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First Lady Michelle Obama Urges Dillard Grads to ‘Stay Hungry for Education’

Posted on May 19, 2014

“Today, I stand before a sea of young geniuses. Oh, yeah,” said First Lady Michelle Obama in her commencement speech to the graduates of Dillard University in New Orleans on May 10. “And you should be so proud, and so happy, and so excited about your futures. But what you shouldn’t be is satisfied.”

Throughout her remarks, which included several references to the HBCU’s history and its legacy, the enormous sacrifices of those who fought for educational opportunities for Blacks in Louisiana and the obstacles that even some of the graduates overcame to get to their big day, the first lady stressed how important education is. She also urged them to not lose their hunger for higher education and to help others reach that goal, despite many ongoing challenges in African-American and other communities, such as “structural inequality, schools that lag behind, workplace and housing discrimination.”

“That’s still no excuse to stand on the sidelines. Because we know that today, education is still the key to real and lasting freedom — it is still true today,” Obama said. “So it is now up to us to cultivate that hunger for education in our own lives and in those around us.”

The first lady also noted the sacrifice and enormous risks young people around the world have been willing to take to get an education, like the 16-year-old Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai, who was nearly assassinated for her advocacy, and the Nigerian girls who’ve been abducted by an extremist group that vehemently opposes education.

“That’s the kind of hunger for education we have to reignite in all of our communities,” Obama told the audience. “When our young people fall behind in school, they fall behind in life.”

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Turning Around St. Aug’s is a Personal Mission for its Interim President

Posted on May 19, 2014

Everett Ward wrapped up his work in the president’s office of St. Augustine’s University on Monday around 8 p.m. then went for a stroll on the deserted campus.

It was a lovely evening, and as Ward walked, he could see the signposts of his life: the historic St. Agnes hospital building, now a shell with trees sprouting inside, where he was born. The dorms where he lived and the campus spots where he wooed his college sweetheart and future wife, Cassandra. In 2011, his family would seek solace on St. Augustine’s grounds after her funeral.

Even the sidewalks have meaning. Ward’s father, who attended St. Aug’s, poured them as a Raleigh concrete contractor.

“It’s everywhere,” Ward says of his emotional tie to the university. “It’s literally everywhere.”

Ward, a former Department of Transportation administrator and state Democratic Party director, was named interim president last month. Though he has no higher education leadership on his resume, he is tasked with turning around the historically black university with a proud past but a precarious financial future.

For months, the university has been in chaos, the subject of a negative audit, a review by its accrediting agency and an investigation by the federal Department of Education. Students have left in large numbers, as have administrators who were fired by the former president, Dianne Boardley Suber.

Employees and faculty had described an atmosphere of secrecy and retaliation. The turmoil built until Suber was ousted by the board of trustees in April.

It is perhaps the most challenging point in St. Aug’s 147-year history.

And so Ward, 55, who earned a Ph.D. last year in hopes of becoming a college professor, now is on a personal mission to save St. Aug’s.

“People understand that I’m not doing this because of a job,” Ward said. “I’m doing this out of passion and love for my alma mater and my family alma mater. And that goes a long way, I think.”

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2014 Top Supporters of Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Posted on May 19, 2014

Diversity media company, Career Communications Group, Inc. has released the names of top supporters of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs).

The “Top Supporters of HBCUs” list surveys the deans of the 14 ABET-accredited, HBCU engineering programs, and the corporate-academic alliance, Advancing Minorities’ Interest in Engineering (AMIE).

The survey asks these individuals to list the corporate and government/non-profit organizations that provide the most support to their schools. In completing the annual survey, the institutions consider the following factors: support for infrastructure modernization and enhancement, research and mentorship projects, participation on advisory councils, faculty development opportunities, scholarships, student projects, stipends, co-ops, and career opportunities.

Supporting the HBCUs is essential to the development of our Nation’s potential. America’s HBCUs have produced many of America’s leaders across all professions, and continue to be an engine of economic growth, both in the surrounding communities and for the graduates of the institutions. President Barack Obama signed Executive Order 13532 on February 26, 2010 to increase opportunities for these institutions to participate in and benefit from Federal programs, and ensure that the United States of America has the highest proportion of college graduates in the entire world by the year 2020.

