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April 14, 2000 Black caucus to recognize student achievements, service WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue Black Caucus of Faculty and Staff will conduct its 25th annual Academic and Service Awards Program at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 29, in Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. Viveca Fairbanks-Henderson of Cincinnati will be the keynote speaker. She is section head for Tempo Product Supply Planning with Procter & Gamble and is president of the Purdue Black Alumni Organization. Each year, the Black Caucus of Faculty and Staff and the Purdue Black Alumni Organization recognize nearly 200 African-American undergraduate students for their academic achievements. Students with noteworthy service and leadership talents also will be honored. The program is supported through contributions. The Purdue Black Alumni Organization provides a small monetary award to students with the highest grade point average in each class. 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 is fifth year for the award. The recipient is Rona Deniro Stewart, a senior in the School of Nursing from Gary. CONTACT: Johnny E. Brown, professor of mathematics, (765) 494-1984; jeb@math.purdue.edu To the Purdue News and Photos Page