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Origin and development of guidance and counseling in Tanzania schools
1.0. Overview
1.1. Background and History of School Counseling and the History of Primary School in School Practice and Other Environments
The history of school counseling began officially at the turn of the twentieth century, though the follow-up to the foundations of counseling and guidance was based on the philosophical teachings of ancient Greece and Rome, Plato and Aristotle. There are also some evidence that, in the Middle Ages, Catholic priests practiced the techniques and skills of modern counselors, as demonstrated by the commitment of the concept of confidential religion. Towards the end of the sixteenth century, Tomas Garzoni, Guez, W. & Allen, J. (2000) published Tomas Garzoni's Universal Map of Universities of the World (1626) as one of the first texts on career prospects. However, formal management programs using specialized textbooks started only at the turn of the twentieth century
. Counseling is a term that has long existed in Tanzania. We have recently tried to understand ourselves, advise and develop our potential, recognize the opportunities, and generally help ourselves in the way that formal counseling practices are used. In most communities, there was deeply embedded belief, and it is still within the context that people can help others with their problems in the right circumstances. Some people are helping others find solutions, solving or retrieving problems as Nwoye wrote (2009). At present, in schools, where cooperation between teachers and students is good, students learn in practice. Young people enhance their degree of freedom in their lives as they can and exploit opportunities. At best, help should enable people to lay down chains and effectively handle life situations. Unprecedented economic and social changes have changed our lives over the years. Consequently, all the lessons of the past can not effectively handle the challenges of modern times. Effective counseling, especially in the institutions of learning, has now become more important. Boys and girls, as well as young men and women, must be guided in the relationship between health and the environment, seeking skills, knowledge and attitudes that lead to the success and failure of life. The need for counseling has been of paramount importance in promoting the child's well-being. Effective guidance and counseling can help to improve the self-image of young people and to achieve progress in life. Counseling should authorize girls and boys to fully participate in and benefit from the economic and social development of the nation.
2.0. Definition of Terms
2.1. Guide
Guide is an action that shows the way for certain people, such as adolescents who do not find the right path. It controls, directs, guides and accompanies. The Guide says "Yes" to someone who asks for help. She says "Yes" to invite a man who wants a temporary partner for life.
Guidance gives guidance to the lonely, confused, moody, the suffering, the sick, and the lost. He points to thinking, feeling and acting. He led psychologically, emotionally and even spiritually to new ways of meaningful life. This is with fear and insecurity, with those who need someone along the rough road of life.
From an objective point of view, guidance is part of the counseling profession. It is called the directive advice. High schools and even college students need help if they do not know what decisions they can or in what direction. The counselor "opens" the electoral world for these people to choose. It's like showing the universe when everything a person sees the lonely planet Earth. The guidance counselor extends and widens the horizons of people who only see a narrow path or a hidden view on this path. Thus, the focus is on opportunities and choices.
Usually, instruction is done in schools. High school and college students require guidance and counseling in their school. More often than not, young people are not aware of what to do, how to react or respond, and how to act in certain decisions. When that happens, they need them older, wiser and more experienced to show them the way and guide them. It is the responsibility of this counseling adviser to extend assistance if needed to those who are confused, uncertain and need advice. However, some adults may need guidance.
2.2. Counseling:
Consultancy in Leadership and so on. This is a way of curing pain. It is both science and art. Science because it provides advice, counseling or assistance, the counselor must know the principles and techniques of counseling. The counselor should be able to use any of these principles and techniques as paradigms in order to provide advice. However, it is not enough to use these principles and techniques. Another important aspect is that the counselor can advise – the art of counseling. This aspect of counseling is a relationship, a sharing of life, in the hope that the injured person will heal. As a relationship, counseling involves physical, emotional, psychic or spiritual dimensions. The counselor should be able to have a good relationship with the counselor without being too intimate or too close to comfort or being too far away or far away. The emotional dimension of counseling includes empathy, sensitivity, and non-verbal signaling of counselors to understand uncompleted complexes or suppressed feelings. The psychic or spiritual dimension includes the counselor's "spiritual content" – within it. It is the interior of so-called personality. The counselor should receive the gift or pardon to see the inner world of the person, especially his state of mind, as this is very important in healing the pains of the patient. Other Definitions of Concepts
Biswalo (1996) defines guidance as a term used to signal a process of self-understanding and self-determination (self-determination) to maximize adaptation to your home, school, or community environment. However, this process depends on the advice. It also determines counseling as a process that helps an individual to accept and use information and advice to solve or cope with his current problem. He continues to note that sometimes the process helps the individual to accept an unacceptable situation, such as losing their loved ones and to somehow change the benefit rather than overcoming the situation. Guez and Allen (2000) noted that a single definition of counseling is difficult to consider. This is because the definitions of counseling depend on theoretical orientation. Counseling is a learning-oriented process that is usually an interactive relationship with a view to helping a person know more about me and using understanding that enables one to become an effective member of society. Counseling is a process by which a helper cares for the cares and concerns of a caregiver and facilitates the person's personal development and promotes change through self-knowledge. Counseling is the relationship between the person concerned and the person required. This relationship is usually a person-person, though sometimes more than two people may be affected. Designed to help people understand and clarify their views and learn how to reach their goals by meaningful, well-informed decisions and solving emotional or interpersonal problems. From these definitions, it can be seen that counseling can have different meanings.
3.0. The Origins of Guidance and Counseling Practice in the Pre-Colonial era
Tanzania's counseling has existed in the various forms and with different interpretations in society before the colonial era. Today's differences and contradictions come from the social and historical forces that have shaped a modern culture. In Tanzania, in all societies of people and at all times experiencing emotional or psychological anxiety and behavioral problems. Each culture was well-grounded in methods and methods to help people's problems. However, there is not enough written source about the origins of guidance and counseling in Tanzania schools. But as in other places before the colonial era, there were outstanding unique elements that could have lived together in the societies. Elements include an extensive family system, including clan and tribe, chief, taboos, various forms of initiation, and close contact with the ancestors and the elder.
The village is at the heart of society. While all these elements are important, only a few are used to illustrate the role of guidance and counseling in today's Tanzanian societies. Basically, traditional bosses had more roles, which included the authorities' authority and regulatory role. As these roles were accepted and respected by everyone, they showed a clear direction in the daily affairs of society. The elders, the boss, also provided valuable guidance and counseling for boys and girls. In most cases, the bosses maintained a vital relationship between the ancestors and the present generation. This relationship was confirmed by ritual rituals and taboos. It is easy to guide and advise young people, as rituals or ceremonies are also prepared to prepare for adult roles in society. The extended family, the clan and the village supported the society. No one liked the stranger. The counseling was easily attempted and ensured. Forms of counseling and counseling were given advice and shared wisdom
4.0. Practice of Guidance and Counseling in Tanzania Schools
4.1. Counseling and Counseling Practices in the Schools of Tanzania
In recognition of this, perhaps because we are thinking about concepts of schooling, we need to think about the importance of counseling in education. It is conceivable that the definitions and reports in the above guidance and counseling are directed to the educational area and are now correctly reported. Guez and Allen (2000) have pointed out that Truman Kelley founded the concept of educational counseling in Makinde (1988) in 1914, providing education services for students providing services that need assistance in important aspects of their education such as courses and study selection , choices of interest and abilities, and the choice of colleges and high schools. Educational counseling enhances the learner's knowledge of educational opportunities.
The increasingly complex composition of society in Tanzania, with social problems, such as HIV / AIDS and the rapid development of science and technology, poses serious demands on education. The school, as an important social institution, was obliged to adapt quickly to changing patterns and prepare citizens for tomorrow's challenges. This is where instruction and counseling in the education system helps boys and girls alike to develop their full capacity. These include intellectual, social, physical and moral abilities. This assistance is most important in Tanzania as long as the history and age of educational offerings and today's systems are present.
In Tanzania schools, the guidance and counseling practices come from the time of vocational training in the colonial period. In Tanzania, the process of creating consultancy services first had to understand the basic factors that affect people's beliefs and comments about such practices. However, he believed that he was not taken into account at that time and could take longer. It is especially important to understand economic, socio-political, religious beliefs, customs and traditions and cultural changes in the various regions of the country. Young people must be understood in this context, but also in the paradoxical situation of the traditional and modern world, but this is a big challenge in Tanzania and in many developing African countries. During the colonial period, there was some professional guidance under the Career Advice handled by career coaches. But the career masters chosen by the school principal did not have professional training in professional counseling. In fact, the obligation was limited to helping students by completing employment forms and typing applications. In missionary schools, professional counseling was confined to religious services. Teachers who are usually fathers, pastors, or have respected and directed the spiritually bent young people to be brothers, brothers, fathers and shepherds at the end of formal education.
Tanzania's schools and counseling were more or less private family affairs. Parents and relatives gave advice to their children in all areas of life management and problem solving. It is true that in many families the general duty of management was the traditional duty of family leaders, father, mother, uncle, aunts and grandparents. In the case of serious personal or family problems, counseling was specially organized by the community rather than in dealing with the problem. This is done without the knowledge of a formal or informal school system, but through experience and age based on collected wisdom. This kind of early counseling from school setting and community has helped young people live in society in the future.
4.2. Learning and Counseling Practices in Tanzania Schools in the Postcolonial Age
In many literatures and sources in Tanzania and some other African countries, counseling and counseling in the education sector is considered to be the youngest discipline. This was done on April 22-26, 2002. A first Africa Youth Advisory and Youth Development Conference held in Kenya, which showed that the Orientation, Advisory and Youth Development Program was held in April 1994 in Africa The First African African Conference on Girls' Education held in 1993 in Ouagadougou. It is designed to introduce or strengthen guidance and advice in African countries. It focuses on capacity building in the countries concerned and organizes trainings on both the regional and national levels for the management and advice of schools and dormitories.
In Tanzania schools we can call vocational guidance and counseling in 1984, the National Arusha Conference held in October 1984, where the government supported guidance and counseling that was an integral part of the country's education system (Biswalo, 1996). The purpose of the conference is to establish systematic criteria for guidance and counseling for high school students. The students were then advised, directed and advised on the selection of the job and the students for further training. This task was given to the career masters and lovers described below, but there was not enough counseling and advisory staff, not only in the responsible department but also in the schools.
Guidance and counseling has slowly become institutionalized and expanding with educational institutions. For example, schools need to take over the task of psychological support for boys and girls. However, Biswalo (1996) notes that in Tanzania policies for guidance and counseling are still missing. However, the Ministry of Education has somehow tried to name the services within the education system with career masters and lovers. He also said that the task of staff is to provide advice to secondary school leaders in order to select students for their jobs and to prepare for admission to further training; to help students understand and develop suitable jobs, training or training; to appreciate students' talents and abilities, and encourage them to help their careers or training in the most appropriate way and to help learners solve their personal problems that can affect their primary school development.
This is an impossible and realistic burden for unskilled personnel. This reflects the apathy of politicians and decision-makers in the new school management and counseling field; the strength of the myth of the intended workforce, in which career guidance is misunderstood as redundant and the lack of qualified staff who provide effective management and counseling services in schools. It is regrettable that, even after the October Arusha Conference on Confirmation of Tanzanian Tanks, where Government support and governmental services were an integral part of the country's education system, the services are still stained and ineffective in Tanzania's educational institutions. Such guidance and counseling is discussed at various primary, secondary and tertiary level by various scientists.
5.0. Guidance and Counseling Practices in Primary and Secondary Schools
In Tanzania, primary school levels were actually and there are no teacher-advisors for specific students. However, teachers themselves have to decide what action to do, as there are no programmed or timed activities for guidance and counseling. Teachers need to use some of the teaching to practice guidance and counseling in and outside the classroom, although not all teachers have gone through a teacher-counselor training. As children go to school, they need to find out about the school, the environment, the school community and the curriculum to encourage and develop the positive attitude of learning and school communities (Biswalo, 1996). As students are older and pass through different degrees, they should focus on studying skills, tackling learning difficulties and other school problems. But this activity does not happen systematically in elementary schools in Tanzania
There is not enough programmed or time-based management and counseling system for high schools yet. In some cases, this task is disciplined by the masters, sometimes by department heads and school leaders. At high school level, students want to look for educational opportunities, all kinds of information, and any other help for educational purposes. These needs are provided by educational counseling and counseling (ibid). At this level, students are assisted by subject choice, study techniques and tests and examinations. Biswalo (1996) has pointed out that sometimes in the material selection of prestigious rivers, such as in science, as many students as possible are proud of the students' actual abilities, interests and attitudes. He said that this unfortunate situation was born in secondary schools because of the lack of genuine education counseling and counseling services.
The school plays an important role in preparing students for continuing secondary education, paid employment, self-employment and life in the community, as clearly defined by the Ministry of Education in the objectives of the high school curriculum. In a unique way, pupils, teachers and parents can fully agree, as some schools focus on preparing for further education, particularly with regard to academic knowledge and the pursuit of success in national trials. That is, high schools where counseling is inadequate place little emphasis on creating a responsible attitude towards citizenship and local, regional or national community life and employment opportunities. However, the informal sector, which includes self-employment, needs to be emphasized in the formal sector, with implicit emphasis on white-collar workplaces.
5.1. Professional, Career Counseling and Counseling
In Tanzania, teachers are able to directly influence students' career prospects. The results and attitudes of students were related to the characteristics and results of their teacher (World Bank, 1995, Nyutu, P.N., and Norman C.G., 2008). However, the impact of the school depends on what formal interaction and communication is between students' students and students, while television and radio work through informal interactions between students. The influence of parents and siblings is both formal and informal
In most cases, it can be in Tanzania and other states where management and counseling rarely occur in schools; parents play a major role in influencing their children's career. Those with a lower qualification, eg. Teachers, officials, drivers, personal secretaries, soldiers, etc. They do not expect their children to follow up because the children with higher levels of learning sometimes seemed to be narrow and incomplete with interest. However, it is suggested that the parents' occupation may influence their children's choice of career, but it is with children who have a general skill in such workplaces and some have job skills that are relevant to workplaces. Access to information through media and other forms of technology is the aspirations of young people who can not largely be content in their own environment. It must be chosen and young people need to acquire the skills to assess situations and make informed choices. Young people in Tanzania do not have a natural, comprehensible order from birth to adulthood.
Provides secondary vocational guidance, but very few because of the lack of school or vocational counselors. With this type of counselor, students are helping fortunate schools, but vocational training is not emphasized because most students, teachers, and of course parents, force students to have long-term learning plans to prepare for the planned career. These counselors are designed with school leaders and teachers to provide students with special skills or disabilities with appropriate placement.
5.2. Higher Level
Higher degree students have orientation and other education counseling and counseling. In Tanzania, higher education institutions at least satisfied the needs of both qualified psychologists and university scholars for qualified students, although their number was low. Here, consultants play a major role in gathering comprehensive information about all aspects of a training career in the institution. Advisers sometimes integrate into the administrative or practical class to organize students' practice and are even more rarely associated with appropriate employment agencies (Biswalo, 1996).
6.0. The concept of guidance and counseling in Tanzania
According to Sima's (2004) research, vocational counseling is still unknown in Tanzania and in several African countries as a separate occupation. However, the emergence and adjustment of HIV / AIDS in the country has strengthened the basis of counseling. This is especially so because of the multifaceted nature of the HIV / AIDS pandemic, attention, unlike other human diseases, goes beyond the prerogative of the medical profession. Thus, counseling is a key way of preventing HIV infection, providing adequate and relevant information and social and psychological support for people who are infected and affected by the pandemic. Ibid continued to say that a number of non-governmental organizations have been providing counseling services since the pandemic has emerged, but there is no clarity about the type and nature of the advisory services. The nature and characteristics of consulting clients are also fuzzy.
In Tanzania, the aforementioned professional counseling is a relatively new phenomenon. Sima (2004) cited Outwater (1995) notes that before the HIV / AIDS epidemic there was no formal counseling service in Tanzanian hospitals, professional counselors and formal counseling systems. It was necessary to fill this gap without providing as many counselors as possible to provide optimal care for AIDS patients and relatives (NACP, 1989, quoted in ibid). Since then, numerous para-professional consultants have been trained in basic skills and counseling skills. At present, there are many counseling centers not only for HIV / AIDS issues, but also for Tanzanian problems. However, since counseling has become popular with the emergence of HIV / AIDS, many people assume that they are only infected by HIV / AIDS and patients and are afraid of being labeled (Sima, 2002, cited by Sima 2004).
