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AmeriCorps members have been able to provide service throughout the country to work on
projects to tutor children to read and learn and to improve the environment, health services, and
community policing. This creative new program is helping to regenerate an ethic of community
service in this country, particularly for a generation of young adults who were at risk of becoming
further alienated from the powerful societal needs of a sense of community and commitment to
those communities. The participants also receive scholarships or loan forgiveness for
postsecondary education, in return for their service.
Work-Study helps students earn money while they are in school. The President proposed a
multi-year plan to increase funding for this valuable federal program by 50 percent by the year
2002, so that 1 million students will be able to attain part-time employment. With strong
bipartisan support from the Congress we received an exceptional one-year increase of 35 percent
for FY 1997. This increase is substantial enough to allow an increase in the wages for student
workers, an expansion of traditional work study opportunities, and, perhaps most important, to
expand higher education's commitment to community service activities. To this end, the
President has challenged the higher education community to use one-half of the college work
study increase for community service, including to tutor young children in reading. Indeed, the
Secretary of Education has issued regulations to waive the match for those who use work-study
funds to help tutor young children to read.
Presidential Honors Scholarship. We propose a Presidential Honors Scholarship that further
emphasizes the importance of student achievement. This program would award one-year, $1,000
scholarships to the top 5 percent of graduating high school students in every high school in the
nation. We need to send a message to every high school in America that we are serious about
excellence.
***
Reducing Fraud and Abuse. The Administration has made aggressive accountability and
oversight efforts to remove ineffective schools from the student financial aid programs, both
protecting students and ensuring accountability for taxpayer funds. The U.S. Department of
Education's efforts, along with new statutory controls and lender and guarantor efforts, have cut
the student loan default rate by more than one-half, from 22.4 percent for the FY90 cohort to
10.7 percent for the FY94 cohort. About 700 institutions have been eliminated from eligibility to
participate in the federal student assistance programs, in an effort to assure that students
benefitting from these valuable programs receive a good education as well. At the same time, the
U.S. Department of Education has reduced the administrative burden on participating institutions
by streamlining our regulations and by reengineering our administrative processes to make them
less intrusive and more effective.
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A call to parents, schools, colleges and universities to help students take advantage of these
expanded options.
Although the federal government can expand options for paying for college, it will be up to
students, parents, families, communities, colleges and universities, and states to make them
work.
Students must work hard, play by the rules, and assume responsibility for obtaining the
education they will need to get a job and succeed in life.
Parents must make sure their children have the classes they need to get into college and
take advantage of the savings afforded by the tax policies to help support their children once
there.
Schools can make sure students (as early as in middle school) and their families understand
the options available for paying for college and make sure students take the classes and
obtain the skills they need to enroll and succeed in college.
Colleges and universities must contain costs of postsecondary education to assure that the
benefits of these increases in federal support accrue to the intended beneficiaries-students
and their families.
States can build on the HOPE Scholarship plan by making scholarships available for four
years of college for students who maintain a B average.
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LIFELONG LEARNING
A G.I. Bill for America's Workers
A centerpiece of President Clinton's G.I. Bill for America's Workers has been our proposal to
fundamentally reform the current federal job-training system. We have proposed consolidating at
least 70 separate job training programs, replacing them with an integrated system that minimizes
red tape and maximizes individual choice in each local community. Unemployed workers and
workers in transition from one job to another would receive Skill Grants of up to $3,000 to use as
they choose to learn new skills to find new and better jobs.
We would provide these workers access -- through computerized networks open to all and One-
Stop Career Centers already operating in many states -- to reliable information on jobs, careers,
skill sets required for those jobs, and the success records of various training institutions, so that
they can make informed choices about how best to improve their futures.
For our youth, federal education, training, and employment programs will be reshaped to support
the community-based school-to-work activities that have evolved in response to the innovative
School-to-Work initiative we began in 1994. These programs enable high schools, colleges, and
the private sector to offer all youth academically rigorous school- and work-based learning
opportunities and so that all youth graduate with the skills and habits of mind to benefit from
college education, lifelong learning, and rewarding careers.
Preparing Academically for College
To get ahead and navigate these changing times, our middle and high school students today need
to be preparing to go to at least two years of college and probably go back to college,
postsecondary training programs, and universities, several more times in their lifetime to
continually upgrade their skills and knowledge. That means our elementary and secondary
schools need to raise their standards for promotion and graduation. They need to make mastering
the basics universal and strengthen all of their core subjects from science to American history
and from the arts to foreign languages. Students can get on the path to college by mastering
successfully not only basic math but the essentials of algebra and geometry by the eighth grade.
High schools need to eliminate their general track and replace it with advance placement and
tech-prep classes. Students need to be preparing for college courses. That's why the President in
his 1998 budget is supporting expansion of advanced placement courses, raising standards for
students, teachers and schools and continuing support for tech-prep.
The School-to-Work Opportunities Act, signed by President Clinton in 1994, also creates a
pathway for many young people who cannot see the relevance of what they're doing in the
classrooms to the world of work and thus get bored and tune out. When the barrier between
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academic learning and vocational education is broken, when work-based learning and
school-based learning are linked, these students not only stay in school, but they become engaged
in learning and do better and continue on to college.
Students at the Oakland Health and Bioscience Academy in Oakland, California
learn all aspects of the health care industry. Their knowledge of health care includes
planning, management, finance, technical and production skills, technology, labor
issues, community issues, safety, and environmental issues. They gain this broad
understanding through a variety of learning experiences and teaching techniques.
Interactive career explorations and a 200-hour hospital internship in the 11th and 12th
grades expose them to the business, administrative, and clinical departments of a health
care facility. Students also create work-based learning portfolios, which include
reflective journal entries and works samples keyed to health career standards. Projects
offer an opportunity to explore different aspects of health care and their relationship.
Projects may simulate the decision-making processes of a health care provider-for
example, reading a case study of a lead-poisoned child, interpreting the results of lab
tests, and creating a medical management plan. Student teams may explore health care
delivery systems by planning a school-based clinic, and operating a student-run health
education center.
All 50 states have received grants under School-to-Work to plan comprehensive training and
education and apprenticeship systems. By late 1996, 37 states had made sufficient progress in
their planning efforts to receive 5-year grants for implementing their plans. Over 500,000 young
people in 1,800 schools throughout the nation are participating in school-to-work systems that
integrate academic and vocational instruction and provide work-based learning, preparing them
for one to two years of college or more and careers. Over 135,000 employers have been involved
in these efforts.
The support of the business community and state and local governments is essential to maintain
local and state school-to-work systems that will help ensure a pathway to the middle class for
most Americans.
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TECHNOLOGICAL LITERACY
Just as 100 years ago the nation struggled with the transition from an agrarian to an industrial
economy, today we confront the transition from an industrial to a global, technological economy.
Technology - - the World Wide Web, computer-aided design, word processing, data processing,
electronic transfers - has become an engine of our economic growth and has fundamentally
changed the ways we learn, how we do business, and the skills students in America need to
flourish in the world of work. States, communities, business, families and teachers need to
ensure that by the dawn of the next century every classroom in America is connected to the
information superhighway with high-quality computers, creative software, and well-trained
teachers.
