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Student Highlight
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Name Meaning: Beautiful, Sister
Birthdate; January 17th
Home Town: Charlotte, NC (the
Queen City, of course!)
Parents: Jacqueline Y. Victor (Mother
and Fountain of Inspiration) and
Vincent R. Victor (The Best Photog
rapher I Know)
Hobbies: Singing, Dancing, Crafts,
Reading, Traveling, Freelance Acting
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Relationship Status: Single (as of
now!)
Favorite Thing to Eat: TOP SE
CRET!!!
Favorite Song: “Everything Must
Change” as performed by Oleta Adams
(Surprised?)
Philosophy: Always Be Yourself Be
cause that is the Only Person
You Can Truly Represent.
Off To The Dominican
Republic
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Dahlia Thompson, Clarita
Rodriquez and Melissa Davis, psy
chology majors here at FSU, will be
studying abroad in the Dominican Re
public for the fall semester. Their par
ticipation was made possible by the
FSU Study Abroad Program sponsored
by Fayetteville State University and
the International Education Resource
Center in conjunction with the
Universidad Nacional Pedro
Henriquez of the Dominican Repub
lic.
These young ladies will be involved
in a variety of programs that will pro
vide experience that can be utilized in
future working situations or in gradu
ate school. Clarita will be working
with an Industrial and Organizational
Psychologist of GTE, a multinational
major telecommunication company.
She will have an opportunity to meet
with various workers, managers super
visors and company directors. Because
of her ability to speak and write Span
ish, Clarita will take two courses in
psychology, another course in anthro
pology and one in Spanish at UNPHU.
Melissa Davis, assigned to the New
Horizon school, will be dealing in
Criminal Justice. She will focus on
methods and techniques that help pre
vent young people from being incar
cerated. Melissa will evaluate the im
pact of students’ interaction with par
ents on their behavior in school. She
will also do a comparison of child rear
ing practices in the Dominican Repub
lic with that of Dominican families
who live in America.
Dahlia Thompson will be working
with staff from North Carolina State
University and UNPHU to conduct an
on-going study of the students who are
participating in the Study Abroad Pro
gram. This study will focus on adjust
ment problems, likes and dislikes, eat
ing habits, social interaction and nec
essary support systems that contribute
to the success of participants.
Because of the nature of their place
ments, North Carolina State Univer
sity will give the students credit that
can be used toward a Masters degree
in psychology at North Carolina State
University.
Fayetteville State University’s Stu
dents can use financial aid to pay for
the cost of the program in the Domini
can Republic. Students will be given
credit toward their individual pro
grams and have an opportunity to live
in homes with families or live with
other students in an apartment.
Experiences abroad will expose
students to a larger world, a different
culture and language and afford dif
ferent types of work experience with
multiple national companies. Students
will have a chance to establish lasting
friendships with fellow students from
HBCU’s in America and local people
in the Dominican Republic, while hav
ing fun in the sun. In addition to stu
dents having a chance to study in the
Dominican Republic, they will have an
opportunity to participate in summer
study programs in Ghana, West Africa;
Gabon, Central Africa; and Costa Rica.
The FSU Study Abroad Program is
constantly exploring opportunities for
students to enlarge their international
experiences.
The Study Abroad Program will be
taking applications during the Spring
1996 semester from students who wish
to study in the Dominican Republic.
Those students who desire to partici
pate in the Study Abroad Program
should contact Mr. Gene Mason, Tay
lor Science Annex Room 205b or call
486-1004.
Books For Ghana, West
Africa
Fayetteville State University par
ticipated in a project sponsored by the
North Carolina Consortium for Inter
national Intercultural Education
(NCCIIE) to send books to Ghana,
West Africa. Books were contributed
by local high schools such as Terry
Sanford and Pine Forest; local elemen
tary schools, Cumberland Mills and
Van Story; Fayetteville State
University’s book store and McKay’s
book store; and students, administra
tors, teachers, local citizens and indi
viduals. With the help of everyone in
volved, Fayetteville State University
sent a total of 5,248 books and jour
nals.
FSU Wins Two Grant
Awards Totaling Over $1
Million from the U.S.
Department of Education
The U.S. Department of Education
(DOE) has awarded two major grants
to Fayetteville State University, for a
new Upward Bound Program and for
FSU’s innovative FIRST, or “Future
Freshman Incentives—Researching
Students Today” program. First-year
funding for the multi-year programs
total $270,000.00. Upward Bound is
one of DOE’s TRIO programs that
narrowly escaped Congressional bud
get cuts this year. In its first year,
FSU’s Upward Bound project will
serve 65 selected ninth through elev
enth grade students who are potential
first-generation college students from
low-income families in Cumberland,
Harnett, and Hoke counties. FSU’s
new Upward Bound project has been
funded for a four-year period for a to
tal of $897,000, with $220,000 pro
vided in the first year. The second,
three-year grant was awarded to FSU’s
Office of Public Education Outreach
to support its FIRST program. FIRST
began in 1994 and enrolled 300 7th
graders from Cumberland, Harnett,
Hoke, Robeson, Bladen, and Sampson
counties in a long-term contract to pro
vide them with academic support so
that they will excel in and graduate
from high school. FIRST guarantees
all participants a full, first-year college
See Grants, page 12
Orlando Ceville, Editor of the Sphinx
Aloha Phi Alpha
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
focuses on scholarship and commu
nity service. The brothers of A Phi
A appreciate student support of their
scholarship Jams, but would also like
for students to extend their support
to the fraternity’s community service
efforts.
Alph Phi Alpha would like to
thank the Delta’s and Zeta’s for help
ing on September 17 with the clean
ing of the Bronco stadium. Special
thanks are extended to Brandon
Everette, Sharon High, and Kenyetta
Johnson for their support in other A
Phi A community service efforts.
Again, Alpha Phi Alpha invites
the student body to join their next
community service project. Flyers
will be posted for upcoming events.