Dr. Robert L. Albright
.Receives honor
Attends
Foundations
Projects
Johnson C. Smith Univer
sity President, Dr. Robert
L. Albright, will join other
recently appointed presi
dents and chancellors of
historically black colleges
and universities in a con
ference sponsored by the
Johnson, Charles F. Ket
tering and Charles Stewart
Mott Foundations. The
three-day meeting will be
held January 4-6, at the
Wingspread, the confer
ence center of the Johnson
Foundation in Racine, Wis.
The purpose is to better
acquaint recent presidents
(three-year tenure or less)
with the foundation sector
of philanthropy and to help
increase their effective
ness in soliciting aid on
behalf of their institutions.
The conference is in co
operation with the Council
on Foundations and the Na
tional Association for
Equal Opportunity in High
er Education (NAFEO).
James Joseph, president
of the Council on Foun
dations, will keynote the
conference.
Dr. Duval
Named Assistant
Vice President
Dr. Gloria Miller Duval,
executive assistant for pro
gram evaluation and
assistant professor of
medical education, School
of Medicine of Mercer Uni
versity in Macon, GA, has
been named assistant vice
president for development
at Johnson C. Smith Uni
versity.
President Robert L. Al
bright announced that Dr.
Duval will assume her
duties in early January. In
the new position, Dr. Duval
will be the University’s fe
deral relations officer,
United Negro College Fund
coordinator, and director
of non-alumni annual giv
ing.
Dr. Duval has served
concurrently as a consult
ant with the Evaluation
Center of Western Michi
gan University, Kalamazoo
where she was a member
of the case study team
assigned to the program
for historically black
colleges at the Charles
Stewart Mott Foundation.
The new appointee is a
1969 graduate of Paine Col
lege, August, GA, with her
master’s of Art degree
from American University,
Washington, DC, in 1972,
and a doctorate of Educa
tion from W. Michigan
in 1983. At Western Michi
gan, she was an editor in
the department of educa
tional leadership and an'
instructor in the College of
General Studies.
Previously she was
director of social sciences
at the Institute for Ser
vices to Education in both
Washington, DC, and New
Orleans at Dillard Uni
versitv.
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Knox Calls For Changes In Homestead Exemption Act
Eddie Knox, Democratic
candidate for Governor,
calls for changes in the
Homestead Exemption
Act, which assists North
Carolina's senior citizens
by exempting the first
$8,500 property tax valua
tion.
Under our present law, a
senior citizen who has an
income of $9,000 or less
doesn’t pay property tax on
the first $8,500 valuation,"
Knox explained. “I feel
that the valuation level and
the income figure should be
raised substantially.”
Knox pointed out that
revaluation of real estate
for taxation goes on every
eight years in all counties
and has just been com
pleted in many counties,
including Wake "In most
cases the tax valuation of
property was increased.
Without changes in the ex
emption law, those increas
es could work an addition
al hardship on elderly peo
ple, many of whom live on
limited or fixed incomes,”
Knox said.
At the same time, infla
tion and increases in
Social Security pay
ments, such as the 3.5
percent increase expected
in January, means that
some persons originally
eligible for the exemption
will now no longer be able
to receive it. Thus, their
tax burden will increase.
“For a person trying to
live on a fixed income or
near the poverty level,
such additional tax bur
dens would be difficult or
impossible to bear," Knox
said.
“All of us, including our
elderly citizens, must pay
our fair share of taxes. But,
imposing greater burdens
on these people just isn’t
fair.”
Knox pledged that as Go
vernor he will urge the
legislature to study the
situation* and raise the
valuation exemption level
and the income eligibility
level.
“There can be consider
able inequities that develop
in the Homestead Exemp
tion Act as a result of
property tax revaluation.
This problem needs care
ful study ana something
needs to be done to re
move those inequities
which adversely affect the
elderly,” he said.
Red Cross Schedules Health Courses
Red Cross health courses
in January include: "Fa
mily Health and Home
Nursing,” “Babysitting,"
and “Preparation For Pa
renthood."
“Family Health And
Home Nursing" focuses on
maintaining good health,
preventing illness and per
forming simple nursing
skills in the home. Two
courses are being offered,
both meeting on Tuesdays
and Thursdays. One class
meets from 9 am,.- noon.
The other class meets 6-9
p.m.
These health courses will
be held at the Red Cross,
2425 Park Road, Charlotte.
For more information, call
376-1661, Monday through
Friday, 9 a.m. - 5p.m.
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