Today, technological literacy-computer skills and the ability to use computers and other
technology to improve learning, productivity and performance-is a new basic that our students
must master. Preparing our children for a lifetime of computer use is now just as essential as
teaching them to read and write and do math. Every major U.S. industry has begun to rely
heavily on computers and telecommunications to do its work.
Technology also enriches education. Children with access to computers and trained teachers can
learn faster and learn better. In some cases, scores on standardized tests of basic skills for
children taught with computers rise by 10 to 15 percent compared to the scores of those taught
using conventional instruction. With computers, students can learn at their own pace and
practice as much as they need to. For students with disabilities, technology such as word
processing and speech recognition can give them the tools they need to participate fully in
challenging academic courses. Children master basic skills in 30 percent less time than would
normally have been the case. Using technology, quality software and good teachers, students can
also learn differently. For example, instead of reading about the human circulatory system in a
book and seeing textbook pictures, students can use technology to see blood moving through
veins and arteries, watch the process of oxygen entering the bloodstream, and experiment to
understand the effects of cholesterol on blood flow, gaining a better understanding of these
processes.
Despite the importance and promise of technology, America's schools are not yet prepared for
the technological era. About half of all teachers have little or no experience at all with
technology in the classroom. Only 4 percent of schools have a computer for every five
students-a ratio that allows regular use by each student. Only 9 percent of classrooms have
connections to the Internet.
The goal we have presented cannot be set and cannot be achieved unless we all work together. It
can only be met with communities, businesses, governments, teachers, parents and students all
joining together-in a sense, a high-tech barn-raising.
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Technology in Support of Reform
A partnership between the Union City, N.J. school district and Atlantic Bell turned
around a failing middle school. Christopher Columbus Middle School demonstrates
how technology can improve student performance. Every classroom has several
computers and students and teachers have computers at home so that they - and
parents - can communicate with each other, get assignments and do homework. As a
result of intensive use of technology, reading, math and writing scores are up
significantly. Moreover, the school, which had a high absenteeism rate, now has the
best attendance record in the district.
Beginning in 1995, President Clinton challenged the nation's parents, teachers, government,
community, and business leaders to work together to ensure that all children in America are
technologically literate by the dawn of the 21st century-equipped with the communication,
math, science, and critical thinking skills essential for the 21st-century economy. He established
the four pillars of his technology literacy agenda:
1.
Connect every school and classroom in America to the information superhighway;
2.
Provide access to modern computers for all teachers and students;
3.
Develop effective and engaging software and on-line learning resources as an integral
part of the school curriculum; and
4.
Provide all teachers the training and support they need to help students learn through
computers and the information superhighway.
The response to the President's challenge was immediate and came from all parts of the
American community. While much remains to be done, an enormous amount has already been
accomplished and steady progress continues to be made.
The Private Sector Response. CEO's of some of the nation's largest and most innovative
technology and telecommunication companies have responded to the President's challenge by
contributing resources and energy to work in partnership with schools and communities in
meeting all four of the President's goals.
In October, the President announced the U.S. Tech Corp, a volunteer organization which enables
high-tech workers from the private sector to assist teachers and schools to put the information
age at the fingertips of their students.
America's Technology Literacy Challenge. In his 1996 State of the Union Address, President
Clinton asked Congress to fund a $2 billion, five-year Technology Literacy Challenge designed
to catalyze state, local, and private sector partnerships in each state to achieve the four
educational technology goals and to spur substantial additional private, state and local investment
in education technology. Congress supported the President's request for first-year funding and
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appropriated $200 million for grants to states to launch this challenge. States will develop a
strategy for using the funds to achieve the President's four goals and for ensuring that no
students-especially students in low-income areas and students with special needs— are left
behind. The Challenge builds on the Secretary of Education's National Plan, Getting America's
Students Ready for the 21st Century, Meeting the Technology Literacy Challenge. The
President's FY 1998 Budget calls for more than double funding to $425 million.
The Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE)
program is a national and international hands-on environmental science and
educational program that officially started on Earth Day 1995. GLOBE uses scientific
instruments and state-of-the-art technology to make science relevant to today's K-12
students. Through GLOBE, students conduct an array of measurements and
observations at their schools and share their data via the Internet with other students
and scientists around the world to detail an environmental picture of the globe. Vice
President Al Gore articulated his vision of the GLOBE program in his book, Earth in
Balance. He proposed a program "involving as many countries as possible that will
use school teachers and their students to monitor the entire earth
The Technology Innovation Challenge Grants. This component of the technology literacy
challenge invites school systems, colleges, universities, and private businesses to form
partnerships to develop creative new ways to use technology for learning. These local innovation
grants focus on integrating innovative learning technologies to improve teaching and learning.
Each federal dollar is matched by more than 3 to 1 by local and private funds. The 19 consortia
funded in FY95 out of 500 proposals are reaching schools with 1.2 million students and involve
partnerships with businesses, museums, libraries, and parks in school systems around the nation.
An additional 24 partnerships funded in FY96 will allow 24 school districts to work in
partnership with a total of 153 other school districts and 130 businesses in 34 states. Another
$57 million will be available for the program in FY97 to support a third round of grants and
FY98 will call for $75 million -- a more than 30% increase.
Universal and Affordable Access to Advanced Telecommunications. President Clinton
signed into law the Telecommunications Act of 1996 which ensures that all U.S. schools,
libraries, hospitals, and clinics have affordable access to advanced telecommunications services.
The President called on the Federal Communications Commission's regulators to ensure that
every school and library has access to the information superhighway and in November 1996, the
Federal/State Joint Board on Universal Service unanimously recommended that schools and
libraries receive discounts for telecommunications services, Internet access, and internal
connections. If approved by the FCC, the average discount would be about 60 percent, and
one-third of all schools and libraries will receive discounts of 80 to 90 percent.
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NetDays. The President and Vice President launched an historic effort to mobilize communities
of volunteers to connect classrooms to the Internet. As a result, on March 9, 1996, the President
and Vice President and more than 20,000 volunteers laid 6 million feet of cable connecting
thousands of California schools with the technology needed to link classrooms, libraries, and
laboratories to the information superhighway. This effort sparked an enormous response around
the nation and in the fall of 1996 over 40 states organized and participated in NetDays, wiring
over 25,000 schools, using over 250,000 volunteers. More NetDays are scheduled for this year.
21st Century Teachers. The new technology cannot make much of an impact on learning
unless teachers help find creative new ways to exploit its power and make the new tools an
integral part of their teaching. The teachers, and the organizations that support teachers, all
stepped forward earlier this year to work together to meet the President's challenge. The National
School Boards Association, the National PTA, the National Education Association, the American
Federation of Teachers, and many other business and professional organizations have launched
this initiative to recruit thousands of teacher volunteers who will improve their own
understanding of how to use education technology and share their expertise with at least five of
their peers during the coming school year.
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Tab K
ARKANSAS SINGLE PARENT SCHOLARSHIP FUND
Background
As you know, the Single Parent Scholarship Fund was established in 1990 in Arkansas to assist
the high number of poor single parents in the state complete their higher education in preparation
for skilled, professional employment. Modeled on successful scholarship funds that had been
operating in northwest Arkansas and run by two community action agencies.
