HUSTON-TILLOTSON UNIVERSITY • FALL 2014

$3 MILLION GIFT LARGEST IN UNIVERSITY HISTORY 1 SANDRA JOY ANDERSON BUILD THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER Alumna Ada Anderson’s Donation to Help 2 FIRST MASTER'S DEGREE TO BE Build the Sandra Joy Anderson Community OFFERED ADULT DEGREE PROGRAM Health and Wellness Center 3 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF ANTHONY AND LOUISE VIAER- Anderson legacy continues with naming of building in daughter’s honor ALUMNI HALL

RESIDENCE HALL RENOVATION s Huston-Tillotson opens its doors for another school year, it does so upon the news of a In this issue 4 EARVIN PLANS RETIREMENT historic gift to the University–a $3 million HT STUDENT IS UNCF STAR donation from alumna Ada Cecilia Collins 10 YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN Anderson. A Anderson’s gift is the largest single donation to HT in the University’s history. The University is naming its new health 5 WOMEN'S TEAM ADVANCES TO NAIA and wellness center the Sandra Joy Anderson Community Health and Wellness Center, in honor of Anderson’s deceased WOMEN'S & MEN'S BASKETBALL daughter. Groundbreaking for the new facility is slated for SCHEDULES spring 2015. Anderson’s gift is the latest good deed in a long 6 HT AWARDED $900,000 GRANT history of advocating for and empowering young people MILLER DONATES ESTATE TO HT and championing art and educational causes. Her career includes many accomplishments in leadership and service, 7 CALENDAR OF EVENTS despite having to overcome numerous educational and career injustices along the way. Her determination to succeed resulted in leadership roles and the creation of civic RAMS NEWS is about the people who make up the Huston- Tillotson University community. organizations that have emboldened African Americans in

RAMS NEWS is published by the Huston-Tillotson University general and women, and children in particular. Office of Institutional Advancement, 900 Chicon Street, “As a community leader, Austin,TX 78702, 512.505.3074. trailblazer, and champion of civic Sandra was WE NEED YOU to send us your ideas, comments and causes, Mrs. Anderson exemplifies an outstand- Alumna Ada Cecilia Collins Anderson, ’41, stands next to portrait of her thoughts, along with your news and information. Send to the spirit of the Community recently deceased daughter, Sandra Joy Anderson Baccus. Linda Y. Jackson at [email protected]. ing fundraiser Health and Wellness Center, For up-to-the minute information about the University, go to for the causes she www.htu.edu or visit HT on Facebook. which is conceptualized to bring together the community and championed. In 2004, Anderson was awarded the Leadership in campus offerings to focus on Civil Rights Award by the LBJ Presidential Library and the approaches to health,” said HT -Ada Anderson Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs. The award www.htu.edu President Larry L. Earvin. “We was created to recognize men and women who have helped applaud her efforts to rally the enhance the rights of all Americans. Anderson has also been Huston-Tillotson University 900 Chicon Street community in support of the a trustee at Austin Community College and a member Austin, TX 78702 components of the HT mission.” of the Advisory Council of the UT College of 512.505.3000 Anderson, 92, graduated from Austin’s segregated Foundation. Larry L. Earvin, Ph.D. L.C. Anderson High School. She attended Austin’s two In addition, Anderson has served on the board of the President and CEO predominantly black colleges, Samuel Huston and Tillotson, local Girl Scouts organization, and the Citizen’s Advisory Archibald Vanderpuye, Ph.D. where she received a degree in home economics in 1941. She Committee of the Travis County Juvenile Board. She Interim Provost and Vice President for also received her master’s degree in educational psychology in chaired the Board of Directors of the Laguna Gloria Art Academic and Student Affairs 1965 from The University of at Austin. Museum; is a founding member of the Austin Lyric Opera; Valerie Hill, M.B.A. While an undergraduate student, she met M. Jack and trustee of the Long Center for the Performing Arts. Vice President, Administration and Finance “Andy” Anderson Sr., and they married in 1943. Together, Anderson also founded LEAP (Leadership Enriching Arts Roderick L. Smothers, Ph.D. they became leaders in the local African-American Program) to help expose African-American children to Vice President, Institutional Advancement community as well as in the Civil Rights Movement. In the arts. She established the Austin chapter of Jack and business, they established the Anderson-Wormley real estate Terry S. Smith, LPH.D., M.Ed. Jill of America, Inc., a national leadership and service Executive Assistant to the President and insurance firms, providing affordable housing that organization; and she is a charter member of the Alpha Nu empowered the Central Texas African-American community. Chapter of Sorority, Inc. EXECUTIVE EDITOR Linda Y. Jackson Ada Anderson has many firsts in her career, including serving She and her husband had two children, both of whom Director of University Relations on the Texas Commission on the Status of Women and as the are deceased. M. Jack Anderson Jr. died at age 40, in a first African-American professional at the Texas Employment accident. Sandra Joy Anderson Baccus died at GRAPHIC DESIGN Glennon Design Group Commission, during Gov. John Connally’s administration. age 65, near Atlanta, where she lived and worked. Continued on page 6 'round campus