7.0. Problems and Challenges
The Tanzanian Government has not yet defined guidance and advice on educational policy issues, despite the fact that schools are crucial and necessary. Biswalo (1996) pointed out that in Tanzania policies for guidance and counseling are still lacking. He continued that efforts to meet the needs of guidance and counseling are obviously hampered by a number of difficulties, including financial resources, to promote well-established small counseling activities for more than one school. In Tanzania, counseling is a relatively new phenomenon so far. There is not enough qualified counselor in schools and other educational institutions. At the same time, there are a limited number of qualified counselors, or are not used well in schools, or are doing other activities rather than what they have been trained. Some of the school counselors are teachers and are fully engaged in teaching tasks. Surprising advice is a key way of preventing HIV infection in providing relevant and relevant information and social and psychological support for HIV / AIDS infected and affected people (Sima, 2004). Slow growth in education systems due to lack of funds, training opportunities and large turnover of consultants for green pastures and suitably qualified advisers. For example, many schools lack counseling offices, trained teacher counselors and counseling tools. A források tekintetében számos lehetőség van a pénzügyi korlátok enyhítésére. Különleges iskolák a rászoruló szülők nevében megközelíthetik a nem kormányzati szervezeteket.
A Tanzániában működő szilárd szakmai tanácsadói szövetség hiánya a megfelelő gyakorlatra vonatkozó előírások meghatározása egy másik kihívás (Nwoye, 2008). A tanzániai főiskolák és egyetemek szakmai tanácsadói képzési programjainak elégtelensége is egy újabb kihívást jelent.
Nincsen erőfeszítés a tanácsadói tanterv kidolgozására a középiskolákban és főiskolákban, valamint az egyetemeken a tanácsadási és tanácsadási tanfolyamokon. Az útmutatás tantervét és a válaszadó szolgáltatásokat úgy lehet strukturálni, hogy foglalkozzon az öt tartalmi területen, nevezetesen az emberi kapcsolatokkal, a karrierfejlesztéssel, a társadalmi értékekkel, az önfejlesztéssel és a tanulási készségekkel. Iránymutató tananyagot lehet tanítani a különböző szintű hallgatóknak vagy kis csoportokba, hogy foglalkozzanak velük hasonló kérdésekkel. Ahhoz, hogy útmutatásokat és tanácsadási programokat biztosítson Tanzániában, szakképzett szakembereket kell alkalmazni az iskolákban való menedzselésre és szolgáltatásnyújtásra. Az ilyen szakembereknek rendelkezniük kell a vonatkozó létesítményekkel és a strukturális támogatással. Ugyanakkor az egyetemek és a tanárképző intézményeknek olyan szakmai programokat kell kialakítaniuk és fejleszteniük, amelyek szakmai tanári tanácsadókat és más irányító személyzetet képeznek
Még mindig nem elegendő a felsőoktatási intézményekben való segítségnyújtás annak érdekében, hogy a diákok elérhessék karrierlehetőségeiket. A mai hallgatók azonban arra utalnak, hogy magasabb igény mutatkozik a pályaorientációra, mint a diákok az elmúlt évtizedben. Ezért a hallgatóknak nagyobb szükségük van arra, hogy megfelelő szakmai információkat szerezzenek, amelyek lehetővé teszik számukra, hogy jobb fizetett munkahelyeket keressenek. Sok iskola a múltban kinevezett néhány tanárt, mint karrier-mestert anélkül, hogy a szükséges pályaorientációs képzést és felszereléseket biztosítaná. Az ilyen karrier-mesterek általában azt feltételezik, hogy minden egyetemista egyetemistákon végződik, és csak arra koncentrál, hogy segítse a hallgatókat az egyetemi pályázati formák teljesítésében. Itt az ideje, hogy a kormány olyan politikát alakítson ki és hajtson végre, amely elősegíti az általános iskoláknak a felsőoktatásra való irányítását és tanácsadását, és olyan szakmai programokat fog kidolgozni, amelyek a szakmai tanári tanácsadókat és más irányító személyzetet képeznek
. Következtetés
Az útmutatás és tanácsadás célja, hogy felkészítse a tanulókat az iskolai programjukba, hogy a megfelelő munka világába lépjen, az iskolai tanterv és a foglalkoztatás összekapcsolásával. Ahhoz, hogy az iskola sikeres legyen ebben a törekvésben, a tantárgyakat kellemes és kényelmes környezetben kell tanítani, és a tanulók számára fontosnak és érdekesnek kell lenniük. Egy másik tényező, amelyet figyelembe kell venni, olyan kompetens tanárok felvétele, akik képesek arra, hogy irányítsák és tanácsot adjanak a tanulóknak a munkaerőpiacon tanítottakhoz. Amit tanítanak és hogyan tanítják, nagy hatással lehetnek a tanulók érdeklődésére és észlelésére. In Tanzania the spirit to plan and use guidance and counseling services in the effective development and utilization of their respective young human resources is evidently strong. However, as Biswalo (1996) said the efforts directed towards fulfilling this need are apparently thwarted by several difficulties. It appears total and enlightened commitment on the part of policy and decision makers is necessary and should be definitely surmount the problems.
The emergence of career development in western countries as a construct suggests that it may be an essential area in developing country like Tanzania where students need assistance; students particularly need assistance in selecting colleges and courses. To this end, the schools should offer a career guidance and counseling programme under the able leadership of qualified school counselors.


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Under Miller's tutelage, Western Carolina women's soccer has had five players earn Southern Conference accolades.
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In 2010, Miller returned to Cullowhee and had one player placed on the All-Freshman Team; Brittany Gendron. The team posted a 5-10-4 record and finished 10th in the SoCon.
Miller replaces former head coach Tammy DeCesare, for whom he spent three seasons on the sidelines within Cullowhee before taking the head job at Catawba. During his first stop at WCU, Miller was the recruiting coordinator and was very involved in the academic oversight of the student-athletes and the fund-raising efforts for the Catamounts. He additionally oversaw three graduate assistant coaches and trained the WCU goalkeepers for a program that posted a 32-23-8 overall mark and won the 2008 Southern Conference Tournament title, advancing to the NCAA Tournament. He is also just the third head coach in the Catamount program's following DeCesare (2005-09), and Debbie Hensley, who led the program from its inception in 1999 through the 2004 season.
In 2009 Miller lead the Catawba women's soccer team to a finish ranked sixth in the Southeast Region, just missing out on grabbing an at-large berth into the NCAA Division II Tournament. The Indians finished the season with a 13-5-2 record and were knocked out in the semifinal round of the South Atlantic Conference Tournament. Five Catawba players - including three freshmen - were named to the SAC All-conference team including a pair of first-team selections.
A 1994 graduate of Pfeiffer University, Miller guided his alma mater's women's soccer program for seven years starting in 1999. He led the Falcons to an overall record of 80-50-9 and 54-18-6 in conference play during his tenure. Miller directed the Lady Falcons to three consecutive Carolinas-Virginia Athletic Conference (CVAC) tournament finals appearances and two regular season titles where he was also named the CVAC "Coach of the Year," in 2000 and 2005. During his tenure at Pfeiffer, the Falcons were honored five-straight seasons, from 2001-05, with the NSCAA & Adidas College Team Academic Award. Miller also coached 36 All-CVAC players and 17 all-tournament acknowledgments, including three CVAC Players of the Year and one freshman of the year. Seven of his players were named National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Southeast All-Region, equaling that number with three NSCAA Academic All-Americans.
Prior to moving to the collegiate coaching ranks, Miller also got his first taste of coaching in Stanly County in central North Carolina, first as an assistant at North Stanly High (1991-97) and then as head coach at West Stanly High in 1998.
Miller graduated from Pfeiffer in with a bachelor's degree in Sports Medicine and Exercise Science. He was a four-year varsity letter winner and team captain for the Pfeiffer men's soccer program along with assistant coach Todd Herman.
He possesses 21 years of total coaching experience ranging from the high school and club levels to the collegiate ranks. Miller was the Co-Founder and Coaching Director of SC United Soccer Club (1993-2000), and has also been involved with NC ODP over the past 14 years and holds coaching licenses from the NSCAA and USSF.
Miller was married to the former Stacey Radford in January of 2010 and they have two sons Thomas and Carson. They reside in Sylva, NC, and Stacey is Assistant Athletic Director for Academics & Compliance/Senior Woman Administrator for Western Carolina University.


