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January 2013, issue 14

Achieving Excellence. Success Beyond Measure.

Dr. tony Atwater, President • A semi-Monthly newsletter for Faculty, staff, Alumni and Friends of norfolk state University

Meet Virginia’sOutstanding Faculty Award Recipient

D r. Frances Williams, NSU associate professor

of engineering, is among the recipients of

the 2013Outstanding Faculty Award presented

by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia

and Dominion Resources.

The Outstanding Faculty Award is the

Commonwealth's highest honor for faculty at

Virginia's public and private colleges and

universities and recognizes superior

accomplishments in teaching, research

and public service. Dr. Williams is one of

12 recognized statewide. This is the

second consecutive year that a Norfolk

State University faculty member

received the award.

“To be recognized in consecutive

years with this honor speaks to the

exemplary quality of faculty at NSU,”

said President Tony Atwater. “Dr.

Williams is an innovator and has

been instrumental in leading our

efforts in providing researchers

throughout the region with a

state-of-the-art user friendly

cleanroom.”

M ichael Rooks, a business major with a marketing concentration, was

struggling to pay for his senior year at Norfolk State. He’d saved enough

money to buy a car—but now he was thinking about getting a title loan on

it so he could finance his last year of school. When he couldn’t do that, he asked

his parents. They were tapped out. His options were narrowing. Then he heard

about help offered through University scholarships. Thanks to those

who have given to NSU, Rooks is now on track to walk across the

stage in May to receive his diploma. “I would like to thank each

and every one of you,” he said at the kick-off of the I AM NSU

Annual Fund. Rooks didn’t just go to school—he took advantage

of what NSU had to offer. During his time here, he obtained

internships at the Port Authority, Apple Computer and

Hertz. Because of his experiences here, he is glad

to say, “I am NSU!”

The I AM NSU Annual Fund is a six-month

campaign with a $2 million goal. It will end June 30.

“This is about making a direct impact on the quality

of life of our students, campus and the community,”

said Danielle Smith Jones,’00, the campaign’s

general chair. “I am NSU because of the education

and support I received here and the push I received

from my professors who said quitting was not

an option.”

to give to the i AM nsU Annual Fund, go to www.nsu.edu/giving

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Continued on page 2

Michael Rooks

Dr. Frances Williams

Dr. Williams has conducted extensive

research in the area of acoustic

microsensors, microelectromechanical

systems (MEMS) devices and

processes. In 2010, she was granted

a patent that is expected to save the

semiconductor industry money.

Dr. Williams is interim director of the

Center for Materials Research and

director of the Micro- and Nano-

technology Center (MiNaC), a $6.5

million state-of-the-art cleanroom. She is

also the diversity director for the Center

for Integrated Access Networks (CIAN)

Engineering Research Center (ERC), a

multi-university center that is funded by

the National Science Foundation. Since

coming to Norfolk State in 2004, Dr.

Williams has been awarded grants

that total more than $12 million.

She has been recognized for her

research and innovation. Dr. Williams

was named an Emerging Scholar by

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education in

January 2012. She was recognized by

Norfolk State University in 2010 with a

Distinguished Faculty Award, receiving

the University Award of Excellence—the

highest University faculty award at that

time. In 2012, Dr. Williams was

recognized by the NSU Board

of Visitors for her innovation.

She received the B.S. and M.S.

degrees in electrical engineering from

North Carolina Agricultural & Technical

State University and earned the Ph.D.

degree in electrical and computer

engineering from the Georgia Institute

of Technology where she was a National

Science Foundation Graduate Fellow,

Office of Naval Research HBCU Future

Engineering Faculty Fellow, Facilitating

Academic Careers in Engineering and

Science Fellow, and an Alfred P. Sloan

Foundation Scholar.

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OUtstAnDinG FACUlty AWARD ReCiPient Continued from page 1

T he Rev. Dr. Richard W. Wills Sr., the keynote speaker at the University’s

Martin Luther King Jr. program, told those in attendance that civil rights

come with certain responsibilities. Wills, the pastor of First Baptist Church,

Hampton, said that Dr. King had the belief that African Americans had the right to

be in America.

