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Peace
and blessings, All!
Guided
by its three R’s (Recruitment, Revenue/Resources
and Reputation) and its pursuit for cooperation and
collaboration during this administration, HUAA pushes
forward. Through monthly updates, many HUAA readers
learn about areas in which Alma Mater requires serious
attention from alumni and friends. Thanks to Noel Manyindo
via Alumna Jamila Jorden, I can share the following
positive online links about Howard University:
http://www.careerjournal.com/reports/bschool06/20060920-table-minorities.html
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2006/03/01/8370304/index.htm
http://www.princetonreview.com/mba/research/rankings/rankingDetails_pr07.asp?topicID=5
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/bvnatudoc_brief.php
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1natudoc_brief.php
http://www.blackcollegewire.org/news/050408_moot-court/printable/
Other
Opportunities and Information from Individual Alumna/us
From
Ja-Na Bordes, you are invited to take advantage of the
following grant opportunities:
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=12379
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=505
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/assetbuilding,
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/HHS-2005-ACF-OCS-EI-0053.html
http://www.grants.gov/applicants/email_subscription.jsp
http://12.46.245.173/cfda/cfda.html
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/
http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/fbci/developing-quality-grants-200510.pdf#Section3
http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/fbci/developing-quality-grants-200510.pdf#Section1
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=11792
For
enjoyment, Alum Linwood Slayton invites you to log onto
http://www.tropicalglen.com/.
Alumna
Laurette LeGendre strongly urge our alumnae to join
the Essence Sister Study, a breast cancer study. As
of February 2007 only 1500 African American females
had joined the study, whose goal is 50,000 participants.
On February 26, 2007 32,889 had registered. For more
information, kindly log onto http://www.sisterstudy.org/English/index1.htm.
Dissemination
of an article on HBCU graduation rates and recent evidence
of shrinking donor scholarship monies sparked dialogue
from as far as Panama, via Alum William Keene. An article
from the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education ranked
Alma Mater fifth in the rates listing at 58%. Our Office
of Records claims 70%. More of the article can be found
at http://www.jbhe.com/preview/winter07preview.html.
As
to the shrinking scholarship monies reported by a Delaware
parent, I learned that more than 1500 student applications
were received for only 300 donor-based scholarships.
University Vice President Ecton recommended that we
alumni contribute generously to the University-Wide
Annual Scholarship Fund that is utilized for students
who have financial needs. Students may also compete
for other specific use scholarships which can be found
on our website at http://www.howard.edu/financialaid/donor.htm.
Proposed
Strategic Action Plan
HUAA
moves forward with its strategic action plan process.
Thanks to all of you worldwide who responded and provided
input. Final approval will take place at the Alumni
Council meeting in May.
Charter
Day Observation
Alma
Mater will observe its Charter Day Convocation and Charter
Day Dinner. The dinner may prove historic. President
H. Patrick Swygert looks forward to announcing the successful
completion of our $250 million Capital Campaign.
The following alumni, confirmed to date, will represent
HUAA at the Charter Day Dinner on Saturday, March 10,
2007: HUAA President Brown, The Hon. and Mrs. (Phoebe)
Herbert Dixon, Alumna Shirley Fletcher, Former Research
Triangle Alumni Club President Dr. Marion Johnson-Thompson,
Alumna Dorothy Kennison, Region IV Representative Eric
Mason, Esq., Immediate Past HUAA President Anita Mayo
and her husband former Former Region VI Representative
James Mayo with a guest, Alumna Eileen McCall, Alumna
Claudia McKoin, Current HUAA VP for Administration Kimberly
Singleton and guest, and HUAA PR Chair Kesi Stribling.
Conferences
and Seminars
To
date, HUAA Executive Committee Member-At-Large Jessica
Johnson, Region III Representative Zakkiyyah Terrell
White, Esq. and President Brown will attend Thurgood
Marshall College Fund (TMCF), Inc.'s Conference, entitled
Axis of Progress, in San Francisco
at Renaissance Parc 55 Hotel from March 25-28, 2007.
