BCC Students Win Cornell University Scholarships
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Fuller named Theatre Workshop To BCC Students Win NursD_Jg Dept. Present South Pacific Cornell University Chrurman By Robert Ciulla ".South Pacific", a 1949 play which went on to become a breakthrough for Broadway musicals, will be performed by Scholarships members of the Theater Workshop of Bronx Community College in eight performances beginning April 20th at the Twenty-three Bronx Community average at Cornell and was recently College graduates have received initiated into Tau Beta Phi Hall of Fame Playhouse. full scholarships to Cornell engineering honorary society. The '>Chedule of pnformances chcll (iregg. After having seen pa'>t University as part of a special will bL' a~ follows: April 201 h-2Jrd pcrfmmaiKes of rh..: \\'ork ... llllp. Angel Russo, 27, is married with program designed to help students a1 X p.m .. April 2-lrh ar 2:JO. 1\pril Gregg wa-. quire delighrcd and two.children . He worked the night to Cornell University as part of a 2Xrh and 29rh a1 X p.m. and two eager ltl work with the gruup. shift at RCA so he could attend special program designed to help perfnrmancL'' on April .~Oih - a Ciregg 's Us1 Brtladway rnk 11·a-. in Bronx Communiry College during marinec at ~: . ~0 and thl' lasr pcr "TilL' Lnsin~able !\lolly Brown" students from minority the day . He will graduate in June fnrman,·t: at X p.m. Ciencral ad and i-; currentlY i11 rhc ~mth-.ragt: backgrounds receive an engineering and his whole family is moving to mi-,,ipn i-. $2.00 with a $J.OO lab ThL·atcr produL·Iion ol " Soul h education. Ithaca while he attends Cornell on for re-.ern~ d sea h. Tickets arc l'aci fie'·. This Minority . Engineering a General Electric scholarship. Extended Opportunity Program. ;l\ailak al the liould Student Th,· -.rudcnl perfmmL'r '> in 1hc (MEEOP), the first of its kind in A generous amount of financial Center in rLHllll 201 and 11 ill of producrion includ..: : l.ydia llcally. the wuntry, was developed by aid is available to 1\IEEOP rour-.e hc ;l\ailahk at the dOllL I aii!L'Ite Burin. Albert Yollllg. Professor Phyllis Berger, Chair students. Such programs as SEEK, RI'>L·d on '>IH<rt -.turie'> hy .lame ... l'etn Roman. :\hha Llfn1an . .John person of the Department of Ba,ic hluc 11ion . Opporrunity 1\li,·hL' IIe•· ,·ailed "Tales ol 1he Vaknrint:. Chul"k HanL·ock . Engineering Technologies at Bronx Grant, College Discovery, and South l'acilic" . which d~als wilh Scba-.tian Babido. Sheila l\lcC'urtis. Community College, and Donald \VOrkstudy, enable the student to rhc 1ela1ions bl'II\C~II native., and Willy Corpus. I im llakdi, .la1a Dickason, Director of Admissions support him self while altending anw rira n' and Americans lhL'IIl · Dde, u-.. Julian Nik'>. John school. In addition, MEEOP offers -.eht:' 11·hcn '>lalillnl'd in th,· Soulh 1\l!HlrL·. \\ illiam Phillip-.. 'kil at Cornell, in 1973. The General Prof. ,.\lin· Full1•r Electric Foundation gave its some financial assistance in the Pacific a1 the beginning of \\'tnld Kkin . Jell ;\brahm-; . Cirrg Cart:y, financial suppor! to the rrogram. areas of books and supplies 10 Dr . Monon Rosenstock, Acting War 11\ tl. (hear Hammcrstein the Ton' 1 : u~co. ))dna Hopkin,, The MEEOP program is geared those in need. Pro.:,id(cl,: uf 13 :-en:. C(Jmnlt!n'ty 2nd and .lo~h Logan lOllk twu .l ao.:kic RLlbinson, Juanita Ha1-ri -.. to attract women, Black and At Cornell University, a package College, has announced the ap st!lrie-. from lht: tvlichener novel f--.nid HuL·iiJiel, ThL·:ma Carey. Juan Hispanic students. but no one is of scholarships and loans is granted pointment of Professor Alice P. and brnu).'lll lhL·m IOgL'lher a'> rh,· Wibnn. Marla Wei'> .'>. adrian denied admission. according to rhe financial need of Fuller a'> Chairperson of the pl1ll for ··sourh Pacific" . The -,ron Keillin ).'