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“The tragedy of life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal.

The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach. It isn’t a calamity to

die with dreams unfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream.”

-Benjam in E. Mays

The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia voted unanimously on June 21, 2013 in

naming Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith as the ninth president of Fort Valley State University. President

Griffith took office on July 22.

A political scientist, Dr. Griffith served earlier as professor of political science and provost

and senior vice president at York College of The City University of New York. His notable

achievements there include growing the full-time faculty by 30 percent over four years, re-

organizing the academic division into three Schools, and enhancing the research and scholarly

climate by creating a Provost Lecture Series and a companion Distinguished Scholars Lecture

Series, recognizing and rewarding research and scholarship, and establishing an Undergraduate

Student Research Program.

Before becoming York’s provost in 2007, Dr. Griffith was professor of political science and

budget dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Florida International University (FIU), dean

of the Honors College at FIU, and provost at Radford University in Virginia. President Griffith

holds a Bachelor of Social Sciences, with distinction in political science, from the University of Guyana,

a Master of Arts in Political Science and Public Administration from Long Island University, New York, and both a Master

of Philosophy and a doctorate in political science from The City University of New York Graduate School. He also

graduated from Harvard Graduate School of Education’s program in educational leadership.

Deeply committed to the intellectual enterprise, Griffith is a specialist on Caribbean security, drugs, and crime. He has

published seven books and more than 50 articles in various scholarly journals. The research for the highly-acclaimed Drugs

and Security in the Caribbean: Sovereignty Under Siege, published by Penn State Press, was funded by the MacArthur Foundation.

His eighth book, Challenged Sovereignty, will be published by the University of Illinois Press. President Griffith also serves on

the editorial board of the journal Defense and Security Studies Review.

President Griffith has been a consultant to Canada’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development, USAID, and

other agencies, and he has testified before the United States Congress on Caribbean security issues. A past president of the

Caribbean Studies Association, he has been a Visiting Scholar at the William Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies

in Washington, D.C., the Royal Military College of Canada, and the George Marshall European Center for Security Studies

in Germany. Recently, he was one of 45 experts from across the Americas invited by the Secretary General of the

Organization of American States to review the hemisphere’s narcotics policies and practices and propose anti-narcotics

scenarios through 2025.

Also passionate about service, President Griffith served on the National Steering Committee of AASCU’s Red Balloon

Project and briefly as convener of its Provosts of Color Caucus. As well, he served on the vestry (Board of Directors) of

his church, St. George’s Episcopal Church in Hempstead, Long Island, and as chair of their Ambassador Program and

Education Committee. A member of the 100 Black Men of Long Island at the time he left New York, he also was a trustee

of the Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning in Queens, N.Y. President Griffith looks forward to deep engagement with

the Fort Valley, Warner Robins, Macon, Atlanta and other Georgia communities. He and his wife Francille, a registered

nurse, have two adult children.

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Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith, Ph.D.

Ninth President, Fort Valley State University

About Fort Valley State UniversityFort Valley State University remains Georgia’s only

1890 land-grant institution, and one of the state’s

three public historically black colleges and

universities. Located in Fort Valley, Ga., the

campus was originally chartered in 1895 as Fort

Valley High and Industrial School. FVHIS merged

with State Teachers and Agricultural College of

Forsyth in 1939 to become Fort Valley State

College. The University System of Georgia’s

Board of Regents later granted FVSC a university

status in June 1996.

Fort Valley State University’s distinguished

academic programs in the Colleges of Agriculture,

Family Sciences and Technology; Arts and

Sciences; Education; and Graduate Studies and

Extended Education have produced well-rounded

scholars for nearly 120 years.

Special academic offerings include two new,

rigorous programs: Honors Program and

Undergraduate Research Program, which provide

a challenging environment for high-achieving

Wildcats. FVSU’s dual-enrollment program, the

University Today Scholars’ Program, helps high

school students earn college credit while working

toward their diploma. The campus’ dual-degree

Cooperative Developmental Energy Program

(CDEP) prepares minorities and women for

challenging energy-related disciplines.

In athletics, the university is a leading contender

in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic

Conference and the National Collegiate Athletic

Association Division II in both men’s and

women’s athletic programs. Wildcats football,

basketball, tennis, track, volleyball and softball are

among the 11 sports offered. Soccer is coming

soon.

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“We ar e what we r epeatedly do.

