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September 22, 1982/The Maroon Tiger/Page 3
The Placement Office And You
The Placement Office at
Morehouse College is your
action center for Career
Counseling. This office has one
main philosophy - that is to assist
students to logically arid
realistically develop a plan for
their lives after graduation from
Morehouse College. Career
planning is a never ending
process that begins when you are
a very young child, and should
continue throughout life. At this
point in your life you should
have formed some sort of plan
for yourself. Some of you will
have some very definite plans,
and others may have vague
plans, but all of you have some
kind of plan. Before you make
plans for your future, it is very
important that you find out
where you are. Therefore,
everyone should go through a
self - assessment process. If you
would like a copy of a self -
assessment exercise, there is one
available in my office.
In an effort to assist you in your
career development, my office
will sponsor two major programs
this semester. They are the
Annual Career Day, on Friday,
October 1, 1982; and its Annual
Graduate/Professional School
Recruitment and Information
Day, on Tuesday, October 26,
1982.
The week begining September
27, 1982 - October 1, 1982, has
been designated “Placement
Orientation Week”. On Mon
day, September 27, 1982, there
will be a workshop on “The
Corporate World and You”,
topics of discussion will include:
1) the proper attire; 2) groom
ing; and, 3) playing the cor
porate game. On Tuesday,
September 28 and Wednesday,
September 29, my office will
sponsor practice interviews.
(This is the only event restricted
to seniors only in the Placement
Office.) On Thursday,
September 30, there will be a
resume’ writing workshop. I will
personally instruct you on
creating an effective one page
resume’. On Friday, October 1,
1982, the Placement Office will
sponsor its Annual Career Day.
This will be one of the most
fascinating and helpful events of
the year. There will be around
100 corporations from all over
the United States, giving out
information on careers, summer
employment, internship
programs, cooperative educa
tion opportunities, and for those
of you planning to further your
education beyond college level,
tuition reimbursement policies,
as they pertain to their individual
organizations. Last year, about
New Professors At Morehouse
By Edward Williams
The opening of the 1982 - 83
school year at Morehouse has
brought not only new
students to the campus, but
also new professors. Accor
ding to Dr. May, Public
Relations Director, there are
seven new professors this
year, and one tenured
professor, John E. Williams,
who has become acting
Chairman of the Business and
Economics Department.
The new instructors in
clude: John Ritchie,
Marketing IBM visiting
professor; Dr. Ranji Singh,
Business and Economics; Dr.
Cythia Dozier, Psychology;
Mr. Leory Davis, History; Mr.
Gregory Gray, Mathamatics;
, Dr. Greg Johnson, English.
While interviewing the
professors, most stated that
they were not native Atlan
tans but moved here because
of the climate and the
physical layout of the city. Dr.
Dozier commented, “There
seems to be a mixture of city
and country enjoyed by a
large black population.”
The new professors stated
that they were impressed with
Morehouse College. Mr.
John Williams stated that
having been a student at
Morehouse for three years
before completing his B.B.A.
and M.B.A. degree at Georgia
State University, he finds it to
be indeed a pleasure to help
Morehouse continue to
produce the fine students as
she has in the past.
The professors added that
they would like to dedicate
their lives to black college
education in both teaching
and research.
Benjamin P. McLaurin, Director of Career Counseling, Placement &
Cooperative Education.
one - fourth of the organizations
present, were represented by
graduates of the Atlanta Univer
sity Complex. This is the time
when every student will have the
opportunity to ask how a specific
organization can utilize his
talents. Questions like ... “What
kind of classes should I take to
make my major more
marketable?. .. I’m looking for a
summer job in St. Louis this year,
can you help? . . . I’m a Political
Science major, what can I do for
your organization?... What kind
of social commitments has your
organization committed itself
to?.. .What kinds of people does
your organization look for; and
what are the starting salaries?. ..
etc.” Once again:
Career Day
Friday, October 1, 1982
9:30 am - 4:00 pm
Vivian W. Henderson
Health & Physical Ed. Building
Clark College Campus
The second major program of
the year will be the Annual
Graduate/Professional Informa
tion and Recruitment Day on
Tuesday, October 26, 1982. At
this program there will be over
100 representatives from
graduate and professional
schools from all over the U.S.,
armed with applications,
catalogues, and information on
their respective institutions. This
is the time to get acquainted with
the people who will have some
input on your acceptance into
their institution. It is also the time
to ask for application fee waivers.
