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April 17, 1998
NCCU holds
reception for
children’s
literature
conference
A reception for the Charlemae Hill
Rollins colloquium (a conference
whose goal is to promote positive
images of African Americans in
children's literature) will be held
April 17 at 7 p.m. in the A.E.
Student Union.
by Shelvia Dancy
Editor-in-Chief
Librarians and children's book authors and
illustrators from across the southeast will gather
at North Carolina Central University and UNC-
Chapel Hill this weekend for the biennial
Charlemae Hill Rollins colloquium.
The 20-year-old conference, established by
Annette Phinazee, former dean of NCCU's
School of Library Sciences, is held each year to
promote positive images of African Americans
in children's literature.
The event honors Charlemae Hill Rollins, an
internationally recognized children's author and
librarian at the Chicago Public Library. Rollins
provided materials and information for a
collection of manuscripts by African American
authors that Phinazee established at NCCU in
1978.
NCCU will host the conference's reception
on April 17 from 7-9 p.m in the Alphonso Elder
Student Union. The reception will honor people
who have participated in the conference in
previous years.
Dr. Pauletta Bracy, an associate professor in
NCCU's School of Library and Information
Sciences, will officially recognize those past
participants.
Dr. Benjamin F. Speller Jr., dean of NCCU's
School of Library and Information Sciences,
will announce the winner of The Dean Annette
L. Phinazee Award, awarded every two years to
a librarian "who has made a significant
contribution to promoting the use of African
American literature in the state of North
Carolina."
The recipient is given a medal, a cash award
and will have her/his named engraved on a
plaque housed in the School of Library and
Information Sciences at NCCU.
UNC-Chapel Hill will host the conference
sessions April 18 at the Friday Center. Sessions
will open with "The Legacy of Charlemae Hill
Rollins," presented by librarian Deborah Taylor.
Tom Feelings, an illustrator for children's
books, will follow with his presentation called
"Black Illustrators: Expanding the Children's
Book Form Through Black Culture."
Spencer Shaw, professor emeritus at the
University of Washington, will present
"Storytelling and Oral Traditions in African
American Culture" at 10:45 a.m.
The conference is co-sponsored by the State
Library of North Carolina.
Reigning
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by Douglas G. Johnson II
Staff Writer
On April 8, reigning Miss NCCU
Cheryl Woods held an Easter egg hunt
for first-graders at the Burton GEO
Magnet Center in Durham.
About 60 children attended the event,
which was held on the lawn of the
School of Law.
"I wanted to have a project during the
year to give back to the community,"
said Woods. "We had raised money for
the Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation ana
the Clifton Woods Memorial [an
endowed scholarship to raise money for
students who want to study abroad]. 1
wanted to do something for the children
of the community."
Woods was assisted by 5 volunteers
from NCCU's Student Union Activity
Board, and approximately 20-25 other
student volunteers, teachers, and parents.
Leslie Pittman, a senior public
administration major from Charlotte,
N.C., dressed up as the Easter Bunny.
Omega Psi Phi, Kappa Alpha Psi and
Iota Phi Theta fraternities donated $60 to
the event. NCCU's bookstore offered a
discount on NCCU banners to hang in A first-gn
each of the children's classroom.
Woods said she was especially
grateful for the hard candy the Student
Union Activity Board contributed.
Three first-grade classes from the
GEO Magnet Center participated in the d !>■'
festivities, including a class taught by 1996 N{'( S
graduate Ericka White.
Miss NCCU elect Erika Murphy attended i i
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Tm very excited because whenever we allow
■w young to interact with students on the
diegiate level it's always a very positive
experience," said Murphy. "I hope I'll be able to
do more projects like Cheryl has. "Projects like the
Easter egg hunt are very beneficial to the’
community and I hope to follow in her footsteps."
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