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diverse base o f health and medical
p ro fe s s io n a ls ,”
said
L in d a
Dunham, a RMHC board member
and an owner o f M cDonald's res­
taurants in New York and New
Jersey. "R M H C believes in the
cause o f preparing today’ s youth
for leadership roles to ensure our
com m unities o f the future are
healthy and safe.”
Since 1977, the McDonald’ s sys­
tem has contributed more than $ 10
m illion to historically Black col­
leges and universities served by the
College Fund. Application dead­
line is M ay I, 1997. For more
information, call David Ray at the
College Fund, (703) 205-3562.
Portland, Ore - so, your school-
age children are learning about
France and you need a map o f paris
and a French Beret to make it real for
them. Where to go?
Portland State University hopes
you’ ll think o f Building Bridges,
new m ulticultural resource center
and lending library housed in its
Sixth Avenue Building and spon­
sored by the O ffice o f International
Affairs.
The center offers a lending li­
brary o f geographical and topical
artifacts, and educational materials
such as video tapes and books for
children and adults. These materi­
meet a scholarship's criteria. "A n
example would be a restricted schol­
arship fund that can only be awared
to a student actively engaged in har­
ness racing or one that can only be
given to students o f Lithuanian de­
scent. Is it any wonder that some o f
these scholarships go unused?”
Mark Kantrowitz, who maintains
a financial aid information page on
the W o rld W ide Web (h ttp ://
w w w . c s . c m u . e d u / ~ f in a id /
fin aid.htm l) and has co-authored
"The Prentice H a ll Guide to Schol­
arships and Fellowships f o r Math
and Science Students ” , agrees with
K e lly ’ s assessment
"Every year tens o f thousands o f
families fall prey to fraudulent schol­
a rsh ip
o p p o rtu n itie s ,”
said
Kantrowitz, a doctoral student in
computer science at Carnegie Mellon
University who has received more
than $300,000 in undergraduate and
graduate financial aid. “ I f you must
pay money to get money, it m ight be
a scam. Very few students receive
money as a result o f using a scholar­
ship search service."
K elly collects examples o f suspi­
cious scholarship offers. "This one
guarantees everyone $2,500 in fi­
nancial aid. Every college student
can borrow $2,625 through the fed­
eral government’ s Stafford Loan
program. A ll it takes is an applica­
tio n ,” he said. “ T hey’ re getting
people who don't know anything
about the financial aid process.”
For families who don’t know where
to start looking for financial help,
Kellyrecommendstwobooks: "Don "t
Miss Out: The Ambitious Student 's
Guide to Financial A id ’" by Anna and
Robert Leiderand "The Scholarship
Book: The Complete Guide to P ri­
vate-Sector Scholarships. Grants and
International cultures
and multiculturalism
open house
So, your school-age children are
learning about France and you need
a map o f paris and a French Beret to
make it real for them. Where to go?
Portland State University hopes
you’ ll think o f B uilding Bridges,
new m ulticultural resource center
and lending library housed in its
Sixth Avenue Building and spon­
sored by the O ffice o f International
Affairs. The center offers a lending
library o f geographical and topical
artifacts, and educational materials
such as video tapes and books for
children and adults. These materi­
als, newly housed under one roo f
and available to the commun ity, rep­
resents the combined resources o f
the M ulticultural Resource Center
(recently relocated from Lake Os­
wego). Oregon Peach Institute.
World A ffairs Council, Oregon In­
ternational C o u n cil, and PSU’ s
M iddle East Studies Center and In­
stitute o f Asian Studies.
“ It’ s a one-stop shop for educa­
tors, whether from schools, organi­
zations. businesses or families.” says
Marta Colburn o f PSU’ s M iddle East
Studies Center and one o f the chief
organizers o f the resource center.
The creation o f Building Bridges,
and the housing under one roo f o f
several international and m ulticul­
tural organizations at PSU, is cel­
ebrated by an Open House Friday,
March 7, 3-7 p.m. in PSU’ s Sixth
Avenue Building, 1950 SW Sixth
Light refreshments w ill include foods
from several cultures. Al-Anadalus,
an Andalusian band, w ill perform
music w ith Spanish, Arabic and
American influences at 4 and 5 p.m.