Excel lence, then, i s not an ac t ,

but a habit .” -Aristo t l e

Larry E. Rivers

Class of 1973

2006-2013

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Former Presidents

Horace Mann Bond

1939-1945

Walter W. Sullivan

Acting President

1983

Kofi Lomotey

2001-2005

Waldo William Emerson

Blanchet

1966-1973

Melvin E. Walker

Acting President

1988-1990

Cornelius Vanderbelt Troup

1945-1966

Luther Burse

1983-1988

William Harris

Interim President

2005-2006

Cleveland W. Pettigrew

Class of 1943

1973-1982

Oscar L. Prater

1990-2001

Kimberly Ballard-Washington

Interim President

2013

The academic costume derives from practices originating in the Middle Ages. When European universities were

formed in the 12th and 13th centuries, the first scholars, mainly clerics, adopted costumes similar to those of

their monastic orders. Cold halls and drafty buildings made caps and floor-length gowns with attached hoods a

necessity for warmth. Probably because of the religious customs of that period, academic costumes remained

largely drab. After the administration of the universities was removed from the control of the Church, some

features of the academic costumes took on brighter hues. Drawings and restored prints from this era reveal a

strong similarity between the academic costumes worn in the early European universities and the regalia worn

today.

In light of the strong English heritage in the United States, the academic costume has been in use in the United

States since colonial times. To establish a standard of uniformity with regard to the practice of dress in the

academy, an intercollegiate commission was formed. This commission prepared the code, which has been adopted

by all universities, for the wearing of caps, gowns, and hoods. Originally round, the shape of the cap is now the

more familiar mortarboard square. Its design resembles the scholar’s book. Legend has it that the privilege of

wearing a cap was the initial right of a person who had been enslaved under the Roman Empire. The flowing

gown has become symbolic of the democracy of scholarship for it covers any dress which might indicate work

or social strata. The hood not only indicates the type of degree, but is lined with the official colors of the

university.

THE GOWN

BACHELOR’S Black, full cut with long pointed sleeves

MASTER’S Black, long or short sleeves with an arc-shaped panel for each sleeve

DOCTORATE Black, with velvet panels on the front of the gown and three velvet bars on each sleeve.

Color of the velvet may be black or distinctive of the field of study

THE HOOD

BACHELOR’S Three feet in length with a two-inch wide velvet

MASTER’S Three and one-half feet in length with a three-inch wide velvet

DOCTORATE Four feet in length with a five-inch wide velvet and panel at the sides

The lining of all hoods, which is folded out, bears the official colors of the institution from which the degree

was received. The color of the velvet indicates the field in which the doctoral degree was granted.

THE CAP AND TASSEL

Candidates for graduate degrees at Fort Valley State University wear the black mortarboard with a gold tassel,

and candidates for undergraduate degrees wear the black mortarboard with a black tassel.

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Academic Attire

Like the academic costume, the mace dates to medieval times. Knights used the mace, a heavy

club topped with a spiked metal knob, as an effective instrument against the strongest armor in

battle. Most likely this use of the mace influenced university officials to adopt it as a symbol of

vested authority. Usually about two feet in length, the ceremonial mace survives today as a symbol

of authority in most institutions.

Notable instances of its use are found in the sessions of the British House of Commons, where

the mace is placed on the treasury table, and in sessions of the United States House of

Representatives, where the mace is placed to the right of the Speaker of the House. The mace

has also been adopted as an emblem by many colleges and universities in the United States. It is

used in formal academic ceremonies and activities.

The Presidential Mace of Fort Valley State University is 26

inches long. Its shaft is made of rosewood. The head and

tail of the mace are sterling silver. At the very top is an inset

consisting of the engraved university seal, which is gold

plated and sterling silver. On the sides of the head are four

scenes in low relief, illustrating the academic emphases of the

university: Education, Arts and Sciences, Agriculture, and

Business. The mace was designed by a nationally known gold

and silversmith, professor Kurt J. Matzdorf of New Paltz, New

York. The inauguration of President Luther Burse in 1984 marked

the first ceremonial use of the mace at Fort Valley State University.

