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Cheyney
Spirit
alumni
PAUL TURNER
Dear Fellow Alumni:
I am pleased to greet you as we
conclude the 170th anniversary
year of our university and the
145th of our association. This has
been a year full of challenges and
successes. I, however, look
forward to the fulfillment of the
promises it offers.
This year brought Dr. Michelle R.
Howard-Vital as eleventh president
to our alma mater. The anticipation and culmination of
this event produced a feeling that Cheyney University
will again turn another elusive corner and move to a
higher level. This publication along with the three
previous ones is the fulfillment of just one of her
promises to improve communications between the
university and all concerned parties. Hopefully, it will
limit one from saying, “What’s going on at Cheyney?”
We must encourage her as she moves forward.
Your deeds must also be recognized. Financially, you
have contributed through your association more than
$30,000.00 toward the education of our students and the
enrichment of their college lives. These funds were
disbursed through the Tom Joyner Foundation, national
and chapter scholarship programs, retention projects,
band gifts, and book awards.
You have given unselfishly of your time and energy by
monitoring Student Government elections and activities,
spending Sunday afternoons socializing with students
and merely being available to listen to young folks
during their time of crisis. Chapters have provided
tutoring and instilled cultural enrichment to neighborhood
children and have been of assistance through
guidance to those who might never have been able to
receive it. Additionally, you have been there for each
other during periods of sorrow and moments of joy. You
are to be commended. I am honored to serve as your
president.
Please continue to support your Alumni Association.
Lastly, please have an abundant new year and do
continue to keep positive thoughts and sincere prayers in
your minds.
Yours in the Spirit of Cheyney,
Paul A. Turner
Paul A. Turner ’62, President
Mr. Traynham goes to Washington
COT Member Robert Traynham Becomes CN8 Bureau Chief
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CN8, The Comcast Network
announced that Robert
Traynham will join CN8 as its
Washington, D.C. bureau chief.
Traynham will report from
CN8’s state-of-the-art Capitol
Hill studio and other
Washington-based events and
landmarks to deliver breaking
news and insider interviews for CN8’s original morning
and issues-oriented programming. Traynham will also
support CN8’s DC-based coverage of “America’s Next
President,” the network’s most expansive political
coverage initiative to date. “We are excited to welcome
ROBERT TRAYNHAM
Robert to the CN8 team and are confident that his
industry expertise and experience will further bolster
CN8’s political coverage during this historic election
year,” said Jon Gorchow, vice president and general
manager of CN8.
Prior to this appointment, Traynham worked for 10 years
in the United States Senate, and he currently serves as an
associate professorial lecturer at The George
Washington University where he teaches courses in
strategy and message development. Traynham holds a
Master of Arts degree in Political Communication from
George Mason University and a Bachelor of Arts degree
in Political Science from Cheyney University of
Pennsylvania.