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This year’s recipients of the Bennie and Candle Awards represent a variety of fields in which they’ve thrived. lire Bennie Award, named for one
of tire College’s most revered presidents, Dr. Benjamin Elijah Mays, is presented to alumni who have excelled in their chosen field. The Candle
Awards recognizes exemplary professionals in an array of fields who have demonstrated a commitment to service and achievement.
BENNIE ACHIEVEMENT
Paul Q. Judge ’98
Inventor, Scientist, Technologist and Philanthropist
JUDGE is an inventor who
has nearly 30 patented and
patent-pending computer
security technologies. A rec
ognized authority on infor
mation security issues, he
has authored a number of
papers on the issue and has
been one of the industry’s
leading experts in the field.
BENNIE TRAILBLAZER
Eugene Vernon Wade Jr. ’92
Education Innovator, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, UniversityNow
WADE is a social educa-
Judge was on the founding team of CipherTrust, which
became one of the fastest growing companies in North
America. He served as chief technology officer and senior
vice president for Secure Computing, heading technology
strategy and product-delivery service. He is a founding
partner of Tech Square Labs and the chief research officer
and vice president of Barracuda Networks. He heads Judge
Ventures, an investment firm that focuses on opportunities
in making the Internet safe and useful.
tion entrepreneur who
founded UniversityNow, a
social venture that operates
New Charter University
and Patten University.
Both are online, self-paced
institutions that provide
affordable, accredited,
post-secondary educa
tion programs for working adults. Prior to founding
UniversityNow, Wade was co-founder and CEO of
Platform Learning, a tutoring company that served
tens of thousands of low-income students throughout
the United States. He also was founder and CEO of
LearnNow, a school-management company that man
aged urban charter schools and public schools.
CANDLE IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Robert Benjamin Crews Jr.
President and Chief Executive Officer, CREWS DBA Crews of California,
Crews Enterprises and Airport Retail Management
CREWS opened his first
retail outlet - The House of
Paper Mache, a card and gift
shop - in East Orange, N.J.,
in 1969. Sleeping on a cot
in the back of the store to
make ends meet, Crews saw
business expand, opening
a larger store in downtown
Newark. That led to an airport official asking lum if
he’d be willing to open a store in the Newark Airport.
He eventually converted his card shop into an airport
bookstore business that flourished not only in Newark,
but airports across the country. Crews was one of the
first airport concessionaires to mix retail and food busi
nesses. He sold that business, and now runs Airport
Retail Management, wliich has 14 outlets at Hartsfield-
Jackson Atlanta International Airport and is opening
shops in airports in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.
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THURSDAY, -1SS
9:30-10:30 a.m.
ROBING FOR CONVOCATION PLATFORM GUESTS
President’s Boardroom, Gloster Hall
FRIDAY, ^
9 a.m.-10 p.m.
8TH ANNUAL MOREHOUSE MARKETING CONCLAVE
Shirley A. Massey Executive Conference Center
10:45 a.m.
FOUNDER’S DAY CONVOCATION
Speaker: Cornel West, professor of
philosophy and Christian Practice,
Union Theological Seminary,
New York, New York
Martin Luther King Jr. International
Chapel
Noon
FOUNDER’S DAY CAKE-CUTTING CEREMONY
Chivers Dining Hall
12:30 p.m.
POST-CONVOCATION LUNCHEON
Davidson House
(By invitation only)
ADMITTED STUDENTS WEEKEND
7:30-8:30 a.m. Check-In, Residence Halls for Overnight Guests
9:15-9:45 a.m. Welcome, Ray Charles Performing Arts Center
10-10:45 a.m. Campus tour for parents, Lobby, Ray Charles Performing Arts Center
Classes for Admitted Students
All classes are in the Walter E. Massey Leadership Center
Courses offered at 10 a.m. and 11 a.m.
• Hip-Hop Sensibilities, Exceptionalism and a Psychological
Contextualization of Black Cultural Work, Bank of America
Auditorium, Shirley A. Massey Executive Conference Center
• Introduction to the Elements of Value in Investing, Room 148
• Mathematics: What Is It? Why Study It? Room 154
• Marketing: An Introduction, Room 342
• The King Papers and Pictures: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Media
and Public Persuasion, Room 356
8 p.m.
RITZ CHAMBER PLAYERS FOUNDER’S DAY
CONCERT
“Tragedy Towards Peace”
Emma and Joe Adams
Concert Hall, Ray Charles
Performing Arts Center
Free admission
Courses offered at 10 a.m. only
• Navigating Your World: Fundamental Communication Strategies
for Charting a Successful Journey to Personal, Professional and
Social Success, Room 354
• To Critique or Not: Film Criticism, Room 150
• What is a Parabola Anyway? Room 152
Courses offered at 11 a.m. only
• Colonial Encounters in the Atlantic World, Room 354
• The Art of Storytelling: Creative Writing, Room 150
11 a.m.
PARENTS PANEL
Emma and Joe Adams
Concert Hall, Ray Charles
Performing Arts Center
Noon
LUNCH FOR STUDENTS
Chivers Dining Hall
2-3 p.m.
SPELHOUSE PANEL
Martin Luther King Jr.
International Chapel
2:15-3:15 p.m.
SUPPORTING HIS
TRANSITION
Parents Discussion
3:15-5 p.m.
MARKET FRIDAY
Spelman College
5-7 p.m.
DINNER
Chivers Dining Hall
