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? ? 1 '? - ? - i ?? , . Jubilant Grads Urged ? . v ? * ? ? ' ''I To Grab Opportunities v. Two graduates of W SSL embrace in Saturday's commencement. By BLANCHE CARTER Special to the Chronicle' v A jubilant graduating class of 467 seniors donned their hoods Sat urday morning during Winston-' Salem State University's com mencement exercises at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial _ Coliseum. The largest group to receive bactalaureate degrees from Chan cellor Cleon F. Thompson Jr. were 156 nursing graduates, who set a record for the university. F.annie Gaston-Johansson. a prominent1 medical researcher and a 1959 WSSU nursing alumnus, was i he kevnole speaker. * ? Dr. Gaston-Johansson. who is a distinguished professor at John Hopkins University in Baltimore. exhorted tne graduates t.o seize opportunities wherever thev present ihemselves and to stav focused on what is important. "Just say 'y.es' to opportunity and when .the door of opportunity - open do not be distracted by insignificant things that don't real 1 > MUllgr. sne said. "WSSU instilled in me that 1 w as t o become one oi "t he -most important nurses- in the world. If W SSU has put this idea jn, your nead you can be the greatest of whatever you want to become. "It >ou can dream it. you can . attain it." ('?;> st on -Johansson. who received an honorary doctorate of humane later*. at the ceremony. i>. a native of Hickory. She is known for her research in managing pain in advanced breast cancer patients. A consultant to the nation of Sweden on health care. Gaston Johansson received a doctorate of medical science and -then taught at Sweden s University of Gothenberg for 15 years before joining the fac ulty of the Univ ersity of Nebraska. She hii'i huJd the fcl 109 M. Lawier Chair at Johns Hopkins since 1993. In the late 1960s. Ga.ston-Johansson served on the WSSL' nursing faculty and was chairman of the curriculum commit ted I, ? She told the graduates that' being invited by Chancellor Thomp son to deliver the commencement -address- "was to be my greatest -achievement to date." ? More than -2.5(H) guests were in the audience as Winston-Salem State's largest graduating class marched across the stage to accept their degrees from Chancellor Thompson. Among the graduates were two cadets who were, commis sioned as 2nd. lieutenants in the t'.S Armv . On Friday evening, the nursing graduates received special recogni tion at the traditional pinning cere monv held on campus. ? Twelve hundred people in the ? audience heard remarks h\ BeVerlv L. Malone.?the dean of the School ?of Nursing at N.C. A&T Suite Uni versity . 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Bill "Dallas" Lewis, founder and publisher of Silly Billy's Books Inc. of Ohio, used high-energy nar-. ration and Computer-generated illus trations to excite a group of mostly kindergarten students about reading books. ?? Some students, first met Lewis through his publication. The Lust Book, when media coordinator Arden Knight read the book tothemv Although Lewis uses a lot Of < *? btack characters throughout his books and on the-covers. Knight urged the school to invite him after seeing a spark of enthusiasm in the kids toward the book. "1 shared his book with the chil dren and it was well receiv Knight said. "I knew they would , love to see the computers and illus trations he made." Lewis started writing children's books three years ago because he wanted to teach children the impor tance of reading and understanding different cultures. "This is something I always wanted to do," he said. "The world is filled with bigotry and nobody wants to talk about it. I wanted to help the world be a better place. . . Lewis usually puts black char act e rs _on t h e c oy er^bjux_iiiskle_the_ books' content involves people of many different faces. . "Our books sell reading. The pictures look like video games and makes reading more fun," he said. "I want to see different cultures of peo ple. but not the stereotypical images. There are all different types of peo ple having fun with each other." Genuine Jumbo Vidalia Onions Tyson/ Holly Farms Fresh Grade A Special Trimmed Smoked Picnics Gourmet Turkey Breast "Skinless^ Italian Bread 2/88 Graduation 1/4 Sheet Cakes 2 Liter - Dirt Fepsl, CnflHne Fire FVpsl. Caffeine Free DlH Pepsi. Mtn. D?*w, Diet Mtn. Dou\ Ctvslnl Pepsi, Diet Crystal Pepsi. 7-Up, Diet 7-Up 1 2 Pack/ 1 2 O 7.; Cnns-f'rp-i Dl^t Pepsi. Mtn. Dew. <3 Oft TDIrt Mill Drw Reg. 42 Oz. 18 Load Box/ With Bleach 44 Oz. 14 Load Box/ Double Power 32 Oz. 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