Alabama State University News
Aug 5, 2011
Nationally Known Speakers Will Help Welcome and Inspire ASU Students
Three well-known speakers will share their inspiring story with students at Alabama State University during Welcome Week
Best-selling authors Dr. Sampson Davis, Dr. Rameck Hunt, and Dr, George Jenkins, fondly known as "The Three Doctors," will speak at Alabama State University on Friday, August 12, as part of the 2011 Welcome Week activities.
The three friends made a special pact when they were teenagers growing up on the tough inner-city streets of Newark, New Jersey. They vowed to stick together, go to college, graduate and become doctors.
Despite being surrounded by negative influences and a lack of positive role models, they overcame obstacles and achieved their goal. Davis and Hunt are physicians; Jenkins is a dentist.
Their fascinating story is chronicled in their three New York Times best-selling books, The Pact: Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream; The Bond: Three Young Men Learn to Forgive and Reconnect with Their Fathers and We Beat the Street, a children's book.
Stanley Giles, mentoring coordinator for ASU's Bridge Program, said he hopes students will benefit from their story.
"I was really excited when I read their books. It's wonderful to see three young African-American males bond together and ultimately reach the goals they set," Giles said. "Their story is remarkable, and I hope it will inspire our students."
"The Three Doctors" will speak at noon on Friday, August 12 in the Dunn-Oliver Acadome.
The event is free and open to the public.
For more information, contact ASU's University Relations office at 334-229-6795.
SANDRA M. PHOENIX
Program Director
HBCU Library Alliance
sphoenix@hbculibraries.orgmailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org
www.hbculibraries.orghttp://www.hbculibraries.org/
404.592.4820
Skype:sandra.phoenix1
1438 West Peachtree Street NW
Suite 200
Atlanta, GA 30309
Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (Lyrasis)
Fax: 404.892.7879
www.lyrasis.orghttp://www.lyrasis.org/
Honor the ancestors, honor the children.
Alabama State University News
Aug 5, 2011
Nationally Known Speakers Will Help Welcome and Inspire ASU Students
Three well-known speakers will share their inspiring story with students at Alabama State University during Welcome Week
Best-selling authors Dr. Sampson Davis, Dr. Rameck Hunt, and Dr, George Jenkins, fondly known as "The Three Doctors," will speak at Alabama State University on Friday, August 12, as part of the 2011 Welcome Week activities.
The three friends made a special pact when they were teenagers growing up on the tough inner-city streets of Newark, New Jersey. They vowed to stick together, go to college, graduate and become doctors.
Despite being surrounded by negative influences and a lack of positive role models, they overcame obstacles and achieved their goal. Davis and Hunt are physicians; Jenkins is a dentist.
Their fascinating story is chronicled in their three New York Times best-selling books, The Pact: Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream; The Bond: Three Young Men Learn to Forgive and Reconnect with Their Fathers and We Beat the Street, a children's book.
Stanley Giles, mentoring coordinator for ASU's Bridge Program, said he hopes students will benefit from their story.
"I was really excited when I read their books. It's wonderful to see three young African-American males bond together and ultimately reach the goals they set," Giles said. "Their story is remarkable, and I hope it will inspire our students."
"The Three Doctors" will speak at noon on Friday, August 12 in the Dunn-Oliver Acadome.
The event is free and open to the public.
For more information, contact ASU's University Relations office at 334-229-6795.
SANDRA M. PHOENIX
Program Director
HBCU Library Alliance
sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org>
www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/>
404.592.4820
Skype:sandra.phoenix1
1438 West Peachtree Street NW
Suite 200
Atlanta, GA 30309
Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (Lyrasis)
Fax: 404.892.7879
www.lyrasis.org<http://www.lyrasis.org/>
Honor the ancestors, honor the children.
