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Volume III Number XVII
Atlanta , Georgia
April 10, 1992
Colgate-Palmolive
Company Awards Cole
as Model of Excellence
Dr. I komas W. Cole accepts Model of Excel
lence Award at the Westin Peachtree Plaza.
By Dionne Lang
Stajf Writer
Dr. Thomas Cole Jr. , president of
Clark Atlanta University, was re
cently named as one of the “Models
of Excellence” by the Colgate-
Palmolive Company.
He joined the list that included
former Atlanta Mayor Andrew
Young, baseball legend HankAaron,
R&B legend Curtis Mayfield and
AIDS researcher Helene Gayle .
He received the honor at a Feb.
29, banquet at the Westin Peachtree
Plaza, in which Colgate-Palmolive
donated $100,000 to the United
Negro College Fund.
Cole received the Education
Award during the “Models of Excel
lence” ceremony. A $5,000 schol
arship was also given to the Atlanta
chapter of the United Negro College
Fund, (UNCF) in the name of each
of the five recipients.
The program was developed to
link African-American role models
with today's distinguished
Atlantans who are living examples
of inspiration, according to Colgate-
Palmolive.
His history of service and achieve
ment was praised. It was also noted
that he was a forerunner in the
movement to increase representa
tion of minorities and lower-income
families in the fields of engineering
and science.
Cole has served as director of the
Atlanta Resource Center for Sci
ence and Engineering, as a visiting
professor to such universities as
Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology (MIT), a research scientist
for Proctor and Gamble, and as a
director and consultant for numer
ous professional societies.
“His career as a model of excel
lence is matched by few,” the com
pany said. “Formorethan20years,
Dr. Cole has served as a model of
educational excellence in a field
that demands the very best and
brightest.”
Aaron received the
Groundbreaker Award for his
achievements on and off the base
ball diamond. Citing Aaron’s con
tributions in organizations such as
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
(NAACP) and the America Cancer
Society, the company said he has
continued to set the standard off
the field.
Young received the Civil Rights
Award for his career of more than
35 years in public service and
Mayfield was awarded the Enter
tainment Award for his career as a
performer and producer. The com
pany praised his social conscience
in his music and said his stature in
the field of entertainment is as
sured.
Dr. Gayle, chief of international
AIDS research for the U.S. Center
for Disease Control, received the
Science Award. The award presen
tation acknowledged that she is
one of the most effective and knowl
edgeable leaders in the field.
SGA ELECTIONS WILL BE HELD
ON APRIL 21 FROM 9 A.M. TO 7
P.M. IN THAYER HALL ROOM 121
Departments Undergo
Changes to Uplift
University
By Sharese Shields
Contributing Writer
The year 2000 will not only pin
point the turn of the century but
also the turning over of a new leaf in
several Clark Atlanta University
major departments.
As the demands of society rapidly
change over the next several years
and as more young African-Ameri
cans aspire to become proficient in
the fields of communications, sci
ences, politics and business, these
departments recognize the need to
make more fundamental and stra
tegic accommodations.
“One of the largest undertakings
we’re moving toward is accredita
tion for radio, TV, film, journalism,
public relations and speech,” stated
Dr. Herbert Eichelberger, interim
head of the Division of Communi
cation Arts. The department plans
to achieve this through the Accred
iting Council on Education in Jour
nalism and Mass Communications.
Dr. Eichelberger indicated that it
will be the stepping stone to estab
lishing a graduate degree program
and that it will necessitate a larger
faculty with doctoral degrees.
Over the next eight years, courses
may be added to the curriculum,
but definite plans have not yet been
made. Dr. Eichelberger recently
implemented a course which stud
ies African-American images in the
media.
The faculty will become more
active in generating funds and will
encourage students to organize a
program to secure donations from
alumni, he added.
In computer science, a new elec
trical engineering program is an
ticipated with accreditation by the
Computing Science Accreditation
Board. In addition, attempts will
be made to implement ‘much
needed’ Ph.D. program, according
to chairman Nazir Warsi.
He says that faculty hired in the
future will be required to have a
doctorate’s degree in computer sci
ence.
There are 150 undergraduate and
80 graduate students majoring in
computer science; these figures are
projected to increase to 300 and
100 by the year 2000.
Psychology as it relates to the
African-American experience will be
more strongly emphasized in the
psychology department, explained
Chairman Carson Lee, by working
in conjunction with African-Ameri
can studies.
Over the next eight years coun
seling and human development
graduate programs and clinical and
counselling undergraduate pro
grams will be started.
Dr. Lee expressed that the de
partment commonly loses its stu
dents who are interested in pursu-
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Henderson Names Scott
CAU's New Police Chief
By LaKesha Gage
News Editor
Dana M. Scott is her name, and
she is Clark Atlanta University’s
new chief-of-police, recently ap
pointed by CAU Public Safety Di
rector, Greg Henderson.
Scott has a long list of law en
forcement experience that began in
1984 with the Clayton County Po
lice Department, where she was a
patrol officer and also a participant
in undercover vice operations.
As the result of her competency
and ability she was promoted to the
position of internal affairs investi
gator. Scott handled formal com
plaints within the department as
well as complaints for smaller mu
nicipal agencies in the county.
Scott also was responsible for con
ducting the selection process and
background investigations of pro
spective officers. In 1988 she was
appointed as an instructor in the
Clayton County Regional Police
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