1/17/2003
Contact: K.E.
Schwab -- 724-738-2199; e-mail:
karl.schwab@sru.edu
STUDY SKILLS WORKSHOPS
PLANNED FOR AREA HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTSAS
PART OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH AT SLIPPERY ROCK
UNIVERSITY
SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – Helping both high school and college
students improve their study skills will be part of Black History
Month at Slippery Rock University as a series of workshops, along
with the chance to talk with a local author and the traditional
“Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Speech Competition,” are
planned.
An
“Opportunity Knocks”weekend visit for high
school students from Pittsburgh’s Schenley, Taylor Allderdice
and Westinghouse high schools, along with students from
Wilkinsburg, Erie, Farrell and Sharon schools is set for Feb.
21-22. The students will attend workshops dealing with personal
growth and development and improving their study skills as part of
the program. The students will stay in campus residence halls and
be teamed with an SRU upperclassman mentor to learn about college
classes. Admission and financial aid sessions are also
set.
Black
History Month opens on campus Feb. 1 with “Successful
Start…Successful Finish,” an academic improvement
workshop for college students led byDr. Sam Heastie,
special assistant to the president and assistant professor of
psychology at Grove City College. Heastie will teach the use of
mnemonics and other memory aids to enhance classroom learning in
sessions set for the University Union. He will also offer tips
students can use to apply their learning to other course concepts
as a way of improving test scores. The program is sponsored by
SRU’s Office of Minority Student Affairs and Cultural
Diversity.
Other events:
•
Swope Music Hall will host the 6 p.m. Feb. 6 “Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr., Speech Competition” held annually at SRU.
The competition allows students to deliver three- to five-minute
addresses detailing work related to Dr. King or any other
inspirational leader of African descent selected by the student.
The top award is a $150 scholarship, with second- and third-place
winners receiving bookstore scholarships.
•
Robin Moore Joyce, of nearby Harrisville, will visit the Russell
Wright Alumni House at 6 p.m. Feb. 19 for a discussion of her book
“My Sheep Will Know My Voice.”
The
projects are being coordinated by DaNine Fleming, director of the
Office of Minority Student Affairs and Cultural
Diversity.
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