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Michael N. Castle

"I remember coming to this college in the 1960s as a new legislator when a road divided the campus - and it was not fully paved at that - and no wall defined the campus from the highway."

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"I remember coming to this college in the 1960s as a new legislator when a road divided the campus - and it was not fully paved at that - and no wall defined the campus from the highway."

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Donna Grant

"My teaching began in 1936 at Iowa State College where T. W. Schultz was the department chairman."

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Donna Grant

"One half who graduate from college never read another book."

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Donna Grant

"The role of a liberal arts college within a university is to be a genuine part of that university, giving and responding to the other parts."

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Donna Grant

"My favorite NBA team are the houston rockets and favorite college team are the duke blue devils."

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Donna Grant

"I went to college in Mississippi; I'm from Louisiana."

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Donna Grant

"The economic piece is still missing, since it's so hard to attract industry to reservations, but spiritually and educationally, they're doing just fine. Each tribe has a community college now, and they teach the language, they teach the traditions."

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Donna Grant

"You know, I come from six generations of college graduates."

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Donna Grant

"At times during high school and college I wished to be a sportswriter."

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Donna Grant

"On the first day of a college you will worry about how will you do inside the college? and at the last day of a college you will wonder what will you do outside the college?"

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Donna Grant

"For me, college wasn't a breeze. I had 8 o'clock classes, I worked from 3 to 11 at the Settlement House. On weekends, if Northwestern Bell needed me, I'd troubleshoot for them, and I had a steady girl. God!"

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Michael N. Castle
"After completing a Delaware State education, they were afforded opportunities beyond anything they might have imagined - and they opened doors for themselves that surely would have remained closed if they only had a high school education."

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Michael N. Castle
"Delaware State is no longer a college for African Americans without other choices, it is a university of choice."

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Michael N. Castle
"We have long honored those who gave their lives during the unfortunate reality of war."

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Michael N. Castle
"During the days of segregation, there was not a place of higher learning for African Americans. They were simply not welcome in many of the traditional schools. And from this backward policy grew the network of historical black colleges and universities."

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Michael N. Castle
"And the university's reputation will only continue to grow as stories like Elaine's are spread. Delaware State University's motto 'a past to honor, a future to insure,' couldn't be any more fitting for this transitional period you are going through."

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Michael N. Castle
"Delaware State has established itself as an institution of excellence in its own right and attracts a diversity of students from various races, socio-economic status and locations."

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Michael N. Castle
"Upon arriving, meeting their teachers and signing up for classes, these students began to realize that their attendance at Delaware State University was not a goal achieved, but rather a dream being sewn - a first step, if you will."

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Michael N. Castle
"When Delaware State University was founded in 1890, it was not by choice, but by social reality."

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Michael N. Castle
"I believe it is important for the university to always remember its roots."

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Michael N. Castle
"Through the years you, the Delaware State family and your predecessors, have faced many challenges. You worked through them with fierce determination and good will, and you have made great progress."

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