Presidential Mace

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INAuGurATION PArADE

Parade Procession begins

at the Anderson House Museum and Welcome Center

Blue Machine Marching Band Drumline • FVSU Athletes • FVSU ROTC Cadets

Parade Procession arrives at the Health and Physical Education Complex

Prelude

“Trumpet Voluntary” • Henry Purcell, Composer

Performed by William Franklin Gross, Assistant Professor of Music, and the FVSU Brass Ensemble

OrDEr Of PrOCESSION

Learned and Civic Societies Marshal

Berlethia Pitts, Interim Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences

Colleges and universities Marshal

Anna Holloway, Dean of the College of Graduate Studies and Extended Education

Student Marshal

Rena Ingram, Vice President of the Student Government Association

faculty, Staff and Alumni Marshal

Kananur Chandras, Professor of the FVSU Department of Behavioral Sciences

university Emeriti and retiree Marshal

Ira Hicks, FVSU Professor Emeritus

Grand Marshal of the university

Isaac Crumbly, Associate Vice President of Career and Collaborative Programs

and Founder of the Cooperative Development Energy Program

PLATfOrM PArTy

representatives of fort Valley State university Students

Rashad Robertson, President of the Student Government Association

Marlon Gilbert and Lauren Mitchell, Mr. and Miss Fort Valley State University, 2013-14

Courtney Lester, Mr. FVSU Freshman and Charter Member of the FVSU Honors Program

representatives of university faculty, Staff and Alumni

Komanduri Murty, President of the Faculty Senate

Terrence Wolfork, President of the Staff Council

Lawrence Marable, President of the FVSU National Alumni Association, Inc.

Josephine Davis, Professor for the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science

Chizu Hirata, Professional Counselor for Valley Behavioral Health Services

representatives of Colleges and universities

Cheryl Davenport Dozier, President of Savannah State University, Georgia

Marcia Keizs, President of York College, New York

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Delegation Procession

PLATfOrM PArTy(continued)

representatives of Learned and Civic Societies

Johnny Taylor, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund

Thomas Morrill, Chairman of the Peach County Chamber of Commerce

William Thomas, President of the Guyana Association of Georgia

and President of the Council of Presidents of Caribbean Associations in Georgia

Joanne Nwasike, Member of the FVSU Global Initiatives Council

and Head of Thematic Programs, Governance and Institutional Development Division

Commonwealth Secretariat, United Kingdom

Ivor Mitchell, Founding Chair of the FVSU Global Initiatives Council

federal, State and Local Government

Sanford Bishop, Jr., Congressman for the Second Congressional District

Calvin Smyre, Representative for the Georgia House, District 132 and Chair, FVSU Foundation, Inc.

Patty James-Bentley, Representative for the Georgia House, District 139

Barbara Williams, Mayor of Fort Valley, Georgia

Cedric George, Commander of Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia

The President’s Cabinet

Govind Kannan, Interim Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs

Melody Carter, Vice President of External Affairs and Executive Director of the FVSU Foundation, Inc.

Lynn McCraney, Vice President of Student Success and Enrollment Management

Lynn Hobbs, Vice President of Business and Finance

Charles Jones, Chief Legal Officer and Director of Government Relations

Denise Eady, Special Assistant to the President for Compliance

and Director of the Office of Strategic Initiatives

university System Board of regents

Henry “Hank” Huckaby, Chancellor of the University System of Georgia

Philip Wilheit, Sr., Chairman of the University System of Georgia Board of Regents

Larry Walker, Regent of the University System of Georgia

university President

Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith, Ninth President of Fort Valley State University

INAuGurAL PArADE

POSTING Of THE COLOrS

FVSU ROTC Cadets

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“If you don’t like something, change it.

If you can’t change it, change your attitude. Don’t complain.”

-M ay a A nge lou

The Inauguration of Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith, Ph.D.DreamING aND DoING: a VISIoN oF exceLLeNce eNGaGemeNt

APrIL 11, 2014 • 10 - 11:30 a.m. • HEALTH AND PHySICAL EDuCATION COMPLEx

Presiding

Melody Carter

Vice President of External Affairs

and Executive Director of the FVSU Foundation, Inc.

DECLArATION Of CErEMONy OPENING

THE INVESTITurE Of THE NINTH PrESIDENT Of fOrT VALLEy STATE uNIVErSITy

ANTHEMS

“The Star Spangled Banner”

“Lift Every Voice and Sing”

INVOCATION

Kristie Kenney, Director of the FVSU Foundation, Inc.

rECOGNITION Of THE fIrST fAMILy AND SPECIAL GuESTS

First Lady Francille Griffith, Ivelaw Lamar Griffith and Shakina Aisha Griffith

GrEETINGS TO THE PrESIDENT

federal, State and Local Government

Sanford Bishop, Jr., Congressman of the Second Congressional District

Calvin Smyre, Representative for the Georgia House, District 132 and Chair, FVSU Foundation, Inc.

