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Friday, April 22, 1983
BENNETT COLLEGE, GREENSBORO, N. C.
VoL XLIV, No. 8
Students receive honors
Benefactor at Recognition Day: Alumna Marie Clapp Moffit (second from left)
joins two of the three winners of the $400 home economics scholarships that
she grants. Rising seniors Betty Tinnin (left), Judith Ezzell (right) and
Teressa Blakney (absent) won the tuition grants for academic achievement
and professionality demonstrated during the junior year. IVIrs. Louise G. Streat,
home economcis chairperson, is second from right. (photo by Lisa Harris)
Jeffers given award by NAACP
by Deborah Lewis
A member of the college
community has won an im
portant NAACP service
award.
Ms. Jacquelyn Jeffers, di
rector of career services, was
the recipient of the Outstand
ing Service to the Community
Award given by the Greens
boro branch of the NAACP.
Jeffers “felt honored” in
receiving the award at the
annual NAACP Freedom
Fund banquet on March 22.
In order to qualify for the
award, a candidate must be
nominated by another mem
ber of the NAACP and her
participation in community
activities must be evaluated.
Jeffers cited one key reason
for her being selected for the
award. “One of the reasons
that I think they acknowl
edged me is because I wrote
a proposal that received fund
ing from the United Arts
Council. The program was the
Drama Theatre Workshop
and that culminated with
three one-act plays and Mrs.
(Mary) Hopkins (Bennett
drama director) was one
of the facilitators of the
program.”
The NAACP is a progres
sive organization in Jeffers’
eyes. She says “I think that
black people including the
Bennett College community
need to be more supportive
of the NAACP through mem
bership and participation in
activities that are sponsored
by the NAACP.
The varying activities that
Jeffers is involved with in
the NAACP include chair
person for the fine arts^ ad
hoc committee and coordina
tor of the NAACP drama
theatre workshop. She is also
a member of the NAACP
Education Committee and has
attended the last national and
state NAACP conventions.
She has also served as ad
viser to the campus chapter
of the NAACP.
by Monica Ellers
Five students were the top hon-
onrees during the academic Rec
ognition Day Service, which cited
a host of Belles April 7 in Annie
Merner Pfeiffer Chapel.
Winners of the President’s Ex
cellence Award, given to students
leading their classes after the first
semester in grade point averages,
were senior Rose Nelson (3,58),
junior Yolanda DuRant (3.65),
sophomore Tonya Horton (3,85)
and freshmen Natalie Bennett and
Karen Fisher (3.93),
The prize is one of the highest
distinctions a student can receive.
These women swept other
awards as well. Nelson was recog
nized for her performance in Ele
mentary and Special Education
as part of the Alpha Kappa Mu
Honor Society Departmental Rec
ognitions, which honor the most
successful students in their
majors,
DuRant took the Virginia A.
Tucker Award in the Humanities
($50) for making the highest
grade point average in this area
for a rising senior,
Horton was the recipient of the
Cressie Thomas Haven Scholar
ship ($100) granted to the sopho
more who has the highest grades
and demonstrates satisfactory
personal growth.
Bennett and Fisher were granted
the Bell Tobias Scholarship ($100)
for the most outstanding freshman
academic record in addition to
having their Bennett College
Academic Scholarships renewed—
awards ranging from $500 to
$2500, Bennett was also honored
with the Lula Donnell Award—a
certificate of merit for being the
freshman from Greensboro with
the most outstanding scholastic
record.
The Senior Class with a 2,9459
average won the Jane Miller Jones
Scholarship Cup Plaque for the
class attaining the highest average.
Following is a list of other
honorees, Bennett College Aca
demic Scholarships (renewable):
Bennett, Fisher, Marquetta Davis,
Evelyn Fulmore, Sharon High-
smith, Mary Junious, Cheryl Ma
honey, Laurrie Murphy, Sally
Perry, Rose E, Taylor, Teresa
Thompson and Sara Woodard,
Alpha Kappa Mu Honor Society
Departmental Recognitions; (Ac
counting) Wanda Dick, Karen
Mack, Sharon Parker, Adriane
Baughman and Jacqueline John
son; (Biology) Beverly Bell and
Dawn Wilson; (Chemistry) Val
erie Fee; (Business Administra
tion) Wanda Parker, Gwendolyn
Walker, Jacqueline Schumpert
and Olurame Yates; (Elementary
and Special Education) Nelson,
Cecelia Nunnally, and Vickye
Johnson; (English) Serena Neal
and Sabrina “Kimmi” McMickens;
(Home Economics) Lisa Neal,
Valeshia Watson and Sherry
Salaam; (Interdisciplinary Stu
dies) Andrea Burch,
Home Economics Honorees:
Marie Clapp Moffitt Scholarship
—Teresa Blakney, Judith Ezzell
and Betty Tinnin; Faculty Award
—Ingrid McAdoo; Goode Prize—
Jacqueline Hinton and Evelyn
Wright; L, Guenveur-Streat Schol
arship in Clothing and Textiles—
Darlene Owens; Torrance Schol
arship—Regina Lagawo, Phyllis
Hambright and Lisa Gaffin;
E'lackstock-Boyette Scholarship—
Marcia Strong; Freshman Schol
arship—Michelle Byrd and Felicia
Farrior,
Science Honors: Hoffman-
LaRoche Incorporated Pre-Medi
cine Assistantships—Marcia At
water, Shelia Dockery, Patricia
Massey, Theresa Massey, Myra
Sampson, Rethabile Sebona, Maria
Streeter, Cheryl Williams and
Dawn Wilson, Beta Kappa Chi
Scientific Honor Society Inductees
—Donna Allen, Donna Jessup,
Patricia Massey, Robbin Rowe,
Theresa Massey, Cheryl Williams
and Dawn Wilson.
