Even with an 8.4 percent increase in tuition and fees, an education at Elizabeth City State University will remain the best bargain in the 16-campus University of North Carolina System.
According to UNC data, the average ECSU student who paid $3,829 in tuition and fees this year will pay — if the proposed increases are approved by both ECSU trustees and the UNC Board of Governors — $4,150 in 2012-13.
That’s still $244 less, however, than what a student at Fayetteville State University would pay in tuition and fees next year, and $636 less than what a student at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke would pay next year. It’s also $1,655 less than the statewide average of $5,805.
Ernest L. Holloway, who served longer than any other president of Langston University, died Saturday. He was 81. Holloway was being treated for stomach cancer in Texas, said Currie Ballard, former university historian in residence.
Holloway, who became the university’s 14th president in 1979, spent more than 40 years at the school in a variety of positions.
He served as the school’s registrar, a professor, vice president of administration and dean of student affairs.
Holloway also was a student at Langston.
Holloway was inducted into the Oklahoma Educators Hall of Fame in 1996 and the Oklahoma Higher Education Hall of Fame in 1999.
The university had five presidents in less than 10 years before Holloway became president, and during that time there was talk of closing the school.
Holloway brought stability to Langston, which was created in 1897 as the Colored Agricultural and Normal University. “If he had stumbled as president of Langston, there wouldn’t be Langston as we know it,” Ballard said. “He’s the only person I’ve ever known in a high position of authority to have an open-door policy. If you were an alumnus, he had the same policy at his home.”
The king is no longer serving burgers near campus.
A Burger King that has long served Hampton University students and the surrounding community closed in recent days. Signs posted on the front doors and order window indicate a 20-year lease between the restaurant’s owner and the college will expire Dec. 31.
Workers shuttling equipment out of the building’s back door Friday morning contacted the owner, who would not comment about the establishment’s fate. The restaurant was attached to the Willie O. Lawton College of Continuing Education building along Settlers Landing Road.
A message left on college spokeswoman Yuri Rodgers Milligan’s cell phone Friday afternoon was not returned.
The Burger King is added to a list of Hampton eateries both commercial and privately-owned that have shuttered their doors in the city in recent months. That list includes:
•The Oasis on Kecoughtan Road, which was family owned since the 1950s.
•Saddle Ridge in the Power Plant, which closed this month owing the city about $70,000 in taxes.
•JoJack’s Espresso Bar & Café, which closed in November in Peninsula Town Center.
•A 7-Eleven along North Mallory Street in Buckroe closed this month, although it will be replaced by an independent convenience store.
Despite the Burger King closure, HU students still have nearby fast-food options. A Chinese restaurant and college-run café are located within walking distance, and more than a dozen restaurants and eateries are in both Phoebus and downtown Hampton.
A former Kentucky State University student who set a dorm room on fire will not get out of jail early.
Prosecutors say 19-year-old Juanisha Feliciano was denied an early release after serving half of her 180-day sentence. She was sentenced as part of a plea agreement for starting a fire in Chandler Hall because she was mad at another girl.
She’s expected to be released from jail in March and has been accepted to nursing school. That’s why her attorney had asked for shock probation, but the judge noted that other people’s lives were at stake when the fire was set. That fire sent one student to the hospital.
Mississippi Valley State University has paid $85,800 so far for school president Donna Oliver to live in a loft apartment in Greenwood.Oliver was hired three years ago and continues to live in the temporary quarters nearly three years later. The official president’s residence on the Itta Bena campus has dry rot, a corroding kitchen floor and other problems that make it unlivable.Valley State will pay $2,600 per month through July 2012 for the off-campus housing.
