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Truth, Independence and Accountability ✓ ) NORTH CAROLINA / ESLEYAN COLIBGB Rocky Mt North Carolina Volume XVII, number 5 May 2002 THE DECREE by, and for the Wesleyan Community” President’s Cup and Scholar-Athlete Senior Alison Kirch honored for four years of scholarship, leadership, and service to college By Renny Tayloi:, SID Senior Alison Kirch contin ues to reap the benefits of her dedication and hard work over the last four years at North Carolina Wesleyan College. On Thursday evening. May 2, Alison was awarded the Fe male Student-Athlete of the Year at the athletic banquet. This marks the seventh time that a player from the women’s soccer team has received this honor. She currently carries a cumulative GPA of 3.76 and is graduating on May 11th with a Bachelor of Arts in English. Alison will also graduate with Honors as she successfully de fended her Honors Thesis last week. Every year NC Wesleyan Col lege awards one graduating se nior with the President’s Cup, and Alison was chosen for that distinct honor in 2001-02. The criteria for this award include “a high standard of academic per formance, leadership and ser vice, and participation in the ideas and aims of the College.” Alison is the third women’s soccer player to receive this high honor. Past awardees include Julie Duerler and Danyel Thomson. “Our entire team is very excited and proud of Alison for her accomplish ments,” commented Head Women’s Soc cer Coach Kelly Walters. “She has been a tremendous asset to our program and she is truly deserving of these honors be stowed upon her. She embodies the meaning of a serious student-athlete.” Alison juggled her challenging aca demic schedule with an equally demand ing soccer career at NC Wesleyan. She was a 4-year starter for the de fensive unit and played a large role in the team’s success. In 2001, Alison played the sweeper position and helped direct the team to 8 shutouts, only 21 goals against, and a 1.12 goals against average. She was part of three NCAA Tournament appearances, four Dixie Conference Regular Season Championships, 1 Dixie Conference Tournament Cham pionship, and the 1999 NCAA Southeast Regional Champion ship squad. Schedule of Commencement Events 9:00 AM Baccalaureate Service Leon Russell Chapel Speaker: David Jones, Professor Emeritus 10-11:30 AM Reception President’s Home 10 AM - 12 PM Ticket Distribution Bellemonte House 10 AM - 12 PM Alumni Association Event Bellemonte House 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Lunch Buffet $7.95/person Cafeteria, Hardee’s Building By 12:15 PM Graduating seniors assemble South side Dunn Center, Powers Recital Hall 1:30 PM Commencement Minges Auditorium, Dunn Center Dr. John Hope Franklin to speak at Commencement this year CONTENTS Editonals 2 Letters 3 Academics 4 Student Life 5 Sports 6 Events 7 AI)1> 8 Reviews 10 Notices 11 Decree 2002-03 12 The speaker for the 2002 Commencement Ceremony is Dr. John Hope Franklin, Profes sor Emeritus of History at Duke University. For seven years. Dr. Franklin was Professor of Legal History in the Law School at Duke. A native of Oklahoma and a graduate of Fisk University, he received the A.M. and Ph.D. degrees in his tory from Harvard University. He has taught at a number of institutions, including Fisk University, St. Augustine's College, North Carolina Cen tral University, and Howard University. One of the most significant American historians of the 20th century, he is the au thor or editor of books, essays, and articles, notably “From Slavery to Freedom,” first pub lished in 1947 and now in its eighth edition. Professor Franklin is the recipient of many awards and honors, including more than 100 honorary degrees from institutions all over the world, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, awarded by President Clinton in 1995. Named for Dr. Franklin, the John Hope Franklin Collection of African and African-American Documentation at Duke Univer sity was begun to collect, pre serve, and promote the use of libary materials bearing on the history of Africa and people of African descent. Dr. Franklin’s Jefferson Lec ture in the Humanities for 1976 was published in 1985 and re ceived the Clarence L. Holte Lit erary Prize for that year. In 1990, a collection of essays covering a teaching and writing career of fifty years was published under the title “Race and History: Se lected Essays, 1938-1988.” In 1993, he published “The Color Line: Legacy for the Twenty-first Century.” Professor Franklin's most recent book, “My Life and an Era: The Auto biography of Buck Colbert Franklin,” is an autobiography of his father that he edited with his son, John Whittington Franklin. His current research deals with "Dissidents on the Plantation: Runaway Slaves." Professor Franklin is the au thor of many other publica tions, including “The Emanci pation Proclamation ,”“The Militant South,” “The Free Negro in North Cai'olina,” “Re construction After the Civil War,” and “A Southern Odys sey: Travelers in the Ante bellum North”. Pearsall Library contains 11 of Dr. Franklin’s works, includ ing the 1988 edition of “From Freedom to Slavery.” For this and other informa tion on Dr. Franklin, see http:// scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/ franklin/bio .html -and- http://www.amazon.com
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