The Fund works at the county level to organize affiliate funds to be operated by local residents.
To date, 44 affiliates participate in the Fund with the goal of eventually operating in all 75
counties across the state. ASPSF offers $1,000 seed grants in some counties and up to $3,000 in
annual matching grants to affiliates.
Accomplishments to date
The Arkansas Single Parent Scholarship Fund has provided 3,145 scholarships worth
over $1.25 million to date.
In 1996 alone, 579 scholarships were awarded worth a total of $243,709.
The program has grown to 44 affiliate counties throughout the state.
The Scholarship Fund boasts a 75 percent retention and graduation success rate
Among graduates, 72 percent are employed at higher than poverty level income
As of February 19, 1997, $249,856 in direct contributions and pledges toward the Jones
Charitable Trust endowment challenge grant had been raised.
Who are Recipients?
A great majority (99%) of applicants are women. When applying for a scholarship, ASPSF
provides supportive counseling and referral/resource information on financial aid as well as
social services available -- childcare, housing, healthcare, and other needed services. Money is
provided to fill in what other programs and services do not cover. While most women use the
money to pay for child care and transportation, others put it toward items such as appropriate
clothes for an interview, new tires, car insurance, as well as tuition and books. The Fund
operates on the assumption that the applicants know best how to use the money responsibly.
How it works
To be eligible, applicants must be a single parent with custodial care of children under the age of
18, have a high school diploma or GED, are a resident of the county they are applying to, and
have been admitted to an institution of higher learning -- a vocational school, two-year or four-
year college -- and must be enrolled in a career oriented field of study. There is also an income
requirement that applicant be at or near poverty level according to federal standards.
Awarded by semester, recipients can reapply each semester provided they are still in school and
making progress toward a diploma. Each of the 46 county affiliates determine eligibility
requirements for their county. Annual follow-up is provided on scholarship recipients.
Funding
As a private, nonprofit 501 (c) (3) corporation, ASPSF receives the majority of funds from
private sources. A small amount is provided through the Arkansas Office of Community
Services (6 percent) via the Federal Community Services Block Grant, all of which is used for
their operating budget. Seventy-five percent of all dollars awarded are derived from
contributions made by local businesses, civic organizations, churches, foundations and
individuals.
Reception and Dinner
On Tuesday, March 11, you will attend a reception and dinner to benefit the Arkansas Single
Parent Scholarship Fund. You will deliver remarks at the dinner, which will feature testimonials
from past and current scholarship recipients, and will also recognize Bernice Jones and Helen
Walton for their support of the Fund. Diane Blair will introduce you. Anne Jansen, a Little
Rock television news anchor, will serve as emcee of the event, and past scholarship recipient
Yvonne King will perform an inspirational song. Prior to the dinner you will attend a reception
with approximately 125 people.
The Harvey and Bernice Jones Charitable Trust awarded a $500,000 endowment challenge grant
to the Scholarship Fund, and proceeds from the dinner will help to match that award.
Approximately $250,000 in matching funds has been raised thus far.
Northwest Arkansas TIMES
Wednesday, March 5, 1997
Helping single parents obtain an education
By AMANDA SHOVER
because I have to do it all by
during the dinner. In addition. five
Times Staff Writer
myself." she said. "The hardest part
current and former scholarship
is Just the overall being alone and
recipients will talk about how their
Since 1990. three-fourths of
having to make everything work"
scholarships have made a
Arkansas Single Parent Scholarship
recipients have graduated from a
Although being a single parent is
difference. Ralph Nesson, the fund's
college or technical school and are
a tough job. Foster is doing quile
director. said.
working.
well. She Is making As and has a
Fund supporters Bernice Jones
chance at a job training program
and Helen Walton will also be
Jayne Foster. a 37-year-old single
parent is well on her way.
with Kawneer Company Inc., a
recognized during the dinner.
Foster has three children. 9. 4
commercial window and door
The public is invited to attend.
and 16 months. living with her in
company.
Tickets are S125 for the dinner only
Springdale. Her three oldest
The Arkansas Single Parent
and $500 for the reception and
children live with their father in
Scholarship Fund has, helped
dinner. Reservations can be made
Dallas.
tremendously by providing two
by calling 927-1402.
From 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. cach day.
$500 scholarships. Foster said.
Proceeds from the event will go
she takes classes in architectural
"I'm able to stay home. with my
toward matching a $500.000
and computer-aided drafting at
kids and take care of them." she
challenge grant from the Harvey
Northwest Technical Institute. She
said. "If I had to work part-time. I
and Bernice Jones Charitable
then makes her way home.
would have to pay a lot in child
Trust Nesson said. The non-profit
prepares dinner, spends quality
care."
group has alrcady made it half-way
time with her children and deals
To help more single parents like
by raising $250.000.
with the everyday mishaps and
Foster, the fund will host a
Since 1990, the scholarship fund
chores.
reception and dinner with First
has provided 3.145 scholarships in
By the time she has done all
Lady Hillary Rudham Clinton
Arkansas worth S1.2 million,
these things and-helped her
Tuesday at Excelsior Hetel-in- Little
Nesson said.
children to bed. she has time for
Rock. The reception will start at 6
"We'll support students for as
her homework.
p.m., followed by dinner at 7 p.m.
long as they are in school and if
There is little time for oneself as
Clinton, the fund's founding
they show need and are making
a single parent, Foster said.
president, will speak on the status
progress toward a diploma," he
"It's a struggle sometimes
of women and children in America
said.
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Arkansas Democrat
Gazette
First lady due in LR for charity
Hillary Rodham Clinton will help raise cash for scholarship fund
BY TERRY LEMONS
ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE
Washington notebook
WASHINGTON - First lady
Hillary Rodham Clinton will re-
Since its inception, the
scholarship fund has distrib-
turn to Little Rock this month
uted 3.145 scholarships worth
to raise money for a scholar
$1.2 million.
ship fund she helped start.
The first lady will appear at
the March 11 fund-raiser for the
Arkansas Single Parent Schol-
arship Fund, which distributes
college scholarships to impov-
crished single parents through-
out the state.
Clinton joined the group in
1989 and served as the fund's
founding president, said Ralph
Nesson, director of the Spring-
dale-based organization.
Her return appearance be
fore the group will help raise
money for a $1 million scholar-
ship endowment project. The
Harvey and Bernice Jones
Charitable Trust, named after
the founding family of North-
west Arkansas' Jones Truck
Lines, awarded a $500,000 chal-
lenge grant to the scholarship
fund in 1993. Nesson said the
first lady's appearance will
help match the grant.
Tickets to the 7 p.m. dinner
at Arkansas' Excelsior Hotel
will cost $125, which includes a
speech by the first lady on the
status of women and children
in America. For $500, partici-
pants get a ticket to the dinner
and a reception with Clinton
beforehand.
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Mother of 8 a success story in scholarship program
BY MICHAEL WHITELEY
agers and not having baby sitters.
