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Contact:
Tom Davis
Troy Office of University Relations
334/670-3196
tomdavis@troy.edu
Office of University Relations
253 Adams Administration
Troy, AL 36082
(334) 670-3196
(334) 670-3274 (fax)
| TSU
to host first African-American Leadership Conference |
| Troy
State University’s Institute for Leadership Development
will sponsor the first African-American History Month Leadership
Conference Feb. 1-2. Led by successful African-American leaders, the conference is designed to teach specific skills associated with effective leadership. Lamar Higgins, the first African-American member of the TSU Board of Trustees, and Dr. Shirley Woodie, Director of the Institute for Leadership Development, are co-chairing the conference and leading an advisory board. Co-sponsors are the City of Troy, Pike County Chamber of Commerce, Troy United Women’s League and the Career Men’s Club. Conference sessions will deal with topics such as developing a personal leadership plan, managing meetings/parliamentary procedure and understanding technology, with a special emphasis on practical use of the Internet. Sessions will be held in the Adams Student Center’s second-floor ballrooms on the TSU campus. A highlight of the conference will be a closing luncheon, from noon-2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 2 in the Hawkins-Adams-Long Hall of Honor on the TSU campus, recognizing historic "firsts" in African-American leadership in Pike County. Wilson Edward Barnes, Marshal of the Supreme Court of Florida, will deliver the keynote address at the closing luncheon. The conference will open Friday, Feb. 1 with a reception at the Hall of Honor beginning at 6 p.m. Dr. Jack Hawkins, Jr., Chancellor, will give the official welcome. The Rev. Michael Thurman, pastor of Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church in Montgomery, will speak on the "status of African-American leadership." For more information about the conference, contact the TSU Institute for Leadership Development at (334) 670-3399. Wilson Edward Barnes Wilson Edward Barnes has been Marshal of the Supreme Court of Florida since 1990. He received bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Virginia State University and is also a graduate of the Naval War College in Newport, R.I. and the Command and General Staff College. He served in the U.S. Army from 1960-1988, retiring with the rank of Colonel. As Marshal of the Supreme Court, Barnes is responsible for facility management, security and administrative and logistical services required to operate the court. The Rev. Michael F. Thurman The Rev. Thurman has served as pastor of Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church since December 1996. He has also pastored churches in Alpharetta, Ga.; Ames, Iowa and New Orleans. He began his career in 1982 as pastor of Panther Creek Baptist Church in Mathews. The Rev. Thurman received his bachelor’s degree from Morehouse College and his master’s degree from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. |