NORFOLK, Va. - Sherie Cornish, Norfolk State University's Interim Associate Athletics Director/Senior Woman Administrator, recently graduated from the 2008-09 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Leadership Institute for Ethnic Minority Males and Females. The graduation ceremony on Thursday, June 25 concluded a year-long program, which was held at NCAA headquarters in Indianapolis.

NORFOLK, Va. — Former Norfolk State volleyball player Shardonay Blueford (Chesapeake, Va.) has been accepted to the United States Olympic Committee’s 2009 F.L.A.M.E. (Finding Leaders Among Minorities Everywhere) program which runs from August 1-4 at the U.S. Olympic Complex in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Blueford, a four-year member of the Spartan volleyball team, graduated from NSU in December 2008 and is currently pursuing a master’s in sports studies with an emphasis in sports management at High Point University in Greensboro, N.C.