All alumni are invited. Registration
fees are $250 per person (This includes the conference
fee and one night's hotel accommodation and a $300 travel
allowance for Association and regional Officers and
a $200 one for other alumni).
Last year's conference was a sellout. With this being
TMCF's 20th anniversary, a sellout repeat is in the
making.
Thanks to Career Services Director Kim Wells, HUAA offers
career services on its weblink. Kindly log onto http://careers.howard.edu/.
Additionally, Director held an e-fair with Monster.com
in February. There may be a repeat in October:
Continue
browsing the site for new opportunities.
MEAC
Tournament
VP
for Membership Reginald D. Bush and Prince George's
County Alumni Club President Alveta Addison are coordinating
an Alumni Brunch at the MEAC Tournament on Saturday,
March 10, 2007 in Raleigh, NC. Region III Chair Don
Doggett has generously provided financial support to
this co-sponsored (HUAA, Bison Express and the Office
of Enrollment Management) activity. Thanks for Region
III's generosity, Chair Doggett! For details to this
event, kindly contact Ms. Addison at addison_hu@hotmail.com.
In addition to the brunch, Jim Tobin can be reached
at NEWS@brogan.com
to inform alumni about the Greek-Letter organizations
MEAC Step Show. Please note: [Raleigh, NC]- The Mid-Eastern
Athletic Conference (MEAC) announced that the 2007 MEAC
Basketball Tournament’s annual Greek Step Show
will be held on Friday evening, March 9, 2007 at the
Progress Energy Center in downtown Raleigh.
Ms.
Howard Assata Barton needs our vote at to reign as Ms.
MEAC 2007. Kindly log onto http://www.meachoops.com/msmeac/.
HUAA Leadership Meetings
The
Alumni Board meeting will convene on March 9, 2007.
It is chaired by University Advancement VP Virgil Ecton.
Alumna Alta Cannaday is the HUAA Board Member-At-Large.
The HUAA Officers and university administrative offices’
representatives (e.g. General Counsel, Provost, etc.)
round out the membership. This body addresses the policies
targeting alumni.
HUAA Executive Committee meeting will be held
on Saturday morning of March 10, 2007.
News from Constituent Units, Regions and Alumni Trustees
Region
I Chair Nakeeta Wills is sponsoring a Black Enterprise
Fundraiser. Subscriptions to the magazine are $12. Proceeds
will go to Region I to have a larger budget for membership
outreach and programs. Kindly contact Ms. Wills for
details at nakeetawills@yahoo.com.
Please support this endeavor, Region I Alumni.
She
has also informed us that PBS will
air two live primetime presidential forums with Tavis
Smiley as moderator. who conceived the idea for these
forums based on the book he edited, Covenant with Black
America. The first forum for Democratic candidates will
be held at Howard University in Washington, D.C. on
June 28, 2007 at 9 PM.
Region
V Representative Carolyn DeVore-Parks represented HUAA
at the following reception. The event was coordinated
by Alumna Pamelya Herndon Mathewson, Esq.:
THE
AFRICAN AMERICAN DAY
COUNCIL
University of New Mexico African American Student Services
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
Iota Xi Omega Chapter
University of New Mexico Africana
Studies Department
Howard University Alumni Association
(HUAA)
Region V
New Mexico State University
Office of the President
Nu Rho Chapter of
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.
and
Craig and Maxine Jones
Cordially invite you to a reception honoring:
H. Patrick Swygert
President of Howard University
On
Thursday, February 8, 2007
At Sheraton Uptown, 2600 Louisiana NE
At
7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Delroy
O'Brien with HUAA support is reorganizing the Bermuda
Alumni Club. As you read this announcement, Constitution/Bylaws
Chair Peter King is reviewing the Club's Bylaws. Contact
Mr. O'Brien at dwobrien@gov.bm
to assist him.
