technical Community College.
Southern, Dillard, and Xavier will conduct intensive science and math summer enrich-ment campus for high-school students.
Annual grant awards to ins5tu5ons range from $50,000 to $275,000 per year.
N E W SS O U T H E R N U N I V E R S I T Y S Y S T E M
O F F I C E O F T H E P R E S I D E N T•)))
Gree5ngs SU Family,
The newsle6er thismonth is one that re-flects the diversity oftalents and strengthsof the Southern Fam-ily that have made usso strong over our130 year history. Thispublica5on also re-flects our accelerated movement towards dis-5nc5on as an academic enterprise.
In these pages, you will read about studentachievement, faculty and staff service to thecommunity and their discipline, and commu-nity support from our stakeholders. I salutethe accomplishments of our students, cele-brate the hard work of our faculty and staff,and invite the community to partner with uslike never before.
The Southern University System has a uniquerole to play in the future of Louisiana. How-ever, the 5me has come upon us to show theworld “the magic” we make. In the comingissues, I hope that we can increase our cover-age of SU – success.
I am honored to have been entrusted withthe leadership of this sacred ins5tu5on andthe efforts reflected in these pages and thestories/lives they mirror make me proud tobe your interim leader. We are five campuses,with one vision and global excellence is ourgoal!
Yours for Southern,
Kassie Freeman, Ph.D.Interim President
Volume 1, Issue 5, February 2010
BP gives $2.5 million to SU, LA schools
The BP Founda0on awarded a $2.5 million grant to six Louisiana schools including Southern University. Onhand during the January 29 press conference at BP’s oilfield facili0es near Houma were (le! – right) MwalimuJ. Shujaa, provost and execu0ve vice-Chancellor, SUBR; Andrea Jefferson, assistant vice-president for Ins0tu-0onal Advancement, SUS; James Dupree, senior vice president, BP; Tony M. Clayton, chairman, SU Board ofSupervisors; Mary Landrieu, U.S. Senator (D-LA); Katara Williams, director of media rela0ons, SUS; FrancescaMellion Williams, project director, Office of Research, SUBR; Charlie Melancon, U.S. Representa0ve (D-LA),and Ernie Troy Hughes, special assistant to the president and execu0ve director of the Founda0on, SUS.
President’s Message
SU System News, page 2
Wilbert R. Jones, as-sistant director, pur-chasing, SUBR, wasselected as the recipi-ent of the 2010 MLKUnity Celebra5on's Un-sung Hero Award fromSouthern University.
Jones who was chosenby the Student Government Associa5onand MLK Unity Celebra5on Commi6ee,was presented the award during the 2010MLK Unity Celebra5on on January 27 atthe LSU Lod Cook Alumni Center.
The award was designed to showcaseand give recogni5on to those individualsthat have humbly contributed to the suc-cess of programs and involvement for thebe6erment of the ins5tu5on and commu-nity at large.
“To be recognized, by the students andthe staff, for doing your job, is truly anhonor that I will cherish for a life5me,”said Jones.
Margaret M. Corley,a second-year law stu-dent, has been namedfirst prize winner inthe American Bar As-socia5on (ABA) HealthLaw Sec5on LegalWri5ng Compe55on.
Corley of Lafaye6e,Louisiana, wins a $500 honorarium, air-fare, hotel for two nights and a $50 perdiem for two days to a6end the EmergingIssues in Health Law Conference inPhoenix, Arizona, in February.
Her paper, “Disease or Depriva5on: TheState’s Authority to Quaran5ne, Depriv-ing the Individuals of Their Cons5tu5onalLiberty, in the Shadow of H1N1,” will bepublished in The Health Lawyer, a bi-monthly magazine published by the ABAthat provides informa5ve ar5cles on awide range of areas in the health lawfield.
“We salute Ms. Corley for her achieve-ment. It brings honor to the en5re SUfamily,” said SU Interim President KassieFreeman.
SU mourns loss of Rep. Avon HoneyThe Southern University System family mourns the loss of
Louisiana State Representa5ve Avon Honey. Honey was a South-ern University alumnus and a long-5me SUBR employee.
“Representa5ve Honey’s un5mely death is a tragic loss for theSouthern University System family, East Baton Rouge Parish, andthe en5re State of Louisiana.” said Interim President Kassie Free-man. “We are all going to miss such a truly respected friend andleader. I join the Board of Supervisors and the en5re SouthernUniversity System family in extending my hear4elt condolencesto his wife Linda and family. My prayers will certainly be withthem in the days and weeks to come.”
Representa5ve Honey was known throughout the SouthernUniversity System as a visionary leader and extraordinary public servant. He was a trueadvocate for the Southern University System and higher educa5on. Honey always put theneeds of District 63 first, and his outstanding legacy will forever live on throughout theNorth Baton Rouge community.
Representa5ve Honey’s legisla5ve district, District 63, encompassed three of the South-ern University System’s campuses – Southern University at Baton Rouge, Southern Univer-sity Law Center, and Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center.
A “Celebra5on of Life” service was held in his honor on February 19 at the F. G. Clark Ac-5vity Center.
Margaret M. Corley
Wilbert Jones
The Center for African and African-American Studies at Southern University at New Or-leans announces Black History Month Calendar of Events.
The 2010 theme, “The History of Black Economic Empowerment,”provides an opportunityto reflect on the financial progress of Black America in the 21st century.
Program sponsors include SUNO’s Center for African and African-American Studies, TitleIII Program, Lyceum Commi6ee, Addison C. Carey Poli5cal Science Club, library, and the Col-lege of Business and Public Administra5on.
All events are free and open to the public.
Black History month ac5ve at SUNO
"Contribu5ons from Blacks to the U.S. Economy"Visual Display ExhibitLibrary (Lake Campus 27)February 1 through February 262 p.m. daily
Wednesday, February 10Lake Campus 4311 a.m. – 1 p.m.George Amedee, “Africa: Is it African-Americans' Path toEconomic Empowerment?”
Thursday, February 11Lake Campus 4311 a.m. – 1 p.m.Alia Chanel Gant, American University Interna5onal, “Afro-Brazilian and Afro-Americans: Experiences of an African Ameri-can in Brazil.”
Thursday, February 18thLake Campus 4311 a.m. - 1 p.m.George Amedee, “Black Poli5cal and Economic Empower-ment.”
Tuesday, February 23rdLake Campus 4310 a.m. – 11 a.m.Frank Mar5n, chair, business entrepreneurship, College ofBusiness and Public Administra5on “Black Economic Empower-ment through Human Capital Investment and Occupa5onalDiversifica5on.”
6 p.m. - 7 p.m.Lora Helvie-Mason, Undergraduate voices speaking out: Blackhistory and our genera5on in Lake Campus 6B.
