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Issue: March-April 2009 |
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Norfolk State University Names 2008-2009
All-Academic Team
Norfolk State University recently recognized the
2008-2009 members of the Athletics All-Academic Team at the March 2 NSU
vs. Howard University men’s basketball game, which was held at the
Joseph G. Echols Memorial Hall. More than 60 young men and women were
inducted into the All-Academic Team.
To qualify, the
scholar-athletes must have at GPA of at least 3.0.
The Team consists of two groups:
• Rising Stars– first-year student athletes with a 3.0 GPA in their
first semester (fall 2008)
• All-Academic Team– continuing students who have completed at least one
year at NSU and have maintained a 3.0 GPA
During the past three years, the Norfolk State
University Athletics program has experienced unprecedented success at
the NCAA Division I level. This period of progress has been highlighted
by improvements and upgrades in virtually every area critical to
transforming NSU Athletics into a highly competitive program that will
consistently challenge for Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) and
NCAA Division I championships.
The catalyst for these advancements has been NSU
Athletics Director Marty Miller, who believes that the mission of the
athletics program is an extension of the mission of Norfolk State
University. Miller places an emphasis on areas that impact the welfare
of student-athletes. Improving graduation rates, gender equity, and the
retention of student-athletes are equally, if not more important, than
winning conference and national championships.
Norfolk State University received five national and
regional accreditations over the last year including SACS, ABET, NCATE,
NCAA and the AACSB*. Attainment of these accreditations is a testament
to NSU’s commitment to delivering a high-quality education and
demonstrates the university’s dedication to student success and
excellence.
Following in alphabetical order
is the list of the 2008-2009 NSU Athletics
All-Academic Team: Rising
Stars-First Semester Students achieving a 3.0 or better
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Name Sherrard Marrow |
Sports Men’s Track |
Major Sociology |
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Calvin Roberts |
Men’s Track |
Computer Information Technology |
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Aleek Pauline |
Men’s Basketball |
Mass Communications |
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Chris Bell |
Football |
Interdisciplinary Studie |
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Marcus Cooperwood |
Football |
Undeclared |
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Terrance Pugh |
Football |
Computer Science |
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Kyle Davis |
Baseball |
Kinesiotherapy |
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Cameron Parsons |
Baseball |
Accounting |
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Ryan Shook |
Baseball |
Physical Education |
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Christopher Warren |
Baseball |
Kinesiotherapy |
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Syeeda Gee |
Women’s Track |
Biology |
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Shaniqua Moore |
Women’s Track |
Psychology |
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Georgette Priester |
Women’s Track |
Biology |
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Elayne Greer |
Volleyball |
History |
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Aurelia Isham |
Volleyball |
Physical Education |
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Nicole Kessner |
Volleyball |
Kinesiotherapy |
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Casey Pomeroy |
Softball |
Accounting |
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Danielle Wright |
Softball |
Sociology |
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Shelia-Marie Smith |
Bowling |
Sociology |
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Naeemah Brooks |
Women’s Tennis |
Elementary Education |
All-Academic Team-Continuing
students with a 3.0 or better
Alyssa Pickett
Women’s Track
Kinesiotherapy
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Name Don Carey |
Sports Football |
Major Building Construction Technology
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Hasan Craig |
Football |
Electronics Technology |
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Clinton Dodson |
Football |
Mass Communication |
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Justin Griffin |
Football |
Engineering |
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Ryan Hathaway |
Football |
Electronics Technology |
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Nigel McGowan |
Football |
Mathematics |
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Alex Moody |
Football |
Mass Communications |
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Jeffrey Smith |
Football |
Political Science |
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Kerlon Williams |
Football |
Business Management |
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Roosevelt Cooper |
Men’s Tennis |
Computer Science |
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Petr Krakora |
Men’s Tennis |
Political Science |
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Keenan Ruff |
Men’s Tennis |
English |
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Miroslav Vlcek |
Men’s Tennis |
Business |
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Anselmo Cantu |
Baseball |
Kinesiotherapy |
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Juan Herrera |
Baseball |
Building Construction |
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Ryan Wiggins |
Baseball |
Kinesiotherapy |
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Hillary Cheruiyot |
Men’s Track |
Nursing |
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Brett Dodd |
Men’s Track |
Psychology |
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Kimberly Brown |
