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Jesse Jackson Among Conferees
Presidential candidate, the Reverend
Jesse Jackson, is scheduled to appear at
an upcoming four-day black leadership
conference. The conference, which is to be
sponsored by the National Council of Black
Studies (NCBS) is to be held from
February 29 to March 3 in Charlotte at the
Sheraton Center Hotel. Jackson is due to
appear on day-one of the conference,
February 29.
Day-One is also to feature such notables
as the Reverend Ben Chavis who w?s
among the Wilmington Ten and Dr. Inan
Van Sertima, author of “They Came
Before Columbus.” Topics to be covered
include The Art of Effective Debate and
The Challenges of Black Mayors on days
Ralph McGill
Scholarship Fund
Seeks Applicants
ATLANTA, GA.-The Ralph McGill
Scholarship Fund offers scholarships for
the 1984-85 school year of up to $1,500 each
to students with southern backgrounds
who have completed at least two years of
college. Jack Tarver, chairman of the
Scholarship Fund said today.
Tarver said May 1st is the deadline for ap
plications. He said a number of scholar
ship are awarded each year to students
who have demonstrated a ling-time in
terest in the news and editorial phase of
newspapering.
Scholarships, he said are limited to those
men and women whose roots lie in the
south. Applicants must also concince the
Awards Committee that they firmly intend
to pursue a career in daily or weekly
newspapering. Tarver said the Award
Committee wants to give'scholarships to
those who are likely to become leaders in
the newspaper field.
Successful applicants will be required to
maintain a ’‘B" average in order to keep
the scholarship.
A letter of not more than 500 words tell
ing why the applicant wants a schola. ship,
together with a photograph of the appli
cant, must accompany each application.
Applicants also must have a letter of
recommendation from a college authority.
Application blanks may be obtained
from: The Ralph McGill Scholarship
Fund; Box 4689. Atlanta, Georgia 30,302.
Dow Jones Makes
Special Effort
For the first time in a number of years,
the Dow Jones Newspaper Fund is making
a special effort at colleges that DO NOT of
fer formal journalism studies, in order to
identify college seniors who plan to enroll
in graduate school next fall.
The Minority Editing Intern Program
for College Seniors places students in sum
mer newspaper editing internships,
prepares them for those internships with
two-weeks "crash course," and awards
each student a $1,000 scholarship for
graduate school.
All of the students we select are
guaranteed internship at newspapers and
news services that are holding open posi
tions for our mterns. We plan to offer at
least ten internships, all of which involve a
salery for the summer of work.
A sample of the newspaper holding open
editing positions for Newspaper Fund in
terns this summer includes The Wall
Street Journal, The Boston Globe, .News-
dav and the Detroit Free P’ress
Three and Four, resjjectively.
The National Council of Black Studies is
the progeny of a Black Studies National
Conference which was convened and spon
sored by the University of North Carolina
at Charlotte in March of 1975. The council
has as its priority the promotion of a volun
tary, coop>erative effort with other national
organizations and institutions to support
black studies programs. The theme of the
NCBS Conference is “Academic Ex
cellence and Social Responsibility; Black
Leadership in Politics and Education.
Dr. Bertha Maxwell, department
chairperson for Afrj-American Studies at
UNCC, is to be the chairperson of the
NCBS Conference. Dr. Maxwoll has had
conferred upon her the title of “the Mother
of Afro-American Studies” by virtue of the
fact that she was the first chairperson of
the NCBS. The current chairperson of the
council is Dr. Carlene Young who is also
chairperson of the Afro-American Studies
Department at San Jose University.
If interested, contact Dr. Manderline
Scales, director of student activities, for
information regarding accomodations or
any questions concerning the conference.
Her office is located in the K.R. Williams
Auditorium. Notifications of intent to at
tend must be made to Dr. Scales no later
than February 24.:
This Conference Ir- Free Of Charge And Is
Open To The Public.
The following is a day-to-day list of
events that are to take place during the
conference:
Date Theme
Day One (Feb. 29) Homecoming - UNCC
Black Alumni
Day Two (March 1) Africa: Our Heritage
and
Contemporary Issues... by Delores P.
Aldridge
Emory University and James Turner,
Cornell University
Day Three (March 2) Education, The Arts
and The
Sciences by Marvin Peek University
of Tennessee/Knoxville
ROTC Awards Black
Leaders of Tomorrow
Who are tomorrow’s Black leaders? This
question is heard more and more these
days. Audrey Adams and Frederick Jones
III may answer the call for leadership, for
they are receiving the skills needed to
fulfill that role through Army ROTC.
Ms. Adams and Mr. Jones are 1980 win
ners of Army Rote four-year'scholarships.
Now in their third year, they have
discovered the rewards of the training,
specifically the amoung of skill they
possess to handle situations calling for
leadership and management techniques.
Frederick Jones is looking forward to
becoming a commissioned officer, but his
eye is on a personal career goal as well—to
join the Army Medical Corps, a biology
major at Wake Forest University in
Winston-Salem, NC, Fred applied for the
ROTC scholarship to save money on his
education and serve in the military.
Cadet Jones’ extra-curricular activities
inlcude being president of his chapter of
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, resident
assistant of his dormitory, a member of
the Catholic Student Association and a Big
Brother in the Big Brother/Big Sister Pro
gram in Winston-Salem. Commenting on
Cadet Jones’ future as an officer , Major
Robert A. Lewis, Assistant Professor of
Military Science states, “ I see him as an
outstanding officer. He has a high regard
for academic discipline and had adapted
greatly to the challenges that Wake Forest
offers.”
Army ROTC scholarships are awarded
solely on merit, not on household income.
After completion of college, scholarship
recipients are commissioned as second
lieutenants and will spend four years on
active duty and two in the Reserves, or
eight years in the Reserves.
The scholarships are awarded on a two-,
three- or four-year basis and pay for tui
tion, required educational fees and an
amount fo.- books, supplies, and equip
ment. Plus, they provide a substistence
allowance of up to $1,000 each school year
they are in effect. Four-year scholarships
are awarded on a comjjetitive basis to
students entering college as freshmen.
Two- and three-year scholarships are
awarded to students already enrolled in
college. The application period for four-
year scholarships will end Novemeber 15.
For more information concerning the
Amry ROTC Scholarship Program, write,
Amry ROTC, Dept. 00, Box 9000, Clifton,
NJ 07015, or contact your local high school
counselor.
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