The Wayne
Communique
VOL. 1 - NO. 4
WAYNE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, GOLDSBORO, N. C.
FEBRUARY 26, 1970
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Wayne Community college
has nominated twelve students
for Who’s Who Among Stu
dents in American Junior Col
leges. These second year stu
dents were chosen by students,
instructiors, and administra
tion on the basis of scholarship,
citizenship, participation and
leadership in academic and ex
tra curricular activities, and
general promist of future use
fulness to business and society.
These superior students are:
Miss PaulaB. Anderson,Ex
ecutive Secretary, Goldsboro.
Marshall E. Boykin,College
Transfer, Kinston.
Paul W. Brown, Electronics
Dudley.
Mis s J ackie M. Flanigan, Ac
counting, Goldsboro.
John E. Hurdle, Jr., Fores
try, Hertford.
Miss Judith C. Jones, Col
lege Transfer, Goldsboro.
Mrs. Teresa B.Modlin,Den
tal Hygiene, Jamesville.
Miss PhyllisC .Nimmo,Den
tal Hyigene,DinwiddlieCo.,Va.
Roy T. Rhodes, Drafting &
Design, Pink Hill.
Larry C. Stump, Forestry,
Clendenln, W. Va.
Miss Mary F. Taylor, Col
lege Transfer, Goldsoro.
Ronald J. Wertheim, College
Transfer, Conard, Conn.
To these people go our
C ONGR ATULATIONS!!!
Smith First
School Board
Candidate
Mr. Glenn Smith, Business
teacher at Wayne Community
college, was the first candi
date to file for election to the
Wayne County Board of Edu
cation on January 22, 1970.
Alton Glenn Smith, Jr., a
new comer topolitics,made the
following statement: “Today I
filed as a candidate for the
Wayne County Board of Edu
cation. 1 believe myeducatlon
and teaching experience in
Wayne county schools qualify
me for this office.
“If elected, I promise to al
ways put the children of Wayne
county first in my decisions.’*
Smith, 2 ■, is an instructor
in the business department at
Wayne- community college and
TA.J
Climate of Learning
Findlay, Ohio—(I. P.)— The
“Climate of Learning” study
conducted in the spring of 1968
by a team of researchers head
ed by Dr. Robert T. Blackburn
of the Center for the Study of
Higher Education at theUniver-
sity of Michigan has resulted in
Findlay inaugurating an en
tirely new and redesigned lib
eral arts curriculum.
Through a series of tests ad-
teaches accounting and eco
nomics. He formerly taught
accounting at Sampson Techni
cal Institute for one year and
business education at New Hope
high school for three years.
A graduate of Rosewood high
school. Smith attended N. C.
State University inl959-60, re
ceived his BS degree in busi
ness education from EastCar-
olina University in 196''and his
MA degree in business educa
tion from ECU in 1969.
He is a member of the Nation
al Education Association, the
N. C. Education Association,
Phi Delta Kappa and several
other education associations.
Smith is married to the for
mer Christie Thorne and they
had a daughter, born February
1, 1970, Sharon Marie. He is
the son of AltonGlenn and Eth
el Smith.
The Smiths live intheRose-
wood community.
The Easy Life
ministered by the researchers,
the college was able to draw
certain perceptions about the
way students look at the quality
education, their classes, their
social aiid cultural growth and
other tangible benefits usually
derived from a college exper
ience.
The newLiberalStudies Pro
gram , structured to be respon
sive to the needs of students in
a rapidly-changing society and
to new developments In the un
derstanding of learning, is uni
que to any campus.
To provide an awareness of
self, others, and the environ
ment; understanding of various
approaches to knowledge; and
the ability to choose value criti
cally; the Liberal Studies
courses prescribed for all stu
dents are designed to stimulate,
initiative in learning and to as
sist students to become mature
adults capable of continous
self-education.
Under the new plan, students
will take 36 courses, six of
which are prescribed by the
college.
These courses have such di
verse descriptions as Founda
tions of Physical Education,
Self-awareness and Self-ex
pression, Self-under stahdingin
the Humanities and Fine Arts,
Human Organizations and the
Social Sciences, Physical En
vironment and the Natural Sci
ences, and Critical Analysis of
Values in Contemporary So
ciety.
Emphasis is on providing
courses which are student-
awareness oriented, rather
than courses which are subject-
matter oriented.