Women’s Track |
Undeclared |
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Danielle Drummer |
Women’s Track |
Nursing |
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Tanisha Jenkins |
Women’s Track |
Political Science |
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Ashleigh Joseph |
Women’s Track |
Business |
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Alyssa Pickett |
Women’s Track |
Kinesiotherapy |
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Candace Shoates |
Women’s Track |
Mass Communications |
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Jennifer Astbury |
Women’s Tennis |
Physical Education |
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Ashlee Daugherty |
Women’s Tennis |
Mass Communications |
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Brittany Foster |
Women’s Tennis |
Biology |
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Lerissa Morris |
Women’s Tennis |
Biology |
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Stepanka Velebova |
Women’s Tennis |
Finance |
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Leekycia Brown |
Softball |
Elementary Education |
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Brianeisha Eure |
Softball |
Information Technology |
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Meghan Ramsey |
Softball |
Physical Education |
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Alyssa Velazquez |
Softball |
Business Management |
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Jewel White |
Softball |
Medical Technology |
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Antoinette Drakeford |
Bowling |
Psychology |
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Krystal Stevenson |
Bowling |
Electrical Engineering |
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Danelle Tate |
Basketball |
Business Management |
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Tashawna Higgins |
Basketball |
Sociology |
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Shardonay Blueford |
Volleyball |
Kinesiotheraphy |
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Solange Honore |
Volleyball |
Graphic Design |
* Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS)
Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering
and Technology (ABET)
National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, International (AACSB)
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Wanda Brockington, associate professor and chair of the Department of Mass Communications and
Journalism, was recently appointed to the 2009 Advisory Board for MIX magazine.
Mix magazine envisions "becoming the inclusive voice of Hampton Roads'
multicultural communities--informing, connecting, and celebrating people of
color in Hampton Roads through its integrated multimedia network."
Cynthia Burwell, director of internships in the NSU Department of Physical Education, has been
selected as the recipient of the 2009 Hannibal E. Howell Award. This
prestigious award recognizes members of the American College Health Association
(ACHA) who have made outstanding proactive contributions to their campus
communities and ACHA by promoting health care and preventive health relevant to
ethnic minorities. Dr. Burwell was instrumental in the development of the
Healthy Spartan Fitness initiative launched in 2005.
The award honors Hannibal E. Howell, MD, who has been involved with leading the association to increase its efforts
toward inclusiveness and addressing ethnic minority concerns. The award will be
presented to Dr. Burwell during the Awards and Fellows Dinner at ACHA’s 2009 Annual Meeting in San Francisco on May 28. ACHA acknowledges all award
recipients in the Action member newsletter, on its website, and in an awards
program for dinner participants at the annual meeting.
Bennie Marshall, head of the Norfolk State University nursing department, was recently honored
as a Health Care Hero by Inside Business. Marshall, who has been with the
university for more than five years, has obtained nearly $300,000 for the
university in funded projects. The Health Care Heroes were nominated by the
public and selected by a panel of judges. This is the first year that
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Inside Business has honored health care
professionals and volunteers that go above and beyond the call of duty
and set examples as mentors in the health care industry.
Aswini Pradhan, Messaoud Bahoura and Frances Williams, all of whom are professors in the Center for Material Research, along with
Rajeh Mundle, an NSU CMR student, recently received notification that their
article, "Manganite-based magnetic tunnel junction with piezoelectric barrier,"
published in Journal of Applied Physics 105, 07C907 (2009), has been selected
for the February 2009 issue of Virtual Journal of Quantum Information.
The Virtual Journal, which is published by the American Physical Society and
the American Institute of Physics in cooperation with numerous other
societies and publishers, is an edited compilation of links to articles
from participating publishers, covering a focused area of frontier
research. To access the Virtual Journal, visit
http://www.vjquantuminfo.org.
Stan Tickton, professor of mass communications and journalism, was recently selected to
serve a third term as a representative of the Mass Communications Division
representing more than 1,400 members in the National Communication Association’s Legislation Assembly. Tickton was selected during the annual NCA Convention.
Additionally, he was re-elected to serve as secretary in the Masters Education
Section of the NCA.
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NSU
Planetarium Celebrates the 2009 Year of Astronomy
The Norfolk State University planetarium will
celebrate the 2009 Year of Astronomy by hosting a variety of
presentations related to astronomy. Free and open to the public, the
presentations will be held on Thursdays at 12:30 and 6:30 p.m. at the
planetarium, which is located in the Woods Science Building, Room 119.
Most shows last 30 minutes.
