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[George Conklin <gconklin@igc.apc.org>]

April 25, 1996

96148                      College News

                         by Julian Shipp

TUSCALOOSA, Ala.--Stillman College president Cordell Wynn has been
chosen to serve as moderator of an eight-member task force that is
charged with providing more information about African-American history
and resources to developers of the Presbyterian Church's educational
materials. Wynn, who has been president of Stillman since 1982, was
appointed by Marj Carpenter, moderator of the Presbyterian Church
(U.S.A.). The task force, which was authorized by the 1995 General
Assembly, is scheduled to report to the
209th General Assembly in 1997.

ST. PAUL, Minn.--The Macalester College community packed
Weyerhauser Chapel recently to receive college president-elect Michael
S. McPherson. The
48-year-old McPherson is currently dean of the faculty at Williams
College in Williamstown, Mass., and is a nationally known economist,
writer and authority on the economics of higher education. He was
appointed by the
Macalester board of trustees after a lengthy national search. McPherson
will become Macalester's 15th president Aug. 1. He succeeds Robert J.
Gavin
Jr., who announced last year that he would step down after 12 years as
president.

EASTON, Pa.--Bill Cosby, world-renowned actor and entertainer who
has used comedy as an educational tool to teach tolerance, family values
and love of learning, will speak May 19 at Lafayette College's 161st
commencement exercises. Cosby will receive the honorary degree of
Doctor of Humane
Letters. Graduation exercises, to be held outdoors on the Skillman
Library
Plaza, will begin at 2:15 p.m.  with an academic procession. In case of
rain, ceremonies will be held in the Allan P. Kirby Field House.  The event
is open to the public and tickets are not required.

CONCORD, N.C.--Dr. Sammie W. Potts has been appointed the 14th
president of the 129-year-old Barber-Scotia College, effective July 1.
>From 1979 to
1988, Potts served Barber-Scotia College in the roles of vice president
for student affairs, vice president for development and director of the
Institutional Self-Study. His professional career also includes
administrative experience in secondary public education. Potts, a native
of the Carolinas, is a graduate of Benedict College and completed
graduate degree programs (master's and doctorate) at the University of
Massachusetts in Amherst.