“That was a bold position to take at the time,” said Wills. “Dr. King understood

that our rights as a citizen didn’t originate from the Constitution. He understood

that our rights come from God.”

Even though Dr. King held that belief, Wills told the audience that the civil rights

leader also knew that rights come with responsibilities. Those responsibilities, he

said, are preparation, partnership and posterity. “The rights are in place, but they

require sweat equity, a work ethic and preparation to be the best that I can be,”

Wills instructed.

The responsibility of partnership is important because as the world has become

more interconnected and interdependent, the projects are more complicated and

complex. To work with those situations requires partnership.

Finally, Wills said there is a responsibility to our posterity. “Dr. King understood

that if our dreams, our hope and our destiny were not bigger than us, then they

were not big enough. That the good fight that we are fighting is not just for us but

for our great-grandchildren…for generations unborn.”

Civil RightsRequire Civil Responsibilities

Rev. Dr. Richard W. Wills sr.

Dr. Frances Williams (center) talks with students in the $6.5 million cleanroom.

Maureen Scott, assistant professor of biology, will receive the Science

Spectrum Trailblazer Award at the 27th Black Engineer of the Year (BEYA)

and Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)

conference. The conference takes place Feb. 7-9 in Washington, D.C.

Trailblazers are men and women who are demonstrating outstanding

performance that will shape the future course of science and technology. “You and

the other science leaders are individuals whose stories of phenomenal success

merit national recognition,” Tyrone D. Taborn, publisher and CEO of Career

Communications Group, wrote in the congratulatory letter to Scott.

She will receive a certificate of recognition at the Trailblazers’ Luncheon. “We

hope this certificate will validate what you must already know,” Taborn continued,

“that you are a special and gifted person.”

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Through a competitive Request for Proposal

process, the Pepsi Beverages Company

(PBC) was recently awarded a five-year

beverage contract at NSU valued at $1.9 million.

The NSU/PBC partnership makes PBC the

exclusive beverage provider on campus for all

fountain machines, vending machines and sales of

bottles and cans on campus. Pepsi-Cola beverages

include carbonated soft drinks, Aquafina bottled

water, SoBe, Gatorade, AMP, Rockstar, Ocean

Spray fruit juices, Lipton Brisk iced tea and

Starbucks Frappuccino. Installation of the new

vending and fountain dispensing machines has

occurred. PBC will provide and maintain all vending

and fountain dispensing equipment throughout the

duration of the contract.

PepsiCo was founded in 1965. In early 2010,

PepsiCo acquired the Pepsi Bottling Group and

Pepsi Americas to form the world’s largest

manufacturer and distributor, Pepsi Beverages Company.

Scott to be honored at BEYA STEM Conference

CAMPUs Briefs

Cheryl D. Nottingham, ’83,’03, assistant

coordinator for the Title III Program,

received her master of business

administration with a concentration

in public administration from Strayer

University in October 2012. She

graduated with a 4.0 GPA and was

listed among the honor graduates

for the class.

Reggie Garrett, ’12,

a former member

of the Spartan

football team, was

nominated for and

accepted into the

NCAA Future

Football Coaches

Academy, which ran January 6-8 in

Nashville, Tenn. Garrett, who earned

his bachelor’s degree in building

construction in December, was one

of 30 college players nationwide who

participated in the academy, which is

an educational forum for individuals

who have recently completed their

collegiate eligibility and have a

desire to enter the college football

coaching profession.

The NSU-American Association of

University Women collegiate chapter

participated in the President’s

Inaugural 2013 National Day of

Service on January 19 at the Trinity

Washington University (TWU) project

site in Washington, D.C. The

students packed food for families

in need. They were escorted by

chapter advisor Dr. Amelia Ross-

Hammond, professor of music and

director of service-learning and

civic engagement.

