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Page 8 151 :\M i l n\NM H CO Summer Experiences Are Rewardiiijjj For Bennett Several Bennett students spent educationally profitable sum- mers on major American and European College and University campuses. They include: Gwendolyn Bradley, a senior Sociology major from Wisaky, S.C., spent eight weeks (June 24- August 19) atSmith College, Nor thampton, Mass. There, in the School of Social Work, she par ticipated in a program designedto be an orientation to graduate school. The program was aimed at Blacks in the South and had student participants from eight predominantly Black schools in the Soutlu It was Gwen’s plea sure to hear, as guest speaker in her Ethnic Experience class, Dr. Bonner, dau^ter of Dr. David D, Jones. Gwen thought the most out- standing part of the experience was the great degree of “open, ness’ she found herself in. Af- ter eocperiencing this the first year of the program, Gwen said, "1 would encourage any students to apply for any type of summer programs like that. Even though you don't get credit for it as such, you'll get the experience,” Carolyn Crump and Reynorda Brown, junior Pre-Medical and Medical Technology majors, re spectively, spent eight weeks of their summer in the Harvard University Health Careers Sum- mer Program in Cambridge, Mass» Both Bennett students, from Lexington, N.C., were in this program for some 100 min ority group students from all over the country. The Harvard spon sored, stipended program inclu ded a regular undergraduate course selectedtutorial class and weekly clinical hospital rounds. The classes, in whatever the student wanted, were Harvard’s regularly scheduled undergra duate summer school classes, and grade credit was given as a progress evaluation. Linda Silver, senior Chemistry major from Goldsboro, N.C., was at the University of Michigan in the Department of Medicinal Ch emistry of the College of Phar- macy from June 27,August 23. Linda was one of seven parti cipants in the National Science Foundation Undergraduate Re search Program in Medicinal Chemistry, an undergradate Re search course. Her individual project was “DNS-Cl Tagging of Cholesterol.*’ From the eight week course that was designed as an effort to introduce undergraduates to the problems of medicinal chemis try, Linda will receive two hours of credit, a graduate school re commendation, and an invitation for next summer. Verna Chesson and Birthene Gor don, both senior Social Science majors, spent their summer at Grazcenter in Graz, Austria. Ve rna is a native of Roper, North Carolina and Birtiiene is from Hawkinsville, Georgia, The participants in this pro gram spent two days of orienta tion at the American University, Washington, D.C., before depart ing for the University of Graz, During the seven week period, the students took two courses and the weekends were used for in dependent travelingorfieldtrips. The major field trips were to Czechoslovakia, and Hungary and Germany, Though the girls are able to receive six hours of ac ademic credit, they think the gr. eatest part of the summer was the summer itself. Vena says, “1 really enjoyed it. It was a great experience. Most of the countries we visited were communist, and you can really observe the dif- derences,” She added, “A lot of things we studied in European History, we had a chance to see them, and that makes it more meaningful.” An Institute for Undergraduate Black Psychology Majors was held from June 14. August 8 at Howard University in Washing ton, D.C. Beverly Lucus and Gladys Ashe, senior psychology majors, attended the institute made possible by a Ford Foun dation Grant, All expenses were paid and each student participant received a stipend. Twenty stu dents from a total of eight coll eges and universities attended. Experiences in the institute included group projects in con ducting experiments. Social Psy chology for Blacks--a course in seminar form with student pre pared lectures; Research Me thods-, a course designed for giv- ing a background in statistics and research design. Top Black psy chologists in the country lectured during the institute. The University of Michigan at Visiting Lecturer Talks About Black Studies Dr. Stephen J. Wright Dr. Steven J. Wrigiit was guest lecturer in the Annie Pfeiffer Chapel Tuesday, October 13. Dr, Wright of the College Entrance Examination Board, New York, spoke on “Black Studies: Pro paganda or an