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CAMPUS NEWS
1999 Commencement Schedule
of Events
Thursday, May 13
10 a.m.
REHERSAL FOR BACCALAUREATE AND
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
King Chapel
Seniors should be dressed in dark trousers, white
shirt, tie, and dark dress shoes
11:30 a.m.
SENIOR CLASS PHOTO
in caps and gowns
In front of King Chapel
12:00 p.m.
SENIOR CLASS LUNCHEON
Lane Dining Hall
Saturday, May 15
1:30p.m.
JOHN HOPE AND BENJAMIN E. MAYS
• MEMORIAL SERVICES
at grave sites.
2:00 p.m.
LINE-UP FOR BACCALAUREATE
Front of Hope Hall
3:00 p.m.
BACCALAUREATE SERVICE
King Chapel
Dr. Otis Moss, Chairman Board of Trustees, Speaker
Sunday, May 16,1999
7:00 a.m.
GRADUATING SENIORS REPORT FOR LINE
UP
King Chapel
7:30 a.m.
PROCESSIONAL BEGINS
King Chapel
8:00 a.m.
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
Campus Quadrangle
Dr. Lerone Bennett, Senior Editor, Ebony Magazine,
Speaker
Cover Photo By James F. Robinson
Sheftall rises to #2 position
Staff Reports
President Massey
officially announced the
appointment of Dr. Willis
Sheftall to the position of
Vice President for Academic
Affairs on May 6.
Sheftall, formerly Chair
of the Business and
Economics department of
the College, is now in
charge of the Office of
Academic Affairs,
Information Technology,
Institutional Research, and
Admissions. As the second
highest administrator at the
College, Sheftall replaces
Dr. John Hopps, who leaves
the position after this
semester. As senior vice
president, Sheftall will also
act as President in the event
of Dr. Massey's absence.
When Hopps
announced his resignation
earlier this year Dr. Massey
asked the faculty for their
Dr. Willis B. Sheftall, Jr.
advice on whether the
individual filling the
position should come from
current faculty or outside
the College. The choice of
Dr. Sheftall is based on the
belief that an "insider"
would best help lead the
College at this time.
Sheftall, a 1964 graduate
of Morehouse College with
a degree in History, earned
a Master's degree in
Economics from Atlanta
University and a doctorate
in Economics from Georgia
State University. He then
became the Charles E. Merill
Professor of Economics and
Chairman of the
Department of Economics
and Business
Administration at
Morehouse College.
Under his tenure, the
school of Economics and
Business Administration
recently received national
accreditation. Both Sheftall
and his administrative
associates are very excited
about the position change.
Atlanta Colleges hosting notable speakers
David Satcher will deliver the graduation
speech at Clark Atlanta University May 16.
Staff Reports
The tradition of
students collecting pearls of
wisdom from the mouths of
noted individuals before
being propelled into the
"real world" takes place
annually at graduations
across the country. As
commencement dates
approach in Atlanta, area
colleges are snaring an
interesting and varied list of
speakers to cap their
graduation activities. This
Maxine Waters will deliver
the graduation speech at
Spelam College, May 16.
year s group
includes a
United States
representative,
a critically
acclaimed
author, and
two
Morehouse
College
graduates.
While
Morehouse
graduate
Lerone
Bennett, class
of '49, is
delivering the
commencement
address here
(see page 3),
Clark-Atlanta
University managed to nab
U.S. Surgeon General and
Morehouse graduate David
Satcher, class of '63. The
ceremony will be CAU's
first-ever on-campus
commencement. Another
Washington D.C. import,
U.S. Congresswoman
Maxine Waters, will deliver
words of wisdom to the
women of Spelman College
on May 16 th .
Outside of the AUC,
Emory University, which in
the past has secured Bishop
Desmond Tutu and His
Holiness the XIV Dalai
Lama, this year tapped
Robert Reich for its May
10th ceremony. The former
Secretary of Labor during
President Bill Clinton's first
administration is currently a
professor at Brandeis
University. Author Kurt
Vonnegut, Jr. will address
the students of Agnes Scott
on the 15 th . Another
homecoming of sorts will
take place on Georgia Tech's
campus when William J.
Todd, president of the
Georgia Research Alliance
and graduate of the class of
'71 returns to deliver the
commencement address.