Hagan Bill Would Create Fund Benefiting Students at Historically Black Institutions

Posted on May 19, 2014

A bill to be introduced by U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan would create a new competitive grant program aimed at strengthening historically black colleges and universities around the country.

Hagan announced her bill while chairing a Senate Education Committee hearing about institutions that serve minority populations. The bill would establish an HBCU Innovation Fund to distribute grants funding the development of initiatives to address needs of students being served at historically black schools.

There are 10 HBCUs in North Carolina, including N.C. A&T State University and Bennett College in Greensboro, and Winston-Salem State University. Hagan said such schools deserve support.

“My bill will allow them to further enhance their students’ learning experience and better prepare them for future success in the work force,” she said.

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SWAC Responds to NCAA APR Penalties

Posted on May 19, 2014

Days after it was announced that six schools would face sanctions, including postseason ineligibility for failing to reach Academic Progress Rate requirements, the SWAC and its member institutions fired back at the NCAA.

Alabama A&M (men’s golf), Alabama State (men’s basketball and football), Mississippi Valley State (baseball and football); Southern, Prairie View A&M (football) and Arkansas-Pine Bluff (football) will be unable to complete in postseason play during the 2014-2015 season.

All athletic programs at Southern are currently ineligible for postseason competition due to unusable data

“In comparison to last year’s report, with the teams that have submitted adaptable data, the Southwestern Athletic Conference applauded the improvements by our member institutions and the standards they have implemented to solve the academic concerns,” said SWAC Commissioner Duer Sharp in a statement. “As we support success on the field, we will continue to emphasize the importance of improving academic scores and APR measures.”

In 2013, some 15 programs among seven schools were penalized by the NCAA due to APR shortfalls.

Texas Southern President Dr. John Rudley lashed out at the NCAA for not doing enough to close the chasm between so-called low-resource HBCUs and well-funded large state schools that would aid in increased academic achievement.

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HBCUs Hit Hard By NCAA In Latest APR Calculations

Posted on May 19, 2014

Several HBCU athletic programs face penalties and possible postseason bans after the NCAA released its latest round of Academic Progress Rate figures Wednesday.

Among the notable schools that are ineligible for the postseason during the 2014-15 season include Alabama State and Florida A&M.

FAMU was notified that its football and men’s basketball programs are being penalized for not meeting NCAA minimum standards for APR.

FAMU President Elmira Mangum said she expects to see improvement in the classroom from the university’s student-athletes.

“FAMU is committed to the success of our student-athletes both on and off the playing field,” Mangum said in a statement. “Their academic success is our first priority, and we take the regulations of the NCAA very seriously because they are designed to be applied consistently across all programs, at all member institutions, and represent best practice.”

According to the NCAA, schools must exceed a four-year APR average of 930 or a two-year average of 940 to be eligible for postseason participation.

A total of 12 Alabama State programs scored at or above the national benchmark of 930, the school said. Of ASU’s 18 athletics programs, two did not meet qualifications for postseason eligibility in the upcoming school year.

Moments from ‘The Renaissance Period of The African American in Sports’ Premiere

Posted on May 18, 2014

On May 15, at Walter Reade Theatre at Lincoln Center in NYC, Hennessy V.S presented the world premiere screening of “The Renaissance Period of The African American in Sports.”

The most natural way to make an impression and attract admiration from your adversary is to win in everything that you do. As the saying goes, in spite of who you are, you can achieve greatness if you work hard enough. Herbert Douglas and Bob Lott, executive producers of the film, The Renaissance Period of the African Americans in Sports teamed up with Hennessy VS to premiere this necessary piece of history that most are incognizant of. Twenty-two minutes of unprecedented documentary style, the film encapsulated the essence of the Summer Berlin Olympic Games of 1936, where 9 African American athletes opened the doorway for black people through a world-stage of track & field.

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WATCH: Sean Combs, aka Diddy, Commencement Speech at Howard University

Posted on May 11, 2014

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Congratulations Dr. Sean Combs!

