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May 1995 Philanthropy Journal of North Carolina 17 People and Organizations ARTS & CULTURE Kyrsta Akiand, tenth grade student at Hale High School, Raleigh, won the Mildred Dwyer Patton Memorial Award for overall best story in the 1995 Raleigh Fine Arts Literacy Contest sponsored by the Raleigh Fine Arts Society and The News and Observer Foundation. Mary Lou Babb, Charlotte, named by Governor Hunt to a three- year term on the North Carolina Arts Council Board. Jesse Davis, a pianist from Washington, N.C., named second Fletcher Scholar at the North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston-Salem. Robin Minietta named public affairs manager at the University of North Carolina Center for Public Television. North Carolina Arts Council, Raleigh, hired new staff members: Rosalinda "Linda" McGloin as out reach coordinator, Bonnie Pierce as arts in education administrator, and Wayne Martin as folklife director. BUSINESS Capital Broadcasting Company, Raleigh, and the Institute of Outdoor Drama, Chapel Hill, each received a 1994 GovernoPs Business Award for contribu tions to North Carolina's cul tural climate. Council for Entrepreneurial Development, Resaerch Triangle Park has given awards to: Josef and Elizabeth Woodman, co founders of Ventana Communications Group, Oustanding Entrepreneurial Achievement Award; Jeffrey T. Barber of Coopers & Lybrand, President's Service Award; J. Phillips L. Johnson, president and CEO of Digital Recorders Inc., Emerging Entrepreneur- Torn Vande Guchte of Storr Office Environments, Inc., Early Stage Entrepreneur; Charles Hamner, president of the North Carolina Biotechnology Center, Oustanding Service Award; Salim Bhatia, co-founder, president and CEO of BroadBand Technologies, Inc., Arrived Entrepreneur. Glaxo Inc., Research Triangle Park, selected as third recipient of the Robert Donaldson Award for contri butions to North Carolina's cultural climate. Jefferson Morgan, former manager of GTE Foundation's national educa tion part nership pro gram and director of civic and government affairs for Durham Chamber of Commerce, has found ed J.D. Morgan Associates, a new corporate community relations consult ing firm in Raleigh. Kate Ahiport Gerry Camelo Rorin M. Platt Durham Public Education Network's Teacher Initiative Grants to implement innova tive classroom projects went to: Meg Sell-Goodhand, Merrick-Moore Elementary School, Durham regional pro gram for the deaf and hard of nearing; Florine Maore, East End Elementary School, Science Book It Lab program; Leah Soloff, Pipe Plus/Lakeview Center, Language Through Pictures; Donna James, Hillandale Elementary School, Active Literacy Program; Joe Appleton, Shiriey Hendrike and Beth Graham, Hillandale Elementary School, Developing Language Througn the Use of Story Bags; Debbie Egan and Susan Pickett, Lowe's Grove Middle School, the Taysa rroach; Robert Palmatier, Forest View Elementary School, the CAS CADES program; Katherine Messenger, Y.E. Smith Elementary School, the Magic DATA Bus: Inside the Durham Community; Kelly Hayes, Parkwood Elementary School, Taping to Enhance Reading and Writing; Lynn Foushee, Easley Elementary School, Intersession Kits; Sarah Leverett, Southwest Elementary School, Tech Talk; Carol Dodson and Brenda Brown, Bethesda Elementary School, Let's Pretend "Around the World"; Shola Kujore, Shepard Middle School, Math Tutorial; Deborah Howe and Cathleen Lowe, Lowe's Grove Middle School, NC CATCH-Aquatic Resources Education Program; Julia Comide, Parlwood Elementary School, Thematic, Interdisciplinary Learning through Fiction and Non- Fiction Literature; Catherine Ostrowski, Holt Elementary School, Weather and Climate Studies; Dennis Shore, C.E. Jordan High School, Jordan High Agriscience/Animal Science Bam; Jeanette Byrd, Southwest Elementary School, The Early Byrds; Ruth Melvin, Eno Valley Elementary School, Brio Brigade. Linda Lewis Helms named director of develop ment at Brevard College, Brevard. Rorin M. Platt, history pro fessor, McCallie School, Chattanooga, Tenn., named headmaster of Hale High School, Raleigh. Paul Rizzo, former dean of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Kenan/Flagler School of Business, named to the University of North Carolina Board of Governors. Shaw University established the Rudolph and Mildred Jones Scholarship with $25,000 gift from Dr. and Mrs. Rudolph Jones. Wake County Communities in Schools and SouthLight have creat ed a new program. Going Places Project Care, to serve suspended students from Daniels Middle School in Raleigh. David Williamson, direc tor of research news. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, created Reading-to-Kids Award at UNC-CH School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Each year, a student majoring in journal ism-mass communication will be recognized with a $250 reward for an outstanding story about reading to chil dren. Richard G. Zyne appoint ed vice president for institu tional advancement at Mount Olive College, Mount Olive. FOUNDATIONS Martin lonescu-Pioggia hired as program officer for The Burroughs Wellcome Fund, Morrisville. HEALTH Kate Ahiport named vice president of the Moses Cone Health System's new Community Health Program, Greensboro. Gerry Camelo named executive director of The Catawba Medical Foundation, Hickory. Grants and Gifts From Arts and Science Council - Charlotte/Meck lenburg, Grassroots Grants totaling $40,000 to 13 organi zations tor special arts projects, community-based arts activities or "start-up" activities: $3,250 to Charlotte Repertory Theatre; $1,000 to Charlotte Writers Club; $3,000 First United Methodist Church; $4,000 to International House; $1,020 to The Light Factory Photographic Arts Center; $3,496 to Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation; $5,416 to Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation - Select