by Skip Anderson
Bobby Johnson, former head coach of Furman University, was named
head coach of the Commodores football team Dec. 23, 2001.
Johnson, the 25th head coach in the University's 111-year football
history, succeeds Woody Widenhofer, who announced his intent to
resign midway through the 2001 season.
"I am very pleased we were able to find the ideal match for
the profile we established at the beginning of our search," said
Todd Turner, Vanderbilt director of athletics. "We wanted a proven
winner, we wanted someone with a proven commitment to excellence
and we wanted someone who would have the experience to put our
program on a path toward success. We found that person in Bobby
Johnson."
Johnson, 50, had a winning percentage of 62.5 percent (60-36)
during his eight years as Furman's head coach. He was recognized
three times as the American Football Coaches Association Region
II Coach of the Year.
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Music will highlight MLK Lecture Series
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| Posters featuring campus personalities
such as Ashley McElhiney, Chantelle Anderson and Zuzi Klimesova
(pictured) are being used to promote the 2002 MLK Lecture
Series. |
A performance by the internationally renowned Fisk Jubilee
Singers, a workshop on improving black-Jewish relations through
jazz, and a presentation about using music as a means of HIV/AIDS
intervention are just some of the highlights Jan. 14-Feb. 27
during Vanderbilt University's 2002 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative
Series -- "Music, Memory & The Movement: The Sounds of Liberation."
Grammy Award-winning a cappella group Sweet Honey in the Rock
will also perform as part of the series on Wednesday, Feb. 27,
at 7:30 p.m. at Langford Auditorium.
"Music is a means for profound human creativity -- giving voice
to the times and conditions, hopes and lamentations, sufferings
and joys, the wisdom of living -- and is often a powerful force
for progressive personal and social change. This is as true
today as during the civil rights Movement," Lucius Outlaw, director
of African-American Studies at Vanderbilt, said. "This year
we are using music to commemorate and draw inspiration from
the convictions and contributions of Martin Luther King Jr.,
as we ask ourselves, 'What work in behalf of peace and justice
ought we to be about today?'"
Professor proposes sponsorship to help security,
international education trade coexist
For the United States, educating international students is an
$11 billion business. But in the aftermath of Sept. 11, concerns
about national security have prompted questions about the wisdom
of admitting hundreds of thousands of foreign citizens into the
country so that they can study at U.S. colleges and universities.
Steve Heyneman, professor of international education policy
who spent two decades working on education policy with the World
Bank, said the business of international education and national
security don't have to be conflicting principles, and he offers
practical steps to ensure the viability of both. But, he said,
success will require a joint effort of government and higher education.
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