Maestro William Curry, resident conductor and Summerfest artistic director for the North Carolina Symphony, will speak at Saint Augustine’s College at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 24, in the Martin Luther King Jr. Ballroom. Curry’s visit kicks off the College’s Honors Program Speakers Series.
The event, “A Man and his Music” is free and open to the public. A reception will follow.
Ellen Shepard, assistant professor with the Saint Augustine’s College Theatre and Film program, came up with the idea to develop a speakers series on campus after taking her students to hear different speakers at other colleges.
“I wanted people of interest here who people would want to see because of their importance,” Shepard said.
Curry is in his 14th season with the North Carolina Symphony. He also began his first season as music director of the Durham Symphony Orchestra in the fall of 2009. However, his speech will not be focused solely on his music.
“I wanted him to come to speak, not about the symphony, but about himself as a man – what led him up to where he is,” Shepard said.
Final Score:
Saint Augustine's College 70 | Kutztown University 54
Hayward Fain led Falcons with 18 points and 9 rebounds. Chris Jordan added 12 points. The Falcons outrebounded Kutztown 59-39 and held them to 27 percent shooting.
Falcons face the winner of No. 2 West Liberty or No. 7 Alderson Broaddus on Sunday at 7 pm in the Atlantic Regional semi-finals at West Liberty.
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Third-seed Saint Augustine’s College will meet No. 6 seed Kutztown (Pa.) University in the first round of the NCAA Division II Men’s Basketball Tournament Saturday, March 13, at 5:00 p.m. in West Liberty, WVa. A game time will be announced later.
The Falcons (26-4 overall) earned an automatic bid by defeating Elizabeth City State University 63-59 for the CIAA Championship on February 27 in Charlotte, N.C. This is fourth appearance overall for the Falcons, who also played in the NCAA Division II tournament in 1983, 1984 and 1997.
The tournament pairings were announced late Sunday night on the ncaa.com website. Both Saint Augustine’s College and Kutztown will play in the Atlantic Region. This is the first meeting between both schools.
“I’m excited to find out where we are going and who we will play,” said Lonnie Blow, Jr., the CIAA men’s basketball coach of the year. “The waiting was tough, but at least the suspense is over.”
The Falcons are in the midst of one of their best seasons in school history. The CIAA title was the second for the Falcons, whose 26 wins are a modern school record for season victories. The Falcons also won 20 games for the first time since 1996-97.
Kutztown (23-7 overall) gained a tournament at-large bid for the second straight year after advancing to the PSAC championship game Saturday. The Golden Bears lost 84-73 to Indiana University of Pennsylvania, the top seed in the Atlantic Region.
The Falcons are led by CIAA tournament MVP Chris Jordan (Sr./Houston, Texas). The Golden Bears are sparked by national player of the year candidate Stephen Dennis.
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Saint Augustine’s College has been named to the 2009 President’s Higher Education
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama has signed an executive order strengthening the long-standing White House initiative on historically black colleges and universities.
Obama says these schools have felt the pain of the recession most acutely because they enroll a higher proportion of low and middle-income students. He's calling for increased funding for historically black colleges in his proposed budget.
Obama says historically black colleges and universities still play a vital role and their success is crucial to a better future for all Americans. He'll speak at the commencement ceremony for one of these institutions, Hampton University in Virginia, this spring.
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The Saint Augustine’s College men’s basketball team is looking to bring home a CIAA championship. But the Falcons took a break from their preparations Wednesday to spend time with students at Barringer Academic Center in Charlotte.
The team spoke to third- through fifth-graders about the importance of going to college, read books to kindergarten through second-grade students, and participated in the American Heart Association’s Jump Rope for Heart fundraising program.
The team also signed posters and basketballs for the students, and gave away media guides.
The Lady Falcons basketball team visited Randolph IB Middle School Thursday morning to speak to seventh-graders about their experiences as student-athletes.
The Falcons’ community service participation is part of the CIAA’s larger effort. Each school will participate in a community service project while in Charlotte for the tournament.
The top-seeded Falcons begin tournament play at 9 p.m. Thursday, when they face Livingstone College.
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The CIAA conference honored its best and brightest athletes and coaches at the annual tipoff luncheon today. Saint Augustine’s College walked away from the event with several awards.
