August/September 2018 Fisk University FROM PAGE 1


I am excited about its future and the impact this will have on students for generations to come,” said Roland Parrish. “My hope is that this gift will inspire others to get even more engaged. The campus has been void of construction for a number of years. It takes something like this to remind people that Fisk is about succeeding, not surviving. The sky is the limit for Fisk.”


“Mr. Parrish embodies a truly


altruistic ‘doing well, doing good’ vision, which is evidenced not only by his tremendous success with Parrish Restaurants, Ltd., but also by his unparalleled belief and extension of community support, from Dallas to Uganda and now Nashville,” added Dr. Jens Frederiksen, vice president


of institutional advancement and strategic development. Parrish is highly committed


to giving back to the community, especially causes that support the


education and welfare of youth. He is currently CEO of Parrish Restaurants, Ltd., which owns and operates 25 restaurants in Dallas and surrounding areas. His company is the 7th largest minority owned firm in North Texas. He currently serves on the Advisory Board for the Salvation Army. Parrish received his BS and MBA from Purdue’s Krannert School of Business.


For the second year in a row,


Fisk has posted record fundraising totals. The unaudited 2017-2018 fundraising totals exceeded $7.7 million (excluding private grants) and alumni giving participation increased to over 33 percent. The 2018 – 2019 fall freshman class is twice the size of last year’s class. The campus has undergone some significant renovations including the Fisk Jubilee Singers’ ® new home, the Talley/Curb House, and a newly modernized cafeteria and dining room.


WSSU Alumna FROM PAGE


Chancellor Elwood L. Robinson received an email from Carter B. Cue ‘88, former university archivist, who met Clark on a visit to her nursing facility in Durham. In the email, Cue says Clark asked that he “tell some Winston-Salem people to come see me.”


Soon-after, Robinson and his


wife, Denise, paid a visit to one of WSSU’s oldest living alumni, dropping off a WSSU Rams blanket. A few days later, L’Tona Lamonte ’99, head women’s basketball coach, visited Clark, surprising her with a team photo from 1935.


On Friday, Aug. 17, Clark


received the biggest surprise yet, a visit from the entire WSSU women’s basketball team. She was presented with a basketball signed by the team.


WFMY-TV was there as the


Rams surprised Clark. When Clark was a student at


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Education Administration from the University of Mississippi. Dr. Beckley has served in higher education for nearly 50 years.


Since Dr. Beckley accepted


the presidency of Rust College, the college’s endowment fund has grown from $12 million to $44 million, and has received reaffirmation


of regional


accreditation with specialty accreditation from the Department of Social Work by the Council on


Social Work Education. During the Rust College


14th Reunion of Reunions, Dr. Ishmell Edwards, Vice President of College Relations presented Dr. Beckley with an award recognizing him for 25 years of service to Rust College. “Dr. Beckley serves Rust with passion and determination to ensure the College’s competency and return to stability,” said Dr. Edwards. Two major plans for


Rust College given by Dr. Beckley for the future of this institution includes: raise financial resources to keep the college operating in the black, and keep a balance between the best and the new while not


forgetting the excellence of the past.


He is a member of Asbury


United Methodist Church, Phi Delta Kappa Educational Fraternity, Alpha Phi Omega National Service Fraternity, Sigma Pi Phi Professional Men’s Fraternity, Omega Psi Phi National Fraternity, Inc., and a 33° Mason. Dr. Beckley is married to Dr.


Gemma Douglas-Beckley and have two daughters, Jacqueline B. Lampley, a public school teacher in Birmingham, Alabama, and Dr. Lisa B. Roberts, a professor and Department Chair at Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; one granddaughter, Christian Lampley; and a grandson, David A. Roberts.


TC, there was an enrollment of about 550 students and 22 faculty members. The college offered one bachelor’s degree, education. Frances Loguen Atkins, who Clark calls “Papa Atkins,” was college president.


Today, WSSU has more than


5,100 graduate and undergraduate students and nearly 1,000 faculty and staff. The university offers more than 70 graduate and undergraduate programs.


Her classmates included


a number of Ram notables, including Dr. Edward O. Diggs ‘38, the first African American admitted to UNC Chapel Hill’s Medical School who passed away in 2017; Spurgeon Ellington ‘39, a member of the famed Tuskegee Airmen; Imogene Brown Ellis ‘38, the first president of the Alumni Association; and Lorraine Morton ‘38, the first African-American mayor of Evanston, Illinois, who will turn 100 in December.


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