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Alcorn State names interim Director of Athletics
June 2, 2009
Alcorn State, MS--President George E. Ross has announced the appointment of Mrs. Brenda T. Square as the Interim Director of Athletics at Alcorn State University, effective June 1, 2009. She previously served as Chief of Staff and Executive Assistant to the President, where she assisted in the management and coordination of Public Relations, Development and Fundraising, Governmental Relations, IHL Board affairs and any other duties assigned.
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“Mrs. Square is very capable of serving in this capacity and I am confident that she will be a stabilizing force for all involved in the athletics arena,” said Ross in a release from the University.
Mrs. Square was the first woman Director of Athletics in the history of Clark Atlanta University. Prior to coming to Atlanta, she was recognized as the first woman Interim Director of Athletics at Southern University, where she simultaneously held positions as Assistant Director of Athletics and Senior Woman Administrator (SWA).
She has been an educator for a number of years, teaching both undergraduate and graduate courses in health and physical education. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance from Southern University, and a Master’s of Arts in Education and Public Health from the University of Michigan, where she also did further study.
Mrs. Square has held membership and served on numerous local and national organizations, which include; NCAA 2007 Final Four Yes Committee, NCAA Division II Championships Committee, NCAA Division II Community Engagement Advisory Committee, NCAA Division II Regionalization Committee, V.I.P Membership in the Cambridge Who’s Who of Executives and Professionals, Baton Rouge Sports Foundation Board of Directors, NCAA Division I Championship/Competition Cabinet, NCAA Chair of the National Youth Sports Program, National Association of Athletic Directors, Women in Higher Education, Co-Chaired the National AAU Track and Field Championships, Director of the National Youth Sports Program, to name a few. She was recently inducted into the Southern University Sports Hall of Fame.
A native of Clinton and New Orleans, Louisiana, she is married to Felton T. Square and is the mother of two children, Cindy L. Whitehead of Lawrenceville, Georgia and Maurice “Tony” Edmond of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. They have four grandchildren, Taylor and Christian Edmond and Chazz and Ciara Whitehead.
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