Saint Augustine’s College’s men’s and women’s basketball teams received plaques for winning outright CIAA Western Division championship titles.
Saint Augustine’s College’s men’s and women’s basketball teams both received the CIAA All-Academic Award. The Lady Falcons had the highest team academic average with a 3.3 average GPA, and the men had a 2.84 average team GPA.
“Receiving the Western Division title was a great accomplishment, but the academic award ... that’s the trophy we wanted,” said women’s coach Margaret Richards. “We worked very hard all year to make sure our academics were where we wanted them to be. This is a validation of our hard work.”
Standout Falcons Hayward Fain, Chris Jordan, Keyona Bryant and Allison Sikes received the All-CIAA award, which honors the best players in the conference. Freshmen Nick Chamblee and Scharlawn Hubbard were named to the All-CIAA Rookie team.
Coach Lonnie Blow Jr. was named CIAA Coach of the Year.
More than 100 student affairs professionals from across the nation descended upon Raleigh for the 56th annual National Association of Student Affairs Professionals (NASAP) Conference Feb. 10-13.
This is only the second time the NASAP conference was held in North Carolina and the first time Saint Augustine’s College hosted the event. Sessions were held at the North Raleigh Hilton.
Attendees included student affairs professionals and student representatives from most of the nation’s historically black colleges and universities, as well as many state and private institutions. Several industry representatives also attended the conference.
The conference theme was “Critical Issues in Higher Education and Student Affairs: Transitioning into the 21st Century.” Throughout the conference, attendees heard presentations about leadership, accreditation, retention and other issues facing student affairs professionals.
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Executive Vice President Dr. Kim Luckes is leaving Saint Augustine’s College to join Norfolk State University as a consultant. Luckes, who has been with the College for 10 years, has held various leadership positions at St. Aug, including vice president of academic affairs and provost.
Friday, Feb. 12, was Luckes’ last day at the College. She said deciding to leave the school was a difficult choice.
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The city of Raleigh, through its Fair Housing Hearing Board and with the assistance of Legal Aid of North Carolina, will become a part of the WAUG line-up on The 411 w/John & Katrina radio talk show to educate citizens about the city of Raleigh’s Fair Housing Ordinance and the rights and responsibilities the ordinance and other housing laws create. The show will air live on WAUG 750 AM every Monday from 8-8:30 a.m.
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The Theatre & Film Program at Saint Augustine’s College will host its 10th annual Teen Summer Film Workshop from June 21 through July 2. This hands-on workshop is open to teenagers, ages 13-18 years, who have a strong interest in learning filmmaking at a professional level.
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Raleigh – Saint Augustine’s College President Dianne Boardley Suber is pleased to announce the following new appointments:
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Message from the President on Haiti Relief Effort (pdf)
Student leaders, faculty and staff members at Saint Augustine’s College have mobilized to launch a campus-wide effort to send aid to earthquake victims in Haiti.
The College, in partnership with the American Red Cross and North Raleigh Ministries, is taking the lead in getting information out to its student, alumni and community base on where to send much needed monetary donations and contributions of adult and children’s clothing and baby supplies.
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The date of the annual Sapphire Scholarship Gala has been moved from Feb. 6, to Saturday, March 27 at 7 p.m. at the North Ridge Country Club, 6612 Falls of the Neuse Road, Raleigh.
Admission is $75 for faculty and staff, and $150 for the general public. Saint Augustine's College employees can pay through payroll deduction.
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Gov. Beverly Perdue appointed Paul Baker to the board of directors for the North Carolina Museum of History effective January 1, 2010. Baker is dean of Saint Augustine’s College’s Division of Social Sciences. He’s been at the College since 2005.
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Saint Augustine’s College junior Amber Thomas was selected to participate in the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Emerging Leaders Internship Program. The goal of the program is to "create a corps of trained, young leaders with the skills, outlook and contacts necessary to generate and sustain positive change in Washington, D.C., and their local communities."
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The Saint Augustine’s College community gathered Tuesday, Dec. 1, to celebrate Dianne Boardley Suber’s 10th year as president of the college. Suber broke ground in 1999 when she was selected as the institution’s first female president.
"Eleven years ago, the opportunity was suggested that I might be ready for my own school," Suber said. "It was important to me not to be a president of a school, but to be a president where I could make a difference."
