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6 LU GO KUDOS . ^nsssessaaBBSs INSIDE MOREHOUSE, OCTOBER 2014 President in Print President John Silvanus Wilson Jr. 79 has twice been featured prominently in national publications recently. In August, he was on the cover of Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, and in September, he was featured in Ebony. Vicki Crawford, director of the Morehouse College Martin Luther King Jr. Collection, was a panelist for the discussion "Education and Civil Rights” on Sept. 12 during Empowerment Week activities in Birmingham, Ala. Michael Dillon, associate professor and chair of the ja^PHj^H9| Department of Modern Foreign ^ Lan 9 ua 9 es ’ has wi tten a book Ecuadorian Cinema Posters, 1969-2919 (CCE Benjamin Carrion, 2014). An article about the book [ Sr t was published in the Ecuadorian newspaper, El Comercio, on April 11. Senior Marvin Greer, a history major from Atlanta, was featured in a July 15th Atlanta Journal- Constitution story about black Civil War re-enactors. ——Troy Story ’62, professor iC, of chemistry, presented the k# jrMM paper, "Mathematical Model *! for Economic Growth,” and chaired a session during the 2014 International Conference on Education, Economics, Psychology and Society, March 14-16 in Phuket, Thailand. He also presented the paper "Mathematical Models of Dynamics” and chaired a session at the 2014 International Symposium on Engineering and Natural Sciences, May 22-24, in Beijing, China. B Keisha Edwards Tassie assistant professor of communication, co-edited a book Sonja Brown Givens, Underserved Women of Color, Voice and Resistance: Claiming A Seat at the Table The book examines ways women of color have their voices restrained within the restrictive, intersecting contexts of race, gender, class and sexuality. Frederick Knight, associate professor and chairman of history, received a Mellon Short- Term Fellowship in Early African American History at the Library Company of Philadelphia. The fellowship supported a month of research in June that centered on the African American community in 19th-century Philadelphia. As a result of his findings, Knight will produce a scholarly article on Jarena Lee, the first female preacher in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Darien Jones, a sophomore religion/English major from Millsboro, Del., was quoted in a July 14 Cape Gazette.com story about his town's celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act. CHANGING GEARS If Ion Lead 1 hey Will Follow J Hi-' **"*b »Niw Our miWori U i„ «n«» rhnntrt'-r BET’s “Sunday Best” is Morehouse’s Geoffrey Golden NEW HIRES BY ADD SEYMOUR JR. Rubina Malik, instructor of marketing, was named an education-category nominee for the 2014 Leadership Character Award presented by the Turknett Leadership Group and the Robert K, Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership. Juana Mendenhall, assistant professor of chemistry, was a visiting professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Department of Orthopaedics, June-August 2014. She is also a recipient of Howard Buffet Funding to Develop Clean Water Filters from the Great Lakes Region of Africa. Omar Agard, financial aid advisor I, Financial Aid Mark Anthony Chubb, instructor of music and literature, Music Shawn Crosby, assistant director of Admissions and Recruitment Teaniese Davis, visiting assistant professor, Psychology Theodore Davis, laboratory assistant, Student Health Services O'Shan Gadsden, visiting assistant professor, Psychology Chadwick Hughes, interim band director/instructor of music, Music Renee Jordan, instructional design coordinator, Faculty Development Center Eduardo Mares, assistant director of Admissions and Recruitment Evelyn Miller, nurse, Public Health Service Martin Norman, interim chief of police, Campus Police Matthew Platt, assistant professor, Political Science Timothy Sams, vice president for Student Development Jaqueline Sears, grant accountant, NIH/MCMHTD Levar Smith, instructor, Political Science Keldrick Stephens, assistant director of Admissions and Recruitment Candiance Williams, administrative assistant, TRIO Programs GEOFFREY GOLDEN, a junior economics major from Cleveland, Ohio, sang his way to a recording con tract when he was picked the winner of BET’s season- long, gospel singing show, “Sunday Best.” Golden, who has been a member of the Morehouse College Glee Club, credits working with Glee Club director David Morrow 80 as one of the main reasons he was successful in his second try on the show. He said the love he received from the Morehouse com munity each week made competing much easier. “The support has been incredible,” he said. “Morehouse brothers, alumni, current students, AUC family coming up to me, saying how proud they were and telling me that I made Morehouse proud, no matter the outcome. They were sending messages saying that they were praying for me and voting for me. It was seen in the outcome. And 1 am eternally grateful.” ■