What's up, people??  I'm  the one we all know and love, Scott Burks.  I am a graduate of North Carolina State University where I majored in Biological Sciences. Graduation ceremonies took place on December 17, 1997, which marked the second Bachelor's Degree obtained in six years.  The first was a degree obtained in Management Information Systems from Ambassador University in Big Sandy, TX in May of 1995.  I am finishing grad school at North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University in Greensboro for a Master's program in Biology.  

Now for the personal information: I was born in Brooklyn, NY on September 23, 1973.  I am a 6'3", 185-lb, brown-skinned black man trapped in the South (actually, living in Carolina is not that bad). :) My family currently resides in Winston-Salem, NC, which is a pretty nice mid-sized city in the heart of the Piedmont Triad region of North Carolina.

A lot has changed since I last updated my homepage.  First of all, I am a newly-initiated member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., which is the first African-American fraternity established (December 4, 1906 to be exact).  I was initiated on March 11, 2001.  I was accepted into the PhD program at the University of Cincinnati in 1999, where I quickly realized a couple of things: 1) I was tired of school and 2) the program just wasn't for me.  Grades were not necessarily the problem (I had a "B" average), I just did not feel it anymore.  I was working as a techincal support specialist at DBADirect, Inc., a database consulting firm in the greater Cincinnati area. Due to personal reasons I left DBADirect to teach computer science courses at Southern Ohio College. Talk about a lateral move, eh? Anyhow, though I was thankful for the opportunity, I left there in June 2003 to finish my last year of grad school. I left because I was tired of the status quo, not to mention seeing all of my white co-workers getting promoted ahead of me even though I was there longer than there were -- but that's another story for another time.  All and all, God has pretty much been good to me.  Given the hands I was dealt different times in my life, I'd say I made out okay. :)

I would like to take the time out and re-advertise a corporation in which I am an active member: KLOWN, INC.  This organization is one that pretty much stands apart from others.  Once you enter the REALM OF THE PSYCHE, the CREAM OF THE CRAP, the GREATEST OF ALL TIMES, the TOTAL PACKAGE, you too will have the urge to "STAND IN THE GAP" and take one in the nads for all mankind.  Well, maybe not ALL mankind, but you get my drift.  Also, I would like to share with you all MY THEORY ON HOW PRO FOOTBALL CAN INDUCE WORLD PEACE.

Enjoy...