Diddy graced The Yard at Howard University in Washington, DC (May 10) to receive an honorary degree in humanities and deliver the class of 2014 commencement address. “Only this family could take one of its sons who already had three name changes and give him a fourth,” he joked with the crowd.

The media mogul attended Howard for two years in the 1990s before dropping out to pursue opportunities that ultimately launched his career. Although there was some criticism over the decision to make the entertainer and philanthropist this year’s keynote speaker, the class of 2014 crowd gave him a standing ovation and chanted “HU, you know!” after the speech, which was live-streamed on the website of Diddy’s cable network REVOLT. “Ain’t no homecoming like a Howard homecoming,” he said during his address, adding, “Howard University didn’t just change my life – it entered my soul, my heart, my being and my spirit.”

The university also honored CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer, transplant surgeon Clive Callender, jazz legend Benny Golson and PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi. Past Howard graduation speakers also have included Oprah Winfrey, Hillary Clinton, Colin Powell and Maya Angelou.
Watch Diddy’s full speech below. Do you think he delivered?

Howard University Student Claims Police Beat Him for No Reason

Posted on May 8, 2014

A 27-year-old Howard University student was badly bruised and beaten by Metro Transit Police Sunday night, which he claims was harm done unprovoked.

“They threw me to the ground, they handcuffed me — this is what I have to show for following the instructions of the law,” Jeremy Gordon said in an interview withABC7. All he remembers from the incident is that at around 5:30 p.m. Sunday evening, there were flashing lights trailing him along a stretch of Suitland Parkway near the Anacostia Metro station. What followed was flying fists.

Officials say they pulled Gordon over for “weaving in and out of traffic,” and that “a brief struggle ensued.” The officers added that he appeared combative and intoxicated.

Gordon, on the other hand, says he did nothing wrong. The self-proclaimed “victim” says he was pepper-sprayed and beaten several times for no reason. Gordon also argues that he was only changing lanes, not weaving.

“I’m being pulled from my car and thrown to the ground handcuffed and look at my eye, my eye is damaged. I can’t even feel my face right now…the nerves in my face, they’re damaged,” he toldABC7. By just glancing at him, you can easily see the discoloration where Gordon sustained lacerations to his left eye and bottom lip. Read more

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Hampton University Women Regain Focus for Third Consecutive MEAC Track Title

Posted on May 6, 2014

Daily Press: Hampton University‘s women took a slightly different path to extend their Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference track and field domination and required some pointed remarks from coach Maurice Pierce.

On the surface, the Lady Pirates’ third consecutive outdoor title and 11th in 13 years came easily. They scored 154.5 points, nearly doubling runner-up Norfolk State (79) at last week’s meet in Greensboro, N.C.

But the championship was a result of superior depth, standout individual performances and renewed commitment on the meet’s final day.

It was a dogfight the first two days,” said Pierce, the director of track and field for men and women. “We did all the biting on Saturday and the fight was over.”

HU sophomore Ce’aira Brown was named the meet’s outstanding performer after winning the 800 and 1,500 meters and running a leg on the first-place 4×400 relay team.

The Lady Pirates traditionally rely on their short sprinters and jumpers, but piled up points this year in the 400, 800 and 1,500. Brown and senior Cydney Robinson finished 1-2 in the 800 and 1,500, while Malekah Holland and Le’Quisha Parker went 1-2 in the 400. Read Full

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Stillman Head Basketball Coach Leaves for Coppin State

Posted on May 6, 2014

From Stillman Sports Information:

Stillman head men’s basketball coach Michael Grant has accepted the same position at Coppin State University in Baltimore, Maryland. He will be the sixth coach to lead the Eagles program since 1964

“While the Stillman athletic department will be losing a family member, it is good to see coaches and administrators advance to the next level,” said director of athletics Paul Bryant. “Coppin State is a quality Division I program and they are getting a quality coach in head coach Michael Grant.”