The
Greater Washington HU Alumni Club (HUAC-GWDC) will hold
its post-Charter Day Jazz Brunch on Sunday, March 25,
2007 at the Ukranian Shrine on Harewood Road from 1-
5 PM. Honorees are Alumnae Roberta McCleod of the Blackburn
Center and J.C. Haywood from Channel 9. For more details,
contact Club President Jean Humphrey at humphreyceds@aol.com.
Thanks
to National Black College Hall of Famer Dr. Diane Adams,
the Montgomery County, MD Alumni Club is being reorganized.
The meeting opened to all residential alumni will be
held at:
Howard University Montgomery County
Chapter Alumni Meeting
Rockville Library
21 Maryland Avenue
Rockville, MD20850
Telephone: 240-777-0140
Event Start Date: 3/7/2007 (Wednesday)
Meeting Time: 6:30pm-8:00pm
Alveta
Addison is serving as President and encourages alumni
in Prince George’s County to join in on the following
activities:
2006-2007
Events Calendar
The Howard University Alumni Club of Prince George’s
County
Event updates will be e-mailed when changes occur
MARCH
7 – 10 MEAC BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
10 CHARTER DAY TABLE - CONTACT
JOHN MERCER 3/10
15 GENERAL BODY MEETING (IF NEEDED)
APRIL
19 GENERAL BODY MEETING
25
CAREER DAY AT FLOWERS HIGH SCHOOL
- ALUMNI PRESENTATIONS
26
SOUTHERN P.G.COUNTY MARYLAND RECEPTION
- TBD
MAY
2 MELWOOD-WOODMORE GOLF CLASSIC
– MORE INFO TO COME
12 2007 HU GRADUATION DAY
17 GENERAL BODY MEETING
16 JUNETEENTH COOKOUT-
MORE INFO TO COME
AUGUST
TBD
ALUMNI/FRESHMAN RECEPTION – MORE INFO TO COME
23 GENERAL BODY MEETING
TBD BOOK DRIVE EVENT
SEPTEMBER
TBD POST GAME RECEPTION -1ST HOME
FOOTBALL GAME
20 GENERAL BODY MEETING
OCTOBER
18 GENERAL BODY MEETING
TBD HOMECOMING KICK-OFF DANCE
–
TBD HOMECOMING PARADE
NOVEMBER
1-15 THANKSGIVING BASKETS TO BE
DISTRIBUTED IN PG COUNTY
15 GENERAL BODY MEETING (11/15)
DECEMBER
TBD HOLIDAY GATHERING TBD
Keren
Charles has taken a leadership role in establishing
the Trinidad and Tobago Alumni Association. On January
4, 2007 approximately 40 alumni gathered to address
organizational issues. This group joins alumni in the
Bahamas and Bermuda in making HUAA truly global. To
reach Ms. Charles and others leaders (Delano Sanchez,
kindly write her at Keren@huttalumni.org.
Alumni
Trustee Dr. Aprille Ericsson continues her tradition
of informing:
Kindly
log on at http://www.viewda.com/webpaper/afro/dc/.
Applications are sought for PG Co. youth residents ages
14 to 21. Kindly submit before April
14th. The application & details are at the
weblink below:
http://www.princegeorgescountymd.gov/Government/ExecutiveBranch/summeryouth.asp
The Sallie Mae Fund is partnering with the United Negro
College Fund to offer scholarships to African American
citizens, legal permanent residents or nationals of
the United States who are enrolling full- time at an
approved institution as defined as Title IV eligible,
accredited, post-secondary two- or four- year college
or university, vocational, or technical school in the
United States or Puerto Rico for the approaching Fall
Semester. Applicants must meet the Federal Pell Grant
eligibility criteria and have a financial need as verified
by the attending college or university financial aid
office. Award Amount : $500 - $5,000
Deadline: April
15, 2007. Log onto http://www.uncf.org/scholarships/scholardetail.asp?Sch_ID=10771
for details.
Individual
Alumni Achievements
Dr.
Rose M. Harris has been appointed chair
of the political science and public administration department
at Grambling State University (La.). She was most recently
director of the Louisiana Center for Women & Government.
Harris holds a bachelor’s from Southern University,
a master’s from Howard University
and a doctorate from Rutgers University.