Carol Pretlow, associate professor

of political science, has accepted

the invitation to write and author

publications in the magazine “The

Diplomat” (http://the-diplomat.com),

the premier international current-

affairs magazine for the Asia-Pacific

region. She also represented Norfolk

State University at the World Affairs

Council of Greater Hampton Roads

on Tuesday, January 8, at Norfolk

Waterside Marriott. The topic was

“From the Cuban Missile Crisis to

Iran: Confronting the Nuclear

Threat.” The council covers a broad

Reggie Garrett

Continued on page 4

A global food and beverage leader with a diverse product portfoliowill now have a place on the Norfolk State University campus.

PepsiCampus

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range of issues most pressing and

time urgent before the international

community today.

Dr. Donald J. Reaves, Chancellor,

has recommended Janella Melius, a

Ph.D. graduate from the Ethelyn R.

Strong School of Social Work, to the

Board of Trustees of Winston-Salem

State University for tenure and

promotion to associate professor

in the Department of Behavioral

Sciences and Social Work.

A presentation by Shellye Sledge, a

doctoral student in the Ethelyn R.

Strong School of Social Work, titled

“H.E.L.P.! A Humanistic Efficacy-

Based Learning Paradigm Designed

to Cultivate Potential in Marginalized

African American Women with

Health and Socio-Economic

Challenges,” has been accepted for

presentation at the Eleventh Annual

Mississippi Child Welfare Institute

Conference in Jackson, Miss.

Dr. Colita Nichols Fairfax, associate

professor of social

work, co-authored

the article, “A

change has come:

the Obamas and

the culture of black

marriage in

America,” with

Cassandra Chaney in “Ethnicities,”

http://etn.sagepub.com/content/early/

2012/11/29/1468796812463546. Dr.

Fairfax’s poster, “Teaching African

Philosophy in Mezzo Practice,” has

been accepted for presentation at

the National Association of Black

Social Workers 45th National

Conference to be held in

Jacksonville, Fla., April 12.

The Lyman Beecher Brooks Library

hosted the quarterly meeting of

the Virginia Tidewater Consortium

Collections Subcommittee

Thursday, December 6, 2012.

Acquisition and Collection

Development Librarians meet to

discuss joint projects as well as

individual library collection efforts

at their institutions. The library

also hosted the Virginia Tidewater

Consortium Library Director’s

meeting on January 17. The training

session focused on e-books and

the use of Kindles in an

academic environment.

Dr. Cassandra Newby-Alexander,

professor of history and project

director, received $69,529 from

National Endowment for the

Humanities for “Observing 1619:

The African Diaspora in American

History and Culture.” This project

consists of two symposia, several

teacher workshops, and the

development of educational

resources on the African diaspora

in the New World, with a focus on

the arrival of 20 Africans at Old

Point Comfort (Fort Monroe, Va.)

in August 1619.

Daniel Goodwin, a visual studies

student in the Department of Fine

Arts, received acceptance of his

sculpture to the “New Waves” juried

show at the Virginia Museum of

Contemporary Art (MOCA), January

25–April 28. MOCA presents its

annual juried exhibition, New Waves

2013, for the 18th year. Over 180

artists from across Virginia submitted

work to this exhibition of diverse

materials and approaches that are

used in contemporary art today.

Goodwin’s work, titled

“Cloud Pot,” can be viewed at

http://www.virginiamoca.org/new-

waves-2013.

Dr. Danny Adams, professor and

associate dean

of liberal arts,

reviewed “Trading

Zones and

Interactional

Expertise: Creating

New Kinds of

Collaboration,” by

Michael E. Gorman, ed., (2010) The

MIT Press, Cambridge, MA ISBN:

978-0-262-514835. The review is

published in “Integrative Pathways,”

of the Association for Integrative

Studies, Vol. 34, No. 4 (December

2012) ISSN 1081 647X.

Under the direction of Paul I. Adams,

interim director of bands, NSU Spartan

Legion Marching Band made its debut

performance at the 29th Annual

Dominion Power Christmas Parade

on December 2, in Richmond, Va.

The band was awarded the trophy

(Silver Platter) for "Best Marching

Band" in the 2012 Norfolk Grand

Illumination Parade, held

November 17, 2012.