Populations; $1,500 to Mental Health Association of Mecklenburg County; $4,000 to Moll-Globe Produdions; $4,000 to North Carolina Dance Theatre; $4,718 to Opera Carolina; $ 1,350 to Planned Parenthood of the Southern Piedmont and Carolina Mountains; and $3,250 to Theatre Charlotte. Public Art Commission, $91,000 from Charlotte City Council for a Ben Long fresco in the new Law Enforcement Center to honor Charlotte/Mecklenburg police. Council for Entrepre neurial Development, Research Triangle Park, grants of $ 1,000 from Associated Insurers, Raleigh; Moore & Van Allen, in Raleigh, Durham and Charlotte; Cherokee Sanford Group, in Sanford and Raleigh; Smith Anderson Blount Dorsett Mitchell & Jemigan, Raleigh; Massey Burch Investment Group, Research Triangle Park; Bell, Seltzer, Park & Gibson, Raleigh; North Carolina Enterprise Corporation, Raleigh; and in- kind gifts North Carolina Biotechnology Center and Allen Marketing Group to support entrepreneurship. Belmont Abbey College, Belmont, $1.8 million from estate of Sarah Horne Sutherland, Wadesboro, tor Sarah H. Sutherland Scholarship Fund. Charlotte Latin School, $25,000 from The Cannon Foundation, Concord, to help fund new Media Center. From Johnston County Education Foundation, 10 grants totaling $2,144.41 to public school teachers in Johnston County to encourage creativity in the classroom. National Humanities Center, Research Triangle Park, $100,000 from Time Warner Cable of Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill and Fayetteville for technological innovations and advancements at the Center. North Carolina Institute for Political Leadership, $ 15,000 from A.J. Fletcher Foundation, Raleigh, to partially fund the development and imple mentation of an endowment fund campaign. North Carolina State University, College of Engineering, Raleigh, $50,000 from NC-BNR, Research Triangle Park, for scholarship program to encourage undergraduate stud ies in Computer Engineering and Computer Science. Peace College, Raleigh, $5,000 from Belk Hudson Leggett for capital campaign; $7,500 from A. E. Finley Foundation Inc. for first install ment of $30,000 grant to sup port maintenance and capital improvements to the Marian N. Finley Residence Hall and A. E. Finley Scholarship Fund. Shaw University, Raleigh, $25,000 from Ancient Egyptian Order Nobles Mystic Shrine of North and South America. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, $500,000 from Vaughn and Nancy Bryson, Winnetka, III., toward a new music library. HEALTH Family Health International, Research Triangle Park, $500,000 from United Nations Population Fund for the first year of a multi-year program to conduct family plan ning training in several Central Asian republics. Wake Forest University, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, $100,000 from Edward A. Arditti Foundation, Hickory, to establish endowment for kidney trans plants. SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Sigma Xl-the Scientific Research Society, Research Triangle Park, $30,000 from Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, New York, NY, for conference on the role of federal government in the support of science and technolo gy- SOCIAL SERVICES Autism Society of North Carolina Summer Camp Program, $4,500 from North Carolina State Council of the Knights of Columbus for supplies and equipment for 1995 camp ing season. From Chapel Service League, grants totaling $12,100 to 11 Chapel Hill-area programs: IFC: "Employment Project," Knolls Development Association, A Mission in Excellence, Orange/Durham Coalition for Battered Women, The Women's Center: "Survival Skills," Community School for People Under Six, Day Care Services Association, Orange County Health Department: "Stork's Nest," Project Graduation, CHHS Leadership Development Mentor Program, and Street Scene Teen Center. Garner Road YMCA Black Achievers Program, Raleigh, $5,817 in grants from local busi nesses: $ 1,667 from Wachovia Bank; $1,000 from First Union Bank; $1,000 from CP&L; $1,000 from Capitpl Broadcasting; $650 from Deloitte & Touche; $250 from First Citizens Bank; and $250 from South Trust Bank. Inter-Faith Food Shuttle, Raleigh, $31,300 from UPS Foundation, Atlanta, as port of its Prepared and Perishable Food Rescue Program Initiative. From Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, Flint, Mich., $130,000 to Mecklenburg Council on Adolescent Pregnancy, Charlotte, for pro grams to stem teenage pregnan cy; and $30,000 to Native Americans in Philanthropy, Lumberton, for general support. North Carolina Department of Crime Control, Raleigh, $337,074 from Department of Justice for community service and weekend academy program. Research Triangle Institute, Durham, $14,971 from ■ Department of Justice to test inci dent-based reporting systems tor studying non-family abductions. Triad United Methodist Home, Winston-Salem, $72,500 from Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation, Atlanta, Ga., to assist elderly Christian women with limited resources. From Winston-Salem Foundation, 14 grants to Winston-Salem organizations: $40,000 to Boy Scouts of America/Old Hickory Council; $20,000 to Forsyth Common Vision Council; $1,700 to North Carolina Baptist Hospital Pastoral Care/Davis Chapel; $500 to Teen Life Community Action Group; $1,000 to Friends of the Library, Winston-Salem State University; $1,420 to Piedmont Park Residents' Council; $3,500 to The Imani Group; $2,800 to Association of Councils & Tenants; $1,360 to Fairchild Hills Tenant Association; $1,100 to Rolling Hills Tenant Association; $660 to lota Phi Lambda Sorority Inc., Beta Alpha Chapter; $1,750 to Winston-Salem Urban League; $25,000 to Shilohian-St. Peter's Corp.; and $70,000 to Micro Enterprise Loan Program. GRANTS AND GIFTS ate due 'ie fifth wotog day of each tnonttLCaB|919) 836-2882 for Imne '■ ' J .
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