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December 1981
Spelman Spotlight
Page 6
Internships, Scholarships, Fellowships
Students Take Action!
By Karen Burroughs
News Editor
“There are many scholarship
opportunities available for the
Spelman student,” says Marva
Tanner, Director of Financial Aid
for Spelman College.
Spelman offers a basic
academic scholarship, which is
extended to students beginning
from their senior year in high
school. Incoming freshman are
selected during the admissions
process, and are chosen based
on their S.A.T. scores and G.P.A.
To retain a scholarship or gain
one, a freshman must have an
annual G.P.A. of 2.8 or above at
the end of her first year. At the
end of the second year, the
sophomore student must have at
least an 3.0, and the junior
student must retain a 3.2 G.P.A.
or above. Applications for the'
academic scholarship are
accepted in mid - April and a
committee reviews the records
of the students and decides on
the amounts of the scholarships.
Spelman also offers other
scholarships based on
departmental recommen
dations, and divisions heads, as
By Karen Burroughs
News Editor
Spelman’s Career Planning
and Placement Office, located in
the Upper Concourse of Manley
Student Center, is “not only
career oriented, as the name
implies, but is also geared toward
developmental self
awareness,” says Mrs. Barbara
Brown, Assistant Dean for Career
Planning and Placement for
Spelman College.
The Career Planning and
Placement Office attempts to
give the student direction as to
deciding on a career, provide
activities and services for
students interested in con
tinuing their education, as well
as for those seeking full time
employment after graduation.
Activities are provided and
designed to prepare the student
for exploring opportunities
available to liberal arts college
students.
The Career Planning Office
provides such activities as inter
viewing workshops, strategies
for developing job campaigns,
and writing resumes. The most
recent program developed by
the career office is the new Phase
4 program. The program is
designed to take the Spelman
student from her freshman year
to her senior year, through steps
designed to lead her toward her
career goal. The freshman year is
considered to be a year of self -
awareness,, where the student
well as those given to the college
by outside foundations. For
outside donations, the foun
dations establishes the criteria
for the scholarship, and the
college is responsible for finding
the student.
One schoalrship that is offered
annually is the Charles E. Traveli
Fund scholarship, which
provides monetary assistance for
needy students with potential
leadership ability. “Leadership
does not necessarily mean on
S.G.A. president,” says Mrs.
Tanner, “Leadership is educa
tion at Spelman, maintaining
good scholarship, and giving
evidence of making a
worthwhile community con
tribution after graduation.”
Another such scholarship, The
Trevor and Bertha S. Arnell
Scholarship, covers full tuition
for one year and is offered to a
member of the junior class who
maintains a high scholastic
record, and shows such qualities
of character and personality, and
intends to farther her
educational career.
Spelman also offers in
ternships and fellowships. The
should be “tuning into herself,”
says Mrs. Brown.
In the sophomore year, the
student should, after her year of
self - awareness, begin exploring
various activities and oppor
tunities. The student’sjuniorand
senior yearsshould beof seeking
helpful and meaningful ex
periences such as volunteered
services or internships. The
program “is really to prepare the
Spelmanite for the outside world
once she leaves the gates of
Spelman,” says Mrs. Brown. She
feels that the program has been a
success thus far.
Another new program
Spelman will soon offer is the
SASE, or Spelman Alumna/ Stu
dent Externship program. This
program, which will be formally
announced in January and will
primarily involve juniors, is
designed to provide the student
with work experience and ex
pose the student to what
Spelman alumnae are doing as
well as put the alumna back in
touch with Spelman. The
program will involve 50students,
selected through a highly
screened process, who will travel
throughout the country assigned
to Black career women, who may
or may not be Spelman alumna,
in observational experiences.
In applying for the externship,
the student must have excellent
communication skills, be able to
tell the selection committee her
interests, her reasons for wanting
Whitney M. Young, Jr. Memorial
Foundation offers an academic
and intern fellowship for young
women who demonstrate
leadership ability, show poten
tial for social service, and have a
record of committment to ad
vance social change. The
application deadline for this
scholarship is January 11, and
students may obtain applications
by writing directly to the Foun
dation.
The Dorothy Shepard Manley
Fellowship, given in her memory
by Mrs. Laurence Rockerfellow,
is awarded to a member of the
senior class to cover room,
board, tuition, books and other
fees.
For one year as a graduate
student, the recipient of this
fellowship must have maintained
a good academic record and
demonstrated gentility,
courtesy, thoughtfulness, hones
ty and efficiency.
