OAAA E-Weekly Newsletter
The Office of African-American Affairs Newsletter Highlighting Events and Opportunities for OAAA Students
"Young, Gifted & Black:
40 Years of Preparing Students for the Quest"
Special Announcement
Enjoy the Thanksgiving Break!
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OAAA Trivia Tuesdays Question/Answer/Winners for Tuesday, November 16
How many children does Ms.Comfort have?
Answer:
8
Winners:
Danielle Johnson
Kori Lea
Kayla White
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Wednesday, November 24 - Sunday, November 28:
Thanksgiving recess
Tuesday, December 7:
Courses end
Wednesday, December 8:
Reading Day
Thursday, December 9 - Friday, December 17:
Examinations (Go to Exam Schedule)
Sunday, December 12 - Wednesday, December 15:
Reading Days
Friday, December 17:
Fall degrees conferred (no ceremony)
Quote of the Week
“Hold on to your dreams of a better life and stay committed to striving to realize it.” —Earl G. Graves, Sr.
Spotlight on Student Achievements
Diamonique Chambers
Diamonique is a third-year from Goochland County, Virginia, majoring in Psychology on the Pre-Med track in the College of Arts and Sciences. She is a makeup artist on Grounds having done makeup for Fashion For A Cause in the fall and Africa Day in the spring. She is a Student Worker in the Office of African-American Affairs (OAAA) as well as a Peer Advisor in the OAAA Peer Advisor Program. Diamonique’s future plans include furthering her education after graduating from UVA in pursuit of a master’s degree in Psychology leading to a career as a therapist or clinical psychologist. In her free time, she loves doing hair and makeup and getting to know other Black women at UVA (Instagram: glambybabyd).
You can nominate someone (not yourself) to be in the Spotlight. Send your nominations to Dean Antoinette Thomas (art8u@virginia.edu) every Thursday by 12 noon.
Quote's Corner
Earl Gilbert Graves Sr. (January 9, 1935 – April 6, 2020) was an American entrepreneur, publisher, businessman, philanthropist, and advocate of African-American businesses. A member of Omega Psi Phi fraternity, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics in 1958 from Morgan State University. He was an ROTC graduate and attended Airborne and Ranger Schools. Having written a letter to the Democratic National Committee, he became a volunteer for the 1964 presidential campaign of Lyndon B. Johnson. His work with the party gave Graves the opportunity to serve as administrative assistant to newly elected Senator Robert F. Kennedy in 1965. Following the assassination of the senator, Graves would land a seat on the advisory board of the Small Business Administration (SBA) in 1968. He was the founder of Black Enterprise magazine and chairman of the media company Earl G. Graves, Ltd. He was the director for Aetna. Graves received the Silver Buffalo Award from the Boy Scouts of America in 1988, and served as the National Commissioner from 1985 to 1994. He received the NAACP's Spingarn Medal in 1999. In 2002, Graves was named as one of the 50 most powerful and influential African Americans in corporate America by Fortune magazine. Graves was appointed by the administration of George W. Bush to serve on the Presidential Commission for the National Museum of African American History and Culture. On April 26, 2007, Earl G. Graves Sr. was inducted into the Junior Achievement U.S. Business Hall of Fame. In 2009, he became the recipient of the 2009 NCAA Silver Anniversary Award. In his honor, Morgan State University's business school was named Earl G. Graves School of Business and Management in 2015. Graves died in White Plains, New York, on April 6, 2020, from complications of Alzheimer's disease at the age of 85.
Opportunites with Deadlines
Internship Opportunity for 3rd year students
White Oak Healthcare Finance, a private credit fund is looking for third year summer interns for this summer. Could you please share this with 3rd years? If interested, here is a link to the posting. Contact: Charlie Ratliff
Associate Community Organizer
Positions begins: Monday, January 10, Monday, May 9, and Monday, August 8, 2022
Starting salary $40,500/year + benefits. Positions open in: Florida: Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Jacksonville, Manatee County, Miami, Sarasota, St. Petersburg, Tampa; Kansas: Lawrence, Wyandotte County, Johnson County; Kentucky: Lexington; South Carolina: Charleston, Columbia; Virginia: Charlottesville, Richmond; Lead Community Organizer / Executive Director positions begin Fall 2021 in: Florida: Brevard County, Sarasota; Kansas: Wyandotte County. DART organizations are diverse coalitions that include communities of color, low-to-moderate-income communities and immigrant communities. We strongly encourage people from these backgrounds, as well as fluent Spanish speakers and DACA recipients, to apply. To apply or learn more about DART, visit or find us on Instagram and Facebook @theDARTcenter. Still have questions? Contact Moe or (602) 510-4658.
Ridley Scholarship Fund Awards Available to Non-Ridley Students Available
Ridley scholarships that extend beyond current scholars: https://aig.alumni.virginia.edu/ridley/about/ridley-scholarships/
This Week in Black History
Did you know? Granville T. Woods He registered nearly 60 patents in his lifetime, including an electric railway conduit on November 21, 1893, and challenged Thomas Edison for the patent rights to the telephone transmitter, and the multiplex telegraph. Woods (April 23, 1856 – January 30, 1910) was a 19th century African-American inventor who made key contributions to the development of the telephone and street car. He was the first African American mechanical and electrical engineer after the Civil War. One of his notable inventions was a device he called the Synchronous Multiplex Railway Telegraph, a variation of induction telegraph, which relied on ambient static electricity from existing telegraph lines to send messages between train stations and moving trains. Woods died of a cerebral hemorrhage at Harlem Hospital in New York City on January 30, 1910, having sold a number of his devices to such companies as Westinghouse, General Electric and American Engineering. Until 1975, his resting place was an unmarked grave, but historian M.A. Harris helped to raise funds, and persuaded several of the corporations that used Woods' inventions to donate funds to purchase a headstone. It was erected at St. Michael's Cemetery in Elmhurst, Queens. Baltimore City Community College established the Granville T. Woods scholarship in memory of the inventor. In 2004, the New York City Transit Authority organized an exhibition on Woods, which utilized bus and train depots, and an issue of four million MetroCards commemorating the inventor's achievements in pioneering the third rail. In 2006, Woods was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. In April 2008, the corner of Stillwell and Mermaid Avenues in Coney Island was named Granville T. Woods Way.
Did you know? Sojourner Truth died November 26, 1883 at the age of 86 years old. Truth was born into slavery (as Isabella Baumfree) on November 18, 1787 in Swartekill, New York. In 1826, she escaped with her infant daughter to freedom, having to leave her other children behind. After learning her five-year-old son was illegally sold, she took the issue to court and was able to get her son back, becoming the first black woman to win such a case against a white man in a United States court. In 1843, she gave herself the name Sojourner Truth, devoting her life to Methodism and the abolition of slavery. She also dictated her memoirs to a friend and in 1850 her book The Narrative of Sojourner Truth: A Northern Slave was privately published. In May of 1851, Truth delivered a speech at the Ohio Women's Rights Convention in Akron. The extemporaneous speech, recorded by several observers, would become known as "Ain't I a Woman?" During the Civil War, Truth helped to recruit black troops for the Union Army and is remembered as one of the foremost leaders of the abolition movement, an early advocate of women's rights, prison reform, property rights and universal suffrage.