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SGA presidents praise Wagoner Few college students can say that they were ac quainted with their college president or chancellor. Often the nature of the job requires a chancellor to spend much of his time in an administration build ing, a place with little student traffic, unlike the student union or a classroom building. Although Chancellor William H. Wagoner has not known every one of the approximate 12,000 students who have graduated during his tenure at UNCW, he did get to know 22 students very well, presidents of the UNCW Student Government Asso ciation. These students had many opportunities to work with Wagoner in formulating policy that af fected other students over the past two decades. On behalf of the Student Government Associ ation, Jim Humphries, 1989 SGA president, pre sented Wagoner with a collection of letters of praise and admiration from the 22 presidents who served during the Wagoner years. Below are excerpts from four of those letters. William J. Brooks, Jr., senior class president in 1972, writes, "I remember that you were always ac cessible, always helpful, and always had good ad vice. '' Brooks is director of fiscal and economic af fairs with the North Carolina Citizens for Business and Industry in Raleigh. Wagoner offered advice on campus politics and career choices to Stephen Hobbs, senior class president in 1975. He writes that Wagoners contri butions to the university can be identified by his many years of service and the growth that has been achieved during this time. Hobbs works for Gulf Oil Proiucttt in 'Wilming;ton. Jonathan H. Faill, Jr. says that Wagoner is the father of the University of North Carolina at Wil mington. "As you walk around the campus, you no tice little things that demonstrate your influence, such as the consistency of the architectural style. Your leadership is apparent in things that you don’t see, such as the quality of education offered, the professionalism of the faculty, and the continued growth of higher education programs." Faill was se nior class president in 1979 and now works for In teractive Demographics in Wilmington. "As student body president, I saw firsthand the tough decisions you had to make and how you al ways put the good of the university above anything else," writes Jessie Sanders in a letter to Wagoner. She says that Wagoner provided the student popu lation with leadership, stability and compassion. Sanders was student body president in 1980 and now works for Revlon in New York. Jim Humphries, 1989 SGA president, describes how he was so impressed to hear Wagoner speak to the 1986 freshman class during freshman orienta tion. "That day made me feel very good because it made me feel as if I were a part of a family. This university has some of the finest faculty, staff, and trustees ever assembled. This can all be attributed to your guidance and direction." Alumni Spotlight I I Sarah Jones and son Michael '90 pose prior to graduation. Ms. Jones has six children and two grandchildren who are alumni or future alumni of UNCW. The first child in the family to graduate from UNCW enrolled in 1970 and the youngest child will enter UNCW in the fall. Tom Wicker, political columnist with the New York Times, delivered the commencement address during commencement 1990. His speech 'The Wallet and the Will" questioned the spending priorities that exist in this country. Wicker challenged the graduates to invest in America, that is, to look beyond themselves and their immediate interests. "We have the wallet to do it; and as the years come down, you will face no more impor tant question than whether in your own lives and your own times, you have the will." Some 1,095 students re ceived baccalaureate degrees while 56 were awarded master's degrees. Oolendor of €vents at UNCUJ July UNCIU nrtfest Prints, drouiings, and point ings by UJorren Crisiuell, Kenon Holl July 21 Cope Feor Rlumni Chopter meeting ond cookout July 21~22 Miiitory Collectors Shouj, Trosk Coliseum July 24 Little Feat, Trosk Coliseum July 25-28 Pippin Kenon Auditorium, 8 p.m. August 23 First day oP dosses Sap#. 21 UNCLU Office of Special Programs Civil LUor Svmposium Tryon Palace, Neuj Bern Ootober 6 A 7 Porents lUeekend Oot 25 UNCLU Office of Special Programs Luncheon ond Symposium 'The 1990 elections: Change and Continuity" UNCW Today 1990 is published four times a yeBr by the Oiwsion of Ur^rsity Adv»H»ment of ^ Uftivwiity (rf Jforth Carolina at Wlmift£pon, Wilmington, NC 28«l3-3297. Postage paid at Witeiogton, NC. DIVISION UNIV£flaTY ADVANCEMENT F. Douglas Moons. chancellor for wiivef»it¥ advancenant M. Tyrofta Rowalt, associate vm chancellor f(^ wiversiiy adyancament Mimi Cuflningham, axecutiva director of university r^atlons Ranee Brantoy, UNCVtT Today oteo^ editor Alltson Ralos. UNCW Today editor Patsy Lamck, Atunnotot edmir Contributing wrhers: Mimi Cunnin^m. Renee Brantley, ABtson Belos. Patsy Lafridt, Howard l^jman^ Joe Browning, Kristtn Rice. The University of Itorth Carolina at Wilmington is committed to equality education^ onxirtur^ and does not disaiminate against applicants, students, (S' employees based on race, color, natiotal o^in, religioi, sex, or hantScap. Moreovef, ttw IfeiwsiJy of Norft Ca«®» at Wilmgton is open to'ali tatas and activ^ seeks to promote ractal imsj^mioft by recruiting an) enniing a Istger number of b^ studems. How»d mxibw director of
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