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. Valun eer mediators hono ed
are s as advertising
M. Dixon, Juanita Douglas,
Carolyn DuBose, Evin Fobbs,
Pamela Gaines, Charles A.
Green, Virgil K. Hardeman,
Barbara Hunt, Trent Jackson,
Ruby Kennedy, Janet Moss,
Geneva Putman, Lonnie
Saunders, Alondria Scott, Doris
Shaw, pllie Thomas, Thelma
Vincent, Caroline Walker, Ola
Wayne, Beverly Wilkerson and
Jennifer Hatchett
Grant t
young
schola
proqra
MSU
sity researchers.
The MSU program
students to take coors
areas - mathemat ,com­
� puter science, and written arid
oral eommunicati n.
EAST !.AN ING - A Na- The students will spend six
tional Science undation grant weeks on campus, June 25-Aug.
of nearly one- alf million dol- 4, working with researchers and
lars will allow 4 minority high other faculty members, and
school students to take part in a living in residence halls. Many
summer scien e and mathc- recreational activities will
matics progra at Michigan provided, including team
State Universit . sports, swimtning, lectures and .
The two-yea grant, totaling concerts.
approximately S450,OOO, will For more information on the
fund a six-week program which program, contact FItzgerald,
giv gifted stu ents the chance. MSU Departmen of Mathe-
to work side-by ide with unver- matics, (517) 353- 4
DETROIT - The City of
Detroit Human Rights Depart­
ment honored 30 people who
serve as vonlunteer mediators
on Thursday, April 13 at the
North est Activities Center.
The volunteers take part in
the Human Rights
Department's community
mediation program which
provides a free and confidential
. means to settle disputes con­
cerning employment, between
. landlords and tenants and be­
tween neighbors. The program
was established in 1981.
Meditation is. a voluntary dis­
pute settlement process where
two or more individuals sit down
with a neu al third party to seek
resolution to problem. Media­
tion volunt s go through a 30-
hour training course with cur­
ricuhim developed by Wayne
State University.
. The honr ces: Dorothy
Aldridge, Erma Allen, Ramona
Bennett, Brenda Bullock,
Sandra Burns, Jo-Esther Bur­
sie, Marge Bursie, Particia
Cargle, Kate Davis Adrienne
. Vietnam era GI bill
bene" s to end this year
DETROIT - THe most 31.
widely used GI Bill in history is Not affected by the expira­
in its fin I year and the Veterans tion date are veterans enrolled
Administration is alerting in the VA's other current
thousands of Vietnam Era education programs, including
veterans that the eligibility is the Veterans' Educational As­
about to end. sistance Program and the
Gordon Clowney, Director Montgomery GI bill for active
of the VA Regional Office in dut, reserve and national guard
Detroit, said education benefits members who served after June
wi�l expire on December 31, 20, 1985.
1989, for 750,000 veterans the Clowney asked veterans .
VA estimates are still potential- doubt about their eligibility for
ly eligible, some of who are en- education benefits to contact
rolled in schools and receiving the Detroit VA Regional Of­
assistance. fice. Check locak telephone
Under the law, Clowney said, directories under "U .S. Govern­
the VA will stop sending GI bill ment" for the appropriate toll­
payments �o veterans attending free number.
school or m training programs The Vietnam Era G I Bill has
resulting from qualifying active- so far provided benifits to 8.1
duty service between January million veterans, which exceeds
31, 1955 and January 1, 1m. the 7.8 milliion using the
Some 60,000 curently en- original World War II bill
rolled veterans willreceive peri- benefits. Korean conflict
odic reminders of the Decem- veterens who participated in the
ber 31 deadline with their VA GI Bill totalled 2.8 million.
educational checks this year. Since 1944, the VA has
Clowney said the VA eo- delivered S69.7billion in educa­
cour ges to take advantage of tional and training assistance to
their remaining eligibility by en- mo e than 20 million veterans,
rolling in classes befor the end dependents, active duty mem­
of the year . However, aU VA as- ben and r servists, Clowney
sistance wj1l end ·em December • �tid· • · · . · · · . .• •• • • ... .
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