The scholarships, which began
Democral-Gezette Fayetteville Bureau
I couldn't have done it without
at $300 a semester, now provide a
FAYETTEVILLE- When her
help."
maximum of $500 for the fall and
husband's drinking ended Paula
Friar's church got her a car.
winter semesters and up to $250
Friar's marriage in California,
And a social worker a sent her to
for summer. Most have gone to
she landed at her brother's home
the state headquarters of the Ar-
single mothers. By requirement,
in Fayetteville. She had eight
kansas Single-Parent Scholarship
the awards have gone to poor par-
children, no child support, no car,
Fund, which awarded her $500
ents working on undergraduate
00-00-91 rkum JIM&DIANE BLAIK
no job and no prospects.
per semester scholarships and
degrees.
The Ozarks seemed a foreign
tapped a network of other finan-
The car given to Friar surren-
land to the Indiana woman and
cial aid and scholarship pro-
dered to wear and tear during her
her kids, who ranged in age from
grams.
daily trips from Fayetteville to,
2 to 17. The Friar family became a
Friar, and University of Arkan-
the Northwest Arkansas Commu-
notch on the state welfare rolls,
sas graduates Deborah Rephan
nity College. But Friar logged
but she was determined to reme-
and Holly Bautts Kidd are three
only one "B" en route to becom-
dy that and more.
of the success stories of a Fayette-
ing an otherwise straight-A stu-
"It wasn't just leaving my hus-
ville- and Bentonville-based pro-
dent.
band and the kinds of things we
gram that has awarded 2,281
Now 43, she's a respiratory
had to put up with, living with
scholarships in 41 counties in Ar-
therapist at Washington Regional
him," she said. "Coming from Cal-
kansas during its first six years.
Medical Center, and the crushing
ifornia to Arkansas, there were a
The fund topped the million dol-
mix of college and kids is behind
Deborah Rephan is one of many
lot of changes taking place. It was
lar mark in January, reporting a
her. She says the scholarship
helped by the Single-Parent Scholar-
really hard dealing with teen-
total of $1.04 million.
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ship Fund.
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Scholarship
Agency in 1979 and became its dl-
credit card holders at Dent-A-
rector in 1965. Frustrated by a
"I knew I didn r want to
Med Inc. in Fayetteville.
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offered by colleges and universi-
be a waitress for the rest
Bautts Kidd had put one hus-
band through college when her
money helped her handle the big
ties, he went to Marjorie Wolfe,
of my life, so I bit the
six-year marriage ended in
bills, such as car insurance and
who was running a program to
Rogers. She and her young son,
dental work.
help single parents in Benton
bullet and dived right in.
Brandon, lived in a mobile home
"This is not like helping with
County. She told him she'd set up
and she worked as a secretary for
food, which is necessary. But with
vocational training for single
I did everything I could
a year after the divorce. But her
FROM
this, there's an end to it," she
mothers in Bentonville.
to find financial aid."
aptitude and her dreams were in
said. "Nobody wants to sit around
They tapped churches, college
engineering.
and collect a check"
professional groups and the
- Deborah Rephan
With a scholarship from the
Ralph H. Nesson, director of
League of Women Voters to set up
Bentonville program, she began
the scholarship fund, said three
a scholarship program in the two
commuting and moved to Fayette-
of every four recipients are either
counties in 1964.
ents studying for jobs in fields tra-
ville. She promised Brandon a
in school or have graduated from
With a $50,000 grant from the
ditionally assigned to women,
computer and dogs at the end of
a community college or universi-
Harvey and Bernice Jones Chari-
such as nursing. But that changed.
the work-study tunnel. She sel-
ty. He points out that less than
table Trust, the fund went
Rephan supported her son, Ja-
dom saw him.
BLAIR
half the freshmen enrolled at the
statewide in 1990 and named
cob, by working as a waitress in
After three years, Kidd gradu-
University of Arkansas make it to
Hillary Rodham Clinton as Its
Fayetteville before she graduated
ated with honors from the Univer-
graduation.
first board president. It began to
Phi Beta Kappa from the UA's
sity of Arkansas' engineering pro-
"They're older. They're deter-
operate through a variety of
English program in 1993.
gram, and she is working as an en-
mined, and in some cases they
schools, colleges and help agen-
"I knew I didn't want to be a
gineer for the Texas Department
know this is their last chance,"
cies throughout most of Arkansas.
waitress for the rest of my life, so
of Transportation while her new
Nesson said of his program par-
Bernice Jones, the widow of
I bit the bullet and dived right
husband attends graduate school
ticipants. "(Friar) may not be
Jones Truck Lines founder Har-
in," she said. "I did everything I
at Texas Tech. There's a home
making millions of dollars. But
vey Jones, upped the stakes in
could to find financial aid."
computer and two dogs in their
there is somebody who really
1994 by donating another $500,000
She said the University of Ar-
back yard.
could have decided to give up."
for a permanent endowment.
kansas offered a few scholarships
"The hardest part was the
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A former Comprehensive Em-
She's given the Nesson until 2000
but was "of very little help" in of-
guilt I went to Brandon's first
ployment and Training Act work-
to match the donation and
fering other suggestions for pub-
parent-teacher conference and I
er from San Francisco, Nesson
promised the organization space
lic help. She got scholarships
talked to his teacher about the
calls what he does "educational
for a new headquarters in an old
from the fund. But she also got
guilt," Kidd said. "She said, 'Hol-
barnstorming." He stormed his
Jones truck shop in Springdale
tips on getting federal rent subsi-
Ly, you can't quit. You have to fin-
first intellectual barns in Arkan-
that's being used as a center for
dies, food stamps and other sup-
ish. He comes to school and
sas by running a free college in
social service agencies beginning
port.
there's not a day that goes buy
Russellville in the 1970s.
July 15. Nesson said he's raised
The 44-year-old mother now
that he doesn't brag about his
Nesson took a job at the Wash-
$180,000 so far.
mediates disputes between na-
mother who's going to be an engl-
ington County Equal Opportunity
The initial gifts went to recipi-
tional health-care providers and
neer.' "
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from DEATH
IV
FUU8
Scholarship program
helps single parents
succeed in college
By Phoebe Wall Howard
Gazette Staff
People used to stare at Vicki Gill when she paid for
groceries with food stamps. As a public housing
resident, she had depended on welfare to support her
two little boys,
Now, her life is a lot different.
Gill, a registered nurse at Siloam Springs Memorial
ALLT
Hospital, used an education from the University of
Arkansas at Fayetteville to sidestep a future of
economic dependency.
Three years after a divorce thrust her into financial
hardship, Gill is economically independent. But get-
ting there wasn't easy.
She qualified for federal grants, but that only paid
for school.
And, as a single parent, someone had to care for her
children - especially after her oldest son, who was 5
at the time, was diagnosed with a degenerative disease
that affected his hip.
Help came from an organization, which has
sprouted in 21 counties statewide, that gave Gill $500
to keep her other son, age 10 months, in day care for a
semester.
