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February 3, 1988, Portland Observer, Page 3 NATIONAL NEWS UPDATE Kevin Senie Named Treasurer of Time, Inc.; Tommy Harris Becomes Controller — Kevin D. Senie, a vice president and con troller of Time Inc. since 1985, has been appointed treasurer of the company. He will be succeeded as controller by Tommy J. Harris, assi stant controller of the company since last year. Both appointments were announced by J. Richard Munro, chairman and chief execu tive officer of Time Inc. Senie succeeds Glenn A. Britt, who, as previously announced, will become the company's vice presi NEW YORK, January 25, 1988 dent, finance on February 1. Senie joined the company in 1973 as a financial analyst in the Control ler's Department. In 1976 he moved to Home Box Office, Inc., a sub sidiary of Time Inc., as assistant treasurer. Except for a brief period in 1980 when he returned to Time Inc. as director of business devel opment, Senie served as an execu tive at HBO until 1984. While there, he held a number of positions, rising to senior vice president, finance and planning. In 1984 he returned to Time Inc. as assistant controller. Senie, 40, has a B.A. in economics from the University of Michigan and an M.B.A. in finance from Harvard University. Harris came to Time Inc. in Octo ber of last year from its 82 percent- owned subsidiary American Tele vision and Communications Corpor ation (ATC), where he served as vice president and controller. He joined ATC in 1983 as an assistant controller. Before that Harris was with Price Waterhouse & Company in New York for 13 years, where he became a senior manager. Harris was graduated from Southern Illi nois University with a B.S. in ac counting, and from Long Island Uni versity with an M.B.A. in finance. National Black Arts Festival Receives $100,000 Grant The first National Black Arts Festival planned for this summer in Atlanta has received a $100,000 grant form the Expansion Arts Pro gram of the National Endowment for the Arts. The National Endowment for the Arts is an independent federal fund ing agency established to foster ex cellence and diversity of the arts in the United States. Its Expansion Arts Program funds multi-cultural arts organizations and assists in their development. "The National BJack Arts Festival is a wonderful way to bring greater visibility to Black artists and their work," said A.B. Spellman, director of the program, which also funds Just Us Theater and Jomandi Pro ductions in Atlanta. "I think it is essential that the work of Black art ists is appreciated and understood." The National Black Arts Festival will be held July 30 through August 7,1988. The nine-day festival will feature scores of concerts, musicals, dance performances, films, art exhibitions, late night cabarets and symposia by America's most distinguished Black artists. A distinguished National Blue Ribbon Panel, headed by actress Cicely Tyson, has been assembled to assist in promoting the festival and to represent each of the eight artistic disciplines that will be ex plored during the festival. These are dance, theater, film, literary arts, visual arts, folk art, performance art, and music. Some of the panel members in clude: dance legend Kathrine Dun ham, sculptor Elizabeth Catlett, dancer/choreographer Geoffrey Holder, musician Wynton Marsalis, arts curator/historian Jackie Bon- temps, sports legend Arthur Ashe, filmmaker Spike Lee, comedian/ activist Dick Gregory, author/his- torian Lerone Bennett, author/edu- cator Dr. Richard Long, opera diva Jessye Norman, Coretta Scott King, Douglas Turner Ward of the Negro Emsemble Company, author Alex Haley, Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee. Conceived and sponsored by the Fulton County Board of Commis sioners, the Fulton County Arts Council, and with support from the city of Atlanta Bureau of Cultural Affairs, it will celebrate the history, creativity, and excellence of Black artists. Plans are for the festival to be presented every two years. The festival is expected to cost approximately $2 million. It will be funded by corporations, in-kind do nations, ticket sales and public funding sources. Superintendent of Atlanta Public Schools Named Trustee for the M o tt Foundation Dr. Alonzo A. Crim, superintendent of the Atlanta Public Schools and a nationally respected educator, has been elected to the Board of Trustees of the C.S. Mott Foundation. The appointment ex pands the Foundation's Board of Trustees to 12 members. Dr. Crim, who has served as A t lanta's school superintendent since 1973, has a strong background in education, paralleling a long-time interest of the Foundation. A grad uate of Roosevelt College, Dr. Crim received his master's degree from the University of Chicago and his doctorate from Harvard University. "W e are delighted to have Dr. Crim join us," said Foundation Chairman William S. White. "He brings to the Board a wealth of ex perience in several important areas of Foundation grantmaking such as at-risk youth, community education and Black colleges. "His expertise is these and other areas will be key in helping us shape Foundatino policy and programs in the future." A lifelong educator, Dr. Crim be gan his career as an elementary tea cher in Chicago, advancing through FLINT, MICH — the system to district superinten dent. In 1969, he was named super intendent of the Compton Union High School District in Compton, California, becoming superinten dent of the Compton Unified School District the next year. Dr. Crim presently serves as an adjunct professor for Atlanta Uni versity and Georgia State Univer sity, in addition to his duties as superintendent of one of the coun