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D. Michael Cheers reflects on
the life of John H. Johnson
D. Michael Cheers, a noted photographer
and editor, will present a retrospective of the
life and career of John H. Johnson as part of the
College of Arts and Sciences Colloquium Series.
Johnson, who passed away in August
of 2005 at the age of 87, used a $500 loan to found
what became the world's largest African American
publishing company, changing the face of American
media with Ebony and
Jet magazines. He started in 1942
with the Negro Digest,
and built an empire that also included the country's
largest black-owned cosmetics company, Fashion Fair
Cosmetics.
Cheers, a former South Africa editor
for Ebony, can claim a
wealth of publications as a writer, editor and documentary
photographer.
His most recent book is “Still
Grazing: The Musical Journey of Hugh Masakela,”
written with the noted South African trumpeter.
Booklist called it “a
must-have item of world-music documentation and
a revealing chronicle of growing up black under
apartheid and living long enough to see that pernicious
system fall.”
Cheers’ works have appeared
in newspapers and magazines in the United States,
Europe, Africa, the Caribbean and Asia. He was co-editor
of Songs of My People: African-Americans, a
Self-Portrait.
An assistant professor of journalism at the University
of Mississippi, he previously taught at Auburn University
and Wayne State College. He holds a bachelor’s
degree and master’s degrees from Boston University
and a doctorate from Howard University.
College of Arts and Sciences
Colloquium Series
2:30 p.m. Thursday. Feb. 9
General Classroom Building Auditorium
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I am still in charge of the animal
rescue drive for the Aggies Care Committee for Katrina
relief. To date, Aggies students and faculty have
donated over $1000 in money and supplies for these
animals. However, we still need your help!
The rescue organizations still need
harnesses of all sizes, leashes, crates, beds, grooming
tools, kitty litter, toys, bones, pooper scoopers,
batteries of all sizes, paper, electric clippers,
duct tape, hand sanitizer gel, post it notes, shipping
labels, Sharpie pens, surgical gloves. And, of course,
money, money, money (for vaccinations, transportation,
etc.). These can be brought to my office (302 G)
or the Psychology Department office (301) in Gibbs
Hall. Checks should be made payable to ARFP, Greensboro-based
Animal Rescue & Foster Program, the organization
working with the SPCA and Noah’s Wish.
If you have questions or need additional
information, please call Katherine or Dr. Schumacher
334-3852 or email Dr. Schumacher at drsueres@yahoo.com
or sschumac@ncat.edu.
Thank you for your continued support
for our furry friends!
Dr. Sue Schumacher, Department of Psychology, 302
G Gibbs Hall
James C. McMillan, Four Dream
Builders, 2001,
Oil on Masonite, 48"X32", Courtesy of
the Artist
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Theodore R. Daniels President
and CEO Society for Financial Education and Professional
Development
“Savings and Investments: Keys to Building
Wealth”
February 2, 2006
Merrick Hall Auditorium
1:00 pm
$100 book vouchers will be awarded to five lucky
student attendees.
Students will also have the opportunity to apply
for a $1,000 scholarship.
Reception following the lecture!
Join us, and learn how to control your financial
destiny!
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