Wednesday, February 24thLake Campus 4311 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.Sula (of Zion Trinity) Women ’s Health and Wellness Forum andBreast Cancer Survivors.
Thursday, Feb 25th - Closing CeremonyLake Campus 4311 a.m. - 1 p.m.Speaker: Samuel Collins: Historic Stringfellow Orchards Prop-erty, Texas, “Another Day Another Dollar”
Rep. Avon Honey
SU System News, page 3
Southern University and A&M College an-nounced 34 signees a%er the first day of theearly signing period of Na5onal Le6ers of In-tent for football.
“I am extremely pleased with what ourteam has been able to come up with in sucha short period of 5me”, says Livonia“Stump” Mitchell, SUBR’s first-year headcoach.
“We are basically talking a three weekspan, and my coaches worked hard to getthis done,” Mitchell added.
SUBR held its annual “Football Recrui5ngBash” February 3 in the north end zonefieldhouse at A.W. Mumford Stadium where
Mitchell discussed the 2010 signing class.2010 Southern Football Signees
Player Pos. SchoolJavon Allen LB Edna KarrCharles Barkins OL O. Perry WalkerChristopher Bernard RB WestburyJordan Bilbo WR LamarDʼVonn Brown TE Lamar Consol.Travis Clark FB Edna KarrChristopher Colwell S ManvilleDarius Deloach RB DunbarDallas Fort RB TaraAaron Hall OL CentralStepfan Henderson CB ZacharyDwayne Houston OL NorthsideRashaad Hoyle CB RoswellDray Joseph QB West St. JohnDetrane Lindsey LB BT Wash/HouTodd Mabry CB AmiteCantrell McKinley SS/RB Liberty-EylauWynton Perro QB BT Wash/Hou
Kesean Peterson LB/TE Charlton County.Johnathan Preston OL DawsonJaleel Richardson WR Warren EastonJordan Rose S DawsonWilliam Waddel WR BT Wash/HouFranchot West LB StephensonJohn White LB John CurtisJamal Williams ATH Lamar Consol.Stanley Williams Jr. DE ZacharyVirgil Williams ATH Evangel ChristianRoosevelt Wright WR Capitol Academy
TransfersJulius McGee OL Copiah Lincoln CCDavid Henderson OL Hinds CCKedy Enabulele DL Kilgore JCChris Little OL NW Miss. JCArtis Sullivan OL Coahoma JC
For the third consecu5ve year, SouthernUniversity and A&M College has been citedas a Top Tier school among Historically BlackColleges and Universi5es by U.S. News &World Report.
Southern finished 29th na5onally amongHBCUs in the latest survey, an improvementof one spot from the previous year. Therewere 80 HBCUs eligible to be ranked, ac-cording to U.S. News.
The rankings take into account freshmen re-ten5on rates, gradua5on rates, faculty, fi-nancial resources, alumni giving, and peerassessments.
To qualify for the U.S. News ranking, anHBCU has to be an undergraduate baccalau-reate-gran5ng ins5tu5on that enrolls prima-rily first-year, first-5me students and musthave been a school that was currently partof the 2010 America's Best Colleges rank-
ings. In total there were 80 HBCU collegesand universi5es eligible to be ranked.
SUBR among U.S. News top 5er HBCUs third year in a row
Jaguars announce 34 football signees, 2010 schedule
Southern University Jaguars2010 Football Schedule
DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIMESept. 4 SWAC/MEAC Challenge Orlando, FL TBASept. 11 Arkansas-Monticello Baton Rouge 6 p.m.Sept. 25 at Alabama A&M Huntsville, AL TBAOct. 2 Arkansas-Pine Bluff Baton Rouge 6 p.m.Oct. 9 MississippiValley St. Baton Rouge 6 p.m.Oct. 16 at Jackson State Jackson,MS TBAOct. 23 at PrairieView Houston TBAOct. 30 at Alcorn St. Lorman,MS TBANov. 6 Texas Southern Baton Rouge 6 p.m.Nov. 13 Alabama St. Baton Rouge 5:30 p.m.Nov. 27 x-Grambling St. New Orleans 1 p.m.Dec. 11 SWAC Championship Birmingham,AL TBA
x-Bayou ClassicNotes: game times are subject to change, Homecoming game TBA
SU System News, page 4
The band’s success is measured by the excitement ofits vast and diverse audiences. Look around duringany band performance and fans of all ages are rock-ing to the beat of the drumline, or swaying to the fa-miliar sound of a Top 40 tune, and being mesmerizedby the crea0ve dance moves of the fast-steppingband members and dance team.
‘Human Jukebox’ a shining star among marching bands
The SU Marching Band recently traveled to Atlanta,Georgia to par0cipate in the 2010 Honda Ba1le ofthe Bands along with bands from eight other HBCUs.Not surprisingly, the “Band from Jaguarland” stolethe show. The marching band champions provided asuperior show before a crowd of more than 55,000 inthe Georgia Dome for the event.
The Southern University Marching Bandis enjoying another season of exci5ng per-formances to enthusias5c crowds on andoff the field. Last fall, the “Human Jukebox”kicked off another spectacular season witha “thrilling” hal%ime tribute to the latear5st Michael Jackson, during the footballseason opener against UL Lafaye6e. Theperformance earned rave reviews and avolume of online hits from a “You Tube”video capturing the unique commemora-5ve show.
A short 5me later, the marching bandgave hometown fans in the Louisiana Su-perdome quite a treat as the hal%ime en-tertainment for thefirst home game ofthe New OrleansSaints.
The highly an5ci-pated act duringBayou Classic week-end, the band al-ways lives up to itsreputa5on by pro-viding a spectacularshow at the Ba6le ofthe Bands and GreekStep Show and anunforge6able dis-play of showman-ship during hal%imeat the annual foot-ball game againstGrambling State University.
Audiences are tuned in and captured bythe powerful sound and talent of the musi-cians and expert choreography of theDancing Dolls under the direc5on ofLawrence Jackson.
The SU Marching Band remains a posi5veprogram and has achieved celebrated sta-tus as one of the na5on’s top collegebands. Dedicated to the art of music whileproviding fresh and unique entertainmentwith a crea5ve flare, the 176-member bandenjoys a long list of awards and achieve-ments and has a resume of appearances onlocal, na5onal, and interna5onal venues.
In late 2009, the band was profiled in aNew York Times ar5cle on successful col-
lege marching bands. (h'p://www.ny-&mes.com/2009/12/27/arts/dance/27marching.html)
“While there are dozens of superb bandsmarching their way across football fields inthe United States, two that exemplify aconsistently high standard of marching arethe Human Jukebox of Southern Universityhere and A&M College and the Ohio StateUniversity Marching Band,” wrote GiaKourlas.
