Officers of the Boards Alumni Board PRESIDENT Danny Cook '79, Clinton, SC African American Alumni Board PRESIDENT Marion "Dooley" Miller '75, Spartanburg, SC ROTC Alumni Association PRESIDENT Toby Hunter '59, Greenville, SC.

Desire to increase diversity and understanding on campus led to the PC African-American Alumni Association

From a Fall 2003 PC Magazine Story

As PC moves toward meeting initiatives designed to improve and enhance diversity on campus, a group of alumni, students, faculty, and staff hopes to assist that effort by recommending the formation of an African-American Alumni Association.

"We educate people for intercultural understanding, and we want to be rooted in the very best environment to help our students understand people from different backgrounds." PC President John Griffith

The African-American Alumni Association would be modeled after the format of the ROTC Alumni Association as a branch of the larger PC Alumni Association. It is the brainchild of campus forums organized by chaplain David Lindsay last spring in which the campus community discussed the PC culture in relationship to that of the college's African-American and other multicultual students.

Wanda Issac '78, one of five African-American women during her time as a student-athlete at PC, attended both organizational meetings.

" had very few relationships with the majority students, and the minority students lacked a social outlet," Isaac said. "I cannot recall even having a class with another minority student. (Minority students) tried to create opportunities for socialization. We would go down to the basement in Georgia Dorm and dance to music." From that desire for an outlet for minority students, Issac helped found "Pamoja," the first minority organization at PC. "We had to make our own happening," Isaac recalled. "As long as people are people, there will be room for improvement in diversity and understanding. It's about being content where you are and appreciating the life you have. The college needs to be a reflection of our diverse society, and we are very lucky to have a visionary president and board of trustees because they see the need."

Executive Committee

PRESIDENT

Marion "Dooley" Miller 75, Spartanburg, SC

PRESIDENT ELECT

Harold "BoBo" Beasley 78, Atlanta, GA

VICE PRESIDENT

Diane Byrd Anderson 76, Clinton, SC

SECRETARY

Wanda Barksdale Isaac 78 Clinton, SC

EXECTIVE DIRECTORS

Heyward Hinton 81, Columbia, SC

Tanisha Jenkins 01 Cullowhee, NC

Tony Grant 94, Gastonia, NC