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Mariah Rowdy
Kristina Redd
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Keaira Stevens
Lyric Byrd-King
India Johnson
Erica Fields
crowned
Miss Jabberwock
2015
Editor's note: Due to a submission error, the names on
the photos of the contestants were wrong in last week's
Chronicle. They are correct here.
SPECIAL TO THE
CHRONICLE ?
Erica Fields, a senior at
Robert B. Glfen High
School, was crowned Miss
Jabberwock 2015 at the
Winston-Salem Alumnae
Chapter of Delta Sigma
Theta Sorority Inc.'s
Jabberwock Cotillion.
The RISE event was
held at the McNeil
Ballroom on the campus of
Winston-Salem State
University, with more than
300 parents, relatives,
Deltas and friends in atten
dance.
With decorations of
wire dolls dressed in a vari
ety of white gowns, red and
white roses, and portraits of
each contestant, 13 high
school girls and their
escorts culminated the
evening with the crowning
of Miss Jabberwock and
her court. Erica Fields will
attend UNC-Greensboro in
the fall, and plans to major
in nursing.
Caroline Elizabeth
Leftwich was first runner
up to Miss Jabberwock
2015. She is a senior at
Regan High School and
will attend the University
of Alabama in the fall.
Aysha' Williams Polite was
the second runner-up to
Miss Jabberwock 2015.
She is a senior at East
Forsyth High School and
will attend UNC-Charlotte
in the fall.
The contestants were
featured in a dance choreo
graphed by Courtney
Omega Taylor-Porter,
owner of Positive Image
Performing Arts LLC
dance studio. The song
used was a remix of
Beyonce Knoll's "Flawless
and Ego."
The escorts were fea
tured in a choreographed
dance arranged by Taylor,
to the hit Boyz to Men.
Contestants Fields, and
Erica Alexander danced to
Kirk Franklin's "Don't
Cry" in the talent show
case. India Johnson,
Mariah Rowdy, Makaiala
Sitton and Lyric King also
performed in the talent
showcase. Lyric King was
the only junior in the com
petition. She will be a sen
ior at Atkins High School
in the fall.
A formal dance to
Yolanda Adam's "And Still
I Rise" featured escorts
with . tuxedos with red
accessories, and contest
ants in white gowns.
Each contestant
received a five-piece
Samsonite Luggage set, a
gift bag and a professional
portrait in their white ball
room gowns. Monetary
scholarships will be sent to
the college or university of
their acceptance in the fall
from monies raised from
the scholarship fundraiser.
Delta officials say RISE
was a special event in the
lives of 26 deserving young
people in our community.
Elizabeth Newton is the
president of the Winston
Salem Alumnae Chapter of
Delta Sigma Theta Inc.
Judge Denise Hartsfield is
the 2015 Jabberwock chair
woman.
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Erica Alexander
Makaiala Sitton
Erica Fields
Aysha' Williams Polite
Elizabeth Leftwich
DCCC joins NSF grant initiative to
increase number of minorities seeking
degrees in STEM areas
SPECIAL TO
THE CHRONICLE
THOMAS VILLE -
Davidson County
Community College
(DCCC), along with
Central Piedmont and
Guilford Technical com
munity colleges, are recipi
ents of a $1.5 million grant
from the National Science
Foundation to develop pro
grams designed to boost
the number of underrepre
sented minority students
pursuing four-year degrees
in STEM (science, technol
ogy, engineering and math
ematics) subject areas.
CPCC leads the project for
the North Carolina STEM
Alliance.
Strategies to create
stronger pipelines in high
schools to earlier identify
students interested in
STEM majors and careers
are in development by the
three community colleges.
The goal of the grant initia
tive is to increase by 50
percent the number of
underrepresented minority
students earning bachelor's
degrees through both trans
ferable STEM-related com
munity college programs
and entry into STEM
majors at four-year col
leges and universities.
The grant period runs
through January 2018.
"This is a great oppor
tunity for minority students
at DCCC who are interest
ed in the STEM areas,"
says Jennifer Comer,
instructional liaison faculty
at DCCC and co-principal
investigator for the initia
tive. "The initiative
involves all aspects of the
campus community work
ing toward the common
goal of increasing the num
ber of underrepresented
minority students enrolling
in STEM curriculum areas.
In addition, we'll work
closely with outside agen
cies to offer ways for
minority students to
explore STEM careers and
allow them to have oppor
tunities to grow as they
continue their educational
journeys at baccalaureate
granting institutions and
enter these fields."
Measures the grant will
fund include STEM
focused mentoring, addi
tional academic support,
career-centered and proac
tive academic advising and
financial support.
Bruce1 Johnson, associ
ate dean of STEM at
Central Piedmont who pro
vides overall leadership for
the effort, notes the three
colleges included in the
North Carolina STEM
Alliance serve as leaders in
refining the ways commu
nity colleges serve stu
dents.
"Through other initia
tives, we have moved the
needle relative to the
improved progress and suc
cess of our students,"
Johnson says. "However, as
each college maintains a
commitment toward mak
ing data-driven decisions,
it's apparent that a signifi
cant gap exists for our
underrepresented minority
student population."
"This NSF-funded ini
tiative positions us to
expand the impact of exist
ing successful projects,
while further promoting
growth to students needing
enhanced support,"
Johnson adds. "The skills
gap seen in our region
demands more college
graduates in STEM-related
fields. Ultimately, our com
munities will benefit as we
improve the ability of our
students to contribute to
advances in the STEM
arena."
The National Science
Foundation funds research
and education in most
fields of science and engi
neering through grants and
cooperative agreements to
more than 2,000 colleges,
universities, K-12 school
systems, businesses, infor
mal science organizations
and other research organi
zations throughout the
United States.
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