Volume 2, Issue 2
March 10, 2010
In This Issue
Word for Thought......................2
SACS Update..............................2
More Famous Firsts for
American Women...................2-3
Student Profile...........................4
Faculty/Staff Profile...................4
& More...
Feel the Rhythm and Live the Story
Important Dates
March 12 (F)
Deadline for Women Empowerment
Essay @ 3:00 p.m.
March 16 (T)
Women’s Empowerment Forum
“How To Become a Better Woman”
@ 11am in NSC Room 112
March 17 (W)
St. Patrick’s Day Booth 11:00a.m.2:00p.m in the NSC
March 18 (TH)
Last Day to Drop Without
Academic Penalty
March Birthdays
3/4
Robert Leeds
3/11
3/6
Michele Meischeid
3/22
Phillip Delotach 3/25
Justin McKeithan
Trisha Sawyer
Ryan Cox
3/25
Galloway received his Bachelors in History
from Virginia Tech and was a curator for
several years. He then decided to change
careers, so he then earned his Master’s in
Storytelling Program from East Tennessee State University. Galloway combines
African heritage with modern events and
International Women’s Day
Darcie Tumey
Sonya Chamblee On Tuesday, March 2nd, Dresse Eley’s
cosmetology class and others experienced
African storytelling at its finest by Chetter
Galloway. Galloway is the brother of Eley
and she wanted to commend her students
for their hard work so she asked him to
perform for them.
3/27
3/31
On Monday, March 8th, International
Women’s Day was acknowledged by
Student Support Services with displays
in the hallway of the Student Lounge in
the New Student Center for students to
observe. The displays highlighted several
works written by women such as Patti
LaBelle and Sheila P. Moses. Moses
compiles them into stories with morals
while playing the African drum.
Galloway told three separate stories and he
captivated the audience with his delivery
and performance. Atlanta is the current
residence of Galloway but he performs all
over the country and has made several appearances in magazine and television. The
theme of Galloway’s performance is to,
“feel the rhythm and live the story.”
To learn more about Chetter Galloway,
visit his website at http://www.chettergalloway.com/index.php.
wrote The Legend of Buddy Bush and it
was honored as a National Book Award
finalist. Moses has a special connection
to eastern North Carolina because she is
from Northampton County.
The colors associated with International
Women’s Day are purple for dignity and
respect, green for hope, and gold for a
new dawn in the women’s movement.
This day was created for all women to
come together and pay tribute to a tradition that represents over ninety years of
struggle for equality, peace, and development. Throughout the month of March
we should show special appreciation to
the special women in our lives.
SACS UPDATE
The SACS
committee
meets on a
weekly basis
every Friday.
The committee continues
to review the SACS principles,
narratives, and information needed
for completion. We currently have
approved 10 narratives for the first
review. The committee has determined that the financial requirements show alignment with both
the SACS principles and the State
audit requirements.
Please continue to contact any
committee member if you have any
questions. Also, the weekly minutes are posted in the Shared Drive.
Mary Lou’s Inspirational Quote of the Week
“Forgiveness is as valuable to the
one who forgives as to the one forgiven.” Mary Whitcher
This Week’s Word
for Thought
eclectic
Pronunciation: \ih-KLEK-tik\
Function: adjective
Definition: selecting what appears
to be best in various doctrines,
methods, or styles
Example Sentence:
The new downtown restaurant offers an eclectic mix of appetizers
and entrees at reasonable prices.
MORE Famous Firsts by
American Women
1901 Annie
Edson Taylor,
a schoolteacher
from Michigan,
becomes the
first person to
go over Niagara
Falls in a barrel.
(Miriam Amanda “Ma” Ferguson is
inaugurated governor of Texas days
later.)
1926 American Gertrude Ederle
becomes the first woman to swim
across the English Channel.
1931 Maxine Dunlap becomes
first American woman to earn a
glider pilot license.
1914 Mary Davenport-Engberg
is the first woman to conduct a
symphony orchestra, in Bellingham, Washington.
1916 Jeannette Rankin,
of Montana, is
the first woman
to be elected to
the U.S. House
ofRepresentatives.
1921 American novelist Edith
Wharton becomes the first woman
to win a Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
She wins the award for her novel
The Age of Innocence.
1922 Rebecca Felton, of Georgia,
is appointed to the U.S. Senate to
fill a temporary vacancy. The first
woman senator, she serves for only
two days.
1925 Nellie
Tayloe Ross
becomes the
first woman to
serve as governor of a state,
in Wyoming.
In the fall of
1924 she was
elected to succeed her deceased
husband, William Bradford Ross.
1932 Amelia Earhart
becomes the
first woman to
fly solo across
the Atlantic,
traveling from
Harbor
Grace, Newfoundland, to Ireland in approximately 15 hours.
Hattie Wyatt Caraway, of Arkansas, becomes the first woman
elected to the U.S. Senate.
1933 Frances Perkins
is appointed
secretary of
labor by President Franklin
D. Roosevelt,
making her the
first woman
member of a presidential cabinet.
1934 Lettie Pate Whitehead
becomes the first American woman
to serve as a director of a major
corporation, The Coca-Cola Company.
On October 23, 1934, American
adventurer Jeanette Piccard sets
an altitude record for female balloonists when she ascends 57,579 feet.
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1946 Mother
Maria Frances Cabrini
(1850-1917)
is canonized by Pope
Pius XII. She
is the first
U.S.citizen
(she was born in Italy) to become a
saint.
Edith Houghton becomes the first
woman hired as a first major-league
baseball scout.
1,429.2 miles per hour, more than
twice the speed of sound.