Dr. Suely M. Black, chemistry professor

and a member

of the Center

for Materials

Research, has

been named a

member of the

External Advisory

Board for the

Indiana Louis-Stokes Alliance

for Minority Participation. The

nomination reflects the close

collaborative ties that have developed

between Purdue University, the

project lead institution, and the Center

for Materials Research. NSU and

Purdue currently collaborate on

two funded projects which combined

bring $1.2 million per year

to campus.

Dr. Black also presented the

seminar "The Brave New World of

Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology"

to more than 120 students, parents

and teachers. The event was held

November 13 at Ocean Lakes High

School as part of their Math and

Science Academy Lecture Series.

Technical seminars to local, broad

audiences contribute to the goals of

the Partnership for Research and

Education in Materials, a National

Science Foundation-funded project

in the Center for Materials Research

led by Dr. Mikhail Noginov.

In December, Mohammad Mayy,

Thejaswi Tumkur and Oluwakayode

Bamiduro, three Ph.D. students in

materials science and engineering,

joined a select group of international

researchers at the weeklong

workshop in Trieste, Italy, for

nanophotonics offered by the

Abdus Salam International Centre

for Theoretical Physics. Dr. Mikhail

Noginov, professor of physics and a

member of the Center for Materials

Research, was an invited speaker

at the workshop.

Introduction to University Life (IUL)

computer science students Ernest

Thomas, Kenneth Davis, Alexaye Geeter

and Gregory Henderson Jr. (Team 1),

and Woodrow Conklin, Jamari Jones,

JaJuan Hoke, Tyrell Hite and Craig

Eddings (Team 2) won 1st place in

the first IUL-101 Service Learning

Fair. The students presented

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Dr. Colita nichols Fairfax

Dr. Danny Adams

Dr. suely M. Black

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their recycling projects in a poster

competition. The winning team

proposed two very ingenious

projects. Both teams were advised

by Dr. Cheryl V. Hinds, instructor

of computer science.

Dr. Aswini Pradhan,

professor in

the Center for

Materials Research

and Department of

Engineering, and

his group members

attended the MRS

Fall meeting on November 26, 2012,

in Boston, Mass. The group

presented several papers. Sha’La

Fletcher presented “Mechanical

properties of multi-layer ultra-thin

films of BTO/LSMO on STO and

LaO." Brandon Walker presented

on “Nanostructure patterning of

functional oxide thin films by electron

beam lithography with HSQ

patterned templates.” Olu Bamiduro

presented “The effects of varying the

thickness of Mo thin films for solar

cell applications." Dr. Pradhan

presented “One dimensional ZnO

nanoarray using electron beam

lithography.” Rajeh Mundle presented

“Optoelectronic properties of

Aluminum doped ZnO films with

varying carrier concentration for

multifunctional applications.”

Rajini Konda presented “Impact

of Aluminum Oxide Inter-layer as

self-cleaning processors of various

oxygen sources on the Interface

properties of Zirconium oxide

on GaAs." Dr. Bo Xiao presented

“Structural and electrical properties

of functional dielectrics on GaN

and ZnO.”

Sandra Olanitori, instructor, advisor,

recruiter in the Department of

Nursing and Allied Health, and

the students in her Introduction

to University Life 101-ST 7, 8, and

9 won second place in the Service

Learning Fair held November 29,

2012. Their recycling projects were

on "Nurses Shoes, Plastic Bottles

and Candy Wrappers". They

received a 2nd place trophy

and certificates.

Camilla Major, health services

management-December 2012

graduate, received the Parsons

Honors College Medallion at the

Honors College Public Speaking

Contest and Medallion Ceremony

for December graduates on

November 27, 2012.

Margaret Pemberton,

a 1959 School

of Nursing

graduate, attended

the Nursing and

Allied Health

Classroom Building

groundbreaking

ceremony on December 6, 2012.

She sponsors the Margaret

Pemberton endowment fund at NSU.

