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NSU Launches Search for New President


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commencement photos


Free July 2018


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Historical Marker for Bay Shore Beach Resort Unveiled


NSU Interim President Dr. Melvin T. Stith, Sr.


BY NSU.EDU The


(governing the


Board seventh of Visitors


applications and nominations for


of Norfolk State University (NSU).


The


a dynamic, ial,


innovative


body) invites President


board seeks entrepreneur- and


creative


leader with strong academic, administrative,


and business acumen.


development The


successful candidate will be a visionary, advancing university’s reputation


the while


increasing resources through private and public partnerships.


Norfolk State University is a comprehensive, public


urban


institution committed to transforming the lives of its students through high-impact educational


experiences that


prepare its graduates for success in the 21st century. The next president will appreciate the distinctiveness of NSU’s mission as a historically black institution and be able to


interpret that mission for


the changing environment of higher education. He or she will also have a demonstrated track record of problem solving


NSU BOV Rector Dr. Byron L. Cherry, Sr.


in a complex organization, with a deep commitment to shared governance and with integrity beyond reproach.


To direct the search


process, the Board of Visitors has established a 21-member Presidential Search Committee


of the University’s multiple stakeholders. retained


representative It has also


Greenwood/Asher


& Associates, Inc., a highly respected search firm that has successfully completed more than 2,000 searches, and consulting and training projects, to work with the committee. The committee


is co-chaired


by board members Deborah M. DiCroce and Larry A. Griffith.


Over the next couple of months, the


Search Committee will provide multiple


public to


sessions for members of the NSU external constituencies


they


and internal share


ideas about what qualities and characteristics


would


like to see in the university’s next president. That input will


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from


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even know about credit


The problem is that just 47% of people card


car rental and


Presidential listening


their


Pictured from left to right are Linda Porter, Mayor Donnie Tuck, Barbara Anthony Wright, James T. Johnson, Samuel Joseph Scott, and Chuck Chavers. Mr. Scott is believed to be the last living Bay Shore Beach lifeguard.


Photo courtesy of Hampton Convention & Visitors Bureau BY HAMPTON.GOV


On June 20, 2018, members of the Buckroe Historical


Society unveiled a


historical marker to the Bay Shore Hotel, which served African-Americans as a top East Coast resort for 75 years.


The venture, which opened in 1898, hosted state and national conferences, sporting events and concerts including Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway and Ella


Fitzgerald. Bay Shore, a cooperative venture funded by 60 African-American businessmen, began as a four-room cottage. The property adjoined


Buckroe segregated. By 1930, Bay Shore had a three-story


beachfront hotel with 70 rooms, a cafe, pier, pavilion and bathhouses. It drew tourists from across the East Coast and Midwest.


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2018’s Best Credit Card Rental Car Insurance


Beach, which was


insurance. And one-third of credit card users don’t know if their card has it. That’s an issue because you must decline a rental company’s supplemental insurance for your credit card’s coverage to work. And you can’t know to do that unless you’re familiar with how your card’s policy works.


Credit card rental car insurance policies


are driven by three of the four major card networks: Visa, Mastercard and American Express. The other major card


network,


Discover, stopped offering its rental car insurance benefit in March 2018. But individual credit card companies determine the specifics of the coverage that customers receive.


So to help you maximize your savings security, WalletHub


compared major credit card company’s rental


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