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Celeb Helps Students Cash In On Their College Dreams!
By Feona Sharhran Huff
Additional reporting by Krista Michelle Arrigo
February/March 2003

The CollegeBound Network NewsClick -- His powerfully perky voice gets you out of your warm and comfortable bed long before you've finished counting sheep -- and you usually have hundreds to go. Still, you just can't seem to deny yourself those early morning doses of celeb interviews, features, music, comedy, news, sports updates, and audience feedback that TOM JOYNER brings your way five days a week, starting at 5 a.m. It's a hard thing to do, too, especially when Joyner, the radio personality of the nationally syndicated Tom Joyner Morning Show on ABC Radio Networks, loves entertaining you just as much as you enjoy being entertained.

The king of the airwaves equally loves helping African- American students realize their dreams of attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Joyner, who received his bachelor's degree in sociology from Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, AL (an HBCU), established the Tom Joyner Foundation for this exact purpose.

"All too often a student will get into college," says Joyner, "then encounter financial difficulties that will force him/her to drop out." His foundation is seeking to change this mode of operation by donating money each month to an HBCU. The funds are then made available directly through the school's financial aid department, and are earmarked for deserving students.

Sameisha Adolph, a junior at Texas College, Houston, TX, was the recipient of the foundation's January 2003 scholarship. Thanks to Joyner's funds, Sameisha can continue her education and pursue her dream of becoming a counselor in a teen health clinic. She says she looks forward to sharing her life experiences and helping make a difference in the lives of others.

The foundation scholarship will also enable Gabriel Guevara to stay on course with his studies. After he completes his education at Texas College, he plans to pursue a career as a sports medicine therapist and contract his company to clients like the NFL and the NBA.

There are many more HBCU students like Sameisha and Gabriel whom Joyner's foundation is assisting. If you think you may qualify, click onto the foundation's Web site and find out more.