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The Homestead Campus is renaming its oldest building<\/span> after its <\/span>founding president<\/span>\u2014<\/span>the late Roy Gene Phillips.<\/span><\/p>\n

Building A will be designated the Dr. Roy G. Phillips Center during an on-campus ceremony on Feb. 25 at 2 p.m.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The 26,828 square foot facility, where Phillips had his office for more than a decade, currently houses the Student Life Department, admissions, advising, registration, <\/span>TRIO<\/span><\/span><\/a> and Institute For Civic Engagement and Democracy.<\/span><\/p>\n

Confirmed speakers include Phillips’ son<\/span>\u2014<\/span>Roy Gene Phillips Jr.<\/span>\u2014<\/span>Miami Dade College President Madeline Pumariega and Provost Malou C. Harrison.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHis hard work and dedication to the College, campus and community at large won\u2019t go unnoticed,\u201d said Oscar Loynaz, the current Homestead Campus president.<\/span><\/p>\n

The process to rename building A in Phillips\u2019 honor began in January about a month after his passing. Carmen Morris, who served as director of communications at Homestead Campus during Phillips\u2019 time there, created an <\/span>online petition<\/span><\/span><\/a> requesting the distinction. More than 2,600 people signed it.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMy family and I are ecstatic and we\u2019re grateful,\u201d said Roy Jr., Phillips’ oldest son who has worked at the College as a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning technician for 33 years.<\/span><\/p>\n

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President Phillips: Roy Gene Phillips was the founding president at Homestead Campus in 1990. He served in that role until 2001. PHOTO COURTESY OF MDC WOLFSON ARCHIVES<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Phillips earned his doctoral degree in urban secondary administration from the University of Michigan. He started his career in academia as a teacher and principal in Detroit, Michigan. He would go on to serve as vice president of Wayne County Community College District, president of Seattle Central College and Metropolitan Community College in Omaha, Nebraska.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In 1980, Phillips started working as the North Campus vice president, a term used at that time for campus presidents. He later transferred to Wolfson Campus to serve as the vice president of public affairs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In the late-80\u2019s, Phillips created a study titled \u201cA New Frontier in Education.\u201d In it, he presented a plan for MDC to expand and what the new campus\u2019 role would be. That vision came to fruition in 1990 when he was tabbed as the founding president of Homestead Campus.<\/span><\/p>\n

During his 11 years at the helm at Homestead, Phillips was deeply ingrained in the community.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

After Hurricane Andrew caused massive destruction in the area in 1992, Phillips stood in front of building A distributing water bottles and his own money to help residents in the area.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

He advocated for science classes to be taught at Homestead Campus so students who lived in cities like Homestead, Cutler Bay and Florida City wouldn\u2019t have to travel to other campuses to take the courses.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Phillips also got assistance from Congresswoman Carrie P. Meek to fund building F\u2014where part of the aviation program is housed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

He also worked with Miami-Dade County Public Schools to offer students from Robert Morgan Educational Center hands-on training in auto repair while they earned dual enrollment credits.<\/span><\/p>\n

Xania Lawrence, who is currently the administrative assistant to the dean of faculty at Homestead, met Phillips while she was a student at the campus in 1999. She recalls how he often asked students how they were doing and reminded them to stay focused on their studies.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe was like a father figure to a lot of us,\u201d Lawrence said. \u201cHe loved everyone.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Phillips married Vira Goosby. The couple had four children\u2014Roy Jr, Kevin, Crystal and Kelley. But in 1991 after reading an article in the <\/span>Miami Herald<\/span><\/i> about four siblings who had been separated in the foster care system, they adopted Angie, April, Dwayne and Alex.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know many people who would have done [such a] remarkable thing,\u201d Morris said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Phillips retired in December of 2001 after more than a decade as president at Homestead Campus, but his involvement in the community never waned.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

He served as chairman of <\/span>Tools for Change<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u2014an organization that provides capital, technical and business assistance and education\u2014and was a board member for the YMCA of Greater Miami, the Miami Coalition Against Drugs and Miami-Dade Mayor’s Urban Economic Revitalization Task Force.<\/span><\/p>\n

Phillips also remained involved at his local church\u2014Universal Truth Center\u2014in Miami Gardens where he taught and advised the youth.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2002, he began researching his ancestors\u2019 trajectory from Africa to America. His quest led him back to his hometown of Minden, Louisiana.<\/span><\/p>\n

That research produced the book, <\/span>Exodus From The Door Of No Return: Journey of an American Family<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/a>, which was published in September of 2006.<\/span><\/p>\n

But by 2017, Phillips and Vira\u2019s health started to decline. He showed early signs of Alzheimer\u2019s disease and she struggled with dementia.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Vira was diagnosed with liver cancer and underwent chemotherapy and dialysis. She passed away on Dec. 15 of 2020.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Three days later, after Phillips was told his wife of 63 years had passed away, the 86-year-old succumbed to natural causes.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe just shut down,\u201d Roy Jr. said. \u201cIt was a love story where they couldn\u2019t live without each other.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Despite his passing, Phillips\u2019 legacy remains.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of people in this community would not have otherwise gotten the opportunity to get a college education if it wouldn\u2019t have been for Dr. Roy Phillips,\u201d Morris said. \u201cNo matter what age or culture people are from, their lives are impacted by him in a positive way.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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New Name: Building A at Homestead is being renamed the Dr. Roy G. Phillips Center during an on-campus ceremony on Feb. 25. LIANY CHAVEZ\/THE REPORTER<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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