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Western Carolinian Volume 67 Number 18

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  • newsmagazine januay Events news january 8 - 21, 2003 Planned to Honor Martin Luther King, Jr. Benjamin S. Ruffn, immediate past chairman of The University of North Carolina Board of Govemors, will deliver the keynote address as the Westem Carolina University community honors the memory of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. Rufin, president of the Ruffn Group in Winston-Salem, will speak at 7 P. M. Wednesday, Jan. 15, in the Grandloom of the A.K. Hinds University Center. The program, sponsored by the ()fice of the Chancellor, is open to the public flee of charge. Befor launching his own consulting firm, RuF1n was a vice p resident in the R.J. Reynolds Co., vice president and special assistant to the president of N.C. Mutual Life Insurance Co. and special assistant to fomer Gov. James B. Hunt. He is a member of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and chair of the Corporate Roundtable for the National Black Caucus of State Legislators, and he serves on several corporate boards of directors. A native of Durham, Ruffin holds a bachelor's degree from N.C. Central University and a master's degree from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. The recipient of eight honorary degtees, he has teceived numerous awatds, including the 1991 Kelly Miller Alexander Humanitarian Award presented by the National Association for the Advancement of Colore d People, the Donald J. McGannon Citation by the National Urban League, the Dollar & Sense Magazine's Blackbook Awa Id for Pmfessional Achievement, and the N .C. Association of Black County Officials Frederick Douglas Leadership Awa rd. In addition to Ruffin's public addle s s on Jan. 15, several other activities, sponsored by Western's Office of Multicultural Affairs and Organization of Ebony Students, are scheduled in commemoration of King's life. Artwork crated by students from ate a elementary, middle and high schools will be on display in A.K. Hinds University Center beginning Monday, Jan. 13. A candlelight vigil and unity march will begin at 6 P. M. Jan. 13 on the University Center lawn. The annual Martin Luther King, Jr. prayer breakfast is set for 7:30 A. M. Tuesday, Jan. 14, in the Grandroom of the University Center. Cost is $7. Westem students may use their meal cards. Reservations for the breakfast are tequird by Jan. 7. The Chelsea Gallery at Hinds University Center will open the exhibit "Let Justice Roll Down Like Water, " an Asian perspective on King, with a reception from 4 until 6 P. M. on Jan. 14. The exhibit, open through Feb. 6, will featute painting and calligraphy by Korean-American artist Kichung Lizee. Activities will wrap up with a community service day Thursday, Jan. 16 with a cleanup of U.S. Highway 19-23, followed by a unity jazz night and oratorical contest in Club Illusions beginning at 9 P. M. For more information on WCU's observance of Martin Luther King, Jr.. contact the Office of Multicultural Affai rs at (828) 227-7234. WCUWIII Be Closed Monday, January 20, In Observance Of The Martin Luther King Holiday. advertisin ustice Runs Down Like Water" MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DISPLAY A. K. Hinds University Center I Chelsea Gallery I January 7 - February 6 .64. n exhibition of paintings and calligraphy celebrating the life and contributions of Martin Luther King, Jr. will be on display at Westem Carolina University Tuesday, Jan. 7, through Thursday, Feb. "Justice Runs Down Like Water" will be exhibited in the Chelsea Gallery ofWCU's A.K. Hinds University. A reception will ke held Tuesday, Jan. 14, from 4 to 6 P. M. The display, which features works by Koran-American artist Kichung Lee Lizee, is a fusion of Eastern and Western ideals and visuals. It will include Eastern calligraphy to illustrate how King applied Ghandi's philosophy of nonviolence to his life-long commitment to the resolution of social problems and equality for all people. Lizee studied art history and painting at Wilson College in Chambersburg, Pa., and Eastern calligraphy in Korea. She has taught various subjects, including art, for 32 years and curlently teaches calligraphy and Zen painting in Asheville. The display and reception ar free and open to the public. For more information, call (828) 227-7206. e-mail us for rates: wc@wcu.edu
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