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Italy semester
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ofEurope. Martha Cooley, Dana Professor
of History and Director of Off Campus
Education, advises that this program is for
those who enjoy reading, writing and hiking
in the countryside. The program does,
however, include an urban element with
trips to cities such as Florence and Venice.
Another selling point of the Brunnen
burg program is the fact that Mary de
Rachewitz, the daughter and literary
executor of renowned American poet Ezra
Pound, is a member of the family that
inhabits Brunnenburg Castle. She teaches
the students along with her son Siegfried,
the director of the program, who holds a
Ph.D. in comparative literature from
Harvard University.
Subject matter runs the gamut from art
and literature to the historical development
of agriculture and its cultural implications.
Virtually every major aspect of the liberal
arts is touched upon within the scope of the
five-course offering. The various subjects
are inextricably related to the students'
surroundings. Italy is their laboratory where
the books and lectures acquire meaning in
the context of daily life.
The following courses are offered:
The Pound Era: This course covers
writings of Ezra Pound and is taught by his
daughter. Other writers such as Dante are
examined as influences on Pound.
Agro-Archaeology: Siegfried de
Rachewitz, the instructor of this course,
tells that "the attempt is made to show that
'technical' developments in agriculture
were accompanied by momentous changes
in the social and religious realms, reflected
in myths, legends, customs and beliefs."
Bi-weekly field trips and one work day
each week on the Brunnenburg farm con
stitute the practical component of the class.
Italian: An introductory course will
be taught as the language component in
this semster. In the future, it is possible that
German will be taught as well.
Art History: This course will cover
the Italian Renaissance and incorporate
many trips to places such as Verona and
Padova so students can examine first-hand
the works of this period. It is taught by Lee
Johnson, the faculty adviser of the spring
'92 trip.
Saints and Heroes of the Middle
Ages: Among other focuses in the scope of
this course are the cult of the Saints and
Christian iconography. "At the end. . .
students should be able to enter any church
anywhere in Europe and 'decipher' at least
a good part of the iconography depicted
there," says Siegfried of this course.
"I'm really excited about the things
we'll be learning," said Judge. "One of our
classes, The Pound Era, is actually going to
be taught by his daughter. It is a really
unique experience to be able to be taught
by a relative of the author you're studying.
She'll be able to give us abetter perspective
and understanding, as well as a greater
appreciation, of what he wrote. It is a rare
opportunity."
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college relations photo photo by Joan Malloch
President Bill Rogers and Greensboro Mayor Vic Nassbaum look over the computers during the Bauman
Telecommunications Center dedication. Besides being the technological center of the campus, the building also
houses several departments. The facility was made possible by a trustee's $1.75 million donation.
State-of-the-art telecommunications
building officially dedicated
Courtesy College Relations
With the dedication of the Bauman Tele
communications Center Thursday, Nov. 7,
Guilford College completes the first phase
of a major program to expand its educational
capabilities. This new facility makes state
of-the-art computer-based telecommunica
tions systems available to all students and
faculty.
When fully completed, the campus-wide
system will have a tremendous impact on
learning by linking each student's room
with all of the information resources of the
college and, literally, a world-wide network
of libriiries and information systems. This
unique facility will prepare students for life
in the electronic world of the 19905, in
which instai.t communication on a global
scale already is transforming all forms of
human activity—political, economic and
cultural
The Bauman Telecommunications Cen
ter is the most significant addition to the
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Guilford campus in 10 years and was made
possible by a gift of $1.75 million from
Edward J. and Vivien Bauman of Greens
boro. Mr. Bauman is a trustee of the college
and the former CEO of Blue Bell, Inc.,
before its sale to the VF Corp.
The new building becomes the nerve cen
ter of the college, housing all computer,
telephone and television capabilities. It con
tains computer laboratories, electronic class
rooms, computerized office space and ad
ministrative computer facilities within the
three-story 25 thousand square foot build
ing. Offices for two academic departments
(education and accounting) plus campus
security are located here as well.
Throughout a period of rapid growth in
academic computing, an overriding priority
of the college has been to expand computer
use throughout the curriculum. Thus, stu
dents use and see computer capabilities as
the tools they are—tools which free time
and energy tor intellectual pursuits and more
effective and productive learning.
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THE GUILFORD IAN
Integration of academic computing
throughout course offerings at Guilford
has been full and continues to grow. Over
115 courses in 19 departments involve
computer use by students, with 20 other
courses in which computer use is planned.
Rather than offering a computer science
major, an interdisciplinary computer con
centration, which gives students options
for more technical training in computer
use, has been initiated.
Guilford College is the host site for a
Library Automation Project involving all
of the colleges in the Piedmont Indepen
dent College Association (PICA), a project
funded by a federal Title 111 grant Through
the consortium arrangement among five of
the six member colleges in North Caro
lina, students are able to access card cata
logs of the circulating collections of all six
of the schools. In the future, students will
be able to access information from schools
across the state and throughout the United
States.
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