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Christopher Hill
Viking completes
Internship at BMW
ECSU Junior Christopher Hill completed an internship at the BMW Manufacturing Group in
Greenville, S.C., in May 2008. Hill assisted the database group in the BMW Information Technology
Research Center with reporting and analysis. His duties included monitoring the network
system’s database performance, and operating systems and servers. In addition, Hill provides direct
application monitoring and database management. The honor student and industrial technology major
was recently awarded a $2,500 scholarship from the Tom Joyner Foundation. The Mississippi native
describes his interest in the field of information technology as his “passion,” and plans to pursue a
doctorate in information technology and eventually own an IT consulting firm. This summer,
Hill will work as an intern at the Intel Corporation in Santa Clara, Calif. He is the third ECSU
student to serve as a BMW intern.
Andrew Oxendine, a senior majoring in industrial technology, won first place in the McNair Scholars Poster
Competition for his research project entitled, “The Design of an Automated PLC Controlled Packing System”.
Mr. Oxendine was mentored by Dr. Akbar Eslami, faculty member in the School of Math, Science and Technology.
Travis Heath, third year PharmD student received a Wal-mart Scholarship to attend the AACP Annual Meeting.
Mr. Heath was selected from a very competitive applicant pool. He was awarded a scholarship to
attend the meeting and work in a faculty-student team during the meeting. The pharmacy student scholarship
program, funded by Wal-Mart, will provide scholarships to 50 student-faculty pairs from AACP member
institutions to attend the AACP Annual Meeting and the AACP Teachers Seminar in Chicago, Ill., from
July 19-23, 2008.
Lakeisha Moore, a junior majoring in industrial technology, received a $4,000 scholarship from Nucor
Company in Cofield, NC.
ECSU students receive
Tom Joyner Foundation Scholarships
ECSU was honored as the 2008 Tom Joyner February School of the Month. Since 1998, the Tom Joyner Foundation has
contributed more than $55 million to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCSs) in an effort to keep students
in school. The campaign partnership helped to award scholarships to many deserving ECSU students. The students
were awarded scholarships in the categories of Tuesday Scholars: Building Legacies Expanding HBCUs, Hercules
Scholars, Single Parent Scholars and Budweiser Scholars. Congratulations to the following recipients:
Recipients Award Major
Domonique Burton $1,500 Computer Science
Chaquita Brown $1,500 Elementary Education
Saysha Grizzle $1,500 Biology
Cindy Hayes $1,500 Education/Communication
Christopher Hill $2,500 Information Technology
Torrey Nowell $2,500 Health/Physical Education
Tosha Overton $1,500 Criminal Justice
Tammy Smith $1,500 Communications
Bryan Spence $2,500 Business Administration/Marketing
Sharon Walton $1,500 Business Administration
Charles Welch $1,500 Aviation Science
Andre Williams $2,500 Chemistry/Physical Therapy
(Additional recipients will be announced in the Fall 2008)
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SPRING 2008 • ELIZABETH CITY STATE UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE