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ssu
Appoints
Director,
Title III
Curdedra Andrews
Savannah State
University (SSU) President
Earl G. Yarbrough Sr. has
named Curdedra N.
Andrews as director of the
Title III Program.
Andrews has served in
various administrative posi
tions since joining the Title
III office in 2005, including
a promotion to interim direc
tor in August 2008.
As Title III director,
which is a cabinet-level
position, Andrews is respon
sible for managing an
approximately $3.6 million
budget supporting programs
to improve academic quality,
student services, and institu
tional and fiscal manage
ment.
Also, she is responsible
for program monitoring,
financial compliance, and
overall administration of
Title III grants. Prior to join
ing Savannah State,
Andrews was employed by
Friedman’s Jewelers, 2001-
2004, as a marketing coordi
nator for about 600 stores
across the southern region of
the U.S.
Previously, she served
as a marketing professional
for Carson Products, a cor
porate ethnic hair care com
pany, from 1996-2001; she
was promoted to associate
brand manager in 1998.
Andrews studied
accounting and received the
Bachelor of Business
Administration degree from
Savannah State University in
1995.
She is expected to com
plete her graduate degree in
Management and Leadership
from Webster University in
March 2009. Andrews is cer
tified in grants management
See Title III, page 14
Clemmons Honored as Carver
Celebrates 82nd Anniversary
On February 28,
2009, Carver State Bank
honored John B.
Clemmons, Sr. for his
many years of leadership
and service to the bank
and the Savannah com
munity. The tribute took
place during Carver's
82nd Anniversary recep
tion held at the bank's
main office at 701 Martin
Luther King, Jr.
Boulevard.
Clemmons has been
a member of the Board of
Directors of Carver State
John B. Clemmons, Sr.(seated) is pictured with the other
Carver Directors. L-R Robert E. James, II, Robert E. James, Mrs,
A native of Rome,
Georgia, Clemmons is a
retired professor and for
mer Chairman of the
Department of
Mathematics, Physics and
Computer Science at
Savannah State
University. Prior to
a Bachelor of Science
degree from Morehouse
Bank since 1960, and has
served as Chairman since Janie Toomer ’ Clifford E ‘ Hardwick ’ 111 Hardwick, III, and
1 Edward G. Miller.
moving to Savannah, he
was a high school princi
pal for four (4) years in
Harlan, Kentucky and a
professor at Morehouse
College, Kentucky State
College, and the
University of Southern
California.
Clemmons earned
California, Los
Angeles. His academic
accomplishments also
include the Ford
Foundation
Fellowship, 1952;
University of Southern
California Teaching
Fellowship, 1953; and
the National Science
Faculty Fellowship,
1958.
Clemmons has
received numerous
awards for his civic
activities.
He is a member of
Alpha Phi Alpha
Fraternity and Sigma
Pi Phi Fraternity (The
Boule). He has served
of the national executive
College and a Master of board of Sigma Pi Phi and
Science from Atlanta
University. He did addi
tional study at the
University of Pittsburg,
the University of Foundation,
Southern California, and
the University of
is currently a Director of
The Boule Foundation
that has named its highest
award for giving to The
The John B.
See Carver, page 14
Elmore, Holmes Honored at
SSU Press Institute
Charles J. Elmore (left), is pictured with Louis J.
Corsetti, and Reginald Franklin, 2009 director, Southern
Regional Press Institute
as director of the insti-
By Marius Davis
Charles J. Elmore, pro
fessor emeritus of
humanities, and Novella
Cross Holmes, associate
professor of mass com
munications were both
honored during the 58th
Annual Southern
Regional Press
Institute(SRPI) held on
Friday, February 28 at
Savannah State
University.
Elmore received the
inaugural Louis J.
Corsetti Award for
Excellence in
Journalism for his work
in the field of mass
communications and
journalism.
Elmore, a graduate of
Savannah State, went on
to teach at the institu
tion for more than 35
years, until his retire
ment in 2007.
Under his leader
ship, Savannah State
University's department
of mass communications
was accredited in May
2007 by the Accrediting
Council on Education in
Journalism and Mass
Communications (ACE-
JMC) joining the
University of Georgia in
Athens as the only other
mass communication
programs in the state of
Georgia with that
accreditation.
He has also made a
name for himself as a
respected scholar and a
leading voice on the
history of Savannah. He
has penned over eight
books and has written in
over fifty refereed and
non refereed journals.
Elmore has also served
tute from 1974-1975,
and from 1980-1986.
Corsetti, for whom
the award is named, has
served as a consultant
with the Southern
Regional Press Institute
since 1963, missing
only one year of his
nearly fifty years of
service to the Press
Institute.
Corsetti was the first
white consultant of the
institute. He retired
from West Liberty State
College in Wheeling,
West Virginia, and now
resides in Griffin, Ga.
Holmes received
the Wilton C. Scott
Award for Excellence in
Scholastic Journalism
for her dedication and
work as an advisor to
the Tiger's Roar, which
fashions its self as the
independent student
voice of Savannah State
University.
Holmes has servesd in
this capacity for many
years. She has served
the university for thirty
years, and has served as
director of the SRPI for
nearly twenty years.
Under her direc
tion, the SRPI has been
transformed into one of
the finest scholastic
press associations in
America. Under her
aegis, funding to the
press institute
increased, the Luetta
Colvin Milledge and
Louise Lautier Owens
Awards and Press
Institute Luncheon
were established and
the Louis R. Lautier
Memorial Award for
See Awards, page 7
King
Assumes
New
Position
Barbara King takes oath
History was made on
Friday, Februay 27, as
Barbara J. King was installed
as the first African American
and first woman Postmaster
at Savannah State
University’s Jordan Business
Auditorium. King was sworn
in by Martin Thompson.
After being installed, King
told an eager crowd that she
and her staff are committed
to providing the best service
to the community. King
attended the University of
Alabama in Birmingham,
and has plans to continue her
higher educationstudies in
Savannah. She began her
career with the Postal
Service in 1985 as a Mail
Processing Clerk. King’s
detailed assignments includ
ed Supervisor, Distribution
Operations, Customer
Service Analyst, Operations
Support Specialist, Delivery
and Retail Analyst,
Postmaster for Gardendale
Alabama and Manager of
Customer Services. King
has served as acting postmas
ter in Savannah since March
2008.
She has also served as
Quality Work Life
Coordinator, Train the
Trainer and Deployment
Coordinator for Carrier
Sequence Barcode Sorters,
District Service Team Leader
She has also been actively
involved with Diversity ini
tiatives, mentoring and
developing employees in
Birmingham and while OIC
in Savannah, GA.
King is married with
three sons and 4 lovely
See King, page 14
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