Staff Profile
Gayle Byrd
Gayle Byrd began her work at WCC
in January 1987. From 1987 until
August 1991, she worked as an Exec
utive Secretary in Student Support
Services. Since August 1991, Gayle
has worked in the College Transfer
area as an Administrative Assistant.
She grew up in Johnston County,
NC, with a loving brother and hard
working parents. She earned a B.S.
degree in Business Education from
Atlantic Christian College in 1968.
She has been married to Mr. Roger
Byrd for 11 years. He is the Superin
tendent of Buildings and Grounds for
the First Baptist Church in North
Wilkesboro, NC. They have one son,
Grady (a student in the Exceptional
Children’s program at Wilkesboro
Elementary School). Other members
of her family include a poodle/terrier,
Daisy, and two brand new 6-week old
yellow kittens named Honey and
Hooch.
Her interests primary include in
volvement with the Exceptional Child
ren’s teachers and parents from Wil
kesboro School and activities involv
ing grade parents for Sandy Eller’s
class. She speaks to parents, classes,
etc. regarding Fragile Syndrome (her
son’s condition) whenever she can.
She has taken it upon herself to dis-
semate any information available on
the syndrome at every opportunity.
Since she is the first person in her
family’s history, and in Wilkes
County to her knowledge, to have a
child with the genetic disorder, she is
constantly learning more and more
and trying to educate parents and
parents-to-be regarding the condition,
its causes and effects, and up-dating
teachers regarding treatment and edu
cation methods which are effective
with Fragile X children.
The biggest part of her time is, of
course, centered around Wilkes Com
munity College, College Transfer, and
the students. When Gayle worked for
Student Support Services, her endea
vors centered around helping Student
Support Services students overcome
problems with finances, family, jobs.
and activities which make it difficult
to stay in school.
Gayle says, "We all deserve the
educational training we need to get
more secure employment. That’s why
I’m here at Wilkes Community Col
lege, and I hope to play my small part
in the overall plan.”
College
Transfer
Make plans to pick up your
application for the ’92-93 Fall
Semester, college spaces are filling
up fast.
Scholarship applications for
1993-94 are here! Come by the
Financial Aid Department to pick
up your application.
Yearbook
News
In the midst of the hustle and bustle
of the season, the yearbook staff is
trudging along. Despite the hectic de
mands to meet deadlines, we’re mak
ing the most of Christmas. The every
day demands often frustrate us all, but
during this holiday season I wish that
everyone could make a conscious
effort to slow down a bit. Work is the
one think that we can always rely on
being there tomorrow. Life has a way
of constantly speeding up on us and
it’s up to us to s-l-o-w the pace. Let’s
savor this holiday experience. Let’s
enjoy our company. Let’s clear our
minds of deadlines, exams, work...if
only for awhile.
Yearbook members understand the
importance of relishing this special
time of year. We’re like a little family.
And like families, we plan to exchange
gifts on December 17th, not so much
for the sake of getting, but more for
the sake of sharing and interacting.
In a world like ours, we should look
around from time to time. Most of us
find our problems miniscule when
compared to others. We should keep
that in mind during the holidays. I ask
you, "How does it feel to be rich?” If
you’re like me and you don’t consider
yourself rich...think of Somalia...think
of our homeless...and then let your
heart do your thinking.
Merr^ Christmas
from the Yearbook ar\d Newspaper Staff
Triplett Named
Vice-President
Wilkes Community College auto
motive instructor, Jim Triplett, was
recently elected vice-president of the
Auto Diesel Instructors Association
(ADIA) at the statewide meeting that
was held at the Department of Com
munity Colleges’ Conference in Char
lotte, NC. The yearly meeting took
place in October at Charlotte’s Cen
tral Piedmont Community College.
Mr. Triplett has been an automo
tive instructor at WCC for the past 5
years, but has been involved in the
automotive industry for 32 years. He
served as president of the regional di
vision of the ADIA for two years
before becoming vice-president at the
state level.
Members of the state’s ADIA exec
utive committee are selected from
officials in each regional division. The
executive committee makes decisions
that concern and effect the organiza
tion, plans conferences, and plans the
statewide meeting which is held at a
different community college each
year. According to Mr. Triplett, the
North Carolina organization is one of
the strongest in the country with 100-
150 members. It provides automo
tive, diesel and auto body instructors
with a support group, opportunities
for networking, training for advances
in technology, and the organization
carries a certain amount of prestige for
its members.
Mr. Triplett is a graduate of the
Nashville Auto Diesel College in
Nashville, TN. He teaches all first year
automotive technology courses at
WCC and is working with the De
partment of Community Colleges in
rewriting a model automotive tech
nology program for community col
leges. The model program can be used
by any community college in the state
that wishes to implement an automo
tive technology program.
A native of Wilkes County, Mr.
Triplett and his wife, Bonnie, live in
Millers Creek. They have two daugh
ters, Melinda, 13, of the home; and a
25 year old married daughter, Robin
Cornett.
If you’re interested in WCC’s auto
motive technology program, contact
Dr. John German at 919/651-752.
Registration for winter quarter in
Monday, November 30, from 9:00
am until 8:00 pm.
Go Metric
continued from page i
1/1760 of a mile. "Kilo” and "milli”
are unit prefixes we see every day.
Watts, volts, ohms and amps are
already metric.
So don’t let metrics mess with your
mind. It’s not that hard to think met
ric. Always remember, do it by a mul
tiple of 10.
WCC^s Select
Lone Gambill — Miss WCC
Mark Jarvis — Mr. WCC
Kim Barber — Miss Cougar
Sheila Burgess —
Miss College Transfer
• Tomeka Hester — Miss Technical
Tricia Christenbury —
Miss Vocational
Until We
Meet Again
May blessings abound;
may trouble be scarce;
may your labors be fruitful.
May the wind fill your sails;
may your seas be never trying;
may your nets swell with plentitude.
May the sun shine mercifully on you;
may the rains fall gently around you;
may the winds bring you sweet fragraru:es.
May your travels be easy;
may your burdens be light;
may your God be ever with you.
While time yet remains 'til I see you,
arui another moment separates our touch,
I will wait hopefully until we meet again.
"Woody”
Attention
Freshmen
If you are in the College Trans
fer Program, you need to see Larry
Caudill as soon as possible. Larry
can do a quarter by quarter plan to
get your general education require
ments out of the way so you can
feel confident that you are taking
the right course (so that the trans
fer process can be completed with
ease).
Happy Holidays!