dr. mangum. i want to congratulate you on your victory with a state legislator and standing your ground when there were some serious conversations about -- and i would like for you to speak about what you made you stick your heels on the ground early on in the institution. what experiences do you have in the realm of higher education have prepared you for that? >> guest: well my goal when i arrived was to make sure that we provide every opportunity for students to be successful in the global and international economy and engineering is something that the united states is projected to have a shortage of in the years to come. so in my first 48 hours when the proposal to separate the schools of engineering came i knew immediately that was something that would disadvantage the opportunities available to her students. so people say it's digging my heels in the ground and standing my ground but the goal was to stand for the students of florida a&m and for the opportunities for the students we serve to

dr. elmira mangum.olor, you're next in portland ohio. caller: graduates that we recognize the names of? and what about the arts, particularly jazz studies? host: did you ask -- guest: did you ask for graduates that are named that we are proud of? dorothy sherell, one of our heavy supporters. we have bernard kinsey in the arts that is on the west coast. we have john thompson, chairman of the microsoft corporation. we have in the arts areas many names that i could just call off . we have majors everywhere. we have people in congress. our congresswoman that kind was women from florida, corrine brown -- the congresswoman from florida, corinne brown. frederica wilson. we have a lot of people all over the state and all over the country. host: by the way, according to your website, $127 million in endowments as of june 2014. you mentioned john thompson donated $5 million and $50 million in grant and research funding. caller: good morning, dr. mangum for it i first want to congratulate you on your victory with