A fifteen-year veteran, who has won 56 percent of his games, Grant comes to Coppin State from Division II Stillman College, where he was the head coach for the last six years., Grant was also the head coach from 2003-05 at Southern University (La.) where he replaced the legendary Ben Jobe.

“There are two things that we were looking for in our men’s basketball coach,” Coppin State president Mortimer Neufville said. “The graduation rate and an ability to build programs. He’s graduated over 80 percent of his student-athletes and everywhere he has been, he has won.”

At the conclusion of the 2013-14 campaign, Grant amassed a six-year school record of 100-73. In 2012-13, the Tigers finished the season with an 18-10 overall mark and a 12-5 SIAC record. Center Torrean Walker ranked first in the SIAC and seventh in Division II in blocked shots per game while guard Jeffrey Wherry finished first in the conference in assist-to-turnover ratio. The Tigers led the SIAC in assists, blocked shots, scoring offense and three-pointers made per game.

“This was another opportunity for me to build a program,” Grant said. “I am excited to be here and looking forward to playing an exciting brand of basketball. The way we play. There will be nobody in this conference that will be able to play the way I play. We’re going to get up and down the floor. We’re going to run and press. Every team that I’ve coached over the last 15 years, we’ve led the conference in scoring. Our goals are to make sure we’re scoring over 80 points per game and leading the conference in rebounding and steals.”

During the 2010-11 season, he guided Stillman to a 24-8 overall mark, a 19-5 conference record, second place in the SIAC and to the regional final of the Division II South Regional. The Tigers finished the season eighth in the NCAA with three-pointers made (9.4 per game) and blocked shots (4.2 per outing).

“We believe he’s the best fit for our program,” Coppin State Director of Athletics Derrick Ramsey said. “He has experience replacing a legendary coach, which is important. We’re excited to have coach Grant join the Coppin State family.”

Credited by former players as a “disciplinarian,” Grant’s coaching genius was first established at NAIA-turned-Division II member Central State (Ohio) University. In seven seasons, Grant led the Marauders to three 20-win campaigns and only one losing season-his first in 1996-97. During the 1999-00 season, Grant led Central State to the program’s first victory in the NAIA National Tournament since 1979. By the end of his seven-year tenure at the school, Grant had become only the fourth Central State coach to have won more than 100 games in his career with the school.

Grant began his coaching career at his alma mater, Malone College in Ohio, where he first studied under Hal Smith as a student assistant. Grant then served on Smith’s staff in 1985 as a full-time assistant before heading to the University of Michigan as a graduate assistant where he helped coach and develop his younger brother Gary Grant, who eventually became the Big Ten Player of the Year in 1988. Gary Grant was the 14th overall player chosen in the 1988 NBA draft.

Grant also coached at Kentucky State University, Alleghany College, Cleveland State University, and the University of Toledo. The Eagles will begin their season in November. One of Grant’s biggest goals is to recruit from Baltimore and keep the talent within city limits.

“We have to show Baltimore some love,” Grant said. “We have to be able to make sure we take care of home. Once we get one recruit from here, the rest will follow. I am looking forward to having an opportunity to go out in the community and meeting all of the high school coaches and building Coppin State starting at home first.”

10 Career Advice for HBCU Graduates

Posted on May 5, 2014

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Although there are clear obstacles to finding work, there are also a lot of big opportunities that students can take advantage of. The following are ten things that new graduates should do to get ahead in their careers. Of course, older generations can benefit from these too.

Advice from Dan Schawbel

1. Think of your career as a series of experiences. The most optimistic and intelligent way to look at your career isn’t how long you stay with one employer or that you focus on what you majored in at college. You need to collect experiences throughout your careers, whether that be with five employers or ten, with one business function or five or in one country or three. The idea is that you need to be a lifelong learner if you want to make an impact, succeed and feel accomplished. The experiences you have expand your world view, give you new perspectives and make you a more interesting person.

2. Don’t settle for a job you’re not passionate about. A lot of people are pushing college graduates to just get a job to pay the bills and that isn’t the greatest advice because research shows that you won’t last long there if you do. Furthermore, no smart company is going to have someone who is only there to make money because there’s always someone else who wants it more. When you’re passionate about your job, you’re excited, you work longer hours and end up accomplishing much more. Life is too short to settle for a career that you hate!