Dr. Krystal Banfield
has been appointed director of Berklee City Music Boston.
She was most recently director of education and community
partnerships for VocalEssence, a choral arts organization.
Banfield earned a bachelor’s from Howard
University, a master’s from Indiana University
and a doctorate from the University of St. Thomas.

Dr. Irelene Ricks
has been appointed director of biotechnology talent
at the Biotechnology Institute. She was most recently
director of minority affairs for the American Society
for Cell Biology. Ricks earned a bachelor’s from
Georgetown University and a doctorate from Howard
University.

Dr. Deborah Wilds
has been named president of the Washington Education
Foundation. Most recently, she was senior program officer
for education at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
She holds a bachelor’s from California State University,
San Diego, a master’s from Howard University
and a doctorate from the University of Maryland-College
Park.
Angeline
Bandon-Bibum, author of Sojourner's
Dream and spouse of Alum Chrys Bandon-Bibum,
will be one of the featured author in the “2007
Independent Author’s Fair” at the Howard
University Bookstore on the following dates: Thursday,
March 8th from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. and Thursday,
April 12th from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Alum
Steven L. Sanders, Chairman and CEO
of First Genesis Financial Group, Newtown Square, PA,
has been appointed to The Board of Managers of Philadelphia
Foundation, , the $325 million community foundation
that works to make philanthropy more effective in Southeastern
Pennsylvania. Sanders regularly provides economic and
financial market commentary for such national media
as CNBC, CNN, ABC, and the Bloomberg Radio Network.
He co-hosts “Financial Voices,” a weekly
wealth management and business financial matters radio
program on WURD-AM.
In
Atlanta, The Cascade Club, located at 2890 Continental
Colony Parkway, SW, will present the following speakers
on the advertised dates:
Sen
Kasim Reed
February 28, 2007
Mayor
Shirley Franklin
March 15th, 2007
Student/Alumni
Grant and Scholarship Opportunities
Applications
for the HUAA/Brenda Lawson Brown Scholarship Fund of
$10,000 are due by March 15, 2007.
For more information, kindly log onto http://www.howard.edu/alumni/Alumni_scholarship.htm.
The
Philadelphia Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity,
one of the nine predominately African-American national
Greek letter organizations, is once again seeking applicants
for its
annual Hiliary H. Holloway, Esquire Scholarship Award
program. The chapter's scholarship program, named after
the late Hiliary H. Holloway, Esquire, a past Grand
Polemarch and Laurel Wreath recipient of Kappa Alpha
Psi Fraternity is designed to aid promising minority
male students in the public high schools of Philadelphia
who are planning to matriculate in college following
their graduation from high school. Applications and
further info can be obtained from the student's Principal
or guidance counselor.
All
applications must be postmarked by March 23, 2007 to
be considered. The amount of the scholarship award is
$2,000. An application can also be downloaded from the
Philadelphia
Alumni Chapter's web site, www.phillykappas.org.
FREE
WORKSHOPS - March/April 2007
ENTREPRENEURIAL
TRAINING & WORKSHOPS
All
workshops take place at The Free Library of Philadelphia’s
Central Branch located at 1901 Vine Street, 1st Floor,
Room 108 at 6:00pm. All workshops are free and open
to the public.
Workshops
include:
March 7 – Starting a Small Business & The
Importance of Good Credit, March 14 – Business
Feasibility & Determining Your Market, March 21
– The Business Plan, March 28 – Access to
Capital and April 4 – Technical Assistance for
Small Businesses
Featured
workshop presenters include the U.S. Small Business
Administration, Wharton Small Business Development Center,
The Free Library of Philadelphia, SCORE - Counselors
To America’s Small Businesses, Consumer Credit
Counseling of Delaware Valley and other local organizations.
To
register, please email: rsvp@urbanleaguephila.org
(include your name, telephone number, and mailing address)
or call 215-561-6070.
