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Honors Day Convocation recognizes academic achievement Texas Southern University’s best and brightest students along with family and friends filled H&PE Arena March 30 for the annual Honors Day

Convocation ceremony. Dr. Willie Capers served as the keynote speaker. Dr. Capers is vice-chair of Clinical and Administrative Health Sciences in the

College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences at TSU.

See Honors on page 2

Students who obtained a perfect 4.0 GPA for the Fall and Spring semesters are (from left) Veronica Adams, Gaudencio Lucas, Samuel Kanu, Tuyen Nguyen,

Farah Khawar, Janie Peacock, Erika Ferretiz, Raven Britt, Renald Moore, Oliverio Bravo, Rickeena Gresham, Kierrra Patton, Cierra Griffin and Elizabeth

Munoz. Not shown are Kelly Colbert, Ali Bilal, Theodoro Santos and Franklina Tsiboe.

Faculty and Staff Capital Campaign

enters its eighth year

The 2017 Faculty and Staff annual Giving

Campaign got underway March 29 with the annual

Leadership Reception – acknowledging President’s

Leadership Scholarship (PLS) donors for their years

of philanthropy. The campaign – with its theme,

#GIVINGISBETTERTOGETHER – is in its eighth

year of providing scholarships to students through

donations from TSU faculty and staff. A total of 87

PLS donors were recognized.

“College is not just tuition and fees,” said Student

Regent and PLS recipient Tramauni Brock. “It also

includes housing, meals, books, supplies and other

fees. Receiving the President’s Leadership Scholar-

ship allowed me to make up the difference in what I

owed and gave me the freedom to serve and

maximize my opportunity here at the University. I am

an example to the importance of this campaign. If it

weren’t for your giving, students like myself would

not have the opportunity to flourish, grow and

graduate.”

The Campaign Steering Committee has set this

year’s goal to raise $290,000 with 75% participation.

Derrick Wilson is serving as this year’s campaign

chair.

TSU Debate Team continues winning streak at International Meet

Texas Southern University’s acclaimed Debate Team returned to campus after competing in

the 27th annual International Forensics Tournament in Lima, Peru. The team finished in second

place after several days of overall competition.

TSU garnered three first-place finishes in poetry, prose, and duo-dramatic interpretation;

second place in programmed oral interpretation; third place in rhetorical criticism; and a semi-

finalist award in impromptu speaking. The team brought home awards in parliamentary debate

and other individual events. TSU won a total of 22 awards in eight out of twelve categories,

including an award for the Nuance event.

See Debate on page 2

TSU and its coaches were commended at the closing session for their participation in 24 of the

tournament’s 27-year history.

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TSU and HBU partner to heighten business efficiency

Texas Southern University

(TSU) and Houston Baptist

University (HBU) have combined

resources to improve business

intelligence at their respective

institutions. Representatives from

both institutions attended the

Ellucian Live Conference in

Orlando, Florida to present their

work, “Banner Process

Improvements-Value Through

Collaboration.”

TSU was represented by Jorge

Oubre, university Ellucian

representative, Dr. Raijanel

Crockem, executive director of

Institutional Assessment, Planning

and Effectiveness and Cheymere Robinson, Graduate School admission officer. HBU was

represented by Linda Perez, Allyson Cates and Sharon Beal.

The presentation detailed how the two universities are different in enrollment size, student

demographics, programs offered, and private/public distinction, but have common ground in

business processes. TSU representatives detailed how the University has provided HBU with best

practices in the use of Banner document management for human resources processes, client

management data through Argos, developing dashboards, and overall data analytics. HBU shared

their use of Banner document management for finance operations, legal contracts and other

solutions. HBU outlined how to use Argos for custom parking applications and academic advising

using student profiles. Other innovative and application-based business operations were presented,

including helping attendees identify and establish professional partners.

Honors…continued from page 1

(l-r) Dr. Bobby Wilson, Dr. Willie Capers, President Lane

The University honored 3,480 students,

including those who maintained a 4.0 grade point

average and were named to the President’s List,

Dean’s List or Honor Roll. All honorees were

recognized and awarded a medal for academic

achievement.

TSU reserved special praise for 18 students

who earned 4.0 GPAs in 2016 for the spring and

fall semesters – Veronica Adams, Ali Bilal,

Raven Britt, Oliverio Bravo, Kelly Colbert,

Erika Ferretiz, Samuel Kanu, Rickeena

Gresham, Farah Khawar, Cierra Griffin,

Renald Moore, Kierra Patton, Graudencio

Lucca, Elizabeth Munoz, Tuyen Nguyen, Janie

Peacock, Theodoro Santos and Franklina

Tsiboe. Aaron Dallas, a sophomore majoring in

Marketing, delivered the invocation. Donisha

Sowell, a junior majoring in Radio, Television

and Film, introduced Dr. Capers. Keyese Musse,

a sophomore majoring in music, sang the Alma

Mater. McKenzie Jones, a freshman majoring in

Maritime Transportation Management and

Security, gave the benediction. Students from the

University Opera Workshop and University Wind

Ensemble provided musical selections during the

Convocation. --- Click here to see more photos

Debate … continued from page 2

TSU and its coaches were commended at the

closing session for their participation in 24 of the

tournament’s 27-year history.