3. Focus on making a big impact immediately. The quicker you make an impact in a company the more attention and support you will get. Millennials understand this well because they won’t want to wait five years to get on a project where they can make this type of impact. Starting on day one, you have to learn as much as possible and start mastering your job so you can latch on to the bigger projects faster and prove yourself. By doing this, you will explode your career and become more valuable in your company, which will increase your pay, title and you’ll get to work on better projects.

4. Take risks early and often in your career. One of the important lessons this economy has taught us is that not taking risks is risky. There is so much out of our control and if we just keep doing what we did yesterday, we can’t get ahead. By taking a risk, you are putting yourself in a position to learn, whether you succeed or fail. You’re also showing to your management that you’re willing to put your reputation on the line to make things happen. As we become an ever more entrepreneurial society, those that take risks, both inside and outside of the corporate walls, will become more successful.

5. Spend more time with people than with your laptop. Students are plugged in and don’t understand that he strongest relationship are formed in person, not online. I constantly see students looking down at their iPhones and iPad’s instead of at people’s faces and it’s a missed opportunity. Soft skills will always become more cherished in companies so it’s important to drop your technology and actually communicate with people. People hire you, not technology and you have to remember that!

6. Measure your work outcomes and build case studies. If you look at any student resume, they almost always look the same. They have the same fields (education, experience, school activities). Under their experience fields, they list a company and then general information such as “Managed XXX project”. They dress up their experience bullets so they can turn menial tasks into something more marketable. The problem is that recruiters today, and especially in the future, are looking for outcomes. They want to know the numeric impact you’re having on a company through your work, which means increasing revenue or decreasing costs. Always think about measuring your projects and keeping track of the results because that’s what’s going to help you justify promotions.

7. Sacrifice today to position yourself for tomorrow. You can’t have everything you want today so you need to work hard to put yourself in a better position in the future. From 2007 to 2009, I put in over one hundred hours a week working on something I loved. As a result, now I have the freedom to do what I want, when I want. While others would have used that same time to go out every night and party, I realized the bigger picture and you can too. The more you do early in your career, the more it will pay off later in life and you will be thankful just like I am.

8. Start your own website to centralize your work profile. You need a single place where you can store everything you accomplish and that should be a website under your name (yourfullname.com). By doing this, you can easily refer others to your work, whether it be hiring managers or for freelance projects. As you grow and develop your career, add new projects, education, skills and examples of your work to your website. Your website is a living, breathing resume that is always available to people even when you’re asleep.

9. Travel as much as you can, while learning about cultures and languages. We live in a global marketplace now and companies are looking to expand and hire the best talent, regardless of location. The more you travel and experience the world, the better you will be at serving this marketplace and taking advantage of it. Furthermore, if you’re learning new languages, you are ahead of the curve. It’s hard for companies to find workers who are fluent in languages so if that’s you, you become more marketable.

10. Locate mentors who live your desired lifestyle. Most students aren’t selective about mentors and just feel fortunate to have them in the first place. I believe you need to choose the right mentor, who you can support and who has time to support you. That person should be someone in your industry who is living the lifestyle that you dream of. This way, they can tell you exactly what you need to do each day to get to their level. For instance, if you want to travel and do consulting in the future then find someone who has a job at McKinsey or Accenture to mentor you. Based on your meetings with them, you might even decide that the consulting lifestyle isn’t a good match for you after all.

Bus Carrying Jackson State University Baseball Team Catches Fire

Posted on May 5, 2014

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A Jackson State bus caught fire while driving down a highway in Alabama.

This happened at I-20/59 Northbound at Allison-Bonnett Memorial Drive, about 15 minutes west of Birmingham.

The Jackson State Baseball team was onboard the bus.

They are scheduled to play Savannah State in Georgia, tomorrow.

School officials say that everyone got off the bus okay, and no one was injured.