Patty James-Bentley, Representative of the Georgia House, District 139

Barbara Williams, Mayor of Fort Valley, Georgia

Cedric George, Commander of Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia

Learned and Civic Societies

Johnny Taylor, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund

Thomas Morrill, Chairman of the Peach County Chamber of Commerce

William Thomas, President of the Guyana Association of Georgia

and President of the Council of Presidents of Caribbean Associations in Georgia

Joanne Nwasike, Member of the FVSU Global Initiatives Council

and Head of Thematic Programs, Governance and Institutional Development Division

Commonwealth Secretariat, United Kingdom

Musical Performance

“Take Me to the King” • Kiara Beaver, FVSU student, accompanied by the FVSU Blue Note Singers

Board of regents

Philip Wilheit, Sr., Chairman of the University System of Georgia Board of Regents

Larry Walker, Regent of the University System of Georgia

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university and College Presidents

Cheryl Davenport Dozier, President of Savannah State University, Georgia

Marcia Keizs, President of York College, New York

fort Valley State university Community

Lawrence Marable, President of the FVSU National Alumni Association, Inc.

Rashad Robertson, President of the Student Government Association

Komanduri Murty, President of the Faculty Senate

Terrence Wolfork, President of the Staff Council

INAuGurAL POEM

“Daring to Dream in the Valley”

By Daisy Cocco De Filippis, President of Naugatuck Valley Community College, Connecticut

Read by Courtney Lester, Mr. FVSU Freshman and Charter Member of the FVSU Honors Program

MuSICAL SELECTION

“Dream the Dream” • Rendition by FVSU Blue Note Singers

PrESENTATION Of THE PrESIDENT

Philip Wilheit, Sr., Chairman of the University System of Georgia Board of Regents

Larry Walker, Regent of the University System of Georgia

Ivor Mitchell, Founding Chair of the FVSU Global Initiatives Council

Josephine Davis, Professor of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science

Chizu Hirata, Professional Counselor of the Valley Behavioral Health Services

Lauren Mitchell, Miss Fort Valley State University, 2013-14

Marlon Gilbert, Mr. Fort Valley State University, 2013-14

INVESTITurE Of THE PrESIDENT

Henry “Hank” Huckaby, Chancellor of the University System of Georgia

INAuGurAL ADDrESS

Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith

fOrT VALLEy STATE uNIVErSITy ALMA MATEr

BENEDICTION

Kenneth Hutnick, Deacon for Saint Juliana Catholic Church, Fort Valley, Georgia

rETIrING Of THE COLOrS

FVSU ROTC Cadets

rECESSIONAL

“Trumpet Tune” • Jeremiah Clarke, Composer

Performed by William Franklin Gross and the FVSU Brass Ensemble

POSTLuDE

“Aida: The Grand March” • Giuseppe Verdi Composer

Performed by William Franklin Gross

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The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia was created in 1931 as a part of a reorganization

of Georgia’s state government. With this act, public higher education in Georgia was unified for the first time

under a single governing and management authority. The governor appoints members of the Board to a seven

year term and regents may be reappointed to subsequent terms by a sitting governor. Regents donate their time

and expertise to serve the state through their governance of the University System of Georgia – the position is

a voluntary one without financial remuneration. Today the Board of Regents is composed of 19 members, five

of whom are appointed from the state-at-large, and one from each of the state’s 14 congressional districts. The

Board elects a chancellor who serves as its chief executive officer and the chief administrative officer of the

University System. The Board oversees the 31 colleges and universities that comprise the University System of

Georgia and has oversight of the Georgia Archives and the Georgia Public Library System.

C. Dean Alford, P. E.

Lori Durden

Larry R. Ellis

Rutledge A. “Rusty” Griffin, Jr.

C. Thomas Hopkins, Jr.

James M. Hull

Donald M. Leebern, Jr.

William “Dink” H. NeSmith, Jr.

Doreen Stiles Poitevint

Neil L. Pruitt, Jr., Vice Chair

E. Scott Smith

Kessel Stelling, Jr.