HT Introduces Its First Master's Degree Offering

IN THE SPIRIT OF ITS FOUNDING, Huston-Tillotson administrative level. Students will be taught by University, established as a “normal school” to train The master’s in education experienced award-winning principals, superintendents teachers–will offer its first master’s degree in educational and administrators, with classes to fit around a working leadership with the principal certification. The program at Huston-Tillotson is the teacher’s schedule. Applicants must have a bachelor’s housed within the College of Arts and Sciences under first and only principal- degree, a teacher certification, teaching experience, letters the Educator Preparation Department, is now accepting preparation program at of intent and references; pass a background check; and applications now for the January 2015 launch. meet the minimum grade point average requirement. “The master’s degree in educational leadership fulfills a Texas private HBCU. We Huston-Tillotson University, founded with the 1952 a community need and upholds the heritage of Huston- are honored to prepare merger of Samuel Huston College and Tillotson College, Tillotson University,” said HT President and CEO Larry created one of the largest black Protestant-Church-related L. Earvin. educational leaders who colleges in the country at that time. HT, a historically black “The education foundation established by visionaries reflect the diversity of institution, has the proud distinction of being Austin’s first who understood the significance of teachers continues institution of higher education. It was established 10 years with a leadership model to ensure that all children are students in Texas. after the Civil War ended to provide educational access and successful.” opportunities to freed slaves, and, specifically, to train teachers The graduate program received approval from the –Ruth Kane, Ph.D. in order to ensure a lasting legacy of self-empowerment and State Board of Educator Certification (SBEC), as well Chair Department of Educator -advancement. Huston-Tillotson University remains a private, as the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Preparation church-affiliated institution that is currently home to nearly Commission on Colleges (SACS/COC), which is the 1,000 students of varying ethnic, racial and religious heritage. regional body for the accreditation of degree-granting for meaningful careers in the field of education within “The master’s in education at Huston-Tillotson is higher education institutions in Southern states. the framework of a solid liberal arts foundation and a the first and only principal-preparation program at a Texas Huston-Tillotson University’s educator-preparation social-justice perspective. Candidates develop knowledge, private HBCU,” said Ruth Kane, chair of the Department of certification process operates under the auspices of skills, and dispositions necessary to become effective and Educator Preparation “We are honored to prepare educational several "accredited" bodies. The Texas Education Agency caring teachers in an ever-changing society, and they are leaders who reflect the diversity of students in Texas.” assigned the accredited” status to HT’s Accountability prepared to become reflective, lifelong learners. For more information about the master’s System for Educator Preparation. The graduate program is designed primarily degree program, visit, www.htu.edu/ppp or call The undergraduate program prepares candidates for working teachers seeking advancement to the 512.505.3091. u

Adult Degree Program Attracting More Students

RECOGNIZING that there are many adults who want a college classes are held on-site one night per week from 6 p.m. to10 p.m. The education, but have to work during the day, Huston-Tillotson University first cohort, in January 2013, brought together 21 students eager to launched an Adult Degree Program (ADP) two years ago. A bonus is the achieve their college degrees. Currently, approximately 150 students program is helping non-traditional students secure a degree. When the attend classes at HT on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday nights, ADP began, the University offered only instructional coursework that led occupying the classrooms and spaces often left silent after traditional to two bachelor degrees: Business Administration and Criminal Justice. classes have ended for the day. Since that time, HT has added Associate of Arts in Liberal Arts, To learn more about the program, visit www.htu.edu or call Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, and Bachelor of Arts in Education (with 512.505.6455 to speak to an ADP admission counselor. u EC-6 Generalist Certification) degrees to the growing list of programs. Interested students may visit www.htu.edu or call To accommodate the work schedules of most ADP students, i 512.505.6455 to speak to an ADP admission counselor. 'round campus

Standing Tall After 100 Years Allen-Frazier and Beard University Restores Historic Buildings on Burrowes Residence Austin’s Second-Highest Hill, Prepares for Halls Receive $6 Charter Day Celebration Oct. 24 Million Makeover STUDENT COMMENTS were heard and their suggestions implemented during the residence hall redesign phase. Both Allen-Frazier and Beard Burrowes Residence Halls received a $6 Million Makeover in 90 days to open just in time for the start of the Fall 2014 semester. JE Dunn Construction and Casa Bella Architects incorporated concepts that included appealing color schemes, open gathering spaces, new community rooms with moveable furnishings, upgraded bathrooms, laundry facilities, computer laboratories, and workout rooms. An elevator was added to Allen-Frazier in addition to the upgraded infrastructure. u

