He pointed to the recent community-university partnership plan as evidence that the university is taking its future into its own hands. The revised UWF strategic plan is currently in draft form and Marx encouraged everyone to obtain a copy and review it. Comments on the plan will be accepted by Jerry Norris, university advancement until Jan. 14. Marx considers the plan a critical ingredient in the transition to a new president. What matters most now is the focus on the future and to seek leaders who can make it ours.
King opens inaugural season of symposium series.
Yolanda King will be the keynote speaker at the Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration taking place at 6 p.m., on Jan. 9, in the conference center. The address, presented by the Black Employee's Association and Student Government, is part of this year's inaugural season of UWF's John C. Pace Symposium Series. King, who was born in Montgomery two weeks before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus and triggered the movement that ultimately desegregated the South, has been in the midst of the struggle for human rights all of her life. She is committed to using her talents to affect social and personal change through the arts. The Pace Symposium Series will continue to bring distinguished scholars, artists and leaders of our time to Pensacola for lectures, panel discussions, and a variety of interactions with faculty, students and the public.