Pat Turlington stands with her award-winning watercolor ’Jacks*
in the Art Center Gallery. PHOTO: Todd Howe
Van Meir comes
home again
MAY 20,1992 - WCC CAMPUS VOICE 13
Turlington entry
best in show
By TODD HOWE
In a -few years, the
Uayne County Mental
Health Department will
mov;e its o-ffices -from
Ash Street to what is
now WCC's South Campus.
For Robert Van Meir,
former WCC college
transfer student, this
move will mean a return
to where he began as a
freshman in 1985.
Van Meir attended
WCC from 1985 through
1988, staying out one
year to see if he
really wanted to go to
college .
Active in SGA, Van
Meir received a
transfer scholarship
from Mount Olive upon
graduating from WCC in
1988.
Not knowing how well
WCC had prepj>red him
for a four-year school,
Van Meir attended his
first psychology class
at Mount Olive College.
Van Meir said he did
not understand a single
word in the first two
chapters but rested
easier when none of his
classunates understood
the material either.
In another class Van
Meir recalled what he
had learned in Dr. Ed
Hogan's psychology
cl ass.
Van Meir and the
teacher discussed a
point while the rest of
the class remained
wi thout a clue as to
what they were talking
abou t.
Van Meir graduated
summa cum laude from
Mount Olive in 1990
with a bachelor of
science degree in
psychology.
Van Meir then went to
ECU to further his
studies in Child and
Adolescent Mental
Heal th.
His master's degree
required him to serve
two one-year
internsh i ps.
Van Meir served his
first year at O'Berry
Center where he dealt
with mentally disabled
cli ents.
He served his second
year at the Wayne
County Mental Health
Center.
Van Meir finished
his second internship
on April 24, and he
will be hi red as a
primary therapist.
Van Meir plans to
get his Ph.D. and
later hopes to teach
psychology part time.
Van Meir spoke with
enthusiasm about his
academic experience at
WCC: "If you do we 11
at Wayne Community, you
will have no problem
wi th any school you go
to. ■
Congratulations
Qraduates
By TODD HOWE
Pat Turlington, art
instructor at WCC for
the past 6 years, won
Best in Wayne County in
Goldsboro's Thirteenth
Annual Juried Fine Arts
Exhibition held from
March 13-Apri1 24.
Her work, entitled
■Jacks," was a water-
color on paper of 2
large jackrocks, 1
si 1ver and 1 blue.
■I had or i gi nal1y
planned to paint 10 or
12, but because of the
deadline painted only
two. ■
Turlington has
previously won this
same award in 1983,
1984, and 1990.
In 1980 she won
first place in the
entire exhibit, and she
has won honorable
mentions 4 other times.
Turlington teaches
basic drawing, color
and design, art
appreciation, and
history of art.
She will teach
Introduction to art at
Seymour Johnson Air
Force Base this summer.
Born In Wash In ton,
D. C., Turlington grew
up in Raleigh and lived
all over the United
States before settling
In Goldsboro.
A highlight of her
artistic career has
been a one-woman show
at Salem College which
led to a position as
visiting ar11st In
April for several days
lecturing to and
teaching art students.
The Art Department
at Salem suspended
classes for the day to
al1ow facu1ty and
students to attend the
sessi ons.
Turlington entered
Rocky Mount's 35th
Annual Juried Art
Exhibit this month and
won 2 awards for the
same work, Best in Show
and fIrst prize in
watercolor for "Song of
Eve."
Her watercolor of
"Jacks" also won
honorable mention in
th i s exhIbi t.
In August,
Turlington will go to
New York City to
install an 18x18 foot
brick sculpture on the
side of the New York
City Port Authority
Bu 11 d i n g.
Turlington is very
excited about moving to
the new arts and
mathematics building on
the North Campus.
She hopes that the
aesthetic environment
and larger rooms will
inspire students to do
even better work.
Robert Van Heir poses outside buildings being renovated on tli«
South Canpus where he will eventually have an office. PHOTO: Todd Howe