Spelman offers at least 50
scholarships annually, in addi
tion to having access to applying
for schoalrships to outside cor
porations and foundations.
“During these times of
this experience, and how she
would benefit if selected. The
externship takes place during
Spring Break and is of no cost to
the student financially. “We
think this program will benefit
students tremendously and we
encourage all interested
students to apply,” says Mrs.
Brown.
Spelman College is a part of
the AUC Career Placement Ser
vice where all campus recruiting
is done. Over 700 corporate
organizations and agencies
around the country participate
in recruiting students for perma
nent and temporary employ
ment. The service provides an
extensive career resource library
as well as an on-campus, com
puter - based career guidance
program. Schedules are publish
ed and posted every two weeks
containing information of
recruiting organizations, the
dates that they come toSpelman,
and the requirements for par
ticular job opportunities.
Many Spelman students are
unaware of the Career Planning
and Placement Office and the
services it provides. According to
one freshman, “I’ve often walk
ed past the room, but I never
really knew what it was. I didn't
even know Spelman had a career
planning office.”
Students who are acquainted
with the office, however, have
mixed feelings as to its efficiency
and benefits to the student.
economic deprivation, students
should understand that par
ticipation in campus activities,
departmental clubs, and the
students G.P.A. are very impor
tant factors in leadership
abilities.”
The Bell Laboratories Cor
poration also offers several an
nual scholarships to students
participating in the Dual Degree
Program. Three students from
across the United States are
chosen for this scholorship in
their senior year of high school.
The scholarship awards a full 5
year scholarship, providing
money for tuition, room and
board, as well as books and
transportation. Gena Hodgins,
SGA Vice President and junior
here at Spelman, is a recipent of
this scholarship. “This
scholarship was very beneficial.
It has given me a chance to
experience working in the
engineering profession because
they offer internships at the Bell
Laboratories during the
summer,” says Gena. “I get paid
handsomely for working there
and after graduation I have no
obligations to them.”
"I’ve only been to the office
once for a paper I was doing on
my intended career,” says Mitzi
Slack, a sophomore at Spelman.
“My English teacher, Dr.
Aldreidge, recommended that
we go to the Career Planning
Office because of their many
pamphlets on occupations —
especially those for women. I
found much information on the
amount of education needed to
pursue my career, as well as
possible opportunities after my
education is completed.”
Mrs. Brown recommends that
all students come to the office
for guidance and direction,
whether it is for career oppor
tunities, for furthering an educa
tion, or for deciding between the
two.
The United Negro college
Fund (UNCF), who receive
donations from outside
organizations, also offer annual
scholarships. Spelman submits
names of students (nominations
by major and state residence).
UNCF determines the type and
amount of scholarship awarded.
Scholarships are also offered
by private families, often alumne
or former administrators of
Spelman. The Jane Hope Lyons
Scholarship, for instance, is given
in memory of Jane Hope Lyons,
former Dean of Spelman. The
scholarship is awarded to a
student who needs financial
assistance and indicates an in
terests in continuing her educa
tion at Spelman.
Students should make every
effort for providing for their
education expenses by seeking
funds other than college based
financial aid,” says Marva
Tanner. “It is uptothestudentto
take the initiative.”
Cont. from pg. 4
Mrs. Elder Speaks
first female Supreme Court
Justice and the citizens of Dallas
have elected their first female
mayor. Mrs. Elder continued
saying that there are currently
five women on the Atlanta City
Council.
Even though women have
made significant gains in the last
few years, Mrs. Elder cautioned
them against thinking they have
arrived. She stated that the myths
that say that women can’t func
tion as well as men are still a
burden to women. Mrs. Elder
asserted that women have come
a long way arid have a long way
to go. She continued saying that
women had better hurry to attain
their goals because it’s a long
way back.
Mrs. Elder informed the
audience that in the private
sector, women earn fifty cents
for every dollar a man earns. The
Equal Rights Amendment still
lacks radification in three states.
She continued saying that
nationally, there are more
women than men and after all
the years of women suffrage,
women still don't go to the polls.
The vote is one way that women
can change some of the policies
in our society. Mrs. Elder said
that public officials make the
decisions. If we don’t like the
decisions then we must change
the decision makers.
Mrs. Elder said that Spelman
College prepares women to
enter into public leadership in
Atlanta. She stated that Black
women must take advantage of
these educational opportunities
and become involved in com-
muntiy and political activities.
Career Planning Offers Advice