Castell Don't Like Alumni !To borrow a phrase from Kanye West, "George Bush Don't Care About Black People!" Well it seems, Castell "Don't Like Alumni !!"
It seems that Castell & Co. are moving to decertify the FAMU National Alumni Association in an bold attempt to seize the organizations assets in the FAMU Foundation.
The move began last month, when Castell & Co. directed her friends on the Board of Trustees Direct Service Organization (DSO) subcommittee --- which oversee organizations like the FAMU Boosters, National Alumni Association, and other type organizations that support the University--- to not approve the NAA's operating budget for the coming year. The reason given was that the Alumni didn't include enough money in their budget for scholarships. Nevermind that the NAA had budgeted some $285,000 to contribute to FAMU for scholarhips. (From a casual observer, it seems that FAMU wants alumni to fund a multi-million dollar scholarship program, which had previously been funded by the University and corporate donations that FAMU disbanded several years ago.)
Castell & Co. then began taking a look at the NAA's Charter & By-laws with a close eye.
Some NAA members, believe that FAMU is after the more than $1 million the organization has in the FAMU Foundation. If the University decertifies the NAA, as they are expected to attempt at Thursday's BOT meeting, FAMU can also move to seize all of the organizations assests and bank accounts, including those of individual alumni chapters.
The move by FAMU on the NAA wouldn't be the first time that the University has taken over a DSO, the FAMU Booster Board has been disbanded and replaced by the University several times. Also, the College of Pharmacy Alumni was disbanded by the University.
Our sources who were on a conference call with alumni top brass, said, "it's about to go down!"
This woman is crazy as hell !!!!!
ReplyDeleteThe word crazy is putting it mildly.
ReplyDeleteIt is time for the stake holders of the University to regain controll and show the governor, BOT and the IP that FAMU will survive their attempts to close it down
ReplyDeleteTHIS SOUNDS LIKE SOME GOSSIP BULLSHIT. I JUST SPOKE WITH CASTELL ABOUT 2 WEEKS AGO AND SHE HAD NO INTEREST AT ALL TO DECERTIFY THE NAA.
ReplyDeleteI hope certain members of the NAA exec bd (stakeholders) get behind Alvin Bryant and stop trying to undercut him and sell him out to Castell.
ReplyDeleteEspecially the ones on campus.
I was on the call last night, the RN account is amazingly accurate.
ReplyDeleteI can confirm that this is what was said.
Annie Oakley/Castell Bryant... she said she was into cowboys and injuns.
ReplyDeleteLooks like she'll have to wrestle a couple of diamondback rattler snakes instead of a shoot out.
Will she be able to get on her horse/broomstick and ride off into the sunset on Thursday?
Florida Trend magazine's publisher was an SBI Forum guest speaker last fall. She wrote an article in the February 2006 issue, in the section called "Corner Office."
ReplyDeleteYou can read the article in the Florida Trend Archives (February 2006) http://www.floridatrend.com.
Here are the first six paragraphs:
Know-How: Not Just Knowledge by Lynda Keever
Corporate recruiters often complain that today's MBA graduates sorely lack writing and public speaking skills. But after having had the opportunity recently to see what two business schools in Florida are doing to prepare their graduates in these areas, I can say that those recruiters might want to focus more of their efforts here in the Sunshine State.
My three days of immersion in business school programs started in Tallahassee at the invitation of Florida A&M University to participate in its School of Business and Industry's Forum Series. The forum brings in about 15 CEOs a year to talk about the state of their industries, and even more importantly to spend time with students. Over the past few years, students have had the opportunity to meet CEOs of GM, Caterpillar, GE and Hewlett-Packard.
Hudson Nwakanma, professor of marketing and director of academics at FAMU, says that the forums are just one way the school seeks to "develop a conscious competence" in its 1,400 business school students.
Academics, business sophistication [Professional Development] and internships are the three components of FAMU's five-year Professional MBA program. The academic component emphasizes technical skills and developing thought processes: Every student, regardless of emphasis, is required to take 15 hours of accounting courses, two management engineering courses and two courses in physics -- "to develop abstract and critical thinking processes."
Business sophistication classes [Professional Development} teach oral and written communication skills, the ability to navigate the business environment, business etiquette and leadership skills. The program's three required internships allow students to put the academic and business sophistication (Professional Development] components into practice.
It's no wonder that FAMU's business school grads are highly sought-after. I was impressed. First off, the students seemed mature beyond their years, perhaps because they were all dressed so professionally. They were polished and poised, and they asked challenging questions that showed that they had thoroughly researched the publishing industry. And, of course, they all asked for my business card.
..... the entire article can be found at http://www.floridatrend.com, in the "archives." It appeared in the February 2006 issue under the byline "Know-How: Not Just Knowledge."
Thank you for a very enlightening article.
ReplyDeleteIt just reminded me of the "Why" behind SBI.
I hope that this tradition of professional development is not lost because of a few who think they know what's best for SBI.
To Anonymous @ 5:14 PM:
ReplyDeleteHey Rufus, we all know that's you. Why don't you start focusing on getting the numbers right for the audit. It's not okay to report multi million dollar discrepencies.
Get to work!
What d you all expect from a woman who got her degree from a correspondence school? Her girlfriend Eva Wonton did. Can you expect much more from her ghetto azz?
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