pastor of the Park Avenue Christian Church in New York City. A recording featuring Morgan Freeman, the acclaimed actor known for his sonorous voice, announced the names of the civil rights honorees.
The Owens Health
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Wellness Center Outreach
The Center has continued to provide outreach services to the larger community, particularly health evaluation, as well as primary and preventive healthcare, delivering a collective effort to help students and community members live a healthier lifestyle. The Center provides our students and others with regular, free health screenings, health fairs and fitness activities such as Zumba, boot camps and aerobics. The Center received a $150,000 grant from the WK Kellogg Foundation for its Family Life Center to help male third-graders from Jackson’s Walton Elementary School develop self esteem and understand what it means to be a responsible young man.
We are very excited to be included in this landmark program. It will significantly improve the methodology, efficiency and speed with which we address both internal and external crises. President Beverly W. Hogan
Seizing Opportunities
for
Sustained Growth
and
Development
This past year, the Department of Homeland Security selected the College for inclusion in the Campus Resilience Pilot project. This consortium of institutions will participate in an evaluation of the institution’s ability to address and recover from both natural and man-made disasters. Tougaloo College is the only HBCU included. In August 2012, Tougaloo acquired the television station, WUFX TV, Channel 35 through the generosity of American Spirit Media. This is a remarkable opportunity for the College to further its academic
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• A Retrospective: 2002-2012 and 2012-2013 Annual Report