Barber-Scotia College Students from left
to right: Oliver Ekong, Melody Van
Hooke and Sheila Johnson pose with
Dean Don Price, second from left, of the
University of Florida.
Three BSC Students Attend
Florida’s First Colloquium
Special To The Post
. .Gainesville - Thirty-eight
seniors from 11 predomin
ately black colleges in the
Southeast, including three
from Barber-Scotia Col
lege, were selected to. at
tend the University of Flo
rida’s first,colloquium for
prospective black grad
uate students.
“These students repre
sent the finest young black
scholars in the Southeast,’’
said Dr. Paul Kotey, assist
ant dean for the univer
sity’s Graduate School.
“They were selected be
cause of their outstanding
records as undergrad
uates and their great po
tential as graduate stu
dents, particularly in areas
that blacks have too-long
shunned.,”
On campus overnight
and most of two days, the
students heard about great
er opportunities for people
with graduate degrees,
specifics about graduate
training at the University
of Florida and the avail
ability of scholarships and
other financial aid. Hiey
also met with deans and
faculty members of their
“Mend-Child” 1b Successful
Several thousand parents
in North Carolina, South
Carolina and Virginia have
already taken advantage of
Winn-Dixie’s Project
“Identi-Child” since its an
nouncement two weeks
ago.
The project provides pa
rents with an identification
card which features their
child’s fingerprints and
other pertinent data. The
card becomes the personal
property of the family to be
turned over to law enforce
ment officials for positive
identification.
To participate, a parent
or guardian simply accom
panies the child to any of
the Winn-Dixie stores in the
three states. There, a
Winn-Dixie employee will
transfer the child’s finger
prints to an “Identi-Child”
card. The card is then re
turned to the parent to Fill
in other identifying infor
mation on the child.
departments of special em
phasis and were greeted by
University President
Robert Mars ton, Executive
Vice-President John Nat
tress and Graduate School
Dean Don Price.
“It is vital that black
students avail themselves
of more graduate training
opportunities,” said Kotey,
himself a black man.
“There are hundreds of
colleges and universities
constantly seeking black
people with graduate de
grees of their faculties and
more and more businesses
and industries are placing
a premium on graduate
degrees.”
Among the participants
from Barber-Scotia College
were Oliver Ekong, a com
puter science major and
son of Mr. and Mrs. Regina
Ekong of Nigeria; Sheila
Johnson, a speech path
ology major and daughter
of Constance Johnson of
Pittsburgh, Pa.;' and
Melody Van Hooke, major
ing in social work and
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Charlie Van Hooke of
Mebane, N.C.
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By Andrew McCorkle
Post Staff Writer
Despite having to combat
some old stereotypes held
both by blacks and whites,
the only black doctors In
Coocord find the towns
people friendly and the ex
perience challenging.
The husband and wife
team of Drs. Gerard and
Rolande Romain have
filled a void in the town that
was present for about 25
years - since Concord had
its last black physician.
The doctors were recruit
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Griffin Metro Health Clinic
Association about 18
months ago. C. C. Griffin,
former principal of Logan
High School and civic ac
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drive to attract Mack doc
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Griffin said that there is
a great need in Concord for
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have proven that blacks
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A black physician gener
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patients, because be under
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seling in addition to any
medical remedies they
may need, he stated.
Mr. Romain, a. family
practitiooer, agreed.
“The physical complaint
might be a reflection of
what’s going on in the
neighborhood or at home,”
he explained in an inter
view recently. “A doctor
just doesn’t treat the per
son physically. He must be
able to relate to the whole
person.”
The Remains, parents of
two girls, Chynthia, 6, and
Ericka, 4, are natives of
Port-Au-Prince, Haiti;
however, both of their
children were born in the
United States.
They both hope to return
to their country to practice
but they say that the ex
perience they gain in the
U.S. is valuable.
“Most doctors in Haiti
have some experience in
the U.S. and Canada,” ex
plained Mr. Romain. “It’s
always good to have some
experience before you go
back. Most doctors have
this experience.”
The Remains met at me
dical school in Haiti, both
say they were influenced to
become doctors by family
members.
“My brothers are physi
cians,” said Mrs. Romain,
• pediatrician. “They ex
pected it from me. You’re
expected to go to school, do
well and become a doctor.”
“I was more or leas
influenced by my environ
ment,” explained Mr.
Roma in. “My cousin was a
doctor and Ikinda followed
in his footsteps.”
Mr. Remain once con
sidered going into the mi
litary.
“I think that every young
man, at one time or an
other, would like to serve
his country," he stated.
“Every young man wants
to do something that would
give him the opportunity to
prove himself.”
But he quickly found the
medical profession chal
lenging enough.
“The medical profession
is one way you can help
people, prove yourself and
still be useful to your com
munity,” he explained.
There are only about
12,000 black physicians
practicing in the United
States but the Romains
agree that it is not a career
for young black people who
want to get rich quick,
especially for those who
wish to serve predominant
ly black or low income
patients.
It is difficult for a young
physician to get started,”
Mr. Romain said.
"It’s taking a young phy
sician about five years to
get established now,”
added his wife, compared
to ooe year about six years
ago.
Physicians who want to
serve black patients pri
marily will not reap the
economic rewards that
their white counterparts
will, Mrs. Romain ex
plained.
Many Mack people are
poor, and listed on the
Medicaid, welfare, Medi
care rolls. “Money-wise In
come is not going lo be the
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lees than the person who
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