Shaw University - Bear Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

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Dedication The Yearbook Staff each year salutes a faculty or staff member in recognition of outstanding achievement and dedication to service in advancing the cause of Shaw University. This year, the Shaw University Yearbook Staff respectfully salutes Dr. Urabi S. Mustafa. Born on the Western Bank of Jordan and now a naturalized United States citizen. Dr. Mustafa came to this country as a student in September, 1952 and has remained except for brief trips to Canada, Europe and the Middle East. Since its founding in 1865, Shaw University has served as mother institution for several hundred international students, primarily from Africa and including the honorable Angie Brooks of Liberia who, after graduating from Shaw, became Assistant Attorney General of Liberia and subsequently the first woman president of the United Nations General Assembly. Thus, when Dr Mustafa came to Shaw in 1966, he found a University administration that was readily supportive of his efforts to strengthen and expand the international dimension of the University ' s academic programs. Dr Mustafa prepared himself well for his role as a catalyst in developing Shaw ' s International Studies Program. Awarded the Bachelor of Science degree from Roosevelt University, Chicago, Illinois in 1953, he continued his formal training at American University in Washington, D.C. where he received both the Master of Arts in International Relations and the Doctor of Philosophy in International Relations and Organization, as well as diplomas in United States Foreign Policy and Diplomacy. This training and his personal experiences on the international scene have combined to give him the expertise required to develop a strong international studies program at Shaw. Named Director of International Studies in 1966, within two years Dr. Mustafa organized and directed a group of seventeen Shaw students and faculty members on a study tour of the Middle East, visiting such countries as the United Arab Republic, Lebanon, Jordan and Israel. Always mindful of importance of developing and expanding and expanding mutual understanding of the cultures of foreign nations, he has continued such study tour programs, primarily for Shaw students and faculty members, but also for personnel from other colleges and universities in the Research Triangle area, including Duke University, Saint Augustines College, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University and other institutions of higher education. Under the administration of our current President, Dr. Stanley H. Smith, and with his strong support and encouragemerit, the International Studies Center was elevated to academic divisional status in 1980. In the Center, special emphasis is placed on Africa, the Caribbean and the Middle East. The International Studies Center and the University ' s over all academic programs were further enhanced when the University received a grant of one million dollars for the construction of the Shaw University International Studies Center Building, dedicated in August, 1983. With the cost of construction at about $850,000 this marked the first time in the history of the University that a newly constructed building was fully paid for on completion, coordinated through the efforts of Dr. Mustafa, Dr. Stanley H. Smith, President and Dr. Thomas E. Kee, Vice President for University Relations. Because of his cooperative and energetic spirit of service, his untiring efforts to promote the welfare of Shaw University and its students, and as an expression of our respect and appreciation, the Shaw University Yearbook Staff is proud to dedicate the EXPLORATION ' 84 in honor of Dr. Urabi S. Mustafa. «i@g

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