Thursday, March 16, 1989 - THE CHARLOTTE POST - Page 6A
EDUCATION rOD/\y
Three Students Selected Morehead Scholars
CHAPEL HILL - Three Meck
lenburg County high school stu
dents have been awarded More-
head Scholarships to begin
study at the University of North
Carolina at Chapel HlU this fall.
The announcement was made
by the board of trustees of the
John Motley Morehead Founda
tion.
Recipients are Erika Gordon
Gantt, daughter of Harvey B. and
Lucinda B. Gantt of 517 N. Pop
lar St., Charlotte: Mark Douglas
Lattlmore, son of John W. and
Betty R. Lattlmore of 2350 Pruitt
St., Charlotte; and Nigel Llwellyn
Long, son of George R. Long Jr.
and Laveme L. Long of 226 Colo
ny Acres Drive, Charlotte.
Gantt, who attends East Meck
lenburg High School, has been
student body president of the
Governor’s School, Is vice presi
dent of the NAACP Club and Is
co-captaln of the tennis team.
Lattlmore, a student at Harry
P. Harding High School, Is class
president, a Congressional
Scholar and co-captain of the
football team.
Long, a senior at Ol3miplc High
School, Is vice president of the
Student Council, recipient of the
American Legion Scholastic Ex
cellence Award and a track sec
tional champion In the 30 -
meter Intermediate hurdles.
Erika Gantt
Only 55 high school students
nationwide received 1989 More-
head Awards.
Selection of the Morehead
Scholars followed a screening
process that began last fall and
ended In Chapel Hill March 4-7
In competition among finalists
from North Carolina, 25 other
states and the District of Co
lumbia.
Recipients were determined by
their merit and achievement, not
financial need. Other considera-
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Janet Jones Ballard (r), president of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Soror
ity and Nan Delany Johnson, the sorority's executive director, dis
play the AKA Money Meter.
AKA’s Launch Drive
To Support Black Colleges
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority,
Incorporated has announced
the kick-off of a major fund
raising drive to support histori
cally black colleges and univer
sities.
The sorority hopes to raise $4
million by 1990 for 77 colleges
and universities. Alpha Kappa
Alpha chose support for higher
education In the black commu
nity as the focus of Its fund
raising effort because of the
misconception that black col
leges are no longer necessary.
Statistics Indicate that 50 per
cent of America's black students
graduate from black colleges
and universities. By contrast.
only 10 percent of the black stu
dents entering predominantly
white Institutions ever graduate.
"Historically, black colleges
and universities have, through
the years, made it possible for
AKA to exist and for many of our
members to receive an educa
tion and become productive citi
zens," said Mrs. B^lard.
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority,
founded In 1908 at Howard Uni
versity In Washington, D.C., cur
rently has more than 100,000
members in 46 states, the Dis
trict of Columbia, the Bahamas,
the Virgin Islands, Germany,
Great Britain, South Africa and
South Korea.
Money Available For Scholarships
RICHARDSON, TX - Every
year, millions of eligible minori
ty students miss out on their
share of the $21 billion availa
ble from state and federal stu
dent aid programs either be
cause they don't apply, or they
do not know how to complete
the state and federal student aid
applications In a manner that
will Insure the best chance of re
ceiving an award.
To assist families in determin
ing exactly how much money
they are eligible for In the form
of state, federal and special
campus-based student aid pro
grams, Academic Resources Is
now offering a sophisticated
computer service that analyzes
a student's Individuals family
circumstances and prepares a
computerized, step-by-step out
line illustrating what action the
student needs to take to be as
sured of qualifying for his share
of the $21 billion In student aid
available for the 1989-90 school
year.
According to the company's
representative, Bonnie K. Moore,
students complete a short back
ground questionnaire that asks
about their Income, expenses,
academic abilities, and a list of
the schools they are considering
attending. This information Is
entered Into a computer that an
alyzes each student's particular
circumstances and prepares a
40-page report guiding the stu
dent through the steps they
need to take to complete state
and federal student aid applica
tions In a manner that will en
sure the best chance of receiv
ing an award. Included In the
report Is a complete printout of
the special campus-based stu
dent aid programs available at
each school the student choos
es and the steps necessary to
apply for each of these pro
grams.
For information, write: Aca
demic Resources, 1143 Rocking
ham Dr., No. 107. Richardson, TX
75080.
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Nigel Long
tlons Included leadership and
service, character, academic
standing and motivation.
The scholarship attracts stu
dents who will enhance the uni
versity’s stature through their
presence on campus and later
contributions to UNC and socie
ty, said Charles E. Lovelace Jr.,
executive director of the John
Motley Morehead Foundation.
The awards, which provide all-
expense-paid undergraduate
educations at UNC, are valued at
more than $35,000 for North
Carolina students for four years
of study and a Summer Enrich
ment Program, Out-of-state
scholars receive the same sti
pend, while the foundation pays
an out-of-state tuition dlfleren-
tial.
The summer program Is de
signed to complement each
scholar's class work with
hands-on leadership and prob
lem-solving experience. Intern
ships focus on four areas: out
door leadership, public service,
private enterprise, and travel
and study abroad.
Among the largest and most
lucrative scholarship programs
for undergraduates in American
colleges and universities, the
Morehead Awards program Is
patterned after the Rhodes
Scholarships at England’s Ox
ford University. Nine Morehead
Scholars have been chosen
Rhodes Scholars in the last 15
years.
The awards program was be
gun in 1951 by the late John
Motley Morehead, an 1891 UNC
graduate and native of Spray,
now Eden.
More than 1,750 Morehead
Scholars have attended UNC/
Currently 244 are studying on
campus.
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