An historic highlight to begin 2010 wasthe SU Marching Band’s show stoppinghalf-5me performance before the “Who
Dat” na5on in the Louisiana Superdomewhen the New Orleans Saints defeated theMinnesota Vikings in the NFL’s NFC Cham-pionship game.
The “Human Jukebox” became part ofhistory as the New Orleans’s NFL franchisewon its first berth to a Super Bowl.
“We were blessed and honored to be onsuch a tremendous stage as the NFC Cham-pionship game to represent Southern Uni-versity,” said Jackson, director of bands atSouthern University.
The Jaguar Band treated the crowd toseveral songs from the 1990s, including thepopular New Kids on the Block selec5onStep by Step.
Audiences are captured by the powerful sound and talent of the musicians and ex-pert choreography of the Dancing Dolls under the direc0on of Lawrence Jackson.
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SU System News, page 5
The Dancing Dolls celebrated their 40th anniversaryduring SUBR homecoming ac0vi0es last fall. From theoriginal eight who debuted before an enthusias0ccrowd in the Houston Astrodome in 1969 to today’stalented team of young ladies, the Dancing Dollshave entertained audiences with grace, beauty, andtalent for 40 years and have upheld remarkable stan-dards on and off the field that young women havelong admired and aspired to.
During their rou5ne, the band spelled outBrees’ name, and capped off the perform-ance with their rendi5on of the MichaelJackson hit Thriller, complete with the en-5re band breaking out into the Thrillerdance.
Most recently, the SU MarchingBand traveled to Atlanta, Georgia topar5cipate in the 2010 Honda Ba6leof the Bands along with bands fromeight other HBCUs.
Not surprisingly, the “Band fromJaguarland” stole the show. Themarching band champions provideda superior show before a crowd ofmore than 55,000 in the GeorgiaDome for the event.
Interim President Kassie Freeman,who a6ended the Honda Ba6le ofthe Bands, said the SU MarchingBand’s performance was awesome.
“The ‘Human Jukebox’ band wasthe highlight of the compe55on.Nothing before or a%er compared tothe Jaguar band performance,” saidFreeman. We are just so proud ofthem.”
The SU band’s success is meas-ured by the excitement of its vast
and diverse audiences. Look around duringany band performance and fans of all agesare rocking to the beat of the drumline, orswaying to the familiar sound of a Top 40tune, and being mesmerized by the cre-a5ve dance moves of the fast-steppingband members and dance team.
This talented, world-traveled SouthernUniversity Marching Band is a state and na-5onal treasure nurtured by Jackson alongwith assistants Carnell Knighten andNathan Haymer.
Here’s another chance for the Jaguar Na-5on to support its “champion” marchingband.
In the spirit of Black History Month,SportsNa5on asks, which is the best HBCU(Historically Black Colleges and Universi-5es) band in the land? Vote for the“Human Jukebox” at:h'p://sports.espn.go.com/sportsna&on/rank/_/listId/512/versionId/1#topOfList
Vote as many 5mes as you want!
The talented, world-traveled Southern University Marching Band is a state and na0onal treasure nurtured by di-rector Lawrence Jackson along with assistants Carnell Knighten and Nathan Haymer.
Interim President Kassie Freeman, who a1ended the HondaBa1le of the Bands, said the SU Marching Band’s performancewas awesome. Freeman is an ardent supporter and enjoys visit-ing with the band in the stands during football games
SU Band, con&nued
Southern University at New Orleans’(SUNO) enrollment has increased to 93 per-cent of its pre-Hurricane Katrina enrollmentof 3,647 students, according to preliminarySpring 2010 figures.
Currently, 3,391 students have enrolledthis semester, represen5ng the ins5tu5on'shighest enrollment since Hurricane Katrina.
This preliminary figure also includes 160first-5me/full-5me freshmen and 176 trans-fer students. Twenty-two-percent of thetransfer students joined SUNO from Del-gado Community College, thanks in part tothe ar5cula5on and 2+2 agreements signedlast year between the ins5tu5ons whichallow Delgado's students to seamlesslytransfer to SUNO in order to pursue specificacademic programs.
Addi5onal preliminary figures indicatethat the University has retained 86 percentof its first-5me/full-5me freshmen who hadenrolled in Fall 2009. This represents thehighest fall-to-spring reten5on percentagefor SUNO since 2003.
The Louisiana Board of Regents officiallycalculates reten5on percentages from fall-to-fall. However, the 86 percent reten5onrate this semester gives SUNO tremendous
Young farmers and ranchers from acrossthe state are gearing up for the 67th AnnualState Livestock and Poultry Show hosted bythe Southern University Agricultural Re-search and Extension Center, March 11-13.
They are grooming, weighing, and evenbreeding their champion animals in prepa-ra5on for the two-day compe55on to beheld at the Maurice A. Edmond LivestockShow Arena on Highway 61N in Alsen.
The show features animals that have beenshowcased or have won in parish compe5-5ons. During the two-day event, judges willname the state champions in various breedsof beef and dairy ca6le, hogs, sheep, lamb,and goats. The all-5me favorite mini-farm,
featuring a variety of small farm animals,will open Friday, March 12. Tour guides willdiscuss different animals, their food sources,farming and how agriculture affects every-
one’s lives. The show will also have facepain5ng, food, cra% booths, and the Hall ofLouisiana Agriculture, un5l 1 pm Friday forlocal school groups.
Winners will receive premiums, rose6es,ribbons, and silver pla6ers. An awards pres-enta5on for exhibitors of champion marketanimals in the show will be held Saturday,March 13, at 8 a.m. and will be immediatelyfollowed by the Junior Auc5on Sale at 10:30a.m.. Prize meats (beef, lamb, pork, andgoat) are available for pre-sale now, as wellas during the auc5on.
Weigh in for animals and contestant checkin begin March 11. School groups and fami-lies are invited to a6end this free event.
To pre-order meat or register a group, visitwww.suagcenter.com
SU System News, page 6
Southern University atNew Orleans Chancel-lor Victor Ukpolo pic-tured with prospec0vestudent during a “HighSchool” day on thecampus.
SUNO enrollment nears 4,000; retains 86% of freshmen
SU Ag Center annual livestock show starts March 11
momentum for improvement in this areaheading toward the next school year.
“These preliminary enrollment and re-ten5on figures are very encouraging. Theymean that more individuals are con5nuingto make SUNO their choice for pursuinghigher educa5onal opportuni5es,” saidVictor Ukpolo, SUNO’s chancellor.
“Our new student housing is a great ad-di5on, and we look forward to experienc-ing the increased pool of students fromaround the state, na5on and world thatthis amenity promises to bring.”
Chancellor Ukpolo credits the improve-ment to an aggressive all-hands-on-deckapproach to communica5ng with stu-dents, including using faculty and staffmembers who hadn't previously workeddirectly with reten5on to call students,visit their homes and classrooms to ad-dress academic and, occasionally, personalissues which may adversely affect schoolperformance, and work directly with theiracademic advisors.
