6 • BENNETT BANNER • FEBRUARY 27, 1998
• FEATURES* FEATURES* FEATURES•FEATURES•
Center for Women,Familes
under new leadership
The renovations of the Carnegie Library include the installation of a wheelchair
accessible staircase. The photograph above and on Page 1 are courtesy of the Public Affairs and
Marketing Office.
By H. Stevenson Smith
Banner Reporter and Staff
One of the five centers at the
Women's Leadership Institue has
a new director.
Kimberly Foster has been ap
pointed to head die Center for
Women and Families.
The Center for Women and
Families targets recent high school
graduates who plan to pursue a
baccalaureate.
The Center was previously
headed by Cynthia Pulliam, who
is now teaching full-time in the
social work department for the
College.
Foster brings various experi
ences with her. She has worked
with the Watts Labor Action Com
mittee alongside Congresswoman
Maxine P. Waters in Los Angeles.
In Dover, Del., she worked
with the Dover Housing Authority
as the Americorps Community Ser
vice coordinator in helping design
and plan programs for families.
She also was a director of the
Outreach program at Bennett.
Foster said that she is respon
sible in formulating the guide
lines for the Challenge Opportu
nity program while providing a
beneficial resource for the com
munity.
Foster also said that she is work
ing on the process that will provide
the child development training and
certification for the single mothers
who return to college as well, and
training and programs for their
children.
The other Centers of the WLI
are: Center for African Women
and Women of the African Di
aspora; Center for Women and
Health; Center for Women and
SpirituaUty; and Center for Women
and Work.
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