During a weekend event in the Medgar Wiley Evers Heritage Village at pg电子游戏试玩, 校友, 教师, 和工作人员 volunteered to paint and clean some of the residence halls for the upcoming fall semester.

“我们感谢所有的教职员工, 工作人员, 校友, and friends of the pg电子下载 community for their participation,劳埃德·内斯比特说, associate vice president of Facilities Management.

校友 first heard about the event at the 2023 全国校友会 Mid-Winter Conference, 大学校长特蕾西·库克在哪, Ed.D. 94号发出了邀请.

Burnedean Allen ’85, an educator at Old Town Middle School in Ridgeland, Miss.他出席了会议。. She stated, “Our president is a hands-on president. 他请求帮助. 所以我们是校友. 我们说我们关心学校. We don’t just come for fun times; we come and do the work, too!”

Brenda Gooden ’83 worked alongside Allen in Residence Hall A. Wearing her sorority attire, signifying her membership in Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority公司., γφ, 80年秋天的, 她说, 这所大学向校友发出了征召, 当学校打电话的时候, 我们出现了!”

The alumnae were pleased to attend the event and encouraged future students to enroll at the University.

Natalie Ballard, ’02, a former chemistry/biology major and cancer research scientist at Merck & Co.公司.,同意. She stated, “The president reached out and told us to come, so we came. 我想对未来的学生说, come here if you want to be supported for the rest of your life by 校友, 教授, 和工作人员. You’ll always have somebody you can call on.”

尼基·塔图姆·汉普顿, ’95, 谁的专业是教练管理, 参加了上周末的活动.

“我是来帮助pg电子下载的. I love my alma mater, and I want to help Dr. 烹饪. We went to school together, so that’s a great purpose. That, and making a positive change for the students.”

汉普顿, who played women’s 篮球 at the University, participated in the event with a group of former players. All of them were coached by legendary ASU Hall of Fame Coach Shirley Jackson. 丽莎·鲍威尔教练，91届, 拉丁娜·威廉姆斯，98年, and Vershonda Grindle ’00 laughed as they mopped, 擦洗, 和清洁.

“I came just to give back to the place that helped me to become the person I am,” 说 Coach Powell.

威廉姆斯, who works in the pg电子游戏试玩 Extension program, 说, “我们所做的一切都是为了学生. We’ve got to push our youth, so that’s why we wanted to come back to do this [activity].”

当冰箱被擦洗时, 漏洞被补上了, 涂满了油漆, 大学教师, 工作人员, and senior administrators 擦洗 alongside the 校友. 工作人员 members in the Department of Facilities Management also bustled about the dormitory with supplies and paint.

Mattie Jones, custodian, was excited about the day’s event. She 说, “As custodians, we work every summer trying to get the dorms up to par. It was just a good idea to get some volunteers to come in and help.”

斯塔福德·威廉姆斯02年, 房屋署助理署长, provided insight into some of the students who would be positively affected.

“大多数运动员都住在这里——足球, 篮球, 跟踪……”他说, “We’re here to get a jump on the things that need to be done.”

全国校友会 Hall of Honor Inductee Jerry Paige ’76 was also in attendance. The former elementary education major reminisced on his time at pg电子下载 and the fond memories he has of the University.

“My first experience was staying on campus during Upward Bound,” he 说. “没有一个地方比得上pg电子下载. If you come here, you’ll fall in love and won’t want to leave. I went fishing this morning and yesterday, and the meals were good. 我相信要回馈社会. pg电子下载为我做了很多, 人们为我做了很多, so 我相信要回馈社会 to the University.”

Dexter Holloway ’83 serves as assistant executive director for accountability and monitoring with the Mississippi Community College Board. 他分享, “I came back today for the love of pg电子下载, 我儿子也在2019年毕业了, and I remember how hard it was for move-in day. You can’t just complain about what things look like. 你必须成为解决方案的一部分.”

校友 had the opportunity to live in the residence halls during the weekend event. Between scheduled clean-up slots on Friday and Saturday, there were also opportunities for fellowship and to become reacquainted with the changes to the campus that was once, 从某种意义上说，永远是他们的家.

For more information on scheduled 校友 activities, contact your local chapter of the pg电子游戏试玩 全国校友会 or visit http://asunaa.org/

For more ways to support the University, visit http://h9.casaruscello.com/giving-back/asu-foundation-inc/.