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6 Leaders of Tomorrow! OCTOBER 1997 MBC Wolverine OBSERVER
CAMPUS NEWS
The HBCU Study Abroad
Resource Center
By Tejan M. Muata
HBCU Study Abroad Scholarships
Last spring two students were awarded
scholarships by the HBCU Study Abroad
Network to study abroad for one semester
at the University of Transkei, in Umatata,
South Africa. Students Christopher Lyon
and Carole Gaston are the first award
recipients of the HBCU Study Abroad
Network Program.
Christopher Lon, a senior from Morris
Brown College and resident of Miami,
Florida, is a Political Science major. While
attending the University of Transkei, he
studied Political Science and International
Business. Carole Gaston, a Plant Science
major and Horticulture minor, attends Fort
Valley State University. A junior from
Phoenix, Arizona, Ms. Gaston studied
Botany with emphasis on Women in
Development.
Joseph A. Towles Scholarship
Mike Gelin, a sophomore at Morris
Brown College, was one of two recipients to
receive the Joseph A. Towles Scholarship.
Funded by the United Negro College Fund
(UNCF) Foundation, the Joseph A Towles is
named in the memory of “Dr. Joseph A.
Towles, a black social anthropologist and
specialist in the study of African cultures.”
Mike Gelin, a native of Miami, is a
Business Management major. Mr. Gelin has
chosen to study Business Administration at
the University of Ghana in Legon, Ghana in
the Spring semester.
W.E.B. DuBois Memorial Center
for Pan African Culture
The HBCU Study Abroad Resource
Network assisted Ms. Cleopatra Warren,
alumnus of Morris Brown College and Mr.
Jermaine Archer of Clark Atlanta University
with their summer institute in Accra, Ghana.
Ms. Warren and Mr. Archer were awarded
the Ford Foundation Traveling Fellowship
through the Atlanta University Center -
Emory University Program to Promote
Minority Participation in African Studies.
Ms. Warren’s research was on “The Impact
of Structural Adjustment on the Social
Displacement of Elderly Women In Ghana.”
Mr. Archer’s research was on “Liberian
Refugees Living in Ghana.” Cleopatra and
Jermaine both agreed that the W.E.B.
DuBois Memorial Centre for Pan African
Culture was an inspiring environment for
intellectual stimulation.
HBCU Study Abroad Resource
Network for the Fall 1997
Congratulations to Ms. Cheryl Maxwell
of Atlanta Metropolitan College, Mr. Nestor
Wilinson of Clark Atlanta University and
Ms. Nangula Kauluma of Spelman College
who won HBCU Study Abroad
Scholarships. Their scholarships covered
all their expenses (tuition, room and board,
insurance and airfare). These students are
studying at the University of Namibia in
Windhoek, Namibia.
Using other scholarships or financial aid
to study aboard at the University of Namibia
are: Ms. Olutokumbo Cole of Spelman
College, Mr. Ajamu Johnson of Morehouse
College, and Ms. Elizabeth Lloyd of Morris
Brown College.
Ms. Mary Brown of Morris Brown College
is studying at Lancaster University in
Lancaster England.
We are very proud of our Network
students!
Future Programs
Look for future summer programs in
Brazil for those interested in Portuguese
speaking for both students, faculty and staff.
Summer program in Fex, Morocco will also
be available for those interested in intensive
Arabic.
The HBCU Study Abroad Resource Network,
is a "cooperative and collaborative infrastructure
designed to strengthen the capacity of HBCU’s
to promote and facilitate student acquisition of
foreign language skills and global cultural exper
iences through study abroad.” A consortium of ten
HBCU’s in Georgia, Network programs are coordi
nated by the HBCU Study Abroad Resource
Center at Morris Brown College. The program is
funded by the National Security Education
Program (NSEP). The IIPP Brazil Grant is
sponsored by the United Negro College Fund.
Morris Brown College Community Service Fair
“An Affair
to Remember"
How often as a student at Morris Brown
have you been told, Morris Brown Col
lege is Founded on Service, Grounded in
Excellence and Anchored in Tradition
and wondered when would you see the
institution as a whole making a difference
in the community. Well if you were one
of the seven hundred participants at the
community service fair held in Cunning
ham Auditorium of Hickman Student
Center on the 15th of September, you
would have to wait no longer. With repre
sentation from over twenty agencies
representing over fifty volunteer venues
in the city of Atlanta, the event was filled
with excitment. The energy from the
students, faculty and agency represent
atives was compatible to that of a bee
hive in the middle of June. Once again
Morris Brown College has proven itself as
a viable instrument of change in the com
munity in which it thrives. Project ROC
the school’s community service program
an acronym for Reclaiming Our Commun
ity is a vehicle through which the campus
can take a great deal of pride. Debra Burke
of Wesley Community Center, an organi
zation focused on enriching the quality
of life for senior citizens residing in
Atlanta’s impoverished neighborhood
states, "Morris Brown has always been
a warm, open and hospitable host and we
look forward to working together in the
future at solving our Nation’s problems. ”
AT&T awards
$2 Million
By Tiffany R. Bussey/Bonita Moore
m oundations for the Future, a collabora-
J tion of Morris Brown Research Institute,
Inc. (MBRI), Georgia Tech Research Insti
tute, University of Georgia, and an industry
liaison, was awarded a $2 million grant from
the AT&T Foundation. This three year
grant is for the establishment, development
and operation of a forum (The Foundation
Forum) to promote K-12 educational tech
nologies.
The Foundations Forum is a technology-
enhanced learning environment for demon
strating the effective use of multiple techno
logies in the classroom and also, for
exploring innovative learning and teaching
concepts.
The Foundations Forum will provide a
professional development facility to host
seminars and workshops designed to lend
technical and professional support to K-12
teachers and technology decision-makers.
The facility will be a model classroom to
showcase innovative technologies and their
unique applications in the K-12 environ
ment. It will provide a learning testbed for
educators and instructional technologists to
test new ways to incorporate technology into
the classroom and also, provide a platform
for demonstrating existing and future tech
nologies that support teaching and learning.
The forum will also serve as a technology
transfer center for staging and testing educa
tional technology applications from industry
to school districts and local technology
centers.
Foundations for the Future will use the
forum to research the following: examine
best educational practices; investigate return
on investments in education technologies;
optimize teaching and learning practices
through technology by supporting educators
in adapting proven approaches; and develop
alternative education models that promote
creative deployment of technologies in the
K-12 environment
CICERO'S
CORNER
Hooking You Up
By Miquiel Banks
If you knew she would give in to you,
Don't talk about doing what you gotta do;
You wasted that girl’s time,
And now you re wasting mine.
Don't try to apologize
To excuse all those lies:
I can’t believe the way you treated our queen,
And expect me to clear things up, whatever that
means;
It takes a lot of nerve
To tell someone those words-
Just accept that you got what you deserved;