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The Spelman Spotlight
March 1985
Past Spelman Spotlight...
Lela Lewis opens dental center at West End
Dr. Lela Iris Lewis, a 1975
graduate of Spelman College,
has recently opened a com
prehensive dental center in the
West End area, and has dis
covered that dentistry can be a
hard, driving profession.
“When I was in school, my
image of dentistry was a lot
different,” she said. “I saw it as a
nice, relatively easy upper-
middle class profession. Even
when I worked with other den
tist, after I got out of school, my
awareness of the business side of
the field was vague. But now that
I’m in charge, the reality of
operating a business and com
peting in the marketplace has hit
me square in theface. Fortunate
ly, I love my work and I do have a
desire to succeed.”
A native of Sparta, Georgia, Dr.
Lewis received a B.S. degree in
biology from Spelman and her
D.D.S. degree from Meharry
Medical College of Dentistry in
1979. She completed her in
ternship at the VA Hospital in
Tuskegee during her junior year
at Meharry and her residency at
Cook County Hospital in
Chicago in 1980.
Since then, Dr. Lewis has
practiced in Chicago with Dr.
Tyrone Holliday, at Atlanta
Southside Community Health
Center and with Dr. Walter
Young. Her new dental facility,
called Pro-Care Dental Services,
was opened last fall in a
beautifully renovated, two-
story brick building in the West
End area, near Spelman.
As director, ^ie practices
general dentistry and handles
much of the administrative work.
Her staff includes the services of
other dentists who specialize in
cosmetic bonding, endodontics,
periodonics and implants.
"This center has been a real
challenge for me,” admits Dr.
Lewis. "We’re open from 10 a.m.
to 8 p.m. duringtheweek and on
Saturdays, so my days are long,
and most of the time very busy.”
“I chose this area of town
because it provides a cross
section of the city’s residents as
patients. I see people from the
Dr. Lewis at work in lab.
Dr. Lewis at work in her office.
community, children, students,
bus drivers, policemen, and of
course, those who drive by and
just happen to see the sign.
“The best part of being located
in a community like West End is
during the holiday season,” Dr.
Lewis continued. “During the
week of Christmas and New
Year’s, the residents would stop
by and greet us, just like we were
part of a family.”
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QUAD DORMS SPONSOR PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS
by Wanda R. Yancey
“Take the quad challenge: to
strive, to achieve, to succeed and
to lead” - is the motto of the
quad dorms. The quad dorms
consist of four dorms: Bessie
Strong, Laura Spelman, McVicar,
and Upton Hall. The residents of
these halls who are mainly
juniors arid seniors, have taken
their motto seriously by spon
soring seminars and programs
which will help them in making
their motto become reality.
The quad dorms sponsored
approximately nine seminars
and programs last semester and
will sponsor nine this semester.
These seminars are sponsored to
give the residents hints and
advice on ways to cope with
stress, people, and life. Ms.
Marcia Hanks-Brooks, the quad
dorms resident director, says,
“The topics chosen are con-
dusive to the girls, they are
relevant to their concerns and
will be helpful to them in their
future." The topics are chosen
with the intent of giving the
residents an insight into the
professional world, as well as
other aspects of life.
The topics for the seminars
and programs are chosen by
Dana Tippon, the quad dorms
house council president along
with Ms. Brooks. They also
receive assistance, in coor
dinating the seminars from the
Faculty Facilitator, Dr. Mary
Harris, and Alumni Facilitator,
Ms. Barbara Jones. The speakers
for the seminars are mostly from
the Atlanta University Com
munity, but guest speakers have
been invited to conduct
seminars.
During the first semester the
quad dorms sponsored several
seminars which included:
“Career Exploration,” “Stress
Management,” "What Is A Real
Woman?," and “A Christian
View On Sex, Love and Dating.”
This semester’s seminars will
include, “Mentoring Matching,”
and others. The highlight for this
semester will be a seminar given
by Dr. Shirley Chisholm,
Spelman’s visiting lecturer. The
topic of this seminar will be on
the relationships between males
and females, and the role that
each plays.
According to Ms. Brooks, "The
student response to the seminars
thus far has been O.K.” She
points out that there are 83
students in the quad dorms, and
approximately 35 students at
tend each seminar. The low
attendance is accounted to the
fact that "the seminars are not
mandatory for the residents. The
majority of the residents in the
quad dorms are upper-classmen
and their concerns are directed
mainly towards their majors.”
Although the attendance has
been low, Ms. Brooks says, the
students participation has been
excellent.” These seminars are
not only for the quad dorms
residents, but for any Spelman
student who wishes to attend.
The 1984-1985 school year is
the first year of the quad dorms.
Previously, there was the "Triad”
dorms, consisting of only three
dormitories - McVicar, Bessie
Strong, and Upton Hall. This year
Laura Spelman Hall was added,
forming the “Quad Dorms.”
These four dormitories have the
smallest living capacity of all
dormitories on Spelman’s cam
pus. Because of this fact, the
quad dorms have only one
resident director.
Because there is not a resident
director in each hall, the
residents in the quad dorms
learn to be more precautious
about their halls, as well as their
ownselves. The quad dorms are
small, quiet, and provide ample
conditions for the residents to
devote to their studies. “Being in
a small dorm promotes
or school before the interview.
"This aids the students in
selling themselves,” Land said.
Land added that information
on recruiting goes out weekly,
normally every Monday mor
ning.
He also said that the AU
Center has very good prospects
for employers and they are
generally impressed. One
problem that does exist,
however, is students failing to
keep appointments. Therefore,
students are urged to cancel at
togetherness, unity and plenty of
sisterly love,” says one resident
of Laura Spelman. Each
residence hall has taken a part of
their motto from their quad
dorm theme as their residence
hall theme and goal. Laura
Spelman - to strive, Bessie Strong
- to achieve, McVicar - to
succeed, and Upton Hall - to
lead.
least 48 hours before the
scheduled interview.
“We can’t seem to impress
upon students the seriousness of
keeping their appointments,” he
said. "Some recruiters don’t
come back but generally they
do.”
With all of the preparations for
graduation and passing those
necessary classes, AU Center
seniors can relax a little, knowing
that the Career Planning and
Placement Center is there for
them and ready to help.
College Placement, from pg. 7