The Legislature provided $900,000 in 2009 to build a new home.Tommy Verdell, MVSU’s facilities director, told the Greenwood Commonwealth ( http://bit.ly/s5uzFx) that construction bids came in too high and the school is considering whether to rebid.The original plan was for Oliver to live at the Alluivan, a boutique hotel in Greenwood.Zachary Faison, Valley’s chief of staff and executive assistant to the president, said Oliver’s two-bedroom, one-bathroom apartment is not in the Alluvian. He said it is located across the street. The lease is with the Viking Hospitality Group, an arm of appliance maker Viking Range Corp., which owns the Alluvian.The lease is for $2,600 per month, which equals $31,200 a year.Faison said Oliver is not living in the apartment of her own volition.”The president wants to get in a home,” he said.Oliver has lived in the apartment since she became Valley’s sixth president in January 2009. She was supposed to move into a home in March 2009, but the deal with owner Steve LaVere fell through.The homes of Mississippi’s public university presidents are intended for hosting visitors, receptions and other official functions. Expenses for operating them are paid by the university and not considered part of the president’s salary package. Copyright 2011 . All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Information from: The Greenwood Commonwealth, http://www.gwcommonwealth.com
Las Vegas – Adrian Coleman had 16 points and nine rebounds to lead Bethune-Cookman past Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 61-52 on Thursday in the Las Vegas Classic.
Also for the Wildcats (4-9), Anthony Breeze and Kevin Dukes each had nine points. Bethune-Cookman ended a four-game losing streak.
Chris Hawkins-Mast led the Islanders (1-9) with 15 points and eight rebounds. James King added 10 points as Texas A&M-Corpus Christi lost its seventh straight.
After the Islanders led for most of the first half, Bethune-Cookman went on an 18-4 run starting late in the half and continuing after intermission.
Washington, DC – Glenn Andrews and Calvin Thompson combined for 13 points in overtime to help Howard University defeat the University of Delaware, 88-83 in a non-conference men’s game at Burr Gymnasium. The win snapped a four-game losing streak for the Bison while the Blue Hens had their two-game win streak end.
Andrews, who poured in a career-high 28 points, nailed a three pointer with 13 seconds to tie the game at 70 in regulation to send the game into an extra frame.
After Josh Brinkley converted one of two free throws to give the Blue Hens a 71-70 advantage, Thompson and Andrews took over, reeling off a 9-2 run to take a 79-73 lead at the 2:35 mark. Delaware (5-5) countered with a run of its own and tied the game at 79 with 1:30 on the clock.
From there, the Bison closed out the game by hitting on 8 of 9 free throws to seal the victory. The Blue Hens efforts were rebuffed with some good team defense down the stretch.
It was a game of runs by both teams as each took the other’s best shots. First Delaware got the advantage, 27-16 on the scoring of Jarvis Threatt and Devon Sandler, who teamed for 16 of their team’s first half points.
Senior Dominique Sutton leads NCCU to a 2-1 finish at the 2011 Global Sports Hoops Showcase. (MEAC Media Relations)
Eugene, Ore. – In a contest that saw eight ties and 13 lead changes, a late second half run was all the Eagles of North Carolina Central needed to finish off the Panthers of Prairie View A&M 69-58 to end the 2011 Global Sports Hoops Showcase with a 2-1 record, giving the maroon and gray momentum heading into the holiday break.
Judging by the first 20 minutes of action it looked as if the first meeting between these two squads would go down to the wire with neither team holding a lead larger than six. In fact, there were seven ties and nine lead changes, but the swarming Eagle defense recorded four steals and forced 10 turnovers, which NCCU turned into 12 points in favor of the maroon and gray.
With 8:09 left in the first half and the game knotted up at 23, the Eagles made their best move going on a 6-0 earning their largest lead of the half at 29-23. The momentum of that rally was short-lived when the Panthers answered back with an 8-2 spurt to tie the game at 31 with 15 second left following a three-pointer by guard Tim Meadows.
NCCU took the lead at the half when junior Ray Willis was fouled in the act of shooting with 0.1 seconds left giving the Eagles a 33-31 lead.
Tallahassee, Fla. — The Florida A&M University (FAMU) Lyceum Series is proud to present the Dance Theatre of Harlem Ensemble (DTHE), Friday, January 27, 2012, at 7:30 p.m. in Lee Hall Auditorium.
Tickets are now available through ticketmaster.com and the FAMU box office located in the Alfred Lawson Multipurpose Center and Teaching Gymnasium for $20, $15 and $10, depending on the location of the seats.
The Dance Theatre of Harlem (DTH) is a leading dance institution of unparalleled global acclaim. The organization boasts a touring professional ensemble, a community and pre-professional school for young dancers, and an arts-education program that serves the Harlem community and beyond. The Ensemble, which was formed in the summer of 2008 to carry the social and artistic legacy of Dance Theatre of Harlem to communities that had been previously deprived of the company due to geographic or financial obstacles, was conceived as an extension of DTH’s celebrated Dancing through the Barriers.
