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[Academics] National Institutes of Health Grant Funds Biology Professor's Summer Research

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National Institutes of Health Grant funds Biology Professor's Summer Research

Dr. Leah Aggison, an Assistant Professor of Biology at Wiley College, is spending the summer at the University of Massachusetts Amherst as a Summer Faculty Research Fellow.

 

[Academics] A Cappella Choir to sing August 4 in Dallas during Progressive National Baptist ...

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Under the direction of its conductor, Stephen L. Hayes, the  A Cappella Choir of Wiley College will perform during Education Night on August 4, 2015, at the 54th Session of the Progressive National Baptist Convention in Dallas, Texas.  The choir will perform at 7 p.m.

[Academics] Wiley's first UNCF Mellon Mays Fellow attends Summer Institute at Emory ...

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Wiley's first UNCF/Mellon Mays  Fellow Jeremy Jackson spent a month this summer attending the Annual Summer Institute at Emory University. In line with the goals for UNCF/Mellon Mays fellows, Mr. Jackson, a biology major,  attended  the Institute to help him  deepen his commitment to earning a doctorate and teaching at the collegiate level.

Jackson was named a  UNCF/Mellon Mays Fellow in the spring. As a fellow, he will conduct research under the guidance of Dr. Walter Shumate, Dean of the Division of Sciences.

[Academics] National Institutes of Health Grant funds Biology Professor’s Summer Research

[General] Wiley partners with six school districts to provide student-teaching practicums

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The Wiley College Professional Education Unit  has partnered with six East Texas School Districts  to provide field and clinical experiences for education majors, inclusive of structured observations and, ultimately, a 12-week student teaching internship experience. 

Wiley education majors, faculty, and administrators filled the parlor of the Julius S. Scott Sr. Chapel recently to express gratitude to Marshall Independent School District (MISD), Longview ISD, Hallsville ISD, Jefferson ISD, Karnack ISD, and Elysian Fields ISD for forming these new school-college partnerships that are so critical to preparing future educators for their roles in the classroom.

[Academics] Meet Wiley's Exemplary Faculty Member of the Year - Dr. Richard Heyduck

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Faculty Spotlight:  Dr. Richard Heyduck

Dr. Richard Heyduck, Assistant Professor of Religion, is the recipient of the Exemplary Faculty Member of the Year Award.  Get to know Dr. Heyduck in this faculty spotlight.

[Academics] Finishing What She Started

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Wiley's Adult Degree Completion Program and online classes helped Janice Williams finish what she started

Janice Williams finished what she started when she graduated in May from Wiley's Adult Degree Completion Program with a degree in Organizational Management.

[Academics] Wiley’s first Joint Admission Medical Fellow is on her way to success!

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Junior Shelby Collymore is on track to accomplish goal of becoming a pediatrician

 

As Wiley's first Joint Admission Medical Program (JAMP) Fellow, junior Shelby Collymore knows where she is going and what path to take to get there.  This Marshall, Texas, native aspires to become a pediatrician.  She is pursuing a biology degree at Wiley, and in July she completed her second summer internship as a Jamp Fellow or "Jamper," by working at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas.


[Academics] Wiley Junior Named White House HBCU All-Star

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Wiley Junior Named White House HBCU All-Star

The White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and

Universities (WHIHBCUs) has named Wiley Junior Nateisha Choice a 2015 HBCU All-Star. Ms.

Choice is among 83 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students nationwide selected to be

HBCU-All stars from a pool of more than 450 student-applicants to the program. Students were

selected based on their accomplishments in academics, leadership, and civic engagement.

[General] Wiley Holds Fall Convocation

[Academics] Wiley Celebrates the Church During Special Day of Worship

[General] Wiley to hold First Weekly Chapel Service and Robert E. Hayes Lecture Series Tuesday

[Academics] Wiley receives $1.2 million grant to continue Student Support Services Program

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Wiley College, one of two Historically Black Colleges in Texas selected in the first round of competition, has been awarded a $1,200,000 (TRIO) Student Support Services grant from the U.S. Department of Education to continue its program through August 2021. "Wiley is honored to receive funding to 2021 as this year's application process was rigorous and the competition was keen," said Dr. Haywood L. Strickland, President and CEO of Wiley College. 

[Academics] Success Academy Helps Students Keep Eyes On The Prize

[Academics] 'I Am My Brother's Keeper': New Program Aims To Help Shatter Barriers To Success

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When President Barack Obama launched the "My Brother's Keeper" initiative in February 2014, administrators, faculty, and staff on Wiley's campus were pleased to see the work they do each day get a formal name and program.   Through the initiative, President Obama called for the nation to form "MBK communities" to help build ladders of opportunities to motivate young men to envision bright futures for themselves and to put in the work to make those dreams reality.