Academic Dis cipline.” Dr. Wri^t, sponsored under the auspices of the Piedmont University Center, pointed out that the central question sur. rounding Black Studies Programs is “Whether the program, as a whole or its component parts, are to be handled as a disci pline ., ,or not,” Dr, Wright pointed out that he considered the three major ob jectives of Black Studies Pro grams as 1) serving to acquaint the student with the history, lit erature, art, and music of the^ Black man in Africa and America; 2) it can serve to develop qual ified teachers in Black Studies; and 3) it can provide for the needed research in the area. The biggest problems in the programs, according to Dr, Wri- ght, are 1) the acquisition of qualified teachers and 2) the adequate library facilities, that will be a problem for the next few years. In summary. Dr, Wright gave his ow position in explaining that the viability of Black Stu dies Programs lies in the idea that they are to be handled like other discipUnes or later, they will fail to attract able scholars or fail even to , attract the stu. dents -- with, t whom there will be no need for a program anyway. STILLS, NASH JAMES GANG X -STEPPENW WQMG Radio (97.1 FM) N. ^ ^ Morning to 3 A.M. Sun. Morning E WHO • tevk iviiLLk.i\ Dmnu " kiuHIE 1C - THE ROLLING STONES • JONI Ann Arbor sponsored aResearcli Fellowsliip for Southern Black Students from June 11-August 14. Susanne Tropez, a Pre - Med major and member of the class of‘71 attended the program which is now in its third year. The program is geared toward exploring careers in medical re search as opposed to clinical practice. The students did re search work in their assigned de partments and attended lectures by heads of departments in all areas of science, Betty King, a senior Pre-Med ical major from Reidsville, N.C, attended Forsyth Dental Center in Boston, Massachusetts during the weeks of June 22-August 25. The complete program ended with a conference in Chicago dur ing the last week. Betty did her research in the microbiology lab and her indepent research project was “The Isolation and Amino Acid Utilization of Treponema Denticda” (a small organism cal led a spirochete from the oral cavity). The official title of the program was, A Program IN Dental Re- search for Undergraduate Col lege Students, A total of 50 stu dents from ail over the country, participated in the program and only two were Black, All expen- ses were paid for each partici- pant and they each received a stipend. The students were pla ced in centers throughout the country and they met each other at the post . conference in Ch- icago. Saturdav, October 17, 1970 Students A Summer Educational Enrich ment Program in research was held at Duke University from June 8-August 14, The program was in its first year and was aimed at getting B^cks into me. dicine. The participants did classroom work, laboratory research with medical researchers, made hos pital rounds, attended confer ences, and spent afternoon ses sions with specialists in their clincis. Students from Living stone College, Bennett College, North Carolina Central Univer. sity, A & T State University, Clark CoUege and students enter ing Duke Medical School in the fall attended the program, Ben nett students were Cynthia Ri chardson and Dimples Arm strong, Cynthia is a Pre-Medical major and intends Pediatrics as a career, and Dimples is a Bio logy major. They both are sen iors. An Institute in Dramatic Art (JDA) was held at Winston-Salem State University during an eight week period from June 8 -July 31, Three Drama minors from Bennett attended the program. Betty Jones, a senior, Hilda Freeman and Harriet Watson, both juniors, experienced a sum- mer in total theatre. The participants were exposed to all facets of the theatre work- ing from three courses: Theatre Workshop, Technical Theatre Lab, and Playwriting, for wh:' they received three acaden hours credit each. UADinc ueu/ELeR/ /ince 1093 3 ^ ^ Cla6iic Weddinf Qifl... REED & BARTON’S Plain ... or engraved to 'iff show initials of bride, !g grooitt and date i $4.95 Engraving Extra for the bride arid groom . . . . . . with inliials and date ior bridesmaids with fheir initials and dafe give the wedding cake a "new look" Anniversary gift 25fh Silver SOfh Gold msMS L tCAoinc i€weLeR/ /inc€ isss 225 SOUTH ELM STREET Greensboro One hour free parking af our Davie Street entrance i 1 8
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