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People In The News… People In The News . 2 Op/Ed . 3 Health . 4 Community Spotlight . .5 Community Spotlight . .7 Cover Story . 9 Arts & Entertainment . 10 Business . .11 Classifieds . .12 Career Opportunity . 13 Jane Akowuah Kimmy Huynh Lateefah Simon Church Happenings . .14 Sister Tarpley . .15 See Page 2 People in the News www.NorthDallasGazette.com fice provide academic and check-up to discuss grades from Ghana, says Jane Akowuah personal guidance to each of and progress toward their de - the scholarship our recipients to help ensure sired degree. The students “has given me This fall, UT Dallas wel - munity college and are a smooth transition to UT also participate in ODCE peace.” comed the first group of stu - preparing to enter their first Dallas and continued success events. “Without it, I dents to enroll in the Univer - semester at UT Dallas. Each while here.” James Merritts, a fresh - would have had sity under a scholarship pro - student receives $2,500 per Not only do the students man in the Erik Jonsson to postpone my gram designed to encourage year for a maximum of eight receive monetary assistance, School of Engineering and transfer to UT diversity. semesters of undergraduate they form a cohort of like- Computer Science, set his Dallas to another Fourteen freshmen and study. minded scholars and are sights on UT Dallas in Octo - year,” she said. six transfer students earned “This scholarship comes mentored by UT Dallas staff. ber 2009 after attending a ODCE is the scholarships, which were with the commitment of staff Freshmen take the required STEM Saturday program. He now accepting created by the Office of the in the Office of Diversity and Critical Thinking and Com - wants to complete graduate Engagement events has given applications for the 2011-12 President and the Office of Community Engagement to munication (RHET 1101) school and then perhaps me the opportunity to tell Diversity Scholarship Pro - Diversity and Community help ensure the success of course as a group, which teach physics. others about my experience gram. Details and application Engagement (ODCE). each scholarship recipient,” helps them connect to the UT “The scholarship pro - as a Comet.” forms are available online. The scholarship is for said Dr. Magaly Spector, vice Dallas campus together. Each gram has allowed me to meet Jane Akowuah, a transfer For more information, con - full-time students who have a president for diversity and recipient meets with an new people,” he said. student from the Dallas tact Director of Community record of academic excel - community engagement. ODCE staff member every “Spending time at Office of County Community College Engagement Raul Hinojosa. lence in high school or com - “Staff members from our of - three weeks for an academic Diversity and Community District who originally is and has over 1,380 Twitter Sunglass Hut will cover all ber 31, 2010 – during which Kimmy Huynh followers. travel related expenses. the panel of judges will de - As the blogger for Sun - Huynh, along with the termine the perfect individ - Sunglass Hut announced were chosen by a panel of glass Hut, the Full Time Fab - other nine finalists, will be ual for the job. The winner last week their final round of judges based on a number of ulous winner will gain ac - flown to New York City in will be announced on or contestants in the Full Time variables, including their 60- cess to the heart of style and early December to be inter - about January 10, 2011 and Fabulous blogger search - a second videos, which have fashion. For one year, the viewed by a select panel of their first assignment will nationwide contest that of - been viewed on YouTube Full Time Fabulous blogger judges comprised of fashion begin with coverage of New fers the opportunity to win more than 124,000 times, will live in a chic, fully-fur - heavyweights, including in - York Fashion Week in Feb - the ultimate dream job as a and voted on by over 70,000 nished apartment in New ternationally recognized ruary 2011. jet-setting style blogger for people. York, attend high profile fashion bloggers Bryan Boy Huynh’s 60 second video SunglassHut.com. The Irving resident stud - fashion week events, receive of Bryanboy.com and submission can be viewed Texas resident, Kimmy ied at Southern Methodist a generous clothing al - Wendy Lam of Nitroli - online at: http://www.full - Huynh, was selected from University in Dallas and cur - joys writing for her own blog lowance, and socialize with cious.com. The finalists will timefabulous.com/video/vie hundreds of applicants as a rently works as marketing - Fabulush.net. Huynh has a designers, models and be tasked to demonstrate w.aspx?vid=Y3HG9l7MgVk top ten finalist, under con - and public relations profes - strong internet following, celebrities. their blogging skills over a Please visit www.full - sideration for the coveted sional. As an enthusiastic and as a result, won the Full In addition to providing four week period – Decem - timefabulous.com for the position. The top contestants fashion blogger, Huynh en - Time Fabulous popular vote $100,000 in compensation, ber 1, 2010 through Decem - Official Rules and updates. come and incarcerated vard’s Institute of Politics “Power List,” was recog - Root in 2009, and celebrated Lateefah Simon young women with the tools stated, “Lateefah Simon nized as one of 100 emerg - as a “Remarkable Woman” nity leaders.