EVANS INDUSTRIAL HALL built in 1911, and the Anthony and Louise Viaer-Alumni Hall built two years later, between 1913 and 1914, hit their century marks as the pride of the HT campus. The Viaer-Alumni Hall, formerly known as the Old Administration Building, is a stately memorial to an earlier generation’s commitment to education, self- help, and empowerment of African-American people. Construction took place. In 2006, it was renamed the Anthony and Louise Viaer-Alumni Hall. Tillotson College students in the Industrial Arts Program made the cinder blocks from which the structure was built. These students also assisted with Top: Reflecting the historic beauty of Huston-Tillotson’s campus: the the construction of the building. In 1952, Tillotson Anthony and Louise Viaer-Alumni Hall; and bottom left, a historic College and Samuel Huston College merged, and the photo of Evans Industrial Hall in 1911, and above; along with the Viaer-Alumni Hall is one of three remaining structures restored hall today. from the old Tillotson campus. No buildings remain from the Samuel Huston campus; the land is now the Other funding came from the U.S. Department of access road adjacent to IH-35 on 12th Street, however Interior, National Park Service. The United Methodist it is designated as an historical landmark. Church Black College Fund, the Austin Convention Once the center of campus activities with and Visitors Bureau Heritage Grants Program, the administrative offices, a library, and classrooms, the Economic Development Administration, and the Texas Old Administration Building sat vacant from 1969 Historical Commission. to August 2004, when the Institutional Advancement Evans Industrial Hall has been equipped with Office took up space in the building. The 100-year-old, one of the most advanced systems for instructional three-story edifice is listed on the National Register of technology, distance-learning classrooms, and high-tech Historic Places and designated with a Texas Historical computer laboratories for instructional enrichment. Marker as a Texas Historical Site. The exterior Today, the Educator Preparation and Kinesiology maintains its initial subtle but majestic splendor, Departments are housed in the building. depicting the distinctive “Modified Prairie” school of With its majestic presence in the heart of the architecture, developed by Frank Lloyd Wright, and campus, many students refer to Viaer-Alumni Hall typical of the urban Southwest during the early 20th Hall as “The White House.” It currently houses century. The interior of the building, with its pressed- the Office of the President; Office of Institutional metal ceilings, hardwood floors, prominent wooden Advancement; Provost; Office of Human Resources; staircases, and door trims, reflect the past. and the Office of Institutional Planning Research and Funding for the preservation and restoration of Assessment. u the building came from alumni and friends, led by alumnus Viaer and alumna Bertha Sadler Means. i For more information, visit www.htu.edu. 'round campus

After 14 Years Leading HT, HT Student Angelica Erazo President Earvin Plans Retirement Featured on National

NOW IN HIS 15TH year as President of Television Broadcast Huston-Tillotson University, Larry L. Earvin recently informed the University’s EARNING $35,000 ,in Board of Trustees that he will conclude scholarship awards his tenure as the University’s top officer, and appearing on the effective June 30, 2015. nationally televised Earvin, the University’s fifth president, 35th annual ‘UNCF An began leading the institution July 1, 2000. Evening of Stars’ were Since then, he has had enormous impact more than plenty to place student Angelica Erazo and on HT and the University community. In Huston-Tillotson University in the national spotlight. 2005, HT transformed from a college into The 2014 UNCF show featured a lineup of a university, nearly doubling enrollment electrifying entertainment in support of higher from 500 to 1031, and more than doubling education. The hottest names in entertainment, the school’s endowment from $5 million to business, civic, and education joined Erazo at the more than $12 million. Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center in Atlanta, “Dr. Earvin has served the HT community to focus attention on the importance of going to with exceptional vision, leadership, and college, and finishing college–with a degree. integrity,” said Albert Hawkins, chair of the ‘An Evening of Stars’ has long been one of UNCF’s premier events, raising awareness and University Board of Trustees. “The Board President Larry L. Earvin of Trustees greatly appreciates his years of support for the organization’s work in building a robust pipeline of qualified African-American service and commitment to the University The committee is conducting a college graduates who go on to become the next and its students.” nationwide search, looking for the candidate generation of leaders. The show has drawn an Hawkins announced the establishment who best exemplifies Huston-Tillotson’s average of two million viewers per broadcast, of a Presidential Search Committee to mission: to provide opportunities to a diverse featuring megastars, including Usher, Steve find Earvin’s replacement. Trennis Jones, population for academic achievement, with an Harvey, Chaka Khan, and many more. treasurer of the trustee board, was named emphasis on academic excellence, spiritual and Erazo is not only an academic star, she is involved chair of the search committee. The ethical development, civic engagement, and in many campus activities, including participating as committee includes members of the trustee u leadership in a nurturing environment. ® board along with others representing a founding member of the Green is the New Black student organization. She served as a peer learning the faculty, staff, students, alumni, For updates on the progress of administration and the Austin community. i the search, visit www.htu.edu. consultant and resident hall assistant. Green is the New Black® captured first place and a $75,000 prize in the 2013 Ford Historically PLANNING WATCH Black Colleges and Universities Community Challenge, held in Detroit. The students delivered a presentation on the theme “Building Sustainable Strategic Planning Process Communities” that utilized an educational program to address issues of sustainability in black and Prepares Campus for Next 10 Years Latino communities. Huston-Tillotson students introduced the HUSTON-TILLOTSON University’s outlook on the next decade should be well in hand, challenge of transforming a 33-square-foot now that the University is able to glean guidance from the results of a campus-wide strategic dumpster into a fully functioning home, complete planning process. Conducted in February, consultants Joel Lapin and Art Wilson led the with running water, toilet, shower, bed, and solar- initiative during a visit to the campus. generated electricity in the fall of 2013. u The process included orientation sessions for both members of the faculty and staff, with concepts and steps for a successful and inclusive environmental-scanning process. There also were sessions with the campus leadership participating in “The Vision Development Summit,” which included working with groups of students to craft desired goals for the University’s future development. Five core themes–transformation, leadership, education, community and heritage–guided the discussions that resulted in an official vision statement and institutional vision. The consultants also conducted workshops on: An Introduction to Environmental Scanning, How to Scan, and Organizing and Operating External Environmental Scanning and Forecasting. Huston-Tillotson’s Office of Institutional Planning, Research and Assessment (OIPRA) facilitated the formation of teams to focus on the following trend topics: competition, demographics, education, economics, labor force, politics, social/lifestyle and values, and technology. Drafts of the findings were developed (that included interviews from more than 30 community leaders), and have been reviewed by the consultants. Finalized environmental- scan reports were completed in August. u

