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MOREHOUSE A CAMPUS NEWSLETTER FOR FACULTY, STAFF AND STUDENTS OCTOBER 2014 Focus pays off for Maroon Tiger Devon Mann Q HIS Homecoming 2014 State of the College An Updated Look at the College’s Strategic Plan to be Presented During Homecoming 2014 BY ADD SEYMOUR JR. Oil Portraits of Masseys Unveiled; RayPAC Atrium Named for Skinners BY ADD SEYMOUR JR. A LUMNI, FACULTY, STAFF and stu dents will get a Homecoming message from President John Silvanus Wilson Jr. 79 about a new look for the campus and a new direction. Wilson, along with Provost Garikai Campbell, will present the Homecoming “State of the College” discussion in the Bank of America Auditorium today as the president talks about “Reimagining the Campus” and gfves his ideas about a new Morehouse with a campus green, new and improved buildings, athletic facilities and other potential updates to the College’s look. Campbell will talk about the College’s Strategic Plan for 2015-2017. The 3 p.m. discussion is just one of the high lights of Homecoming 2014 where that presentation of new ideas merges with traditional events, such as the Alumni Tailgate, the Coronation of Miss Maroon and White, the football game against Albany State University and Sunday’s Closing Worship Service. An estimated 10,000 people will be on campus for what annually is called one of the biggest HBCU homecoming weekends in the country. President John Silvanus Wilson Jr. 79 “It’s that special time when the entire Morehouse family comes together to celebrate and reconnect with the institution and each other,” said Henry Goodgame ’84, director of Alumni Relations. “If you’ve never had a chance to come and check out your classmates during Reunion in May, we know that they will come during Homecoming to rekindle their old friendships and even start new ones. Homecoming is very, very special and always will be.” This year’s student theme is “Mission Impossible: Collegiate Espionage,” while the alumni theme is, “Tradition.” So far this week, music stars Future and Provost Garikai Campbell Elle Varner have performed and James Shelton ’89, deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Education has delivered the Homecoming Crown Forum address. And the Morehouse Journalism and Sports Program presented the “Maroon Tiger Game Day” during the annual Pep Rally, a takeoff on ESPN’s College Game Day. Goodgame said it all makes for one of the biggest homecoming weekends ever for Morehouse. ■ A S A FRESHMAN at Morehouse 60 years ago this fall, Walter Massey ’58 said he never envisioned seeing his portrait hanging on campus. Now there are two. During a dinner reception for the Morehouse College Board of Trustees meetings last weekend in the Ray Charles Performing Arts Center, por traits of Massey, the College’s ninth president, and his wife, Shirley E. Massey, were unveiled. The Masseys’ portraits will hang in the buildings named after them, the Walter E. Massey Leadership Center and the Shirley A. Massey Executive Conference Center. Their portraits are also in the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel’s International Hall of Honor. “To say that I never thought my portrait would be on this campus is an understatement,” Massey said with a laugh. “But you always know when you graduate from Morehouse College that it would be part of your life ... Shirley and I have done a number of things, but the best thing that ever happened to us was coming to Morehouse College.” Just before their portraits were unveiled, the Performing Arts Center’s atrium was named in honor of trustee emeritus B. Franklin Skinner and his late wife, Ruth Ann. Skinner is the former chairman and CEO of BellSouth Telecommunications, former chairman of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and the United Way of Metro Atlanta. He was also the first development committee chairman for the Morehouse College Board of Trustees. “You’ve lived your life in such a way that people will remember you for many years to come, and that is special, and that makes you a Morehouse Man,” President John Silvanus Wilson Jr. ’79 said to Skinner. Skinner said he was humbled. “I feel the opportunity to serve on the Morehouse College Board of Shirley and Walter E. Massey '58 speak after their oil portraits are unveiled. Trustees and my involvement with Morehouse as one of God’s richest les sons in my life,” Skinner said. “As you go forward, I wish you well and pray for God’s richest blessings on this institu tion and on each of you as you continue the mission - a noble mission - of educating and developing young men and transforming college students into Morehouse Men.” ■ Golden is BET’s “Sunday Best” Morehouse hosts important talks about black males