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Vol. XXXIV No. 30 THURSDAY, April 10, 2008
Pitts
lands
new job
at QEA
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Women
honored
by local
YWCA
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MLK is
honored
at local
street vigil
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Droves
attend
annual
job fair
BY LAYLA FARMER
THE CHRONICLE
Goodwill Industries expect
ed about 3,500 job seekers
would attend its job fair
Tuesday. More than 1 ,800
poured through the doors of the
Coliseum
Annex in
the first
t w o
Moore
hours
alone.
"So
far, it's
been
amazing
h o w
many job
seekers
(have come out)," commented
Director of Marketing Jaymie
Moore. "When we opened the
doors at 10, the line was all the
way across the street past the
coliseum and it's been just a
steady flow ever since then."
For the second consecutive
year. Goodwill Industries has
served as the main sponsor of
the annual job fair.
"It's just such a part of our
mission; the whole reason that
we exist is to help people find
jobs," Moore said. "Hosting the
biggest job fair in this region
just fits with our mission per
fectly."
With more than 80 employ
ers on hand, the job fair is tout
ed as the largest in the Triad. ?
Job seekers were able to
attend free seminars in addition
to meeting with employers this
year.
Temporary Resources
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Photo* by Todd Luck
Makeke Ramokoena was in town recently.
Learning
Without Borders
African nation benefiting from friendship with WSSU
BY TODD LUCK
T1IT nptntBELE ?'*
Healthcare professionals are in con
stant demand everywhere in the world,
but in developing countries they're
vital.
In Lesotho, poverty and HIV/AIDS,
complicate that issue even more, creat
ing massive health problems for the
poor, developing nation and many like
it. In Lesotho, a small country sur
rounded by South Africa, nearly a third
of its two million residents have
HIV/AIDS, one of the highest rates for
the disease in the world. The average
life expectancy among its people is less
than 37 years.
M a k e k e
Ramokoena is
one of the people
trying to change
that. She's direc
tor of the
National Health
Training College
in Maseru,
Lesotho. Her
school offers a
varietv of certifi
mas in nurskKf and
? ji^an
cates and diplo
health care. Last
week, she ended a two week visit to the
Triad, where she came to learn more
about health education. Ramokoena
returned to Lesotho with much to think
about.
"I've learned a lot. Of course,
there's no way we can copy and paste
the best practices learned here, we'll
have to ... go through every little step I
went through to see how best we can
make use of the information," said
Ramokoena. , ?
Her trip was made possible by Jhe
Winston-Salem State University
See Visit on A6
Mad About Michelle
# WSSU Photo by Garrett Garms
Winston-Salem Slate University students were bouncing off the walls Tuesday as they waited for Michelle Obama to
speak. Obama is the wife of presidential hopeful Barack Obama, and she carried his message to WSSU and across
North Carolina this week. See page A3 for the story.
Dr. Donald J. Reaves
wssu
baton to
be passed
to Reaves
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
When Dr. Donald J. Reaves f
Sonya Correll Cook with her chlildren Ryan, Chelsea and Tyler.
Photo by Layh Parmer
A Family
Affair
Joint venture between mom,
kids results in children's books
BY LAYLA FARMER
THE CHRONICLE
There is seldom a dull moment in Sonya Correll Cook's house
hold - the 4 1 -year-old mother of three will readily admit to that . Yet
she never suspected her children's antics could become a source of
entertainment for others.
"God has led me to do this," said Cook, who released her first
children's book earlier this year. "It
wasn't something that I woke up one
day and said, 'Hey, I'm going to write
a book.' I wrote the story and I put it
down and it just kept nudging at me to
do something with it and I just believe
that was God speaking to me saying,
'Look, I've given you this gift, this tal
ent - use it.'"
"Quest for a Family Pet" is the first
in a series called "The Adventures of
Nique, Nick and Nelle."
The characters in the book are based
on Cook's children, "fyler Dominique,
or "Nique," 13; Ryan "Nick" Nickolas
(Nelte), 1U.
"I like it and I think other kids are going to like it as well," com
mented Chelsea Cook. "I thought it was just like me and my broth
ers
All three children have lent their expertise to the effort, says.
Cook, a Winston-Salem native, "tyler and Ryan helped her develop
the characters and pattern the character's speech to reflect that of
See Family on A13
takes the
oath
tomor
row
(April
11),. he
will offi
cially be
the 12th
chancel
lor of
Winstoir
Salem
52 t a t p
Jesse Jackson
? University, a school with a rich
academic and community tradi
tion.
Erskine B. Bowles, the head
of the University of North
Carolina system, will preside
over Reaves* installation serv
ice Friday at 10 a.m. at the
Benton Convention Center. The
event is free and open to the
public.
Reaves left his post as vice
president for administration and
CFO at the University of
Chicago when members of the
UNC Board of Governors
selected him to head WSSU,
one of 16 UNC schools.
Reaves, who has also served as
executive vice president for
Finance and Administration and
CFO at Brown University, has
been on the job at WSSU since
' the 2007-2008 academic year
began last August.
The Cleveland native has
already stated his top priorities
for WSSU, which include rais
See Reave* on A6
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