Guilfordian
Yearly Promotion to Commence
by Joe Pardington
News Editor
Next weekend, graduation will
mark the end of many Guilford
students' undergraduate careers
as Commencement ceremonies
take place on May 7. Commence
ment will get an early start on
Saturday, the exercises beginn
ing at 10:30 a.m., with faculty and
student speakers. Preceding the
ceremony will be a senior
breakfast at 8:30-9:30 a.m. in the
Walnut Room, and coffee on the
Campus Lawn at 9:00 a.m.
The lengthy list of commence
ment specials begins with an
organ prelude by Michael Barker
('B4) as well as the processional
"Fantasia in G Minor" also per
formed by Barker and written by
Johann Sebastian Bach. Con
stance Irving, class of 'B3, will
give the invocation followed by a
choral celebration with the
A New Degree
of Learning
Guilford College has announc
ed a new educational opportunity
for area residents who want to do
accredited on-campus study
without working toward an
academic degree.
A "certificate program" begin
ning next fall will allow a student
to take four to six related courses
and gain expertise in a specific
area-such as communications,
the classics or accounting. A for
mal certificate will attest to the
student's accomplishment.
The program can provide the
"second major" someone always
wishes he had taken, a
marketable skill that is tangible
plus for job advancement or job
seeking, or simply a feelin of per
sonal achievement, say college
spokesmen.
"It's a short way to achieve a
goal-be it personal or profes
sional," explains Ann Johnson,
director of the College's Center
for Continuing Education.
"Primarily it was intended for
people who didn't want a second
degree," she says, "but we ex
panded it for people who may not
even have a previous degree."
Certificate programs are a
growing concept at colleges na-
Guilford College Choir, directed
by Edward Lowe. The choir will
sing "Hallelujah, Amen" written
by George Fredrick Handel.
President Will Rogers, Sheriden
Simon, and Roger Pettingell 'B3
succeed the choir with speeches.
Following the speakers, the
Guilford College Choir will per
form an acapella choral poem
"Every time I feel the Spirit" by
William L. Dawson. Gail
Leßauer will then present "The
1983 Excellence in Teaching
Award" and the "Outstanding
Service Award." Sam Schuman
will follow with the announce
ment of degrees conferred
August 1982. President Rogers
continues the services by presen
ting the class of 1983 conferring of
degrees, and the President's
charge to the Graduating Class.
The Benediction and a Choral
Response by the Guilford College
Choir will them be delivered.
tionwide, but Guilford is among
the few institutions to offer one in
North Carolina.
To be awarded a certificate,
students must successfully com
plete coursework with a grade of
at least "C" in each class. With
several courses from which to
choose and a faculty adviser to
help with planning and follow
through, program participation
is very similar to the way a
typical undergraduate student
pursues a major filed of study.
Courses can be taken in the day
or evening. Classmates will be
full-time undergraduates as well
as other part-time continuing
education students.
"Taking a small cluster of
related courses which make for a
coherent package of study," says
academic Dean Sam Schuman,
should be more meaningful to the
part-time student than random
selection of individual courses.
"The most likely students," he
predicts, "are people interested
in adding some new area of ex
pertise to their professional train
ing."
The purpose of the commence
ment exercises -- the Recessional
~ concludes the ceremonies.
Background music will be
"Voluntary in A Major" by
William Shelby and "Voluntary
in Free Style" by James Cox
Beckel, again perform by
Barker. It is worthy to note that
the actual commencement
weekend begins on Friday May 6,
at 2:00 p.m. with the commence
ment rehearsal for seniors in
Ragan Brown Field House.
Later, at 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. a
reception will be held for faculty,
seniors and parents of seniors, on
the Ragsdale House Lawn (or
Sternberger if it rains). Im
mediately following, President
Rogers will give the Presidential
Greeting at 7:15 p.m.
Good luck to all seniors; Satur
day May 7 is not far awar!
"The certificate serves as
evidence of significant educa
tional accomplishment for
employers and other interested
parties," states a program sum
mary. "It indicates successful
completion of a carefully planned
and logically structured
academic program outside the
traditional degree track."
Johnson and Schuman expect
to have individuals enroll who
wish to broaden their knowledge
in particular areas for personal,
as well as professional, reasons.
Subjects in which certificates
may be earned include accoun
ting, administration of justice,
art, biology, chemistry, com
munications, drama and speech,
the classics, economics, English,
elementary education (credits
can count toward state certifica
tion), foreign languages, geology,
history, history of philosophy,
humanistic studies, manage
ment, music, philosophy,
physics, political science,
psychology, religious studies,
sociology and sport studies, in
both sports medicine and sport
management.
The 25 certificate programs
available at the start of the next
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Bill Lanier's "Cattails" is just one of his prints on exhibit, along with
five other senior thesis. Artwork is on display in the gallery. Passion
Pit and Dana.
academic year in August are ex
pected to draw students with a
broad spectrum of interests.
Each program allows for some
flexibility so students can deter
mine curriculum which best suit
their needs.
The communications program,
for example, provides students
training in oral and written com
munications skills, as well as
covering social, moral and
philosophical issues.
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Specific courses may include
public speaking, managerial
communication, journalism,
mass media studies and/or jour
nalistic ethics. Optional courses
might be creative writing or oral
interpretation.
Should a student later decide to
pursue a traditional degree,
credit earned in the certificate
program can be transferred.
For further information or to
enroll, contact Guilford College's
Center for Continuing Education,
292-5511.