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8 The 21st Century-Making the Connection! MARCH 1999 MBC Wolverine OBSERVER
Trees Give Life
FREE TAX HELP
Volunteer
Income Tax
Assistance
Morris Brown College, in collabora
tion with the Internal Revenue Serv
ices (VITA Program), served as the
Tax Preparation site for the third
year. VITA (Volunteer Income Tax
Assistance Program) provides FREE
tax help in the community. Atlanta
University Center Accounting stu
dents at Morris Brown, Morehouse
and Spelman College helped people
in the community with basic tax re
turns, particularly those with low
and limited income, individuals with
disabilities, non-English speaking
and elderly taxpayers. There was no
charge for the service.
By Eddie L. Buggs
CENTER FOR A GLOBAL WORKFORCE
AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
‘Trees Give Life’ was the rallying
cry that was heralded on Saturday,
February 20, 1999 as The Center for
a Global Workforce and Community
Service amalgamated with Trees
Atlanta to celebrate Arbor Day. The
morning proved brisk and bright as
students, staff, faculty and volunteers
gathered to plant over fifty trees
throughout the new beautified cam
pus’ of Morris Brown College and
Interdenominational Theological
Center.
“This project enlightened me on the
importance of tree, which are rich in
heritage and also enhance the beauty
of our campus.” Said Jamilla Lawson,
freshman at MBC.
These two sites were chosen through
a continuation celebration of 1998’s
Arbor Day Project. Erskine Alexan
der, senior MBC, stated “Serving on
this project allowed us to not only gain
skills and knowledge about what gives
us life, but also learn about commun
ing with nature. I will always keep a
watchful eye on the trees I planted
and will help nurture, just as God has
planted me at Morris Brown, which in
turn nurtured me.”
If you didn’t have a chance to par
ticipate in Arbor Day Celebration 1999
don’t worry, Arbor Day Celebration
2000 will be next year February so
look for our announcements and come
help us ‘Give Life’ to the world!!
“The Dawn of a New Era at
Morris Brown”
Dr. Dolores E. Cross
By Dr. Joe Brown Jr.
CHAIR OF HPER AND PRESIDENT
OF THE AAUP CHAPTER AT MORRIS BROWN
COLLEGE
r. Dolores E. Cross was re
cently named the fifteenth
President of Morris Brown
College in the city of At
lanta, Georgia. In her role as the first
female President of the 118 year old
Historically Black College, she is ex
pected to utilize her broad range of ex
periences to positively impact the cul
ture on campus by increasing student
success rates; improving the quality of
life throughout the entire campus for
stu-dents, faculty, staff, and other ad
ministrators. It is generally felt that
her presence alone will positively im
pact the academic community within
the Atlanta University Center cam
puses as well as the greater Atlanta
Metropolitan community at large.
While serving as the President of
Chicago State University, Dr. Cross
caused that institution to grow faster
than any other college or university
in the Midwest as evidenced by the
sharp increase in the number of de
grees they offered. Additionally, she
was directly responsible for the com
pletion of more than $33 million
dollars worth of new construction
throughout the entire campus. Need
less to say, we are extremely honored
to have an individual of her statue
serve as the new president of our
college.
In addition to naming Dr, Cross
as the new President of the College,
the Facility Council voted in the Fall
of 1998, to install a Chapter of the
American Association of University
Professor (AAUP). We felt that the
timing was right for us to proceed in
that direction because of the rich
background and strong resume of ex
periences our new President would
bring to the table. During its first
meeting in January of 1999, the Coun
cil voted to approve the following slate
of officers for the Chapter. These offi
cers are Dr. Joe B. Brown Jr., Presi
dent; Mr. Robert Adams, Vice Presi
dent (membership); Dr. Edward
Hunter Jr., Treasurer; Ms. Patrice
Prince, Secretary; and Dr. Robert Lee,
Parliamentarian.
As the inaugural Chapter of the
AAUP with forty-three new members
out of a faculty of one-hundred, we are
looking forward to developing a strong
working relationship with the new ad
ministrative team of the College. We
will do everything in our power to help
Dr. Cross foster a more harmonious
environment throughout the campus
community for the constituents we
serve.
There are several goals or issues the
Chapter plans to address for our cam
pus over the next few months as we
prepare for the new millennium. These
are Promotion and Tenure; Faculty
Governance; Gender Equity; Profes
sional Development; Academic Free
dom; Trends and Issues in Higher
Education; and The Place for Histori
cally Black Colleges and Universities
in Higher Education. We also look for
ward to the opportunity of sharing
ideas and technology with our col
leagues throughout the city of Atlanta,
the state of Georgia, and the South
eastern region of the United States.
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