That organization. called the Arkansas Single Par-
Tony Pitts/Gazette Staff
ent Scholarship Fund Program, awards low-income
SCHOLARSHIP MOM: Catherine Webb, a junior at
college-bound single parents between $100 and $500
Philander Smith College, sits with her children be-
hind her. They are (from left) Micah, 9, Cameron,
PAY " school term in an effort to get Arkansans $ off the
14, Blanca (Micah's twin), 9, and Terri, 13.
See SCHOLARSHIP/11A
7/21/91
Sunday, July 21, 1991 Arkansas Gazette 11A
program works on donations, not taxes
FROM JIM&DIANE DEATR
ships. The foundations match up
Dorado Civitan Club are chip-
lege degree before becoming a sin-
to $3,000 annually in donations to
ping in to help parents such as
Where to call
gle parent. She said, "Supportinga
a single community. Areas such as
Arkansas Sin-
Billips.
child as a single parent is difficult
Little Rock raise more than that
"This is an opportunity for us to
Sebastian/Crawford coun-
rship Fund
sum, said Rose Adams, director of
allow people to do something for
ties: 785-7081
and on minimum wage it is uncon-
scionable."
the Little Rock branch.
themselves," said AI Thomas, a
Pulaski County: 663-4562
children youn-
A few areas provide academic
Benton and Washington coun-
board member with the Little Rock
Jonesboro: 932-5555
support to the students wanting to
ties established the program in
program. He encouraged his em-
Pine Bluff: 535-1302
) college or
discuss assignments and profes-
01
1983, and have awarded more than
ployer, Arkansas Power & Light
Fayetteville: 521-1394
sora, with Benton County leading
800 scholarships and more than
Co., to donate $500.
need through
the pack with its mentor program.
$300,000 since. The additional 19
Those wanting information
Contributors deal with the wel-
to that used
counties patterned themselves af-
about other area programs,
Sherri Bennett, 20, of Pine Bluff
I grants.
fare problem on the front end and
qualifications, or possibly start-
is the mother of a 5-month-old boy
ter the two trailblazers and began
help specific individuals of need,
ing an area program can call
and one of the youngest scholar-
after May 1990.
explained the program's state
Ralph Nesson at the Fayette-
ship winners. She is earning de-
its are good
The scholarships often relieve
board president, first lady Hillary
ville number.
grees in criminal justice and psy-
rents apply-
stress, which can hinder parents in
Clinton.
1 to be wel-
chology at the University of
their school work. Grants, too, are
"Every community will be able to
ay simply
while communities scurry to raise
Arkansas at Pine Bluff because she
free.
"
report to contributors of that fund
money for the applicants.
wants to become a juvenile proba-
"When my bills are paid, that's
exactly where the money went, the
hers may ap-
"It has an intergenerational ef-
tion officer.
one less worry that I have," Kathy
progress of the student and the
fect too," Adams said. "If my mom
Without scholarships for low-in-
Billips, 30, of Jonesboro said.
results of that investment," she
eapply for
is working at a good job and she
come single parents, people will
As a junior at Arkansas State
said.
completed her education, it gives
remain on public assistance, Ben:-
University in Jonesboro majoring
"I think it is one of the most
P009
me the vision of what my future
nett said.
in psychology, she hopes to eventu-
effective uses of donor money that
sen possible,
ally counsel substance abusers.
can be if I can get a good education
"I can see them in my mind
I know of in the state," Clinton
too."
1 God's guid-
Billips, who quit high school in
sitting at home at 35 wishing they
said. "It will not only move people
the 10th grade, said, "I've realized
When someone is welfare depen-
had an education," ahe said.
from dependency and welfare or
'8 scholar-
you can't get anywhere without an
dent, everyone bears the responsi-
don't want to be that way."
dead end, poorly paying jobs into
ing through
education."
bility, said Ralph Nesson, state
Bennett added, "A lot of single
self-sufficiency and better-paying
parents want to get out of the rut
raises money
Currently, she's depending on
program director based in Fayette-
opportunities, it will inspire the
ville.
they're in and do better. No one
y donations
Aid to Families with Dependent
children of those individuals."
h grants from
Children.
No tax money is involved with
wants to live at the poverty level"
Sally Hass, director of the Jeffer-
and Tyson
"And I hate it," Billips said.
the program. Private and corpo-
son County branch, said: "It's hard
ts attending
She added, "If their father would
rate donations to the non-profit
for us to think of $100 being a lot.
tech schools
pay child support, then I wouldn't
group are tax-deductible. The pro-
But for them, it can mean taking a
have to be on that at all. But since
gram's administrative costs are
semester of school or taking a job
school year,
he's lacking in what he's supp
paid by the Harvey and Bernice
instead."
Jones Foundation.
1 $26,000 in
to do, I have to survive."
Parents throughout the state are
Jane
Overall
262 scholar-
Everyone from Arkla Inc. to the
applying for the
5/26/91
Single Parent Scholarship
Program Expands Statewide
Gina King
provide on-site training in setting eli-
money for the scholarships. He went
gibility criteria, generating publicity,
NEWS Staff Writer
to the Harvey and Berniece Jones
selecting recipients of the scholar-
Foundation 15 well as the Walton
It started out in Washington Coun-
ships and fundraising.
Foundation and got the help he
ty as a project to help single parents
Nesson got the idea for the scholar-
needed. Both foundations initially
get ahead in life. Today, the Single
ship program back in 1984 when he
granted the program $50,000.
Parent Scholarship Fund Program,
conducted a survey on what would
After the first year, Nesson asked
that has been so successful in North-
best help the area's poor. The
for continual support. The Jones
west Arkansas, is statewide.
response was to educate and train.
Foundation awarded the program a
Ralph Nesson, director of the Ark-
"What we're offering is a financial
grant of $150,000 to cover a three-
ansas Single Parent Scholarship Fund
choice," Nelson explained. "The
year period. The Walton Foundation
Program, explained that in 1983 the
community is behind this. By contri-
gave $31,500 for the next two years
program began in Washington Coun-
buting to the fund, you're making an
and the Tyson Foundation gave
ty and a year later expanded to Benton
investment in a person's life."
$21,000 for the next three years. The
County. The goal of the program is to
About 2 year and a half ago, Nes-
program's fund now has a matching
assist poor single parents to complete
son, who at the time was director of
grant pool of $50,000 for each year to
their education in preparation for pro-
the Washington County Equal
cover the next three years.
fessional, well-paying employment.
Opportunity Agency, went to First
Already there has been some indi-
As Nesson explains, the strategy in
Lady Hillary Clinton and told her that
cations the program is working in the
raising funds for the scholarships is to
be saw no reason why the program
state. Chicot County recently col-
work at the county level to organize
couldn't be adapted to the rest of Ark-
lected its first $500 in donated funds
community scholarship funds oper-
ansas. She agreed and the statewide
for its program. Since this past Febru-
ated by local residents. For each dol-
program was born.
ary, 17 locally controlled community
lar raised for the fund at the commun-
Nesson stepped down as the EOA
scholarships have been created. Of
ity level, the program offers up to
director to become the statewide
those 17, eight counties have already
$3,000 in annual matching grants.
director of the program a year ago.
awarded scholarships.
