The Black Collegian back issues from February 1998:
Students are the vanguard of Million Woman March.
Feb 01, 1998; ... Editor's note: Even though the Million Woman March occurred in October 1997, we write about it in this issue. Our cover gives the focuses of this issue: The issue is jobs, where they are and how to get them; the issue is African-American women, who they are and how they define, or redefine, ...
The top 100 employers and the majors in demand.(Cover Story)
Feb 01, 1998 ... Annually, THE BLACK COLLEGIAN surveys major employers in industry, government and business to determine where the ohs are and what areas they are in. Our survey provides current information that allows new graduates of the Class of 1998 to focus their searches to those employers actively ...
The job market offers good news for the class of 1998; an industry by industry analysis reveals a high demand for graduates across the board, especially those with technical and computer skills. (includes predictions from top executives from leading industries)
Feb 01, 1998; ... AN INDUSTRY BY INDUSTRY ANALYSIS REVEALS A HIGH DEMAND FOR GRADUATES ACROSS THE BOARD, ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH TECHNICAL AND COMPUTER SKILLSThe condition of the job market is a reality that must be faced by most new college graduates. Will jobs be available? Where are they? What ...
If you don't have a job by graduation, get busy!
Feb 01, 1998; ... For the rest of my life, this very special day, God help me ... to labor with enthusiasm and love, no matter what the task at hand may be, realizing that if I cannot secure happiness out of my work I will never know what real happiness is.Og Mandino: Return of the Ragpicker ...
The on-site interview: an interview that you must not take for granted.
Feb 01, 1998; ... So, you've performed quite well during your first on-campus or job-fair interview and feel quite optimistic that the company's recruiter will give you a call for a second meeting - but this time at the company, or even a restaurant. You figure that because the first talk went pretty easy, ...
Tax Payer Relief Act of 1997: additional money for working students or their parents.
Feb 01, 1998; ... To help with the rising cost of education, the U.S. Congress has included several new education programs in the Tax Payer Relief Act of 1997. The Tax Payer Relief Act of 1997 is the name given to a series of tax changes recently passed by Congress. The education provisions are significant ....
How to evaluate a job offer: dotting the i's and crossing the t's.
Feb 01, 1998; ... The news just arrived: the job you applied for is yours. You are so excited that von can hardly contain your joy, now that your career is about to fail into place. The many hours you spent job searching and interviewing have paid off. To your added surprise, this job means working not only ...
Leaping into the world of work: making the transition from campus to the workplace.
Feb 01, 1998; ... Graduating from college is a significant rite of passage. For most graduates, it signifies an important transition into the "real world" of being totally independent and earning a livelihood full-time. The thought of making it on your own can make you anxious and uncertain about the future ....
African-American culture, identity and the corporate world.
Feb 01, 1998; ... YOU DO NOT HAVE TO "SELL OUT"Many African-American students are steering away from corporate America in making career choices. On my campus, and many others, there are students who do not feel they will fit into the corporate environment. Some think that they are not ready for the ...
Financial services. (career opportunities)(Industry Reports)
Feb 01, 1998; ... A breadth of experience is available in the financial services industry which comprises a vast number of majors, offering career opportunities in such areas as investment banking, sales and trading, asset management and management consulting. In Investment Banking, a firm acts as an ...
Career opportunities in the insurance industry.(Industry Reports)
Feb 01, 1998; ... "Me, an insurance salesman? Never!" Those would have been my words just six years ago if someone had asked me about the idea of being in the insurance profession. Since that time though, I cannot believe how radically different my perception of the career has changed.The insurance ...
The hospitality industry. (career opportunities)(Industry Reports)
Feb 01, 1998; ... In an increasingly competitive employment arena, African Americans must prepare for and secure strong, definite jobs which lead them to long-term realistic career options and opportunities.One of the fastest growing sectors of the economy of our time is the hospitality industry ....
Retailing a growth industry: exchanging money for goods or services.(Industry Reports)
Feb 01, 1998; ... EXCHANGING MONEY FOR GOODS OR SERVICESWalk around on any college campus and ask students what is it they would eventually like to do and, undoubtedly, many will say, "I want to own my own business." If you press them for details of the kind of business they would like to own, their ...
Careers in hi-tech: pursuing hi-tech careers to prepare for the next millennium.(Industry Reports)
Feb 01, 1998; ... Computers creatively connect communities to new technology circuits: reaching beyond urban career boundaries."Computers have democratized technology," says Alexis M. Herman, the brilliant, beautiful and feisty lady President Bill Clinton appointed to serve as the U.S. Secretary of ...
The world of commercial art: a field vast with commercial opportunities.
