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Cheyney University Council of Trustees Appointments Announced
March 8, 2010
Governor Edward G. Rendell recently announced the appointments and nominations for Council of Trustees of Cheyney University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Robert W. Bogle, of Yeadon, was re-appointed to Chairman of the Council of Trustees.
Mr. Robert W. Bogle is president and chief executive officer of The Philadelphia Tribune, the nation’s oldest and the Greater Philadelphia region’s largest newspaper serving the African-American community. Mr. Bogle attended Cheyney State College (now Cheyney University) in Cheyney, Pa., where he matriculated to study Sociology, earning a B.A. in Urban Studies.
The Honorable Vincent J. Hughes, of Philadelphia, and Samuel J. Patterson, of Bryn Mawr, has also been reappointed to the Council of Trustees.
Hon. Hughes won a seat in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives at the age of 30 by defeating a veteran incumbent. He later became the Chairman of the Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus (PLCB) and later won the 7th District seat in a special election.
Mr. Patterson is President and CEO of Veridyne, Inc. (formerly Shepard-Patterson.) After receiving a B.S. degree in Computer Science from Cheyney University, he began his career as a Programmer Analyst at the E.I. Dupont Company, where he designed and implemented various database management and accounting systems.
New to the Cheyney University Council of Trustees is Dr. Audrey Bronson of Philadelphia.
About Cheyney University
Cheyney University is the nation’s oldest historically Black institution of higher education. It is also the only Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE.) Now celebrating its 26th year, PASSHE comprises Pennsylvania’s 14 public universities, with a combined enrollment of more than 112,500, making it the largest provider of higher education in the Commonwealth. At its inception, Cheyney University of Pennsylvania successfully provided free classical education for qualified young people, and today the university offers baccalaureate degrees in more than 30 disciplines and six master’s degree programs. For more information, please visit the website at http://www.cheyney.edu.
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