The Register, 1981-05-01

              deloris boone areas of health education and agriculture the foundation is today among equipment and staff for the student newspaper ; and radio station dr richard e moore is director of the a&t mass communications program the largest private philanthropic organizations in mass the nation and supports programs on four continents field of journalism thompson in 1930 breakfast cereal pioneer w.k kellogg contributed 45 million in personal wealth to establish the kellogg foundation using income from that bequest the foundation has made grants over the past five decades of more than 530 million in the said foundation represents another example of the foundation's much heralded national efforts to improve the lot and service ability of minority colleges a&t views this grant as a challenge and an inspiration to develop a topnotch academic program which can help many more trained minorities enter the including the united states and canada europe latin america and australia the internship project is a vital component of the mass communications program under which students spend 10 weeks gaining pratical experience with media organizations of the state skinner boone knox receive awards graduates of the program are now employed by media not only in greensboro but in several north caroliona cities and other states and president of the a&t chapter in cabarrus-rowan county he is active in the north carolina division of international and the division region of the association she is also active in the naacp the new york urban league and the national council of negro women she received the new yorker for new york award the highest award given in the city for tower on or near the campus the university's 10-watt fm radio station has received approval from the federal communications commission to increase its power to 10,000 watts and further hopes to construct a new 450-foot mrs minnie w skinner chief dietitian at the bronx municipal hospital center in new york deloris c boone a systems engineer with ibm in columbus indiana and george c knox a north carolina educator have been selected to receive the highest annual awards of the a&t state university national alumni association community service knox will receive the a&t deloris boone a native of charlotte began her career with ibm in 1973 she is a distinguished service award minnie w skinner operating hours will be doubled to sixteen hours to give more students hands on experience equipment will also be purchased for a&t's closed circuit television studio this magnificent gesture on the part of the kellogg alumni weekend events 81 will be incredible this year headquartered at howard johnson's hotel located on 1-40 and high point road greensboro alumni weekend events 81 the new grant will allow at least two faculty members to pursue advanced degrees and others to attend professional meetings will expand the student scholarship and internship programs and will be used to secure additional journalism concentrated degrees in broadcasting and print the communications program at a&t operates as an intradisciplinary program of the departments of english and speech more than 150 st.udents are pursuing receipt of the three-year grant was announced monday by dr cleon f thompson j t acting chancellor at a&t it provides additional assistance to the programs in communications journalism and broadcast media at a&t which first received kellogg foundation support of 261,493 in 1977 communications program north carolina agricultural and technical state university a&t has received a grant of 335,000 from the w.k kellogg foundation of battle creek mi to bolster the university's george c knox media scholarships available for mass comm students hotel plans get underway friday may 1 with registration beginning at 1 p.m at the information center in the boone will receive the a&t young alumna award ms boone has been active in the league of women voters the national council of negro women delta sigma theta sorority and the 1973 graduate of a&t and will receive her mba degree in tax finance in august of 1981 a&t alumni association she was honored recently by the center for leadership scout troop community boone was development concerns ms also active in students concentrating in parbhoo coordinator of the internship program will receive applications wednesday may 6 ernest mass a&t all communications students interested in obtaining kellogg mass communications scholarships for the 1981-82 academic year are asked to apply in room 226,crosby by the 1981 chew aggie sip and p.m suite tba sunday concludes weekend with the excercises wit in the reception at lp.m commencement beginning at 11 a.m greensboro coliseum saturday is alumni day with registration beginning at 8:30 a.m at the howard johnson's hotel annual meeting re-convene merrick hall auditorium campus 9:30 a.m awards luncheon howard johnson's banquet room 1 p.m alumni tour pictures taken-class reunion 3 p.m depart from howard johnson's 3 p.m joint meeting athletic liaison sports hall of fame council chapter and regional representatives suite tba 4 p.m and chat tba at 3 p.m dr lewis c dowdy's testimonial will be held in the corbett sports center followed by the class reunion aggie bash at 6 p.m poolside howard johnson's hotel at 6:30 there will be the senior class reception place to be announced annual meeting of the corporation delegates 8 p.m howard johnson's banquet room class reunioners get together 8:30 p.m suite tba aggie sip skinner was a former vice president of the a&t national alumni association and a founder of the northeast much honored for her community work in ncv york city mrs skinner received the association for a better new york award in 1980 and the 1977 federation of citywide block associations achievement award she holds degrees from a&t 1954 and new york university she will receive the a&t achievement award the three persons will be honored during the association's annual awards banquet on saturday may 2 at 1 p.m in the howard johnson's hotel on high point road in greensboro knox is principal of a school in cleveland north carolina for are the be to appl preference students activeh communications stipends given eligible mass leader and participated in the black expo held in indianapolis see students paee 2 graduating classes of 1981 complete awareness for complete commitment @> th|4-5 register volume u . number north carolina agricultural & technical state university greensboro nc may ,. kellogg foundation awards grant principals optimist of north carolina principals the 10 p.m suite