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You Can Help Deserving Students at Morris Brown College “GO THE DISTANCE” January 2001 Morris Brown College Maintains SACS Accreditation Morris Brown plays tight defense against University of Arkansas-Little Rock. MBC Plays Against The BIG Bogs by Mark J. Littles STAFF SPORTS WRITER T he Morris Brown College Wolverines men’s basket ball team has got their work cut out for them as they competed in Division I basketball. MBC has played WestVir- ginia, the University of Pitts burgh and the University of West Virginia to name a few teams, although the team has lost to all three of the teams the scores were very respectable. The team is led in scoring by guards Anthony Adams who is averaging 14 points per game, and Kavon Westberry who is averaging 12 points per game. The team is led in rebounding by Akiem Claborn who is averaging 4 per game and has 36 on the year. MBC is off to 2-6 record, but over time the team will only get better, it’s a long sea son and a lot of time left to improve. by MBC - College Relations T he Southern Asso ciation of Colleges and Schools (SACS), the accrediting body for Morris Brown College, re cently announced the College’s re-affirmation of accreditation. The Dec. 5, announcement came after months of self- study, re-examination, and two visits to the campus by SACS team members. A Dec. 2, interview by SACS involv ing Bishop Frank C. Cummings; President Dolores E. Cross; Jonnie Brown, Vice President of Finance; Dr. Charlyn Harper- Browne, Dean of Faculty; and Don Blair, Executive Director of Facilities Management. “The self-study process has served to strengthen the Col lege in many key areas, allow ing us to position ourselves to meet the challenges of a world involved in rapid technologi cal and economic change,” said Dr. Cross. Dr. Cross went into the SACS interview Gwendolyn Brooks Lost Literary Legend Become a by Angela McDowell STAFF WRITER O n Sunday December 3rd legendary poet Gwendolyn Brooks died of cancer at the age of 83. Brooks has published 20 books of poetry and had been the Poet Laureate of Illinois since 1968. She is widely known for her ability to voice the feelings of the Black com munity through her poetry. Some of her most famous pieces include “We Real Cool” and “The Bean Eaters.” Morris Brown students can look forward to a special night of poetry in memorial of the ^ v\/& ROWNCOLLIOE WOLVIRII Newspaper Gwendolyn Brooks uminary in the of the late upcoming semester and help educate a mind for life! (SEE PAGE 8) confident that it would render positive news about re-affirma tion and would enable the College to move forward in a manner where institutional effectiveness becomes the rule of daily activities. Under the direction of Dr. Samuel Sullivan, the College ^.estab lishing an Office of Institu tional Effectiveness to mon itor and enforce the process. The institutional effective ness process, in large part, involves making sure the College’s systems are fully place by June 30, 2001. Dr. Sullivan will work closely with the Office of Institu tional Research and will coordinate oversight for plan ning, assessment, and bud geting for all institutional functions, processes and projects. This arduous process of self study involved many in the creation and implementation of policies and procedures, often brought about through such a participatory process and frequently resulting in changes suggested to the administration.The College has been able to make impor tant use of the information collected about students by the Office of Institutional Research, which provides the critical “mission control” func tion at the College. “From conversations with SACS, we have learned of their interest in the results we have been abli to achieve over the past 18 months, all of which have been fully docu mented for the purpose of our 10-year reaffirmation,” President Cross said. A ’ III f MORRIS BROWN COLLEGE