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Leaders of Tomorrow! APRIL/MAY 1998 MBC Wolverine OBSERVER 5
The Wolverine Observer Welcomes New
Additions to the MBC Family
Dionysia Johnson-Massie
Vice President - Legal Affairs and Secretary
to the Board of Trustees
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Dr. LaVeta Small
Vice President - Student Affairs
Karon Ammons Daniel
Campus Communications Cordinator
MBC Sophomore becomes
UNCF/MELLON Fellow
ATLANTA - Michael Ralph, a
Sophomore at Morris Brown College,
has been selected to participate in
the UNCF/Mellon Undergraduate
Fellowship Program. Ralph is
among 25 students from historically
black institutions who meet the
criteria of outstanding academic
achievement and potential as a
teacher and scholar at the college of
university level.
Ralph will attend the Fellowship’s
Summer Institute at Emory
University in June. During the
junior and senior college years, he
and other Fellows will engage in
supervised research or other
comparable activities, and will
receive a stipend of up to $1,500.
Fellows who eventually enroll in
specified doctorate programs are
Michael Ralph
eligible for “loan forgiveness” for
their undergraduate studies.
The Undergraduate Fellowship
Program seeks to address the critical
shortage of minority scholars among
college and university faculty who
hold the Ph.D. degree. The program
strives to increase the enrollment of
outstanding minority students in
Ph.D. programs in the humanities,
mathematics, and certain science
disciplines.
Morris Brown College was founded
in 1881 by leaders of the North
Georgia Conference of the African
Methodist Episcopal Church. It is
the only institution of higher
learning in the state of Georgia
founded by African Americans.
Morris Brown is a private, co
educational liberal arts college
engaged in teaching and research in
the arts, humanities, education, and
social and natural sciences.
Offers FREE Summer Science
Programs for High School Students
ATLANTA - High school students in
grades eight through twelve
interested in careers in science and
health are invited to take advantage
of Morris Brown College’s Summer
Science Programs. The programs
offer extensive training in a college
environment with instruction from
exceptional educators in the sciences
and pre-health disciplines.
The four week Summer Science
Day Camp beginning June 22,
1998, will feature two tracts - one for
8 th and 9 th graders and another for
students in grades 10 through 12.
Students will receive instruction in
mathematics, laboratory science,
computer applications, communi
cation skills and problem solving,
as well as career counseling. Thirty
slots are available for each tract and
the application deadline was
April 17, 1998.
The Pre-college Summer
Science Program is geared toward
graduating high school seniors who
plan to attend Morris Brown College
and are interested in the sciences -
with an emphasis in health careers.
The program is designed to provide
enrichment and reinforcement in
biology, general chemistry, and
qualitative and quantitative
mathematics. Students also will
receive communications and test
taking skills, critical thinking and
other learning and study strategies
to improve the students’ chances of
successfully completing academic
requirements needed to enter and
graduate from college and pursue
health careers.
Students with a “B” average in
biology and other science courses
were eligible to apply on April 30,
1998, deadline. The six-week pro
gram begins June 21. Scholarships
are available for tuition, fees, books
and room and board.
For an application and more
information on the summer science
enrichment programs, contact
Mustapha A. Durojaiye, Ph.D., or
Mrs. Ansahta Garnett, Msc., at
404-220-0166.
Morris Brown College - founded in
1881 by leaders of the North Georgia
Conference of the African Methodist
Episcopal Church. It is the only
institution of higher learning in the
state of Georgia founded by African
Americans. Morris Brown is a pri
vate, coeducational hberal arts col
lege engaged in teaching and
research in the arts, humanities,
education, and social and natural
sciences.
Support
for the
Scholars
of Student
Suppjort
Services
Honor’s Day held on April 4,
1998 was especially significant
for the Student Support Services
Program. Sixty-two Student
Support Services participants
were among the Morris Brown
College honorees who achieved
high honors of 3.0 averages or
above. Participants in the Stu
dent Support Services Program
enter Morris Brown College with
academic need and poor pre
college preparation, so when they
succeed academically in college,
they are to be commended.
In addition to the honor award
that is given to them by the college,
Mr. Marvin King, the TRIO director,
and the Student Support Services
(SSS) staff shower them with addi
tional awards. Being proud of the
students’ achievement, the SSS Pro
gram reward them for overcoming
hurdles to succeed. SSS Assistant
Director, Ms. Bertha Bernie Ford’s
vision for the program is that the
program’s three components
(Tutorial, Counseling, Support) pro
vide personal-social nurturing, skill
enhancing instruction, leadership
training, and diverse cultural equip
ping to graduate students who are
sharp-sighted strategic scholars.
The Support Component of SSS
provides tangible assistance for stu
dents through mentoring, cultural
educational exposure, the SSS Advi
sory Committee, and recognition for
academic achievement. Of the eight
groups (Morris Brown institutional
departments, SSS alumni, other SSS
programs, SSS SGA officers, men
tors, parents, businesses, and friends
of SSS) targeted by the Student Sup
port Advisory committee, the parent
group has been very active. The SSS
Open House during Parent’s Week
end in April, 1998 was attended by
many proud parents and SSS stu
dents. To reward the seniors for
achieving the ultimate success of
graduating which is the mission of
the SSS Program, twelve graduating
seniors were honored on April 21,
1998 at Cooper’s Lounge. Then on
April 23, 1998 in Cooper’s Lounge,
the SSS Culminating Activity in
cluded presentations to over one
hundred SSS students who had
maintained grade averages of 2.5 -
2.99.
In the event that SSS students ex
perience severe academic difficulty
and must be placed on academic pro
bation, faculty mentors are assigned
to assist the students return to good
academic standing. Academic suc
cess provided through tutoring,
counseling, and cultural exposure
assists the SSS students to reach
their opti-mum potential and become
the sharp-sighted strategic scholars:
learners for a successful life!