. Pal Sokim. Lyda l.Cl' Srudcn" enroll 111 rk the student. A single srudenl may Collqrt:\ Depart men! of Nursing . deals wi lh conflicrin).' inllTL''>I ' ,,J \\'a1nc . .Jeannine l·abllt;i, ))nriall Engineering science curriculum a1 receive up to $7,200 a year and a "Profcs<,or 1:ul kr is an oul- an o\mnican licuil'nanl and hi-. CarL'' and Dnn C'arL'V. lhr Bronx Community College. Upon married sludent, up to $9,670 a 'l!anding nurse, educator and voun).' l'oh·lll'\i;tn wik ;tnd a11 prodU L'I ion i' sl aged hy J>mf. AI g~aduation, they arc guaran1ced year. under the Nrw York State adm i ni si rat or," Dr. Rosenstock Ameri t· an lllii'>L' :111d her hu-;hand. Cn-.cnlillll of the ,.llllln11111ications admission to Cornell University if Tuition Program. Ba sic Educalinn said. "Wt: arc fortunate to h:nc he r an 1<ldn man once marri ed lo a depailm~nt 11·ith l'n11". l.ouis they have maintained a C-plus ()pptJrlunity (jrant. and a kadnship flH this viral colkgc i'Ph II..:'>~ an 11 0111an :tnd thL·ir Sinh'll a-. the lllll , iL·al t"(l lldtkllll . average a1 13ronx Communiry scholarship from Cornell program inahili r,· ''' cope 1\ilh mi\L·d Sci\ l k 'i~ ncd l)\ ~bnn1 Li ebn· College. U nivcrsit y. PrllfC'>'llf l·ulkr. whn joined the IILIITJ;it!l'. 111 ;111. During !hei r srudies at Brllll.\ Currently, rhcn: aiL' I~() '1uden1' ll nlll\ (",<lll lll llllilv Collc).!C ~ ur s in ).! 1 h,· ui !lqut'IIL''' ,,f ··s,,u,h I h,· Jn:qtlril l. <ll !IlL· -.;t udenh in Community, students conccntralc enrolled in the \!!TOP pr1lgrarn al fa cull v in 1%7. ha s hccn '-en·ing a-, J'a,·itic" ilL' ' ill lhC fa,·t liJal il 11a-. the pla1 ;ne ,·molkd 111 illL' on mathcmalics, physic\ and Bron\ Connnunily Colkgc. all of .'\ cli n ~· Chairper<.on since Ih e death 1he t"i1 '' Brnalh1a 1· lllll ,il"a l to deal C<llllllllllli ,·ar ill:r ih' J'altln,·nr·-. chcmislry. Special counseling at wht)l11 may qualil y ftn Cornell. of Dr. lkarrice Pcrlmutlt:r 111 pp,·nh 11i11i racial pil'j udi<'l' and dr;un;l ,· ntlr'<·' - :\t·t ing. l'l:~1 both Bronx Community College Mr. Alfred Hernando, 1\ILTOI' Fchrua r~ ·. inr nraci:ll ma rria ).'L'. lh..: plav ra1: l'rlldtkilllll :111d lndL'J' L' IIlklll '>:ud v and Cornell is desi gned ltl <m ist Program Director, ;lltribtllt'S lhL' Profcs,nr Fuller received her for .-. i\ 1·c;n' and 11:1\ rhe fn ,, in I lic:ilr v. rlw ' liid c'lll' r,·,· ,·ilt' qudents with academic problems ~c arci1y of women enro ll ed here lo badu:lor\ degree from Simmom lilll '> iC;ti L'lt"l Ill hL' J1UI 011 a rlneL' cr,·dil, lm 1ht ·ir appL·aran ,·e in or any other pifficultics. the fact that "ramify ;wd -. ncicr y College and her master 's from \O lliHI Ir ad ;tlhum . .\ . n~tn · iL· lhL' pla1. .John Baker is majoring 111 have had tht: a11i1udt: rhat Lloston University. Before joining ler-.i<lll pf rhr plaY 11 :1-. made in II I' li< <p..:d lh;ll ;Ill Jl((" \[lltklll\ Electrical Engineering at Cornell. engineering is a man's job. •· the 13ronx Community College JlJ5X a11d slarrcd l\lary \!arlin and L"llilll' <llll Ill '> L'L' iiJL' pJay. Ill L'\fll"t's-, Mr. Baker, · who dropped out of "Although there is a marked f:h:ulr y, '> he served as Associate L;io Pinta. llit•ir :~pprcrialilln fur lhL· mall\ high school because his grades were 111crease 111 the enrollmenl 0f Director of Nursing at Boston's The male lead in th e production hnur' ot h;ml work lli;11 lhL· so poor, came to Bronx Com women in engineering school\ University Hospital. She has also i-. pla1 ecl by llr1ladway .\lar \1il · 'llilkllh J'LJI illltl til,· prncluclion munity after a stim in the Navy, across the country, rhe minoriry been an ithtrucror at the Boston where he had earned his high enrollment is increasin g at a slower Univcrsiry School of Nursing, school equivalency diploma. He rate," he added. "and Bron.x inslruclrH and supervisor of Sum.mer Employment Outlook Good was graduated from Bronx Community College has a large l'vh:dicai -Surgical Nursing of Community College with a 3.4 (A-) minority popular ion." Faulkner Hospitdl in Summer job analyses indicate capacities as counselors. swimming aver~e. The first Bronx Community Massa chu setts. and Head Nurse at thai the prospects for college instruclors. music directors. and "It 1-vould not have been possible College graduale lo attend Cornell Pelcr Bent Brigham Hospital in student employment for thc general activities such a-; main to do so well if I didn't have all the under this program is a 13lack Boston. summer of 1977 look promising . tt:nancc, cookin g. t:tc. Studcnls help I had at Bronx Community woman. Ms. Willie Webb. She was She is a charter member of the National parks throughout the with special talent\ in the area of College," Mr . Baker said . "The the recipient of a $4.500 General Associate Degree Nursing Faculty nation will Olll't: again staff their entertainment or horse handling professors wen! really concerned Electric scholarship and entered Organization, and served for two faciliries with college studcnl abilities should inl'esri gar·c thc,e with my progress; at another Cornell University two years ago.