 . |  . |  All photos The Brooklyn Papers / Greg Mango |
Medgar Evers College held its second annual
gala awards dinner Oct. 3 at the New York Marriott Brooklyn on
Adams Street Downtown. The event raised $200,000 for the college’s
scholarship endowment, according to Fred Price, assistant dean
for development and public affairs at the college.
Medgar Evers President Edison Jackson and Gov. George Pataki
announced that the state would provide $61 million for the college’s
planned, state-of-the-art $138 million academic facility. Construction
is anticipated to begin in 2004 on the new 178,000-square-foot
building on Crown Street at Bedford Avenue.
The building will house the college’s School of Science, Health
and Technology, including laboratories, offices and research
facilities for faculty and students as well as classrooms, computer
labs, a multipurpose dining facility and the college’s radio
and TV studios.
Currently, the main buildings of Medgar Evers are located at
1650 Bedford Ave. and at 1150 Carroll St.
The black-tie event, "Reach for the Stars," was emceed
by Emmy-award winning Maurice DuBois (top left), a WNBC-TV NewsChannel
4 anchor, and was attended by WBA Heavyweight Champ John Ruiz
(center left). The event honored boxing promoter Don King (center
right), AOL Time Warner Foundation Vice President Gerri Warren-Merrick
and city Comptroller William Thompson. Singer-actor Harry Belafonte
was also honored, but did not attend because of a scheduling
conflict.
The event was also attended by Brooklyn Borough President Marty
Markowitz, City Councilman James Davis, Brooklyn Children’s Museum
President Carol Enseki, Prospect Park Administrator Tupper Thomas,
state Sen. Carl Andrews and Assemblyman Clarence Norman, chairman
of the Kings County Democratic Committee.
A performance by the Medgar Evers College Imani Singers and Dancers
(top right) was a highlight of the evening. For more information
about enrolling in or supporting Medgar Evers College, call (718)
270-6000.
