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The Panther
Dean Wesley McClure presents $25 first place award to
Nancy Barrow, a junior business education major.
Keith Stamps (extreme left), a junior political science
major, received a $15 second place check. Timothv
Martin (extreme right), a junior political science major,
received $10 as third place winner. The topic of the Oc
tober essay contest was “How Dean McClure’s Office
Can Best Serve the Students in Meeting Their Interests
and Needs.” The contest was sponsored by Clark’s
“Academic Dean’s Class.” (Photo by Jerome Gwinn)
October 16, 1978
NBSA Explains Program
Page 6
Nigerian Students
Get Pharmacy
Program
Bv Marcia E. Jones
PANTHER News Editor
A newly developed
educational program for
Nigerian students who are
expanding their technology in
pharmacy has started at
Clark.
Clark is one of seven black
institutions in the United
States which has taken on
Nigerian students for ad
vanced education in technical
fields. Last January, 18
Nigerian students came to
Clark and 14 students arrived
this fall. All of the students are
studying to be pharmaceutical
technologists.
O. Puri, Ph.D., head of the
physics department, is in
charge of the Nigerian
students.
Ms. Vivien Upshur, ad
ministrative assistant to Puri,
said that the students are
given an allowance every
month to pay for room, board
and books.
Most of the students reside
either on campus or in nearby
apartments. Adjustment for
some of the Nigerian students
has been difficult as far as
dealing with the American
culture as opposed to the
African culture.
Upon finishing their work at
Clark, the students will return
to Nigeria to take on mid-level
technical positions.
THE
UNITED
WAY.
By Denise L. Green
PANTHER Newspaper
“This year it was successful
beyond my imagination,” said
Ms. Georgia Jones, placement
director for Clark College.
The “it” referred to is the
11th annual Career
Day/Business Conference,
held in the Vivian Wilson
Henderson Health and
Physical Education Center on
Clark’s campus, September 29.
Coordinator George Land,
along with the joint efforts of
each school’s director was
responsible for the planning of
this year’s conference.
“From 1967 to the present,
each conference has improved
considerably,” said Ms. Jones.
The past conferences were
unsuccessful for various
reasons:
* lack of student participation
*small amount of business
representation
Hack of overall organization
Eighty-nine companies
participated in the conference
this year. Although each com
pany usually sends two
representatives, some com
panies such as Kodak sent
eight” stated Ms. Jones. The
total count of company
representatives equalled well
over 1.36.
“Next year, I would love to
see more companies, especially
those other than business
related, participate and more
organization,” said Ms. Jones.
The annual Career Day
wasn’t the last of the Career
Planning and Placement
Center’s activities for the
school year.
On October 24, in the John
E. Lewis Physical Education
Building on Morris Brown’s
campus there will be a
Graduate School Conference.
Some of the schools
represented will be Harvard,
universities of North and
South Carolina, University of
Pennsylvania’s Warden
School and various others.
For more information about
conferences, interviews and
jobs, stop by the Atlanta
University Center Career
Planning and Placement
Service Center on the corner of
Greensferry and Henry Streets
or telephone 522-8980 Ext. 50.
Walker
Continued from page 1
Walker believes there are
three main problems that have
confronted him so far in his
campaign: little name
recognition, lack of funds and
too few volunteers.
Walker welcomes as many
volunteers as the Clark com
munity can provide.
“It would be good experience
for students to come to the
county and meet the people.”
No students have helped so
far, but, if anyone is interested,
Walker can be reached at home
by calling 288-4384 or in his of
fice at 681-3080 ext. 238.
Send all campaign con
tributions to:
Mr. Eugene P. Walker
2237 Chevy Chase Lane
Decatur, Ga. 30032
By Bernadette Willard
PANTHER Reporter
The National Black Student
Association (NBSA) met at
Clark’s Haven-Warren Bldg,
recently to explain its program
to Atlanta area college
students. NBSA Southern
Regional Coordinator Kojo
Owusu chaired the meeting.
Representatives from Atlanta
Area Technical College, Clark,
DeKalb Community College,
Georgia Tech, Morehouse and
Spelman attended t h e
meeting.
Owusu outlined the purposes
of the NBSA as:
— Establishing a strong and
consistent line of com
munications among black
students across the country.
— Fighting for and de
fending the right of all black
people to a quality educaton
that is relevant to the needs of
the black race.
— Establishing consistent
communications and better
working relationships
between black students and
the larger community.
— Making constructive use
of black student power by
organizing black students
across the country to do
serious work aruound concrete
issues and programs that will
facilitate the liberation of the
black race.
Med Tech Grows
By Clyde Robertson
PANTHER Reporter
Clark College’s Allied
Health programs are designed
to enhance and preserve the
physical welfare of people, as
are all allied health programs.
The least known, yet fast
becoming popular is the
Medical Technology
Department.
Clark’s Medical Technology
department is the only one of
its kind in the Atlanta
University Center (AUC) and
it has students from other
AUC schools. The 65 students
in this department are the
largest number in its 10 year
history. Six students are
currently fulfilling related
internships in the southern
region. Sandra Roberts, San-
During the summer of 1976
the NBSA initiated a tutorial
program held on Saturdays for
any youth desiring assistance
in basic courses like history,
math and writing. Field trips
were also a part of the summer
program .
Recently, Brother
Akinsegun and Sister Dora
Moola Cabral helped Owusu
develop another tutorial
program designed to help
elementary and high school
students in math, English, his
tory and social science. These
educational programs are con
ducted during weekdays at
3:30 p.m. On Saturdays the as
sociation conducts a fine arts
program. Any person between
the ages of five and 16 is
welcome to participate.
According to Owusu, NBSA
seeks to unify the efforts of
students at all of Atlanta’s
colleges. Toward this end he
hopes further to develop the
NBSA’s newspaper, Ujima
(Kiswhahili for “collective
work and responsibility”). The
newspaper is organized to
develop black campus news
nationally. Another reason it
is organized is to expose
current issues and events that
affect the black college
student. In November the
NBSA will sponsor forums on
political topics in the AUC
area.
dra Dean and Brenda McClin-
nis work at Georgia Baptist
Hospital, Atlanta; Leslie
Fields interns at Meharry
Medical College, Nashville,
Tenn.; Emanuel Alpon prac
tices at Tuskegee Institute in
Tuskegee, Ala. and Brenda
Walderett works in Fairfax
Hospital.
Plans for Clark’ Medical
Technology program began in
1966, through LucilleTunstall.
Two years later the program
was implemented into the
curriculum. Since then 15
graduates have completed the
requirements and, according
to Gloria Williamson, the
director, “that is good because
this is a very competitive
field.” Students are en
couraged to maintain high
academic standings so that
placement in positions of
internships can be made
easier.
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