Contact:  Sheilah Anderson
Public Relations
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For Immediate Release

 



Shaw University Durham Alumni Chapter Gives Back to Alma Mater

Raleigh, NC -- (February 18, 2005) --  Shaw University Durham Alumni Chapter president, Ms. Cindy Brooks-Parks presents a check in the amount of $6 thousand to: (r. to l.)President Clarence Newsome; executive vice president Mr. Martel Perry, assistant vice president for academic affairs Dr. Terence Leathers; director of alumni relations and planned giving Ms. Reekitta Grimes; acting vice president for academic affairs Dr. Herman Thomas, and special assistant to the president, Dr. Claud Flythe. 

The Shaw University family thanks the Durham Alumni Chapter for its thoughtfulness, generosity, and caring spirit to ensure the vitality, and posterity of alma mater. 

Shaw University, founded in 1865, is the oldest historically Black institution in the South. Since 2003, the University has been under the leadership of Dr. Clarence G. Newsome. President Newsome’s leadership pursues the theme: “Strides to Excellence: Only the Best!”