To view the findings and strategic planning information, visit On HT’s campus, Angelica Erazo and Antwon Burkhaulter stand in front of i www.htu.edu. the dumpster that has been converted to a home. sp rts

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NOVEMBER 2014 9 SUNDAY UNIVERSITY OF – NCAA I HOUSTON, TX 4:00 P.M. 15 SATURDAY SCRIMMAGE - VICTORIA COLLEGE - NJCAA VICTORIA, TX 6:00 P.M. Women's Basketball Team 18 MONDAY ST. EDWARD’S UNIVERSITY – NCAA II AUSTIN, TX 6:00 P.M. Wins RRAC Conference 20 WEDNESDAY TEXAS A&M INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY – NCAA II LAREDO, TX 7:00 P.M. 29 FRIDAY UNIVERSITY OF MARY HARDIN BAYLOR – NCAA III BELTON, TX 6:00 P.M. Before Advancing to NAIA

DECEMBER 2014 2 MONDAY LAMAR UNIVERSITY – NCAA I BEAUMONT, TX 7:00 P.M. 5 FRIDAY LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY-SHREVEPORT # HT 5:30 P.M. 6 SATURDAY LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY-ALEXANDRIA # HT 5:30 P.M. 12 FRIDAY # TYLER, TX 5:30 P.M. 13 SATURDAY , TX 5:30 P.M. 28 SATURDAY HOUSTON BAPTIST UNIVERSITY – NCAA I HOUSTON, TX 2:00 P.M. 30 MONDAY TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY-CORPUS CHRISTI – NCAA I CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 7:00 P.M.

JANUARY 2015 9 FRIDAY BACONE COLLEGE # HT 5:30 P.M. 10 SATURDAY # HT 5:30 P.M. 16 FRIDAY # HAWKINS, TX 5:30 P.M. 17 SATURDAY # MARSHALL, TX 5:30 P.M. 20 TUESDAY OUR LADY OF THE LAKE UNIVERSITY # SAN ANTONIO, TX 5:30 P.M. 23 FRIDAY UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTHWEST # HT 5:30 P.M. 24 SATURDAY UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS-TEXAS # HT 5:30 P.M. HT's women's basketball team on the home court. 30 FRIDAY LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY-SHREVEPORT # SHREVEPORT, LA 5:30 P.M. 31 SATURDAY LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY-ALEXANDRIA # ALEXANDRIA, LA 5:30 P.M. SECOND YEAR women’s basketball coach Maurice Callis set a high bar for his team, and FEBRUARY 2015 the players reached and exceeded expectations. 6 FRIDAY TEXAS COLLEGE # HT 5:30 P.M. For the first time in women’s basketball history, 7 SATURDAY PAUL QUINN COLLEGE + HT 5:30 P.M. the team finished the season with the 2013-14 13 FRIDAY BACONE COLLEGE # MUSKOGEE, OK 5:30 P.M. 14 SATURDAY LANGSTON UNIVERSITY # LANGSTON, OK 5:30 P.M. conference championship. They also advanced

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL 2014-15 17 TUESDAY OUR LADY OF THE LAKE UNIVERSITY # HT 5:30 P.M. to the first round of the National Association of 20 FRIDAY JARVIS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE # HT 5:30 P.M. Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) tournament, 21 SATURDAY WILEY COLLEGE # HT 5:30 P.M. also a first. u 26 THURSDAY UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTHWEST # HOBBS, NM 5:30 P.M. 28 SATURDAY UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS-TEXAS # HOUSTON, TX 5:30 P.M.

IN RED: HOME GAMES I # = RRAC GAMES I #+ = HOMECOMING GAME MAR. 6-9 FRI-MON RRAC CHAMPIONSHIPS MARSHALL, TX TBA

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OCTOBER 2014 1 WEDNESDAY PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY – NCAA I PRAIRIE VIEW, TX 7:00 P.M. 3 FRIDAY UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS BROWNSVILLE # HT 6:30 P.M. 9 THURSDAY MCMURRY UNIVERSITY – NCAA III HT 5:00 P.M. 10 FRIDAY TEXAS COLLEGE # TYLER, TX 7:00 P.M. 14 TUESDAY UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS-TX # HOUSTON, TX 7:00 P.M. 15 WEDNESDAY PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY – NCAA I HT 6:30 P.M. 17 FRIDAY TEXAS A&M INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY – NCAA II LAREDO, TX 7:00 P.M. 20 MONDAY TEXAS – NCAA I HOUSTON, TX 7:00 P.M. 22 WEDNESDAY OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE STATE UNIVERSITY - NCAA II HT 7:00 P.M. 23 THURSDAY TEXAS A&M INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY – NCAA II HT 6:30 P.M. 25 SATURDAY UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTHWEST # - PARENTS DAY HT 1:00 P.M. 27 MONDAY MCMURRY UNIVERSITY – NCAA III ABILENE, TX 7:00 P.M.

