Creating Personal Success on the Historically Black College and University Campus

CREATING PERSONAL SUCCESS ON THE HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY (HBCU) CAMPUS will help you in your first year of college to learn about yourself as an individual and celebrate the HBCU higher education experience. Whether you are attending an HBCU because of its history, family recommendation or legacy, or as a choice of convenience, this book will provide you with a rich history and purpose of your college campus. The text will also provide you with a stepping stone to learning about all of the resources available to you in your HBCU community.

Dr. Douglas J. Fiore is a Professor of Education at Virginia State University. He received his Ph.D. in Educational Administration and Supervision from Indiana State University, and he currently holds a Virginia Postgraduate Professional License in Administration and Elementary Education, as well as a Virginia Superintendent's License. A former teacher and principal, Dr. Fiore has worked as an Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of West Georgia and at Virginia Commonwealth University. He has also served as the Director of Professional Practice with the Virginia Department of Education. Dr. Fiore is the author of six educational books, two of which are bestselling textbooks that are widely adopted at colleges and universities throughout the United States and Canada. Additionally, Dr. Fiore has written over a dozen peer-reviewed articles, and he has served on several editorial boards. Dr. Fiore is a frequent presenter at national and international conferences on issues related to school-family partnerships, leadership improvement, and communication in educational settings.

Dr. W. Weldon Hill earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in music education from Virginia Union University and both the Master of Music degree in composition and Doctor of Philosophy degree (as a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow) in musicology (music theory) from the Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. Additionally, he was a graduate assistant at Virginia Commonwealth University. His post-doctoral work includes a Certificate in Higher Education Management from the Harvard University Graduate School of Education Management Development Program as a Plan for Social Excellence Fellow and participation as one of 29 American Council on Education (ACE) Fellows Class of 2000-2001. Having been appointed Dean of the School of Liberal Arts and Education at Virginia State University (Petersburg) in 2003, Dr. Hill is now responsible for management and development of the VSU's largest school (enrolling over 2,200 students) and its first doctoral program in educational leadership.