The Ensemble has a mission of education through the arts as well as artistic excellence consisting of 12 dancers, a ballet master/director, a concert grade pianist, a touring administrative and technical staff. Since January 2009, the DTH Ensemble has toured in 43 cities and 24 states including the District of Columbia, while servicing a national community of dance lovers and DTH supporters. After June 2012, Dance Theatre of Harlem will concentrate exclusively on the rebirth of its 18-member Company.
One of the benchmarks of the school became the “Open House Series,” which opens the doors of Dance Theatre of Harlem to showcase the activities of the Ensemble, students from the school as well as guest artists from all disciplines. These informal studio performances are a community concert series that continues today, offering quality entertainment at nominal ticket prices to families living in Harlem and the New York Metropolitan area.
At home or abroad, Dance Theatre of Harlem Company has been met with sold-out performances and accolades. After successfully returning to the UK in 2002 and 2004, Dance Theatre of Harlem celebrated its 35th Anniversary with an extensive U.S. tour, followed by performances in Greece prior to the opening of the 2004 summer Olympics.
In February 2009, Dance Theatre of Harlem celebrated its 40th Anniversary. In 2009, Virginia Johnson was named Artistic Director with Arthur Mitchell becoming Artistic Director Emeritus.
Greg McGhee wins the Boxtorow Rookie of the Year Award (www.howard-bison.com)
The Boxtorow National HBCU Football Annual Awards were announced at the HBCU All-Star Gala Banquet held at the Westin Peachtree Hotel in downtown Atlanta on December 16.
For the first time Boxtorow awarded a Rookie of the Year award, as Howard quarterback Greg McGhee was recognized. The freshman from Pittsburgh, Pa. was voted the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year. He was third in the MEAC in total offense (197.5) and completed 182-of-321 passes for 1,784 yards with 13 touchdowns. He started all 11 games and also rushed for 388 yards and four rushing touchdowns. McGhee’s teammate and leading wide receiver Willie Carter accepted the award on McGhee’s behalf.
Pro Football Hall of Famer and former Washington Redskins star Darrell Green was part of the awards ceremony. Green and Florida A&M head football coach Joe Taylor were the keynote speakers.
For more on the Boxtorow National HBCU Football Awards, visit The AFRO.
UMES's Chelsea Sanders tied a career high with 22 points (MEAC Media Relations)
Norfolk, VA. – Junior forward Chelsea Sanders tied a career-high with 22 points and four assists as the University of Maryland Eastern Shore took down Old Dominion University with a 63-59 victory on Wednesday afternoon at Ted Constant Convention Center, one of the toughest places to play in women’s basketball.
The game proved to be a career-high effort for several Lady Hawks, who used a resilient 2-3 defense to limit the Monarchs to a 3-for-22 performance from three-point range in the first ever meeting between the two programs.
The Lady Hawks defeated the Lady Monarchs in Norfolk, where Old Dominion has nearly an 84% winning percentage in its history.
Sanders and Agbasi led the charge for the women but it was the fantastic play off the bench by Braxton and freshman guard Jessica Long that made the difference. The pair handled the point guard position well, where they directed the offense and overcame strong play by the Monarch front court.
Along with her 22 points and four assists, Sanders had six rebounds and a pair of steals. Agbasi and Braxton each collected career-highs in points with 19 and eight, respectively, with Agbasi shooting 9-11 from the field.
Desean Jackson led the MSU Bears with 14 points and 8 rebounds. (MSU Sports Information)
BALTIMORE – Four Bears scored in double figures and Morgan State hit 47.4 percent from the field to pull away from Loyola Marymount, 69-45 at Hill Field House.
Junior DeWayne Jackson led MSU with a game-high 14 points and eight rebounds, while Larry Bastfield finished with 13 points, and Kevin Thompson and Ameer Ali posted 12 and 10 points respectively.
Morgan State shot a blistering 54.2 percent (13-24) in the second half and converted 6 of 19 three-pointers, while LMU misfired on 18 of 51 attempts (35.3 percent) and shot 15 percent (3-19) from behind the arc against the Bears zone defense.
Senior forward Ameer Ali went over 400 rebounds in his career… he currently has 403.
