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1. 1. Excelsior alumni celebrate excellence and service - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM

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   Published on: 12/3/2006   Last Visited: 12/3/2006

   Excelsior alumna, faculty member at the Oral Roberts University in Oklahoma, USA and motivational speaker, Dr Marcia Livingston, who was guest speaker at the function, challenged stakeholders in the institution to preserve its spiritual heritage while embracing "new strategies that will satisfy current needs without compromising academic quality and integrity".
   
   Commenting on the changing socioeconomic environment in Jamaica and the world, she said that "post-modernism, relativism, the erosion of moral absolutes, and a general malaise among many have done much to corrode the moral fibre of this and other institutions".
   
   "When people lack guidance, in other words, when parents are not parents to their children, when teachers fail to be teachers and when we cease to care about our school, we all contribute to moral decay," Dr Livingston said.
   
   In an address which focused on the theme "Back to the Future", the multi-faceted educator, who has been listed in the Who's Who Among American College Teachers, said progress in education occurred only when there was positive change in character and behaviour.
   
   She supported her argument with a reference to the teachings of Swiss psychologist, Jean Piaget, who stated that the principal goal of education is the creation of men and women "who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done". Declaring that this was the essence of the dream that led to the founding of Excelsior, Dr Livingston noted that unity of vision, diversity of skills and leaders dedicated to raising students to their full potential were critical to the school's continued success.
   
   She said parents, teachers, students and alumni had a responsibility to keep Dr Powell's dream alive. "No matter what we have lost, forgotten, forgone or been stripped of, it can be recovered, rejuvenated, preserved and be made a legacy," Dr Livingston insisted.
   
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2. 2. xlcrhomecoming75anniversarywards

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   Published on: 11/27/2006   Last Visited: 11/17/2007

   Dr. Marcia Livingston
   
   The event took place at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel, Thursday, November 23. According to the keynote speaker, Dr. Marcia Livingston (Class of 1980), Associate Professor of the Oral Roberts University and an Excelsior alumna, when the history of Excelsior's first 75 years is looked back on , perhaps 75 years from now ,it will recount a heritage of excellence in academics, the arts, sports and in every other facet of Jamaican life.