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Pretty Foundation and Black McDonald’s Owners Association to Host Golf Tournament, August 27, 2007.

The Raleigh Region Black McDonald’s Operators Association (BMOA) and the William Pretty, Jr. Foundation at Shaw University will host their Second Annual Golf Classic at Mid Pines Inn & Golf Club in Southern Pines, NC, on August 27, 2007. The Captain’s Choice tournament will begin with a “shotgun start” at 2 pm. Proceeds from the tournament will benefit the William Pretty, Jr. Foundation at Shaw University which assists students pursing undergraduate degrees in business.

Members of the BMOA are partners in the tournament to help deserving students, and to recognize the commitment and legacy of their former associate’s commitment to helping others achieve success. Pretty, a 1966 graduate of Shaw University was an ardent supporter of Shaw University, and member of the Board of Trustees at the time of his untimely death in 2003.

For sponsorship, registration, or general information about the tournament, please contact Martha Butler at (910) 944-7118 or Tish Johnson at (843) 669-1943.

Shaw University, founded in 1865, is the first historically black college or university in the South and home of the nation’s first four-year medical school, The Leonard Medical School (1882-1918). The University offers over 38 undergraduate majors including Athletic Training, Business Management, Entrepreneurship, Computer Information Systems, Elementary Education, Kinesiotherapy, Mass Communications, and Therapeutic Recreation; and 3 Graduate/First Professional degrees. It is the first private HBCU invited to participate in the North Carolina Model Teacher Education Consortium (2006) and recently became partners with Second Northwest Nationality University of the People’s Republic of China to promote international cooperation and exchange between NNU and Shaw (2006).

Since 2003, Shaw University has been under the leadership of Dr. Clarence G. Newsome whose administrative motto is “Strides to Excellence: Only the Best!”