Anyone applying to school will
need some assistance with these
fees. Fees frun from a low of $10
at state schools, to a high of $120
at private schools with an
average fee of around $35 per
school. When you consider you
need to apply to around 10
schools, you see the kind of
money that may be saved. It is
important to remember that you
must ask about fee waivers,
because most admissions people
will not volunteer any informa
tion on this subject. Once again:
Graduate/Professional School
Information & Recruitment Day
Tuesday, October 26, 1982
9:30 am - 4:00 pm
Archer Hall Gym
Morehouse College Campus
One thing you must always
remember, the only way to have
some kind of control of what
happens in your life is to plan for
it. A smart Morehouse man
always plans for his future!
If you are a senior, and you
have not already picked up a
Placement Registration Pack and
a copy of the College Placement
Annual, please do so immediate
ly-
Yeale: The Fund Raiser
By Chris Lee
For the past nine years in
coming freshman have been
greeted by Nathaniel C. Veale, Jr.
and “look to your left and to
your right". Veale gave his
“many are called, few are
choosen” speech in Tuesday’s
Sept. 7 Freshman Orientation
Class. Calling on students to raise
their graduating numbers, he
pointed out that of the 600 - 700
incoming freshman only 200 will
graduate in 1986, less than a
third.
Veale grew up in Birmingham,
Alabama and Cleveland, Ohio.
His father steered him toward
college, then specifically
Morehouse College from which
he graduated in 1963 with a
degree in Political Science and
History. He served two years with
the Army in Germany, after
which he worked with the Un
ited Negro College Fund.
He has been at Morehouse
since 1967, first in the Develop
ment Office, later as head of the
Office of Alumni Relations. Mr.
Veale describes his job as om
budsman, since he works in so
many different fields, such as
checking on certain students,
planning alumni affairs, organiz
ing the Homecoming, keeping
on touch with past graduates,
and recruiting potential
Morehouse students. But his
main job is rafsing money from
alumni or “renewing that old
Morehouse spirit” as he puts it.
In raising money, Mr. Veale
has been very successful, es
pecially over the past five years,
which saw contributions in
crease by about 115% to $218,-
000. A major problem is that MC
has only 6,338 (Tuskegee - 22,000,
Hampton - 20,000) alumni of
which 75% are solicited for con
tributions.
Obviously there is a limit to the
amount of money that can be
brought in from alumni, and
Morehouse is quickly ap
proaching that limit.” he said.
John E. Williams Named Acting Chairman Of Business Department
By Public Relations
Dr. Hugh M. Gloster, Presi
dent of Morehouse College, has
recently announced the ap
pointment of Mr. John E.
Williams as Chairman of the
Department of Economics and
Business Administration at
Morehouse College.
Professor Williams, who
replaces Dr. James A. Hefner,
indicates that the direction of the
department will be basically the
same. He states, "Dr. Hefner and
l worked very carefully together
with other members of the
Business and Economics faculty
to determine the policy and
direction the department would
take, consequently, our
philosophies are very similar.
However, I do want to ask the
current faculty to become more
involved in publications and
research. I will encourage more
participation in professional
meetings throughout the United
States.”
Professor Williams points out,
“It is imperative that our depart
ment increase activities with the
black business community. We
must continue to supply minori
ty businesses with data that is
crucial to their day to day ac
tivities.”
With reference to the current
body at Morehouse, Professor
Williams states, "The College
must continue to teach its
students to have a positive self
image. We must teach this so
they will not be intimidated by
corporate America.”
Teaching and research are
John Williams’ strong points. A
Ph. D. candidate at Georgia $tate
University, he holds the B.B.A.
degree in accounting and the
M.B.A. degree in Finance. His
doctoral work is in Real Estate
Finance. He is a former student at
Morehouse College and the
United States Air Force’s Air
University.
A member of the teaching
faculty at Morehouse since 1976,
Professor Williams is the author
of two Investment Simulation
Models which have received
national recognition and are
considered the top models in the
field. He is currently authoring a
Computer User's Guide text and
is co - authoring a Casebook on
Real Estate Finance. He ad
ditionally was the Chief
Researcher for a Real Estate
Investment text.
Professor Williams is a
member of Delta Sigma Pi
(Professional Business Society),
the American Finance Associa
tion, and the American Associa
tion of Accountants. He is on the
Board of Advisors of the Atlanta
Street Academy, an Advisor for
Atlanta Magnet Schools, and is a
member of the City of Atlanta
Financial Task Force.