diversity office events

Former Virginia Governor L. Douglas Wilder, the first African American to be elected governor of a U.S. state and now mayor of Richmond , Va. , spoke at Southern Connecticut State University on Friday, Jan. 13, 2006, as part of the university's Martin Luther King Day observation. Mayor Wilder delivered his lecture-"The Movement: Past, Present and Future"--to a packed Lyman Center . The event, which also included performances by local choirs and dance groups, as well as remarks by members of the Southern community, was sponsored by the campus' SUOAF-AFSCME Minority Recruitment and Mentoring Committee and the university.

Pictured above: Mayor Wilder with members of the Martin Luther King Day Celebration organizing committee: (left to right) Patricia Whelan, Paula Rice, Jan Pettie, Mayor Wilder, Aajay Chhabra, Julia Doherty, Anna Rivera-Alfaro, Aaron Washington.

STUDENT APPRECIATION DAY SPONSORED BY PROGRAMS COUNCIL

 Desiree Fontaine at the Student Appreciation Day signing autographs.

Marcia Smith Glasper, Kathy Yalof, Desiree Fontaine, Deborah Desisto, Gerry Natkin and Ann Demsky.

Desiree Fontaine and student fan.