try's largest school districts. In additional to several honorary degrees from such institutions as Harvard, Georgetown University, Princeton and Tuckegee University, Dr. Crim has received awards from the Anti-Defamation League, Geor gia Special Olympics, the YMCA of Metropolitan Atlanta, and the Geor gia Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America. He serves on the boards of Pub lic/Private Ventures, the Young Men's Christian Association, the National Academy of Education and the National Alliance of Black School Educators. Dr. Crim is married and the father of a grown son and twin daughters. Pew Trusts Award Over $1 Million to Howard Over the last few months, The Pew Charitable Trusts of Philadel phia have announced three grants totaling $1,170,000 to Howard Uni versity. The largest of the grants, $770,000 to the Howard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, will support the development of a cellu lar and molecular biology program over a period of four years. Dr. Lee V. Leak, a member of the anatomy faculty who will be heading the program, says the grant "w ill allow the graduate school to develop an independent doctoral curriculum and provide the funds needed to attract new faculty and enhance the support of stu dents, as well as purchase neces sary supplies and equipment." The two other grants went to the Howard School of Divinity, one in the amount of $150,000 to help pay for the renovation of the school's library and the other for $250,000 to fund a two-year program in urban ministry. The urban ministry program is de signed to institutionalize the edu cational experience for students, alumni and pastors who will engage in a series of activities that provide "hands-on" involvement in an as pect of urban ministry. In acknowledging the receipt of the latest grant, Dr. James E. Cheek, president of Howard, said, "I join the faculty and the students who will benefit from the support of these exciting and important pro grams in expressing gratitude to The Pew Charitable Trusts. We look forward to the positive results of these undertakings." The Pew Charitable Trusts con sist of seven individual charitable funds established between 1948 and 1979 by the sons and daughters of Joseph N. Pew, founder of the Sun Oil Co. The trusts support non profit organizations dedicated to im proving the quality of life for indi viduals and communities, and en couraging personal growth and self- sufficiency. Parental Involvement Key to Students' Success LAKE FOREST, IL — America's high- achieving high school students call for more parental involvement to raise the nation's level of academic achievement, according to results of a survey recently released by "W ho's Who Among American High School Students." The Eighteenth Annual Survey of High Achievers, conducted by "W ho's W ho" in the spring of 1987, shows 58 percent of high-achieving students surveyed believe that more parental involvement in their chil dren's academic activities will raise the level of academic achievement in U.S. public schools. In 1986, only 47 percent of students felt that parental involvement was im portant in academic achievement. According to the high-achieving students, the most important factor in raising the nation's level of aca demic achievement is periodic eval uations of teachers and school ad ministrators. Sixty-nine percent of the students surveyed feel that pub lic school teachers should be eval uated periodically; 60 percent be lieve school administrators should be evaluated as well. Reflecting the teens' high regard for parental involvement, 78 percent of the high achieving teens survey ed stated that their own parents impressed upon them the impor tance of a good education, helping To rise up. 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The students feel that a "C " or better should be main tained in all classes in order to par ticipate in extracurricular activities (63%). But, they would give their peers a grace period before invoking a no-pass, no-play rule. Sixty-four percent of the high achievers sur veyed believe that students should be allowed a probationary period to raise their grades before being de nied participation. "W ho's W ho" students are just as serious about their college educa tion as they are about high school. Ninety-one percent of the students plan to attend college right away. The survey also revealed that the academic emphasis of a school is the most important consideration in selecting a college (47%), with scholarship availability (39%) the second most important factor. The high achievers do not feel that our government has placed high enough priority on education, however. More than half (60%) feel that improving the educational system should be one of the top three priorities of the federal gov ernment. This figure is up 21 per cent from last year's 39 percent. WOZA (wo’zuh) WOZA LILIAN PORTLAND OBSERVER "B la c k A chievers in Science", a m ajor e xh ib it celebrating the c o n trib u tio n s o f Blacks to science and tech n olog y, w as produced by the Museum o f Science and Industry, Chicago. The e xhibit, made pos sible by a g ra nt fro m C itic o rp /C itib a n k , is scheduled fo r a n ationw ide to u r during the next fo u r years. Wholesale Pricing On Groceries Gone Public Did you know that tor almost 30 years you could have bought some ot your groceries at wholesale prices? The Bee Company, for over 30 years, has offered the public weekly shipments of name-brand groceries at genuine wholesale prices. You'll find canned and packaged goods, pet foods, as well as frozen and close-dated deli products on the shelves. 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