WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY SPONSORS CONFERENCE ON
APRIL 13 TO PROVIDE TOOLS FOR SUCCESS FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN AND LATINO MEN

A conference designed to help young men of color plan for their future by providing them with the tools necessary for success will be held at William Paterson University on Saturday, April 13, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, and Rameck Hunt, three young men, who as teenagers in Newark made a pact to become doctors, will deliver the keynote speech at noon during the sixth annual conference, "Overcoming the Odds: African-American and Latino Success in Today’s University."

The conference will be held in the Machuga Student Center Ballroom. Admission is $20; group rates are available. The fee includes all sessions, meals, and materials.

Davis is currently completing his residency in emergency medicine at Beth Israel Medical Center in Newark. Jenkins is pursuing a fellowship in oral medicine and recently completed his general dentistry residency. Hunt is currently completing his residency in internal medicine at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick.

Wilson Class, a tenured professor of English at Middlesex County College, will present a lecture at 9:00 a.m. Class is also an adjunct professor at Rutgers University in the Puerto Rican and Hispanic Caribbean Studies Department, where he teaches courses such as The Poetry of Protest and Topics in Puerto Rican and Hispanic Caribbean Literature.
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Participants will be able to obtain information that will enhance their achievements through a series of workshops focusing on student development and retention.

The conference is sponsored by the New Jersey State Martin Luther King Commission, the New Jersey Educational Opportunity Fund Professional Association, William Paterson’s Educational Opportunity Fund Program (EOF), the Office of Campus Activities and Student Leadership/J. Victor Machuga Foundation and other campus organizations.

For additional information, please call Darryl Smith, EOF, conference chairperson, at 973-720-2112.

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2/26/02
For Further Information, contact:

Mary Beth Zeman, Director, Public Relations 973-720-2966