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KUDOS
INSIDE MOREHOUSE. FEBRUARY 2011
TAKE
NOTE
Lawrence Blumer, professor of biology, is president-elect of the
Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE) and will
begin his two-year term in June 2011. ABLE seeks to improve
undergraduate biology learning and teaching by promoting the
development of innovative and reliable laboratory activities.
Stephane Dunn, assistant professor of English, wrote a column in
TheLoop.com in February titled "Ain’t We Lucky We Had 'Em;
Florida Evans and Weezy Jefferson: Sitcom TV’s Greatest Wifey-
Mamas Before Claire Huxtable."
H Bryant Marks '94, assistant professor of psychology and director
of the Morehouse Male Initiative, was interviewed on Atlanta's
WAOK-AM radio about the Morehouse Male Initiative, challenges
and solutions related to the academic achievement of black males,
and the Black Male Summit.
David Wall Rice '95. assistant professor of psychology, was
interviewed on IMBC Nightly News as part of a story on a
publisher's decision to substitute the N-word with the word
"slave" in new editions of Huckleberry Finn.
Henrietta Yang, assistant professor of Chinese and director of the
Chinese Studies Program, and five of her students were invited to
First Lady Michelle Obama’s Jan. 19 speech on her "100,000
Strong" Chinese Study Abroad initiative at Howard University.
Obama urged the nation's students to study abroad, especially in
China.
New Hires
Jevon Boxdell, research associate. Center
for Telecommunication
Nicole Carmolingo, processing archivist.
College Archives
Kamilah Claxton, senior accountant.
Business and Finance
Michael Fleming, director of Assessment
and Institutional Research, Institutional
Research
Darrius Grier, security officer. Campus
Police
Akeim Guiden, police officer. Campus
Police
Michael Gumm, assistant director of
admissions. Admissions
Dominique Ingram, assistant basketball
coach. Athletics
Bolutito Jinadu, budget analyst, Business
and Finance
Knox Phillips, program manager. Science
and Mathematics
Ibn Pitts, technical services specialist.
Information Technology
Camilya Robertson, budget coordinator.
Business and Finance
Lawrence Scott, financial aid adviser.
Financial Aid
Terry Shoneye, grants accountant.
Business and Finance
Christina White, administrative assistant.
Financial Aid
Rebecca Wolfe, data entry, Morehouse
Research Institute
Morehouse McNair Scholars
Lauded at North Carolina A&T
McNair Symposium
SIX MOREHOUSE COLLEGE Ronald E. McNair scholars attended the 25th
Annual Ronald E. McNair Commemorative Celebration and Research
Symposium at North Carolina A&T University in Greensboro, N.C., Jan. 26 - 28.
The annual conference attracts over 200 participants nationwide from more
than 20 colleges and universities. Psychology majors William Jenkins, Chauncey
Smith and Dominique Thomas, biology major Mackenzie Martin, computer sci
ence major Jamal Young and physics major Marcellus Parker all presented schol
arly research in their respective fields.
Martin (far left) and Jenkins (far right) received Honorable Mention Research
awards, while Parker (second from left) and Smith (second from right) won
Outstanding Research Awards. Not pictured are Young and Thomas, both of
whom were recognized for their work.
The Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program prepares
participants underrepresented in the sciences for doctoral studies through
involvement in research and other scholarly activities. H
Morehouse Chinese Studies Program
Celebrates the Year of the Rabbit
By ADD SEYMOUR JR
THE YEAR 2011 marks the Year of
the Rabbit in Chinese culture and
the Morehouse College Chinese
Studies Program celebrated the new
year with its “Taste of China” on
Feb.3 in the lounge of the DuBois
International House.
Led by program director
Henrietta Yang, students, faculty and
staff got a chance to boil and eat
their own dumplings and sample a Yumen Lin (right) from the Chinese Studies
variety of prepared traditional Program helps a student make dumplings.
Chinese food. Freshman Charles
Corperning, who spent his senior year in high school studying in China, gave a
sample of Chinese rap music.
Here is a pictoral look at the celebration. Xin Nian Kuai Le! ■
First Annual SGA Senate
Scholarship Honorees Named
THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT Association Student Scholarship Committee
has announced the recipients of the First Annual SGA Senate Scholarship Awards.
A panel of students and administrators chose the winners based on their hard-
work at the College. B
The winners are:
$1,000 TUITION SCHOLARSHIP
Brandon Bouvia
Spencer Brooks
Earl Cooper
Moriba Cummings
Caleb Solomon
Deonta Plase
$651 FIVE-MEAL PLAN SCHOLARSHIP
Paul Adamson
Alexander Brown
Trenton Caldwell
Adrian Jones
Nathaniel Tatum
$300 BOOK VOUCHER SCHOLARSHIP
Matthew Ellis
Calvin Monroe