SU System News, page 7
On Tuesday, January 12 a catastrophic 7.0earthquake struck near Port-au-Prince,Hai5.
In addi5on to the massive damage, morethan 170,00 lives were lost as a result of thetragedy.
The Southern University family joins theworld community in reaching out to do itspart in efforts to provide support and aid toour Hai5an brothers and sisters.
Interim President Kassie Freeman andcampus chancellors have issued statementsand appealed to faculty, staff, and studentsto become involved in the humanitariandrive to provide immediate aid to theCaribbean na5on.
“On behalf of the Southern UniversitySystem, I offer our support and sympa-thy to everyone affected by the recentdisaster,” said Freeman.
“Many organiza5ons have mobilized toassist the relief efforts in Hai5, and Iurge members of the Southern family tojoin in these efforts. I urge all membersof the community to engage and sup-port any legi5mate relief efforts. Nowmore than ever our prayers and assis-tance are greatly needed,” Freemanurged.
A priority is reaching out to SU faculty,staff, and students whose rela5ves andfriends from Hai5 may have been impactedby the tragedy.
The Baton Rouge Advocate interviewedseveral Hai5an faculty and staff membersand ran a feature story on associate dean ofengineering Patrick Carriere who lost sev-eral family members as a result of the earth-quake.
SUBR Chancellor Kofi Lomotey said theSouthern University family joins the rest ofthe world in prayer for the people of Hai5.
“Our words of love, sympathy, and caringat this 5me seem so insignificant when wesee the unbelievable devasta5on and lossof life caused by the recent magnitude-7earthquake. There are no words to describe
the heart-wrenching photos of the vic5ms,especially the children, who have lost every-thing, “ said Lomotey.
“In this 5me of overwhelming need by thepeople of Hai5, it is incumbent upon theSouthern University family--the Jaguar Na-5on--to help,” he added.
Southern University and A&M College pro-fessors Warner Anderson, Kristan Gordon,and Ernst Pierre have started the SouthernUniversity Hai5 Disaster Relief Drive.
The Center for Interna5onal Educa5on onthe Baton Rouge campus is providing assis-tance through financial dona5ons, alongwith other items that will aid in emergencyrelief.
The SU Ag Center has had a long historywith Partners of the Americas, and many SUfaculty and staff have travelled with themon many development projects in El Sal-vador, Louisiana’s southern partner. Re5redAg Center animal scien5st James McNi6 hasworked in Hai5 to develop a rabbit projectwhich now involves more than 700 rabbitfarmers.
SULC Chancellor Freddie Pitcher Jr. an-nounced the Southern University Law Cen-ter Hai5 Relief Effort, led by law studentsand supported by faculty and staff, to aidand assist the popula5on in Hai5 affected bythe earthquake.
The disaster hits close to home for theSULC family, which comprises current stu-dents and alumni from Hai5.
A student town hall mee5ng to discuss therelief effort was held Wednesday, January20, in A.A. Lenoir Hall.
Funds collected for the Southern Univer-sity Law Center Hai5 Relief Effort will be do-nated to Lespwa Worldwide, according toFeraud D. Calixte, a member of the studentcommi6ee leading the ini5a5ve.
Lespwa Worldwide is a nonprofit organiza-5on started in the summer of 2006 by agroup of college students who are dedi-cated to helping the children of Hai5. Theorganiza5on partners with an establishedlocal ministry in Hai5 to accomplish its goalof building and suppor5ng orphanages. Thegroup also helps sponsor children to receivean educa5on.
A%er discussing several organiza5ons,Calixte, who has family members inHai5, met with Jeremy Schurke, one ofthe founders of Lespwa Worldwide, andwas impressed by his presenta5on andwith the work that his group has al-ready done in Hai5.
Through the Governor's Office ofHomeland Security and Emergency Pre-paredness, Louisiana has offered theU.S. State Department and FEMA re-sources to assist in the Hai5an disasterresponse efforts, including more than
65,000 MREs and thousands of bo6les ofwater being donated by Lipsey MountainSprings Water.
Addi5onally, the Na5onal Associa5on forEqual Opportunity in Higher Educa5on(NAFEO) is organizing a na5onal fundraiserto assist with relief efforts.
Dona5ons can be brought to the SUBRCenter for Interna5onal Educa5on, Room1100 in T.H. Harris Hall, located on Elton C.Harris Drive.
For more informa5on on SUBR's Hai5 Dis-aster Relief Drive, contact Warner Andersonat (225) 771-2613.
For more informa5on on the SULC Hai5Relief Fund, contact commi6ee treasurer,Sannes5ne For5n, at (813) 732-6615 orSfor5n@ sulc.edu.
Across the System, SU reaches out to Hai5
Helping senior ci5zens and physically andmentally challenged persons in the Scot-landville area receive local, state, and fed-eral assistance will be the subject of aseries of workshops to be conducted bySouthern University and A&M College.
SUBR’s School of Architecture’s Urban +Rural Community Design Research Centerdesigned the workshops a%er spendingseveral months last year conduc5ng a “lis-tening tour” which allowed Scotlandvilleresidence to discuss issues of importancein their community.
The workshops will be held from 6 p.m. –7:30 p.m., at the Scotlandville Branch Li-brary, 7373 Scenic Highway.
The February 23 workshop will focus onbusiness startup and business develop-ment.
Richard L. McCline, assistant professorand James A. Joseph Endowed Chair inSmall and Minority Business Enterprise, inthe SUBR College of Business, will be theworkshop’s lecturer.
McCline earned his doctorate degreefrom Tulane University’s A.B. FreemanSchool of Business in organiza5onal behav-ior. His areas of research interest includeentrepreneurship and factors affec5ngventure crea5on and development.
He began his career in consul5ng as asenior associate for James A. Lowery andAssociates. McCline quickly gained a repu-ta5on for effec5vely and efficiently manag-ing some of Lowery’s largest contracts withthe U.S. Department of Transporta5on,U.S. Department of Housing and Urban De-velopment, and The U.S. Department ofDefense and Energy.
Three more workshops will be held onthe following dates:
* March 2 – Vision kickoff mee5ng/workshop
* March 9 – Community policing* March 30 – Landscaping, flooding,
and drainage issues
The workshops are free and open to theScotlandville community and others inter-ested in the focus of the mee5ngs. Formore informa5on, contact Jason Lockhartat 225.771.3015.
Southern UniversityAg Center area agentEdna Lastrapes joinsthe six-memberteam represen5ngthe Louisiana 4-HYouth Developmentprogram.
