JCSU Offers New Doorway
To Teaching, Learning
ay leresa Burns
Post Staff Writer
Many Charlottean stu
dents may be contemplating
which college has the most
to offer. As for Johnson C.
Smith University, it is
more than an institute of
higher learning. Under the
program of New Doorways
to %aching and Learning,
the weaknesses of students
can become strengths.
Divided into five distinct
components the program
offers a wide range of aid.
The Doorways to Composi
tion Skills, Reading and
Language -Skills, and
Mathematics Modular Stu
dies are primarily for
freshmen. There is also a
Freshman and Sophomore
Study Center for both aca
demic and social problems.
A full time counselor is
available at this center.
The fifth center, which
will be focused on is the
Writing Center. It is under
the direction of Brenda
Bilal and the assistant
director, Rena Blake.
According to Mrs. Bilal
students are usually re
ierred by their instructors,
but some come on their
own. Students have a regu
lar schedule for attendance
and are given a diagnostic
pretest to detect weak
nesses.
"Most of the time a stu
dent can get through the
program in a reasonable
amount of time - about one
semester," Mrs. Bilal re
marked. Students are also
given a post-test before
they exit the program.
"The Writing Center is
open to anyone on cam
pus," Mrs. Bilal comment
ed. "We have audio-visual
aids, cassettes, filmstrips,
transparencies, and re
cords to help improve stu
dent's communication
skills. The support of the
faculty and the administra
tion has been helpful in
making this program a
success."
"Several people have
come back and thanked
us," Mrs. Bilal continued,
"Student teachers for ex
ample, have returned and
told us how it has helped
them deal with classes.
Sometimes students even
bring their papers back
with marked improve
ment."
Students who have pro
blems with phonetics,
spelling, speech, vocabu
lary, punctuation, or any
English communication
skills can benefit from the
tutoring and attention gi
ven in this program Others
interested in creative wri
ting are also invited to
grow and learn at this
center.
Located between the
Health Center and the
Education Bulding, the
center's hours of operation
are from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday through Friday.
"We enjoy preparing our
students for the challenges
ahead because they are
tomorrow's leaders," Mrs.
Bital remarked. "It is im
portant that they know how
to speak and write correct
ly."
i< oundation Gives
UNCC $300,000
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University of North Caro
lina at Charlotte has al
located approximately
$300,000 to the university to
provide for programs not
funded by state appropria
tions, according to Dr. Wil
liam M. Britt, vice chancel
lor for development.
Dr. Britt added that the
$91,500 allocated as un
designated funds brings the
total of such monies to
more than a million dollars
since the foundation was
organized in 1960.
"More than $200,000 of
the foundation's money is
designated by the donors
for specific programs such
as scholarships, professor
ships and library addi
tions," he said.
The foundation has also
re-elected David Taylor of
Catanese as chairman.
T^or in accepting his
nomination for re-election
said that he was doing so
because of the opportunity
to continue some crucial
liaison between the found
ation and the University
Research Park Board,
which he also serves, in the
development of the north
east quadrant of Mecklen
Durg County.
Major UNCC programs
to be funded out of the
allocation of undesignated
funds include faculty re
search, $30,000; visiting
lecturers and performers,
18,000; the Celanese Pro
fessorship, $6,000; faculty
salary supplements,
$10,000; study abroad for
students, $4,500; faculty de
velopment projects, $7,000;
a dance scholarship to the
American Dance Festival,
$1,500; graduate assist
ants, $5,000; and mini
grants for faculty, $6,000
UNCC Chancellor Ε Κ
Fretwell Jr. expressed par
ticular appreciation for the
support of the new mini
grants program. He said it
allows faculty to apply fast,
get an answer fast, and get
started on their projects
fast. In many cases, he
indicated, these small
grants are used as seed
money for application for
major research grants
from foundations and the
6«*CI IIJIICIH,
Dr. Fretwell presented
Dr. Virginia Geurin of the
College of Business Admin
istration to describe her
use for the mini-grant She
told the foundation board
that she is doing a study of
what UNCC's, College of
Business Administration
might do to provide man
»ment programs for the
rlotte business com
munity.
The Chancellor also pre
sented Dr. Paul Escott, a
historian, who thanked the
foundation for making pos
sible the writing of a book,
"Slavery Remembered,"
which won for him the
Mayflower Cup, the top
state literary award for a
work of nonfiction.
The foundation board has
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aiso re-elected Irwin Belk
of Belk Stores as vice
chairman; Dr. Britt as se
cretary; Leo Ells, vice
chancellor for business af
fairs at UNCC, treasurer;
and Sarah Cullen, assistant
secretary.
New board members
elected are Dr. Robert
Poole, orthodontist; Harold
Hoke of Wachovia Bank, N.
K. Dickerson, Monroe con
tractor; Edward Crutch
field of First Union Nation
al Bank, Bland Worley of
BarclaysAmerican; Ro
bert I Dalton of Dalton
Fonville & Co.; and R.
Stuart Dickson of Ruddick
Corp. Re-elected to the
board were Irwin Belk and
Edward J. Snyder Jr. of
Albemarle.
Chales Myerly is execu
tive director of the
foundation.
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Workers at Woonsocket Spinning Co.
welcome back their chief steward, Don
Holt, who was fired for union activity 7
months ago The Amalgamated Clothing
and Textile Workers Union Local 2351
won back Holt's job with full pay.
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Sadler, Ester Allen, Perline Anderson,
Barbara Johnson, Lorraine McCleave
ind Paulette Carter, (photo by Eileen
Sanson)
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