VOL. 10, NO. 5
‘^The truth is out there../^
North Carolina Wesleyan Collie, Rocky Mount, N.C.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4,1994
Presidential search making progress
By MACK PEARSALL
The Presidential Search Com
mittee met most recently on Oct.
24. At this meeting, working with
our consultant to the search, the
committee completed a screen
ing exercise, which marks the be
ginning of candidate review. We
are only now beginning to receive
credentials in response to our re
cruitment, but have reason to be
lieve our candidate pool will be
of very good quality.
For the next five weeks, mem
bers of the committee will be re
viewing the credentials of all can
didates coming to the search. We
are scheduled to meet next on
Nov. 29, at which time we will
narrow the total pool to a group
of approximately 12-15 individu
als whose candidacies the com
mittee would like to pursue in
greater depth. We will conduct
intensive reference checks on
each, and from that process will
select a smaller number who will
be invited to meet with the com
mittee at an off-campus site in
mid-January. After these inter
views, approximately three can
didates will be invited to the cam
pus for meetings with all of you.
Each of you will be given an op
portunity to provide written input
VALENTBVE HONORED — Trustee Chairman Lindy Dunn presents the Algernon Sydney Sullivan
Award to 98-year-old Hazel Armstrong Valentine of Nashville during the Founder’s Day Convoca
tion on Oct 27. Valentine was honored for her involvement in the community.
SGA recognizes BACCHUS
By GREG PURCELL
The North Carolina Wesleyan
Student Government Association
approved the new campus orga
nization BACCHUS on Oct. 24,
pending two minor changes in the
organization’s constitution.
According to the organi
zation’s constitution, the club
Boost Alcohol Consciousness
Concerning the Health of Uni
versity Students (BACCHUS) has
the purpose “to promote positive
lifestyles and decisioa-making
skills toward the use or non-use
of alcoholic beverages.”
The Student Government As
sociation also approved funding
for four student organizations
from the SGA contingency fund.
The SNCAE was give $75, the
Psychology Club was allotted
$200, the Gospel Choir was given
$120, and Health Services was
given $50. About $1,400 remains
in the SGA contingency fund for
this semester.
Campus Activities Board
to the committee after meeting
with the candidates.
During this next month, we
will also continue to generate can
didates for the search. In that light,
I would once again ask that each
of you consider persons who in
your mind could provide strong
leadership for Wesleyan. Please
forward their names to me in care
of Cindy Hope in the President’s
Office, and I will write to each,
encouraging their consideration of
this opportunity.
The search appears to be go
ing well and the Search Commit
tee has increasing confidence that
its task will be completed suc
cessfully. I will correspond with
you again when we reach the next
phase of the search in late No
vember.
(Mack Pearsall is chairman of
the Search Committee.)
Wesleyan
celebrates
founding
president Lionel Moad and Com
muter Representative Tammy
Menchow resigned from the SGA
at the meeting. Erin Durbin will
replace Moad as the CAB presi
dent and a new Commuter Rep
resentative will be named at the
next Student Govenunent meet
ing.
Miles Anderson was approved
as the junior class president.
Anderson said, “I am very happy
to fill this position and am look
ing forward to getting started in
tfwjob.” ,
By ALAN P. FELTON
The 1994 North Carolina Wes
leyan College Founder’s Day
Convocation was held Oct. 27 in
the Student Activities Center.
Founder’s Day is held each
year to remember the founding
of North Carolina Wesleyan Col
lege and to recognize individuals
fi-om the college’s staff and fac
ulty, as well as those from the
Rocky Mount community, who
have provided distinguished ser
vice to the institution.
Chairman of the Board of
Trustees, Leon A. Dunn, Jr., de
livered the convocation address,
in which he discussed the current
state of the college and its future
plans. Dunn said that the college
“is in excellent shape and faces
an exciting and dynamic future.
We are financially sound in our
operating budget.”
Regarding the new perform
ing arts center, Dunn said that the
building is proceeding “ahead of
schedule and should be completed
by the end of 1995. We need to
raise another $1 million to com
plete the {xoject, along with.S3.
million more for an endowment
to maintain the facility.”
Dunn continued by announc
ing that the 1997 North Carolina
Annual Conference of the United
Methodist Church would be held
in the new performing arts cen
ter. After 1997, the annual con
ference will alternate between
North Carolina Wesleyan and
Methodist College in Fayetteville,
the current location for the yearly
Methodist session.
Dunn, reporting on the con
tinuing search for a permanent
president for North Carolina Wes
leyan College, said “the search
was on schedule and will be com
pleted on or before March 1,
1995.” In addition to a new presi
dent, Dunn said that North Caro
lina Wesleyan College should
“think of adding younger trustees
to the Board. Perhaps this effort
is the most important move for
the future of the college.”
Several important awards were
presented during the convocation
including the Alg«non Sydney
Sullivan Award, which was pre
sented to Hazel Armstrong Val-
(CootiDVKdwi PS«e)