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La Verne Reid Retirement Celebration at Parizade Restaurant

Durham NC, October 25, 2024

Dr. La Verne Reid retired from the North Carolina Central University faculty after serving as a faculty member in the Department of Public Health Education, Department Chair, and Interim Dean of the College of Health and Sciences. A retirement celebration dinner was held October 24, 2024 in Parisade Restaurant in Durham NC. A celebration in Miller-Morgan Building at NCCU was held the following afternoon. Video and audio recordings by Victor Schoenbach. Read more about this Phenomenal Woman at https://go.unc.edu/LaVerneReid

1. Part 1 of 6 (23 min)
   Welcome and tribute from Dr. Mohammad Ahmad, Dean, College of Health and Sciences (NOTE: an audio equipment malfunction caused a lot of static in the first 3 minutes of the recording, so skip the first 3 minutes (as this link does)
    
2. Part 2 of 6 (23 min)
   Tributes (including Cheryl Woods Giscombé)
    
3. Part 3 of 6 (23 min)
   Tributes (including Jay Pearson)
    
4. Part 4 of 6 (23 min)
   Tributes (including Victor Schoenbach and Belinda Jones)
    
5. Part 5 of 6 (23 min)
   Tribute from Belinda Jones, continued; La Verne's remarks)
    
6. Part 6 of 6 (18 min)
   Goodbyes and photos with La Verne
    
7. TBA - Audio recording (complete, unedited)