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Over the past few months I've taken the first steps in producing a new and exciting body of work that reexamines the role of natural materials in the field of ceramic art - particularly within the genre of 'place-based' making. While I have been wanting to pursue this work for quite some time, this project could not have been initiated without the assistance from the Jerome Ceramic Artist Project Grant provided by Northern Clay Center.
Throughout my career I've become mindful of how my preference for certain materials has defined the direction of my work. Focusing on vessel based forms produced using traditional techniques such as wheel throwing and hand building, I have emphasized finding natural clay resources that provide adequate plasticity for a workable material. While I have always sought to find clays that meet this requirement while still retaining a strong voice of earth (abundant stones and sand,) I recognize that it has forced me to view non-plastic resources as being secondary to the clay itself.
By abandoning the requirements of vessels and traditional techniques, I anticipate that this new sculptural work may help reshape this perspective and place an greater emphasis on non-traditional materials - stones, sands, aggregates, and sediments.
My intention for the project is to focus on several unique geological resources and settings which occur throughout the state of Minnesota. By researching the history of these formations, their impact on industry and Minnesota culture, and their properties in relation to the contexts of ceramic art and sculpture, I intend for each series to interpret and express the unique history of each setting through its own vocabulary of form, surface, and construction technique.
Fond Du Lac Series
I first discovered the Fond Du Lac formation in 2017 while looking for a self fluxing source that could be used in high quantities in my clay bodies. The deposit is exposed along a very localized stretch of land near the Duluth suburb of Fond Du Lac and along the St. Louis River - the largest river feeding Lake Superior.
The Fond Du Lac Sandstone is quite rare compared to others throughout the state in that, while most of Minnesota's sandstones are composed almost entirely of silica from ancient igneous rocks, this formation contains a high percentage of orthoclase (potassium) and plagioclase (sodium+calcium) feldspar, clay minerals and eroded fragments from volcanic rocks of Keweenawan age, dating over 1 billion years old. Based on the publications I've researched so far, there are no other sandstones with the same mineralogical diversity and history exposed in the state.
The collected samples were fired to 2250 in oxidation to see the effect of their feldspar content. The results were varied, but most samples remained porous and easily breakable after firing - leading me to believe its application might not be best as a grog. After moving on to other options, I quickly returned to the potential of the rock as I began planning for this project. After tests of fluxing the slabs by soaking them in solutions of low fire clay before firing proved successful, I revisited photos of the natural setting for ideas on how to move forward.
Formed by seasonal rivers which carried sediments captured in glaciers, the sandstone displays remarkable expressions of cross bedded formations - strata that reflect the annual cycle of these melt-waters. The soft, shale-like slabs are broken free by the waters of the creek and are left in mounds - destined to be further eroded and carried into Lake Superior.
I was first amazed by the haphazard beauty of the jumbled piles of sandstone found along the creek and wanted to find a way of revisiting this sense of 'arrangement' in my own studio. Fragments of these rocks are dipped in a sandy, clay-rich glacial soil which acts as both a glue while assembling and a flux while firing. The pieces are fired in fire-clay troughs lined with refractory sands and aggregates. The liner prevents the pieces from fluxing to the trough but fluxes to the work itself, creating a historical sense of orientation that is used to visually support or contradict the overall expression of the piece.
The following tests show an interest in a balance between two approaches: My first impulse was to create rhythm, order, and emphasize the presence of line and composition. Yet I found it equally exciting to work with natural chance by picking up and dropping the soil covered rocks into naturally formed piles. My attraction to these unanticipated arrangements was more in line with my first impression of the rocks in their natural setting - placed in whatever order and position the waters are able to achieve. Even without conscious thought, these arrangements have remarkable grace and gesture.


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The purpose of this division is to provide a traditional liberal arts education that prepares students to function as Christian professionals in a variety of career settings in their chosen field of study.
This division comprises the engineering and computer science, humanities, natural sciences, and nursing departments of Pensacola Christian College, each of which offers undergraduate degrees. The nursing department also offers a graduate degree.
The purpose of the nursing major is for the students to learn to apply both scriptural and scientific methods to nursing services rendered to individuals, families, and communities. The accomplishment of this dual goal encompasses biblical concepts about the relationships between God and man, man and fellow man, and man and the physical universe.
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Michael Young Talks to StemBook About Stem Cells, Retinal Repair, and the Eye as a Model for Stem Cell Transplantation
Michael Young, Ph.D., is Associate Scientist and Director, Ocular Regenerative Medicine Institute at Schepens Eye Research Institute, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School and Affiliated Faculty member at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute. He completed his Ph.D. at the University of Cambridge and did postdoctoral work at University College London and M.I.T.
StemBook editor, Lisa Girard, spoke with Michael recently about the work in his lab on stem cells, retinal repair, and what the future might hold translating findings into the clinic. Below is an edited transcript of the conversation.
Can you tell me a little about what your lab here at Schepens works on?
We work on regeneration of the retina, and we do that with drugs and we also do that with stem cells. So were focused on trying to rebuild the photoreceptor layer, mostly, of the degenerating retina.
What are, a bit more specifically, some of the projects ongoing in your lab?
We have two main projects. One is using retinal stem cells to try to replace lost photoreceptors in the degenerating retina, and that's really targeted at retinitis pigmetosa initially, but we hope things like macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, diseases like those, will also be treatable someday with stem cells. The other project involves drug delivery to the eye. We are trying to use drugs that mimic or induce the expression of GDNF (glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor), a growth factor, in the retina and it has been shown to be one of the most potent growth factors, rescuing all cells really, photoreceptor cells, ganglion cells, all these cells can be protected by GDNF so we're trying to come up with new strategies to deliver these drugs into the back of the eye.
Do you know what is the mechanism by which GDNF acts?
So we know that the Muller glia of the retina, sort of the radial glia of the eye, are very much involved in the process. The signaling likely goes through these cells and the Muller glia have a whole host of mechanisms to save, or in cases of disease, actually target for death other neurons in the retina. So what we think is that Muller glia have receptors for GDNF that signals through GDNF Receptor Type 1 and Ret and then it gets complicated and we don't know what comes next. But there are multiple pathways that could all converge on rescue of other neurons.
One thing that's a big challenge in stem cell therapeutics is allogeneic response in stem cell transplantation, so one of the things that seems interesting about the eye as a model for stem cell therapeutics is immune privilege and I was wondering if you could talk a little bit about that?
Sure. Immune privilege was discovered many years ago by my mentor, Wayne Streilein, in the anterior chamber of the eye and he called it ACAID (anterior chamber immune deviation). What that means is that, in general, the eye has a deviant immune response, a distinct immune response that is antigen specific. So the first time the eye sees an antigen it's recognized and that generates suppressor T cells, meaning the second time that antigen comes around, the second time the body sees that antigen, there is an active downregulation of the immune response, so it can induce tolerance to tissues. But, a couple of things, it's not complete, and not all cells will survive in the eye, and we don't know what happens in the diseased eye. So that's a big question, a lot of disease states get rid of immune privilege and we don't know in the diseased eye whether it's going to be present. It is a really big question right now whether the altered immunity of the eye is a good thing or a bad thing for graft survival.
So has this kind of altered immunity been seen in some of the diseases that are more commonly known such as retinitis pigmentosa and macular degeneration?
We know only about this from animal studies, and we know that laser injury gets rid of it. A model of RPE cell death, sodium iodate toxicity, also gets rid of it, so it seems like things that break down the blood-retinal barrier, which is analogous to the blood-brain barrier, might impact this. Some diseases have the broken down barrier and some do not. It depends on the disease, I think, but more to the point I think its important to note that the cell type that's being transplanted is very important also. RPE cells can present antigen, so my feeling is that that just using allogeneic RPE cells might not be enough, you're going to need immunosuppression. Something's going to have to happen for those cells to survive, I predict. For cells that target the photoreceptor cell layer, or ganglion layer, these are neurons that do not present antigen and if they're derived from stem cells they should be pure and not contain passenger leukocytes that could induce immunity. So, I think for our photoreceptor work, ganglion cell work, that's in its early stages. I think neuron replacement in the eye is going to be very good in terms of acceptance of allogeneic tissue without systemic immune suppression. That's what we are working on, a platform that would be an allogeneic graft and we are not proposing systemic immunosuppression, but local anti-inflammatory drugs that might get you over that hump of initial cell transplantation and cell survival but not do the kinds of things that chronic immunosuppression can do, which can be very bad especially in an elderly population, it's not a good idea.
