2 WCC CAMPUS VOICE - OCTOBER 22, 1997
Essay entries due January 30
By ANGELA L. AGUIGUI
Attention all
current and former
students, faculty and
staff, who enjoy
healthy competition,
publication, and cash
prizes!
According to WCC's
Public Information
Officer Bill Bennett,
WCC will sponsor an
essay contest in
celebration of the 40th
anniversary.
Participants should
submit an essay of 500
words or fewer on the
topic "What Wayne
Community College has
done for me."
One entry per
person can be
handwritten, but
double-spaced
keyboard^ entries will
be given first
consideration if the
number of entries is
exceedingly•high,
Bennett said.
First prize is
$300, second prize is
$150, and third is $50.
Though faculty
members are not
eligible for cash
prizes, they may
receive honorable
mention.
Bennett said the
prize winners and
honorable mentions will
be published in a
collection entitled
"Profiles of
Achievement."
Judges will be 6
faculty members from a
variety of programs.
They will be evaluating
the entries on 3
criteria: adherence to
theme, human interest
appeal, and writing
style.
For those who want
to take advantage of
this opportunity,
contact Bill Bennett,
at ext. 210, or in his
office A&M 139.
Participants must
fill out an entry form
and turn in their essay
by 5:00 p.m. on January
30, 1998.
Winners will be
announced March 31.
Teleconference results
in letter to student
By SHOWNELL EZZELL
On Tuesday, August
26, at 3:00 p.m., the
new president of the NC
Community College
System, Martin
Lancaster, spoke during
a teleconference via
satellite to all 59
schools.
Lancaster assumed
the position in July
and saw the tele
conference as a means
"to involve more people
in a larger dialogue
... to hear the
vision and goals we are
all cons ider ing."
Dr. Barry Russell
moderated the event,
introducing Lancaster
and directing the call-
in portion of the
teleconference.
About 20 faculty and
staff watched in the
board room while 2
orientation classes
meeting with
instructors Bo Wessell
and Rosalyn Lomax
observed in MSS 207.
During the call-in
time, WCC student
Olivia Johnson asked
President Lancaster a
question about Pell
grants and Dislocated
Worker benefits that he
said would require
research.
A week later Johnson
received a 2-page
letter from President
Lancaster answering her
question and listing
resources to contact if
she had further
questions.
Lancaster responded
that "income
eligibility is not a
consideration in
determining
participation in this
program."
Johnson was pleased
to receive such a quick
response from someone
who obviously cares
about students.
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CamNet's daily updates replace the weekly
Information Bulletins read in classes in the past.
PHOTO: ALVIN ODOM
CamNet informs campus
By ALVIN ODOM
In May 1997, WCC
introduced a new way of
getting information to
students efficiently:
it's called CamNet.
CamNet replaced
weekly bulletins
instructors read to
students during class
time, usually on
Thursdays.
CamNet is updated
daily by Kay Bradley,
Information Specialist,
who uses PowerPoint in
the Media Production
Department to produce
the text and graphics
that embellish each
announcement.
CamNet cost the
college $4,000 to
$5,000 from the college
equipment fund to get
the system started,
according to Linwood
Anderson, vice
president of
Educational Services.
Currently 8 monitors
transmit the news, and
Anderson has hopes of
buying more so that
every floor has one.
Each building has 1
monitor with the
exception of the LC
Building with 3
monitors, 1 in the
dining hall, 1 in the
atrium, and 1 on the
2nd floor.
All buildings have a
monitor on the 2nd
floor except the A&H
building with 1 on the
1st floor.
Administration
announcements, club
meeting times and
dates, community ^
events, and the
cafeteria menu are some
of the entries on
CamNet.
Suggestions for
improvements are
welcome, Bradley said.
Faculty and staff members watch President Lancaster
during the August teleconference.
PHOTO: LIZ MEADOR
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