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BLACK-AMERICAN LEGACY PROGRAM--Haven Fields, development officer for the AU Athletic Department, outlines his responsibilities in his job of cultivating donors during a panel discussion that was held as part of the College of Agriculture Cultural Diversity Committee's annual Black-American Legacy Program recently. In addition to Fields, the panel of role models for students in the audience included, from left, Sheila Walton of Knoxville, Tenn., civil engineer with the U.S. Department of Interior; Howard Clayton, associate professor of management at AU; Gwen Lewis, district conservationist with the Natural Resource Conservation Service in Tuskegee; Vertrina Grubbs, director of Greater Peace Child Development Center in Opelika; Larry Sankey, student unit manager with BF Goodrich in Opelika; and Hilliard Gibbs Jr., physical scientist with the U.S. Forest Service in Auburn.
Also during the program, the committee presented Johnny Green, AU dean of students, with its 2007 Humanitarian Award, in recognition of his strong involvement in and contributions to his community. In addition to his role at AU, Green is vice chair of the Northern Auburn Housing Corporation, has served as pastor of White Street Baptist Church since 1995 and is founder and president of White Street Community Ministries. The Black-American Legacy Program was coordinated by James Brown, AU horticulture professor and Cultural Diversity Committee chairman