Presentations this semester will be held as follows:
March 5: BIG (All-Sky Show)
* March 12: Spring Break (Closed)
March 19: Infinity Express (All-Sky Show)
March 26: The Origin of Life (All-Sky Show)
April 2: Virginia’s Skies: Spring and Summer (Show)
April 9: Are We Alone? (Movie)
April 16 Star Stuff (Movie)
April 23: Observatories (especial presentation: 50 min)
April 30: Virginia’s Skies: Spring and Summer (Show)
The NSU planetarium serves as the Space Sciences Education and Public Outreach
Resource Center. Lecture series for the public, in-service teacher courses and workshops are
regularly sponsored. Educational and civic organizations are also welcomed. If you want your organization to voyage through this theater of stars and
explore the universe from the comfort of your seat, please call 823-8909.
Norfolk State University’s Center for Materials Research will host NanoDays, a unique, nanotechnology
educational outreach event from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 4 at the
Children’s Museum of Virginia in Portsmouth.
NanoDays is a community-based event designed to foster public awareness,
engagement and understanding of nanoscale science and technology. The event
also aims to share the passion of science with the community while informing
the public about advances in scientific research. Participants will be able to
use their imaginations and encouraged to think about choosing careers in
nanoscale science and engineering, or pursue careers in science, technology,
engineering and mathematics fields.
Several hands-on experiments will be held during the NanoDays event. Children will be able to interactively see how small a nano is and what is
different about the nano. They will manipulate a magnetic material sample that
acts like a liquid and explore how the scanning probe microscope works. They
will be able to make their own liquid crystal sensor.
This event is organized in collaboration with the Nanoscale Informal Science
Education Network. It is also partially sponsored by the National Science Foundation through the
HBCU-RISE project at NSU, the Center on Materials and Devices for Information
Technology Research Center, led by the University of Washington, and the
Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN), which is led by Purdue
University.
For more information, call Dr. Messaoud Bahoura at 823-2672
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Norfolk State University Hosts Underground Railroad Symposium
Norfolk State University, the City of Norfolk and the Underground Railroad
Freedom Network have teamed up to sponsor an Underground Railroad symposium
titled, Waterways to Freedom: The Underground Railroad Journey from Hampton Roads, Virginia. The symposium will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, March 21 at the
Spartan Suites Conference Room on the NSU campus.
Highlights of the day-long event include a host of scholars whose publications
have focused on the Underground Railroad, a tour of local Underground Railroad
sites and a preview of a film on the Underground Railroad in the Dismal Swamp. The cost for the event is $15 and will cover transportation for the tour, all
symposium materials, a continental breakfast, and lunch.
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Norfolk State to Host Scientific
Norfolk State University will serve as the lead host for the 66th Joint Annual
Meeting for Beta Kappa Chi Scientific Honor Society and the National Institute
of Science. The joint meeting, which is co-hosted by Hampton University, will
be held March 24-28 at the Sheraton Norfolk Waterside Hotel in Norfolk, Va.
Each year, the NIS, along with BKX, holds its joint annual meeting to give
students an opportunity to present research papers and network with
professionals currently working in science related fields. This year’s theme is “Preparing Leaders for Innovations in Science and Technology in a Global Society.”
These historically significant organizations were created during an era when
African Americans were not allowed membership in mainstream scientific
organizations, and they continue to be viable today. Norfolk State University
is a chartered member of BKX.
Camellia Okpodu, NSU biology department head, will serve as the chairperson of
the local planning committee. She is the immediate past president of BKX.
Douglas DePriest, interim dean at Hampton University and current BKX national
president, will serve as co-chair.
The National Institute of Science is a nonprofit, tax-exempt national scientific
organization. This organization provides an opportunity for students and
faculty members at Historically Black Colleges and Universities to exchange
information and present scholarly research papers in science and mathematics.
In addition, the NIS provides a forum for participants to interact and network
with high school students, community groups, and other scientific organizations
and institutions.
For more information, call 823-8373.
As You Travel Abroad
As many students are getting ready for a trip abroad during spring and summer
breaks, the Department of State is asking for your help in publicizing to young
Americans this useful information on planning a safe and enjoyable adventure.
An important note about U.S. passports: As of January 31, 2008, all travelers must show proof of identity and
citizenship when entering the United States from Canada, Mexico, Bermuda, and
the countries of the Caribbean by land or sea. Acceptable documents include a
U.S. passport, U.S. passport card, trusted traveler card, or enhanced driver's
license. U.S. citizens who do not have a single document verifying identity and
citizenship must present both an identification and citizenship document; for
example, a driver's license and a copy of a birth certificate or naturalization
certificate.
Additional safety information, along with guidance on how to register one’s travel with the State Department and how to obtain a U.S. passport book and/or
U.S. passport card, can be found at the Bureau of Consular Affairs web site at
travel.state.gov.
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