Benjamin “Ben” J. Tarbutton, III

Richard L. Tucker

Thomas Rogers Wade

Larry Walker

Don L. Waters

Philip A. Wilheit, Sr., Chair

Members of the Board of Regents

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Schedule of EventsSuNDAy, APrIL 6

Ecumenical Service

9 -11 a.m. • Founders Hall Auditorium

Gospel Concert

5 - 7 p.m. • C. W. Pettigrew Center

MONDAy, APrIL 7

Day of reading and reflection • All Day Activities in Various Locations

Week of the young Child • reading with the first family

9:30 a.m. • Hubbard Education Building

Inaugural reading and reception with the Honors Program

6 - 8 p.m. • Student Amenities Building

TuESDAy, APrIL 8

Cultural Celebration of Excellence Engagement, featuring Babacar M’Bow

5 - 7 p.m. • Founders Hall

(Week-long Art Exhibition in Huntington Hall Gallery)

WEDNESDAy, APrIL 9

Inaugural “Dreaming and Doing” Lunch Gathering and Spirit Day

11:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. • Lottie M. Lyons Student Center

THurSDAy, APrIL 10

Inaugural Day of Community Service

11 a.m. - 4 p.m. • City-wide Initiative

Community forum:

“Engaging Students in the 21st Century to Meet Global Demands”

5 - 7 p.m. • Peach County High School

900 Campus Drive, Fort Valley, GA 31030

frIDAy, APrIL 11

Investiture Ceremony

10 a.m. • Health and Physical Education Complex

(Processional Begins at 9 a.m.)

Post-Investiture reception

Student Amenities Building

Campus Tours

1 - 2 p.m. and 2 - 3 p.m. • Begins and Ends at the HPE Complex

Inaugural Gala

7 - 9 p.m. • Health and Physical Education Complex

SATurDAy, APrIL 12

Soccer Exhibition

Noon • FVSU Wildcat Stadium 

THE STAr-SPANGLED BANNEr

O say, can you see, by the dawn’s early light,

What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming,

Whose broad stripes and bright stars,

through the perilous fight

O’er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?

And the rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air,

Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there;

O say does that Star-Spangled Banner yet wave

O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

O thus be it ever when free man shall stand

Between their loved home and the war’s desolation;

Blest with victory and peace, may the Heaven-rescued land

Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.

Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,

And this be our motto, “In God is our trust;”

And the Star-Spangled Banner in triumph shall wave

O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

-Francis Scott Key, 1775

THE ALMA MATEr

Fort Valley State! Fort Valley State!

Our lives to thee we dedicate.

Our souls we blend to sing thy name;

Eternal praise we do proclaim.

Faithful and true, Fort Valley State,

We at thy call, forever wait;

We lift our hearts to thankfulness,

For loyalty and thoroughness.

-William H. Pipes

We love to hear thy sweet name called;

Thou art the dearest school of all.

Our hearts to thee will e’er belong,

Thou art so steadfast, brave and strong;

We love thee so, Fort Valley State,

Our loyalty we dedicate;

Thy name forever we proclaim;

Fort Valley State, We love thy name.

-Odessa Hardison McNair, 1954

LIfT EVEry VOICE AND SING

Lift every voice and sing,

Till earth and heaven ring,

Ring with the harmonies of liberty;

Let our rejoicing rise

High as the listening skies,

Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.

Sing a song full of faith that the dark past has taught us,

Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us,

Facing the rising sun of our new day begun

Let us march on till victory is won.

Stony the road we trod,

Bitter the chastening rod,

Felt in the days when hope unborn had died;

Yet with a steady beat,

Have not our weary feet,

Come to the place for which our fathers sighed?

We have come over a way that with tears has been watered,

We have come, treading our path

through the blood of the slaughtered,

Out from the gloomy past,

Till now we stand at last

Where the white gleam of our bright star is cast.

God of our weary years,

God of our silent tears,

Thou who hast brought us thus far on the way;

Thou who hast by Thy might,

Led us into the light,

Keep us forever in the path, we pray.

Lest our feet stray from the places, our God,

where we met Thee;

Lest, our hearts drunk with the wine of the world,

we forget Thee;

Shadowed beneath Thy hand,

May we forever stand.

True to our God,

True to our native land.