The team was se-lected to par5cipatein the Building Part-nerships for Youth’s
Spotligh5ng Posi5ve Youth Developmentprogram offered through a partnership be-tween Na5onal 4-H Council and the Univer-sity of Arizona. According to the Louisiana4-H Club, the selec5on for the conferencewas very compe55ve with fewer than 15percent of applicants being accepted.
“I expect to develop greater knowledge ofhow posi5ve youth development can ad-dress the many issues facing youth inLouisiana with a focus on the issues facedby youth in the Southwest Center's serviceregion,” said Lastrapes.
The effort will provide the team with an op-portunity to learn ways to coordinate effortsof deliberate incorpora5on of posi5ve youthdevelopment into programs and policies.According to Louisiana 4-H, the overall goalof the program is to produce a systems-levelimpact that supports youth throughout thestate.
“With this knowledge, our team will designa plan to build greater capacity by forming acoali5on and offering a youth developmentconference for youth and adult teamsthroughout the state, which will include stu-dents and adults who I am currently work-ing with,” said Lastrapes who organizes theyouth programs of the Southwest Center forRural Ini5a5ves’ 10-parish region.
“By crea5ng a coali5on and facilita5ng col-labora5on, the goal will be to engage youthin posi5ve development experiences withcaring adults yielding a be6er informed,healthy, and supported youth,” she said.
Members of Louisiana’s team are:
Eve Franchebois, Collegiate 4-HDavid Free, Collegiate 4-H and pastor,
Memorial Bap5st ChurchLane6e Hebert, regional 4-H coordina-
tor, Louisiana 4-H, LSU AgCenterEdna Lastrapes, area agent, youth devel-
opment, Southern UniversityTrey Williams, Department of Social
Services, State of LouisianaJohn Wyble, Louisiana CASA Associa5on
The team will par5cipate in a three-day kick-off conference in Chevy Chase, Maryland, inFebruary. The conference will be followedwith monthly, Web-based conferencesthroughout the year.
The Southwest Center for Rural Ini5a5ves isa satellite en5ty of the Southern UniversityAgricultural Research and Extension Center.The Center’s mission is to promote socioe-conomic development within a 10-parish re-gion. For more informa5on, please contactLastrapes at (337) 943-2410.
SU System News, page 8
Ag Center agent joins Louisiana 4-H Team
SUBR to host new series of workshops in Scotlandville
Edna Lastrapes
SU System News, page 9
SUSLA’s Black History Month ac5vi5es slatedBlack History Month at Southern Univer-
sity at Shreveport is set to be full of eventsthat feature though4ul debate, pride inpast African-American culture, enhancingthe lives of children of all ages, andspeeches from some of today’s most en-gaging and well known speakers.
Annual Na&onal Give Kids a Smile DayFriday, February 58:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.SUSLA Metro Campus, 610 Texas Street
Almost 80 third-graders from WernerPark Elementary School received free den-tal services from local prac55oners anddental hygiene students Friday, February 5at SUSLA Metro Center.
The event, part of the na5onwide, “GiveKids A Smile” program sponsored by theAmerican Dental Associa5on in recogni5onof Na5onal Children's Dental HealthMonth, stressed the importance of cavitypreven5on and focused on families whodon't always have the resources to affordproper dental care.
Spring Convoca&onGuest Speaker –
Judge Glenda A.Hatche'
Wednesday, February10
10 a.m.Health and Physical
Educa5on Complex
Judge Glenda Hatche6 encouraged stu-dents to move to higher ground and givevoice to their dreams during Southern Uni-versity-Shreveport's spring convoca5on onWednesday, February 10.
Hatche6 shared with students her storyabout growing up in the South a%er Brownv. Board of Educa0on and the inequality inclassrooms a%er the Supreme Court deci-sion. When ripped and ta6ered books pre-vented her from reading stories aloud inclass, Hatche6's father told her to writeher own story.
Hatche6 had the crowd close their eyesand envision their dreams. They also were
instructed to yell them out loud in unison.
Through a Dreampost Campaign, Hatch-e6 is encouraging 1 million parents to jointhe movement and post their child'sdreams near their bed as a daily reminderof what they can achieve.
Judge Hatche6 is also the author of thena5onal bestseller, Say What You Meanand Mean What You Say (Harper Collins,2003), based on her extensive professionalexperiences as a jurist and her own per-sonal experience as a mother of two boys.
The judge also serves as na5onalspokesperson for CASA (Court AppointedSpecial Advocates), a non-profit volunteerorganiza5on that trains volunteers to rep-resent abused and neglected children andhelp them navigate the court system.
In May 2005, Judge Hatche6 received aspecial honor at the Mayor of New YorkCity's residence, Gracie Mansion. Kather-ine Oliver, Commissioner of the Mayor'sOffice of Film, Theatre and Broadcas5ng,presented Judge Hatche6 with the Mayor's"Made In NY" award for her contribu5onto New York City's day5me television com-munity.”
The Michael BaisdenLive Na&onal Tour“Save Our Kids”
Friday, February 196 p.m.In front of the Health
and Physical Educa5onComplex (Gymnasium)
Syndicated radio hostMichael Baisden’s 72-city tour stopped atSouthern University at Shreveport Friday,February 19. He is traveling the country,stopping to talk about saving our kids.
On the na5onal tour he hopes to raise $1million and recruit one million mentors.Baisden says many fathers are missing inhomes and everyone needs to get involvedraising the younger genera5on.
“You can't just shake your heads and talkabout how bad the kids are, you got get
out there and do something about it,” hesaid.
Baisden says organiza5ons like the Boysand Girls Clubs and Big Brothers, Big Sis-ters do not have enough money and donot have enough mentors.
Baisden’s radio career began in 2003when 98.7 KISS FM in New York City of-fered him a posi5on as the a%ernoondrive-5me host. Because of budget con-straints the sta5on was unable to offer hima salary. Baisden’s response was, ‘“Justgive me the damned mic!” And sureenough, within six months, their a%ernoondrive ra5ngs went from number 9 to num-ber 1.
A%er eight months of consistent high rat-ings, Baisden suggested taking his showna5onal but management was apprehen-sive, sugges5ng that New York wasn'tready. A few months later, Michael threat-ened to quit if management did not pur-sue a syndica5on deal.
He began a6rac5ng a6en5on with pri-marily female followers as author and pub-lisher of the highly successful provoca5vebooks, Never Sa0sfied: How and Why MenCheat and The Maintenance Man.
Annual SUSLA “Friendly” Black HistoryDebate
Wednesday, February 2411 a.m.Loca5on: Jesse Stone Science Lecture
Hall
Each year SUSLA’s, Student Support Serv-ices (SSS) sponsors a “Friendly” debateduring the Black History Month Celebra-5on, to offer a provoca5ve, informa5ve, in-spired recogni5on of Black History Month.
This highly an5cipated event includesthe par5cipa5on of community leaders,state and local poli5cians, faculty, staff,and students.
