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April 9, 1999 Black caucus to recognize student achievements, service WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- The Purdue Black Caucus of Faculty and Staff will conduct its 24th annual Academic and Service Awards Program at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 24, in Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. The keynote speaker will be Alysa C. Rollock, the university's interim vice president for human relations. Each year, the Black Caucus of Faculty and Staff recognizes more than 100 African-American undergraduate students for their academic achievements. Students with noteworthy service and leadership talents also will be honored. The program is supported through contributors including the Purdue Black Alumni Organization. The Black Caucus also presents the Clara E. Bell Award to the senior majoring in nursing or health sciences with the highest grade point average. Bell, professor emerita and former director of continuing education in nursing, died in 1996. She had been active in the Purdue Black Caucus and co-chaired the National Congress of the Association of Black Nursing Faculty in Higher Education in 1992 and 1993. This year's recipient is Rashonda Laye, a senior in the School of Nursing from Jeffersonville, Ind. CONTACT: Johnny E. Brown, professor of mathematics, (765) 494-1967; jeb@math.purdue.edu Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; e-mail, purduenews@purdue.edu To the Purdue News and Photos Page