Superintendent Wants To Start Scholarship Program With WSSU In The Fall
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; ; : Superintendent Donald Mar
tin wants to partner with Win
ston -Sal em Suite University to
implement a scholarship program
this fall that will bring at least 20
riew black teachers into the
school system in three years.
: ; "If we can get it advertised
and students selected I would
love to do that this fall," Martin
said. ?
; Funds for the scholarship
program is included in the
$35,000 in the proposed budget
for recruitment. School board
members are expected to vote on
thre budget that will ask the
county for about $67 million
Thursday night.
The scholarship will provide
20. education majors with a
scholarship that covcrs-their full
lutlion. Half will be paid by the
school system and half by
WSSU. Upon receiving the.
scholarship, students will have to
agree to teach in Forsyth County
for three vcars.
Leliu ViCkers, director of
teacher education at WSSU, said
she is not surprised that Martin is
moving to implement this pro
gram only one year after he has
been in the school system.
"I perceive Dr. Martin as an
individual who is able to work
with different individuals and
build collaborative partnerships,"
she said. "And I believe he
knows that diversity makes a dif
ference in all children's lives, not
just the ones of color."
The proposed scholarship
program mirrors one Martin
began in Rowan County with
Livingston College which is
located in Salisbury. However,
"If we can get students selected I
would love to do it this fall"
? Donald Martin
the program at Livingston only
provides money for one student
while 20 will receive the scholar
ship at WSSU.
Most characteristics of the
program, however, will stay in
tact. For example, if a scholar
ship recipient chooses not to
remain in the Forsyth County
system for at least three years
he/she must repay two-thirds of
the scholarship money. If the
school system terminates the
agreement, then the student is
free from repayment. Also,
scholarship recipients are
expected to maintain a 3.0 grade
point average.
In addition to the 20 WSSU
students, Martin said he would
also like to have a similar agree
ment with a Wake Forest Univer
sity graduate student.
The cost of a year's tuition at
WSSU is about $600 per semes
ter Vickers said. In a budget
meeting Martin suggested that
the tuition price for a Wake For
est graduate student might be
close to $10,000 per year.
Vickers said for many educa
tion majors, the Forsyth County
school system is their first choice
for employment. However, for
many, other systems like Char
lotte offer more money.
"Winston- Salem/Forsyth
County Schools has had a
recruiting effort that's second to
none but for our best students
there is a lot of competition," she
said.
One recruiting effort that has
given Forsyth County somewhat
of an advantage, Vickers said, is
for the school system to issue
contracts early.
Martin said a realistic goal
for the African American teacher
population in the school system
is to be equal of that in the work
force. Certain factors would
come into play, he said, such as
how many African- Americans
actually applied for jobs within
the system.
The recruiting weekend drew
about three or four African
Americans who said they would
definitely come to Winston
Salem.
For the past two years the
racial composition of minority
teachers, counselors and librari
ans has been 22 percent accofd
ing to the Minority Hiring Report
for 1993-94.
Some activities the school
system has been involved in to
recruit more minority teachers is
attend job fairs, precontract some
minority teachers and contact
placement officers at historically
black colleges and universities.
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Glover Talks to Students on Life's Experiences
By; VERONICA CLEMONS
Chronicle Staff Writer
Danny Glover, charaterized
his visit to Hill Middle School as
more than a mere public appear
ance.
"I do it because I care and 1
support the work that is being
done," he said.^I live in this
world with you and 1 care about
the quality of life in the world we
live in."
Glover, known for his roles in
"Lethal Weapon" and "The Color
Purple", made presentations at
Hill Middle School and the
Downtown School on Monday
while he was visiting Winston
Salem.
? ; Glover was in town to help
raise money for a scholarship
bearing the name of Winston
Salem State University Chancel
lor Dr. Cleon Thompson.
The Winston-Salem. Alumni
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Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi fra
ternity is recognizing Thompson
through the scholarship!'
.. .. Thompson is a member of the
fraternity.
Funds for the scholarship
were raised with the presentation
of "An Evening with Langston
and Martin/' performed by
Glover and Felix Justice. The pre
sentation was a series of dramatic
readings about the lives of
Langston Hughes and Martin
Luther King, Jr.
This is Thompson's tenth and
final year as Chancellor of
WSSU. Glover told students
although they might think of him
as a superstar, he has life experi
ences many of them may be
familiar with. Glover talked of his
young nephew who has been
shot, shot another youth and is
now on the run in fear of retalia
tion by his victim's friends.
"You wouldn't expect Danny
Glover of 'Lethal Weapon' to
know that story, " he said. "I'm
troublecttsecaase whaTRapperis to~
him affects me.^Glover reminded
the" youth that they too must be
concerned about things they do
good or bad because it will touch
someone else. "Just as when our
successes in life effects those
around us when we fail it effects
others in a dramatic world in a
dramatic way."
Glover encouraged the youth
not to resort to negative activity
when they are angry but vent that
anger into something constructive
or positive.
"Transform your anger into
something that promotes and is a
demonstration of who we can be
and what we can do as human
beings," he said. "We have to find
the good in each other and praise
it. We need to do that now more
than ever."
CI eon F. Thompson, Jr.
Chancellor 1985-1995
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9 A Decade of Development9
_ a gala celebration__ . .
honoring
Dr. Cleon F. Thompson, Jr.
Chancellor of Winston-Salem State University
Saturday, May 6, 1995
7 p.m. to Midnight
Benton Convention Center
a
a benefit for the Cleon and Edwina Thompson
Endowed Scholarship Fund
$35 per person
RSVP by May 2
Black He
Dinner 7-9 p.m.
Dance 9-Midnight
Please make checks payable to the WSSli Foundation Inc. and send to
Winston-Salem State University , Post Office Box 13175, Winston-Salem ,
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