The
WCC
40th
issue
FaU
CAMFUS VOICE
Wayne Community College, Goldsboro, NC 27533-8002
December 12, 2001
WCC responds to September 11 tragedies
Students begin to gather aroimd the flagpole where a
moment of silence was observed and the pledge to the
flag recited.
By REBECCA WHITMAN
Students stood in rapt
attention in front of campus
wide televisions as the news
broke September 11, 2001.
For some the effect was
disbelief; for many the events
left a deep spiritual wound.
Twice in the week after the
planes had struck, WCC
students met around the
flagpole in front of the LC
building for a moment of
silence to sing and to pledge
allegiance to the flag.
In classrooms, instructors
gave students a chance to
discuss their feelings about
the tragedy.
PHOTOS: VOICE STAFF
The WCC Educational
Office Personnel (EOP)
sponsored a campus-wide
collection for the New York
Disaster Relief Fund.
Over a 5-day period, EOP
representatives raised $724.10
to be presented to American
Red Cross officials.
Also, over a period of 2
weeks, sales of patriotic
memorabilia at the bookstore
increased; it sold 156 t-shirts
and 60 pins.
On Monday, September 17,
a forum was held to respond
to students’ questions. That
same day, base classes, which
had been closed since
September 11, moved to the
main campus.
Students once able to go to
classes at SJAFB with a
simple ID were suddenly
subjected to a new policy of
background security checks.
By the Fall II term, day
classes resumed on base for
those who could obtain
security access, but night
classes remained on the main
campus.
All classes are expected to
resume at the base location in
the spring for students with
approved security access.
Another effect of the
tragedy on WCC students was
an interest in the policy for
reimbursement of money to
deployed military students.
According to John Pritchett,
former Programs Coordinator
of WCC classes on SJAFB,
military students will be
compensated on a one-on-one
basis independent of the NC
Community College System
policy until a large
deployment is in effect.
While a small deployment
did affect some students and
families at WCC, sources say
that the deployment occurred
early enough in the semester
for students to meet the
drop/add date and the policy
was, therefore, not used.
Attack on America Forum
held to meet campus needs
By LEEANNE EPPS
After the recent tragedies in
New York, Washington D.C.,
and Pennsylvania, Wayne
Community College instructor
Dr. Edmond Hogan organized
a forum of 5 panelists for
parents, students, faculty and
staff, as well as the general
public to share their thoughts
and learn how to cope with
questions they had and their
children had.
The panelists included the
Rev. William Barbour II,
pastor of Greenleaf Church;
Dr. William Brettman, a
retired Episcopal minister; Dr.
Edwin Hoeper, M.D.,
psychiatrist; Oneida Levine,
Ph.D., Wayne County Mental
Health Child Family Services
Director; and Dr. David
Tayloe, Jr., pediatrician.
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Basic Law Enforcement Training students stand at
attention with their instructor Beverly Deans, far left,
during the pledge to the American flag.