By ROTA Staff
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15 Mar, 2022
My journey at Morristown College began a couple of years after a disappointing first-time college experience at a prominent large institution in my hometown of Birmingham, Alabama. At the recommendation of the late Dr. Addie B. Crutcher, an Upward Bound High School Counselor, I enrolled in Morristown the fall of 1973. Upon arriving on the campus, I was nervously excited and had no idea of the far-reaching impact that was to follow. From the time I moved into my dorm room and met my roommate, to the first day of classes, the first canteen cheese steak and the first basketball game, Morristown College was the place where almost everyone knew your name. The intimate class sizes, the academically supportive faculty, the extra-curricular activities, chapel services, study in the library, and local Sunday church worship were all conducive for a well-rounded experience. After graduation in 1975, I attended Clark College(now Clark Atlanta University). As a result of the Morristown College experience, I was not only prepared spiritually, emotionally, and intellectually to excel at Clark College, but was able to interact with students at the other nearby institutions including Spellman, Morehouse, Morris Brown, and Atlanta University. Little did I know in 1973 that the Morristown College experience would launch my road to academic and professional success. I am grateful for the privilege to be a graduate of Morristown College.