TSU team members are Wesley Harris,

Rebecca Edwards, Shelton Brown, Jessica

Johnson, Jay Wilson, Onyeka Onyekwelu,

Chantule Bacchus, Darryl Gardner, Prince Ibe,

Miguel Gavin, Abigail Bartlett, Antre’chelle

Dorsey, Deyonze Thompson, and Daisha Nash.

The team was led by Head Coach Dr. Gloria

Batiste-Roberts, Head Coach Emeritus Dr.

Thomas F. Freeman, and assistant coaches

Sondera Malry, Trendi Nguyen, Wendell King

II, Tameike Washington, and Shekia Rogers

(graduate student). David Funchess is the team

photographer.

The TSU Debate team is open to all under-

graduate students, with or without prior training or

experience. The team meets every Wednesday at

7:00 p.m. and preparatory workshops are held on

Saturdays from 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Interested

students are encouraged to contact coaches in the

Thomas F. Freeman Center for Forensic

Excellence located in the Paige Education

Building, suite 112.

Graduate School honorees recognized

at TSU-Alcorn basketball game

The Graduate School participated

in College Night at the TSU-Alcorn

basketball game on March 2 at

H&PE Arena. The School honored a

current student, an alumnus, and a

graduate faculty member. All three

were recognized at center court prior

to the game.

Honorees included Mr. Shawn

Williams, a master’s candidate in

Environmental Toxicology in the

College of Science Engineering and

Technology. Williams (TSU ’00) is

an officer for several campus

organizations, including Graduate

Student Government Association

(GSGA), and is employed by

Chevron Phillips Chemical

Company.

Dr. Yvonne Davis Frear is the Graduate School’s alumni honoree. She is a History professor

and Social Sciences department chair at TSU. Dr. Frear is the Liberal Arts and Sciences liaison at

San Jacinto College Central in Pasadena, Texas. She graduated with a M.A. in History from Texas

Southern University in 1995. She is a noted scholar on African Americans in Texas, serves on the

board of the East Texas Historical Association, and is first vice president of the Central Texas

Historical Association.

Dr. Rochelle Parks-Yancy, professor of Management at the Jesse H. Jones School of Business,

is the graduate faculty honoree and serves as the faculty advisor for the JHJ Graduate Student

Association. Dr. Parks-Yancy is a prolific researcher and was awarded a Fulbright Scholar Grant to

Armenia. She has been a recipient of the Faculty Research Award from JHJ and is known for her

business expertise in managerial training, recruitment and hiring practices, salary negotiation

strategies and performance evaluation management.

Graduate School honorees were recognized before the TSU-

Alcorn basketball game on March 2. (l-r) Shawn Williams, Dr. Yvonne Davis Frear and Dr. Rochelle Parks-Yancy.

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University Calendar 2017

Monday, January 30 - Sunday, April 30, 2017

Gridiron Glory:

The Best of the Pro Football Hall of Fame University Museum, 10:00 a.m - 6:00 p.m. Mon -Sun

Click Here for tickets

Saturday, April 1, 2017

TSU Choir Concert - Festivals of Spirituals Concert St. Luke Community United Methodist Church, 3:00 p.m.

5710 East R. L. Thornton Freeway, Dallas 75223

Monday, April 3, 2017

Poetry Reading and Q&A with Gregory Pardlo MLK Bldg. Room 104, Noon - 1:00 p.m

Frederick Douglass Lecture Series

Dr. Erica Cassimere

Targeting Breast Cancer from the Inside Out

Honors College Auditorium, 11:00 a.m.

Monday, April 3 - Friday, April 7, 2017

Graduate and Professional School Appreciation Week For more information, call 713-313-4410 or email

gradstudentgov@tsu.edu

Tuesday, April 4 - Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Houston Money Week JHJ Auditorium and TMSL Auditorium

Contact Muriel Funches at 713-313-6750 for more information

Wednesday, April 5, 2017

El Club de Espanol International Festival Student Center Tiger Walk, Noon

TMSL Faculty Series

Policing and the Exclusionary Rule - Julian A. Cook III,

Georgia School of Law

TMSL Room 203, Noon - 12:50 p.m.

Guide to Apartment Hunting

Office of Student Financial Assistance, West Garage first floor

For more information, contact Dischunara Brown at

713-313-4419

Thursday, April 6, 2017

Graduate and Professional School Fair Science Building Foyer, 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

For more information, contact the Graduate School at

gradstudentgov@tsu.edu

Thursday, April 6, 2017 - Sunday, April 9, 2017

TSU Theater presents: The Last Days of Judas Iscariot The DeLuxe Theater, 3303 Lyons Ave., Houston 77002

Friday, April 7 - Saturday, April 8, 2017

Wesley Foundation Freshmen Retreat Carolina Christian Camp, Huntsville, TX

For more information, contact Julius Wardley at

julius.wardley@gmail.com or 832-588-6413

Tuesday, April 11, 2017

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