The PREM project, led by Dr. Mikhail

Noginov, professor of physics and

member of the Center for Materials

Research, offered the “Materials

Science Day” at NSU on December

5, 2012. About 45 selected students

and teachers from Booker T.

Washington, Princess Anne and

Ocean Lakes High Schools spent

five hours in the Center for Materials

Research. The program included

seminars by professors and graduate

students about materials science

and related careers, tours of the

laboratories and exposure to

opportunities for enrollment

and research.

Dr. Carray Banks,

chair of the

Department

of Technology,

won the Virginia

Building and Code

Official Association

(VBCOA) 2012

Citizens Award in recognition of

his outstanding work with the

association’s student membership

initiative. NSU is the first college or

university in the Commonwealth of

Virginia to have student members of

VBCOA. The award was presented

to Dr. Banks at VBCOA’s 84th Annual

Conference in October.

Dr. Arletha McSwain, interim dean

of the School of Extended Learning,

recently completed the Quality

Matters Certification for Institutional

Representatives. Quality Matters is

a National Benchmark for Online

Course Design and provides

quality assurance through faculty

development and course design.

Dr. Aswini Pradhan

Margaret Pemberton

Dr. Carray Banks

nsU and tidewater Community College (The TCC/NSU Links Scholars)

have a new partnership that has just accepted 25 students. A kick-off

reception is scheduled for February 7, from 2-4 p.m. on the second floor

of the Lyman Beecher Brooks Library. NSU President Tony Atwater,

TCC President Edna Baehre-Kolovani and the Links Incorporated

representatives will be in attendance.

The NSU TransferMation Center, which will provide the necessary

one-stop shop infrastructure and staff support to enhance resources

currently devoted to transfer students, will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony

on March 7 from 2-4 p.m. on the second floor of the Student Center.

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Monday, FEBRUARY 4Movies Everyone Should See in College Series:

ROOts Marathon followed by discussion.

location: Student Center (SC), Room 149.

time: 5-10 p.m. Contact: Honors College

(757) 823-8208.

Tuesday, FEBRUARY 5SIGNATURE/THEME EVENT

150 years of the emancipation

Proclamation: What does it mean?

A panel discussion featuring NSU

professors: Dr. Stephanie Richmond,

Dr. Cassandra Newby-Alexander, Dr. Colita

Nichols Fairfax. location: SC, Room 138.

time: 6 p.m. Contact: Dr. Khadijah Miller

or Dr. Stephanie Richmond (757) 823-8828.

Wednesday, FEBRUARY 6SIGNATURE/THEME EVENT

Conversations in the Kitchen, Part ii:

Black Women talking about 150 years after

emancipation, the March on Washington and

Black Women today, featuring NSU faculty

members. location: Brown Theatre,

Brown Memorial Hall (BMH). time: 6 p.m.

Contact: Dr. Khadijah Miller (757) 823-2864.

Black history and the struggle for equality

in Cuba featuring Dr. Tomas Fernandez

Robaina, Archivist, Cuban National Library

and Dr. Geoffroy de Laforcade. NSU student

screening of “1912: Breaking the Silence,”

a film by Gloria Rolando. location: NSU

Archives Activity Room, Library, 2nd floor.

time: 4 p.m. Contact: Dr. Geoffroy de

Laforcade (757) 823-2819.

Thursday, FEBRUARY 7Mid-day Concert featuring Afro-Cuban Jazz.

location: SC, Room 138. time: 12:30-2 p.m.

Contact: Professor Gwendolyn Pharr

(757) 823-8828.

SIGNATURE/THEME EVENT

and OPENING RECEPTION

novel Release, Discussion and signing of

the treason of Mary louvestre, by My Haley

(Alex Haley’s widow). location: SC, Room 149.

time: 6:30 p.m. with book signing afterwards.

Contact: Honors College or Dr. Khadijah Miller

(757) 823-2864.

Fri./saT./sun., FEBRUARY 8, 9, 10nsU Players, King hedley ii by August Wilson.

time: 8 p.m., Fri. & Sat.; 6 p.m., Sunday.

location: Brown Theatre, BMH.

