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MOREHOUSE A CAMPUS NEWSLETTER FOR FACULTY, STAFF AND STUDENTS DECEMBER 2012 / JANUARY 2013 Talented Maroon Tigers start 2012-2013 basketball season CATHEDRAL GOALS Some of the goals Wilson has for the College are: • Emphasizing faculty-driven fundraising that thinks years down the line • Enhancing the perception that people have of Morehouse • Encouraging students to more often push each other towards excellence • Bolstering the endowment Students bring Christmas cheer to Atlanta’s needy Journalism and Sports Program co-hosts post-election discussion Cathedral Vision 11th President John Sylvanus Wilson Jr. ’79 Wants Capital and Character Preeminence By ADD SEYMOUR JR. M orehouse will lead the charge in shattering the stereotype of historically black colleges and universi ties not running like well- oiled machines, said President-elect John Silvanus Wilson Jr. 79. In his first meetings with faculty, staff and students since being elected president, Wilson said operational excel lence is going to be one of his priori ties when he begins his tenure as the College’s 11th president on Jan. 28 2013. “The first HBCU that gets [opera tional excellence] right administrative wide is going to distinguish itself,” he said to applause. “I’m driven to make Morehouse the one to get it right and to be known for our superior operations and customer service.” Wilson talked about several things he wanted to work on when he officially takes office. The tenure of President Robert M. Franklin ’75 ends on Dec. 31, with interim Provost Willis B. Sheftall ’64 serving as acting president until Wilson arrives. Currently the executive direc tor of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Wilson was unanimously chosen president by the Morehouse College Board of Trustees in November ing the College’s identity. That clear identity would attract more donors and allow the College to operate more seamlessly, Wilson said. Morehouse would become a more attractive destination for African American males. “I insist we are not who we say we are until we at least double or triple [the number of black boys who apply to Morehouse]” he said. “That is the chal lenge - to become a more potent place. “We’re going to have fun and we’re going to have fun as professionals,” Wilson said. “And this place is going to grow and grow and grow.” H after an exhaustive nationwide search. Before being appointed to his current position by President Barack Obama, Wilson spent 25 years in higher educa tion leadership. He was an associate professor and executive dean at George Washington University and was assis tant provost and director of Foundation Relations at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research also has focused on what it will take for HBCUs to thrive. “The board is in full agreement that Dr. Wilson has the vision and experience to ensure that Morehouse continues to advance its aim in producing global leaders who continue to make a differ ence in the world,” said Board Chairman Robert C. Davidson ’67 during Wilson’s meeting with faculty. “The board and I are confident that Dr. Wilson is the right man at the right time to lead Morehouse into the future.” Morehouse’s future will be based on Wilson’s cathedral vision, which has as its foundation preeminence in charac ter and capital. The key to realizing his vision will be in streamlining and clarify FOR ALL THAT the Atlanta community has done for Morehouse College, Morehouse, along with Spelman College, has returned the love with a gift of song and melody for 86 years. You would have to search far and wide to find a musical present as grand as the three performances that are the Morehouse-Spelman Christmas Carol Concert given each year at this time, said David Morrow ’80, director of the Morehouse College Glee Club. “I’ve been to countless Christmas concerts, but there is nothing like the Christmas Carol Concert,” he said. “You not only have the ilk of a Joyce Johnson playing the organ, you hear two high-caliber glee clubs coming together to perform music from Poland to Africa. So it’s a wonderful gift to the community.” The idea of a community gift is the reason the two glee clubs come together to open the Christmas season. In 1927, the first Morehouse Glee Club director, Kemper Harreld, and Spelman College president Florence Matilda Read, thought it would be a good idea to give a free concert to Adanta citizens. (continued on page 5) President-Elect Wilson greets students after addressing them for the first time. Kaelan Sharperson helps his clients to be well-dressed