  "Ask any student on this campus why they attend Wiley College and they will say they receive personalized attention and support here that's hard to find on many campuses," said Dr. Joseph L. Morale, Vice President for Student Affairs and Enrollment Services at Wiley.  "Our faculty believe they aren't teaching unless the students are learning," he said.  "And to learn, students must be present, engaged, focused, and motivated."

Through its offering of supportive and co-curricular programming including the Student Success Academy, Student Support Services, Center for Excellence in Student Leadership, and spiritual life activities such as weekly chapel services, Wiley College demonstrates its determination to help its students cross the "begin" line by completing College and earning their degrees.

 Wiley's Student Success Academy expanded its programming on September 12 by launching its own   "My Brother's Keeper" program to help students succeed.

 "Our MBK program is aimed at helping young men of color become successful and overcome odds that are often stacked against them," said Donza Stanley, Manager of the Sophomore Year Experience program, which is a component of the Student Success Academy. 

About 60 young men gathered for the program launch in the Wiley Pemberton Complex and took part in a full day of activities, including sessions on character development, dressing for success, money management, spiritual health, and healthy dating practices. 

"Through our program launch activities, our speakers challenged the students to stay on track and to stay in College so that they can have more opportunities later on life," said Roland Siglar, an academic advisor in the Student Success Academy. 

Guest speakers for the program included Bishop L. Lawrence Brandon of Praise Temple of Shreveport and the Rev. George Cauthen of Sunflower Missionary Baptist Church in Bossier City, Louisiana. Faculty and staff speakers included Dr. Tracy Andrus Sr., Mr. Charles H. Cornish III, Mr. Carlton Davis, Mr. Hasim Jones, and Mr. Rodney McConnell. 

"We talked to the young men about working hard and playing by the rules," said Bishop Brandon.  "Succeeding in life is what the My Brother's Keeper program is all about." 

Graduating senior Jahrel Sparks called the opening program a success.  "Through its launching of My Brother's Keeper, Wiley's Sophomore Year Experience staff, led by Ms. Stanley, has added to its arsenal of tools to shatter the glass wall designed to repel young men from a life of wholistic success."

       

[Academics] Students to get sneak peak at College life on High School Day

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The Wiley College Office of Admissions and Recruitment will host High School Day 2015, an informational session for prospective students and parents, on October 31 from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.  in the Freeman P. and Carrie E. Hodge Center.  

During their visit to the Wiley College campus, high school seniors will  get a "sneak peak" at the life of a Wiley College student, as well as attend workshops and sessions to learn about academic programs, majors, co-curricular activities, and  scholarships. Students will also tour the campus and interact with  college administrators, faculty, and staff.  

To reserve a space or for more information about High School Day, please call the Office of Admissions and Recruitment at (903) 927-3311.

[Academics] From Academic Probation to Dean's List: Wiley senior Jamyron Bee turns it around, ...

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Wiley senior Jamyron Bee has been selected to receive a scholarship from UPS   in partnership with the Independent Colleges and Universities of Texas Foundation (ICUT) and the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC).   

A criminal justice major who is studying fully online this term from his home in New Orleans, Louisiana, Mr. Bee said he was happy to learn he was selected to receive the award. He has set his sights on graduating in May, and he is looking forward to using his education to help others.

 "I want to help juveniles and convicted felons who some may think have thrown away their futures," said Bee. "I want to help them to take a step forward and turn their lives around."

Getting a shot at a second chance is something Mr. Bee knows all about.  A couple of years ago, he was facing the possibility of expulsion from Wiley after being placed on academic probation.

 "I wasn't going to class.  I wasn't focused.  As a result, my grades suffered," he said.  "I was the typical student who needed support and guidance." 

Mr. Bee said faculty and staff members at Wiley told him he was blowing an excellent opportunity to get a college education.  "I knew that if I went home, my family would be disappointed in me and I would be disappointed in myself." 

He begin to apply himself to his studies and his efforts paid off.  For the last four semesters, Bee has been on the dean's list at Wiley.  He credits the College and its faculty and staff for helping him realize his full potential. 

"I was going down the wrong path and Wiley helped me to turn it around," he said.  "Wiley helped me to become a man."

 Bee plans to return to campus in the spring as a traditional student to finish out his education at Wiley.  He will be the first person in his family to earn a college degree.  

This year, through the UPS, ICUT and CIC partnership, $88,200 in scholarships has been awarded to 36 low-income students at private institutions across Texas.