The annual debate is sponsored by SSS, adepartment in the Division of Academic Af-fairs, is a Federal Funded Program.
Judge Hatche1
Michael Baisden
SU System News, page 10
SU System News, page 11
Peniel E. Joseph, a tenured professor ofhistory at Tu%s University and the author ofthe award-winning Wai0ng ‘Til the MidnightHour: A Narra0ve History of Black Power inAmerica and Dark Days, Bright Nights: FromBlack Power to Barack Obama as well as ed-itor of The Black Power Movement: Rethink-ing the Civil Rights-Black Power Era andNeighborhood Rebels: Black Power at theLocal Level, served as the keynote speakerfor Southern University Law Center’s Jour-nal of Race, Gender and Poverty SymposiumLuncheon on Friday, February 19th.
Professor Joseph is the founder of a grow-ing subfield in American History andAfricana Studies that he has characterizedas “Black Power Studies” which is ac5velyrewri5ng postwar American and African-American History as well as related interdis-ciplinary fields of Africana Studies, law andsociety, sociology, poli5cal science, women’s
and ethnic studies, philosophy, anthropol-ogy, literary studies, and american studiesto name a few.
He is a frequent na5onal commentator onissues of race, democracy, and civil rightswho appears on C-SPAN’s Book TV, NPR ,and PBS’s NewsHour. During the 2008 Dem-ocra5c and Republican Na5onal Conven-5ons Professor Joseph provided historicalcommentary for the PBS NewsHour.
Having earned his Ph.D. in American His-tory from Temple University and a baccalau-reate degree with a double major in AfricanStudies and European History, Joseph has adis5nguished teaching record. Prior to hiscurrent appointment at Tu%s, he was a pro-fessor at the pres5gious Brandeis Universityand served as scholar-in-residence at BrownUniversity, from 2002 -2003.
The recipient of fellowships from HarvardUniversity’s Charles Warren Center, theWoodrow Wilson Interna5onal Center forScholars, and the Ford Founda5on, his es-says have appeared in The Journal of Ameri-can History, The Chronicle Review, The NewYork Times, The Washington Post, BookForum, and The American Historical Review.
He is fluent in Hai5an Creole.
Peniel E. Joseph
Award to be named for former SUBR basketball coachIn its con5nued ef-
fort to recognizesome of the greatsthat have coachedthe game, CollegeIn-sider.com an-nounced thecrea5on of the BenJobe Na5onal Coachof the Year award.
“Coach Jobe is oneof the great coaches
of our 5me," says CollegeInsider.com co-founder Joe Dwyer. "If he had coached at ahigh profile program he would be a house-hold name. Today's game needs more peo-ple like Ben Jobe. He is a success as both acoach and a person. He truly is a legend inevery sense of the word.”
Jobe, who spent the majority of his careercoaching at historically black colleges, won524 games in 31 years. He is best known forhis accomplishments at Southern University.During a 10-year stretch (1986-1995) hetook the Jaguars to four NCAA tournamentsand one NIT appearance. In 10 seasons henever posted a losing record at Southern.
“This is such an honor for me,” says the77-year old Jobe. “So many people havehelped me throughout my career and theyare the reason for this award. People likeJohn McClendon, Clarence `Big House'Gaines, and so many others have helped toget where I am today. I have been trulyblessed. This is the biggest honor I haveever had.”
Jobe’s coaching career began at CameronHigh School in Nashville in 1959. One yearlater he went to West Africa to coach juniorcollege ball. He returned to the U.S. tocoach at Talladega in 1964.
Throughout the 1960s and in the decadesthat followed, Jobe established himself as aprogram builder. He changed the fortunesof Alabama State and South Carolina Statewhere he took the Bulldogs to five NAIATournaments in five seasons. In 1979 Jobetook over at the University of Denver. Theprogram had suffered through 11 straightlosing seasons, but under Jobe's guidancethe Pioneers finished 15-12 in his first sea-son. One year later Denver won 20 gamesand had its first postseason invite since1947.
Jobe went on to the NBA's DenverNuggets (assistant coach and director ofplayer personnel, 1980-81); Georgia TechUniversity (assistant coach, 1981-82); andAlabama A&M University (head coach,1982-86). At A&M he posted a record of 83-36 in four seasons, taking the Bulldogs tothree SIAC championships and two NCAADivision II tournaments.
“It is an honor to be included in this pres-5gious panel to commemorate the impres-sive career of my friend, Ben Jobe,” saysDonnie Walsh, General Manager of the NewYork Knicks. “Ben was not only a greatcoach, but a wonderful mentor for genera-5ons of young athletes. I consider it a privi-lege to have a vote for Coach of the Yearhonors.”
The Ben Jobe Award will be presented an-nually to the top minority coach in Division Icollege basketball. The finalists for theaward will be announced in early Marchand the winner will announced on Friday,April 2 at the Final Four NCAA Tournamentin Indianapolis, Indiana.
Ben Jobe
SU Law Center journal holds symposiumAcclaimed Tu!s University professor delivers luncheon address
Smith-Brown Memorial Student Union,Southern University and A&M College.
Cost for the Gala is $75 per person or$750 for a table of ten. The a7re is semi-formal. In addi5on to the program, guestswill be entertained with live music andserved a three-course dinner.
“It is my hope that you will purchase 5ck-ets for this event for yourself, friends, and
family. This is going to be a great occasionto reconnect with fellow alums while ob-serving the University’s rich heritage,” saidDomoine Rutledge, president, SU AlumniFedera5on.
To reserve your 5ckets or a table pleaseand for hotel informa5on contact GlindaRutledge or Cynthia Robinson of the Officeof Alumni Affairs at 225-771-4200.
SU System News, page 12
Deputy Agriculture Secretary KathleenMerrigan announced December 9 that theUSDA is awarding more than $14 million ingrants to organiza5ons throughout thecountry that will provide training and assis-tance to socially disadvantaged farmers andranchers.
The Southern University Agricultural Re-search and Extension Center will receive$300,000 in funding to support the SmallFarmer Agricultural Leadership Ins5tute.
The Ins5tute is a two-year, course of studyspecifically designed to guide small, sociallydisadvantaged, limited resource farmers orminority farmers through the transforma5veprocess of becoming successful agriculturalentrepreneurs, said Dawn Mellion Pa5n, in-s5tute director and agricultural specialist.The ins5tute currently has 34 par5cipantsand has graduated 58 farmers from 14states.
According to USDA, the Outreach and As-sistance for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers
and Ranchers (OASDFR) grant program en-ables socially disadvantaged producers tosuccessfully acquire, own, operate, and re-tain farms and ranches, and to assure equi-table par5cipa5on in the full range of USDAprograms. A socially disadvantaged farmeror rancher is one of a group whose mem-bers have been subjected to racial or ethnicprejudice without regard to their individualquali5es.