The
2007 Department of Labor Summer Internship Program:
The DOL, located in Washington, DC is currently seeking
applications from students interested in summer employment
for 2007. High School Students, minimum age 16 years
old; College Undergraduates and Graduate Students are
encouraged to apply for this valuable federal temporary
employment opportunity. Students are not required to
have any specific major to participate in this program.
The application deadline for summer employment is March
16, 2007 (received or postmarked by).
Online application weblinks are : Applying to DOL's
Internship Program
http://www.dol.gov/_sec/media/internprogram2.htm,
Internship FAQs:
http://www.dol.gov/_sec/media/internprogram3.htm
and Offices Offering Internships:
http://www.dol.gov/_sec/media/internprogram4.htm.
More information can be sought from Melissa Naudin,
Internship Director, at naudin.melissa@dol.gov
or 202-693-6490 (Phone) and 202-693-6144 (Fax).
I
received this announcement on February 19, 2007:
Michelle Jones, PHE, GE Energy, HR Manager will be starting
the interview process for her Summer Interns in a few
weeks and NEEDS YOUR HELP. She is looking for college
Freshmen, Sophomores, or Juniors in Engineering, Computer
Science, Finance, or Accounting. They must
have a minimum GPA of 3.0. She will consider some business
majors with strong leadership qualities. Location of
Internships are: Atlanta , Greenville , Houston , Ohio
, Raytown , Schenectady , and Erie or anywhere there
is a GE facility! Average salary is $17 an hour. At
some locations she will pay a housing allowance. Her
numbers are listed but email is the best method!
Here is the info: T - 678 844 7668, F - 1-866-276-0930,
D - *421-7668, C: 757-639-3366, and E: michelle1.jackson@
ge.com.

Morgan
L. Maxwell has been named as the 2006-07 recipient of
the NACDA/Coca-Cola Community All-American Award for
Howard University. Maxwell, a junior from Charlotte,
NC, has a GPA of 3.7 while majoring in Psychology with
minors in Biology and Spanish, and is a stand out member
and captain of the Howard University Volleyball Team.
The NACDA/Coca-Cola Community All-American Award was
designed to help colleges and universities recognize,
celebrate and applaud student-athletes who are making
a difference in their communities. The award is given
annually to student-athletes who give generously to
their community and who go the extra mile when it comes
to volunteerism.
The Department of Health and Human Services seeks applicants
for its Summer Intern Program. The appointment is for
89 days. The application period ends March 21, 2007.
For more information, kindly go to http://www.ahrq.gov/.
Ja-Na
Bordes encourages application to the following:
College
Scholarships, Graduate Fellowships, and Postdoctoral
Awards for Minorities;• K-12 award• college
scholarship• graduate fellowship• postgraduate
research:
AMERICAN
ANTHROPOLOGICAL ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY,
AMERICAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION, AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL
RESEARCH ASSOCIATION (AERA), AMERICAN GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE,
AMERICAN HOTEL AND LODGING EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, AMERICAN
INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS AND AMERICAN ARCHITECTURAL FOUNDATION,
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS,
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS, AMERICAN LIBRARY
ASSOCIATION, AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY, AMERICAN
PHYSICAL SOCIETY , AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION, AMERICAN
POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION, AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR
MICROBIOLOGY (ASM), AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CRIMINOLOGY,
AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, AMERICAN WATER WORKS
ASSOCIATION, ANDREW W. MELLON FOUNDATION, Sciences and
Physical Sciences, ASSOCIATION FOR WOMEN GEOSCIENTISTS
FOUNDATION, AT&T LABS, BELL LABS, BILL AND MELINDA
GATES FOUNDATION, BROWN AND CALDWELL, CHILDREN'S SCHOLARSHIP
FUND, COALITION TO INCREASE MINORITY DEGREES (CIMD),
COMMITTEE ON INSTITUTIONAL COOPERATION, CONSORTIUM FOR
GRADUATE STUDY IN MANAGEMENT, CORNELL UNIVERSITY, ENVIRONMENTAL
CAREERS ORGANIZATION, Environmental Science, Physical
Sciences, Biological Sciences, Computer Science, Environmental
Health, Social Science, Mathematics, or Engineering,
FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY, FORD FOUNDATION,