Nesson's job is to work with indi-
Once the statewide program idea
Nesson recently received a letter
vidual counties and organizations to
was started, Nesson had to find
from a woman who thanked the scho-
larship program for helping her at a
DPC&E Fines Landfill
time when she felt as if she were at
loose ends. Newly divorced and a
mother, she wanted to get off public
Nancy Woodard
assistance but even with work, she
couldn't afford childcare.
Special to The NEWS
With the help of the single parent
ROGERS- The state Department of Pollution Control and Ecology
scholarship program, the woman was
ordered a Rogers waste facility Friday to pay nearly three-quarters of $
able to go back to school and today is
million dollars for over-packing a landfill. Fulton Sanitation Service must
a registered nurse. She no longer
pay $703,267 for the landfill plus $5,000 for receiving unauthor-
receives public assistance and is
ized waste.
working full time at a Northwest Ark.
The violations relate to the company's landfill near Avoca which is
ansas hospital.
allegedly overpacked by 301,200 cubic yards.
Nesson is optimistic about th
Besides the violation costs, the company must also pay to clean up any
program's future, A. 21-membe
contamination it has caused.
board of directors, headed by Hillar
Fulton must file a written response to the violations within 20 days. If
Clinton and representing all raci:
not, the allegations will be deemed proven and the company will be
and economic groups within Arkar
required to pay the fines and prepare 2 clean-up plan within 30 days.
321, has been formed to oversee th
"It will cost 1 lot to clean it up," said Larry Wilson, DPC&E deputy
policy's of the program. They hope t
director. He estimated the cost at anywhere from $100,000 to over a $1
incorporate the program and obtain
million.
non-profit, tax-exempt status. Und
On May 18, a DPC&E inspector found chicken parts among other
that time, the program will remair
organic garbage at the site, according to Wilson.
under the auspices of the Economic
Fulton must present a plan within 30 days to address the violations. The
Opportunity Agency in Washington
firm is required to hire qualified consultants - who must be DPC&E
County.
approved to perform a hydrogeological investigation, among other
To be eligible for the scholarship, a
tests to determine the amount of contamination.
single parent must
"They will investigate
gone.
will octermine where the Conteminants have
me poverty level. The scho-
larship money can be
The DPC&E doct
for child
effect personnel from local springs Dear the landfill indicate the landfill is having an
: states, "Water samples collected by ADPC&E
gasoline, books or tuition and
the parent must be enrolled in an
on groundwater quality.
A final can design for the landfill must also be included in the com-
education. accredited institution. of higher
Both Wilson said.
Nesson explained that recent wel-
1990.
S^holarsh ps he ng
many single parents
8/14/89
$200, and used it for car expenses
By Stephen Steed
can get is minimum wage jobs.
and child care. She received more
GAZETTE FAYETTEVILLE BUREAU
"Obviously a scholarship for
scholarships during her education,
$300 or $500 isn't going to put
FAYETTEVILLE- Hundreds of
but recently withdrew from the
anyone through any sort of school,
single parents, primarily women,
program "to let someone else have
but the money can help put them in
are improving their lives with the
It."
the direction they want to go."
help of two scholarship programs
"I absolutely couldn't have made
Bill Brown. finance chairman of
in Washington and Benton coun-
it without that scholarship," Ford
the Benton County campaign, calls
ties.
said.
the program.unique.
Take, for instance, Victoria Ford
of Lowell.
2 counties offer program
"The student has the option of
choosing how to spend it," Brown
Ford, 50, is the mother of two
Benton and Washington counties
said. "They can get Pell Grants and
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sons, Scott, 13, and Stephen, 26, an
are the only ones in the state with
other aid, but what happens if the
Army paratrooper. She graduated
such programs, although efforts
transmission.on their car is dead or
from high school in 1956, has been
are being made to expand them.
they can't fford child care or
married three times and has
The first program was started in
utilities?"
worked as a legal secretary for
1983 in Washington County by the
Brown said 44 of the $400 schol-
most of her adult life.
Washington County Economic Op-
arships are available in Benton
"It came time to decide the fu-
portunity Agency. Another sepa-
County next semester, an all-time
ture, and Scott was the most posi-
rate but similar program was es-
high primarily because of a
tive influence in my life," she said.
tablished in Benton County a year
$10,000 challenge donation from
The choices were to continue
later by that county's Office of
the Walton Foundation if donors in
working and maintaining a steady
Human Concerns.
Benton County could raise
BLAIK
income or getting an education
The money for the scholarships
$20,000. They did.
without a steady income. That
comes from donations. No federal,
means cutting back on spending
state or local government money is
Fayetteville, Siloam Springs
ney on non-essentials.
used.
Other people who have been
Nancy Seward, with daughters Jaynie and Alisa, say
"Scott is selecting clothes and
Some recipients attend UAF;
helped by the scholarship pro-
food over VCRs and Nintendo
others select John Brown Univer-
grams:
people cared and I really needed to
me because I didn't
01:44PM rkum JIM&DIANE
8 es," she said.
sity in Siloam Springs; a vocation-
* Nancy Seward, 33, of Fayette-
know that." The money was used
degree," Nordeck, a soph
Ford, after entering college in
al-technical school; a trade school;
ville is now on the Washington
to buy brakes for her old car, shoes
office administration, sai
1985 for the first time in her life,
or the Rogers branch of North
County EOA board that deter-
for the kids, and books for classes.
She received $400 last f
a bachelor's degree in five
Arkansas Community College.
mines scholarship recipients. Sew-
* Gale Nordeck, 32, of Siloam
last spring and is hoping
combined majors - philosophy,
The program was established af-
ard arrived in Fayetteville "with
Springs, twice married and twice
other scholarship this 8
English, Latin American studies,
ter the recognition of the "femini-
$50, two kids, no job or even the
divorced with a 9-year-old daugh-
"It doesn't sound like a lo
Spanish, and political science -
zation of poverty," said Bruce
skills to get one." She'd left a bad
ter, was barely making ends meet
my case, it was," she said
fr the University of Arkansas
Cully, a Washington County EOA
marriage behind in Florida.
when she enrolled last fall at John
Ralph Nesson, EOA dia
at Fayetteville. She is within two
official. "We kept finding more
She has since remarried and is
Brown University.
Washington County, said:
years of getting a law degree and a
and more women well under the
within a year of getting a degree in
She was working at jobs that
a give-away program; "
few months of obtaining a teach-
federal poverty level.
social work.
paid minimum wage, mainly fast-
vesting in people's lives.'
ing certificate in Spanish and En-
"Especially hard hit are the di-
The scholarship, though only for
food places. "I'd go job hunting,
said 85 percent of 120 Was
03-00-97
glish.
vorcees because - wham!- their
a couple hundred dollars, "gave
but all I could get was part-time
County recipients the 1
2. Ford in 1985 received her first
busbands leave and they are left
me a second wind to keep my
work at $3.35 an hour. Other
years are still in school
single-parent scholarship, for
with nothing," he said. "All they
1
ly going. It remin
that
places told
they couldn't hire
graduated and found jobs
-Staff Photo by Stephen Steed
; the program gave her a second wind.
have a
In spring 1984, the program's
more in
first semester of operation, eight
1.
