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Texas Southern University’s KTSU Radio, 90.9 KTSU-FM surpassed goal during S Spring campaign adds to line-up & programming Listeners helped TSU’s

popular radio station, KTSU-FM 90.9, reach its membership campaign goal this year of $150,000 by surpassing that goal by nearly $10,000 – and counting. The campaign, designed to assure outreach to the KTSU’s line-up, beginning at left, includes: Kim Burrell, Zoe Bonet, Noel Velasquez Val Wilson, community as well as to Mike Caviel, and Sheldon T. Nunn increase membership and

Texas Southern University Vice President for University Advancement Eva K. Pickens and diversity, began April 22, KTSU Radio 90.9 FM General Manager Ernest Walker are announcing a new schedule line up, and officially ended on new shows and hosts at the university’s radio station. TSU students will have significant roles Sunday evening May 1. as hosts and interns at several levels at the campus radio station. The enhanced schedule and The station wishes to programming will begin on Monday, May 2. thank all new and KTSU 90.9 FM will remain Houston’s station for Jazz and continue to feature R&B Oldies, renewing members, Blues, Gospel, Zydeco, Neo-Soul and Hip-Hop as well as a source for balanced coverage of volunteers, including current news, features and events. those who visited the station to personally donate and TSU students Kris Walker, with his show After Hours Praise Party (Monday’s, 2AM – pitch on-air. A more detailed report is forth coming. 5AM); and Noel Velasquez, with his show Fiesta Nights (Thursday’s 6PM – 10PM) will lead KTSU staff and volunteers will utilize this week to tie- the up loose ends, but wish to invite others to continue to See KTSU on page 3 sign up throughout the year and to please stay tuned to KTSU-FM 90.9, Your Community Station. Visit the student involvement as hosts of their own show. Numerous other students will be involved in web at www.ktsufm.org the research“Excellence and production in of variousAchievement” news and music segments celebrated as well as community during outreach. Dr. Clyde E. Duncan, Jr. named annual Honors Day Convocation See KTSU on page 2 Professor of the Year by University Program Council

The University Program Council head (UPC) named School of text Communication professor, Dr.

Clyde E. Duncan, Jr. as Professor of the Year at its Tiger Choice Awards held April 14, in Sawyer Auditorium. Duncan, along with another School of Communication professor, Dr. Dominic Thomas, and a Department of Health Sciences professor, Dr. Monica Rasmus, were nominated for the honor. “I truly appreciate winning this award,” said Duncan. “This is what it’s all about. I learn just as much from my students as they learn from me, so to 3,134 Texas Southern University honors students, their parents, friends and families convened be recognized as the UPC Professor of the Year is an in the H&PE Arena April 27, to be recognized by the university for their 2015 Spring and Fall honor I won’t soon forget.” semester academic achievements. Students named to the Presidents List (3.75-4.0 GPA), Deans “Dr. Duncan has done and continues to do an List (3.5-4.0 GPA ), University Honor Roll (3.0-4.0 GPA), and 4.0 Grade Point Average (4.0 outstanding job with the students,” Thomas said of his colleague. “I'm just excited about the fact that two GPA) received a medallion professors from the School of Communication were A special subset of 19 students - those who earned perfect 4.0 GPAs for both the Spring and nominated. The fact that the students chose the Fall semesters, were called on stage to receive a plaque and acknowledgement from their nominees and voted means even more," said Thomas. respective deans, the provost and university president. Those students, pictured from left, were, Reynoil White, Natacha Ngantcha, Priscilla Franks, Ashanti Phelps, Cierra Griffin, Allison The UPC chose the nominees from over 300 faculty Flores, and Ludim Alvarado. members on campus

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Stay connected to TSU Police with Annual Athletics All-Sports Banquet held in new safety App, LiveSafe Downtown Houston

Texas Southern University is providing all students, faculty, The Texas Southern and staff with the LiveSafe app - a safety tool that provides a University Department of quick, convenient, and discreet way to communicate with TSU Athletics, All-Sports

Police. Banquet was held April

Download LiveSafe for free from the Apple App Store or 25, at the Hyatt Regency,

Google Play to enhance your overall safety and allow TSU Imperial Ballroom in

Police to better protect you. Downtown Houston. The

event was well attended

Use LiveSafe to: by TSU dignitaries and

 Share info: Easily share safety information and Police distinguished alumni,

concerns directly to TSU Police using text, picture, and including First Lady Dr.

video Docia Rudley, Provost,

 Stay up-to-date: Receive important alerts and Dr. James Ward and

notifications from TSU Police, and access important Regents Sarah Monty-Arnoni and Marilyn Rose to name a few.

phone numbers and safety resources The 2015-2016 Presidential Award winners were Kailand Thompson (Soccer) and

 Request an escort: Request an in-person escort from Travis Sanders (Track and Field), pictured above. TSU Police to safely get you where you need to go Dr. Clyde E. Duncan Jr. served as the Master of Ceremonies. Dr. Dominic  Share your location: Share your location with safety Thomas was announced as one of the nominees of the Dr. Rod Paige Faculty & Staff officials in an emergency, or use location-tracking with Award which recognizes outstanding Faculty and Staff members who go beyond the friends, family, and colleagues for everyday safety call to service for student-athletes at TSU.

Get LiveSafe by: TSU celebrates a Festival of Friendship 1. Download “LiveSafe” from here: http://bit.ly/TSU- LiveSafe (Be sure to enable location services and push notifications when prompted!) 2. Sign up using your mobile phone number. 3. Create a password and fill in your name. 4. Add your email address to your profile (Left Menu > Settings > Profile).

