Founders’ Day speaker touts Tougaloo history
Mary Evans Sias used Tougaloo College's history to challenge students to take pride in their institution at its 136th Founders’ Day Convocation.
Sias said Woodworth Chapel was a refuge for blacks during the Civil Rights Movement. During that time, Tougaloo was the only place in Mississippi that blacks could peacefully assemble, because it’s a private institution.
“The Chapel was where we came when there was trouble, and trouble wasn’t al-Qaida, trouble was the Ku Klux Klan,” said Sias, president of Kentucky State University and a summa cum laude Tougaloo graduate.
Sias, who was a first-generation college student, motivated students to go beyond the expected on Oct.16 at Woodworth Chapel. . . read more
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New provost has new ideas to advance student, faculty research
Abdul Turay has been Tougaloo College’s vice president of academic affairs/provost for only three months, but he has pushed through several proposals designed to improve, strengthen and continue the college’s legacy. . . read more
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Tougaloo freshman named Nation’s Youth of the Year
Jarvis McInnis, a Tougaloo College freshman, was named the 2005-2006 National Youth of the Year by the Boys and Girls Clubs of America.
McInnis was honored at a congressional breakfast in the Dirksen Senate Office Building. . . read more |
Stribling’s expectations high for Tougaloo
Tougaloo College has hired a new men’s basketball coach in hopes of reviving the pride that once dwelled on the campus.
Lafayette Stribling, 71,who is entering his 49th year of coaching, spent 27 years at Mississippi Valley State University. His record of 315-207 makes him the most successful coach in MVSU basketball history. . . read more |
