VC Digest

 Welcome to the inaugural issue of VC Digest, a monthly E-newsletter for Voorhees College Alumni!  We want YOU to be a part of the stories and information featured each month so please share YOUR information with the Office of Communication and continue to support Voorhees College.

To share any recent accomplishments of alumni, please e-mail Teesa Brunson, communications director, at [email protected].

Voorhees College will officially crown Mr. and Miss Voorhees College 2013-2014 during the institution's annual coronation on Friday, Sept. 27 at 7 p.m. in the Leonard E. Dawson Health and Human Resources Center. The theme for this year's coronation is "History in the Making: Bringing the World to Voorhees."

 

Faakhira J. Nia-Muhammad, Miss Voorhees College 2013-2014-elect, is the 21-year old daughter of Abidan and Barakah Muhammad of Rochester, N.Y. Faakhira is a senior majoring in criminal justice with a minor in biology.

 

After graduating, Nia- Muhammad plans to attend graduate school pursuing studies of political science and international affairs.

 

Anthony Isaiah Hyland, Mr. Voorhees College 2013-2014-elect, is the 21-year-old son of Christopher Florance and was raised by his grandmother Gladys Littles. Hyland, a native from Philadelphia, Pa., is a senior majoring in mass communication.

 

Growing up, one or two options were available to him in his neighborhood; the one he chose was to obtain an education.  Hyland's grandmother, who he attributes his thrust for knowledge, pushed him and his five brothers to excel academically.  

 

To read the full article, click HERE. 

  

Voorhees College President Cleveland L. Sellers, Jr. officially welcomed the freshman class of 2017 and returning students to Voorhees during Opening Convocation on September 12 by encouraging them to successfully finish what they started at Voorhees.

"With a recent report from the U.S. Census Bureau showing that college enrollment continues to decline, I urge you to beat the odds. Finish what you have started at Voorhees College," said Sellers. "In order for you to be competitive in this global society, you must have a bachelor's degree. It is a necessity."

Sellers also told them to strive for excellence just as Voorhees' founder, Elizabeth Evelyn Wright Menafee, who was the first black woman to establish a school for young black males and females.

"We look forward to our students continuing the legacy of our founder, Elizabeth Evelyn Wright Menafee. Just as she did, we urge our students to blaze trails academically, socially, professionally and spiritually," Sellers said.

In accordance with its healthy campus initiative, Voorhees College joined a growing number of college campuses in South Carolina and throughout the nation who have adopted tobacco-free campus policies.

 

Voorhees College implemented its tobacco-free campus initiative September 1. Additionally, campus security will have the sole authority to fine individuals for violating the tobacco-free campus policy beginning December 2013. First offense will be charged $10, second offense is $20, and a third offense and all additional subsequent offenses will be $50.

 

"Although there are fines associated with the violation of the policy, the primary goal is to assist tobacco users with cessation and to provide cleaner air for the campus community," said Leroy Davis, executive director for the Center of Excellence in Rural and Minority Health.

 

Davis added, "The adoption of this policy is a culmination of a year-long tobacco-free campus campaign by the Student Government Association, other student organizations and several faculty and staff members."

  

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Beginning this 2013-2014 academic year, Voorhees College became a member of the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (GCAC). The GCAC Council of Presidents approved Voorhees College for membership into the conference in April.

 

Voorhees will participate in the conference along with HBCUs including Dillard University, Xavier University, Southern University, Talladega College, Edward Waters College, Fisk University and Philander-Smith College.

 

"This will be a great fit for the institution both athletically and academically. This conference includes HBCUs that excel in both of those areas," said Willie Jefferson, athletic director.

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