The Register, 1987-04-17

              delauder delaware state college is much like a&t in that it a historically black land grant institution and it has similar programs dr albert e smith former vice chancellor for development and university relations became president of south carolina state college last july the opportunity presented a challenge and i've reached a point in my career when i felt this was the time to do it delauder said in an interview in his office wednesday barbara l silver staff writer a&t has produced another black college president dr william b delauder dean of the college of arts and sciences has been selected as the new president of delaware state college beginning july 1 students march wednesday outside the dowdy administration building before the trustees meeting to support dr wesley clark,who has been denied tenure delauder said he has ac complished his goals as a dean it was the type of institu tion i wanted to be associated with and that area of the country is home said delauder who is from frederick md at a&t those goals included providing students with a strong liberal arts education increasing faculty funded research developing pro grams to honor outstanding students and teachers and developing a master's pro gram in applied mathematics we're happy for him in one respect but unhappy to be losing such a wonderful dean said nathan simms vice chancellor of academic affairs who appointed delauder dean in 1981 dr delauder is an emi nent scientist it is difficult to find people as dedicated as he is and delaware state is quite fortunate to get him children ellen 27 who is a graduate of hampton in stitute in virginia and william jr 25 a graduate of tuskeegee institute in alabama delauder 49 will replace luna i mishoe president of delaware state for 27 years delauder is a graduate of morgan state university and holds a doctorate in physical chemistry from wayne state university he is married to vermeil delauder they have two brunson speaks to board for students linda bump ass editor-in-chief outgoing sga president michael brunson told the a&t board of trustees wednesday that students rights are being ignored brunson are we have students here at a&t who have rights but those rights have been denied brunson said i question what is most impor tant — to have a university with beautiful buildings or to have students that happy he said his many concerns about students rights includ ed the administration not allowing an aggie fest to be held in aggie stadium the event will be held on the practice field near the stadium mcnair building on june 12 when most students will not be in school also he said students do not favor denying tenure to dr wesley clark an ar chitectural engineering in students so no matter how much it jeopardizes me i must speak up for the when i ran for sga presi dent i ran because i saw a need and i wanted to repre sent students bruson said so no matter how much it jeopardizes me i must speak up for the students he told the board that he felt uncomfortable making the speech but that he had to speak on behalf of the students students cannot unders tand why they can't have an aggie fest in the stadium when they are asked to pay a 40 semester fee for the stadium he told the board he also criticized the deci sion to hold the dedication ceremony for the ronald e i come to you on behalf of the students i say to you to grant dr clark tenure black students need role models bradley said students are suggesting to you that they need him clark the students just recently voted him teacher of the year another a&t student rick bradley also spoke to the board about denying tenure to clark eluding an administrator call ing him uncooperative i asked an administrator if i used him as a job reference would he give me a good recommendation and he said that he would not because i had been the most difficult president in 15 years brun son said according to brunson he has been hurt by things that have happened to him by the a&t administration in students are not happy with the conditions of the dorms they live in and the quality of the cafeteria food that is served to them brun son said denial structor many students see as a role models clark has been denied tenure by the school of engineering chancellor fort has not announced whether he will uphold the complete awareness for complete commitment volume lviii number 24 friday april 17 19b7 delauder receives president's position at delaware state ill 0 : : : : north carolina agricultural and technical state university greensi oro x *