$300 scholarships were awarded.
all, $400
With the help of a $50,000 endow-
for an-
ment, thirty $500 scholarships
II
er.
probably will be awarded this fall.
to but in
Though students are encouraged
to do well, the academic success
ector in
isn't the main factor, Nesson said.
'It's
"It's all about self-confidence,"
e're in-
he said.
N
n
To be eligible, one must be a
hington
single parent and be below the
st two
national poverty level of $12,100
or have
for at ly of four, or $8,020 for a
family of two.
Sing parents get help fro Economic
Opportunity
Ager
By KAY B. HALL
R. Nesson.
he other Arkansas counties are consid-
show his feelings or a sol
l'innes Lifestyles Writer
model Economics
ty ering a similar program.
"It will take a while, but
that S0 many men are A
Agency program when
n,
Currently, 47 applicants want
show. I don't want him
EOA-administered funds have
scholarships for the January
when I'm through, I can
is trustee of the Single
a-
macho, but to be a better CI
helped 330 Washington County Sli.
tional Scholarship F
h-
semester. Two of the applicants
begin giving back to the
cator," she said.
gle parents complete schooling
ingto.: County. Since
in
were 39-year-old Deborah "Khalisa"
system. And I really want to
Both women said growing
prepare for careers since 1953.
County has at program.
" Kitz, single mother of a son and
become a teacher and
living on less had not been e.
Northwest Arkansas Times, Sun,, Dec. 22, 1991
daughter; and Connie Hayes, 32,
Kitz said she'd learned to b.
single mother of a son.
teach history or math at the
services and products when
P012
FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS
"I moved to Newton County in
secondary level."
could.
1980 from Fort Wqrth. I never
"I offer to cater. babysi
thought that I'd be a single parent.
scribe, do computer work
I'd been married for 16 years before
dren and had been used in the treat-
houses or house-sit in exch:
our divorce. I'd taught crafts and
ment of Vietnam veterans "like a
services and products I ne
sewing but had no real job skills oth-
bridge of communication between
said
er than the computer," she said.
client and therapist."
Nesson said these wome
She liked the area 8Q well she
"You can sit for hours with a child
representative of those wh
decided to stay and moved to Fayet-
(or adult), sculpting and painting. It
for the Single Parent Voc
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teville 16 months ago. She found a
is a tool in treatment. a way to inter-
Scholarships. They can
11
computer-entry job in four days, she
pret what is being felt by the client
ey to attend Northwest A,
said.
when he Isn't communicating," she
Technical Institute, the Uni
But Kitz had completed about
said.
of Arkansas. Northwest A.
three years of college in Texas, she
For Connie Hayes, A scholarship
Community College and other
said. and when her daughter was
'Tshe's already received one) will
tutions of higher learning.
diagnosed with epilepsy, she knew
mean next semester's tuition to
Qualified applicants may
she'd have to complete her schooling
Northwest Arkansas Community
more than one scholarship. 1
so she could afford to care for her
College. She is working on an nsso-
served have received 452 6
family.
ciate's degree before going on to the
ships ranging from $100 to $
"My daughter's Social Security
University of Arkansas.
In a Gazelle article last
BLAIR
pas been a main source of our sup-
"It will take n while, but when I'm
the 1990 census figures $
port. I couldn't have survived with-
through. I can begin giving back to
impoverished Arkansas In
out it. but I was told by a friend
the system. And I really want to
headed by single mother
about the single-parent program. I
become a teacher and teach history
increased dramatically since
JIM&DIANE
had to write a paper on my career
or math al the secondary level. 1 had
more than 25 percent.
goals and talk to a panel of five. It
a great history teacher at Green-
The program's support
was exciting and really made my
land. Mrs. Wozeneran. She knew S0
from donations of civic org
goals clear to me when I set them
much and made history so real." she
tions. churches. individual
down on paper," she said.
said.
foundations. The Harvey All
FROM
She still needs 40 hours at the
Hayes said she was muried 11
nice Jones Foundation. Tyson
University of Arkansas, she said. to
years and had always worked, as a
dation and Walton Family F
get a bachelor of art degree.
beautician.
tion have all contributed. 1
"I really wanted A degree in art
"It was fun and you meet a lot of
said.
07:44PM
therapy but was told in today's job
people but it's not enough money to
It is due to the community
market a degree in fine arts and a
raise a son on," she said.
erosity; he said, that so many
master's in social work was my best
But despite her goal to become a
lies have become self-suppe
bet. That way, I could still use my
teacher, Hnyes anid her "major goal"
and inspiring success stories
onnie Hayes, who wants to become a teacher, and Debor
art therapy." she snid.
was to rnise her sun and teach him
ers who come forward for help
03-06-97
Khalisa" Kitz, who wants a career in social services, are
She explained that art therapy
the importance of communication.
rently. money is needed, N
47 single-parent applicants who hope to receive an EGA
was helpful in determining trent.
"I'm big on education and on coin-
said. The goal. he said. is to
Iministered scholarship to complete their educations.
ment for disturbed adults d chil.
munication. and I want to help him
$8.500 hv the beginning of Jan
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TO 12024565709
P002
WASHINGTON COUNTY SINGLE PARENT VOCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND 1
SPRING 1990
Name
City
School
Synopsis of Single Parent Scholarship
Scholarship date(s)
Recipients
Bragg, Linda
Linda is the sole support of her 2 yr. old son &
Springdale
works at Springdale Memorial Hospital as an
Vo-Tech
Admissions Clerk. She will attend Springdale
Spring, 1990
Vo-Tech and graduate in June '91 in Accounting.
Byrd, Gratia M.
Gratia had been married and in the home for 14 yrs.
Springdale
until recently. Now, she must support herself and
Vo-Tech
two boys and, to do that, needs to learn new job
Spring, 1990
skills. She will attend Vo-Tech in Secretarial/Book
keeping.
Caudle, Debra C.
Debra, after 4 children and 17 yrs. of marriage had
Springdale
not finished high school. She was a licensed baby
Vo-Tech
sitter but found that she needed to support herself
Spring, 1990
and family. She is working towards an LPN degree
which she hopes to achieve by 1991.
Collins, Merrilou
Merrilou is 31 years old, has 7 yr. old twins. She
Fayetteville
is very near to completing a degree in Home
University of Arkansas
Economics. She has received a Single Parent Scholar
December, 1990
ship in the past.
Corley, Barbara
Barbara has been working as an assistant manager
Fayetteville
at Burger King full-time. The reason she wants to
University of Arkansas
get a degree in Elementary Education is, "because
Spring, 1990
I want to make a difference." She expects to
graduate in May, 1990 and teach. She has a 3 yr
old.
Franklin, Doris J.
Doris is getting a degree in Foods & Nutrition, a
Fayetteville
field she left for several years. She has chosen to
University of Arkansas
finish now because she feels that, with the support
Spring, 1990
of the scholarship, she will be able to conquer those
subjects she couldn't complete years ago. She has
one child.
Gabbard, Cathy
Cathy has two children, 10 and 7. She is extremely
Fayetteville
interested in elementary education. She has been a
University of Arkansas
homeroom mother and Sunday School teacher. She
Spring, 1990
will attend college full-time and expects to graduate
in 1990.