NOVEMBER 2014 1 SATURDAY UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS BROWNSVILLE # BROWNSVILLE, TX 1:00 P.M. 4 TUESDAY OUR LADY OF THE LAKE UNIVERSITY #-SENIOR NIGHT HT 6:30 P.M. 7 FRIDAY LANGSTON UNIVERSITY # LANGSTON, OK 7:00 P.M. 8 SATURDAY BACONE COLLEGE # MUSKOGEE, OK 1:00 P.M. 11 TUESDAY ST. EDWARD’S UNIVERSITY – NCAA II AUSTIN, TX 6:00 P.M. 11-15 FRI./SAT. RED RIVER CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT BROWNSVILLE, TX

IN RED: HOME GAMES I # = RRAC GAMES I #+ = HOMECOMING GAME MAR. 6-9 FRI-MON RRAC CHAMPIONSHIPS MARSHALL, TX TBA MEN'S BASKETBALL 2014-15 development ACADEMIC YEAR 2014-2015

Charlotte R. Miller $900,000 Grant Supports Healthy Donates Estate to HT Environment On and Off HT Campus CHARLOTTE IN THE LARGEST GRANT awarded to HT to date, the R. Miller lived University recently received a $900,000 award from the These grant opportunities, close enough to Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration many with extensive Huston-Tillotson to support the University’s Substance Abuse and HIV/ research components for University AIDS Prevention project. faculty and students, place to hear the Titled the Campus-Community Empowerment Huston-Tillotson University campus bell toll Against Drugs and HIV/AIDS Project, students, faculty, every hour and and staff are collaborating with community partners to among a unique group of half hour. She reach out to African-American and Latino young adults stellar recipients. also attended between the ages of 18 and 25. The goal is to provide –Larry L. Earvin, Ph.D for a brief prevention information, both on the HT campus and in HT President and CEO. period. Her affection for HT will now be the surrounding neighborhoods. everlasting with her bequeathing of her The project includes peer-led, evidenced-based support from USA Funds. The program assists students with estate to the University. substance-abuse and HIV-prevention strategies, programs, a variety of money-management tools. For example, the new Miller, who died in December 2013, policies and practices to prevent and reduce underage Ramonomics Program is designed to facilitate academic success made East Austin her home and had a drinking, high-risk drinking, illicit drug use, and the and to promote successful repayment of federal student loans. passion for helping others. Her legacy transmission of HIV due to unsafe and unprotected sex. Ramonomics incorporates one-on-one counseling, workshops, will live on through her generous gift of In addition, evidenced-based programs that target and various components to develop responsible financial $350,000 to HT. individual behavior and environmental prevention management decision-making skills among HT students, She had already contributed $100,000 strategies that can change the community environment, many of whom are first-generation college students. to HT to fund scholarships. culture, and norms on the campus and in the “These grant opportunities, many with extensive Miller devoted her life to helping surrounding neighborhoods are being targeted. research components for faculty and students, place others through her work as a noted “The project provides the impetus to support a self- Huston-Tillotson University among a unique group of educator, peer-mediation trainer, sustaining, culturally and age appropriate environmental stellar recipients,” said HT President Larry L. Earvin. and medical health specialist. She and peer-based prevention program,” said Debra “The outcomes of many of the programs will impact graduated from L.C. Anderson L. Murphy, HT professor of psychology who is the not only the campus but the entire community.” High School and earned a master’s principal investigator and director of the project. Huston-Tillotson was also a part of 10 educational degree in education from Texas “This will empower our youth and young adults to entities receiving $50,000 from The Penn Center Southern University in Houston. She behave responsibly when it comes to substance use and for Minority Serving Institutions to support Science, held a teacher certification and was sexual behavior,” she said. Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) a licensed chemical dependency In addition to the newly funded project, HT capacity building. The ultimate goal of the program is to specialist, a master social worker, and continues to be a leader in providing a safe environment improve STEM capacity among African Americans and a professional counselor. Miller was in which to live and learn. In 2011, the University other underrepresented students. member of the Austin Alumnae Chapter established the Tobacco Free Initiative, making HT the The University also continues its partnership with the of Sorority, Inc. first tobacco-free university in Central Texas, and the first University of Texas at Austin. Recently HT secured $250,000 Her father Norman Miller started HBCU to establish such a program. in funds from the Office of Naval Research Science and and directed HT’s Upward Bound Technology Directorate, to enhance training and research Program the 1960s. Norman Miller, Jr. OTHER GRANT-FUNDING NEWS involvement of students and faculty in nuclear science. attended HT. u The Huston-Tillotson Default Prevention/ The program supports STEM programing, including Financial Literacy Program has received $200,000 in environmental, computation, and molecular biology. u

