Grads
have growing pains
By Richard Perry
“Being a sopiiomore is so great! You’re
really luclcy.” Most students say this. Most,
that is, except sophmores. Along with the
honor of graduating and receiving your first
associate degree, come some drawbacks.
There is the fear of going off to a
university. It involves fearing a new school,
meeting new people and possibly moving
further away from home. For those who are
headed for specific careers, there’s the fear
of whether or not they’re intelligent enough
or prepared fully to get into that particular
field of study and then there is the fear of
whether or not they will succeed.
Economic security for the present, as well
as the future, is another pressure. Soph
mores are facing another long, hard road of
independence and then there is the feeling of
being expected to get out on your on.
Photographer
Professional photographer Sadie Bridger
presented a Chowan College Faculty
Forum/Lyceum program on her
photography in Marks Hall auditorium
Tuesday, April 12.
Photography is the second career for
Bridger. After graduating with a bachelor’s
degree in education from Appalachian State
University in 1974, she taught in the Plaleigh
and Wake County school systems. She
became certified in learning disabilities and
taught reading to slow learners.
During her vacation travels abroad, she
used her hobby to photograph cultures and
people—“things around me I found in
teresting.” Returning to the classroom, she
was impressed by the impact her
photographs had on her students. This led to
her decision to leave her teaching position
and return to school.
While finishing her studies for the
associate's degree in photography from
Randolph Technical College, Asheboro, she
also served as a freelance photographer in
Raleigh and photographer instructor at
North Carolina State University Craft
Center.
Her new career received a boost when she
received the Emerging Artist Grant from
the N.C. Art Council and the A.J. Fletcher
Foundation in 1987. This grant aided her in
photographing bird banders and shore birds
on the North Carolina coast. This portfolio
There’s the fear in wondering what you’ll
make of yourself. Are you entering a field
suited for you? Will there be enough jobs
available in your field of study? These are
questions that must be considered.
Some people believe that a four year in
stitution is not the next step for them. These
sophmores will enter the working world
after graduation. They become concerned
with such pressures as finding jobs, losing
their jobs, and where they will go if they lose
a job. If they decide to get married, they
must consider whether or not their job will
pay enough to support a family.
Graduating sophmores wonder if they are
making the right decisions. They wonder if
they will lose contact with the friends they
have made through the years. They wonder
if they will be able to hold on to that special
someone they have found.
Change has always been a source of fear
for people, but with patience, understanding
and some hard work it can work out fine.
displays work
was exhibited in the Municipal Building Art
Exhibition Series.
She has won a number of major awards
for her photography. One of her
photographs of a Raleigh man is included in
“We the People,” the permanent exhibit
honoring the Bicentennial of the Con
stitution sponsored by Parade Magazine
and Fuji film. Only 100 entries from over
130,000 submitted were accepted by contest
judges.
This February she won the Henley Paper
Co. quality award in the Associated Artists
of Winston-Salem’s National Aperture 3
photography competition. The photo is of
her grandmother brushing her hair in front
of a window.
Her photographs have been selected for
many group exhibitions sponsored by
colleges, museums, professional
photography organizations and arts guild.
Commented Sadie Bridger, “Most of my
projects deal with the human condition, and
I like my images to have a sense of
mystery...Photographic portraits of people
is my real love.”
Her appearance is part of the N.C.
Visiting Artist program, sponsored locaUy
by Roanoke-Chowan Community College.
She began her duties as a Visiting Artist in
October 1987 after serving for over three
years at the N.C. Museum of Art.
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