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Claflin College trustees have voted to restore the institution's historic title. The Orangeburg, S.C., institution will henceforth be known as Claflin University, the name the school first sported when it was chartered in 1869.

Wayne State University in Detroit, Mich., is offering a new three-credit course in African American English beginning this month.
The course will examine the structure, content, use and history of the communication system understood by African Americans.
Topics include: important social and political issues related to African American English as implications for both the general population and educators; understanding the Ebonics debate; and understanding the role of African American English in American history, communications and literature.
The course is being offered by the department of audiology and speech-language pathology in the College of Science. It will be useful for practitioners who intend to work with African American clients.
For more information, contact  the department of audiology andspeech-language pathology at
(313) 577-6288.                



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