I know you mentioned GDNF, but are there any other drugs or compounds that could potentially protect or facilitate regeneration of retinal pigment epithelium cells (RPE) or retinal ganglion cells?
So the molecule that we like best is GDNF. It works great for ganglion cells. We've published stuff in mice, rats, and pigs showing ganglion cell protection with GDNF. CNTF (cilliary neurotrophic factor) is a drug that is already in the clinic for retinitis pigmentosa. There is an interesting paper that just came out showing CNTF works very well as an adjuvant therapy to gene therapy, but its got this weird controversial quality. CNTF temporary dedifferentiates cones and it's controversial what it is doing but certainly if you put CNTF into the eye, the ERG (electroretinogram), test of retinal function, goes down, and then it gets better and some groups have described this response as a dedifferentiation of the cones and they think that's because the cones get a collapse of their outer segments the structures that actually capture light, so they can't capture much light anymore, but this is temporary and they come back.
That's fascinating. So have they seen that morphologically?
Yes, exactly. Now it looks like we can look very carefully at this with noninvasive stuff, like OCT (optical coherence tomography), that can look very carefully at some of these 4-5 micron-thick layers of the retina and quantify them noninvasively over time and that is where this data has come from. So it looks like CNTF, which was initially messing up the eye, it was feared, might actually be temporary and then get better. So that's a drug that's being used by Neurotech in a slow release vehicle. We just had a conference here and I asked a real thought leader in the field about neuroprotection in glaucoma and he was not very optimistic. His opinion was that everything that has been tried has failed, that is basically true I would say, not great drugs have been tried so far but the reality is that it is a very difficult clinical trial for a long progressive degeneration like in glaucoma. So it's very expensive to design a clinical trial and what are the endpoints? There are many unanswered questions and that is why glaucoma drugs have died on the vine before getting to clinical trials, because well what would it look like? It's scary. And drug companies back away from that.
So aren't there other diseases that are thought to be similar in mechanism to long- term diseases such as glaucoma but progress more quickly?
Yes, a surrogate, and that's what we've tried to do but have been less than successful at that so far. There's a mitochondrial disease, labors hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON), that happens very quickly, that's the best example of an optic neuropathy that happens very rapidly. What we know from animals basically comes from crush injury, which doesn't really model anything except for something that happens occasionally, traumatic optic neuropathy. To create crush injury you just use tweezers and squeeze the nerves and you get an injury. I am not a fan of that, I don't do that. We actually elevate the intraocular pressure. You can do that in a mouse, a rat, a pig. It's not that easy in a mouse but it can be done, it's just designing the experiment correctly, you can get these sort of models that tell us, "yes this would work in glaucoma, but it would take a 10 year study to prove that in a phase 1 trial". So, a surrogate disease is what we've been pushing forward. You mentioned RPE, and that not something I'm terrible familiar with, since they are not neurons, not something I have worked a lot on, but saving the RPE cells is something that is tempting to think about but hasn't really been attempted, we've gone straight to replacement without the neuroprotective step in between. The RPE cell therapy now in the clinic is an RPE cell transplant and that's ACT work and you mentioned Masayo Takahashi from RIKEN in Japan using iPS cells to generate RPE cells as well . So, one is in the clinic now, and we'll see if the iPS work is going to be in the clinic as fast as people think. I think it's early days to be putting iPS cells in a patient's eyes. The eye is a great place to do cell therapy but it doesn't mean we can do anything in the eye. There are lots of places to get RPE cells that aren't iPS so the question is, do we need, as a group in Wisconsin is doing, a bank of immune tissue types present? These "super donors", these people that are homologous for some of these loci. They might be great donors. That's one way to go but I'm not convinced we need to go all the way to syngenic or autologous transplantation. That brings up the issue of maybe those RPE cells are in fact diseased and that's why they're dying, that's one possibility. There are some diseases for which that is clearly not the case and you can target the RPE, but again, finding RPE cells is not a hard task. You can make them from ES cells, get them from fetal tissue, we don't need to reinvent the wheel to obtain RPE cells.
You mentioned the ACT trial as well as the anticipated RIKEN trial in Japan. So what do you think subsequent trials are going to look like?
I predict, and I think its not an old prediction, that we will move beyond injecting a bolus of stem cells, or stem cell progeny, in this case and move toward an organized sheet, and depending on which group is working on it, a degradable or nondegradable polymer scaffold. I think it is clear from the early work in the ACT trial that most of the cells they are injecting die because RPE cells need a substrate and they don't get one for a few days after they inject them into the subretinal space in a bolus, so that's a bad way to deliver cells. A great first step and it's easier to make a needle injection than place a scaffold in the eye, its much more difficult surgically, but RPE cells are not going to survive in that microenvironment. So for next steps, a group in London and a group in California are both working on scaffold approaches, delivering sheets of cells as a monolayer and then they'll survive. What they will do we can then address but they will be involved in the next trial which is going to be more in cell survival.
This is a degradable scaffold?
The two groups are using different nondegradable scaffolds, different materials. Pete Coffey's group on one hand and Mark Humayun, Dennis Clegg and these people working on the CIRM funded project. And they work together but their clinical trials will be different.
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Meghann is an illustrator from Vancouver Island on the west coast of Canada. She is known for creating work that is feminine and sophisticated with a touch of whimsy while combining bold graphic influences with her background in realism.
She graduated from the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in 2006 and spent several years showing and selling her original artwork before discovering that illustration was her true calling. Since then her work has been featured in several magazines and books including Flow Magazine's Lesebuch and Carolina Amell's Illustrated Maps. Clients also include Canadian Tire, Bespoke Letterpress and Case Station.
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Renewal, in the North, is a long arduous climb. We scratch at the walls of our caves, half-blinded and gasping. There are no colours to revive, no palette to refresh...every year this world reboots from a vacuum, from the greys and the browns and the deathly hush of winter. Wild-eyed pagans rush towards the sun, washing cars, throwing Frisbees—oblivious to the desolation. We live of hope, secure in the knowledge of a coming explosion—greens and purples and yellows filling our thoughts in anticipation.
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Board Chairman
Staff Vice President, Operations Analysis FedEx Corporation
Donald W. Comer is Staff Vice President Operations Analysis, FedEx Corporation. In this role Comer's charter is to solve complex business problems, exploit credible options for innovation and drive operational change that supports near term and strategic business goals.
Prior to his current role Comer was Director, Digital Access Marketing with responsibility for a portfolio of technology solutions that provides global customer access to FedEx transportation services impacting nearly $28 billion in revenue.
Over his career he has assumed increasing levels of responsibility in varying business disciplines including finance, marketing, project management, strategic planning, and leadership.
Comer holds a bachelor degree from the University of Tennessee at Martin in accounting and a MBA from the University of Memphis' Executive MBA program.
He is a recipient of the FedEx Five Star Award, awarded each year to the top two percent of employees and the Ambassador's Club a FedEx award given to a select number of staff for high performance and outstanding contributions to furthering business objectives.
He is a member of the Board of Trustees for Stillman College and LeyMoyne-Owen College. He is a life member of the National Black MBA Association® where he was named to the National Black MBA Magazine's Top 50 Under 50 Executives; is a recipient of the National Black MBA Association's Chairman's Award, the organizations signature award presented by the board chairman in recognition of demonstrated visionary leadership and service to the organization and larger community; and currently serves as treasurer of the national board of directors. He is also a life member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. where he has been named Memphis Alumni Chapter Kappa Man of the Year.
Board Vice Chair of Policy and Programs
Head of Product Security & Services Office
Royal Philips
Michael C. McNeil is the current Global Product Security & Services Officer for Royal Philips. In this capacity, McNeil is responsible for leading the global product security program for the company and insuring consistent repeatable processes are deployed throughout their products and services in the Healthcare market. Prior to this assignment, McNeil was the former Global Chief Privacy & Security Officer at Medtronic responsible for the development and design of their initial product security and incident response management programs; Chief IT Security Officer at Liberty Mutual Group; Global Chief Privacy Officer at Pitney Bowes, and Vice President, Chief Privacy Officer of Data Services for Reynolds & Reynolds.
McNeil is a noted security and privacy expert, he has recently provided expert testimony before Congress on Cybersecurity; conducted in-house training and presentations for industry, customers and clients at several security and privacy conferences worldwide.
