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Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority HoldsHealth Screening Alpha Mu Sigma in conjunc tion with Bowman Grav/Baptist Hospital Medical Center held a community health screening on April 16, 1994, at Williams C. Sims Center. Information to the community was provided off family planning, fire prevention,- -cervical and breast cancer, nutrition and health. Participants were also able to get their blood pressure and choles terol checked. Screening for sickle cell and weigh in was also provided. Sigma Gamma Rho in conjunc tion with Bowmafr Gray/Baptist Hospital has made this ar annual project for a number of years. Alpha Mu Sigma Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority. Inc. would like to thank the fire depart ment. engine number 4 and all of the volunteers for their support in helping to make this community ,>pr s ice project a success. A special thanks to soror Cathy OHver and Ben Piggott lor their ! ard work in helping to organize the projects. Evelyn W. Sanders^s Basileus of Alpha Mu Sigma Chapter. A Tribute to Breast Cancer Victims J ' Opens Friday "The Faces of Breast Cancer," a photographic tribute to breast cancer victims, open April 29 for an 1 1-day run in Diggs Gallery at Winston Salem State University. The exhibition, from the National Breast Cancer Coalition, is __being presented in cooperation with Bowman Gray School of Medicine. The 15-panel display tells the stories ? of 63 American women who died of the disease. The show opened to sell-out crowds in Washington's National Museum of Women. The exhibit has since traveled to Indi anapolis and Princeton. New Jersey. Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in women. Each day in North Carolina. 14 women will learn they have the disease. This year, an estimated 5,000 North Carolinians will be diagnosed and 1,400 will die. "We hope that the exhibit will > increase awareness and lead to ear lier detection," said Electra Paskett, assistant professor of public health sciences. "The 1,400 deaths include a disproportionate number of low income and minority women who are not diagnosed with the disease in its early stages when it is treat able." Brochures and other materials wil) also be available at the gallery through the end of the show on May 9. / The gallery also is featuring two other exhibitions. "From These Hands: The Second Annual Senior Art Show"' and "S.E.X. (Social Eco nomic X-Ploitation)." a display of 24 assemblages by Ce Scott. Gallery hours are 1 1 a.m. to 5 p.m.. Tuesday through Saturday. i ' . ' . There is no charge tor admis sion. (910) 750-245S. Special accommo dation^ can be arranged for persons with disabilities by calling Maurice Johnson at 750-2263. ? I COMMUNITY BRIEFS Arts Council to Hold Annual Meeting The Arts Council of Winston Salem and Forsyth County will hold Us 1994 annual meeting on Tues day, May 10 at noon in the Mount castle Forum of the Sawtooth Build ing, 226 N. Marshall Street. Robert Lynch, president and chief executive officer of the National Assembly of Local Arts Agencies (NALAA), will be the keynote speaker. NALAA, the umbrella organization that repre sents the nation's 3,800 local arts agencies in developing an essential place for the arts in American's community, has been under Lynch' s direction for the past nine years." Lynch will speak on "Commu nity Development and the Contem porary Arts Movement." The annuaU meeting will also include vear-end reports, election of the 1994-95 offi cers and board of trustees and a buf fet slunch. The luncheon meeting is open to the public and costs $10 per person. A Courses Offered GRE and GMAT preparatory courses are being offered Saturdays, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. by Winston Salem State University's office of continuing education. The GRE ses sions open April 30 and conclude May 21. The GMAT course is May 14 through June 1 1, fcacn course is SI 40. For registration information, rail 7^n-?ftV) ? Pageant Not Held Miss Africa/African-American Educational Queen's Pageant will not be held this month as scheduled. The pageant will take place on October at the Benton Convention Center. Project Upward Bound at Win ston-Salem State University will participate in the Summer Food Ser vice Program for Children. This pro gram is available to children 18 years or younger who are deter mined to be needy. Handicapped children over 18 years who partici pate in a school program are also eligible. All children will be served the same meals without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, age. religion or handicap. Children who are members of food stamp house holds or AFDC assistance units are automatically eligible to receive free meal benefits. For further informa tion on eligibility requirements for the Food Service Program call Addie Hymes at (910)750-2670. Any person who believes he*or she has been discriminated against in any USDA related activity should write to: Administrator. Food and Nutrition Service, 3101 Park Center Drive. Alexandria, Va. 22302. ? New Members Psi Chi, the National Honor Society is Psychology, is proud to announce that the Winston-Salem State University Chapter of Psi Chi will induct 5 new members into thp honor society on May 2. The names of the honored inductees are Stevette LaTosha Barnett, Shawn T. Hooper, Amy Jeanin Houston, Waconda Renae O'Neal and Leah R. Ramseur. Psi Chi was founded in 1929 for the purpose of encourag mg, stimulating, and maintaining excellence in scholarship, ami advancing the science of psychol ogy. ? New Position i ? Mathu H. Gibson, of W-S. the former president of the Liberian organization of the Piedmont, has been elected Chairman ol the Board of Directors of the Union of Liber lan Associations in the Americas. The election was held April 16. The general conference of the union is scheduled for the weekend of July 9 at which time a core of new officers for the administration elected. \1athn H. 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