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You Can Help Deserving Students at Morris Brown College “GO THE DISTANCE” January 2001
Morris Brown College Maintains SACS
Accreditation
Morris Brown plays tight defense against University of Arkansas-Little Rock.
MBC Plays Against The BIG Bogs
by Mark J. Littles
STAFF SPORTS WRITER
T he Morris Brown College
Wolverines men’s basket
ball team has got their
work cut out for them as
they competed in Division I
basketball.
MBC has played WestVir-
ginia, the University of Pitts
burgh and the University of
West Virginia to name a few
teams, although the team has
lost to all three of the teams the
scores were very respectable.
The team is led in scoring by
guards Anthony Adams who is
averaging 14 points per game,
and Kavon Westberry
who is averaging 12 points
per game. The team is led in
rebounding by Akiem Claborn
who is averaging 4 per game
and has 36 on the year.
MBC is off to 2-6 record,
but over time the team will
only get better, it’s a long sea
son and a lot of time left to
improve.
by MBC - College Relations
T he Southern Asso
ciation of Colleges
and Schools (SACS),
the accrediting body
for Morris Brown College, re
cently announced the College’s
re-affirmation of accreditation.
The Dec. 5, announcement
came after months of self-
study, re-examination, and
two visits to the campus by
SACS team members. A Dec.
2, interview by SACS involv
ing Bishop Frank C. Cummings;
President Dolores E. Cross;
Jonnie Brown, Vice President
of Finance; Dr. Charlyn Harper-
Browne, Dean of Faculty; and
Don Blair, Executive Director
of Facilities Management.
“The self-study process has
served to strengthen the Col
lege in many key areas, allow
ing us to position ourselves to
meet the challenges of a world
involved in rapid technologi
cal and economic change,”
said Dr. Cross. Dr. Cross
went into the SACS interview
Gwendolyn Brooks
Lost Literary Legend
Become a
by Angela McDowell
STAFF WRITER
O n Sunday December
3rd legendary poet
Gwendolyn Brooks
died of cancer at the age of 83.
Brooks has published 20
books of poetry and had been
the Poet Laureate of Illinois
since 1968. She is widely
known for her ability to voice
the feelings of the Black com
munity through her poetry.
Some of her most famous
pieces include “We Real Cool”
and “The Bean Eaters.”
Morris Brown students can
look forward to a special
night of poetry in memorial
of the ^
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ROWNCOLLIOE WOLVIRII
Newspaper
Gwendolyn Brooks
uminary in the
of the late
upcoming semester
and help educate a mind for life!
(SEE PAGE 8)
confident that it would render
positive news about re-affirma
tion and would enable the
College to move forward in a
manner where institutional
effectiveness becomes the
rule of daily activities. Under
the direction of Dr. Samuel
Sullivan, the College ^.estab
lishing an Office of Institu
tional Effectiveness to mon
itor and enforce the process.
The institutional effective
ness process, in large part,
involves making sure the
College’s systems are fully
place by June 30, 2001. Dr.
Sullivan will work closely
with the Office of Institu
tional Research and will
coordinate oversight for plan
ning, assessment, and bud
geting for all institutional
functions, processes and
projects.
This arduous process of self
study involved many in the
creation and implementation
of policies and procedures,
often brought about through
such a participatory process
and frequently resulting in
changes suggested to the
administration.The College
has been able to make impor
tant use of the information
collected about students by
the Office of Institutional
Research, which provides the
critical “mission control” func
tion at the College.
“From conversations with
SACS, we have learned of
their interest in the results
we have been abli to achieve
over the past 18 months, all
of which have been fully docu
mented for the purpose of our
10-year reaffirmation,”
President Cross said.
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