SSCC History Module 8

Test Your Knowledge: Shelton State History 

Module 8 

1. Shelton State’s nine-month 50th Anniversary Celebration was called the

a. Shelton State Birthday Bash

b. Shelton State Jubilee

c. Celebrate Shelton State

d. Shelton A-1

2. The 50th Anniversary Celebration began with a music festival featuring notable country music entertainer

a. Hank Williams Jr.

b. Charlie Pride

c. Blake Shelton

d. Darius Rucker

3. Dedication of the new Alabama Fire College was held on

a. April 13 1998

b. May 24 1998

c. June 18 1998

d. March 28 1998

4. This person served as Dean of Instruction for 6 months in 2001 (Feb-Aug), left the college for more than 6 years, then returned as President of Shelton State in December 2007. Who was this person?

a. Steve Fair

b. Andrea Mayfield

c. Joanne Jordan

d. Mark Heinrich

5. This person was associated with the Alabama Fire College for more than 27 years, as director for about 20 years. In 2004, the Alabama Fire College Campus was named in this person’s honor. Who was this person?

a. Lois Dorough

b. Bill Langston

c. Mike Fields

d. Philip E. Hughes

6. The 2007 Pulitzer Prize-winning Birmingham News journalist who exposed scandals and corruption in the Alabama Two-Year College System in the 1990s and early 2000s was whom? This person was known locally as the “Alabama muckraker” at the time.

a. Brett Blackledge

b. Kenneth Carter

c. Alec Harvey

d. Scott Walker

7. Shelton State’s dance team, the Shelton State Starlets, is formed and begins to perform at basketball games in

a. October 2002

b. October 1998

c. October 2000

d. October 2004

8. The first issue of Maxwell’s Crossing, the yearly fine arts publication, was published in

a. December 2004

b. December 2002

c. December 1998

d. December 2000

9. This person became the director of the Lifetime Learning Institute on October 1 2000. Who was this person?

a. Mike Fields

b. Larry Mund

c. Fran Viselli

d. Larry Langford

10. The first game was played on the new Shelton State softball field on

a. February 18 2001

b. February 26 2000

c. March 14 2002

d. March 18 2000

Answers:

1. b. Shelton State Jubilee

2. c. Blake Shelton

3. a. April 13 1998

4. d. Mark Heinrich

5. b. Bill Langston

6. a. Brett Blackledge

7. c. October 2000

8. d. December 2000

9. b. Larry Mund

10. a. February 18 2001