1953 Jerrie
Cobb is the
first woman
in the U.S. to
undergo astronaut testing.
NASA, however, cancels
the women’s
program in 1963. It is not until
1983 that an American woman gets
sent into space.
1965 Patsy Takemoto Mink, of
Hawaii, is the first Asian-American
woman elected to Congress. She
served in the U.S. House of Representatives for 24 years.
1960 Oveta Culp Hobby becomes
the first woman to serve as Secretary of Health, Education, and
Welfare. She is also the first director of the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC), and the first
woman to receive the U.S. Army
Distinguished Service Medal.
Jacqueline
Cochran
breaks the
sound barrier
by flying an F86 over Roger’s Dry Lake,
California,
at the speed
of 652.337 miles per hour. Eleven
years later, she flies at a speed of
1964 Margaret Chase
Smith,
of Maine,
becomes the
first woman
nominated for
president of
the United
States by a major political party, at
the Republican National Convention in San Francisco.
1967 Muriel “Mickey”
Siebert becomes the
first woman
to own a seat
on the New
York Stock
Exchange
and the first woman to head one of
its member firms.
Althea Gibson is the first AfricanAmerican tennis player to win a
singles title at Wimbledon.
1969 Shirley
Chisholm,
of New York,
becomes the
first AfricanAmerican
woman in
Congress.
Her motto
is, “Unbought and unbossed.” She
served in the U.S. House of Rep-
resentatives for 14 years. Shirley
Chisholm (D-NY) becomes the
first black woman U.S. Representative.
1970 Diane Crump
becomes the
first female
jockey to ride
in the Kentucky Derby.
1972 Sally Jean Priesand is ordained as the first woman rabbi in
the United States.
Juanita Kreps
becomes the
first woman
director of
the New York
Stock Exchange. She
later becomes
the first woman
appointed Secretary of Commerce.
1975 Elizabeth Ann Seton is canonized, making her the first American-born saint.
1976 Sarah
Caldwell
becomes the
first woman
to conduct at
New York’s
Metropolitan
Opera House.
This list and more can be viewed
in its entirety at http://www.infoplease.com/spot/womensfirsts1.
html
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STUDENT Profile
Angela
Epperson
What is your
marital status?
Divorced
Where are you
from? Ahoskie, NC
What is your major? GED-then I’m undecided
Do you have any children, pets? Yes-a
child
What are your hobbies or things you
like to do for fun? Chilling, watching
television, and studying
What is your favorite song? “Rude Boy”
by Rihanna
What are your favorite television shows?
Meet the Browns and Keeping up with the
Kardashians
What is your favorite quote? “Live life
to the fullest.”
Why did you choose R-CCC? It’s a cool
school
What are your plans after graduating
from R-CCC? To be successful and make
lots of money
Jasmine J.
Morrison
to do for fun? Singing, hanging with
friends and family, plaything the piano,
crocheting, and going to church
What is your favorite quote? “Don’t
knock it until you try it.”
What is your favorite quote? I have two:
#1) Love is like the dew; it will settle
upon a cow-pie, just as quickly as it will
upon an Easter Lilly (My Grandfather)
#2) Sin will ALWAYS take you further
than you ever wanted to go, keep you
longer than you
ever wanted to stay, and cost you more
than you EVER wanted to pay! (Dr.
Miles Monroe)
Why did you choose R-CCC? To get
prepared for a 4-year institution
How long have you worked for RCCC? 10 years
What is your favorite song? “This is
the Air I Breathe” by Byron Cage
What are your favorite television
shows? Meet the Browns and House of
Payne
What are your plans after graduating from R-CCC? I’m not graduating from R-CCC unfortunately. I will
be transferring to Elizabeth City State
University to pursue pharmacy.
Faculty/Staff Profile
Franklin
Harris
What is your
Marital Status?
Married
Where did you
go to school, and
what degrees do
you hold? Bachelors Degree in Sociology from North Carolina State University;
Masters Degree in History from Virginia
State University, with Graduate Minor of
21 hours in Academic Sociology from Old
Dominion University
What is your
marital status?
Single
What is your current job at R-CCC?
Department Chair for Social Science /
Humanities Departments; Instructor
Where are you
from? Chattanooga, TN
Do you have any children, pets, or hobbies? Two Children, one boy and one girl
What is your major? Associate in Science: College transfer
Do you have any children, pets? have
one dog and it is a Keeshond Husky
What are your hobbies or things you like
What is your favorite movie? “Kelly’s
Heroes” AND, Hunt for Red October
What is your favorite meal? Southern
Chopped Barbecue, with all the trimmings
and Sweet Tea
What is your favorite song? When a
Man Loves a Woman,” by Percy Sledge /
Michael Bolton
Belinda Smith
What is your
Marital Status?
Happily married
for 33 years to
Herbert Smith, Sr.
Where did you
go to school, and
what degrees do you hold? R-CCC, A.
A. S. in Microcomputer Systems Technology (1995) and Shaw University, B.
A. in Business Administration (2002)
What is your current job at R-CCC?
Cashier/Accounts Receivable Clerk
Do you have any children, pets, or hobbies? two children - Beshelya & Herbert
Jr. and 1 grandson - Jaden; 1 toy poodle
- Kingsley; Hobbies -Studying the Bible
& Encouraging People
What is your favorite meal? Hamburger
steak & gravy with onions & peppers,
mashed potatoes, garden peas and rolls
What is your favorite song? “All
Things Are Working” by Fred Hammond
What is your favorite movie?
“Fireproof”
What is your favorite quote? “Life is
not about waiting for the storm to pass;
it’s about learning to dance in the rain.”
How long have you worked for RCCC? almost five years.
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