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(Continued from Page 40)Lastly, your support is needed to renovate theAlumni House. In fact, some of you may not beaware that the National Alumni Association is theproud owner of an Alumni house located adjacentfrom the ECSU football stadium. A usage plan hasbeen developed and approved by the NationalAlumni Association. I challenge all alumni to makea contribution toward renovation and refurbishmentto ensure that the house is aesthetically beautiful anda sound investment. During the upcoming footballseason, opportunities will be provided for you to tourthe house either before or after each home game. Wewill keep you posted.I appreciate the opportunity as serving as yourNational Alumni Association President. Foradditional information, you may contact me at (919)662-8533 or panorman@waketech.edu. I lookforward to interacting with you at the Down EastClassic in Rocky Mt., NC (October 4, 2003) andduring Homecoming Weekend in Elizabeth City, NC(October 31-November 2, 2003). Also, please make aspecial effort to attend the National AlumniAssociation meeting on October 4 in Rocky Mt., NC.The association is growing but we really can’t reachour potential without you. Until then, I remainDr. Paul Andrew NormanPresident of the National Alumni AssociationElizabeth City State UniversityDirector of alumnirelations namedCarol Hawkins Heyward, ECSUalumna (‘72), is the new Director ofAlumni Relations. Carol also servesas 1 st Vice President of the NationalAlumni Association and Secretary ofthe John H. Bias Alumni Chapter(Baltimore, MD). Ms. Heywardrecently relocated from Baltimore,where she was employed at the lawfirm of Venable LLP as SecretarialManager and managed a staff of 59.Earlier in her career, she worked asCustomer Service Manager at CORE,Inc. and as Assistant Manager atBell Atlantic Corporation (Verizon)in Maryland. Elected Ms. Alumni in2001, Ms Heyward will beresponsible for managing all alumnirelations and alumni fundraisingprograms for Elizabeth City StateUniversity. She was the unanimouschoice of a search committee thatconsisted entirely of alumni andincluded the National AlumniAssociation President and theAlumni Board Chair.alumni newsECSU MAGAZINE FALL 2003 41