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THE 8TH ANNUAL HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES COLLEGE FAIR WILL BE HELD ON
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17TH FROM 6:00 TO 8:00 P.M. AT PAINT BRANCH HIGH SCHOOL. MANY
SCHOOLS WILL BE CONDUCTING ON-SITE ADMISSION AND SCHOLARSHIP INTERVIEWS! SENIORS ARE
YOU THINKING OF APPLYING TO AN HBCU AND HAVEN'T DONE SO? THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO GET
EVERYTHING DONE! INTERVIEWS WILL START AT 5:00 P.M. WANT TO REGISTER TO ATTEND THE FAIR?
SEE MS. HULL FOR DETAILS AND INSTRUCTIONS!
WHAT IS ACT-SO? IT IS THE AFRO-ACADEMIC, CULTURAL, TECHNOLOGICAL, SCIENTIFIC OLYMPICS FOR
AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS. THERE ARE 30 CATEGORIES STUDENTS CAN SUBMIT ENTRIES TO
COMPETE FOR A LOCAL SCHOLARSHIP. LOCAL WINNERS GO ON TO THE NATIONAL LEVEL. YOU COULD
SUBMIT A POEM, ORIGINAL SONG OR A SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENT. STOP BY THE CAREER CENTER FOR
MORE INFO!
RUTH ELLA MOORE WAS BORN IN 1903 IN COLUMBUS, OHIO AND BECAME THE FIRST AFRICAN
AMERICAN WOMAN IN THE UNITED STATES TO EARN A PH.D. IN THE NATURAL SCIENCES. SHE
RECEIVED HER B.S. AND M.A. DEGREES FROM OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY IN 1926 AND 1927,
RESPECTIVELY. RUTH MOORE PERFORMED HER DISSERTATION STUDIES ON TUBERCULOSIS AT OHIO
STATE UNIVERSITY AND RECEIVED HER PH.D. IN BACTERIOLOGY IN 1933. DURING HER YEARS IN
GRADUATE SCHOOL RUTH MOORE WORKED AS AN INSTRUCTOR AT TENNESSEE STATE COLLEGE (NOW
TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY) IN NASHVILLE. HIRED IN 1940, MOORE WORKED AT THE HOWARD
UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE IN WASHINGTON, D.C., FIRST AS ASSISTANT AND ASSOCIATE
PROFESSOR, HEADING THE DEPARTMENT OF BACTERIOLOGY FROM 1947 TO 1958. SHE WAS THE FIRST
WOMAN TO CHAIR A DEPARTMENT AT THE COLLEGE. MOORE CONTINUED TO TEACH AND PERFORM
RESEARCH AT HOWARD UNIVERSITY UNTIL HER RETIREMENT IN 1973. PROFESSOR MOORE'S AREA OF
RESEARCH FOCUSED ON BLOOD GROUPING AND ENTERIOBACTERIACEAE. RUTH ELLA MOORE DIED IN
1994 AT THE AGE OF 91 IN ROCKVILLE, MD.
THE FOLLOWING SCHOOLS WILL BE VISITING RM IN THE CAREER CENTER. BE SURE TO REGISTER FOR
ANY OF THESE INFORMATION SESSION AND PICK UP A PASS FOR YOUR TEACHER'S APPROVAL. ON
FEBRUARY 5TH AT 1:45-JOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY; ON FEBRUARY 10TH AT 9:35 MONTGOMERY
COLLEGE; AND ON MARCH 15TH AT 10:25-UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH. IF YOU ATTEND A SESSION, YOU
ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING UP ANY MISSED WORK AND TEACHERS HAVE THE FINAL SAY AS TO
WHETHER OR NOT YOU CAN ATTEND A SESSION. QUESTIONS? SEE MS. HULL.
IF YOU TOOK THE ASVAB IN DECEMBER, THE SCORE RESULTS ARE IN AND THERE WILL BE AN
INTERPRETATION MEETING ON FEBRUARY 9TH DURING 6TH & 7TH PERIODS IN THE MEDIA CENTER. IF
YOU WANT A DETAILED EXPLANATION OF YOUR SCORES, COME TO THE MEDIA CENTER ON FEBRUARY
9TH DURING 6TH PERIOD. QUESTIONS? PLEASE SEE MS. HULL
DID YOU KNOW RICHARD MONTGOMERY STUDENTS PUT ON ONE GLORIOUS EVENING OF ONE ACT
PLAYS, TWO OF WHICH WERE WRITTEN BY RM STUDENTS? WELL THEY DO AND THEY WERE. COME
WATCH YOUR CLASSMATES AS THEY MAKE YOU LAUGH, CRY, AND THINK, THIS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5TH
AT 7:00 PM IN THE AUDITORIUM. JAM FEST HAS BEEN POSTPONED SO THIS IS THE PLACE TO BE. ADULTS
ARE $13 STUDENTS ONLY $5. DON’T MISS THIS ONE NIGHT SHOWCASE SPECTACULAR!
THE LOST & FOUND IS OVERFLOWING WITH ITEMS LEFT OR LOST IN 2ND QUARTER. YOU HAVE UNTIL
THE END OF THE DAY ON FEBRUARY 10TH TO CHECK THE LOST & FOUND IN THE MAIN OFFICE FOR ANY
ITEMS YOU MAY HAVE LOST OR WENT MISSING. AFTER THE 10TH ALL ITEMS WILL BE DONATED TO A
LOCAL CHARITY.
TENTH GRADERS, THE PERSONAL PROJECT CHECK-IN SESSION THAT WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR
JANUARY 29TH HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8TH. DURING THIS MEETING, YOU
SHOULD BRING YOUR STUDENT HANDBOOK, RECORDS OF YOUR ONGOING WORK AND EVIDENCE OF
HAVING COMPLETED YOUR FINAL PRODUCT OR OUTCOME. IF YOU HAVE NOT YET MET YOUR GOAL,
YOU SHOULD PLAN TO DISCUSS WITH YOUR SUPERVISOR HOW YOU WILL DO SO IN T