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March 10, 2000 Coca-Cola continues graduate study fundingWEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Coca-Cola Foundation is continuing its support of minority students in Purdue's Graduate School with an additional $50,000 for student scholarships over the next two years. The Coca-Cola fellowships, which are administered through the Graduate School, are awarded to students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities who have demonstrated superior academic achievements and want to attend Purdue University for graduate study, said Dwight E. Lewis, coordinator of minority affairs for the Graduate School. The Coca-Cola Foundation, Atlanta, has provided funding for graduate fellowships every year since 1995. The donation was facilitated by Lewis; Dan Casey, retired Lafayette Coca-Cola bottler; and Alysa Rollock, Purdue's vice president for human relations. Recipients who still are enrolled are Roland Thorpe in veterinary pathobiology, Portia Boulware in American studies, Teion Wells in psychological sciences, and Angela Ragin in chemistry. Recipients who have graduated from Purdue include Darryl Scriven, who graduated with a doctorate in philosophy and is a faculty member at Wilberforce College; Sam Robinson III, who graduated in December with a doctorate in civil engineering; and Kyle Maurice, who earned a master's in electrical and computer engineering in 1997. Scriven has been selected to participate in the Fulbright Seminar in Intercultural Studies in Morocco and Tunisia this summer. "Financial assistance is often the deciding factor in recruiting and retaining students," Lewis said. "These continuing gifts are crucial in helping new and continuing students at Purdue's Graduate School continue their studies and earn their degrees. The administration and the students truly appreciate what the Coca-Cola Foundation has made possible." CONTACT: Lewis, (765) 494-3232; delewis@grad.purdue.edu
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