Health News
SREB Takes Action
Letters
Pictured here are Mrs. M.
Merritt, RN (seated),
Amanda Miller, nu’rse’s aid.
The Health Careers Club is
taking giant steps toward the
health problems of society.
Under the direction of Mr.
Walter Winborne, director of
Health Careers, the club has
been successful in obtaining
practical experience in this
field.
The purpose of the HCC is
to attack the severe shortage
of minority and disad
vantaged students trained
and employed in health
professions as has been ar
ticulated by local, state, and
federal agencies. Its ob
jectives are to identify and
assist in the admission of high
school and college students,
veterans, and post high
school adults into health
training programs in North
Carolina: to recruit and
counsel minority disad
vantaged students on
available health training
opportunities in North
Carolina and elsewhere; to
identify adequate financial
resources for minority and
disadvantaged students in
terested in health training
programs; and to provide
information on health careers
and employment op-
portunities in North Carolina.
The Health Field Needs
Because mortality rates
are higher, some major
diseases strike more often,
medical services are either
unavailable or go unused,
admission to mental hospitals
are disproportionately high,
and more minority group
mothers die at childbirth.
Your energies and brain
power are especially needed
in the health field.
Educational Requiremeats
The requirements vary
according to the position.
Most positons require ad
ditional education after high
school graduation. This
education can be obtained
and Douglas White, orderly
participating in a summer
work program.
through on-the-job training,
vocational or technical
school, junior or community
college, or four year colleges
or universities.
ECSU provides training in
environmental health,
community health, industrial
technology, geology, social
work, pre-dental, pre
medical, computer science,
speech pathology and
audiology, chemistry,
sociology, and physics.
The Health Careers
Recruitment Counseling
Center, located in the
university health center,
offers informational services
about the variety of op
portunities for careers in
health fields, including
literature; career day
workshops for public school
systems and health agencies
with special emphasis on
students and counselors;
counseling for persons
seeking careers in any one of
the health professions for
which training is available in
the 16 constituent institutions
in the UNC system-technical
institutes and community
colleges; clinical work-study
summer health programs for
minority and disadvantaged
students enrolled at the
university, giving students
clinical and academic ex
periences, and the op
portunity to earn money
needed to continue their
education; and a health
careers club which brings
together ECSU students in
terested in careers in health.
The officers for this year’s
health careers club are:
Judy Perry, president:
Phyllis Carlton, vice-
president; Ora Johnson,
secretary; Bridgette Bor
deaux, parliamentarian;
Angela Greene, reporter; and
Virginia Harrell, treasurer.
LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY
Legislators from 14 Southern
states voted to endorse a call
for raising academic stan
dards for high school
graduation, college ad
mission, and teacher em
ployment, during the 30th
Legislative Work Conference
of the Southern Regional
Education Board (SREB)
held here October 11-14.
The action by the Con
ference came after its review
of THE NEED FOR
QUALITY, the initial report
of the SREB Task Force on
Higher Educaton and the
Schools that makes 25
recommendations for across-
the-board educational im
provements, including tighter
selection of teachers, higher
salaries to reward good
teachers, and reduced
duplication in vocational-
technical programs.
By Gwendolyn Nixon
Many students find it dif
ficult to cope with college life
even when they’re in the best
of health. Well, here on
Elizabeth City State
University’s campus, there’s
a student who might not be in
the best of health, but he sure
is trying to get the most out of
life.
This student, who attended
the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill last
year, is named Chuck Barry.
His problem is one of
misfortune. You see both his
legs have been amputated.
However, instead of feeling
sorry for himself, he decided
to get an education. Chuck
comments loudly, “What’s
the use of feeling sorry for
myself? Hey, life goes on!”
Believe it or not Chuck also
has many hobbies, such as
football, basketball and just
about anything he desires. Of
“We applaud the report’s
emphasis on tightening
course requirements in the
high schools and on raising
college admission stan
dards,” the Conference
declared in its “Call for
Action,” which urged the
educational establishment
“to lead and constructively
channel the growing public
support for academic stan
dards.”
The 120 Legislators also
vowed to “call upon
legislative colleagues to
support specific efforts to
improve academic per
formance.”
The Conference’s
statement also noted that the
SREB Task Force report
“recognized that the current
maze of certification
regulations does not insure
quality teachers, and we
endorse the need to reform
these rules.”
course, you have to use your
imagination a little. Chuck
confirms this and replies,
“Why sit around and let the
world come to an end? If I
can get around, then I intend
to party.”
You know, the funniest
thing about Chuck is that he’s
happier than most people on
this campus. Chuck believes
that people should make the
best out of life and be as
happy as possible. He smiles
and then says very seriously,
“You only have one life to
live, you should make the best
of it.” Chuck pauses for a
minute and admits in a very
soft but steady voice, “Sure, I
get the blues every now and
then, it’s a part of life--I
guess.”
While Chuck is doing his
best to have fun, a lot of
people tend to complain and
cling to their friends for
everything; but not Chuck.
He insists on making it on his
own.
to the
Editor
Dear Editor,
I am writing this letter
because I’m confined in a
Penal Insitution. It is my
sincere desire to establish
contact with concerned
people. I would deeply ap
preciate it, if you were to
publish this small request in
your Campus Newspaper. If
not, then perhaps you could
post it on a Bulletin Board for
me. My request is as follows:
Twenty-nine year old
black male confined in a
Penal Institution would like to
receive correspondence from
concerened individuals for
friendship and to exchange
views.
Donald Turner
15 2-800
Box 45699
Lucasville, Ohio 45699
Sincerely
Mr. Donald Turner
Phi Beta Lambda
By Jo Ann White
Staff Writer
The Phi Beta Lambda
Chapter at ECSU had its first
meeting on September
15,1981. The president, An
thony Swain, opened the
meeting and welcomed all
new and returning members
of the business club.
In order to be a member of
the business club, each in
dividual must wear a badge
that says “Phi Beta Lamb
da,” dress “business-like”
for five school days, and sell
the Viking badge.
The elected officers for this
year are: Anthony Swain,
president; Donald Moore,
vice-president: Margie
Norman, secretary: Sharon
Jones, treasurer: and Willa
Williams, Miss Phi Beta
Lambda.
Out With The Old...
By Anthony Ford
Staff Writer
Things seem to be going
down for the old industrial
arts building. Wrecking
crews began the destruction
on September 29th. No one
knows at this time what will
fill the empty space, but
rumor has it that there might
be a refreshment stand or
parking lot in the plans.
Making It
On Your Own
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