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February 2010 | Issue 22

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Delaware State University is excited to present the “DSUpdate‚” a special email newsletter for DSU friends‚ alumni, parents and the surrounding community. Please look for the next issue in March‚ and feel free to share ideas for items you’d like to see in this publication. Enjoy!

Upcoming & Important Dates

Walter Fauntroy Q&A
E&H Theatre
11 a.m.
Thursday, Feb.25
Free and open to the Public

Student Center Complex Dedication Ceremony
MLK Student Center
3 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 25
Public is invited
Click here for info.

DSU Approaching Storm Band Concert
Commemorating Band�s London & Paris concerts
Schwartz Center for the Arts
7 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 25
Tickets: $10 at the door

America Amerique
A Jena Company Production
Schwartz Center for the Arts
7 p.m.
Thursday, March 4
Tickets: $10 at the door
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(From l-r) Sen. Thomas R. Carper, Dr. Claibourne D. Smith, DSU Board of Trustees chairman, DSU President Harry L. Williams, and Dr. John S. Wilson Jr., executive director of the White House Initiative for HBCUs, after the Blue Ribbon Commission announcement.

DSU President Names Blue Ribbon Commission

Delaware State University President Harry Lee Williams announced Feb. 1 the members of a Blue Ribbon Commission who will create a new vision statement for the 119-year-old institution.

The 14-member commission will be led by co-chairs Dr. Dyremple B. Marsh, dean of the DSU College of Agriculture and Related Sciences, and former U.S. Rep. Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), who served in Congress 1991-2009. U.S. Senators Thomas R. Carper and Ted Kaufman and U.S. Rep. Michael N. Castle have been named honorary co-chairs.

The commission will also be responsible for recommending a set of values to accompany the new vision statement and for ways to integrate them with internal and external constituents.

Dr. John S. Wilson Jr., executive director of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, was present at the press briefing held in the DSU Hardcastle-Selby Board of Trustees conference room.

Campus Updates	Alumni Updates	Athletics Updates
DSU Finalizes Accord to Offer MBA Program in Vietnam A delegation from Delaware State University recently returned from Vietnam. An agreement was finalized to establish a DSU Master of Business (MBA) degree program in that country. Read more.	Governor Appoints Leroy Tice to Board of Trustees Delaware Gov. Jack Markell has appointed DSU alumnus Leroy A. Tice, a Wilmington attorney, to serve on the Delaware State University Board of Trustees. Tice has been appointed to finish the six-year term of Dr. Lillian A. Lowery, who resigned from the board earlier this month. That term concludes on Oct. 17, 2014. Read more.	DSU Eliminates 2 Sports DSU will eliminate two sports programs - men's tennis and women's equestrian - to address budgetary issues and to help the institution's other athletics programs become more competitive within the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Read more.
DSU Has a Heart for Haiti In the wake of the massive, Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti, Delaware State University is coordinating initiatives to contribute to the ongoing, international relief effort there. The Department of Student Affairs has organized a Heart for Haiti committee. Read more.	Alumnus Appointed to Post in Vienna Collie F. Brown, class of 1985, has received an appointment to become the new international manager for prison reform in the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime in Vienna, Austria.	DSU to Pay Tribute to Women's Athletics The DSU Department of Athletics paid tribute to those individuals who have made significant contributions to women's athletics during a Feb. 19 affair at the Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center in Dover. Read more.