Prairie View A&M University President George C. Wright gives Dallas District Attorney Craig Watkins a gift. (Colby Walker)
PVAMU alumnus and Dallas District Attorney Craig Watkins returned to “the Hill” to offer his words of encouragement to the fall class of 2011.
As the district attorney for Dallas County, Watkins became the first African-American elected to the office on January 1, 2007. He was re-elected for a second term in November 2010. He went on to help create the Conviction Integrity Unit (CIU), which oversees post-conviction reviews of DNA and non-DNA innocence claims in conjunction with various innocence organizations. It also investigates and prosecutes old cases where evidence identifies different or additional perpetrators.
Watkins used his own story as an example for students. A 1990 graduate, he said his current office is a testament to the premise that they too can become successful by making the most of their skills and opportunity.
Nearly 600 students received degrees during the fall commencement. The occasion also marked the end of Dr. Marion Henry’s tenure as commencement Marshall. Henry has served as in the role for 35 years and is responsible for leading the commencement exercises. He will now serve as Marshall Emeritus.
Click here for more on PVAMU’s Fall 2011 Commencement.
Saadia Doyle was named MEAC Player of the Week (Howard Media Relations)
Howard junior forward Saadia Doyle was named Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Player of the Week after a standout performance against Wake Forest that resulted in a 63-59 victory on Dec. 18.
The Atlanta, Ga. native scored 28 points along down seven rebounds, one block and one steal in the win over Wake Forest at Lawrence Joel Coliseum in Winston Salem, N.C. Doyle shot 53-percent from the field, making 10-of-19 shots, while also converting 89-percent of her free-throws (8-of-9) while playing all 43 minutes of the game.
In that same game, junior guard Tamoria Holmes also played well, adding 14 points while fellow junior guard Cheyenne Curley-Payne also scored double digits with 10 points.
The non-conference win helped Howard extend its current winning streak to five games as the team now carries a 5-5 overall record. The Lady Bison will see more nonconference road action on Dec. 28 with a contest against Seton Hall in Orange, N.J.
The Coalition for Equity and Excellence in Maryland Higher Education Inc. is engaged in a lawsuit to help close the disparities between HBCUs and PWIs in Maryland. (commons.wikimedia.org)
The road has been an arduous one, but a lawsuit filed more than five years ago seeking $2.1 billion to remedy what it contends are disparities between Maryland’s historically Black colleges and universities and its traditionally White institutions is nearing trial in Baltimore.
Its outcome could affect higher education for decades to come.
“The best thing is that we are cleared for trial,” John C. Brittain, a professor at the University of the District of Columbia’s David A. Clarke School of Law, said Tuesday after a pre-trial hearing in United States District Court in Baltimore. The lawsuit, for which Brittain serves as co-counsel, asserts that inequities between Maryland’s Black colleges and its White institutions have long existed. “All the preliminary issues have been settled. We are cleared for trial.”
The lawsuit, filed in October 2006 by a group of students and alumni of historically Black colleges known as the Coalition for Equity and Excellence in Maryland Higher Education Inc., contends that Maryland has operated a higher education system of “de jure segregation” – racial segregation imposed by law – in violation of the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court and of Title VI of the U. S. Civil Rights Act of 1964.
The disparities in operational funding and programs asserted in the lawsuit have been most apparent over the years to many students at historically Black colleges and universities.
For instance, Eugene Smith recalls the day he first spotted mold on the ceiling of the Jenkins Behavioral Science Building at Morgan State University in Baltimore.
“There was a lot of mold and residue build-up,” said Smith, 23, who graduated last year and is now pursuing a master’s degree in higher education administration, also at Morgan. “There were cracks in the ceiling – and when it rained, there was mildew, and it grew over time.”
Meanwhile, Zenia Wilson, a Morgan graduate two years earlier who now is studying civil rights and public-interest law at the University of Baltimore School of Law, had to pay out of pocket to spend a summer studying in Mexico.
“I became very intrigued with the idea of studying abroad and didn’t understand why there wasn’t a program at Morgan that helped students with this endeavor,” said Wilson, also 23. “Friends at traditionally White institutions had centers and programs that encouraged study abroad, but we didn’t. I was not able to receive classroom credits for the summer that I spent in Mexico.”