GREENLINING INSTITUTE, Development, and Public Affairs,
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL , INROADS,
LAGRANT FOUNDATION, LIGHTING RESEARCH CENTER , RENSSELAER
POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
(MIT), MICROSOFT, NATIONAL ACTION COUNCIL FOR MINORITIES
IN ENGINEERING (NACME), NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC
ASSOCIATION (NCAA), NATIONAL CONSORTIUM FOR GRADUATE
DEGREES FOR MINORITIES IN ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE (GEM),
NATIONAL PHYSICAL SCIENCE CONSORTIUM (NPSC), NATIONAL
TECHNICAL ASSOCIATION, NATIONAL URBAN FELLOWS, NEW ENGLAND
BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION NEW YORK MARKET RADIO (NYMRAD),
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY (NYU) , STERN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS,
NONPROFIT SECTOR RESEARCH FUND , THE ASPEN INSTITUTE,
NORTHEAST CONSORTIUM FOR FACULTY DIVERSITY, NUCLEAR
AGE PEACE FOUNDATION, OMEGA PHI BETA SORORITY, PAUL
AND DAISY SOROS FELLOWSHIPS FOR NEW AMERICANS ROCKEFELLER
BROTHERS FUND, SEMICONDUCTOR RESEARCH CORPORATION, SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION, SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL (SSRC)
,SPECIAL LIBRARIES ASSOCIATION, STATE OF NEW MÉXICO,
HIGHER EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, UNIVERSITY CORPORATION
FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH, UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS - PINE
BLUFF, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT,
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MÉXICO, UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE
DAME, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON , FRIDAY HARBOR LABORATORIES,
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, OFFICE OF FOSSIL ENERGY,
U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), U.S. NATIONAL
AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA), U.S. NATIONAL
OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION (NOAA), U.S.
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, VENTURES SCHOLARS PROGRAM
,VERMONT COLLEGES, WOODROW WILSON SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AND
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY , WOODS
HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION (WHOI) and XEROX
The
White House Intern Program needs minority students.
The link to more information is: http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/wh-intern.html.
Application deadlines are March 6, 2007 for SUMMER 2007
(May 22 to August 24, 2007) and June 26, 2007 for FALL
2007 (September 4 to December 14, 2007).
University
and HBCU Partnerships
An HBCU Stakeholders meeting took place at Bowie State
University on February 9, 2007. The meeting was convened
by Ty Couey, Director of the National Organization of
College Parents, with the support of Dr. Hilliard Lackey,
President of Jackson State University, and HUAA President
Brown. A post-conference contribution, the record of
the meeting, was made by Former President of Alcorn
State Alumni Association, Percy Norwood.
President Brown has scheduled a meeting of all known
alumni groups’ leadership at the alumni headquarters
on Thursday, March 1, 2007. At the meeting, the group
leaders will discuss “common ground” issues
and be provided with the missions of each group. President
Brown can be reached at HU69@aol.com
for more information.
The Read Across America Program celebrations will take
place on Friday, March 2, 2007 at the Early Learning
Program and HU Hospital Child Care Center sites. HD
Cooke, due to a scheduling conflict, will not have a
celebration; however, it will receive the contributed
books.
HUAA President Brown has been invited to speak at the
Faculty Senate Retreat. The Planning Committee has also
invited other alumni leadership to attend. To read the
most recent edition of
The
Senate Communicator, please go to http://www.howard.edu/faculty/senate/communicator.htm
I would like to thank all of you for forwarding photos
of the Bermuda Gala Week for Premier Ewart Brown and
Inaugural Ball of Mayor Adrian Fenty. Technical difficulties
prevented their posting.
I appreciate the information I receive. Its regular
posting is not always possible; however, I encourage
you to continue to send. Your support is continuously
needed. Alma Mater needs your monthly attention.
Peace and blessings always,
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| Mwalimu
Sandra Brown
President
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