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THE GUILFORDIAN
Greensboro, NC
Guilford receives science chair
♦Glaxo Wellcome's $1 million grant is the largest ever corporate donation to the college
ts Y ADAM LUCAS
Editor-in-chief
Highlighting a weekend of productive
discussions, Glaxo Wellcome announced
last Friday that they have given a $ 1 million
grant to Guilford College to be used to en
dow a professorship.
The gift is the largest corporate do
nation ever received by the college. "The
Glaxo Wellcome Foundation supports ac
tivities that help meet the educational and
health needs of today's society and future
generations," Marilyn Foote-Hudson, direc
tor of the Foundation, said. "The Founda
tion sees great merit in the Guilford sci
ence program, and we are proud to present
this gift."
President Don McNemar said that
the gift will be used as a bedrock of the
college's impending capital campaign. "The
establishment of the Glaxo Wellcome Pro
fessorship at Guilford College recognizes
the long tradition of Guilford faulty pre
paring excellent scientists and will
strengthen the collaborative work between
Faculty discusses new requirements
♦Lesser emphasis on humanities, eiirrnation of mandatory foreign language are issues
BY ELLEN YUTZY
World Editor
The faculty meeting on Wednesday,
Jan. 28, began and officially ended with
silence, but there was little of that during
the meeting or after it. At the meeting,
faculty discussed a couple of issues, most
notably the new foundation courses that
are part of the proposed curriculum.
Jeff Jeske, English professor and
coordinator of the curriculum task force,
briefly presented the new requirements
before the floor was opened up to dis
cussion. In short, the new foundation
courses are meant to provide new stu
dents with the tools to succeed in col
]/m should not say it is not good, you should say you do not like it; then, you are perfectly safe. —Whistler
Senior Laura Haynes is the center of
Guilford's success on the basketball court
Sports pg. 16
our teacher-scholars and
future scientists," said
Don McNemar. "We
are delighted and honored
to be partners with Glaxo
Wellcome in the fields of
science and education
and look forward to fu
ture projects we can ac
complish together."
The new profes
sorship was not the only
positive that came out of
the weekend for the sci
ence department. The
trustees also announced
that they have approved
plans to build a new on
campus science facility.
Plans have not yet been
finalized, but construction
will begin this summer.
The trustees did
spend some time concen-
trating on non-science matters. McNemar
spent a good portion of his weekend ex
lege. The courses include a revised first
year class called FYE (First-year expe
rience), college read
ing and writing, a his
torical perspective
class, a global per
spective class, and a
class dealing with
quantitative analysis.
The opinions
expressed in re
sponse to Jeske's summary ranged from
Charles Almy, geology professor's,
optimism—"l strongly support it. I have
bucketloads of reasons." — to concern
expressed in a written statement from
several humanities professors who feel
Guilford decides to raise
tuition for the first time in
three years
News pg. 2
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plaining the numerous changes taking place
at the college, from curriculum to restruc
that the new curriculum fails to place ad
equate emphasis on the humanites. Sev
"I would like to hear
more about how the
pieces of this curriculum
fit together. " —Tim
K ire her
English professor, wondered how litera
ture fit into the new curriculum History
professor Tim Kircher said, "I would like
to hear more about how the pieces of
this new curriculum fit together."
Jeske said the FYE would include
eral professors
raised questions or
pointed out areas in
which they though
the proposal was not
clear enough about
what the intent of the
new courses is.
Beth Reiser,
Guilford students turn out
for the annual Binford for
mal at The Depot
Features pg. 7
turing. From all indications the trustees
please see SCIENCE on pg. 2
a series of queries intended to "intention
ally immerse students in thinking about
values important to us at Guilford.''
The five academic principles will
also be integrated into FYE sections
Experiential learning will become a part
of each class and some participation at
community events will be required.
There will be less writing involved
in FYE as the focus shifts to speaking
and listening skills.
Writing will be the focus of a new
class, College Reading and Writing. Al
though taught primarily by members of
the English department, professors from
other departments may teach sections.
please see FACULTY on pg. 2
February 6, 1998