TSUPD’s effort’s assists Harris County Homicide Detectives with

active unsolved double homicide case

Recently, Officer Benjamin Huseman with the Texas Southern University Police Department noticed a vehicle traveling on Cleburne driving in a reckless manner. After initiating a traffic stop on the vehicle, two males fled the vehicle and ran inside of the Cuney Homes Housing Complex. After a call for assistance, Officer DeMon Callier, Investigator Willie Williams and soon to be Sgt. Elizabeth Castillo arrived to the scene to assist Officer Huseman. While assisting, it was found that the vehicle stopped belonged to a male that was recently found murdered in his home.

The fleeing suspects got away on foot. However, Castillo and the team made contact with one of the suspect’s mother, who would give them valuable information about the unsolved murders of the man and his daughter who were both murdered in their home on Larchwood in east Harris County. Castillo recorded the mother reading text messages of her son confessing to her about committing the murder.

The lead Harris County Sheriff’s Office Homicide Detective was contacted and repeatedly expressed his gratitude to the Texas Southern University was the site where hundreds of KHCB 1400 AM Radio

TSUPD for the excellent job and professionalism they supporters gathered for the Festival de la Amistad, which means festival of displayed. He stated that they had no leads on the case and friendship. The crowd enjoyed music, dancing, food and many other festivities as the thanks to TSUPD, Harris County has their suspects, who Hispanic Christian Radio celebrated 25 years of broadcasting in the Houston area. should be captured soon and brought to justice. Picture in photo on bottom right: (left to right) TSU Provost Dr. James Ward, event coordination Dolly Nartin and TSU President John M. Rudley. YOUR WEEKLY TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY ELECTRONIC NEWS & INFORMATION SOURCE FROM THE OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS – (713) 313-4205 May 2 -8, 2016 Page 2 of 3

KTSU…continues from page 1 text student involvement as hosts of their own show. Numerous other students will be involved in the research and production of various news and music segments as well as community outreach. Also added to the line-up are names most listeners are familiar with, including multiple Grammy award nominee and Dove & Stellar award winner Kim Burrell, who will host her own show Bridging the Gap with Kim Burrell on Sunday’s from 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. starting Sunday, June 5. New shows added to the Monday through Thursday line-up are: Mornings with Mike and Val, Jazz by Design and Jazz Gems. Mike Caviel and TSU communications professor Val Wilson, radio veterans, will host Mornings with Mike and Val Show from 6:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. The show will feature contemporary, smooth and fusion jazz along with R&B music as well as Caviel and Wilson’s candid delivery of the morning’s local news, features and information. Donna Franklin will follow with, Jazz by Design from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. that will offer listeners smooth and contemporary jazz and featured “CD” debuts. Zoe Bonet, formerly of Sunny 99.1, will make her debut at KTSU with Jazz Gems from 2:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Listeners will enjoy a blend of smooth and contemporary jazz. Other new shows include: The Blend – Monday’s, 10PM - 2AM with Freddie Brown featuring a mixture of Jazz and Blues; The Blend – Tuesday’s, 10PM – 2AM with Deon Haywood featuring a mix of Jazz and R&B; The Blend – Wednesday’s, 10PM – 2PM with Ms. Melodic (Melanie Murphy) featuring a mixture of Jazz and Neo Soul; Throwback Jams - Friday’s, 10PM – 2AM with Maxie T (Maxie Tarver) and Chop Star Jimmy (Jimmy Jones) featuring Classic Hip Hop from the 70’s-90’s; and Classic R&B Countdown – Saturday’s, 9AM – 10AM with Tyrone Dubose featuring a syndicated show highlighting R&B Oldies. To diversify its sound, KTSU 90.9 has added a Latin and Caribbean flair to its lineup. Thursday night shows will now include Fiesta Nights with host Noel Velasquez from 6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m., followed by Caribbean Vibes with hosts DJ’s Supa Neil (Everad Gill) and Uncle L (Leigh Johnson) from 10:00 p.m. – 2:00 a.m. Fiesta Nights will feature a mixture of Latin Jazz and other Latin sounds while Caribbean Vibes will offer listeners Caribbean music as well as news and information from the Caribbean world. Sheldon T. Nunn, KTSU’s veteran Jazz aficionado, gets a promotion as Music Director/Director of Community Engagement. Additional changes Walker has made since taking over as General Manger March 22, include radio personality Donna Franklin as Program Director. The Gentle Giant (James Eaglin) host of the popular Golden Oldies; and ChattaBox (Lary Hale) of Classic Café will remain on Fridays at their regular time slots, 6AM – 10AM and 10AM – 2PM, respectively. Dr. Chris Ulassi, chair, TSU Radio, Television and Film department in the School of Communication, will work in concert with KTSU to assist with student involvement in all aspects of radio, including teaching/learning and community interest. He loves the idea of a program that is a combination of music and current events. “I feel that such a program will be of interest to a large audience because many people are not given the opportunity to TSU E-News NOW Credits: TSU News talk about issues that are important to them,” Ulassi says. Andrew McCray-Media Writer/Graphics; The deadline to submit news or information Dr. Ulassi invited the students and KTSU to have a huge Earlie Hudnall-University Photographer; for TSU E-News is Thursday’s at noon for the presence at this year’s Houston Igbo Festival, slated for July. Kendrick Callis-Communications Specialist; following week’s edition. Submissions may be For more information on KTSU 90.9 visit http://ktsu.info/ Rodney Bush Marketing/Communications; sent to [email protected] or [email protected]. Tiffany Asberry-Administrative Assistant; For any questions or comments, call Eva Eva Pickens-VP of University Advancement Pickens at 713-313-4205.