Michael is a current member of the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Healthcare Industry Cybersecurity Task Force; current Chair of the Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA) Cybersecurity Committee; Board member of National Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center (NH-ISAC) and is an active member of the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI), Medical Device Safety & Security Consortium (MDISS) organizations.
He was recently named an inaugural, 2013 Top 10 Breakaway Leader of Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), and was also awarded in 2013 as the First Minneapolis CISO Visionary Award, in addition to these accomplishments, he was also awarded the 2011 Outstanding MBA of the Year by the National Black MBA Association®.
Michael is married to Devita McNeil and they are the proud parents of two children (Danielle and Vincent) and grandfather of Jadyn.
Board Secretary
Director, Corporate Relations
Georgia Power
Charmaine Ward-Millner is Corporate Relations Director for Georgia Power. She is responsible for building and maintaining key state and national relationships with diverse organizations and opinion leaders. Her efforts focus on forming strategic alliances with diverse segments of the company's 2.5 million customers, corporate partners and civic organizations to garner support and promote advocacy for important industry and company issues. She also works closely with internal executives and community leaders to develop sustainable initiatives aligned with the company's business goals and philanthropic strategies supporting its mission to be "a citizen wherever we serve."
Charmaine has held senior-level positions with Georgia-Pacific, John H. Harland, Bank of America, Showtime Networks and IBM. She has created tremendous value as a corporate leader in the areas of philanthropy, corporate affairs, diversity, marketing, and sales.
She is a noted speaker, a serial entrepreneur, an adjunct professor at Georgia State, a certified John Maxwell Leadership Coach, and an Associate Certified Coach with ICF (International Coaching Federation).
Charmaine's service to the community is widespread. She serves as Secretary for the National Black MBA national board, Vice Chair for the National Black Arts Festival Board, Secretary for the Atlanta Business League board and Chair of Special Events for Kenny Leon True Colors Theatre board. She is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and the Links, Inc. She is also an alumna of United Way VIP, Education Policy Fellowship Program (EPFP), Leadership Georgia, and Leadership Atlanta.
Charmaine is humbled by the numerous awards she has received recognizing her civic contributions:
Atlanta Technical College "Bridge Builders Award"
Atlanta Tribune Magazine "Women to Watch"
Uptown Professional Magazine "Catalyst Award"
NBMBAA "Chapter President of the Year"
YWCA Greater Atlanta "Women of Achievement"
Who's Who In Black Atlanta "30 Powerhouse Women"
Rolling Out Magazine "25 Women of Achievement"
Atlanta Business League "100 Most Influential Black Women in Atlanta"
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. "Torch Award"
Concerned Black Clergy "Corporate Award"
Charmaine graduated Magna Cum Laude with a B.A. in Economics from Clark Atlanta University and earned an MBA with honors from Kennesaw State University.
A native of Chicago, she is an avid reader, loves the theatre, and enjoys international travel. She is married to Keith Millner and has two step daughters, Hershey and Kameron.
Charmaine's personal mission is to be a CATALYST, creating positive change in individuals and organizations through servant leadership.
Corporate Vice President, Financial Services Industry
Microsoft World Wide Commercial Business
William (Bill) Borden is a financial professional with more than 30 years of experience working in some of the world's largest financial institutions and technology corporations.
Bill is currently managing director and head of GTS Strategy, Advisory and Strategic Solutions Delivery (SSD) in Global Transaction Services (GTS) at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. In his role, Bill leads the development of and communication around the strategy for GTS, a business that generates more than
$6.5 billion in annual revenues. He also oversees GTS Advisory, a team of former corporate treasury professionals who consult with clients around highly strategic changes to their treasury organization.The SSD team he manages produce high-impact sales and client communications.
Previously, Bill was global head of Client and Account Management, Equity Asset Management Services in the bank's Global Markets organization, where he was responsible for client on-boarding and account management for a number of institutional investor financing products. Before that, Bill led the global product sales team for GTS.
Prior to joining Bank of America Merrill Lynch in 2012, Bill spent 13 years at Citigroup where he held several senior positions including managing director and head of the North America Public Sector State and Local Government team in the company's Treasury & Trade Solutions organization. He also held senior strategic positions within Citi's Chairman and Chief Executive Office, and in Citi Cards.
During his four years at R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, Bill worked in sales, becoming vice president in the General Sales Atlantic & Government Region where he was responsible for managing, organizing, and developing sales for the region. Under his leadership, the team achieved 115% of sales plan objectives and 20% year-over-year revenue growth.
At International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), Bill performed a number of roles in marketing and sales and rose to become a sales manager in the company's Consulting Group, leading a team that sold business transformation, application development, and systems integration consulting services to solve client business problems. The team's efforts contributed more than $20 million in revenue to IBM.
Bill is committed to helping the communities in which he lives and works through board membership, volunteering and mentoring. His board memberships include: Chicago Cares (1992-1995); The Robert Toigo Foundation (2006-2008); The Beyond Diversity Resource Center (2005-2015); New Jersey Advocates for Education Advisory Board (2006-2010); and Bank of America Black Executive Leadership Council Advisory Board (2012-present).
He has volunteered and mentored with the following organizations: Citigroup African American Heritage Network (2001-2012; founding member and executive sponsor); Bank of America African American Heritage Network NYC Chapter (2014-present; executive sponsor); Bank of America Global Banking & Markets Diversity and Inclusion Council (2013-2016); Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children Essex County (donor and volunteer); Sigma Pi Phi Mu Boule Foundation (donor, volunteer, mentor); The Chicago Housing Project's Cabrini Green Tutoring program (past mentor); The Long Island
City PS 78 Tutoring Program (past mentor); The Community Food Bank of NJ (volunteer); NY City Harvest (volunteer).
Bill is a member of The Executive Leadership Council (ELC), the preeminent membership organization for the development of global black leaders. He holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Cornell University, where he was a varsity football letterman. He also holds a Masters in Business Administration from Northwestern Kellogg School of Management.
Bill and his wife Terri reside in New Jersey and are the proud parents of two children, Kyle and Kara.
CEO, Capital Fortitude Business Advisors
Chairman, McPherson Local Implementing Redevelopment Authority
Cassius F. Butts is the founder and CEO of Capital Fortitude Business Advisors, a boutique management-consulting firm located in Atlanta, GA with satellite relationships in Orlando, Las Vegas and Washington, DC. As an accomplished executive, Mr. Butts served in leadership roles with Bank of America, Fleet Bank and two presidential administrations. In 2018, Georgia Governor Nathan Deal appointed Mr. Butts as chairman to the McPherson Implementing Local Redevelopment Authority (Fort Mac LRA). He also recently completed a two-year appointment as executive in residence at the Robinson College of Business within Georgia State University.
Mr. Butts is the former Regional Administrator for the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) appointed by President Barack Obama in 2011. It was with SBA where he managed five record-breaking years for SBA lending within the eight southern states. He strategically helped to back over $30 billion dollars to small businesses during his appointment. Mr. Butts previously served as a Presidential Management Fellow under the George W. Bush Administration within the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD). He assisted in the establishment of HUD's multimillion marketing procurement process and was named Branch Chief of the Real Estate Owned division during his tenure.
Mr. Butts is a graduate of Morehouse College, Clark Atlanta University's Graduate School of Public Administration and Emory University's Life Learning Institute where he received a Certificate in Grant Writing. He enjoys volunteering his time with several organizations such as the World Affairs Council-Atlanta chapter, Chair, Morehouse College National Society of Leadership and Success and the Morehouse Mentoring program. He also serves on the board of directors of the National Black MBA Association, and Operation Hope. Mr. Butts is also a graduate of Leadership Atlanta class of 2012.
U.S. IT Digital Business Partner, MillerCoors
Ashton Clark is an Information Technology (IT) leader/intrapreneur and nationally award winning entrepreneur who started his first successful business at the age of 13. He leveraged that success to launch several others including Equity Twins, LLC which is a residential real estate company he started with his twin brother in Chicago. Ashton currently has an exciting career in beer, working in the Chicago headquarters for MillerCoors as the U.S. IT Digital Business Partner. Prior to MillerCoors, Ashton worked at Accenture as an IT Strategy and Transformation Analyst.
In 2010, Ashton graduated from the College of Business at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign where he studied accountancy with a minor in technology and management (engineering). In 2018, he graduated from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management as a Dean's Distinguished Service scholar with his MBA.
