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SPOTLIGHT
JISEL
This week’s Spotlight feature is Jisel, and you won’t find anyone more deserving of the honor. Jisel is a very confident young lady who is very much in touch with herself and those around her. Jisel knows success is right around the corner, and she also knows she has to be patient. We appreciate Jisel for allowing us to feature her this week as our Spotlight feature.
Florida Memorial Dean Says, ‘He Was Just Keeping His Promise’
(Black PR Wire) MIAMI, FL–Itwasneverapartofhis job description, but Dr. Michael Gary, the Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students at Florida Memorial Univer- sity, really never gave it a sec- ond thought.
In preparation for Hurri- cane Irma’s visit, Dean Gary and members of the FMU faculty and staff were busy getting students off campus and back to their homes safely. But some of the students did not have time or resources to return home and ride out the storm. So, they stayed in a nearby shelter. Dean Gary did not feel com- fortable leaving his students there alone. And instead of heading to his own home, he opted to bunker down and stay with them.
We made a promise to the parents and families who en- trust their loved ones with us that we will guard, guide and educate them to the best of our ability,” says Dr. Gary. “I felt it was our duty to pro- vide them with that extra se- curity they needed during this turbulent time.”
Dr. Gary, as well as Ver- non Martin, the Associate Director of Residential Edu- cation, and Michael Matos, a Residence Hall Director, determined they would also accompany FMU’s seven young men and seven young women at the shelter.
For many, it was their first
Dr. Michael Gary, assist. V.P for student affairs and dean of students along with FMU associate dir. Vernon Martin and resi- dence hall dir. Michael Matos hunkered down with students who were not able to go home during Hurricane Irma.
time experiencing a hurri- cane, and the first time ever in a shelter.
Dean Gary could have easily secured a space at the shelter for his students, and then left to join his wife and son who headed for Atlanta a few days earlier. The same
scenario applies to Martin, who is also married and Matos who has two children. But they all elected to ride out the storm with their students. Clearly, their commitment to the safety and welfare of the students at FMU took prece- dent over everything else.
Tuskegee Ranked As Top HBCU U.S. News And World Report
Tuskegee University re- mains one of the nation’s and region’s best historically black universities, according to national rankings released on September 12 by U.S. News and World Report.
In U.S. News’ 2018 edition of Best Colleges, Tuskegee University tied for sixth place in its “Historically Black Col- leges and Universities” cate- gory.
It also was the only Ala- bama university to appear in the publication’s list of Top 20 HBCUs. This U.S. News ranking measures the quality of the undergraduate educa- tion at HBCUs in context to the 80 HBCUs eligible to be ranked by the publication.
Tuskegee University also rated high among its regional
The Campus of Tuskegee University.
peers in U.S. News’ “Best Re- gional Universities South.” The university tied for No. 27 in the category, making it the third-highest-ranked HBCU regionally, the second-high- est-ranked regional univer- sity in Alabama, and the only Alabama HBCU in the Top 50
regionally.
Institutions like Tuskegee
appearing among evaluated “regional universities” offer a broad scope of undergradu- ate degrees and some mas- ter’s degree programs but few, if any, doctoral pro- grams.
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