  CIC is an association of 744 nonprofit independent colleges and universities and higher education affiliates and organizations that has worked since 1956 to support college and university leadership, advance institutional excellence, and enhance public understanding of private higher education's contributions to society. One of CIC's major program areas is its work with member fundraising consortia of private colleges, including the ICUT Foundation.

[Academics] Wiley Alumna named Longview ISD Secondary Teacher of the Year

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Wiley alumna Sylverlene Williams '09, has been named the 2015-2016 Secondary Teacher of the Year by the Longview Independent School District in Longview, Texas. Ms. Williams teaches sixth grade English Language Arts at Forest Park Middle School in Longview.

Last spring Williams was named Campus Teacher of the Year for Forest Park by the school's principal and teachers.  She earned her district-wide title by writing an essay and submitting it for panel review by former honorees.  Longview ISD's  Campus Teachers of the Year  were asked to focus their essays on their greatest contributions to education. In her award-winning essay Wiliams wrote, " Teaching is a humbling experience because the teacher never stops learning.....I am a planter, a seed sower and a harvest reaper." 

In her  new role, Williams will  join Longview ISd's Elementary School Teacher of the Year, Bryan Warren of J.L. Elementary, in representing the district throughout 2015-2016.  They are now in the running to earn the title of Region 7 Teacher of the Year in June. 

In photo above, Wiley Alumna Sylverlene Williams, left, is pictured with Andrea Mayo, Deputyy Superintendent of the Longview Independent School District. 

   

[General] Dallas Pastor and Wiley Alum Leonardo Haro to speak during Hispanic Heritage Worship ...

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The Rev. Leonardo Haro

The Rev. Leonardo Haro, a 2005 graduate of Wiley College, will be the featured speaker for  Wiley's Hispanic Heritage Worship Service  and Celebration on Tuesday, October  13 at 11 a.m. in the Julius S. Scott Sr. Chapel.

Rev. Haro is the associate pastor at First United Methodist Church of Grand Prairie, Texas, and lead pastor for the church's start-up ministry, Iglesia Unida.  Pastor Haro graduated in 2010 from the Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University in Dallas.  Shortly after leaving Perkins, he was named the worship leader at an El Paso church named Ekklesia.   In 2013, he began his appointment at First United Methodist Church of Grand Prairie. 

While at Wiley College, Pastor Haro played soccer and was named Athlete of the year in 2003.

Rev. Haro will center his Tuesday message on the importance of sacrifice and obedience to God. " It takes time and effort to go from point A to point B. A blind man in the Book of John, chapter 9, was told to go wash at the Pool of Siloam. We don't know how long it took the blind man to get there," said Rev. Haro.  " But he took the initiative to GO and obey the master.  The blind man's sacrifice and obedience were rewarded in a tremendous and miraculous way."

Wiley's Hispanic Heritage Celebration will be led in worship and song by members of campus ministry Paso de Fe in Spanish and in English and in Spanish.  The College invites the community to take part in the celebration.  

[Academics] Freshman,Sophomore Honor Students inducted into National Society of Collegiate Scholars

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The Wiley College chapter of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS) inducted 25 students into its honor society during a special ceremony Friday night in the Julius S.Scott Sr. Chapel. The organization recognizes freshmen and sophomores who maintain at least a 3.4 grade point average and rank in the top 20 percent of their class.

During the ceremony, students were commended for their accomplishments by the evening's speaker, the Rev. Tori Butler, associate pastor at Williams Memorial United Methodist Church in Texarkana, Texas.  She told students that God will guide them through every journey in life. 

Wiley junior Nateisha Choice serves as president of the Wiley chapter of the NSCS. Her goals for the organization center on continuing to attain excellence in academics and serving the community.  "We want to be one of the best chapters in the nation," she said. 

The new members are Ebony Carr, Kenisha Pugh, Rebecca Rios, Devin Grant, Anthony Dockery, Emanuel Echols, Keziah Muhuhu, Jemorie Holdman, Efrain Duran, Terrell Hopson, Nataysha Mitchell, Shel'von Ross, Qu'Taija Gibson, Taylor Cooper, Andre Earls, Kametrice Gray, Paris DeVault, Amber Jones, Maureen Rono, Kenisha Arthur, Michael Sakala, Fatoumata Dacosta, Shondrea Burts, Ernest Mack, and Tamika Allen. 

With Friday's induction, Wiley's  chapter now has over 100 members.  Each new inductee received a pin and certificate of membership.  

The primary advisor of NSCS is Mr. Ricardo Kirkland, Freshman Academy Coordinator.  The secondary advisory for the organization is Dr. Joseph L. Morale, Vice President for Student Affairs and Enrollment Services.

  The Wiley chapter of NSCS was established in 2013. The NSCS has active chapters at more than 300 colleges and universities in the United States.

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