Ashton is a motivational speaker/storyteller and mentor to aspiring young entrepreneurs in Chicago. Giving back to the community is an essential part of Ashton's life. Ashton is a member of the 100 Black Men of America Chicago chapter and the illustrious Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
Vice President, Corporate Strategy
Principal Financial Group®
Michael Hamilton is Vice President – Corporate Strategy with Principal Financial Group® — where he brings structure, discipline and focus to company efforts to achieve near and long-term strategic objectives.
Prior to joining Principal®, Michael served as owner and principal of Hamilton Consulting International — advising clients on the exploration, qualification and execution of strategic planning, sales and marketing efforts in the United Kingdom, Switzerland and the United States.
Before starting his own firm, Michael was Director of International Business Development for John Ryan Performance, Inc. in London, where he focused on delivering sales and marketing strategies to the global retail banking market. Prior to that, he served as Director of Strategy and Business Development at Carlson Companies, supporting the corporate center, and has held various sales and corporate development roles at Target Corporation and Honeywell International, Inc.
Michael is a Sloan Fellow having received his Masters of Science in Leadership and Strategy from the London Business School. He also holds an MBA in operations management from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Bachelors of Science degrees in both Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Missouri-Columbia.
Having a strong desire to give back to the community, Michael currently serves on the Board of Directors for The University of Northern Iowa-College of Business as well as Variety-The Children's Charity®. He has previous Board experience with The Make-A-Wish Foundation of Minnesota®, the Twin Cities Chapter of the National Black MBA Association, and the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts.
Vice President, Leadership Development & Strategic Partnerships
As vice president-leadership development and diversity initiatives at AT&T, Gail M. Johnson manages a team of talent management professionals responsible for the company's Future Leaders Internship Experience (FLITE), leadership development and business sales leadership programs. Her organization also oversees diversity initiatives that help build AT&T's diverse talent pipeline. These efforts include relationships with HBCUs (historically black colleges and universities), minority-serving institutions and diverse stakeholders.
Gail also serves as the HR leader for the Flight Ops and Executive Operations organization, which supports the office of the AT&T chairman.
Previously, Gail served as AT&T's executive director-human resources and managed a team of HR strategic partners who supported 5,000 domestic and international employees. In this role, in 2014, she received an AT&T Diamond Award based on her leadership in creating an organizational design that provides technical and business solutions for the federal government.
Since joining the company in 1987, Gail has held management positions in human resources, sales, new business development and operations.
She gives back to the community by mentoring more than 25 AT&T employees, college and high school students on their careers.
She also is president of the Harbor City chapter of The Links Inc. The Links Inc. promotes educational, civic- and inter-cultural activities to enrich the lives of African-Americans. The Harbor City chapter recently adopted an inner-city school in Baltimore to encourage students to consider a STEM career. In the past, Gail served as the eastern area representative to The Links Foundation, the philanthropic arm of The Links Inc. She has also served as the Eastern Area HBCU chair.
In addition, Gail is secretary of the Tuxedo Ball, a nonprofit organization that provides workshops and career counseling to African-American college students.
She is a past national vice president of Jack and Jill of America Inc., which supports African-American children's leadership development. She also served on the organization's Foundation board of directors and those of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, the National Institute of Health Community Ambassador Program and INROADS, which helps prepare youth for corporate and community leadership.
Gail earned a bachelor of science degree from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and an Executive Education Certification from Harvard University. She is a lifelong member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority and a member of the Girl Friends, Inc.
She launched a mentoring program for African-American students at VCU in 2015.
Gail and her husband, Pastor Kevin Wayne Johnson, live in Clarksville, Md. They have three sons, Kevin, Christopher and Cameron.
Senior Vice President, Human Resources, North America
The Coca-Cola Company
Valerie Love is the Senior Vice President, Human Resources, North America for The Coca-Cola Company and serves on both the CCNA and Global People Function leadership teams.
Valerie joins the company from Johnson & Johnson (J&J), where she served as Global Vice President, Human Resources, Consumer Supply Chain and Global Quality since 2016. Prior to this role she led Human Resources for Johnson & Johnson's Vision Care business (JJVC). Previously, Valerie has held leadership roles of increasing responsibility in Human Resources, including serving as Vice President, Human Resources at Tyco International, and a 20-year tenure at General Motors leading HR across a number of businesses and plants, including international assignments in Argentina and Germany.
Passionate about giving back, Valerie is a current Board Member of the National Black MBA Association® and a member of the Executive Leadership Council. She previously served as Executive Champion for the JJVC Diversity & Inclusion Council and as National Co-Chair of the J&J African Ancestry Leadership Council. Valerie brings an impressive track record of building strong HR strategies and people development that drive business and culture forward. She will be an invaluable partner to all of us in CCNA's growth culture as we deliver on our +1 Aspiration.
Valerie holds a Bachelor of Arts from Tennessee State University and earned an MBA at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. She is an active runner with three marathons under her belt and enjoys traveling and exploring different cultures.
Senior Vice President
State Farm Insurance Companies
Louise Perrin is a Senior Vice President for State Farm Insurance Companies. State Farm, a fully integrated insurance and financial services company, based in Bloomington, Illinois, is the largest auto and homeowners insurance company and the second largest life insurer in the United States. State Farm generates more than $50 billion in annual property and casualty revenues with 81 million policies and accounts serviced through its almost 18,000 independent contractor agents in 48 states and Canada, online at statefarm.com and via its customer contact centers.
Perrin was appointed Senior Vice President in 2009 after 24 years with the company. She has held numerous positions in leadership, sales, marketing, product and agency distribution, executive development and succession planning, and community development. With profit and loss and strategic visioning responsibilities for State Farm's insurance and financial services sales operations spanning four states with over 4 million State Farm households, Louise has been instrumental in providing the vision and strategic direction that has created a high performing execution culture. As the chief architect of a multi-year growth strategy, she successfully repositioned 4,300 diverse and highly engaged agents and employees to consistently deliver superior and accelerated market share growth through differentiated sales and service generating over $7 billion in annual direct written premium.
In addition to her strategic visioning and leadership collaboration strengths, Louise believes strongly in giving back to the community, as demonstrated by her roles as former Vice Chair of the American Red Cross of Southeastern Wisconsin Board of Directors, and member of the boards of directors of the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, the Milwaukee Ballet and Friends of the Milwaukee Art Museum. She is a founding member of several organizations including P.R.I.D.E. (People Responsible for Improving the Development of Education) in Evansville, Indiana; B.E.S.T. (a State Farm adopt-a-school program) in Chicago, Illinois; and the Tri-Taylor Community Association. She also served as a past chairman of NHS Annual Neighborworks Day and is currently a member of the Board of Overseers of the Rutgers University Foundation.
In 2007, Louise was selected as a Woman of Influence/Inspirational Leader by the Business Journal of Greater Milwaukee and featured in the Cornell University Alumni publication that same year.
Perrin received her bachelor's degree from Rutgers University and a MBA from Cornell University's Johnson School of Business. She has also earned her Life Underwriter Training Council Fellow (LUTCF) designation from the American College in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania and is working on her Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) designation.
Executive Vice President, Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer
National Basketball Association
As Executive Vice President, Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer at the National Basketball Association, Oris Stuart is responsible for overseeing diversity and inclusion strategies for the NBA, WNBA, and NBA Development League. He provides best practices and leadership on diversity and inclusion matters to the league offices and teams, oversees efforts to increase the number of minority and women-owned suppliers, and supports efforts to attract, develop and retain diverse talent. Stuart is also leading the creation of a global diversity and inclusion council to ensure engagement on the league's diversity and inclusion strategies at all levels.
Stuart has nearly 15 years of experience as a business executive in diversity and inclusion issues. Prior to joining the NBA in June 2015, Stuart spent two years as a Senior Partner with Korn Ferry, an executive search and talent management firm, where he led its Inclusion and Diversity practice. He provided organizational, strategic, and technology advisory services that helped directors, chief executives, and senior leaders address a wide range of global talent, diversity, and inclusion challenges. His industry focus included life sciences, financial services, utility, quick service restaurant, retail, professional services, and healthcare. Previously, Stuart served as the Chief Executive Officer for Global Novations, the world's preeminent diversity and inclusion consultancy and training firm. During his tenure with Global Novations, Stuart supported clients across Asia, Australia, Europe and North America, guided the expansion of the firm's technology and consulting platforms, oversaw a tenfold increase in the firm's size, and engineered its ultimate acquisition by Korn Ferry in 2012.