-Lyrics by James Weldon Johnson

Music by John R. Johnson

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Anthems and Alma Mater

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Inauguration Planning CommitteeCHAIr

Melody Carter, External Affairs

SuB-COMMITTEES

Ecumenical Service and Gospel Concert

Donavon Coley, Strategic Initiatives

Day of reading and reflection

Lisa Wilson, Sponsored Programs

Vivian Fluellen, Family and Consumer Sciences

Meigan Fields, Honors Program

Celebration of Excellence Engagement and Art Exhibit

LaTalia Minnex, External Affairs

Lunch Gathering and Spirit Day

Denise Eady, Strategic Initiatives

Day of Service and Community forum

Campus Life: Wallace Keese, Annette Burgess and Brian Byrd

Rashad Robertson, Student Government Association

Meigan Fields, Honors Program

Inaugural Parade

Dwayne Crew, Facilities and Planning

Investiture and Luncheon

Melody Carter, External Affairs

Denise Eady, Strategic Initiatives

Inaugural Gala

Charles Jones, Government Affairs

Robert Stephens, Development

Bobby Dickey, Fine Arts, Humanities and Mass Communications

Soccer Exhibition

Joshua Murfree, Jr., Intercollegiate Athletics

Hospitality

Clara Braswell, Career and Alumni Services

Danyell Barnes, Title III

Medallion

Bobby Dickey, Fine Arts, Humanities and Mass Communications

Printed Collaterals

(Invitations, Programs, Banners and flyers)

Won Eason, Sponsored Programs

Bobby Dickey, Fine Arts, Humanities and Mass Communications

Marketing and Communications:

Pamela Berry-Johnson and Shonda Lewis

Multimedia Engagement

(Website, Interviews, Social Media and Video Production)

Steve Register, Information Technology

Shirley Ellis, Mass Communications

Marketing and Communications:

Pamela Berry-Johnson, Christina Milton,

Christine Caesar, Brittany Francis and Shonda Lewis

1005 State University Drive

Fort Valley, Georgia 31030-4313

(478) 825-6319 • www.fvsu.edu/inauguration

A State and Land-Grant Institution • University System of Georgia

Fort Valley State University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award baccalaureate and

master’s degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call 404-679-4500 for questions about the

accreditation of Fort Valley State University.

Fort Valley State University is an affirmative action, equal opportunity institution and does not discriminate against applicants, students or employees on

the basis of race, gender, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability or marital or veteran status.

Dean Blain, Central Georgia Soccer Association

Jo Ann Denning, Peach County School District

Thomas Dortch, Jr., FVSU Alumnus and CEO, TWD, Inc.

Gary Miller, Information Technology

Frank Mahitab, Wilmette Jackson and Randy Duncan, Hunt Memorial Library

Donald Moore, Health and Physical Education Complex

Roslyn Smith, Office of the President

Harold Young Productions: Harold Young, President, and Artis Johnston, Senior Vice President

Neil. O. Wray, Former Honorable Trade Representative of Guyana in Atlanta

Marketing and Communications’ Interns and Volunteers:

Paris Allen, Brittany Francis, Tenisha Howell, Haley Hudson, Karen Nooks and Samuel Tassew

FVSU Department of Fine Arts, Humanities and Mass Communications

FVSU Division of Business and Finance: Campus Police and Safety and Plant Operations

FVSU Division of Student Success and Enrollment Management: Campus Life

FVSU Foundation, Inc.

FVSU National Alumni Association, Inc.

Sodexo

A very sincere “thank you” to all program participants and members of the fort Valley State university family.

Special Thanks

Ashley Ballard, Distance Education Enrollment Services

Edward Boston, Pettigrew Center

W. Gene Bryant, Campus Police and Safety

Brian Byrd, Campus Life

Joel Davis, Jr., Military Science

Aadrian Dawsey, Auxiliary and Support Services

Leonard Giles, Fine Arts

William Franklin Gross, Fine Arts

Lynn Hobbs, Business and Finance

Alecia Johnson, President’s Office

Joyce Johnson, Sponsored Programs

Kristie Kenney, FVSU Foundation, Inc.

Felecia King, External Affairs

Jazmin Leahy Ricks, Campus Life

Lynn McCraney, Student Success and Enrollment Management

Kenneth Morgan, Campus Police and Safety

Doris Nyaga, Sponsored Programs

Art Rolack, Sodexo

Katina Wheeler, Military Science

LuWanna Williams, Intercollegiate Athletics

Ann Janice Vogan, Military Science

Additional Committee Members