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February 22, 1985
QUOTABLES
"What are
the functions
of the Senate
and Union?"
G.R.O.W. Response
'Beautiful'
By Julie Yindra
So far, the student body
response to Project G.R.O.W.
"has been beautiful," according
to Harriet Roland, Director of the
Center for Personal Growth, and
coordinator for the project.
G.R.O.W. (sometimes referred to
as the Wellness Program),
stands for "Guilford Reaches Out
to Wellness."
The program, which has been
two years in the making, is a
"series of concise bits of informa
tion that are designed to lead to
further learning experiences"
Roland said. She said these short
health information sessions can
provide a wide variety of
"self-taught, self-help skills that
will aid students in dealing with
non-critical medical discom
forts."
Throughout the rest of the
semester, a number of topics,,
ranging from how to quit smokn
ing to time and money manage-j
ment, will be discussed by
members of the Guilford faculty
and staff, as well as health ex
perts from the Greensboro area.
Hopefully, said Roland, these
"small group" sessions will en
courage students "to ask ques
tions and to give them a chance to
learn and practice new health
habits in this supportive at
mosphere, before you find
yourself in a life situation that
demands them."
A further objective of the pro
ject is to "showcase the services
that are already available at
Guilford, such as biofeedback,
counseling, and the exercise and
fitness facilities in the gym." The
major problem with all of these
facilities, said Roland, "is bring
ing the students and the equip
ment together."
"When I first came to Guilford
this year," she said "they all said
that it couldn't be done. But the
most recent Project G.R.OW.
program, which dealt with nutri
tion and body fitness, drew 55
participants, when a maximum
of 20 were expected."
Roland was hired on a tem
porary basis to replace Chris
Flynt, who is presently on a one
year leave. But the Guilfordian
has recently learned that Flynt
does not intend to return to
Guilford in the fall. Roland was
not offered the position on a per
manent basis, but was given the
opportunity to turn in an applica
tion along with other applicants
from the public. Roland said she
has "enjoyed working on a one
to-one basis with the students,"
likes the closeness of the com
munity, and feels that she and the
college "have a great deal to of
fer each other. I have applied,"
she said, "but I'll just have to
wait and see what happens."
Below is a schedule of upcom
ing events for Project G.R.OW.
through March:
Feb. 27th - AssertivenessTraining-
Paula Swonguer
Self Care Skills-Harriet
Roland, Lucy Barden
March 13th -Smoke Stoppers-
Tamara Demsey-Tanner
Testing Lung Capacity-Robert
Fulton
March 20th -Coping With Stress-
Claudette Franklin
Overload Boredom
Time and Money Management-
Anne Devaney
March 27th -Emotional Well
Being-Jane Carris
•' : •
"The Union backs the students
and the Senate is a pawn of the
administration."
John McKeown, Chris Kimmel
"Senate is something you run
for; Union is something you run
from."
Neil Cooper, Rex Lawson
Quaker Business
By Holly Hobbs
Guilford's got something new:
the Democratic Management
Concentration. This is the pro
gram's first year at Guilford, as
well as the first undergraduate
program of it's kind in the nation.
Frank Adams, a North
Carolina Quaker who is in
terested in cooperatives,
"brought this curriculum to
Guilford's door," said Rachel
Willis, associate director of the
new program.
What have cooperatives got to
do with management? Not much,
until the word 'Democratic' is
teamed with the "Management."
One of the definitions of
"Democratic" is "favoring social
equality." This is the focus of
Democratic Management. In
stead of using hierarchial system
to run a business efficiently, this
curriculum focuses on social
equality. Each worker in a
Settlemyre Honored
By Doc Roberts
Nancy Settlemyre, Secretary
to the Academic Dean, was
recently honored as the 1985
Secretary of the Year by the O.
Henry chapter of the Profes
sional Secretaries International
(PSI). The organization is made
up of chapters from all across the
United States and Canada.
Mrs. Settlemyre was awarded
a plaque by the PSI and was also
given roses by its local chapter.
The selection process for the
democratically-managed
business has equal say in
everything the enterprise does.
And of course this ideology is
identical to the Quaker values
stressed here at Guilford.
One of these ideals urges the
community to "be attentive to
each individual pilgrimage in the
exploration of values," wrote
President Rogers in the Fall 1984
Guilford Review. In the business
world, a democratically
managed is that "community"
Rogers spoke of.
The idea is catching on.
Although no other undergraduate
program has been established in
the nation as of yet, many college
and universities offer courses in
Democratic Management.
"There has been a good recep
tion (from other institutions) and
many requests for information,"
Willis said.
award was based on job ex
perience, contributions to the PSI
organization, and an interview
before a panel of judges made up
of members of Greensboro's
business community.
The Guilfordian, as well as the
rest of the college community,
wishes to extend its congratula
tions to Ms. Settlemyre. Her
recognition is but another exam
ple of the quality of people here at
Guilford.
"The Senate is the master
budget and the Union plans col
lege events."
Charles "Budweiser" Reed
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