Virginia State University - Trojan Yearbook (Petersburg, VA)

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Umgima State Cllmtvensitg PETERSBURG, vmcslNlA 23303 18041 520-5000 Z1 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT As an integral part of the Virginia State Family and its Mission this year, you perhaps have been witness to an intricate, yet welcomed, transi- tional phase in our legend. To fully comprehend and appreciate the mystique permeating our Year of Expectation and Assessment, one needed only to have demanded nothing less than all the University had to offer and, in turn, given back nothing less than all one had to give. Those who accepted what there was to experience, by their own contri- butions, have made it better now for all. Those who realized individual growth while living the VSU story are those who saw their University mature with them. Now, we have arrived at the dawn of our Renaissance. For while we proudly proclaim our celebrated history of a century of leadership is post- secondary education, we have emerged with broadened horizons, with a new name, and an expanded mission. As President, it has been my greatest joy and privilege to have harvested these successes with you, and as I look back, I realize that it's the going as well as the getting there that's good. I contend the greatest challenge now before us is whether we shall allow our proud past to become more meaningful than our future. Thomas M . PRESIDENT VSU: EDUCA TION, RESEARCH AND COMMUNITY SER VICE IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHSIDE VIR GINIA. . . An Equal Opportunity EmployerfEquaI Access Institution

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Ms. Cl'tl'iSfil'te DGWSOI1 EXGCUHVG ASStS1'Gl'1f to The President Mr. James E. Jones Assistant to the President for Institutional Advancement Mr. Robert M. Hendrick Assistant to the President for Support Services MT. Befndfdih F. Dabney Special ASSiSfCI tf to fhe PI'eSid6I'1f