Florida Memorial College - Arch Yearbook (Miami, FL)

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CELEBRATING YEARS In October of i 980 Mrs. Coretta Scott King graced the Campus with charm, intellect and valuable insights into her work of carrying on the legacy of the late Dr. M.L. King. She was presented with an official mascot T-shirt by SGA President Wendell Carter, Also in 1980 the Center for Community Change, the Honors Program and the Evening Weekend Division were established. OPENING OF THE NEW STUDENT DINING HALL ent Dining Hall r«. r . «w..» u o B .ant step forward for the Campus, adding a striking new landmark. A sign of things to come, a joint FMC UNCF capital improvement and development campaign was also launched this

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TEN YEAD OF PDOGDEM 1978 Thursday. February ■«. msTHE MIAMTTIMES Florida Memorial Begins Lecture Series I ivi i -»- „„«■„«„, „ f rhiM Psvchiatry members of the Pressor of Child Psychiatry 11 ecognition to the late 5 Weldon Johnson s O ution to America and orida Memorial College. will be an annual public e which we choose to the -James Weldon ion Lectures . James ,n Johnson wrote and shed the Negro National m. Lift Every Voice Sing.. ' while a faculty ber at Florida Memorial , g e in St. Augustine, ret lecture will be held in Teaching Auditorium at ,da Memorial- College on uary 23rd, 1978 at 7.30 Guest Speaker will be iDr. es Comer. Maurice Falk ..... «t vaie are invited to attend!. FMC ' s First Memorial Lecture To Be Annual Susie Holley: She ' s Schools Best Booster ?ge Builds on fioo T £0 toeing n predecessor- — iff FLORIDA MEMORIAL COLLEGE OLDEST BLACK INSTITUTION IN FLORIDA Providing quality education for Blacks all om the country for 100 years Let us begin anofl 100 years with providir you will your educational needs. ■ » - — Carter Praii BY FRANCIS WARD - ' ■MJli-S Holley has been boosting the mostly black. Baptist- supported col- lege for nearly 50 years — or, as she says — since the De- pression, that ' s as far back as I can remem- ber I Her current foal is to raise $100,000 £:yY ' w «or ioo afc , i; YEARS OF LEADERSHIP CHARACTER SERVICE 1879-1979 1, 1 During Centeni Susie C. Holley help, Florida Memoria . . r »rpl i-nerai ions. Hres.dent .Jimmy J«» v v Memorial inspires a has pra.sed Florida Memorial rwj kno wledge and President. Dr. Willie C. ■ Robinson. Here is the text of Carters telegram sent to com- MpM: iMMllPflS memorate Florida Memorial CoUege Day. April 19th: • •The greatest tradition in America education Is the WtMMMMmwMSZmM insistence on the freedom to learn. A century ago a newly freed people founded the Florida Baptist Institute for negroes to give their children access to knowledge and | opportunities dented to Old Florida Memorial sh speaking a ( , , , ints indicate tha .. ution has char Campus Gets Face Lift ho DBSt CenlUry ' O Dr Willie C Roblnaon. •pprachund the cumpm will lit poo J C president of FlortdiMemort.1 be the wort 1 ' - hanging neeas c . u,,, tr.ir. mo .tudents. you will c g --. - «-»- £•- ,

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YEARS OF PROGRESS DEDICATION OF R. RAY GOODE RESIDENCE HALL s grants and donations continue t tal Improvement Campaign, Goode Hall opens, providing much-needed addi- tional housing for an ever-growing number of students.