Contact: Dr. Clarence Murray (757) 823-8891.

Monday, FEBRUARY 11Walter Rodney, honoring a legacy of African

Diaspora and Black Consciousness featuring

Dr. Patricia Rodney, widow of Guyanese scholar

and Pan-African activist Walter Rodney.

location: SC. time: 6 p.m.

Contact: Dr. Geoffroy de Laforcade

(757) 823-2819.

Tuesday, FEBRUARY 12Black Men’s health Forum/Discussion.

location: SC, Room 138. time: 12:30 p.m.

Contact: Professor Gwendolyn Pharr

(757) 823-8828.

Wednesday, FEBRUARY 13African American health Fair including

screenings, information dissemination, and

more sponsored by NSU Nursing Department.

location: SC, Room 138. time: 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Contact: Dr. Jessica Parrott (757) 823-9013.

SIGNATURE/THEME EVENT

the Crossroads of social Justice: Pioneering

Black social Workers Post emancipation,

sponsored by the School of Social Work.

location: SC, Room 138. time: 5 p.m.

Contact: Dr. Colita N. Fairfax (757) 823-9593.

Thursday, FEBRUARY 14SIGNATURE/THEME EVENT

nsU’s Civil Rights Activism: A panel

discussion featuring NSU alumni, faculty, and

staff. location: NSU Archives, 2nd floor, LBB

Library. time: 12:30 p.m. Contact: Professor

Gwendolyn Pharr (757) 823-8828.

Fri./saT./sun.,FEBRUARY 15, 16, 17nsU Players, King hedley ii by August Wilson.

time: 8 p.m., Fri. & Sat.; 6 p.m., Sunday.

location: Brown Theatre, BMH. Contact:

Dr. Clarence Murray (757) 823-8891.

sunday, FEBRUARY 17My Black is Beautiful talent show.

location: SC. time: 7 p.m.

Contact: Student Activities

(757) 823-8200.

Monday, FEBRUARY 18Black history for Peace in West Africa,

featuring Ana Edwards, president, Virginia

Friends of Mali “The African Heritage of Cultural

Diversity: Lessons from the History of Mali,”

& Dr. Geoffroy de Laforcade, NSU.

location: NSU Archives, 2nd floor, LBB Library.

time: 6:30 p.m. Contact: Dr. Geoffroy de

Laforcade (757) 823-2819.

Tuesday, FEBRUARY 19Movies Everyone Should See in College Series:

BelOveD followed by discussion.

location: SC, Room 149. time: 7-10 p.m.

Contact: Honors College (757) 823-8208.

Thursday, FEBRUARY 21Obama’s second term Presidency:

the state of the Black Union: a panel

discussion featuring national and local

politicians, community activists, media

perspectives and national organizations.

location: SC, Room 149. time: 12:30-4 p.m.

Contact: Professor Carol Pretlow

(757) 823-8999 or (757) 823-8192.

sunday, FEBRUARY 24Generation X. Location: SC. time: 6 p.m.,

Contact: Student Activities (757) 823-8200.

Monday, FEBRUARY 25SIGNATURE/THEME EVENT

Movies Everyone Should See in College:

Steven Spielberg’s linCOln (2012) followed

by discussion. Location: SC, Room 149.

time: 7-10 p.m. Contact: Honors College

and Student Activities (757) 823-8200.

Tuesday, FEBRUARY 26Presentation, lessons and Discussions on

African American Jazz. Location: SC, Room

138. time: 12:30 p.m. Contact: Professor

Gwendolyn Pharr (757) 823-8828.

Wednesday, FEBRUARY 27SIGNATURE/THEME EVENT

Remembering Dr. Martin luther King, Jr.

& the March on Washington: how Do We

Preserve his legacy? A panel discussion

featuring NSU professors. location: SC.

time: 6 p.m. Contact: Student Activities

(757) 823-8200.

Thurs., FEBRUARY 28 AND Fri., MARCH 1 Annual local Writers Festival.

Contact: Professor Daniel Pearlman

(757) 823-8891.