Feb 01, 1998; ... Commercial art has never been as exciting a field to work in as it is now. Commercial art appears in places and on things that most people take for granted. The field of commercial art is so vast and employment opportunities so good that anyone entering it has a variety of positions from ...
Careers in accounting: a stable career.
Feb 01, 1998; ... At colleges and universities cross the United States, accounting continues to be a popular career choice for African Americans. The past three decades have seen steady and continuous growth in the numbers of African Americans entering into the accounting profession. In 1969, there were ...
Majoring in liberal arts: advice from the president of Smith College, a liberal arts major.
Feb 01, 1998; ... Liberal Arts, designed for students like meI was like any student undecided on a major when I started college. I didn't have the vaguest idea what I wanted to be or do, so I entered college with no specific career goals. My own familial background being pretty modest, I had no ...
The health care industry: multi-disciplinary opportunities leading to careers in health care.
Feb 01, 1998; ... What is a typical day like for a health care executive? Gerard Michaels is one of the newest health care managers for one of the largest hospital networks in Austin, Texas. On any typical day, his calendar is filled with meetings with physicians and health care executives. He has to read and ...
Careers in the military.(Career Reports)
Feb 01, 1998; ... MILITARY SERVICE: A CHOICE, A CHANCE ...How advanced we have become while traveling down the Information Super Highway with Pentium II microchips; conducting spacewalks outside the space shuttle Columbia in outer space, and journeying to the deepest depths of the Atlantic Ocean in ...
Women in the military: African-American military women: soaring beyond the glass ceiling.(Career Reports)
Feb 01, 1998; ... The military has been hailed as a national model for equal opportunity. No affirmative action has been required for the past fifty years to ensure the rights of employment, training, equal salaries or advancement for anyone; women included!Here's a look at the Service as it was in ...
Interview with Brigadier General Clifford L. Stanley, U.S. Marine Corps.(Career Reports)(Interview)
Feb 01, 1998; ... There are only four African-American General Officers in the United States Marine Corps and Brigadier General Clifford L. Stanley is one of them. As Director of Public Affairs, Headquarters Marine Corps, Washington, D.C., he is the Corps' information chief and serves as the principal advisor ...
Global study: reflecting the norms of an international society.
Feb 01, 1998; ... Many different people of color have immigrated to the United States. Consequently, changing demographics in America today dictate that soon 33 of every 100 students in American classrooms will be children of color. Because racial diversity is transforming our nation, it makes sense to ...
Emergence of museums and institutes for African-American civil rights, history and culture.
Feb 01, 1998; ... Over the last decade or so, African-American Civil Rights/Historical Museums and Institutes have evolved from concept to reality. This evolvement has been so widespread that a number of career options are now available to college students interested in preserving the history and culture of ...
Education careers: job opportunities and self-development requirements.(Career Reports)
Feb 01, 1998; ... MAKING TEACHERS AGAIN CENTRAL TO CLASSROOM LEARNINGI recommend THE BLACK COLLEGIAN, as well as its electronic version, THE BLACK COLLEGIAN Online, to all my students, undergraduate and graduate, minority and majority alike, because of its "real world" approach to careers and ...
Innovative programs affect recruitment of teachers: aligning teaching talents and innovative curricula.
Feb 01, 1998; ... Instructional changes in education affect teacher recruitment. As more schools and their community members set goals based on their priorities, needs and resources, recruiters for these schools will hire new teachers whose knowledge and skills demonstrate their ability to work within the ...
Paul Robeson: voice of a century.
Feb 01, 1998; ... The enduring recorded voice of Paul Robeson had a profound effect on American culture for three decades - the 1920s, the 1930s and the 1940s. Born in 1898 the son of a former slave, Robeson rose from humble origins to unprecedented heights: scholar-athlete, world-renowned concert singer, ...
Contrasting lives and singular vision: two African-American women, Miss Oseola McCarty and Dr. Ruth W. Hayre.
Feb 01, 1998 ... Two women extraordinarily committed to educating African-American collegiansMiss Oseola McCarty is an 87 year old Mississippian extraordinarily committed to educating African Americans by setting up a scholarship fund so that African Americans could have the education she never ...
Students are the vanguard of Million Woman March
Feb 01, 1998; ... Editor's note: Even though the Million Woman March occurred in October 1997, we write about it in this issue. Our cover gives the focuses of this issue: The issue is jobs, where they are and how to get them; the issue is African-American women, who they are and how they define, or redefine, ...
Campus advisor
Feb 01, 1998; ... I am a student who went to junior college and has now been admitted to the University of Alabama to pursue a degree in engineering. was encouraged by my high school counselor to go into engineering because I was good in science and math and I try to figure out technical things, like fixing ...
