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Social Work
By Regina Roberts
Staff Writer
Now you see it, now you don’t.
In addition to the demolition of Quarles-
Washington Hall, the building that housed
the School of Social Work before its arson
nearly a year ago, faculty and staff have
decided to temporarily relocate the school
to an off-campus site.
The decision comes as a shock to
students.
“Oh my God! I was just getting over the
shock of it still being burned,” said Alice
Turner, a second-year Ph.D. student of the
School of Social Work, who had just
learned the building was gone.
“It’s a great historical loss,” she added,
“but obviously it needed to be torn down
because it would’ve probably cost more to
renovate.”
According to Dr. Richard Lyle, interim
dean of the school, the decision to demolish
the building, which was torn down during
the Christmas break, “was consistent with
the recommendations that were made by
the alumni in the October meeting.
University administration accepted the
recommendation.
Dr. Lyle said a new building for the
School of Social Work will be built-in the
vicinity of the presidential parking lot.
“The plans have not been drawn up yet,
but they are being brainstormed,” he said.
But Makeeta Nash, vice president of the
Organization for Social Work Change, a
social work club, said, “They (School of
Social Work administrators) didn’t tell us
(students) that the building was going to
be tom down.”
The graduating senior added, "1 was
shocked when I got back and the building
wasn’t there. They claimed that they were
going to fix what was broken.”
hall demolished, off campus move to come
Empty Space- Campus lot once held School of Social Work
Photo By Melvin Jackson
However, the decision to relocate the
school, which is temporarily located in
McPheeters-Dennis and Haven Warren,
was also made without the students’
knowledge.
“We have not announced it at the
moment, but we have sort of mentioned it
as a possibility,” Dr. Lyle said.
Dr. Lyle said the school will relocate its
temporary locations to the third floor of
the E. R. Carter Building on Ashby Street.
Formerly, the building was a city
elementary school that was closed due to
low enrollment.
“The decision to relocate was an effort
to obtain adequate class room space and
parking accommodations for the faculty,
staff and students,” Dr. Lyle said.
Although the date and cost of the
relocation have not yet been determined,
Dr. Lyle anticipates that the school will
occupy the E. R. Carter Building during
the course of the semester and remain
there until the new facility is constructed
at the presidential parking lot.
“It would be abit premature to designate
a time...” Dr. Lyle said regarding the type
that the new facility will be built. “Once
we launch a fund drive, a prediction can be
made as to when the school will be rebuilt.”
The school has not yet established a date
for the launch of the fund drive, but Dr.
Lyle said the income generated from the
school’s 75th Anniversary Celebration/
Rebuilding Fund in October was not a
significant amount to contribute to the
rebuilding fund.
“We hope that the new building is
something new and great, so we can start
making our own legacy,” Nash said.
CAU gets new academic chief from NASA
Information compiled by
Clarence Rolle
Staff Writer
Clark Atlanta Uni versity has recruited a
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, NASA, official to be its
top academic officer.
Dr. Yvonne Blanchard Freeman,
associate administrator for Equal
Opportunity Programs at NAS A, has been
appointed Provost and Vice President for
Academic Affairs. The appointment effect
Jan. 4.
As the University’s chief academic
officer, Dr. Freeman will provide executive
leadership for all academic programs.
She will direct and supervise all
instructional and academic support
programs, including the Schools of Arts
and Sciences, Education, Social Work,
Library and Information Sciences,
Business Administration and International
Affairs and Development. She will also
supervise several research centers.
University President Dr. Thomas W.
Cole Jr. said the school is fortunate to add
Dr. Freeman to its administration.
“Her sterling public service career and
association with the broader academic
enterprise have prepared her for this
challenging task,” he said. “The University
stands to gain from her leadership and
participation on education, industry and
public boards and councils.”
Dr. Freeman’s work at NASA helped
establish the organization as one of the
country’s top federal agencies with strong
support for minority institutions.
Under her leadership, NASA has
increased the number of research centers
on Black university campuses by 100
percent. CAU is among the universities
that have benefited from NAS A’s research
center initiatives.
While at CAU, Dr. Freeman will
continue to work with NASA as a
consultant on equal opportunity issues and
adviser to NASA administrators.
Before joining NASA, Dr. Freeman
worked in various senior-level positions
in the U.S. departments of Agriculture and
Education and the Agency for International
Development. She has been a leader in
specialized higher education accreditation
and engaged in accreditation of programs
in universities across the country. She also
served as assistant superintendent of public
schools in Montclair, N.J.
Dr. Freeman obtained a Bachelor of
Arts degree from Fisk University; Master
of Arts in education from Loyola
University at Los Angeles; Doctorate in
education from the University of
Massachusetts; and executive business
administration and management credential
from the University of California at Los
Angeles.
A
Man Who
Cannot
Change
For the
Better Is A
o
Man Who
Doesn't
Want To.
— Doris McFall