In addition to the six required
courses, each student will take
six elective courses distributed
among the seven divisional dis
ciplines at the college.
Any six of these twelve cour
ses may be taken for credit or
no credit on the basis of one no
credit course per term if the
student so chooses. This alter
native routes plan was provided
for the students to study
courses in which they are inter
ested, without jeopardizing o-
verall grade-point accumula
tive averages.
Findlay college remains
committed to an education pro-'
EDWARD J. SHARKANY
Sharkany Named Trustee at WCC
Edward J. Sharkany, man
ager of Acme Surgical Co.
at Fremont was appoint
ed to the board of trustees of
Wayne Community college to
fill the unexpired term of the
late Munroe Best, who died
January 10. The six-year term
expires June 30, 1975.
Sharkany was appointed at a
meeting of Wayne County Com
missioners.
A native of Norwalk, Conn.,
Sharkany moved to New York
City where he was educated in
the public schools. He receiv
ed his technical education at
J. M. Wright Technical School
and attended the University of
Bridgeport in Connecticut. He
taught a night school course in
machine trades at Henry Ab
bott Technical School in Dan
bury, Conn., and served three
years with the U. S. Army of
Occupation in Germany.
Sharkany was associated with
Sperry Rand Corp/ and Nation
al Semiconductor Corp. manu
facturers of elctronic de
vices, in the capacities of pro
cess engineer and manufactur
ing engineer. He joined Acme
Shear Co. ofBridgeport,Conn.,
in the springofir,68asmanager
of the new Fremont plant, then
In the early planning stages.
The plant began operations last
year as manufacturer of surgi
cal instruments.
Sharkany is a senior mem
ber and past chapter chairman
ber and past chapter chair
man of the Society of Manu
facturing Engineers, and a
member of the American As
sociation of Contamination
Control. He is a member of
St. Stephen’s Episcopal church
and the board of directors of
the Wayne County Chapter of
the American Red Cross.
He is married to the former
Marion Studwell of Wilton,
Conn. They have three chil
dren, Nancy, 11; Teresa, 9;
and Gregg, 6. They live at 1015
S. Claiborne street in Golds
boro.
Richard Grady, chairman of
the board of commissioners,
said the commissioners are
pleased that Sharkany has ac
cepted the vacant position.
“Sharkany represents an in
dustry, not only new to this
area, but one that is highly de
sirable and requires many
skills in highpaying jobs which
have not been available ot res-
dents of Wayne County,”Grady
stated. “We hope that through
his association he will be able
to give the college the advan
tage of his background and
training and help them to con
tinue to broaden the scope of
their work which has been out
standing,” he added.
gram which combines liberal
arts and sciences and profes
sional and pre - professional
training,” commented Presi
dent Ivan E. Frick, “and a main
concern of the faculty and staff
today is to assure appropriate
balance in curricular offer
ings.*’ •
WCC Graduates FHrst
College Transfer Students
At the end of Winter Quarter,
1969-70, three students will
complete the requirements for
the Associate Arts degree.
Marshall Edward Boykin,
James Douglas Burch, and
Ronald John Wertheim will be
the first to receive the Associ
ate Arts degree from Wayne
Community college. All three
students have been accepted at
East Carolina University and
will enroll there for the Spring
Quarter.
Marshall Boykin is from Wil
son and attended Atlantic
Christian college before com
ing to Wayne Community col
lege. He has served as pres
ident of Delta Chi Omega Fra
ternity and was recently named
to Who’s Who Among College
Students.
Doug Burch is from Rich-
lands, althou^ he now resides
with his wife, Sharon, in Golds
boro. He attended Lenoir Com
munity college before coming
to WCC. Doug has been an hon
or student and is a member of
the newly formed WCC Honor
Society, Phi Theta Kappa.
Ron Wertheim came to WCC
from Conneticut and is mar
ried. He is a member of Phi
Theta Kappa and has served as
an officer for DeltaChl Omega.
Ron was also recently named to
Who's Who Among CollegeStu-
dents.
The Associate Arts degree
differs from the Associate Ap
plied Science degree in that it
enables the student to be able
to transfer his earned credits
to a four year college or univer
sity. The Associate Applied
Science degree prepares the
student for immediate work
upon graduation.
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Smith
were visited by the stork
February 1,1970. They named
their girl, Sharon Marie. Con
gratulations from the faculty,
staff, and students at WCC.