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ASU receives SACS reaffirmation of accreditation
Augusta State University
has earned a 10-year reaffir
mation ofitsaccreditation from
the Commission on Colleges of
the Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools (SACS),
the accrediting agency for col
legesand universitiesinthe 11
Southern states. The univer
sity received the notice of reaf
firmation January 18 follow
inga December action by SACS.
“I am extremely pleased,”
said Dr. William A. Bloodworth
Jr., president of Augusta State.
“Our entire campus — fac
ulty, staff, students, and ad
ministrators — are to be com
mended for their hard work in
this rigorous process of reaf
firmation.”
Reaffirmation is a process
that the university undergoes
every 10years, and it follows a
Paine College hosts 21st Annual
Conference on the Black Experience
Paine College’s Conference
on the Black Experience will
examine the African
American’s quest for libera
tion. Through lectures, film,
music and poetry, a group of
gifted scholars and artists will
interpret various aspects of
the Black Experience during
and after slavery.
The conference will take
place in the Paine College
Odeum on Wednesday - Thurs
day, February 6-7,2002. At 2
p.m. on Wednesday, Febru
ary 6, auther, scholar, and
performer Velma Maia Tho
mas will present a lecture
demonstration on “The Pas
AAF features Bushy on Feb. 7
The Augusta Advertis
ing Federation will hold
it’s monthly meeting on
February 7, 2002 at 12
noon atthe Partridge Inn.
The featured speaker will
Tabernacle Baptist Church invites you to attend their
Winter Revival, the first of their
“2002 Revivals: Going to the Next Level.”
Date: February 4-6, 2002 Time: 7:00 p.m.
Guest speaker for the Winter Revival will be:
Reverend Dr. Freddie Haynes, 111
Pastor, Friendship West Baptist Church of Dallas, TX.
Dr. Haynes hasmade it his mission to empower changed
people to change the world. His message is clear: If Chris
tians are to positively impact the world, they must be willing
to minister beyond the walls of the church. A popular guest
préacher, his progressive, Bible-based message has reached
tens of thousands of people in locations around the world —
including Africa, Australia, the Caribbean and throughout
North America.
period of intense self scrutiny.
Augusta State spent twoyears
in a comprehensive self study
of its educational programs,
“support services, administra
tive processes, and measures
of institutional effectiveness,
to prepare for examination by
a visiting SACS committee.
“Our goal was not merely
compliance with the criteria
established by SACS,” said
Bloodworth.
“We looked at the commit
ments we make in our mission
statement — excellence in
teaching, advancement of
knowledge, enrichment of the
community, accessibility by a
diverse student population,
and student success. Ther: we
iooked at how well we were
keeping our commitments. Qur
primary goal is student suc
sage from Africa to Slavery
and Emancipation.” Ms. Tho
masisthecreator of the Black
Holocaust Exhibit at the
Shrine of the Black Madonna
Bookstore in Atlanta. She
has authored three books and
isanationally soughtlecturer.
At 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb
ruary 6, Frederick Douglass
IV and Mrs. B. J. Douglass
will present a musical drama
onliberz tion. Mr. Douglassis
the great-grandson of the lib
erator, Frederick Douglass.
On Thursday, February 7 at
9:25a.m., Mrs. Virginia Craft
Rose will speak on the experi
ences of Ellen and William
be Rick Busby of Busby’s Heat
ingand Air Conditioning Com
pany. Mr. Busby will present
“The Successful Transition
from Contractor to Retailer.”
Students and guests are wel
Tabernacle Baptist Church
1223 Laney-Walker Blvd.
Augusta, GA 30901
706-724-1230
Rev. Otis B. Moss, 111 Pastor
cess, and we looked at the self
study as a way of improving
the quality of our students’
educational experience.”
The visiting SACS commit
tee, comprised of university
peers from throughout the
country, assessed the
strengths and weaknesses of
Augusta State, examined
records, and interviewed doz
ens of students, faculty and
staff membersbefore issuing
their favorable recommenda
tion, in which members
praised Augusta State Uni
versity for its remarkable
sense of family and commit
ment to academic freedom.
The university was also com
mended for the outstanding
quality of its faculty and staff
and the high opinion in which
students hold the university.
Craft, a slave couple who de
vised a daring plan to escape
from slavery in Macon, Geor
gia. Mrs. Rose is the grand
daughter of Ellen and Will
iam Craft. On Thursday af
ternoon at 2 p.m., interna
tionally acclaimed actor and
orator, Vinie Burrows, will
present Harriet Tubman, So
journer Truth, and the re
sponse of contemporary Afri
can-American poets.
All events are free and open
to the public. For more infor
mation, contact director of
Public Relations Paulette
Payne at 706.821.8323.
come. Guest fees S2O/stu
dent fee $5.
RSVP: Tasha Alison,
724.3758 or
tasha@thealisongroup.com
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“The institution has im
pressed usand thisimpression
is extremely favorable,” said
Dr. Lanny Hall, president of
Hardin-Simmons Universityin
Abilene, Texas, and chair of
the visiting committee. Healso
noted the remarkable sense of
collegiality and trust as well
as the rich professionalism of
the university's faculty. “I
would like to give a macro
commendation to the univer
sity as a whole,” he said.
The average number of rec
ommendations made by a
SACS Reaffirmation Commit
tee is around 25; Augusta
State received only 10 recom
mendations and one sugges
tion. The previous reaffirma
tion of Augusta College in
1991 yielded 18 recommenda
tions and 24 suggestions.
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Bank employees read to
Augusta schoolchildren
Employee volunteersread to
children during Wachovia
Corporation’s “Reading First”
Celebration, one of the largest
face-to-face corporate-spon
sored literacy events in the
nation. Inathree week period
from January 17-31, 2002, ap
proximately 20,000 employee
volunteers visit pre-kindergar
ten, kindergarten and first
grade classrooms from Con
necticut to Florida to read to
85,000 children and donate
over 30,000 copies of the book,
The Best Place, by Susan
Meddaugh, to their classes.
In Augusta, employee vol
unteers will read to an esti
mated 340 schoolchildren in
17 classrooms.
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through the merger of First
Union Corporation and
Wachovia Corporation, is com
mitted to supporting educa
tion in its communities. The
company encourages employee
involvement in education and
gives employees four hours of
paid time off each month to
volunteer in schools. .
This year, Wachovia is cel
ebrating the 12-year anniver
sary of the company’s cqm
mitment to education. In
2000, Wachovia partnered
with 2,013 schools from Con
necticut to Florida and do
nated 65,000 books to class
room libraries. “Reading
First” received the prestigious
President’s Service Award, the
nation’s highest honor for
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