Families and children can jo in in art
activities and games with an inter­
national flavor. A m ini-silent auc­
tion w ill take place. And staff from
the various programs and organiza­
tions w ill be on hand to discuss
resources available to the commu­
nity — including a French Beret, a
map o f Paris, and perhaps even a
Russian samovar or the alphabet in
Farsi. For information call 725-8566,
725-8192 or 725-8191. "Come meet
us, fam iliarize yourself w ith the
Building Bridges lending library,
and learn about the resources we can
provide." says Colburn “ Browse,
borrow and jo in in !”
als, newly housed under one roof
and available to the community, rep­
resents the combined resources o f
the M ulticultural Resource Center
(recently relocated from Lake Os­
wego), Oregon Peach Institute,
World Affairs Council, Oregon In­
ternational C ouncil, and PSU’ s
Middle Last Studies Center and In­
stitute o f Asian Studies
" I t ’ s a one-stop shop for educa­
tors. whether from schools, organi-
zat ions, businesses or fam ¡lies,” says
Marta Colburn ofPS U ’ s M iddle East
Studies Center and one o f the chief
organizers o f the resource center.
T he c re a tio n o f B u ild in g
Bridges, and the housing under
one ro o f o f several international
and m ulticultu ral organizations at
PSU, is celebrated b> an Open
House Friday, March 7, 3-7 p.m.
in PSU’ s Sixth Avenue B u ilding,
1950 SW Sixth
Light refreshments w ill include
foods from several cultures. A l-
Anadalus, an Andalusian band, w ill
perform music with Spanish, Ara­
bic and American influences at 4
and 5 p.m. Families and children
can join in art activities and games
with an international flavor.
A m ini-silent auction w ill take
place. And staff from the various
programs and organizations w ill be
on hand to discuss resources avail­
able to the community -- including a
French Beret, a map o f Paris, and
perhaps even a Russian samovar or
the alphabet in Farsi.
For information call 725-8566,
725-8192 or 725-8191.
“ Come meet us, familiarize your­
self with the Building Bridges lend­
ing library, and learn about the re­
sources we can p ro v id e ,” says
Colburn. “ Browse, borrow and join
in !”
Oregon Conference tackles
tough School Issues
Experts warn students of
scholorship scams
Computerized scholarship search
companies claim that b illion s o f
dollars in student aid go untapped
each year, and, fo ra fee, they’ ll help
college students win scholarships.
College financial aid experts warn
students not to be taken in by the lure
o f free money.
"There are all kinds o f scams
trying to get students to pay for
scholarship searches to locate these
unused funds,” said James Kelly,
director o f student scholarships at
the University o f Dayton. “ Our ad­
vice is, ‘ Buyer, beware.’ I jo k in g ly
tell people i f they have the money to
invest in these services, put your
money in the lottery. A t least i f you
win, you can win big.”
Kelly steers students away from
such companies because they can
find the same information for free in
books from the public library and
college financial aid offices. With
no charge to prospective and cur­
rently enrolled students, the Univer­
sity o f Dayton identifies possible
scholarships, grants, fellowships and
loan opportunities by matching stu­
dent characteristics against a com­
puter database o f more than 14,000
awards from 4,100 sources.
“ Most free money is available
from universities themselves,” said
Kelly, noting that the m ajority o f the
$52 billion in student aid available
in 1996-97 comes prim arily from
federal loans and grants and col­
leges. About $600 m illion, or less
than I percent o f the financial aid
awarded each year, comes from the
private sector, according to Kelly.
While Kelly concedes that some
money goes unclaimed every year,
it’ s generally because employees
don’t take advantage o f employee-
paid tuition plans or applicants don’t
P ack B 5
Celebrate International Cultures and
Multiculturalism at PSU Open House
New African-American
Scholarship Program
In 1994, Ronald M cD o na ld
House charities (R M H C ) teamed
up with The College Fund/UNCF
to create one o f the nation’ s top
scholarship programs, designed to
help graduate more A frican-A m eri­
can students pursuing health and
medical degrees.
The tw o non-profits are again
seeking applications from eligible
sophomores at UNCF schools, 10
ofw hom w ill be awarded two-year,
fu ll-tu itio n scholarships through
the R M H C /U N CF Health & M edi­
cal "Scholars Program.
In addition, 50 students w ill re­
ceives I ,000 scholarships. "The de­
mand is great for a broader, more
.•AH.*,
Loans fo r Undergraduates by Daniel
J. Cassidy and Michael J. Alves.
Kantrowitz suggests families read
"Fund Your Way Through College:
Uncovering 1.700 Great Opportuni­
ties in Undergraduate Financial A id ''
by Debra M. Kirby and Christa Brel in,
and " The College Blue Book: Schol­
arships, Fellowships, Grants and
Loans" by Huber W illiam Hurt and
Harriett-Jeanne Hurt.
For an application to participate
in the CASHE (College A id Sources
for Higher Education) computer
database program, prospective U ni­
versity o f Dayton students can call
I -800-837-7433or I - 5 13-229-431 1
Through the free service, students
learn which scholarships, grants,
fellowships and loans they might be
eligible to win.