FAMU Over Harvard, What Happened After a 16 year old Chose an HBCU

Posted on May 5, 2014

There has been a swarm of media reports celebrating young African-American teenagers who have been killing it in college admissions. There are the DC-area triplets deciding between Columbia and University of Pennsylvania, the North Carolina young man who got into seven Ivy League schools and the New York teen who got accepted into all eight prestigious universities.

But what happens when an Ivy League school comes calling and you take a less expected path? What happens when you choose a different school, with less prestige, over the Ivy? What happens when a black kid decides that he would rather take his talents to Florida A&M University over Harvard University?

Ralph Jones Jr., a prodigious young man, who entered college at the age of 16 can tell you a little bit about that.

Jones first drew media attention back in 2010, when he shocked those who knew his story by choosing Florida A&M University over Harvard. At that time his path seemed clear. The then-16-year-old navigated through overwhelmingly intense social media criticism for his unexpected choice.

Does he regret it?

“No. No I don’t,” Jones told The Root, with zero hesitation. “It’s funny … the same kinds of people who were sending me [hate mail], you know they still send it, but on the opposite side, the support I’ve received has been immeasurable over the past four years. The opportunities I’ve had afforded to me I don’t think they could’ve afforded to me anywhere else.

“I was at Lockheed as a freshman, I interned at Apple with only two years under my belt. The things that I did there I don’t know anyone else who has done anything like me and I have friends at Cornell and Boston University and Georgetown and … they don’t have it,” he enthused.

“My résumé [is] one that I think is arguably comparable to any student right now in the nation who’s my age and … those opportunities came directly or indirectly from my time at FAMU. I don’t see myself doing anything differently in retrospect,” Jones added. Read Full at the Root

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Among Youngest at HBCUs; Tuskegee University Names New President Brian Johnson

Posted on May 5, 2014

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The historical university finds strong, energetic leadership in new president

Tuskegee, AL (April 29, 2014) – After an extensive national search, today Tuskegee University’s Board of Trustees is pleased to announce that Brian Johnson, Ph.D., has been unanimously selected to become the seventh president of Tuskegee University. Dr. Brian Johnson will assume the role of president on June 15th, 2014, succeeding Dr. Gilbert L. Rochon.

Johnson Dr. Johnson is currently the Interim Vice President for Strategic Planning and Institutional Effectiveness and Assistant Provost/Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee.

Tuskegee University was built as the intellectual epicenter of African American culture and academia and remains one of the nation’s leading historically black institutions standing on a foundation of outstanding leadership in 133 years of service since its founding by Booker T. Washington. The university graduates over 75 percent of the African American veterinarians in the world and is the only Historically Black College or University (HBCU) with a fully accredited College of Veterinary Medicine that offers the doctoral degree. Tuskegee University is also the largest producer of African American STEM graduates.

Dr. Johnson, age 40, is a dynamic, proven academic leader with a strong stature as a scholar, manager and administrator who will carry on the university’s vision of inspiring, supporting and educating the hands, hearts and minds of the next generation of great leaders. Dr. Johnson is one of the youngest individuals to be selected president of an HBCU in recent years.

“The Board of Trustees’ presidential search team worked very hard over the past six months to find the seventh president of our university,” said Chairman of the Board of Trustees retired Maj. Gen. Charles. E. Williams. “Dr. Brian Johnson is the perfect fit for these times and his selection was unanimous. We are pleased with his preparation to serve as our next president and he has our total support.”

Dr. Johnson is known as a vibrant and progressive administrator, professor, and scholar. He has authored or edited seven academic books, including two on W. E. B. Du Bois and one institutional history of his alma mater, Johnson C. Smith University, an HBCU. Dr. Johnson has received numerous academic and administrative awards including a 2012-2013 (A.C.E.) American Council of Education Fellowship where he served at Indiana University- Purdue University Indianapolis under the mentorship of Chancellor Charles Bantz. While there Dr. Johnson spent an extensive amount of time within the newly created Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, serving on Dean Gene Tempel’s Dean’s Advisory Council during the school’s formation.

