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12 Leaders of Tomorrow! APRIL/MAY 1998 MBC Wolverine OBSERVER4
r he 1998 Honda Campus
All*Star Challenge Team
showed much improvement
at this year’s tournament
in Orlando, Florida, ending up with
a 5/2 win/loss record. The team
played in the highly competitive Red
Division where three teams ended
up with similar records, however,
Elizabeth City State made it to the
round of sixteen, based on the num
ber of points they had accumulated
in the opening rounds.
The other AUC colleges- Clark At
lanta and Morehouse - ended with
4/3 win/loss records. The young
Morris Brown team is now highly
motivated and prepared to make it
to the prestigious ‘round of sixteen’,
during next year’s competition to be
held in Washington, DC. Sixty-four
historically and predominantly black
colleges and universities from
around the country are invited to
participate each year. This is Morris
Brown’s third year in the new format
of this academic event.
Members of the Morris Brown College HCASC
team with Eric Conn (center) Senior Manager,
Auto Advertising, Honda Motor Company.
The Morris Brown College HCASC team spon
sored by Gwinnett Place Honda in Duluth, GA.
Seen here with the team is Lee Crupton, Gen
eral Manaer - Gwinnet Place Honda.
Million
Youth
Movement
In Atlanta,
Georgia
Youth leaders through out Amer
ica, Africa, the Caribbean, Canada,
and Europe are gearing up to con
vene a million Youth Movement to be
held on September 7, 1998 in At
lanta, Georgia.
The Movement will be a four (4)
day event consisting of, a town hall
meeting, panel discussions, enter
tainment, worship, and a major
gathering which will begin on Sep
tember 4. Organizers, who are
working with the City of Atlanta,
plan to convene the major gathering
on Monday, Labor Day September 7,
1998 on the Historic Sweet Auburn
Avenue in Atlanta.
The theme is “PREPARING
YOUTH FOR THE NEW MILLEN
NIUM.” The purpose is to reinvigor
ate a God-centered youth movement
for the 21 st century. Among the is
sues to be addressed are: strength
ening the family, economic develop
ment, increasing political involve
ment, youth activism, education and
stopping violence and drugs in our
communities.
The March is being organized by
youth, with the guidance of elders, to
promote leadership development
among youth and build partnerships
with our elder leadership.
In order to make sure that this
event is not merely a one day event,
organizers are also developing a Ten
Year Action Plan. This Action Plan
is based upon the objectives in the
Honda Campus AlPStar
Challenge Team Much Improved
NBGSA Holds Annual
Conference at UTA
The National Black Graduate Stu
dent association (NBGSA), head
quartered at Jackson State Univer
sity, will hold its 10th Annual Con
ference May 27-31 at the University
of Texas at Austin.
The conference is a scholarly and
working conference, with partici
pants attending from around the
nation to present papers and partici
pate in roundtable discussions,
seminars and workshops and attend
the NBGSA general assembly and
annual business meeting.
This year’s conference will include
a scholarly paper presentation and
competition, a graduate school
/career fair, and professional devel
opment work-shops. The workshop
topics will include: Funding Your
Education; GRE and GMAT Testing;
Interviewing and Resume Writing;
Black Masculinity; Leadership De
velopment; Faculty-Graduate Stu
dent Mentoring; Black Women and
Feminism; Grant Writing; Applying
to Graduate School; and MCATand
LSAT Testing.
The National Black Graduate Stu
dent Association, Inc. is a non-profit
student-run organization devoted to
improving the status of students of
African descent in higher education
by systematically identifying and
creatively addressing their needs
and concerns.
Registration fee is $405 for faculty
and non-students; $360 for under
graduate, graduate and professional
students; and $195 for commuter
and day participants.
For more information, caill the
NBGSA National Headquarters
at Jackson State University at 974-
6055 or write NBGSA, Inc., Jackson
State University, P.O. Box 17309,
Jackson, Miss., 39217. The e-mail
address is nbgsa@ccaix.jsums.edu.