FAYETTEVILLE, N.C., Nov. 8 -- Fayetteville State University issued the following press release:
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. - A walk across Fayetteville State University's campus often brought Chancellor Willis B. McLeod into conversations with students. He listened to their concerns, asked questions and carried what he learned back to his office.
Perry Massey remembers the telephone calls that sometimes followed. As McLeod's provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs, he occasionally heard from the chancellor about a problem a student had brought to his attention. McLeod wanted to know what could be done and expected his administrators to find a solution.
For McLeod, those encounters offered a perspective he understood intimately. He had o...