An Altar of Words: Wisdom, Comfort, and Inspiration for African-American Women
Feb 01, 1998; ... An Altar of Words: Wisdom, Comfort, and Inspiration for African-American Women Avery, Byllye Broadway Bks. February. 176p. ISBN 0-7679-0079-0. $18 Avery is a successful activist who ...
Iron Shadows
Feb 01, 1998; ... Iron Shadows Barnes, Steven Tor. Books. February, 416p. ISBN 0-312-85708-X. $24.95 The beautiful detective Cat Spaulding is a ...
Blanche Cleans Up
Feb 01, 1998; ... Blanche Cleans Up Barbara Neely Viking. April. 288p. ISBN 0-670-87626-7. $22.95 Blanche is a middle-aged black ...
Unafraid of the Dark: A Memoir
Feb 01, 1998; ... Unafraid of the Dark: A Memoir Bray, Rosemary L Random House. March. 320p. ISBN 0-679-42555-1. $24 Bravy was one of the first black women to attend Yale ...
Singing in the Comeback Choir
Feb 01, 1998; ... Singing in The Comeback Choir Campbell, Bebe Moore Putnam. January. 320p. ISBN 0-399-14298-3. $24.95 The popular Campbell writes a tale al)ont Mauxine McCoy who made it from working class ...
Pride
Feb 01, 1998; ... Cary, Lorene Doubleday. March. 352p. ISBN 0-385-48131-4. $23.95 Four vibrant ...
Just Permanent Interests
Feb 01, 1998; ... Just Permanent Interests Black Americans in Congress 1870-1991 U. S. Rep. (MO) William L. Clay Amistad Press, Inc., 412p ISBN 1-56743.000-7:$24.95 The roles played by African-Americans in American political history have long heen depicted inaccurately and ...
Central Avenue Sounds: Jazz in Los Angeles
Feb 01, 1998; ... Central Avenue Sounds: Jazz in los Angeles Edited by Clora Bryant, Buddy Collette, William Green, and others University of California Press. March. 502p. ISBN 0-520-21189-8 ....
The Volunteer
Feb 01, 1998; ... The Volunteer Coleman, Carter Warner. March. 288p. ISBN 0-446-52203-1. $24 Set in modern-day East Africa, this adventure involves betrayal and ...
What's a Woman Gotta Do
Feb 01, 1998; ... What's a Woman Gotta Do Coleman, Evelyn Simon & Schuster. March. 320p. ISBN 0-684-83175-9. $23 Patricia Conley is a journalist ...
Commitment: Fatherhood in Black America
Feb 01, 1998; ... Commitment: Fatherhood in Black America Edited by Marlene Perchinske Univ. of Missouri Press. March. 128 ISBN 0-8262-1157-7. $19.95 This is a combination of 50 black and white ...
Willow Weep for Me: A Black Woman's Journey Through Depression
Feb 01, 1998; ... Willow Weep Dfr Me: A Black Woman's Journey Through Depression Danquah, Meri Nana-Ama Norton. January. loOp. ISBN 0-393-04567-6. $21.95 This is a personal memoir ...
Succeeding Sane: Making Room for Joy in a Crazy World
Feb 01, 1998; ... Succeeding Sane: Making Room for Joy in a Crazy World Deane, Bonnie St. John Simon & Schuster. February. 320p. ISBN 0-684-81853-1. $23 Deane is a ...
A Toast Before Dying
Feb 01, 1998; ... A Toast Before Dying Edwards, Grace F Doubleday. May. 272p. ISBN 0-385-48524-7. $21.95 Edwards, mystery featres they young Harlem sleuth, ...
By George: The Autobiography of George Foreman
Feb 01, 1998; ... By George: The Autobiography of George Foreman Foreman, George and Joel Engel Villard. April. 320p. ISBN 0-375-75113-0. $12.95 ...
The Edge of Heaven
Feb 01, 1998; ... The Edge of Heaven Golden, Marita Doubleday. January. 288p. ISBN 0-385-41507-9. $22.95 This is Goldens fourth ...
Race and Excellence: My Dialogue with Chester Pierce
Feb 01, 1998; ... Race and Excel-e:My Dialogue with Chester Pierce Griffith, Ezra E. H. Univ. of Iowa Press. February. 190p. ISBN 0-7745-628-3. $24.95 Chester Pierce graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1952 and went on to become the president of the American ...
Fabric of Dreams: Designing My Own Success
Feb 01, 1998; ... Fabric of Dreams: Designing My Own Success Hankins, Anthony Mark with Debbie Markley Dutton. March. 208p. ISBN 0-525-94329-3. $27.50 Hankins is ...