In addition, Student Services Inc.
maintains a free scholarship search
service over the Internet called
fastWEB. The database, updated
daily, contains information about
more than 180,000 scholarships. The
web address:
http://w w w .studentservices.com /
fastweb/
Eugene - V iolence, weapons and
drugs are a daily threat in too many
Oregon schools and, i f those issues
weren't enough, classroom teach­
ers today also must juggle the needs
o f children from dysfunctional
families, mandates to mainstream
students with special needs, and
state and national pressures to in­
crease excellence in a academic
performance.
A Feb. 27-28 conference spon­
sored by the University o f Oregon
College o f Education showcased
some o f the latest research and
techniques for dealing with these
and other issues that shape today's
schools.
More than 400 teachers, school
administrators and education policy
makers attended the two-day Con­
ference at the Eugene Hotel, 66 E.
6th Ave. Conference topics in­
cluded school safety, teaching stu­
dents with behavioral disorders,
literacy, phonics, effective behav­
ioral management and early-inter-
vention and prevention strategies.
Travis Thompson, director o f
the John F. Kennedy Center for
Research on Human Development
Stein wants libraries kept open
Multnomah County Chair Beverly
Stein sent a letter today to the 90
members o f the Oregon Legislature
asking them to “ refrain from mak­
ing legislative cuts to local public
services over and above what we
now understand to be the legal inter­
pretation o f Measure 47 ”
Stein’ s request came two days
afterOregon Attorney General Hardy
Myers issued an opinion that revises
the interpretation o f Ballot Measure
47. The previous interpretation had
meant approximately $32 to $40
m illion in budget cuts for M u lt­
nomah County, the revision drops
the estimate into the $22 to $30
m illion range.
Stein noted that the Attorney
General's interpretation o f Measure
47 w o u ld p ro v id e M u ltn o m a h
County taxpayers with an average
reduction o f 14%, but would reduce
the loss o f local services. “ It means
more libraries stay open, more people
get health care, fewer criminals go
unsupervised and more seniors keep
their meals sites..,” Stein said.
On December 10, 1996, Stein re­
leased a proposed budget cut list that
included the closure o f eight branch
libraries.
at Vanderbilt University, was key­
note speaker. Thompson focused on
effective strategies to allow Am eri­
can children with disabilities to fu lly
participate in education
Topics included:
• Administrators ' Issues with the
Certificate o f In itia l Mastery, " by
Gerald Tindal. UO associate p ro ­
fe s s o r in the UO C o lle g e o f
Educations Department of Behav­
io ra l Research and Teaching
• " Functional Assessment o f Com­
plex Problem Behaviors Advances
and Promising Practices fo r Stu­
dents with Severe Disabilities "J e f­
frey Sprague UO assistant profes­
sor and director o f the Institute on
I iolence and Destructive Behavior
"URSA Using Risk-Reduction
Strategies Against Abuse. " Mary
Steinberg, assistance professor of
pediatrics. Oregon Health Science
University
• "Fear and Loathing in Virtual
America A utlientic Solutions to dis­
abilities Problems in an Unrealistic
World, " Travis Thompson, director
o f John F. Kennedy Center fo r Re­
search on Human Development.
Vanderbilt University
• "Breaking the Cycle o f Vio­
lence Intervening with the Pre­
cursors. ’’ Geoff Colvin, research
associate. UO Department o f Be­
havioral Research and Teaching
"P rom ising Programs fro m the
Other side o f the Rockies. ” Tim
Lewis, professor o f special educa­
tion. University o f Missouri
• “ Testing Accommodations fo r
Students with Special Needs. UO
education p ro f essor G erald Tindal
• " Read N aturally: An Effective
F lu e n c y -B u ild in g Procedure. "
I andvee Ihnol, Minneapolis School
District. Minneapolis. M inn
• "Preschool Literacy and Pho­
nological Awareness What Can
We D o ? " D avid Majsterek, De­
partm ent o f Teacher Education
Programs, C e n tra l Washington
University
The Oregon Conference cel­
ébrales its 30th year in 1997. the
event continues a long tradition o f
presenting effective practices and
innovations to address significant
issues facing educators. For more
information, contact the Oregon
Conference, UO College o f Educa­
tion. (514)346-5525
OHSU
fever treatment study
Oregon I lealth Sciences University is currently conducting
a study to compare the fever reducing effect o f an investiga­
tional drug to ibuprofen (Advil) and placebo (an inactive
substance). The study requires that participants have a tem­
perature o f 100.5 F or higher and evidence o f an upper
respiratory tract infection or systemic viral infection.
If you have a fever that you believe is due to an uncompli­
cated infection such as the flu, you could receive up to
$ 175.00 for participating in the study. Call Colleen McDevitt
at (503) 494-7436 for further information.
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