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About Barber-
Scotia College
Location; Concord.
Founded; 1867, os Scotia
Seminary by the Rev.
Luke Dorland, a
Presbyterian minister.
Nome changed to
Scotia Women’s College
in 1916. Merged with
Barber Memorial
College of Anniston,
Ala., in 1930. Took its pre
sent name in 1932.
President; Carl Ramer,
Noted alumni;
Mory McLeod
Bethune,
founder of
Bethune-
Cookman
College in
Daytona
lune Beoch, Ra.;
Katie G.
Cannon, first African
American woman to be
ordained in the United
Presbyterian Church.
PHOTO/ERICA SINGLETON
Barber-Scotia College students Sondra Chavis (right) and LaMonica Boyd work on a class
project on ttie Concord campws.
In the end, faith
Barber-Scotia College measures success by surviving
By Erica Singleton
FOR THE CHA RLOTTE POST
CONCORD - Everybody at
Barber-Scotia College has a
story to tell.
“From ‘I ran away from
home to come to college’ to ‘I
came with the clothes on my
back,’ or ‘I came because my-
grandmother attended,”' said
Adalea Howie, special events
coordinator with the Concord
Alumni Chapter. “They have a
passion for Barber-Scotia and
they hav'e come home now to
see what they can do to help.”
In 2004, Barber-Scotia lost
its accreditation, and with it
federal dollars that follows
student enrollment.
"The loss of accreditation
resulted from failure to pro
vide accurate information to
the Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools, the
regional accrediting agency,”
said former president Gloria
Bromell-Tinubu, who took
office July 1, 2004. She cited
the college’s awarding of
degrees to nearly 30 students
who SACS determined hadn’t
met requirements. The loss of
accreditation makes the col
lege’s students ineligible for
federal aid, which an estimat
ed 90 percent of the school’s
students depended on.
It was a devastating blow to
the 139-year old institution,
and its alumni. So was the
decision to close its doors last
year, which meant no home
coming.
"1 think a lot of folks were
disappointed,” said Elisa
Hodges, chairman Barber-
Scotia’s board of trustees.
Among the disappointed
w'as Donald Smith. The for-
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( i They have a passion for Barber-Scotia and they have come
home now to see what they can do to help. J ||
Barber-Scotia Concord Alumni Chapter special events coordinator Adalea Howie
Life-saving drive rallies Montessori campus
lO-year-old’s best chance of marrow
transplant is another African American
By Brandi Woodson
THE CHARLOTTE POST
Adiian Oates is in desperate
need of a bone marrow trans
plant.
Last Thanksgiving Day, the
10-year-o!d’s mother noticed
Adrian was sluggish and did
n't want to eat. A doctor’s
examination found that
Adrian’s blood count was low'
and he needed an immediate
blood and platelet transfu
sion. That was followed by a
full bone marrow biopsy.
"I figured it to be just a little
virus going around,” said
Adrian’s mother. Daphne.
But there was more at stake.
Oates was delivered the dev
astating news that Adrian’s
bone marrow was no longer
working, the result of aplastic
anemia. With a low white
blood cell count, Adrian takes
14 pills dally and receives fre
quent blood transfusions.
"Ever since Thanksgiving it
has been nothing but transfu
sion after transfusion,” said
Oates. "It has just been a roller
coaster.”
Adrian, a student at Park
Road Montessori School when
he became ill, is unable to
attend classes and is provided
a home tutor by Charlotte-
Mecldenburg Schools. “He is a
great kid and student,” said
Park Road Montessori teacher
Reg Britz. "We were hoping
that he could come back
before school was over, but
now' we just want him to feel
better.”
On Monday, Park Road
Montessori and Community
Blood Center of the CaroHnas
held a blood drive and a bone
marrow donor registration to
find a match for Adrian.
Because Adrian is African-
American, finding a match for
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Adrian Oates is flanked by his grandmother Sylvia Sadler and
mother Daphne Oates at Park Road Montessori School Monday.
Adrian needs a bone marrow b'ansplant to counter aplastic ane
mia.
Foxx
Council
OKs new
boost for
comdors
Development of business
park in Smallwood may be
start of long-term projects
By Herbert L. White
fierts.w/i/teS'thechorto ttepost.com
The next phase in Charlotte’s drive to boost
economic development along inner city
neighborhoods got a boost this week.
On Monday, City Council
voted to support a business
park on Rozzelles Ferry Road
near the Smallwood communi
ty as part of its business corri
dor revitalization plan. A $9
million program that would
support projects along West
Boulevard, Rozzelles Ferry,
and North Graham Street over
the next four years Is also being considered.
Council is expected to vote on the plan next
month.
“The city has gone in fits and starts with
inner city development,” council member
Anthony Foxx said. "What’s happened is this
subject has fallen through the cracks."
The revitalization plan would create new
businesses by making inner city neighbor
hoods more attractive to businesses. The city
would remove economic barriers to develop
ment by purchasing dilapidated commercial
buildings and Improving infrastructure. City
staff dedicated to the corridors would recruit
new development and corporate partners.
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NEWS, NOTES & TRENDS
Conference
focus on
affordable
housing
By Herbert L. White
herb.whi7e®fhec/iortotteposf.com
A forum planned for next w’eek will
address the future of affordable hous
ing in Charlotte.
- Housing Charlotte 2007, a forum that
will be held Feb. 22 at the Charlotte
Convention Center, will bring political,
non-profit and corporate leaders
together to discuss issues and solu
tions.
"The participants so far have been
from banking, community and political
folks and community groups," said
Stanley Watkins, director of Charlotte
Neighborhood Development. "We’re
going to talk about affordable housing
in Charlotte and what kind of solutions
we can bring to bear for the future."
Living in Charlotte isn’t getting
cheaper. By 2010, according to esti
mates, more than 17,000 households
earning less than $ 16,000 won't be able
to afford a place to stay. Finding financ
ing solutions as well as options for
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