By RAVEN JACKSON | Guest Writer
The African American Culture Center (AACC) director may be new to APSU’s staff, but he is not new to universities.
“I’ve worked at a mixture of private and public, large and small universities, and been blessed to learn from the opportunities,” said Henderson Hill, Director of African American Culture Center.
“Hopefully, the plan will be to connect to other centers,” Hill said, “and say they are doing some really great things and those are things I’d like to do as well.”
“I’m originally from Kansas City, MO., born and raised,” Hill said, “on the Missouri side where all the sports teams are.”
The new AACC director also graduated from Tennessee State University, and later went to receive his master’s from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
Hill is happy to now call the land of the Governors home.
“I am ecstatic to be here and extremely excited to help shape a culture within the African American Culture Center and be a positive change agent,” Hill said.
A lot of the work I really want to do is making sure we are supporting the needs of students and being positive contributors to the community.”
Even though Hill has not been in the position long, he still has many plans and goals for the AACC including better marketing for the center as well as the website, and creating a stronger identity for the AACC.
Hill knows, however, that he could face some challenges along the way.
“[It] may be hard changing people’s perception of the center and getting people to understand the center is going in a different direction,” Hill said.
It is clear that Hill plans to be active not only in the AACC, but around campus and in the community as well.
“Yes, it is the African American Culture Center,” Hill said, “but we are connecting to all our students. “
“What are we doing to support our students and be positive change agents in their lives? To be a part of the change is exciting.” TAS
Five things you didn’t know about…
… Henderson Hill
Q. What is your favorite television program?
A. Past — “A Different World” and “The Wire”; Present — “True Blood”.
Q. What is your favorite dessert?
A. Strawberry red velvet cupcakes (from The Cupcake Collection), with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Q. Do you prefer David Letterman, Jay Leno, or Conan O’Brien?
A. None.
Q. What music is in your iPod?
A. Blueprint 3, Jay-Z; Victory, DJ Khaled; Here I Am, Marvin Sapp; The Very Best of Rufus and Chaka Khan; The Sound, Mary Mary; Epiphany, Chrisette Michelle; Motivation Too, DJ Frankie Knuckles; Stronger With Every Tear, Mary J. Blige; Sir Lucious Left Foot, Big Boi; Teflon Don, Rick Ross; Battle of the Sexes, Ludacris; The Element of Freedom, Alicia Keys; Raymond Vs. Raymond, Usher.
Q. Where is your dream vacation?
A. A tour of every South American country.
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