Chesapeake Regional Scholars Summer Seminar Alumni Reunion, 1997-2000 1997-2000 Chesapeake Fellows gather outside Minor Hall for group picture, Saturday, June 17. University of Virginia June 16-17, 2000 PROGRAM SCHEDULE Friday, June 16 3:00-5:00 p.m. -- Check-In, Best Western Cavalier Inn at the University, 105 North Emmet Street L-R: Bernie Jones, Richard Handler, Kyra D. Gaunt 5:00-6:30 p.m. – Wine-and-Cheese Reception, Garden Room, Colonnade Hotel 6:30-7:30 p.m. -- Dinner, Garden Room, Colonnade Hotel 7:30-8:30 --Guest Performer: Piedmont and country blues singer-guitarist John Jackson John Jackson performs at the Chesapeake Reunion dinner Saturday, June 17, Minor Hall Auditorium 8:00-9:00 a.m. – Coffee and Light Breakfast Fare 9:00-10:00 a.m. – Welcome Address Ernest Allen Ernest Allen Jr., "'Best of Times in the Worst of Times’: Some Thoughts on African American Studies in the Next Decade." Professor Allen is Associate Director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies, University of Massachusetts. 10:10-11:00 - Keynote Address Abdul Alkalimat Abdul Alkalimat, "Cyberspace and the Black Experience: A Vision for Research in eBlack Studies." Professor Alkalimat is Director of the Africana Studies Program at the University of Toledo, Moderator of H-Afro-Am, and Director of Malcolm X: A Research Site. 11:10-12:00 – William G. Thomas III, Director, Virginia Center for Digital History Will Thomas demonstrates Valley of the Shadow project's Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative (ECAI) 12:00-1:30 – Lunch, Minor Hall Lobby 1:30-3:30 – Q & A with Mssrs. Allen and Alkalimat 3:30-5:30 Alumni Reports Saint Augustine's College Flora J. Hatley Wadelington Delaware State University Bradley Skelcher Morgan State University Debra Newman Ham Dianne Swann-Wright Monticello Dianne Swann-Wright East Carolina University David C. Dennard Lynchburg College Dorothy A. Smith-Akubue Virginia Union University Eric S. King Norfolk State University William H. Alexander Cassandra L. Newby-Alexander Charles H. Ford Loyola College in Maryland Angela M. Leonard Other participating alumni Bette J. Dickerson, American University John A. Vernon, National Archives at College Park Marilyn Broadus-Gay, Norfolk State University Flora Bryant Brown, Elizabeth City State University Leni Sorensen, College of William and Mary Victor Blue, North Carolina Central University Akwasi Osei, Delaware State University Scott K. Parker, Montpelier Mel White, Old Salem, Inc. 5:30-5:45– Group Discussion/Departure Photos/Web Design by Scot French