Earlier in his career, Stuart served as a senior business manager and strategy and operations consultant for such organizations as Deloitte, Providian, and Wingspan Technology.
Stuart graduated from the University of Virginia with a degree in electrical engineering and holds an MBA from Duke University, where he was a Fuqua Scholar and a National Black MBA Scholarship recipient.
Vice President and Chief Separation Officer
Bruce E. Thompson, a board member since 2011, previously served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Black MBA Association® and chaired its Audit and Advancement & Development Committees. He has co-chaired the association's National Conference, and served as Treasurer, Vice President and President of its Detroit Chapter.
Bruce was named Vice President and Chief Separation Officer of Arconic in 2019. In this critical role, Bruce reports directly to the CEO and leads the Separation Program Office team, guiding the company's separation strategy, identifying critical decisions and milestones, and driving efficient workplans to ensure a successful transition to two world-class businesses.
Bruce has been with Alcoa/Arconic since 2011 and in 2015 he was elected Vice President – Internal Audit, with responsibility for worldwide audit activities in the areas of Financial & Business Processes and Information Technology as well as audit reporting for Environment, Health & Safety. Bruce also serves on the Board of Directors of Arconic Foundation.
Bruce served as Vice President, Business Analysis and Planning at Alcoa, where he had responsibility for Company forecast consolidation as well as and business analysis. Bruce managed the Degrees of Implementation (DI) process, doubling Corporate employee participation in generating profit improvement ideas while leading development and implementation of an upgraded DI system. He also led efforts to enhance Alcoa's capital spending, financial forecasting and reporting, and long-term planning processes and systems.
Prior to joining Alcoa, Bruce served as Vice President – Finance in the Building Efficiency group of Johnson Controls and as Chief Financial Officer for VITEC, a tier-one automotive supplier. He also has led Finance organizations at Ford Motor Company and has significant leadership experience in Marketing, Strategic Planning, Corporate Development and Operations. He holds an MBA from Stanford, an MPA from Princeton, and a BA from Howard University.
Bruce has served on the boards of CTK Credit Union, Iconics (a leading industrial automation technology company), and Michigan Avenue Business Association. In addition, he taught a graduate Entrepreneurial Finance course at Wayne State University.
Bruce's community involvement includes support for the Young Entrepreneurial Scholars (YES) Program and serving as a sponsor for its minority high school summer internship program. He has volunteered as a mentor and tutor through Efficacy Detroit and the Detroit Public Schools Student Motivational Program, and with the Food Share Ministry of Triumph Baptist Church. In addition, he spearheaded fundraising efforts for the Charles H. Wright Museum of African-American History and the Luard Scholarship of the English-Speaking Union.
A tireless advocate for diversity and inclusion, Bruce serves as Steering Committee Chairman of the Arconic African Heritage Network. In addition, he plays an active role in recruiting as Arconic's Campus Executive for Howard University.
Vice President of Inclusion and Multicultural Marketing
Janet Uthman serves as Vice President of Inclusion and Multicultural Marketing for Comcast's Northeast Division comprised of 22k employees and 7.5 million customers. In this role, Janet oversees the planning and execution of diversity and inclusion efforts and multicultural marketing strategy. She acts as a resource to develop and recommend strategies to attract, retain a diverse workforce, and spearhead marketing efforts to increase awareness and favorability among multicultural consumers.
Previously, Janet served as Vice President of Marketing and Sales for Comcast's Western New England Region. Her responsibilities included ensuring all marketing and sales goals were communicated and supported for all channels. Janet developed competitive marketing and sales strategies to reduce churn from fiber and satellite providers which led the way for Western New England being recognized as Comcast's 2014 Region of the Year.
Janet brings 18 years of experience in marketing, sales and entrepreneurial leadership to her role, having previously served as director of product management for Comcast's Western New England and Beltway regions. Prior to joining Comcast, she owned her own cable industry consulting company, and served as corporate marketing director for Black Entertainment Television, and held management positions with The Disney Channel and Coopers & Lybrand (now known as PriceWaterhouseCoopers).
Janet's commitment to her role in the Comcast organization extends beyond the workplace and into the community. She serves on the National Board of Directors for the Black MBA Association and previously completed a three year term on the board of the Urban League of Hartford.
Janet holds a Masters of Business Administration in Marketing from UCLA Anderson School of Management and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting and Finance from UC Berkeley.
Recognized by Ebony Magazine as a 2016 Ebony Power 100 honoree in the Corporate Crowns" category, which salutes the boldest and brightest African-American stars in corporate America.
Janet graduated from Women in Cable Telecommunication's Betsey Magness Leadership Institute in 2014. In 2011, she was one of 12 executives across the country that was honored by NAMIC with a Luminary Award and was also named one of the "Most Influential Minorities in Cable" by CableFAX: The Magazine the same year.


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In My Own WordsI have been playing street basketball in different states since 1986. I've made an impact on every pick up game I have ever played in, on all different levels.
From The first level I experienced in basketball was in 1993 when I had a tryout with an NBA team that I will not disclose; at the time unfortunately there was a mixup in my arrangements to go for the tryout and unfortunately I missed the plane .This was the beginning of a lot of basketball I played in the streets all across America . When I played basketball oversees I was exposed to different languages . Growing up on the mean streets of New York City, I was born the baby boy out of three brothers and one sister. I had to learn how to navigate playing basketball as the smallest person. I developed a jump shot,so I very rarely got the ball so when I did, I had to make it count. Than I worked on my handle ( dribbling ). As I got bigger I started working on my low post game. Than I started working on my passing, defense and rebounding. Some of the most important assets a pickup basketball player must have.
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New Legislation 'To Protect Farmer IP' Would Make It A Felony To Photograph Farms
from the oh-come-on deptAn awful lot of you sent in this story about a proposed law in Florida that could put people in jail for taking a photograph of a farm without permission. Seriously. Not surprisingly, the "excuse" for this is that it is "needed to protect the property rights of farmers and the "intellectual property" involving farm operations." I'm not kidding. The bill was introduced by Florida State Senator Jim Norman from Tampa. It's apparently targeted at animal rights activists, who have been known to photograph questionable conditions of animals on farms. In other words, it has nothing to do with "protecting intellectual property." It's to avoid criticism for treating animals poorly. And, of course, if animal activists are trespassing to get these photos, there are already laws against that. But this is what you get in this kind of society, where people seem to project the idea that anything can be redefined as "property" and locked up -- people use "intellectual property" as an excuse for simply ridiculous legislative proposals such as this one. Even if such a law passes, it won't take long for it to be declared unconstitutional, but it could waste Florida taxpayer money to fight this in court.
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Father: "When you walk down the street, when you're in the shower, when you don't have to be thinking about anything else, isn't [accounting] what you think about?"
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Son recollects: "My father paused. It was really a very tender and poignant moment, because I knew how much he loved me and how much he wanted me to be a [an accountant]."
Father: "[Son], I think you'd better get out of [accounting]. You ought to find something that you love so much that when you don't have to think about anything, that's what you think about.' "
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Welcome to the 2019 Crusaders Girls Basketball Team page
2019 Girls Basketball Schedule
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3/19 Home vs. High Tech
3/21 Home vs. Valley Center
3/26 Home vs. Sullivan
3/28 Away at San Elijo
4/9 Away at Double Peak
4/11 Away at Woodland Park
4/16 Home vs. Olive Peirce
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As part of an Arts Council initiative, Dorset County Museum is going to be allowing free entry for one week only before Christmas.
Starting on Saturday 8th December and running up to and including Saturday 15th December, all entry to the Museum will be completely free (the usual adult charge is £6.50). Jon Murden, director of Dorset County Museum said,
"This is a fantastic opportunity for us to see what difference free entry can make – we hope local people in particular will take the opportunity to come in and have a look around the galleries, particularly if they haven't visited us before – it's their history, after all."The Museum is also open on Cracker Night – Thursday 6 December. The pattern will be familiar to anyone who has been in on recent Cracker Nights – some favourite Sci Fi characters will be wandering around the galleries, Father Christmas will be in his grotto and there will be delicious mulled wine and mince pies for sale. Entry is free and everyone is welcome.
The Museum is open from 10am to 4pm every day except Sundays and the current exhibition is a collection of fascinating mosaics by Swanage-based artist Robert Field.
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