And, nearly a dozen years after graduating from Coppin State University, Keith Reed, now a Senior Editor at ESPN The Magazine, still remembers when the computers broke down while trying to put out the student newspaper. He had to use Morgan’s operations to get the job done.
“What I did was get on the bus and rode over to the East Side – and got off the bus and went over to Morgan and used their facility to put out our proofs for the student newspaper,” said Reed, now 34, who edited The Courier his senior year. “Our computers would regularly break down. It was very difficult.”
“The equipment was outdated,” Reed said. “We were working on PCs instead of Macs like we should’ve been. The computers rarely worked.”
During his years at Morgan, Smith found the conditions so deplorable that he became involved in the school’s Student Government Association, ultimately running for president his senior year on a platform that included seeking improved resources for the university.
Smith was elected. “Someone had to fight for the rights of the university,” he said.
Fort Valley, GA–The significance of Saturday’s (December 17th) basketball game between the Lady Wildcats of Fort Valley State University (FVSU) and the Lady Wolves of West Georgia University (WGU) was evident early in the HPE Arena. With FVSU Head Coach Lonnie Bartley on the brink of reaching his 600th career win in front of a hometown crowd, you would expect that he would be a little bit nervous.
However, you might not expect that nervousness to flow to his players. For the game’s first 5:58 it did! The clearest evidence of their nerves was the fact that the Lady Wildcats did not get their first basket until the 14:02 mark in the first half.
“We were uptight at first, said senior forward Jasmine Birdsong. We let them dictate the tempo. Instead of settling down and playing Lady Wildcat basketball, we played their brand of basketball. We just had to settle down and play our brand of basketball.”
Trailing 5-0 at that point, FVSU got its first score on a lay up by Carmenonique Dawson. After breaking the scoring ice, the Lady Wildcats thawed out completely on their way to a 63-56 win which gave Bartley his 600th career victory.
After shaking off the slow start, FVSU finished the first half shooting 31% (13 of 42) from the floor. And while WGU took an early lead, their shooting accuracy took a noticeable dip for the remainder of the half. In fact, they made only five first half field goals on 25 attempts. With a 31-19 lead at halftime, the Lady Wildcats had what appeared to be enough cushion to ensure the history-making win for Coach Bartley
In the second half, the Lady Wolves made several attacks on the FVSU lead. By increasing their second half shooting percentage to 40.5% (15 of 37), WGU, at one point cut the Lady Wildcat lead to six points. For each attack, however, the Lady Wildcats were able stave off the Wolves. For the half, the Lady Wildcats shot 37% from the field by converting 11 of 29 shots.
Overall, FVSU shot 33.8% for the game. They converted 24 of 71 shot attempts, made eight of 26 three point shots, and made seven of 14 free throws. Freshman Carmenonique Dawson led the Lady Wildcats in scoring with 18 points. She also pulled in nine rebounds. Point guard Whitley Smith finished with 12 points and four assists. D’Ambria Thomas added nine points and Tamara Andrews contributed eight points.
When asked his feelings about winning his 600th game, Bartley said jokingly, “Well it means I’ve been here a pretty long time.” He continued, “Seriously though, as I reflect on tonight’s win, I remain amazed at how truly blessed I am, said Bartley. As a kid growing up in LaGrange, never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined winning 600 games as a college basketball coach; and to boot, at my alma mater! This win tonight is not a celebration of me, instead it is a recognition of all the former players and supporters of this program who have made this night possible.”
“600 is quite a number, said FVSU Athletics Director Percy Caldwell after the Lady Wildcats win. There are only about five NCAA Division II coaches, including men and women, in the entire country to achieve that type of goal. And Lonnie’s situation is unique. How many other coaches have been at the same school for 28 years? I’m glad to be the athletics director just so I can shake his hand for 600 wins.”
“It’s privilege. I’m so proud of my coach, continued Birdsong. We also have to thank the people who came before us and paved the road for us to get to this point. We have to be appreciative and keep building on that road.”
With Bartley’s 600th win, the Lady Wildcats are now 6-2 overall and remain 4-0 in conference play. The Lady Wildcats return to the hardwood on January 3, 2012 when they host the Thorobrettes of Kentucky State University at 6 p.m. in the HPE Arena.
Even with an 8.4 percent increase in tuition and fees, an education at Elizabeth City State University will remain the best bargain in the 16-campus University of North Carolina System.
