Walk-A-Thon to Make Strides for Ethnic Scholarships Date: March 22, 2000 By: Marianne Kunnen-Jones Phone: (513) 556-1826 Archive: General News The University of Cincinnati's Darwin T. Turner Scholars Program is looking for volunteers who are willing to get a little exercise in order to make a difference in the lives of academically talented students of color. The program will benefit from a walk-a-thon scheduled for Saturday, April 8, beginning at the UC African American Cultural and Research Center (AACRC). The Inaugural Walk for Turner will feature a five-mile course through UC and surrounding areas that takes approximately 90 minutes to one hour and three-quarters. Both pledges and walkers are needed to meet the goal of raising $20,000 to sponsor the education of one Darwin T. Turner Scholar for four years. Check-in will begin at 7 a.m., with warm-up exercises to follow at 7:30 a.m. Opening ceremonies will launch the walk-a-thon at 8 a.m. A closing raffle of prizes will take place at 10 a.m. The Darwin T. Turner Scholars Program began at UC in 1976 under the name "Minority Scholars Program." In 1991, it was renamed to honor the youngest person to ever graduate from the university, an African American named Darwin Turner, who graduated at age 16 in 1947. Registration, due by March 27, is $25 per walker. For pledge and registration forms, call the Student Affairs and Human Resources Development Office at (513) 556-2204 or print out the registration form available at http://www.soa.uc.edu/eps/walkreg.html and return to Walk for Turner, University of Cincinnati, SAHR Development Office, P.O. Box 210087, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0087, with check payable to the University of Cincinnati Foundation. Walk-A-Thon route: Route begins outside AACRC, proceeds north through Sigma Sigma Commons, right on Campus Drive, crosses Martin Luther King Drive at Langsam Library Garage to enter Burnet Woods; exits park near the corner of Clifton Avenue and Martin Luther King Drive; heads south on Clifton Avenue to McMicken Drive; up drive to McMicken Commons; Campus Drive to south on Service Drive; at CCM Plaza, head east on Corry Boulevard to Eden Avenue north; left on Goodman Drive to Vine Street; south to Short Vine; right on Charleton; right on Jefferson; left on University Avenue; left on Scioto Avenue to AACRC.