02-10-94 Cleveland Mayor to Speak on Campus

CLEVELAND MAYOR MICHAEL WHITE NAMED THEME DAY SPEAKER

     COLUMBUS -- The Office of African American Student Services
at The Ohio State University will present Cleveland Mayor Michael
R. White as theme day speaker for United Black World Month (UBWM)
on Feb. 22 at 6 p.m. in the Ohio Union's East Ballroom.

     Formerly called Black History Month, the month of February
is now designated as United Black World Month at Ohio State and
across the nation.  White, who is an Ohio State alumnus, will
highlight the importance of UBWM and touch on its theme,
Embracing and Uplifting the African-American Culture and
Experience: The Time is Now!   White will draw from his personal
and professional experiences as well as speak about his former
days when he served as president of Undergraduate Student
Government at Ohio State.

     White was sworn in as the 54th mayor of Cleveland on New
Year's Day in 1990.  At the age of 38, he became the second
African American mayor in Cleveland's history.  He has molded his
administration around the issues that shaped his mayoral
campaign: public safety, education, neighborhood revitalization,
economic and job development and race relations.  His commitment
to race relations has generated citywide support, and in 1993 he
earned the Freedom Award of the Cleveland Branch of the NAACP. He
was the 1992 recipient of Cleveland State University's "In
Tribute to Public Service" award of the Levin College of Urban
Affairs.  He was also named "Man of the Year" in 1991 by the
Baptist Ministers Conference.

     Other programs and activities sponsored by campus and
community organizations are listed in the United Black World
Month Calendar. For more information or a copy of the calendar,
please call Joyce Vaughan, (614) 292-6584.
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Contact: Joyce Vaughan, director, Office of African American
Student Services, (614) 292-6584.


[Submitted by: REIDV  (reidv@ccgate.ucomm.ohio-state.edu)
               
Thu, 10 Feb 1994 11:52:10 -0500 (EST)]
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