“I am honored to have been selected as a servant and steward of a tremendous, powerful tradition and legacy,” said Dr. Johnson. “I see myself in the tradition represented in the Tuskegee man and woman. It will be a privilege to serve the Tuskegee alumni, Board of Trustees, faculty, staff and most of all – students.”

In his most recent role, Dr. Johnson had oversight of student learning outcomes assessment, academic program accreditations, coordination of risk assessment for academic affairs, new faculty orientation and special academic programming. Dr. Johnson served on the Executive Cabinet and the Capital Campaign, Chaired the University-wide Assessment Committee, and served as the liaison to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and the Tennessee Board of Regents – the sixth largest university system in the nation. Additionally, Dr. Johnson lead the university’s Performance Funding Planning and Strategic Planning efforts, serving on the administrative leadership team that earned a 12.9 percent increase in its Tennessee Performance Funding Plan, the largest increase granted among Tennessee universities for the 2013-2014 academic year.

With upward trends in student retention and academic performance, faculty teaching, research and enrollment, Tuskegee University remains a globally competitive university that prepares graduates for success and service.

Dr. Johnson is a proud husband and father of two sons, ages 10 and 9.

About Tuskegee University

Founded in 1881 by Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee University is home to approximately 3,000 students from the U.S. and 30 foreign countries. The academic programs are organized into seven colleges and schools: 1.) Andrew F. Brimmer College of Business and Information Science, 2.) College of Agriculture, Environment and Nutrition Sciences, 3.) College of Arts and Sciences, 4.) College of Engineering, 5.) College of Veterinary Medicine, Nursing and Allied Health, 6.) Robert R. Taylor School of Architecture and Construction Science, and 7.) School of Education.

Tuskegee University is accredited with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award baccalaureate, master’s, doctorate, and professional degrees. The following programs are accredited by national agencies: architecture, business, education, engineering, clinical laboratory sciences, nursing, occupational therapy, social work, and veterinary medicine.

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Hampton Comes Away with Game 3 Win over NSU

Posted on May 5, 2014

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A seventh inning rally fell short, and the Norfolk State softball team dropped the third game of a conference series to Hampton on Sunday afternoon by a 7-6 score at the NSU Softball Field.

The Spartans were down by three going into the bottom of the seventh, but NSU got things goings to make it interesting. Senior Morgan Boyd singled into left, and junior Alina Moriarty singled with two outs. In the next at bat, Boyd got in just ahead of the ball on a play at third, loading the bases in the process.

Freshman Kayla McNair followed with a single into left center to score Boyd and Moriarty, but sophomore Whitney Williams got caught in a rundown for the final out of the game.

The loss dropped NSU’s regular season record to 12-6 in the MEAC and 19-23 overall. The Spartans enter the MEAC tournament next Thursday as the North’s No. 3 seed. They will play at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday against the No. 2 seed in the South, which has yet to be determined.

Sunday’s loss, which gave Hampton (26-18, 14-3 MEAC) a series sweep, featured a combined seven errors and five unearned runs.

Both teams got on the board in the first inning thanks to a combined five errors in that first frame alone.

Taylor McCoy doubled to score one run for Hampton, and a fielder’s choice bunt and an error added two more for a 3-0 lead.

The Spartans responded with two runs of their own in the frame. Sophomore Heather Dunning and Williams singled, and three straight errors on Hampton over the next three at bats scored a pair of runs.

In the fourth, the Pirates scored three more for a 6-2 lead, with all three runs scoring on a double by McCoy.

Senior Nikki Jones homered in the bottom of the fourth, and Boyd hit an RBI triple later in the frame to make it 6-4.

Jones’ homer was the team’s 36th of the season, breaking the program’s previous fast-pitch record of 35 set in 1997.

McCoy hit an RBI single in the sixth for Hampton for a 7-4 lead and what proved to be the winning run. McCoy hit 3-for-4 with four RBI in the game.

Boyd had two hits on the day for NSU, and McNair drove in a pair of runs.

Senior Jamie Schulle (13-14) suffered the loss after allowing six runs, three earned, on four hits in 3.2 innings of work. Senior Stephanie Wheatley allowed one earned run on three hits in 3.1 innings of relief. From NSU