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Job Fair
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Senior Vice President Sara
Keville led a workshop on
standing out in a crowd.
"I was unemployed for four
months before I got this job,"
she told the group. "It was the
most frustrating time of my
life."
Despite setbacks, it is impor
tant that job seekers put on a
brave face, Keville said.
"To stand out in the crowd,,
use that self confidence, use that
positivity," she advised,
"because that immediately
makes you different."
Twenty-five year-old Lonnie
Wellman doesn't have to deal
- with the frustrations of unem
ployment He was among the
throngs of people who came to
0 the fair in search of a new direc
tion.
"I'm just basically trying to
" get a better job right now," said
the Domino's pizza delivery
driver. "I'm trying to get back
to school, that's why I need
. another job."
Mario Parks, F9, was on
? hand to recruit his peers to
J Northwest Piedmont Council of
? Governments' Service Corps
J program.
{ , "We're volunteering to help
out with the job fair, but also
give the children. 15-17 jobs for
Michael Williams with his wife, Angelique.
Parks
the summer," explained Parks,
who has been employed by the
Service Corps for over a year.
Wellman
The Service Corps is a valu
able resource for those who
have blemishes on their work
records. Parks says.
Do You
^'Know This
Family?
A local woman made an
unusual discovery as she
walked near her home on
Cebon Avenue recently.
She found this black and
white photograph of what
appears to be a family at
some sort of church event
or celebration.
The woman has asked
The Chronicle to help
identify this family in the
hopes that she can return
the picture to them,
please call our office,
336-723-8428, if you can
help get the picture back
to its rightful owner(s).
"It's for people who didn't
really finish high school or who
have criminal records," he
explained. "If you've messed
up in life or anything, it's the
way to go and get a fresh start."
Angelique and Michael
Williams represented both cate
gories of job seekers.
Mrs. Williams currently
serves as house manager in a
local group home.
"I'm just looking for a new
career," she said. "(The job fair
has) been helpful but it's kind of
iffy because there's so many
others out there competing with
you."
Her husband felt much more
optimistic about his experience
at the fair.
"Actually I got to talk to a
company who I've been filling
out applications with," revealed
Mr. Williams, who was laid off
by Freightliner trucking compa
ny nearly a year ago. "Now I
have an interview, I'm sched
uled to take the test with the
company, so that's a step further
than when I was just filling out
applications.
"I'm feeling a lot better than
I felt when I came here this
morning, so it's not that bad," he
added with a gigantic smile.
"They've done a good thing as
far as helping people, you
know?"
Gallery
from pane AW
white women who
watched her exit the bath
room.
Milton Rhodes, president
and CEO of_ the Arts Council
of Winston-Salem ' and
Forsyth County, said "it's a
great show."
The exhibition runs
through May 30. WhiteSpace
Gallery is located in the his
toric Piedmont Leaf Lofts at
401 E. 4th Street, Suite 202.
Gallery hours are Saturday
from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. and by
appointment. For additional
information, call 336-722
4671.
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Submitted Photo
elli Cetina
From Bennett Archives
Some of Bennett College's very first seminary students.
HBCUs
from page A10
the first collaborative
effort by HBCU libraries to
make a historical collection
digitally available. The online
collection, which is hosted by
the Robert W. Woodruff
Library of the Atlanta
University Center, is the prod
uct of a partnership between
the HBCU Library^ Alliance,
HBCU institutions, the
Southeastern Library Network
(SOLINET) and Cornell
University.
The contents of the collec
tion date back to the early
1800s and include campus
charters, student yearbooks,
early campus architectural
drawings, and a rich assort
ment of photographs featuring
first presidents, graduating
classes, famous alumni and
churches,, which often served
as the first classrooms at sev
eral of these institutions.
"This is an excellent
resource for scholars and oth
ers interested in understanding
the importance of institutions
of higher learning founded by
African- Americans. It offers
direct access to original docu
ments and images chronicling
the story of these institutions,
which are usbally only avail
able to researchers by travel to
the institutions themselves."
said Dorothy Autrey, chair of
the history and political sci
ence department at Alabama
State University. "The HBCU
digital library collection opens
the door tp an area of the
African- American experience,
which can now receive the
study and attention it deserves
? the amazing contributions
of historically black colleges
and universities in the general
struggle of a people for free
dom and equality."
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The Winston-Salem Symphony
ROBERT MOODY, Music Director
PRESENTS f
Romantic Nights
Guest Artist ?
Carlos Rodriguez, Piano
It's spring and romance is in the air! To celebrate, the
Winston-Salem Symphony presents a concert for lovers
and lovers of romantic music. Enjoy this passionate
performance with someone you love!
Toward the Splendid City
Falla
Nights in the Garden of Spain
Rachmaninoff
Symphony no. 2 in E minor, op. 27
at the Stevens Center of the NC School of the Arts
Saturday 7:30 p.m. Kicked-Back Classics Series
Sunday 3:00 p.m., Tuesday 7:30 p.m. Classics Series
Tickets from $15 to $50
For more information, call 336-464-0145 <m-f,
or visit www.wssymphony.org.
Danielpour
APRIL 12, 13, & 15, 2008
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