Stereotyping HBCU's

[AKADIVA12]

Originally Posted by ladygreek

This takes me back to the day went I when I first took my daughter to Howard. I scheduled myself stay the week at the Howard Inn next to the school. You HU alumni/ae know how long ago that must have been - LOL.

The first day was orientation and getting settled in her dorm room. She, a high school friend of mine whose son was starting there, too, did the obligatory rent the mini-fridge, by bedding and accessories from JC Penny, get cleaning materials, get a fan since there was no AC, etc.

The next day was registration. My daughter was like okay Mom I can handle this you should not have planned to stay so long. When i told her I wasn't leaving early she became a little disgruntled. And the fact that the dorm room looked like crap didn't help her mood.

Well we go to the Admissions Office to make sure all the money is paid so she can register for classes. We stand in a long line and the whole time she is like rolling her eyes with the attitude I can't believe I am here with my Mom--I'm not a child anymore. We finally get to the desk and lo and behold they had no record of my tuition payment--the dorm room payment, yes, the tuition, no. So we were sent over to another line. I am getting p***ed and she is getting scared. We are standing in line and I know I had THE LOOK on my face.

Suddenly a woman came up to us and said come with me and took us out of the line. She said I noticed your Delta necklace. I am a soror, how can I help you? I told her the problem, she searched found the info all in the matter of a few minutes. She then hugged me and told me if we needed anything else just ask for her.

Well, because of the delay, by the time she got to the front of the registration line which had wound around the campus, most of her classes were filled. I went back to the soror in Admissions, she connected me to the then Interim Dean of the School of Communications who was also a soror. Daughter got her classes.

Needless to say she was estactic to have me there the rest of the week. LOL

Hmmmm, I guess this really is more than just about registration at a HBCU. It probably also belongs in the 1913 thread, huh?

Okay I'm having flashbacks. The Howard University Inn, Dr. Merritt was the Dean of the School of C (as we called it then). Take me back to the early
90s. LOL.

I attended Howard as a grad student, and couldn't understand how students whose tuition was not paid up to date could continue to attend classes. After their tuition was paid they were "validated" and could receive credit for the class. I had come from a PWI and had never seend anything like it.

If I had it to do over again, I probably would have switched the order, HBCU for undergrad, PWI for grad. While I got some of the HBCU experience there was so much more to experience.

[ladygreek]

Originally Posted by AKADIVA12

Okay I'm having flashbacks. The Howard University Inn, Dr. Merritt was the Dean of the School of C (as we called it then). Take me back to the early
90s. LOL.

I was talking about Janette Dates. Maybe she was the assistant dean and not interim at the time. But I do know at some point she became interim and is now the dean of the School of C.

My daughter started off in journalism, but the School added advertising her sophomore year, so that is what she majored in.

[AKADIVA12]

Originally Posted by ladygreek

I was talking about Janette Dates. Maybe she was the assistant dean and not interim at the time. But I do know at some point she became interim and is now the dean of the School of C.

My daughter started off in journalism, but the School added advertising her sophomore year, so that is what she majored in.

Okay, I didn't read thuroughly because I neglected to see interim. Dr. Merritt was/is a delta and was the dean when I was there. Dang I've aged myself even more. Oh well.

[ladygreek]

Originally Posted by AKADIVA12

Okay, I didn't read thuroughly because I neglected to see interim. Dr. Merritt was/is a delta and was the dean when I was there. Dang I've aged myself even more. Oh well.

No same time period. Like I said Dr. Dates was probably the assistant dean at the time. She is who helped us.

[Ten/Four]

Originally Posted by ladygreek

No same time period. Like I said Dr. Dates was probably the assistant dean at the time. She is who helped us.

They are both still there, and both are great.

Ladygreek, you are just like my mom. I didn't have any problems with moving in and registration, but with getting one of my grades posted after my first semester. I tried being an adult with the professor, but she took her sweet time posting my grade. This went on for a few weeks into the spring semester. I gave up and finally let my mom handle it. They gave my mom the round around to but she called had Swygert's office directly. That grade was posted within a few days. Come to find out there was a clitch in the computer system (it had just gone online). We left about it now, but I was mad as heck at the time.

Originally Posted by AKA_Monet

There are now ~10 schools: Howard, Meharry, Morehouse Med, Atlanta U., FAMU, Bethune-Cookman and I think Virginia Union.

That's old school.

[Wonderful1908]

PVAMU

I try to give my SWAC schools love but this is disgusting!

[Sugar08]

Originally Posted by ladygreek

I was talking about Janette Dates. Maybe she was the assistant dean and not interim at the time. But I do know at some point she became interim and is now the dean of the School of C.

My daughter started off in journalism, but the School added advertising her sophomore year, so that is what she majored in.

Wow, Dean Dates! I was a journalism major at Howard... although I have friends who were in advertising.