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THE BLACK COLLEGIAN Celebrates 35 Years
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CIA Director for Intelligence John Kringen; Gertie Starks,
Management Leadership and Diversity Programs; Carmen medina,
Assoc. Deputy Director for Intelligence (pictured with
IMDiversity Inc. CEO Preston J. Edwards Sr. and VP of Sales Pres
Edwards)
The Towers Perrin Employee Relations/Diversity Team
Suzie Davidowitz, Senior VP Corporate Communications (left) and
Juliet Giries, Ass't VP Professional Products Division, L'Oreal |
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Walter Vertreace, Director Corporate EEO, Amerada Hess
Corporation (photo by Erin Vertreace)
Roderick Adams, National Director of Diverse Recruiting,
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Willie Brown, Senior VP, State Farm Insurance |
“As THE BLACK COLLEGIAN’s 35th Anniversary Super
Advertiser Partners,” Edwards said, “their faith in the company and
continued sponsorship provided crucial support to help IMDiversity keep
going – and even expand its publishing schedule.”
Despite the devastation of their city, a flooded
headquarters, and communications difficulties, the dispersed staff
produced an extra, Special 35th Anniversary Issue, which was shipped to
college campuses in time for graduation.
“We call this award ‘The Wind Beneath Our Wings’
because that’s what the honorees were for our company when we needed
them,” Edwards said. “We couldn’t have done it without them.”
After representatives of each company were
presented with a beautifully engraved eagle statuette recognizing them
as Super Advertiser Partners, the formal ceremony gave way to a real New
Orleans-style party. Because the hurricane had interrupted his original
plans to hold the celebration in Louisiana, Edwards brought a heaping
helping of New Orleans with him to Anaheim.
A Bayou smorgasbord, a good
bar, and a thumping live jazz band had the diverse, 200+ attendees
dancing late into the night, making the event one of the most
talked-about highlights of a particularly festive event for NACE, which
celebrated its 50th Anniversary.
In addition to hosting the ceremony, the company
also participated as an exhibitor at the NACE conference, taking the
opportunity to share plans for its new multicultural student recruiting
initiatives and talk up the 10th anniversary of its online diversity
recruitment network at IMDiversity.com, upcoming in 2007.
Event photos in this article by Tom
W. Jones, professional photographer, and Bill Carson, Director, Center
for Career Development, Morgan State University |
