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CERSER facility places ECSUamong elite marine facilitiesChancellor Mickey Burnim andMike Crowley, of SeaSpaceCorporation, sign theMemorandums of Understandingmaking the university andSeaSpace partners in remotesensing research. SeaSpace is aninternational leader in remotesensing technology and theworld’s leading weatherinformation provider.Elizabeth City State University recently opened its new Center ofExcellence in Remote Sensing Education and Research (CERSER), afacility that scientists say will drastically improve the way we learnabout changes along coastlines and in oceans.The goal of the Dixon Hall facility is to develop innovative andrelevant research collaboration focused on coastal, ocean andmarine research. Remote sensing is a means of acquiringinformation about the earth’s surface without actual contact withthe elements. ECSU students and faculty researchers use satellitedata, computers and other devices to sense and record reflected oremitted energy. The researchers then analyze and apply theinformation to various research projects.CERSER is especially important to North Carolina and Virginiaresidents because it will provide an abundance of information onthe changes in atmosphere that lead to high winds, rain, tropicalstorms and hurricanes long associated with coastal communities.Through the center’s sophisticated equipment, ECSU scientists andstudents can track weather patterns, document changes inwaterways and the impact those changes have on the organismsliving there.Dr. Linda Hayden, Director of CERSER atECSU, is confident this new research centerwill enhance studies underway in the DismalSwamp and along the North Carolinacoastline. She sees CERSER as a key tool inECSU’s ability to attract new studentsinterested in marine science. The center is alsoan educational tool that will prepare studentsfor graduate school in related fields of study.To kickoff the new center last spring,Dr. Hayden hosted the first IEEE Geoscienceand Remote Sensing Distinguished SpeakerLecture. Guests came from governmentresearch facilities, private companies,professional/academic research organizationsand universities. All came with a centralinterest — discussing how remote sensing labshelp scientists increase their knowledge ofchanges occurring in oceans, along coastlinesand on land.Charles Luther, president of the IEEEGeoscience and Remote Sensing Society,credits ECSU with being the only historicallyblack college/university on the east coast tohave a remote sensing satellite data receivingstation. Luther predicts CERSER will prove agreat opportunity for more young minorityresearchers to enter fields of study where theyhave traditionally been underrepresented. Chancellor Mickey L. Burnimsigns the Memorandums ofUnderstanding with Dr. MohamedMohamed, of Pixoneer Geomatics,and becomes partners withPixoneer, a premier provider ofimage processing software andremote sensing services for theeducation, government, military,and commercial sectors.featuresFrom left, Charles A. Luther, of the IEEE Geoscience and Remote SensingSociety, Dr. Sonia Gallegos of the Naval Research Laboratory at StennisSpace Center, Dr. Linda Hayden and James Harrington, of Minority University-Space Interdisciplinary Network, celebrate the grand opening of the CERSERfacility. Dr. Hayden welcomed these guests to campus for presentations onremote sensing and student development in academic research.6 ECSU MAGAZINE FALL 2003
ECSU Board of TrusteesupdateNew Board of TrusteesECSU is pleased to announce that effective July 1,2003, Harriett L. Hornthal of Elizabeth City (NC) andNorman L. Mebane, Jr. of Windsor (NC) joined theuniversity’s Board of Trustees.Mrs. Hornthal, owner of Selig’s Jewelry Store inElizabeth City, and Mr. Mebane, president and CEO ofMebane and Associates, will serve four-year terms.At Elizabeth City State University’s Board of Trusteesmeeting held in June 10, Chancellor Mickey L. Burnimannounced the new board members and stated, “We arepleased to have Mrs. Hornthal and Mr. Mebane join ourboard. I am certain that their business expertise andtheir community involvement in northeastern NorthCarolina will be a great asset to the university and ourexisting board members.”Walter C. Davenport,ChairmanECSU Salutes Board of TrusteesECSU salutes and expresses sincere appreciation tothree ECSU board members whose terms ended last June— Mr. Charles Penny, who served as board chairman,from Rocky Mount (NC), Mrs. Betty Meggs, who servedas secretary, from Elizabeth City (NC), and Mrs. BettyBarr-Randolph, from Washington (NC).Frederick L. Yates,Vice-ChairmanBoard of Trustees Officers 2003-2004Chairman ........................................... Walter C. DavenportVice Chairman ........................................ Frederick L. YatesSecretary ............................................... Henry B. Pickett, Jr.Henry B. Pickett, Jr.,SecretaryfeaturesECSU MAGAZINE FALL 2003 7
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