Generally, socially disadvantaged produc-ers who par5cipate in OASDFR-funded proj-ects develop profitable new farming orranching prac5ces, receive loans more rap-idly, increase their farm or ranch income,con5nue farming or ranching longer and areless likely to go out of business.
This has been the case for the SouthernUniversity Ag Center's Ins5tute graduates,said Pa5n. Graduates have been appointedto the advisory boards of Southern Sustain-able Agriculture Research and Educa5onand Southern Region Risk Management Ed-
uca5on programs, as well as, to state andlocal advisory boards and taskforces in eightstates. “They have been invited to serve aspanelists and keynote speakers at confer-ences all across the country. They are serv-ing as model farmers in several states andtheir farms are used demonstra5on sites.Three graduates have been selected asSmall Farmers of the Year for their states.”
Graduates have also started farmers mar-kets and Community Supported Agricultureini5a5ves and are featured in educa5onalvideos.
“Most importantly, (the graduates are)taking back to their communi5es what theyhave learned and sharing with others.” Formore informa5onvisit,h6p://agins5tute.suagcenter.com orcontact Pa5n at (225) 771-2242 ext. 201.
USDA awards $300,000 for leadership ins5tute at SUAREC
SUBR Founders’ Day celebra5on to honor three alums
Emme1 W. Bashful
On March 9, 2010, Southern Universityand A&M College will celebrate FoundersDay marking 130 years of providing educa-5onal opportuni5es to students fromacross the globe. To commemorate thismilestone, the Southern University AlumniFedera5on (SUAF) will host its fourth an-nual Founders Day Gala, “A Celebra5on ofLiving Legends,” on Saturday, March 6.
This year’s honorees are SU alumni Em-me6 W. Bashful (‘40), Elton C. Harrison(‘38), and Walter L. Johnson (‘50).
“I am proud our Alumni Federa5on haschosen such dis5nguished alumni. I ampar5cularly proud that we are celebra5ngour own outstanding academicians,” saidSU System Interim President Kassie Free-man.
The event will begin with a recep5on at6:30 p.m. and the program is set for 7:30p.m. in the Royal Co5llion Ballroom of the
Alumni Federa0on to sponsor Founders’ Day gala
Elton C. Harrison Walter L. Johnson
SU System News, page 13
SULC holds first hooding ceremonySouthern University Law Center’s Fall 2009
graduates were recognized in a Hooding Cer-emony Friday, January 15, 2010, in the Ed-ward L. Pa6erson Moot Courtroom in A. A.Lenoir Hall.
For the first 5me, the Southern UniversityLaw Center (SULC) recognized its graduateswith a special Hooding Ceremony, accordingto Chancellor Freddie Pitcher Jr.
The SULC Commencement is held duringthe spring of each year. Since the opening ofthe part-5me Day Program in 2000 and part-5me Evening Division in 2004, an increasingnumber of students have completed gradua-5on requirements following the summer andfall semesters, becoming eligible to take the
SUBR shortstop earns SWAC so%ball honorSouthern University and A&M College’s
Audrey Phillips was presented a preseasonhonor by The Southwestern Athle5c Confer-ence (SWAC). In late January, SWAC an-nounced that Phillips and Mississippi ValleyState's Lisa Jansen, claimed 2010 preseasonso%ball honors. The teams were voted onby the schools’ coaches and sports informa-5on departments.
Phillips, a 5-foot-4 sophomore shortstop,has been named the 2010 Preseason Playerof the Year. Phillips had an excep5onal
freshman campaign in 2009 for the Jaguars.She ranked eighth in the conference andsecond on her team with a .370 ba7ng av-erage. The Mansfield, Texas na5ve also fin-ished the season ranked first in the SWAC intriples (8), third in hits (54), sixth in doubles(11) and eighth in runs scored (33). Her ef-forts helped guide the Jaguars to a numberone seed in the Western division for theconference tournament as well as a spot inthe 2009 championship game. Along withbeing named to the 2009 SWAC First-Team,Phillips garnered SWAC Freshman of the
Year accolades.
Jansen was named the2009 SWAC Pitcher andNewcomer of the Yearand a first-team hon-oree.
In the predicted orderof finish, Southern andMississippi Valley Statehave been selected towin its respec5ve divi-sions in 2010. The twoteams have met in theconference tournamentchampionship game five5mes over the past sixyears. SU last won the5tle in 2003.
In the West-ern division,Southern col-lected 11 first-place votes enroute to 77vo5ng points.GramblingState (twofirst-placevotes) wassecond with57 pointswhileArkansas-PineBluff (onefirst-place vote) was third with 47 points.Texas Southern (one first-place vote) regis-tered 43 points and Prairie View A&M (twofirst-place votes) tallied 31 to round out theWestern division.
Mississippi Valley State led the way withseven players chosen for preseason honors -four on first team. Southern had five repre-senta5ves on the preseason team, while Al-abama State had three selec5ons andJackson State and Grambling State each hadtwo. Alabama A&M, Prairie View A&M andTexas Southern all had one player on thepreseason squad.
Fall 2009 graduates show theirapprecia0on to family andfriends who supported themthroughout their law studies,during the first SULC HoodingCeremony held Friday, January15, in the Edward L. Pa1ersonMoot Courtroom.
Audrey Phillips
Head So!ball Coach Nancy Marshall and members of the SU so!ball team re-cently visited Shiloh Missionary Church in Baton Rouge. The SU Jaguars are pre-dicted to clench its SWAC division 0tle this season. Also, sophomore shortstopAudrey Phillips was named SWAC Preseason Player of the Year. Pictured with theteam at Shiloh is Walter T. Tillman Jr., execu0ve associate to the vice president foracademic and student affairs, SUS.
bar examina5on in February prior to theSULC Spring Commencement. This specialHooding Ceremony does not take the
place of commencement. All graduateswill con5nue to have their degrees con-ferred at Spring Commencement.
SU System News, page 14
Terry R. Hall, chieffinancial officer forthe Louisiana FamilyRecovery Corps inBaton Rouge, hasbeen named associ-ate vice chancellorfor financial affairs atthe Southern Univer-sity Law Center.
Hall, who has beenwith the Recovery
Corps since 2006, has more than 40 years ofexperience in public and private accoun5ng
and tax for non-profits, financial, construc-5on, manufacturing, and retail organiza-5ons.
“His wealth of experience in budge5ng, fi-nancial repor5ng, and financial planning fornon-profit ins5tu5ons, including collegesand universi5es, makes him an excellentchoice for this posi5on,” Chancellor FreddiePitcher Jr., said.
The Baton Rouge na5ve succeeds long5meSULC chief financial officer Bertell Dixon,who died on November 14, 2009.
