March 7, 2023 . Volume 80 . Issue 4
Eula D. Masingale Hall: Highlighting S.U.’s Child Development
Mass Communication’s Plans for Student Future Success
Jenna Bernard
THE SOUTHERN DIGEST
Jasmine Meriedy
THE SOUTHERN DIGEST Most Southern students have seen the building in between Higgins and the agricultural building: The Eula D. Masingale Hall, also known as Southern University’s Child Development Lab. The Southern University Child Development Laboratory was established in June 2019 by a team of dynamic individuals who continue to support our laboratory today. The Lab serves as a learning laboratory for our Child Development students and staff involved in the Child Development Program. The Laboratory also presents itself as a rich resource for the scholarly and creative work of faculty and students. These individuals have an interest in child development, family life, and the teaching/learning processes. It is also available for those involved in other programs of study on our campus such as social work, education, speech and language pathology, nursing, and psychology studies. The Southern University Child Development Laboratory is administratively located within the Child Development Program in the College of Agricultural, Family, and Consumer Sciences. Together, they work towards the goal of a more sustainable future, referred to as “Learning Without Limits” by the lab’s Director. The proud yet humble director of the S.U. Child Development Laboratory since July of 2019, Keisha Yvette Dandridge, is a native of Baton Rouge, LA. She has worked at S.U. since 2018. The Child Development Lab currently assists children from the ages of 6 weeks to 5 years old. The present enrollment is 48 students in 5 classrooms See DAYCARE page 3
Let’s Get Mental: S.U. BeTheMatch and NAACP Panel Discussion
(Brittany J. Patterson/DIGEST)
Kailen Bourne
THE SOUTHERN DIGEST While Southern University is known for its outstanding law, nursing, and business programs, there is one department that has yet to reach its potential spotlight. Students in the Mass
Communication Department have many concerns. They are wondering what The Mass Communication Department has to offer for them while earning their degree and after graduating. After a sit down with The Chair of the Mass Communication department, we get updates about
scholarship opportunities, internships, and clubs. Dr. Yolanda Campbell, chair of the Mass Communications Department, shared what she hoped to expect in her upcoming years as chair. See SUCCESS page 3
The Future is Virtual: DoIT Departmental Updates Kalani Jones
THE SOUTHERN DIGEST Southern University’s Information Technology department are always developing new ways to stay up to date with these new technologies. This is with a goal of bettering teachers, students, administrative personnel, and security personnel’s daily lives. In an effort to highlight all the recent and upcoming Information Technology updates, the Digest conducted an interview with a few admins from the IT department. They are described as Ms. Rachel Carriere, who was the university’s first webmaster and has been the director of Web Application Services since 1998. Mr. Lloyd Allen, who is the director of Network Services, has served as the director of Network Services for more than ten years here at Southern University. As well as Dr. Gabriel Fagbeyiro, who has served as associate
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vice president, and chief information officer since 2015. The first upcoming IT project that was discussed was Virtual ID. Dr. Fagbeyiro saw the idea at a conference and immediately put the idea into motion here at S.U. Ms. Carriere explains, “It would be connecting the current ID that you guys have with the [student] portal, so if anyone loses their ID, you
don’t have to spend money to get a new one.” With this new virtual ID students can now use their phones to scan it anywhere such as at the union, football games, and more! Despite the fact that physical IDs are not going out of style, the virtual ID aims to make students’ lives easier on campus. The IT department is working with student affairs See DoIT page 3
Students and faculty at Southern University joined together for an event that highlighted open, vulnerable, and learning conversations. This past Monday, SU’s chapters of Be the Match and NAACP hosted a panel discussion with one member of each of the Divine Nine sororities and fraternities: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., and Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc. Each member was given the opportunity to give advice on all-around health, such as sexual health, physical health, mental health, and so forth. The audience was also able to ask questions and give advice. Questions such as ‘What does mental health mean to you?’, ‘How do you think we should get people to give blood to Be the Match?’, and ‘What’s some advice for good sexual health?’ were asked. In order to properly discuss Black health and wellness, it was imperative to accompany this topic with this topic in relation to the Be the Match program at Southern University. Be the Match is a national marrow donor program that works diligently to connect patients suffering from leukemia, sickle cell, and other life-threatening diseases with a donor match to potentially save a life, including our student body. Haley Wesley, the current senior class president, and Auriyonne Lopez, the current Miss Freshman, brought along their own stories of being a sickle cell survivor and how students could possibly “be the match” by becoming a donor. See GET MENTAL page 3
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