Chancellors Monthly Report ~ December 2013

Dr. Ray L. Belton Chancellor

2013 FALL COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY

On Saturday December 14, 2013 Southern University at Shreveport will celebrate the graduation of over 200 graduates this Fall two consecutive commencement ceremonies. The first ceremony will be comprised of The Division of Allied Health and the School of Nursing with the Divisions of Behavioral Sciences and Education, Business Studies, Humanities and Science and Technologys following at noon. The University is also pleased to announce the guest speakers scheduled to present during the exercises.

Chief Fredrick Sanders, Assistant to the Fire Chief Administrative Division, is scheduled to be the 10 a.m. speaker. In
his role as Assistant to the Fire Chief, Mr. Sanders provides direct and logistical support to the Fire Chief on a daily basis. In Chief Fredrick Sanders the execution of his duties, he has overall responsibility for the departments $47 million operating budget; and supervises the Administrative Office Staff. Chief Sanders is a native of Louisiana, and a graduate of Airline High School. He joined the Shreveport Fire Department in March 1990. During his career in the Operations Division, he worked as Firefighter/ EMT before being promoted to Fire Inspector in 1994. Sanders served as post-certified Investigator in the Administrative and Criminal Investigative Section of the Departments Fire Prevention Division. Chief Sanders holds a Bachelor of Business Administration with a concentration in Organizational Management from Wiley College and an associate degree in Safety and Hazardous Material Technology from Southern University at Shreveport. Chief Sanders also serves as the Director of the Shreveport Fire Departments Strategic Planning Team. The 12 noon speaker is Pastor Bertrand M. Bailey Jr. the Senior Pastor of the New Greenwood Baptist Church in Greenwood, LA. and Pastor of the Greater Bible Way Missionary Baptist Church in Mount Pleasant, TX. He is the founder of Casting All Cares Outreach Ministries. Through his ministries, he has traveled the United States and abroad including the Bahamas and the Virgin Islands, and he has also appeared on The Word Network Pastor Bailey attended Oklahoma Baptist University and Oklahoma School of Religion and is a graduate of Liberty University in Lynchburg, VA where he earned a degree in Biblical Studies.

Pastor Bertrand M. Bailey, Jr.

SUSLA STUDENTS GO TO THE MOVIES

The American History 104 and African American History 211 students attended the "12 Years A Slave" film with Prof. JoAnne Walker. The film provided relevant information on the topics of cotton picking, slave culture, free people of color in the north and how enslaved blacks in the south endured one of the harshest periods in Louisiana history, 1647-1865. Students received a critical thinking assignment which connects topics of history with what they visually witnessed in the form of a 3 page paper. This is just one highlighted off campus activity that seeks to promote SUSLA's mission of educational excellence at its best. We applaud our students for taking interest in our unique history!

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Phlebotomy Program Graduates

Congratulations to the graduates from Southern University at Shreveports Phlebotomy Program.

Sharlissa Copeland Shannisha Danyell Copeland Torell Durham Fredericka Ealy

Martia Gipson
Jayesha Danielle Guice Sharica Sharmane Henderson Angela Jackson Yaneisha Johnson Desiree Akamia Martin Stacey Porter Ieisha Simmons Meshanta Sims Antoinette Lynn Thomas Mioche Thornton Rashundra Waddles LaShareka Shante Williams

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