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TO 12024565709
P003
2
Name
City
School
Synopsis of Single Parent Scholarship
Scholarship date(s)
Recipients
Haight, Deborah G.
Deborah was born and raised in this area and Intenc
Fayetteville
to work in the community after graduation. She is
University of Arkansas
especially interested in geriatric nursing. She will
Spring, 1990
earn an ADN Degree in nursing in 1991.
Hart, Sandi
Sandi wants to graduate in 1992 with a degree in
Fayetteville
Human Development & Family Studies. She would
University of Arkansas
like to teach in Headstart, where her daughter
Spring, 1990
attended for one and a half years.
Hoggatt, Alice
Alice works an assortment of hours to cover her
Rogers
schooling expenses. Without help, continuing is a
North Arkansas Community
great burden. She is a Licensed Practical Nurse
College
and wants to earn an Associate Degree in order to
Spring, 1990
become a Registered Nurse. She has two children.
Hutchcroft, Susan
Susan has 3 children-ages 11, 9, and 6. She works
Fayetteville
10 hours a week and plans to graduate in 1990 with
University of Arkansas
a degree in Fine Arts. She wants to teach. In
Spring, 1990
addition, she is an above-average student, and a
member of PTA, and PTO.
Johnson, Theresa J.
Theresa has worked at the Regional Juvenile Center
Fayetteville
and is working on a degree in social work. She
University of Arkansas
would like to work for an agency that provides
Spring, 1990
services for children. She has two children-9, and 3
Jones, Linda S.
Linda is a few months from graduation and licensing
Fayetteville
in the nursing program. She has been a full-time
University of Arkansas
student since August, '88. Recently, she has
Spring, 1990
required financial assistance to complete this training
Light, Tamera
Tamera left school in the 9th grade but since then
Rogers
has obtained her GED and plans to get a B.A. in
NACC
psychology with electives In marketing. She wants
Spring, 1990
to obtain a Ph.D. in psychology "by the time my
sons enter college."
Lowe, Janice
Jan plans to pursue a degree in teaching now that
Fayetteville
her youngest child has started school. She has been
University of Arkansas
responsible for the education program in her church
Spring, 1990
and she has provided a day care program in her
home. She hopes to graduate in '94 or '95.
Martin, Laura
Laura wants to become a registered nurse. She is
Rogers
a single parent who would take advantage of an
NACC
opportunity to do this and better the lives of herself
Spring, 1990
and children. She will be attending full-time and
must provide day care for her son and daughter.
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Name
City
School
Synopsis of Single Parent Scholarship
Scholarship date(s)
Recipients
Mills, Yvonne
Yvonne is sole support of three young children and
Fayetteville
needs a scholarship to get started in school. She
University of Arkansas
has worked as an orthodontist's technician for
Spring, 1990
several years and wants to get a degree in nursing.
Mullaly, Debbie
Debbie is supporting 5 children-ages 14, 12, 11, 8,
Fayetteville
and 3. She has worked at The Caregivers, Inc.
University of Arkansas
and recently decided she needed to get an education
Spring, 1990
She is studying nursing and expects to graduate in
December '91.
Nile, Kathleen V.
Kathleen has worked as a head teacher at Headstart
Fayetteville
and as an aide at Children's House. She is working
University of Arkansas
on a degree in Special Education and can very much
Spring, 1990
use a scholarship to help her further her education
and to provide for her daughter.
Oxford, Debra
Debra is studying Health Education. Her long term
Fayetteville
goal is to receive a teaching certificate and an M.A.
University of Arkansas
Since she is a registered nurse, having a teaching
Spring, 1990
certificate, as well, would provide a wider range of
employment opportunities for her.
Preston, Tracy
Tracy recently arrived in Fayetteville and immediatel
Fayetteville
began dealing with the financial hardships of obtain-
University of Arkansas
ing a job, arranging childcare, and seeking a means
Spring, 1990
of continuing her education. She wants to be C.P.A
and plans to graduate in 1994.
Rice, Dianna
Donna has two children whose ages are 10 and 5.
Fayetteville
She is studying anthropology and education and
University of Arkansas
expects to graduate in '91. This scholarship will
Spring, 1990
contribute towards her being able to work on her
degree. Donna also works at the University as a
Resident Assistant.
Ruiz, Carol
Carol has one child and, in addition to attending
Fayetteville
school, works as an office aide at the University.
University of Arkansas
She also worked at Headstart and knows that
Spring, 1990
possession of a degree is becoming a requirement
for advancement in the teaching field. She is
interested in the Social Sciences.
Singleton, Doris
Doris has four teenaged children, works, and is
Fayetteville
studying Business Administration full time. She
University of Arkansas
is nearly finished with her degree and will graduate
Spring, 1990
in May, 1990.
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Name
City
School
Synopsis of Single Parent Scholarship
Scholarship date(s)
Recipients
Smith, Misty
Misty is 21, has one 8 month old child, and will
Rogers
attend North Arkansas Community College in
North Arkansas Community
Nursing. She says this money will help with the
College
big expense of books and transportation. She will
Spring, 1990
take 16 hours credit and work 20 hours a week as
a transport orderly.
Stringer, Shirley R.
Shirley Rene has a child 5 months and another 3
Fayetteville
years. She is studying accounting full-time and
University of Arkansas
plans to graduate in 1993. This scholarship, given
Spring, 1990
last semester as well, helped her in her first
semester in school, making, it as she says, "a little
easier."
Sullivan, Sherry L.
Sherry has two children-18 and 21. She works at
Fayetteville
Dillards and attends the University full-time majoring
University of Arkansas
in Education. Her daughter is at Fayetteville High
Spring, 1990
School and Sherry is putting her son through college
at Henderson. She gave up her own education 22
years ago and now expects to graduate in 1991.
Todd, Carolyn
Carolyn is attending school and majoring in Business
Fayetteville
She wants to be able to provide for herself and her
University of Arkansas
2 year old daughter. She expects to graduate in
Spring, 1990
1993.
Trulley, Rania
Rania is a beginning Freshman with three children,
Fayetteville
whose ages are 16, 8, and 3. She is 37 years old
University of Arkansas
and plans to pursue a course of study in Occupationa
Spring, 1990
Therapy.
Wilcoxson, Harriet E.
Harriet is raising her 13 yr. old son on her own,
Fayetteville
working part-time, and going to college where she
University of Arkansas
has an excellent grade point average. She wants
Spring, 1990
to study Health Education. Her special interest is
alcohol and drug abuse alleviation through education.
Williams, Shelly
Shelly has been a single parent for several years.
Fayetteville
She has one daughter, 8 yrs. of age. Shelly found
University of Arkansas
working full-time at a low paying job difficult. She
Spring, 1990
decided to get a nursing degree and is attending the
University of Arkansas.
Williams, Virginia W.
Virginia has 4 children, aged 12, 6, 5, and 4. She
Fayetteville
attended the University of Central Arkansas in 73-74,
University of Arkansas
and Arkansas State in 74-77. She has entered the
Spring, 1990
University of Arkansas in Computer Information
Systems and plans to graduate in 1993.