A Shining Thread of Hope: The History of Black Women in America
Feb 01, 1998; ... A Shining Thread of Hope: The History of Black Women in America Hine, Darlene Clark and Kathleen Thompson Broadway Bks. February. 352p. ISBN 0-7679-011 0-X. $27.50 From the details ...
Basquiat: The Life and Times of an Art Star
Feb 01, 1998; ... Basquiat The Life and Times of an Art Star Hoban, Phoebe Viking. March. 400p. ISBN 0-670-85477-8. $27.95 Basquiat has been likened to the Jimi Hendrix of the art world and ...
The Power of Soul
Feb 01, 1998; ... The Power of Soul Hopson, Darlene Powell, Dr., and Dr Derek S. Hopson William Morrow. January. 0-688-15110-8. $23 According to the couple African Americans have a deep sense of ...
The House that Race Built
Feb 01, 1998; ... The House that Race Buih Edited by Wahneema Lubiano Random House. March. 336p. ISBN 0-679-76068-7. $14 Essays by Toni Morrison, Angela Y ....
Beating the Odds: Raising Academically Successful African American Males
Feb 01, 1998; ... Beating the Odds: Raising Academically Successful African American Males Hrabowski, III, Freeman A., Kenneth I. Maton, & Geoffrey L. Greif Oxford Univ. Press. April. ISBN 0-19-510219-3. $24 According to the authors, there are six essential components of ...
How Sweet the Sound: My Life with God and Gospel
Feb 01, 1998; ... How Sweet the Sound: My Life with God and Gospel Houston, Cissy with Jonathan Singer Doubleday. May. 256p. ISBN 0-385-49010-0. $22.95 This Grammy Award winner and mother to pop sensation ...
The Crisis in Black & Black
Feb 01, 1998; ... The Crisis in Black & Black Hutchinson, Earl Ofari Middle Passage. April. 225p. ISBN 1-881032-15-9. $11 Hutchinson confronts the most recent controversy of the O.J. Simpson trial, and ...
American Work: Black and White Labor Since 1600
Feb 01, 1998; ... American Work: Black and White labor Since 1600 Jones, Jacqueline Norton. January. 51 2p. ISBN 0-393-04561-7. $29.95 Jones tells a tragic story of how ...
We Had a Dream: A Tale of the Struggle for Integration in America
Feb 01, 1998; ... We Had a Dream: A Tale of the Struggle for Integration in America Kohn, Howard Simon & Schuster. February. 352p. ISBN 0-684-80874-9. $25 The Civil Rights Movement dramatically transformed Prince ...
From Slave Ship to Freedom Road
Feb 01, 1998; ... From Slave Ship to Freedom Road Lester, Julius and Rod Brown Dial. January. 40p. ISBN 0-8037-1893-4. $17.99 With paintings by Rod Brown and text ...
United Tastes of America: Recipes and the Cultural Origins of Your Favorite Dishes
Feb 01, 1998; ... Unied Tastes of America: Recipes and the Cultural Origins of Your Favorite Dishes Hafner Dorinda Ballantine. February. 144p. ISBN 345-41981-2. $25 With an upcoming ...
What the Blues is All About: Black Women Overcoming Stress and Depression
Feb 01, 1998; ... What the Blues is all About: Black Women Overcoming Stress and Depression Mitchell, Angela with Kennise Herring, Ph.D. Perigee. January. 256p ....
Nothing But the Rent
Feb 01, 1998; ... Nothing SW But he Rent Mitchell, Sharon Dutton. February. 304p. ISBN 0-525-94306-4. $23.95 A funny novel about ...
The Ghost of Medgar Evers: A Tale of Race, Murder, Mississippi and Hollywood
Feb 01, 1998; ... The Ghost of Medgar Evers: A Tale of Race, Murder, Mississippi and Hollywood Morris, Willie Random House. February. 288p. ISBN 0-679-45956-1. $23 Morris was primarily responsible ...
Mother Africa's Table
Feb 01, 1998; ... Mother Africa's Table A Collection of West African and African-American Recipes and Cultural Traditions The National Council of Negro Women, Inc. with Cassandra Hughes Webster Doubleday/Mainstreet. May. 224p. ISBN ...
Soul and Sentence: Freeing Your Creative Spirit Through Writing
Feb 01, 1998; ... Soul and Sentence: Freeing Your Creative Spirit Through Writing Randall Gray, Dorothy Avon. March. 336p. ISBN ...
A Kindness to the Children
Feb 01, 1998; ... A Kindness to The Children Riley, Joan The Women's Press. February. 240p ISBN 0-7043-4508-0. $13.95 ...
Romance
Feb 01, 1998; ... Romance Riley, Joan The Women's Press. February. 240p. ISBN 0-7043-4319-3. $13.95 A story set in Jamaica, W,est Indies, about two sisters who ...