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Winter issue December 1997
2.
African-American Consumption
Patterns, 1993-95
Winter issue December 1998
7.
Date to remember 1999 - 2000
Winter Issue December 1997
TO
PARENT[S] OF...*
To Parents of
Kemba Smith, Lisa Gallimore
And my daughter
Reading Kemba's story
My eyes erupt into waterfalls
Weeping with we parents
Married or divorced
Frozen in our love for daughter
Still cannot prevent the water,
We become null and void
Despite our shelter and tender care
All because,
We can't be every where.
And if we were
What would/could we say?
Afterall,
Daughters too
Must become
Adults some day.
But yet,
Daughters carry the future
We can't be caviler
We must state our position
Clarioning it far and near.
Ira E. Harrison
10/24/97
* Upon reading about the Kemba Smith story.
African-American Consumption
Patterns, 1993-95
Black Americans constitute 12 percent of the total U.S. population and are responsible for the following consumption statistics:
· 36% of hair conditioners
· 32% of malt liquors
· 30% of movie theater tickets
· 20% of Scotch whisky
· 17% of the National Enquirer
· 15% of tobacco products
Source: What Makes the Great, Great by Dennis P. Kimbro
What We Are
Doing
Rhoda Barnes, assistant professor,
Rehabilitation & Deafness Program, is presently working in the Metropolitan
School District of Nashville at the Performing Arts school. Barnes works with
children with learning disabilities and health impairments. Barnes' duties are
to design strategies that enhance students' abilities with academics.
Mary Blair, a Knoxville College graduate and member of Rogers Memorial Baptist
Church, joined the UTK staff in July as a licensed practical nurse in Student
Health Services.
Celvia Dixon, Family Economics Specialist, recently presented a training
session entitled, "Avoid Costly Financial Mistakes" at Health
conferences sponsored by the Farm Bureau in Nashville and Jackson, Tennessee,
and at the 39th Annual Farm & Ministers Institute at Tennessee State
University. Dixon also provided in-service training to more than 80 faculty and
administrators at South Doyle High School on organizing the important papers in
your life.
Steven E. Haywood, a Knoxville College graduate, joined the UTK staff in July
as a data coordinator in the Management Development Center.
La Vinia Jennings, associate professor of English, has been awarded a Fulbright
grant to the University of Malaga in Malaga, Spain.
Jennings, who earned her Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill, joined the UTK English faculty in the fall of 1989. Tenured in 1995,
Jennings has distinguished herself as an exceptional teacher. In September of
1996, she received the Junior Teaching Award at the College of Arts and
Sciences' annual faculty convocation.
Jennings is one of approximately 1,600 U.S. grantees who will travel abroad for
the 1997-98 academic years under the Fulbright Program. Established under
Congressional legislation introduced by former Senator J. William Fulbright of
Arkansas, the program is designed "to increase mutual understanding
between the people of the United States and the people of other
countries." Individuals are selected on the basis of academic and
professional qualifications, and their ability and willingness to share ideas
and experiences with people of diverse cultures.
Olga Welch, professor in the Rehabilitation and Deafness Program, will present
Killing the Spirit: Doublespeak and Double Jeopardy in a Classroom of Scholars
on Wednesday, April 22, at the University Studies 1997-98 Centripetal Series.
Announcements
* Calling all BFSA members! We are
currently collecting dues for academic year 1997-98. Dues are $10 per year.
Please give your dues to Angela Mobley, Treasurer.
* REMINDER: The 25th Anniversary edition of the History of the Black Faculty
& Staff Association by Ira Harrison is now available for the very low price
of $10. This special edition is a more than 30-page document chronicling the
history of our Association from 1973-1998.
To order your copy of the History contact Angela Mobley at 974-2382. And spread
the word to our family and friends who have left UT that we have our history
available for them to remember us by.
Dates to
Remember 1997-98
December 3 - BFSA Kwanzaa
Luncheon at DRES (11:30 - 1:00 p.m.)
December 22-26 - Winter break (UT closed)
December 26, 1997 - January 1, 1998 - KWANZAA
January 1 - New Year's Day
Martin Luther King Day Events
January 15 - 1998's MLK Day celebration will begins with a symposium and
luncheon at the Radisson Hotel.
January 17 - A youth symposium will be held at Austin-East High School.
January 18 - The MLK march will be start at 4:00 p.m. at Tabernacle
Baptist Church (on MLK Blvd.) ending in Burlington. Also, the MLK service will
be at Greater Warner Church in Burlington at 6:00 p.m.
January 19 - The Black Inventors and Inventions exhibit will be at the
civic coliseum. Also, there will be a concert of African-American music by the
Knoxville Chamber Orchestra and a large choir at Greater Warner Church in
Burlington starting at 6:00 p.m. Call Reverend Harold Middlebrook at 524-2842
for more information.
January 20 & 21 - Minority Phone-A-Thon in Student Services Bldg.
Rm. 320 (5:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.)
January 28 - BFSA Regular Meeting in the Great Room of the International
House (11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.)
February 18 - BFSA Regular Meeting in UC Room 237 (11:30 a.m. - 12:30
p.m.)
March 18 - BFSA Regular Meeting in Arena Dining Rooms C & D (11:30
a.m. - 12:30 p.m.)
March 23-27 - Spring Break
March 31 - Minority Transfer Day in UC Rms. 226-227 (9:00 a.m.-2:30
p.m.)
April 3-5 - Spring Minority Open House
April 4 - The NAACP will observe the 30th anniversary of Martin Luther
King, Jr.s assassination. Call Reverend Harold Middlebrook at 524-2842 for more
information.
April 10 - Spring Recess (UT closed)
April 24 - BFSA 10th Annual Professional Development Conference
April 1998 - Tri-Cities/Chattanooga Visit Day (TBA)
NOTE: This newsletter is published quarterly. If you would like to submit an article or item of interest for publication, e-mail, fax, or mail it to the BFSA.
Winter issue December 1998
Dates to
remember 1998-99
January 1 – New Year’s Day
April 30 - BFSA 11th Annual Professional Development Conference
Dates to remember 1999 – 2000
April 28 – BFSA 12th Annual
Professional Development Conference.
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