PROGRAM BOOSTS MINORITY PRESENCE AT U.VA.'S DARDEN SCHOOL 

	CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., May 16 -- Fifteen of America's best
and brightest minority students will be entering the Darden Graduate
School of Business Administration next fall as recipients of
prestigious, merit-based fellowships offered by the Consortium for
Graduate Study in Management.
	Likewise, nine U.Va. undergraduates have won full
scholarships to graduate business schools around the country under
the same program. 
	Students who have completed their undergraduate work in
varied disciplines and institutions -- including an engineering
major at the Colorado School of Mines and a Spanish major at Duke
University -- will work toward master's of business administration
degrees at Darden, beginning in the fall, all expenses paid.
	Next year, that will mean a value of $19,627 for tuition and
fees for out-of-state students and $11,819 for in-state students,
said Jon Megibow, director of admissions at Darden. Room and board
are not covered.
	"As with all students admitted to Darden, these students
were chosen on the basis of their academic achievement, professional
accomplishments and personal qualities, the unique capabilities they
bring to the school," Megibow said.
	This marks the fourth year that Darden has participated in
this national program that encourages talented minority students to
pursue careers in business, Megibow said.
	The program is supported by 200 corporations that not only
sponsor the fellowships, but also offer internships to the students
between their first and second years of business school and later
may offer to hire some of the graduates.
	There were nine University of Virginia students who won
fellowships to other graduate schools under the program.
	They are:  Ruben A. Basantes, a sociology major, who is
slated to attend the University of North Carolina this fall; Shannon
D. Bryan, commerce, University of Michigan; Rodney R. Chichester,
economics, University of Michigan; Nicole M. Dickens, commerce,
University of Michigan; Carmen R. Johnson, economics, New York
University; James A. Johnson II, economics, University of Rochester;
Roger S. Lewis, economics, University of Southern California,
Michael C. Smith, interdisciplinary studies, University of
California-Berkeley; and Cheryl Wilson, foreign affairs, Darden.
	The incoming Darden students are:  Carlos E. Perez, a human
resources major at Boston College; Kara G. Kelly, economics, Brown
University; Denise R. Kalule, engineering, Colorado School of Mines;
Abbai S. Haregot, chemical engineering, Dartmouth College; Randall
W. Kahn, computer science, Dartmouth College.
	Also, Carlos E. Roscoe, Spanish, Duke University; Margaret
A. Wright, economics, Harvard University; Gregory D. Ficklin,
finance, Howard University; Mark N. Howard, electrical engineering,
Howard University; Derek J. Gaskins, marketing, University of Iowa.
	And Edward L. Garcia, economics, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology; Patricia R. Bush, mathematics, Mount Holyoke College;
Jose A. Bayardo, chemical engineering, University of Texas-Austin;
Alicia M. English, communication, Virginia Tech; and Mari C.
Capestany, business administration and finance, College of William
and Mary.	
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May 15, 1996
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