Since Suber’s been president at Saint Augustine’s College, more than 4,000 new freshmen enrolled, more than 2,000 students graduated, the football program was re-introduced after a 37-year hiatus, new programs of study were implemented, a new dorm was built, and students traveled to countries such as England, Mexico, Egypt and China to study.
Suber said her dedication to molding students and teaching them what it takes to be successful continues to drive her work at the College.
"Every May, when we watch young men and women cross that stage, it is a reminder, what a fulfilling journey it is," Suber said.
Garner – Long-time members and friends of the historic Meadowbrook Country Club and Golf Course gathered Thursday, Nov. 19, to celebrate its 50th anniversary. Meadowbrook, now owned by Saint Augustine’s College, was the first black-owned golf club in the country.
Meadowbrook was founded in 1959 by 45 black men who were prominent members of society. Barred from membership at segregated clubs in the area, the men worked together to build Meadowbrook so their families would have a place for recreational and social activities.
"They thumbed their noses at the segregated society in which they found themselves," said Dianne Boardley Suber, president of Saint Augustine’s College. "They said, ‘We don’t have to beg, we can create our own.’"
Joseph M. Sansom, whose father, James Joseph Sansom Jr., was one of Meadowbrook’s founding members, said the idea of having something that the black community could have ownership of was one of central reasons the founders built Meadowbrook.
"If you don’t own it, you can’t control it," Sansom said. "Ownership is the key to anything."
Sansom said his father invested a lot of his own money into Meadowbrook. That was the kind of thing the original members did – they put their time and resources into making the country club something they could all be proud of.
It was Meadowbrook members who built the clubhouse and other buildings on the grounds. Often, families would load their lawnmowers onto their cars and go cut the grass out at Meadowbrook, Sansom said. It was a family environment.
"We swam in the lake. It had chiggers and red bugs, but we didn’t care because we owned this land," Sansom said.
Saint Augustine’s College bought Meadowbrook in 2007. Original members wanted to ensure that its legacy as a traditionally black country club was preserved. Suber said the College plans to continue the legacy started by the 45 charter members through the students who now benefit from their investment.
"(Buying the golf course) was not just an investment in property, but an investment in the future," Suber said.
Meadowbrook was recently added to the National Register of Historic Places.
U.S. News and World Report names Saint Augustine’s College among Top 100 Best Baccalaureate Colleges in the SouthWashington, D.C. – Raleigh’s Saint Augustine’s College has been recognized by U.S. News and World Report as one of the Top Baccalaureate Colleges in the South. U.S. News releases its “America’s Best Colleges” list annually. The survey, conducted in the spring of 2009, categorized educational institutions and rated them based on various key measures including graduation and retention rates, peer school assessments, faculty resources, student selectivity, financial aid availability and alumni giving. U.S. News collected data from more than 1,400 schools to compile the 2010 report.
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Saint Augustine’s College President Dianne Boardley Suber was chosen by a panel of her peers to receive the Dr. Effie H. Jones Humanitarian Award from the American Association of School Administrators (AASA). The award honors a commitment to diversifying the field of education with high quality leaders and to ensuring the best education for all students, especially those who are poor or minority.
Suber is Saint Augustine’s College’s first female president. This year marks her 10th year leading the institution.
Effie H. Jones was a school administrator, teacher, counselor, organizer of the Office of Minority Affairs at AASA and a champion of women and minorities in educational leadership. Throughout her career, Jones was devoted to equity and opportunity in education and to closing the gap between the children who have and the ones who don’t by increasing the numbers of women and minority school leaders.
Suber has a collection of turtles. It was Jones who gave Suber her first turtle. Jones said to Suber, “If ever anyone is a risk taker, it is you.” Suber said she carries Jones with her always and wears the turtle often as a reminder of that assessment.
"I like to believe that I really understand the real meaning of advocacy and that God gave me the talents and the personality to be a real advocate and that my charges are children – 6 months, 26 years old. It doesn’t matter,” Suber said. “I am supposed to leave it better than I found it and in order to do that I must be able and willing to ‘stick my head out and put my tail on the line.’"
The Dr. Effie H. Jones Humanitarian Award will be presented Feb. 12, 2010, during the National Conference on Education in Phoenix, Ariz.
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