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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1974 VOICE Page 3 GRAD BUSINESS FELLOWSHIPS FOR MINORITIES AVAILABLE Graduate business fellowships for minority students are available through the UNC School of Business Administration in Chapel Hill. Blacks, American Indians, and Spanish-surnamed Americans-are eligible for the fellowships which provide tuition and living allowance of $2,000 for the first year of the master of business ad ministration (M.B.A.) program and $1,000 for the second year. Financed by grants from approximately 140 U.S. corporations, the fellowships are sponsored by the Consortium for Graduate Study in Management which UNC joined in 1973. The Consortium is a six-university program to encourage minority men and women to enter management careers in business. In addition to UNC, it includes Indiana University, Washington University in St. Louis, and the Universities of Rochester, Southern California, and Wisconsin. Students may apply to the M.B.A. program of any Consortium universities. Twenty fellows are enrolled now at UNC-Chapel Hill. * o* ^ Persons wishing further information should write to the director, Consortium for Graduate Study in Management, 101 N. Skinker Blvd., Box 1132, St. Louis, Mo. 63130; or executive director, M.B.A. Program, UNC School of Business, Chapel Hill, N.C. 27514. I'l, FACULTY WOMEN'S CLUB OF FAYETTEVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY present a $1300 check to Charles “A” Lyons, Jr. for the FSU scholarship fund. Making the presentation are members (L-R) Mrs. Rosa Lyons, President; Miss Lois Turner, Chairman of Publicity; Mrs. Catherlene Thompson, Treasurer; and Mrs. Dorothy Lane. (FSU Photo by John B. Henderson) SUPPORT YOUR STUDENT GOV. ASSOC.! BUTLER GETS VA POST AT FSU Dr. Charles “A” Lyons, Jr., Chancellor of Fayetteville State University, recently announced the appointment of Earnest Butler as Veteran’s Representative on the campus. Chancellor Lyons said that Butler will serve as Veteran Administrations’ “Man on Campus” and will serve in a new program provided by the VA which is designed to provide personalized service to veterans receiving educational assistance benefits under the GI Bill. Butler Butler is a graduate of Fayetteville State University majoring in sociology and minoring in business administration. He has done further study at North Carolina State University; attended Defense Language Institute at Monterrey, California; a graduate of the U.S. Department of State Foreign Service In stitute; and has studied at the Brooking Institute, Washington, D.C. Butler joined the VA last June and was one of the 1,327 Veteran’s Administration Representatives hired or assigned from the VA for the position. A native of Mobile, Alabama, Butler recently had orientation at the VA Regional Ofhce in Winston Salem, North Carolina and an intensive training program conducted at West Georgia College, Carrollton, Georgia, for Vet-Reps from the southeastern states. A 25-year veteran of the Army, Butler served two tours of duty in Southeast Asia during the Vietnamese conflict and retired from the Army with the rank of Major, January, 1972. He is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Shriners, Elks, and the Sertoma Club of Fayetteville. He is married and his wife, Thelma, have one, son. Earnest III, a freshman at Fayetteville State University. In addition, Butler will serve Methodist College and Sampson Technical Institute, Clinton, N.C. His office will be located in the Student Counseling Center at Fayetteville State University. CAREER FAIR SET FOR OCT. 23 Milton Yarboro, Director of Career Counseling and Placement at FSU, announced that a one-day Career Information Fair will be held in the Lilly Gymnasium on the campus October 23 beginning at 9 a.m. The fair is sponsored by the FSU-Industry Cluster program. There will be a one hour break and the schedule will run from 9a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. to4p.m. According to Yarboro, the purpose of the Career Information Fair is to provide FSU students with career information about various industry cluster members and other industries in the area. “We feel that this will provide management with an excellent opportunity of facilitating the exchange of career information and opportunities to our students,” Yarboro said. “Also,” he added, “statistics indicate that there is a preponderance of education majors entering and graduating from predominantly black colleges and perhaps many are becoming-not through deliberate choice and commitment-but through the ignorance of the fact that a college education miight also lead to other careers.” The program is open to all high schools, colleges, and in terested individuals in the area. For further information contact FSU Career Counseling and Placement Office on the campus. “WHAT IS PEER COUNSELING?” Peer-Counseling is a program designed and implemented by a select group of students, known as Peer-Counselors. These upperclassmen have considerable training and experience in the area of human relations. The primary purpose of the program is designed to mainly help new students (freshmen and transfer) in their adjustment to life here at FSU. The student counselors are under the professional supervision of Miss Annette Lewis. The peer-counselors are: Mr. James Waddell, Miss Valeria Boone, Miss June Jerkins, Mr. Silas Strother, Miss Colette Moore, Mr. Larry Robinson, Miss Sandra Sherrill, Mr. Roscoe Locke, Miss Mary Hill, Mr. Chauncey Gilliam, Mr. Charlie Chancey, and Mr. Leevahn Smith. What can the Peer-Counseling do for you? This program will assist you in any way that you desire to make your stay at FSU a more enjoyable and rewarding ex perience. The objectives of the program are fourfold. The program offers appropriate guidance and provides relevant help in the development of qualities essential for success, purposefulness and self-direction. It refers you for academic help-reading or tutorial. It answers questions which you have concerning the Administration. It broadens your interests. The program assists freshmen in realizing self-discovery and self-realization as these relate to the excellence of achievement. It helps you in your communication with others. It increases your observation and understanding. The program emphasizes personal and social development. It helps you with per sonal problems. It exposes you to a variety of worthwhile experiences. It helps you develop trust in others. It provides you with a friend you can trust. It broadens your knowledge of yourself and provides an informal setting for active participation. Participation in the Peer-Counseling program is voluntary. Any Bronco who would like to become involved and explore new dimensions is asked to stop by the University Study Center, room 104 Taylor Science, and talk to any Peer-Counselor present. SUPPORT YOUR STUDENT GOV. ASSOC.I
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