Alumna Donation (continued from the cover) Anderson’s gift, and its designation to the HT health-and-wellness initiative honoring her daughter, adds to a long legacy of sharing and caring about the health of others. Previously, she was president of the Austin-Travis County Mental Health Association and served on the Saint David’s Foundation Board. Her support comes at a critical time. Raising awareness of the immediate need for African-American mental-health physicians in Central Texas, HT officials implemented the 21st Century Solutions-Based Listening Tour with a team of medical professionals to address local health disparities. A rendering of the proposed Sandra Joy Anderson Community Health and Wellness Center. The Sandra Joy Anderson Community Health and Wellness Center is planned as a $35 million complex to serve the medical needs of HT students, faculty and staff, as The importance of the health and wellness initiative was recently reinforced by Dr. well as the underserved populations throughout Central Texas. It will play a huge role William Lawson, professor and chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at Howard in helping eliminate disparities in mental-healthcare services within the Central Texas University College of . Lawson, named by Black Enterprise as one of African-American population. “America’s Leading Black Doctors,” led a two-day lecture and dialogue on the topic. To further the synergy of this initiative, Huston-Tillotson University has partnered “HT’s new Community Health and Wellness Center, with its gymnasium, classroom, with Austin Travis County Integral Care (ATCIC), Austin/Travis County Health and health services components, will strategically bring together the community and and Human Services (HHSD), a Federally Qualified Health Clinic (FQHC), and campus offerings to focus on holistic approaches to health—specifically in the areas of other key stakeholders to provide mental- and behavioral-health practitioners recreation, evaluation, education, and human performance,” said President Earvin. committed to servicing a diverse population that has been absent of minority “The three-pronged approach of patient care, research, and community caregivers and service providers. In addition, the City of Austin is providing interventions will significantly improve the environment of care for the minority support and has endorsed the imitative. residents of East Austin.” u calendar ACADEMIC YEAR 2014-2015

October March

8 Poetry on the Patio 7 President’s MASKED Scholarship Gala 18 Concert Choir at HBCU College Fair (Chicago, IL) 16-21 Spring Break 19 Concert Choir at Trinity United Church of Christ (Chicago, IL) 20 Journée Internationale de la Francophonie 19 University Day 24 Annual Board Meeting 19 University Day at Wesley 21 Adult Degree Program (ADP) April Student Appreciation Event (5 - 6 p.m.) 23 Adult Degree Program (ADP) 2 Community Easter Egg Hunt Student Appreciation Event (5 - 6 p.m.) 8 Poetry on the Patio 24 Charter Day Observance Adult Degree Program (ADP) Open House (5:30 - 8:30 p.m.) November 9 Ninth Annual Louis G. Gregory Symposium on Race Unity 9-12 23rd Annual Austin International Poetry Festival 14 HT Fall Board of Trustees Meeting 12 Adult Degree Program (ADP) 17 “Great American Smokeout” Student Appreciation Event (5 - 6 p.m.) 21 Student Thanksgiving Dinner (5 p.m.) 15 Jackie Robinson Day 19 Thanksgiving Worship 14 Adult Degree Program (ADP) Student Appreciation Event (5 - 6 p.m.) December 22 Earth Day 23 ATCP Certification Celebration (6 p.m.) 1 Campus Christmas Tree Lighting 26 James R. Wilson Intercollegiate Athletic Banquet (6 p.m.) 1 World AIDS Day 3 Christmas Worship May

January 7-10 Alumni Reunion Weekend 7 President’s 50-Year and Class of 2015 Reception 7 Faculty/Staff Institute (6 - 9 p.m.) Adult Degree Program (ADP) Open House (5:30 - 8:30 p.m.) 8 27th Annual HT Select Shot Tournament 8-9 Spring New Student Orientation Honors Convocation 19 Martin Luther King Jr. March and Festival 9 Commencement Convocation (8:30 a.m.) 20 Adult Degree Program (ADP) 19-21 Second Annual Ministers’ Conference Student Appreciation Event (5 - 6 p.m.) 22 Adult Degree Program (ADP) June Student Appreciation Event (5 - 6 p.m.) 29 Bishop E.T. Dixon Lecture 19 Juneteenth Parade 30 President Larry L. Earvin’s Retirement February

7 Homecoming Basketball Game vs. Paul Quinn College 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. 19-22 UNCF 69th National Alumni Council Leadership Conference (Charlotte, NC) 22 University Day 28 Community African American Heritage Festival GET READY MAY 7-10 Reunion 2015! HOLIDAY INN MIDTOWN REUNION 2015 WEEKEND Reunion Weekend 2015 will be upon us soon. Many activities are planned for your enjoyment while you renew acquaintances and revisit the place you called home at one time. We are especially pleased to honor the Class of 1965, as well as classes ending in “5” and “0”. We look forward to the greatest participation ever in support of your alma mater, Huston-Tillotson University. The Holiday Inn Midtown is the official Reunion Weekend headquarters. Unless specified otherwise, all events will be held at the hotel, located at 6000 Middle Fiskville Road, Austin, Texas. Please complete the enclosed forms to ensure your registration. Be sure to book your hotel room now.

