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 Jacqueline Hough | The Daily Herald Theresa Raymond, SGA president at HCC, plays the alma mater for trustees at their meeting Tuesday. |
The song, written by student Elsie Davenport, is sung to the tune of “Auld Lang Syne.” Student Government Association (SGA) President Theresa Raymond played the song for them during the meeting.
It was one of two songs presented to SGA during the spring 2009 semester and was chosen during the October 2009 SGA monthly meeting.
Once trustees heard it, they were very pleased.
Trustee Lillie Solomon made the motion. “We accept it and should learn it,” she said.
Trustee chairman Dr. Stanley Edwards said, “We now have an alma mater.”
The song will be sung at the college’s 43rd graduation Saturday, May 15, at 10 a.m. in The Centre.
Practice for graduation will be held Friday, May 14, at 2 p.m. in The Centre.
Deborah Armstrong, vice president of administrative services, updated trustees about the Office of the State Auditor no longer being able to assess network vulnerability for colleges due to funding cuts.
Armstrong said if an outside company was hired to perform the assessments, it could cost between $300,000 to $400,000.
Jerry Thompson, information systems manager, came up with the idea of HCC, Pamilco Community College, in Grantsboro, and College of The Albemarle, in Elizabeth City, partnering together to perform assessments of their network vulnerabilities.
The information system would include people from all three colleges developing a checklist of questions and conditions that will assess a college for adequate internal controls as well as network vulnerabilities.
Teams will be formed to perform the assessments at each college.
“It’s a peer review,” she said.
President Dr. Ervin Griffin Sr. said other colleges are looking at what they are doing.
Armstong said, “This is a plan that arose from the budget cuts.”
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