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THE MBC WOLVERINE
VOL. 53, NO. 4
Morris Brown College
jonuary 3i, 1985 Telling It Like It Is!—
THE NEW TEAM:
O’NEAL & GREENE
Pennington Heads New
Department; Ivory Takes
Over Food Service
by Hiram Andrades
Mrs. Malinda K. O’Neal and
Dr. Charles Greene have been
appointed as Dean and Associate
Dean of Students, respectively.
Their appointment was made last
semester, but didn't become
effective until January 1, 1985.
Mrs. Malinda K. O’Neal is a
graduate of Morris Brown
College. She graduated Cum
Laude with a B.A. in Sociology.
She went on to get an M.A. in
Sociology at Atlanta University.
As an alumna of MBC, Mrs.
O’Neal has a commitment to the
betterment of this institution.
Dr. Charles Myers Greene has a
B.S. degree in Psychology and
Physical Science from Howard
University, a M.A. in Psychology
and Sociology from the Universi
ty of Minnesota, and a Ph.D. in
Professional Psychology from
the United States Inter-
nationalcqniversity. After 10
years in the classroom setting,
Dr. Greene acknowledges he is
ready for the challenge this
position will offer him.
The priorities of the Student
Affairs Unit as outlined by Mrs.
O’Neal and Dr. Greene are
academics, food & health ser
vices, and housing (not prioritiz
ed in the order given). In the area
of academics, students will be
encouraged to excell. There is no
reason why more of our students
shouldn't obtain honors such as
the National Dean's List and
Honor Roll, stated Mrs. O’Neal.
In the area of food service Mrs.
O'Neal mentioned that there
will be immediate changes. For
example, there will be a different
visual layout of the dining hall,
monotony breakers in menu,
and the Student Food Com
mittee will assist in the menu
planning. These are some
recommendations being im
plemented on the basis of an
evaluation of the food service
made by Mrs. McCommer last
semester. There will also be
improvements in the area of
health services. Housing is an
area that the Student Affairs Unit
is presently working on. The
lounges of Borders and Cochran
Towers, Wilkes, student center
have been painted. In the future
there will be a painting plan so
students might aid in the
beautification of Morris Brown
Mrs. Malinda O’Neal is the new
Dean of Student Afrairs.
College. Some new furniture has
been acquired to replace the old
furniture. The Resident
Assistants program will be
reviewed and changes im
plemented. There are many
other changes that will be im-
plementd in the area of housing
that are still on the drawing
board.
Other changes in the area of
Student Affairs is the addition of
the Admission Office ot the
Hickman Center second level
arid the elimination of the
positions of Student Activities
Director and Director of the
Comprehensive Career
Development Program.
Mrs. O'Neal will be directly in
charge of scheduling student
activities. Rev. Mizer will assist
Mrs. O’Neal in this endeavor,
especially activities that are
religious in nature. She has made
it clear that she will render the
support for the success of any
activities that student
organizations might have.
Dr. Greene will be directly
responsible for the Comprensive
Career Development and the
counseling and testing
programs.
Dr. Charles Greene is the new
Associate Dean of Student Af
fairs.
Students may look forward to
the Main Lounge of the Student
Center being open. The Place
ment and Career Library may be
utilized as a study area. Mrs.
O'Neal has assured that the
Student Affairs Staff will render
services to the students in a
courteous and efficient manner
and will maintain an open door
policy. She would also like
students to keep in mind the
following: “Our office is open
for positive suggestions and we
are very .committed to making
sure that the students in our
keeping will have secure futures
educationally and that is with
their cooperation. Because
without the cobperation of the
students no matter how hard we
work we can never be effective.”
MBC ADDS
THE EXTRA
TOUCH
by Kathy Lightfoot
Morris Brown’s Extra Touch
Restaurant, which has been
open since January 14, officially
opened January 21. The main
focus of this operation is to train
management for the hospitality
industry. "No cooking degree,”
Karl Binns stressed: Binns, Direc
tor of the Hotel Restaurant
Management Program and also a
Morris Brown graduate, stated
that, "The restaurant is training
ground. It helps students to
understand what service is all
about. The four-year program
deals with management, hotel
management, restaurant,
tourism, conventions, etc. "We
want student input. We want
our students to demand service
and quality operation," stated
Binns.
Money for the HRM operation
is basically coming from the
HRM Advisory Board. Besides
this operation training students
(which is it's main aim), it will
provide money for them to buy
more supplies. When asked how
Robert Gude, lab teacher for
HRM, got this job, he replied
(continued on pg. 6)
by Annette Collins
One of the many new ideas Dr.
Calvert Smith has brought to
Morris Brown has been the
newly created Department of
Human Resources. This new
department is headed by Mrs.
Lucy Simmons-Pennington.
Prior to the formation of the
department, the recruitment
and hiringof staff and faculty was
very fragmented. Mrs. Pen
nington’s charge is to unify and
make the employment
procedure smoother. Some of
the tasks Mrs. Pennington will
take on will be: recruitment of
staff and faculty, employee train-
ing, orientation for new
employees, self development of
employees, counseling services
to employees, revision of staff
handbook and many other tasks
that will improve employee
relations.
One chief concern is to bring
in qualified people to fill
positions as they become
available here at Morris Brown.
Mrs. Pennington’s job is not
composed of direct hiring and
firing, but simply performing the
initial screening of applicants,
then referring them to an inter
view committee. From that
point, recommendations are
made to the Department that has
openings, then final approval by
the President. As for employees
who hold positions for which
they are not qualified, con
sideration to place them in
another position they are more
suited for rather than terminate
them. Also, because Morris
Brown College is an Equal Op
portunity Employer, Mrs. Pen
nington will also be in charge of
advertising and/or circulating
notices of employment oppor
tunities here at Morris Brown.
Mrs. Pennington is not a
newcomer to the field of Human
Resources; she has over 20 years
of experience in personnel
management. Prior to coming to
Morris Brown in 1981,'she was a
Program Analyst in Personnel
Management at Coca Cola,
Director of Personnel for the
City of Atlanta, Chief of the Civil
Rights Division for the Georgia
Department of Human
Resources and Director of Social
Services Model Cities program.
These positions were a few
among many she has actively
held. Mrs. Pennington is a
graduate of Morris Brown
College and Atlanta University.
As of the second semester,
January 1985, the cafeteria has a
new manager; his name is Mr.
Herbert L. Ivory. The same
company, Campus Vendor In
dustrial, still holds the contract
for food service. Mr. Ivory
previous to his arrival to Morris
Brown, held the position of
Steward at Alabama West Jeffer
son Correctional Center. There
he was supervisor of meals
prepared for over 1700 inmates.
Mr. Ivory has brought many
new ideas to the cafeteria, such
as a different arrangement of the
dining tables and placing the
trays and silverware outside of
the serving area. Future plans are
to expand the menu with more
diversity, yet maintaining a
nutritional balance of the meals.
Painting the cafeteria walls,
piped in music and the addition
of plants are also anticipated for
the cafeteria.
In the interview Mr. Ivory
expressed high praise for the
cooperation which he has
received from the administra
tion, the students and his staff
during the transition.
On January 5, 1985,
Morris Brown
College
Celebrated Its
104th Birthday