2015 REUNION COMMITTEE Thomas McDowell President Angela Fazarro Vice President China O’Bryant Corresponding Secretary Louie Carrington President-Elect Gaynell Carrington-Brown Treasurer Jennifer Jones Secretary Andrea Mosie Historian Cheryl Bibbs-Terry Chaplain Valerie Haywood Assistant Secretary Carolyn Thompson Sergeant-At-Arms Tracee Fletcher Financial Secretary Ruth Robinson Parliamentarian Kathryn Strickland-Page Representative to the Board i For updates, go to http://htu.edu/alumni/reunion-weekend-2015

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Guidelines p TITLE CHAPTER MEMBER (CLASS _____) p NON-CHAPTER MEMBER (CLASS______) p FRIEND The Pre-Registration deadline is Friday, April 24, 2015. Registration forms must be FIRST NAME (Please print. One form per person, if registering) postmarked on or before Friday, April 24, 2015. Forms postmarked after the deadline LAST NAME will automatically be placed in the onsite registration category and additional fees ADDRESS SUITE will be assessed accordingly and expected to be paid at the time registration materials CITY STATE ZIP are distributed. PHONE CELL PHONE 1. Registration materials will be distributed at the Holiday Inn E-MAIL WEB SITE Midtown at the times listed below: PLEASE NOTE: ON-SITE REGISTRANTS WILL NOT BE GUARANTEED AN ALUMNI GIFT • Thursday, May 7, 2015, 5-7 p.m. • Friday, May 8, 2015, 9-11 a.m. ALL ALUMNI ACTIVITIES WILL BE HELD AT REGISTRATION POST- ON-SITE TOTAL NO. OF AMOUNT • Friday, May 8, 2015, 5:30-6:30 p.m. THE HOLIDAY INN MIDTOWN, MARKED ON OR REGISTRATION EXTRA TICKETS UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. BEFORE APRIL 24 • No tickets will be sold at the door for the luncheon, gala, or REGISTRATION FEES INCLUDE TICKETS TO: $150 $160 banquet JAZZ SOIREE/LUNCHEON/GALA/BANQUET TICKETS/ALUMNI GIFT 2. All registrants will receive one ticket JAZZ SOIREE $15 $20 to each event and an alumni gift. MAY 7, 2015 | HOLIDAY INN | 8 P.M. - MIDNIGHT 3. Volunteers are needed to help prepare registration materials. LUNCHEON $30 $45 4. No one will be permitted into the MAY 8, 2015 | HOLIDAY INN | 12:30 - 2:30 P.M. ballrooms until appropriate personnel LINE DANCE WORKSHOP/WESTERN GALA $50 $65 are present. MAY 8, 2015 | HOLIDAY INN | DOORS OPEN AT 7 P.M.

We are happy to provide you with the ANNUAL ALUMNI AWARDS BANQUET $60 $75 information for our upcoming Reunion MAY 9, 2015 | HOLIDAY INN | DOORS OPEN AT 6:30 P.M. Weekend for 2015. Please see that copies If you are not currently financial through a local chapter, $35 of this information reach each member of you may include International dues. your chapter. Please prepare to participate and encourage all of your members to THERE WILL BE NO REFUNDS TOTAL register. The following represents a list of ADDITIONAL INFORMATION preparations to include: Lodging accommodations must be made by directly contacting the Holiday Inn Midtown at 512.451.5757. 1. Select members from your chapter to • Registration will begin Thursday, May 7, 2015, 5-7 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Midtown, 6000 Middle Fiskville Road be considered for awards. (All registration materials will be distributed at this time) 2. Consider purchasing an ad for the • Registration will resume on Friday, May 8, 2015, 9-11 a.m. at the Holiday Inn Midtown, 6000 Middle Fiskville annual souvenir book. Road (All registration materials will be distributed at this time) • International Alumni Association General Meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn Midtown, 6000 Middle Fiskville 3. Plan to pre-register and eliminate the Road following the Luncheon from 3 - 5 p.m. additional cost per activity for late • Registration will conclude on Friday, May 8, 2015, 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Midtown, 6000 Middle registration. Fiskville Road (All Registration materials will be distributed at this time) 4. Registration can be paid by check or • Commencement will be Saturday, May 9, 2015 at 8:30 am on the HT Athletic Field with reception and Alumni money order. Picnic following Commencement. p Please check here if you desire a vegetarian meal All 2015 activities will be held at the Holiday Inn Midtown. The hotel has REGISTER FOR THE WEEKEND TO RECEIVE YOUR GIFT FROM THE ASSOCIATION Make Checks payable to HT International Alumni Association and Mail to: free parking. Tracee Fletcher, P. O. Box 841162, Pearland, TX 77584 THERE WILL BE NO REFUNDS REUNION WEEKEND 2015 ALUMNI AWARD NOMINATION FORM

