44 Receive Certificates In
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1993-THE CAROLINA TIMES-3
Entrepreneurial Training Institute
Sponsored by UDI/CDC And
NCCU School of Business
A class of 44 pariicipanis
received graduating certificates as
UDI Community Development
Corporation and NCCU School of
Business completed the second
class of the jointly sponsored
Entrepreneurial Institute.
Ms, Andrea Harris, presidcni/ceo
of the North Carolina Institute for
Minority Economic Development,
delivereri the graduation speech.
The Entrepreneurial Training
Institute, sponsored by the
Deparunent of Health and Human
Services, Family Administration
Division, is designed to enhance
the management skills of
entrepreneurs operating their own
businesses or a.spiring to do so.
This is the second of four
seminars scheduled. It involved
twelve weeks of intense study and
review ol different aspects of
business, including legal issues,
marketing, accounting,
management, and an introduction
to computer usage.
The jiaiticipaiiLS ranged from high
school graduate to retired
professors who either own or plan
to 0's\'n a business.
Ms. Uebra V. Seward, student, addresses ETI class.
Carl I’aschall, student, addre.sses EiTI class.
Ms. Corinne Mabry, student, addre.ssc.s ETI class.
Several students spoke on behalf
of the class during the graduation
exercise and expressed the positive
impact made upon them in ilieir
search to become successful
entrepreneurs. The class
representativos were Ms. Corinnij
Mabry, a retired school principal;
Carl Paschall, an employee of
NIEH; and Ms. Debra Seward,
owner of a business in Raleigh.
Ed Stewart, executive director of
UDI/CDC, said, "The seminars
serve to address several needs that
are viuil to a successful business,
although they may not reach the
depth of a 12-month course. They
inspire and encourage participants
to continue their efforts fur
increased knowledge until a point
of academic satisfaction has bex'n
reached."
Stewart credited Dr. Sundar
Fleming, dean of the Business
Department at NCCU and the staff,
for their efforts "because they are
the ones who make the program
effective." The other professors
involved in the program arc Dr.
Hooshang Kuklan, Dr. Javaa
Kargar, Dr, Mary Phillips and Ms.
Verona Edmond.
Members of the graduating class
were: Catherine C. Ascott, George
Bell, Jr., Margaret C. Boadu,
Joseph O. Botchway, John L.
Bouncer, Robert L. Bordic, II,
Eugene R. Budzinski, Ivan
Chapman, Arnold Connelly, Linda
S. Crawford, Charles E. Croncy;
Wellington D. Dickens, Bobby R.
Douglas, Ollic L. Gaithcright, Jerry
B. Greene, Sharon Hall, Florinc M.
Horton, Vanya Johnson, John Jolly,
Robert E. Jones, Benjamin M, Lee,’
Delores Garcie Lowe;
Corinne Mabry, Maxcine S.
Maticr, Kathy W. McCluncy,
William H. McKnight, Gregory
Moore, Bcivie Morant, Joe
O’Connor, Carl S. Paschall,
Johnnie L. Peace, Shirley T. Pierce,
Michael E, Rudd, Debra v!
Seward, Stuart E. Somer;
StcphiTi H. Shirks, Jr., Johnnie 1...
Tabron, Sheila Tayrosc, David
Wearing, Frankie L. White, Jesse
A. Wilchcr, Sylvia Ann Williams,
A. Gregory Wimbcrlcy, Claudine
R. Zimmerman.
r.ii .^it «iirr, right, executive director of
I l)l/roniniunity Development
( or|)..;,ii„„ conpratulates Ms. Catherine
A.scoii, kfi, while Dr. Sundar
lt»)k.s Ol).
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