Inductees into the Social Science
honor society. Pi Gamma Mu,
were Melanie Alford, Nedra Mc
Gee and Sherry Spruill,
Faculty Scholarship Awards by
division: (Education) Renee
Crews; (Humanities) Teresa Mor
row; (Sciences) Robbin Rowe;
(Social Sciences) Christiana
Tumaku.
Joan Y, Davis and Lynell Well
ington won George M, Bell Schol
arships to a rising senior and
junior for exemplary scholarship
and character.
Interdisciplinary Studies: Van
essa D, Bartley Scholarship—Su
san Smith (Grief Therapy); Lamp
of Learning Award — Stephanie
Durham, Wanda Edwards, Yo-
lande Johnson, Kathy Lewis, Cyn
thia Mitchell, Ellen Graves, Ame
lia Pickard, Alice Taylor and
Carmen Smith; Catherine Hughes
Waddell Scholarship — Lydia
Roberson,
Other students honored by field;
Mathematics—Debra Clark (Com
puter) ; Theresa Massey (Compu
ter); Mary Clark (Engineering);
Music Education — Renee Crews
(Voice), Teresa Morrow (Piano);
Physical Education, Health and
Recreation—Arnetha Grace, Val
erie Manness, Angela Cummings;
Political Science—Jacqueline Wal
ker, Mozetta Williams; Psychology
—Donna Jessup; Sociology/Social
Welfare—Yelta P. Thorpe; Secon
dary and Professional Studies—
Sherry Salaam.
Evelyn Fulmore was the winner
of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
Scholarship.
Inductees in Kappa Omicron
Phi National Home Economics
Honor Society were Lisa Neal
and Sherry Salaam,
The Rose Karfoil Award was
given to Velvet Johnson (Social
Welfare) and Wanda Parker
(Business Administration),
Wanda Dick won the Award for
Scholarly Achievement in Busi
ness, Oluarame Yates and Adriane
Baughman received Letters of
Recognition and Plaques for
achievement in business and
economics.
Students given Bennett Scholars
(See Page Four)
Boyd becomes new president
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by Dee Evans
“Among the students, there
a pervasive sense of de
spair, and this is my first
objective which I need to al
leviate,” according to the
newly elected SGA president,
Kay Boyd. This statement is
just one of her planned reso
lutions for the upcoming year.
The 1983-84 SGA includes
Boyd, president; Rhonda
Whitted, vice-president; Wen
dy Bonds, recording secre
tary; Ingrid McAdoo, cor
responding secretary; and
Theresa Massey, treasurer.
Also included are Miss Ben
nett, Nedra McGee and first
runner-up, Cheryl Williams.
Like former president Rob
in Dessaure, Boyd, a junior
double English and ISP Wom
en’s Studies major from Sal
isbury, is concerned that aca
demic standards should be
raised and the evaluation sys
tem for the faculty should be
improved.
“I want to create a balance
between academics and social
standards,” she said. “The
evaluation system for teach
ers should be designed ac
cording to the effect that
the teachers have on the
students.”
“There’s a lot that SGA
does that the student body
doesn’t know about,” which
has led Boyd to the idea of
holding SGA meetings during
dinner. This gives Boyd
guaranteed participation.
Positive activities and func
tions which Boyd would like
to highlight are convocations,
the processionals for Senior
Day and especially the
Awards and Recognition Ban
quet because “it adds flair
and sophistication.”
Advice Boyd gives to stu
dents is — “only she who at
tempts the absurd can achieve
the impossible” — a quote
from the American Associa
tion of University Women.
Boyd’s opponent Leslie M.
Barr withdrew from the race
due to illness. “Without re
gard I still felt the same
amount of responsibility to
wards campaigning. I didn’t
run less hard.”
Vice-president elect Rhoda
Whitted, a junior mass com
munications major from
Fayetteville, shares similar
feelings about teacher
evaluations.
“We need more competent
teachers brought to Bennett
to benefit the students” she
said. “We don’t need to go
through four years of college
not knowing anything.”
Whitted’s idea is to take
a student poll on incompe
tent teachers and talk to
teachers about their teaching
techniques.
“My first priority to con
centrate on is to get a work
ing task force together con
sisting of students-at-large
because we need various
inputs,” said Whitted. “I’m
not capable of working by
myself.”
Whitted is ready to meet
with the president elect to
launch future plans before
the semester is over.
Nedra McGee, Miss Ben
nett feels positive that Ben
nett will be well represented.
“In order to recruit, you have
to feel a sense of obligation
and commitment within your
self and then you’re able to
portray a genuine and posi
tive interest in Bennett.”
McGee, a junior psychology
major from Chattanooga,
Tenn., has big plans to im
prove events on campus.
McGee is anxious to partake
in the coronation activities.
This time she would like to
see the events run for a full
week: “Different organiza
tions could make presenta
tions each day and we could
have special nights such as
soul food or pizza night.”
“I also want to boost the
Labor Day activities and re
vive the birthday dinners.”
With McGee’s experience
in SGA, she strongly supports
its efforts. “I know they’ll
need a lot of support and I’m
there to give it.”
The winning candidates
owe their victories to 262
voters, 50.8% of the student
body.
Leslie Hendricks, who ran
unopposed, is the new pres
ident of the Interdormitory
Council.
No other positions on the
board were filled.
The Banner
Congratulates
the 262 Belles
Who Voted