Alumni Awards $ AWARD The time has come to nominate alumni and your chapter for awards to be presented during Reunion Weekend, May NOMINEE OR CHAPTER CLASS YEAR 7-9, 2015. Attached are the eight awards to be presented. Please submit a brief biographical sketch of the person ADDRESS SUITE or organization by April 3, 2015. Nominations may be sent to Valerie Boudreaux Haywood, 2910 Overland Trail, CITY STATE ZIP Dickinson, Texas 77539. PHONE CELL PHONE Should you have questions, please call M Haywood at 512.497.6658 or e-mail at [email protected]. E-MAIL WEB SITE All alumni nominated for any award should be a paid member of HTIAA and their local chapter if there is a local POSITION chapter in their area. EDUCATION DEGREE(S), SCHOOL(S), YEAR(S) AWARDS • ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT – Alumnus who has NAME OF INDIVIDUAL/CHAPTER SUBMITTING NOMINATION who have excelled in the academic arena or made a significant impact in education TITLE • ALUMNI SERVICE – Alumnus who has made a significant service contribution to the chapter and or ADDRESS SUITE Huston-Tillotson University • CHAPTER OF THE YEAR – Indicate why your CITY STATE ZIP chapter should receive this award. Highlight events, programs of your chapter, which you feel are PHONE CELL PHONE outstanding and have affected your community and Huston- Tillotson University E-MAIL WEB SITE • NON-ALUMNUS – Golden Leaf – Awarded to a non-alumnus individual or organization who provided WORK HISTORY (EMPLOYER, POSITION, YEARS EMPLOYED- LIST MOST RECENT FIRST) assistance to an alumni chapter, HT International Alumni Association, or the University in recruitment, financial support or community service OUTSTANDING ALUMNUS COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT (CURRENT ORGANIZATION AND VOLUNTEER INVOLVEMENT, OFFICES HELD. PAST COMMUNITY AND VOLUN- • – Alumnus who has TEER INVOLVEMENT, OFFICES HELD) worked diligently and has made an impact on the local chapter. His or her attribute should exceed that of the average chapter member. PRACTICAL ENDEAVOR HONORS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS (PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY HONORS, AWARDS, RECOGNITION; OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS • – Alumnus who has (PUBLIC SERVICE, CIVIC ACTIVITIES, SOCIAL SERVICES, ETC.) successfully ventured into a career other than that reflected by their major • RECRUITMENT – Chapter or individual who is recognized for their extraordinary recruiting efforts UNDERGRADUATE INVOLVEMENT (ORGANIZATIONS, ACTIVITIES, OFFICES HELD, HONORS, ETC.) • YOUNG ALUM – Alumnus who is not over 32 years of age and has been or is active in a local chapter. She/ he has worked to promote Huston-Tillotson University INVOLVEMENT WITH UNIVERSITY SINCE GRADUATION and to contribute to the success of the chapter and or Huston-Tillotson University. SIGNATURE

27th Annual Select SOUVENIR JOURNAL AD SUBMISSION FORM Shot Golf Tournament PLEASE PRINT LEGIBLY AND FILL OUT ENTIRE FORM $ May 8, 2015 • 8 a.m. NAME

Riverside Golf Course INDIVIDUAL AND/OR COMPANY NAME (IF DIFFERENT) 1020 Grove Blvd., Austin, TX 512.386.7077 ADDRESS SUITE

Trophies Awarded CITY STATE ZIP $75 per Golfer PHONE CELL PHONE $5 Mulligan Green Fee Included E-MAIL WEB SITE Golf Cart Registration Deadline: May 7, 2015 PAYMENT INFORMATION p CHECK ENCLOSED Make checks payable to International Alumni Association. For more information and to register, p contact Marvin Douglas PLEASE INVOICE US FOR THE AMOUNT DUE: $ ______(All payments due by April 20, 2015) 512.477.2998

Dear HT Alums, As you know, the International Alumni Association will SOUVENIR JOURNAL ADVERTISING SIZES AND PRICES provide a souvenir journal for the Awards Gala. This year, we will be celebrating the Class of 1965 as the 50th year class Make your mark on the SIZE COLOR BLACK AND WHITE and classes ending in “5” and “0”. HT campus with a All chapters are asked to support the souvenir journal o Full-Page $175 $125 project by purchase a full-page ad and soliciting ads. The total o Half-Page $125 $75 personalized brick on ad commitment for each chapter is $500. This commitment includes the full-page ad all chapters are encouraged to o Quarter-Page $100 $50 Union Plaza and Walkway purchase. o Business Card $25 Please honor the ad deadline as the production time For more information or to place needed is critical. If you have any questions regarding an order, contact Brick Program payments, please contact Tracee Fletcher at ms_delta@ hotmail.com. If you have any questions regarding ad 512.505.3074 submission, please contact Andrea Mosie at 713.203.3510 or [email protected]. FULL-PAGE HALF-PAGE QUARTER-PAGE BUSINESS CARD In Union, 6”W x 9”H 5.5”W x 4.25”H 2.75”W x 4.25”H 3.5”W x 2”H

Andrea B. Mosie, Class ’75 Tracee Fletcher, Class ’96 6.25”W x 9.25”H Souvenir Journal Chair Souvenir Journal Co-Chair with bleed