Hall formerly prac5ced 15 years in his own
CPA Firm and also served for 16 years asmanager of general accoun5ng and financialplanning for Copolymer Rubber and Chemi-cal Corpora5on in Baton Rouge; and as sen-ior accountant for Coopers & Lybrand inBoston, Massachuse6s, from 1970-1975. Heis a member of the Society of Louisiana Cer-5fied Public Accountants.
Hall is a 1971 graduate of Southern Uni-versity with a bachelor of science in busi-ness administra5on, accoun5ng major.
More than 100 rival historically black col-leges and universi5es (HBCUs) went head-to-head for eight weeks in AT&T’s* "Spirit ofUNCF” vo5ng sweepstakes. With the finalnumbers counted, AT&T announced South-ern University and A&M College receivedthe most votes to take the top spot andreign as the first HBCU to represent theSpirit of UNCF.
AT&T created the sweepstakes to giveHBCU students, alumni, and supporters anew way to show their school spirit andbuild excitement for the airing of UNCF’s AnEvening of Stars® Tribute to Lionel Richie.More than 21,000 na5onwide voted by textand online for their favorite HBCU.
AT&T, for a third year, sponsored thebroadcast of UNCF’s An Evening of Stars® aspart of its con5nued commitment to educa-5onal programs that support African-Ameri-can communi5es across the country.
“I want to congratulate Southern Univer-sity and the countless number of supporterswho made it possible for them to hold thelead posi5on for four consecu5ve weeks,and ul5mately win,” said Jennifer L. Jones,vice president diverse markets, AT&T.
“It is an honor for AT&T to present this funand relevant program that lends itself tobringing awareness to a worthwhile causelike UNCF’s An Evening of Stars®, which is a
While Southern University wasthe contest winner, the na5on’sHBCUs ba6led up to the end forthe Spirit of UNCF 5tle. A less than100 vote spread is proof CentralOhio’s Wilberforce University didnot go down without a fight forthe number one spot before securing itssecond place ranking. The following HBCUsmade up the remaining top five schools re-ceiving the most votes: Clark Atlanta Univer-sity, Tennessee State University, andLangston University (Langston, Oklahoma).Combined, the top five HBCUs claimed 35percent of the total sweepstakes votes.
The Spirit of UNCF crown made SouthernUniversity eligible to take advantage of twoincredible experiences: a campus-to-com-munity technology educa5on fair poweredby AT&T Technology and an exclusive, Holly-wood-styled red carpet campus viewingparty, complete with a celebrity host fromthe 2010 UNCF An Evening of Stars® Tributeto Lionel Richie presented by Target. Bothreward events occurred on Saturday, Janu-ary 23, 2010, on the Southern Universitycampus to coincide with the na5onal tele-vised airing of An Evening of Stars® on ABC,NBC, CBS, FOX, and CW affiliates and na5on-ally on BET Networks and WGN.
“From the thousands who cast votesaround the country for their favorite school,it is evident that the rich tradi5ons and ca-maraderie among HBCUs is s5ll alive today,”said Michael L. Lomax, Ph.D., UNCF presi-dent and CEO. "AT&T’s support of AnEvening of Stars® ® helps to make it possiblefor us to do the work that ensures these in-s5tu5ons, as well as the students educatedby them, are sustained for many years tocome."
The other HBCUs that fought their wayinto the top 10 of Spirit of UNCF were:
6. Grambling State University7. Tougaloo College8. Fisk University9. Oakwood University10. Miles College
SULC names new associate vc for financial affairs
SU wins ‘Spirit of UNCF’ vo5ng sweepstakes
Terry R. Hall
SU System News, page 15
FEBRUARY
22Kappa Alpha Psi, ‘Black Koffee: A Night of Poetryand Jazz’Smith-Brown Memorial Union
NAACP Forum Discussion: The Willie Lynch Dis-cussion Part II7 p.m.313 T.T. Allain Hall
23SUBR – Office of Sponsored ProgramsElectronic Proposal Prepara5on and SubmissionWorkshops, through February 24James B. Moore Hall2nd Floor.Morning and a!ernoon sessions are available.Pre-registra0on is required. To register, contactOSP at 771-3890, ext. 208.
SUNO- Frank Mar5n, chair, business entrepre-neurship, College of Business and Public Adminis-tra5on “Black Economic Empowerment throughHuman Capital Investment and Occupa5onalDiversifica5on.”10 a.m. – 11 a.m.Lake Campus 43
Black History Month High School Poster Contest6 p.m.Smith-Brown Memorial Student Union
SUNO- Lora Helvie-Mason, Undergraduate voicesspeaking out: Black history and our genera5onLake Campus 6B.6 p.m. - 7 p.m.
U+ R Community Design Research Center Work-shopVision kickoof mee5ng/workshop6 p.m.Scotlandville Branch Library
24SUBR – Office of Sponsored ProgramsElectronic Proposal Prepara5on and SubmissionWorkshops, through February 24James B. Moore Hall2nd Floor.Morning and a!ernoon sessions are available.Pre-registra0on is required. To register, contactOSP at 771-3890, ext. 208.
SUNO- Lake Campus 4311 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.Sula (of Zion Trinity) Women ’s Health and Well-ness Forum and Breast Cancer Survivors.
Annual SUSLA “Friendly” Black History Debate11 a.m.Jesse Stone Science Lecture HallSU Theatre presents, “The Drum”7:30 p.mHayden Hall Theatre, through February 27
25SUNO- Closing CeremonySpeaker: Samuel Collins: Historic Stringfellow Or-chards Property, Texas, “Another Day AnotherDollar”11 a.m. - 1 p.m.Lake Campus 43
Black College Reunion 2010: Culture FestNoon – 5 p.m.SUBR Soccer Field
AKA Black History Movie Showcase7 p.m.Smith-Brown Memorial Union
26SU Board of Supervisors Mee5ng9 a.m.Board Mee5ng Room
March
2Vision kickoff mee5ng/ workshopU+ R Community Design Research Center Work-shop
6 p.m.Scotlandville Branch Library
6Southern University Alumni Federa5onFounders Day Gala, “A Celebra5on of Living Leg-ends”7:30 p.m.Smith-Brown Memorial Union
9Founders’ Day Prayer Breakfast7:30 a.m.Smith-Brown Memorial
Lab School Founders’ Day Gravesite Ceremony9 a.m.Clark Gravesite
Founders’ Day Convoca5on10:30 a.m.F.G. Clark Ac5vity Center
U+ R Community Design Research Center Work-shopCommunity policing6 p.m.Scotlandville Branch Library
11SU Agricultural Research and Extension Center67th Annual State Livestock and Poultry Show,through March 13.Maurice A. Edmond Livestock Show Arena
30U+ R Community Design Research Center Work-shopCommunity policing6 p.m.Scotlandville Branch Library
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