Meredith Herald
Vol. 2 No. 19
Meredith College, Raleigh, NC 27611
April 10.1987
1987 Woodrow Wilson visiting fellow Dorothy
Ridings enlightens the Meredith community
by Jo Hodges
Journalist and political activist Dorothy
Ridings was the Woodrow Wilson Visitng
Fellow for Meredith’s 1987 academic
year. Ridings recently served as the presi
dent of the League of Women Voters and
moderated the Reagan-Carter presidential
From March 30 through ApriJ 3, Rid
ings visited Meredith business, history,
religion and public speaking classes. She
met with the Colton English Club and
other students interested in communica
tions and politics to share her experiences
and seasoned advice. She gave an interest
ing and informative pc^itical lecture,
“Dealing with Revolution; Iran, Nicaragua
and the Phillipines.^^ate Auditorium.
Despite her varied and impressive past
career. Ridings' first love is the written
language. “From a very early age, I knew I
wanted to write. When I was little, I wrote
my own family newsletter and sold it to my
family. Throughout junior high and high
school, I was always on school newspaper
staffs, editing the school newspaper. And
Tve always been a reader. It doesn’t matter
what it is. If it’s a morally uplifting work,
okay. If it’s trash, that’s fine, too. Lan
guage, written and spoken, has always
been my main love,”
Ridings enjoyed her visit with the stu
dents of Mer^ith College. “I find that the
young people are always fascinating me.
I’m always learning something from
them.” She ended up her visit with a lun
cheon with the Board of Trustees, faculty
members and the staff On April 3.
Woodrow Wilson Vlsltlt(ig Feltow Dorothy Ridings poses for a photograpM^^^^ one of
:i’.Jnformai lectures on campus. (Photo by Kimberfy Cook)
StudenWurged to apply for private financral aid; new scholarsliip announced
Students in need of supplemental finan
cial aid for college were urged today to
write for a free copy of “How to Play
Grantsmanship,” distributed by The Scho
larship Bank. Additionally, each booklet
will be accompanied by an application for
a five hundred dollar scholarship.
According to the director of this nation
wide non-profit foundation, over half a
billion dollars is available to high school
and college students, and in many cases
can cover up to twenty-five percent of a
student’s academic year expenses. These
funds are contributed by corporations,
trade, civic and non-profit foundations and
are normally awarded on a non-traditional
basis such as academic merit, anticipated
college major, geographic preferences, and
even on the student’s ability to consider
special research project or entering a con
test. Parental factors, such as union, em
ployer or past military experience are also
considered by some donors.
The Scholarship Bank works with finan
cial aids offices in high schools and col
leges around the country to distribute
information on the over 5,000 different
programs in its computer bank. Each stu-
New course to be offered in
interdisciplinary studies
by Kim Allen
In the fall of 1987, Dr. Peggy Starkey
will offer a new course in intei^isciplinary
studies.
The course, Women of the World, is
designed to explore how religion helps
shape the roles of men and women.
The course will cover the Christian,
Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, and Japanese reli
gions to give a broad sample all over the
globe.
According to Starkey, the course evol
ved from requests from students about
other course on women because of the
success of the Women’s Odyssey class.
After the request, Starkey developed the
class, and it was approved by the academic
dean.
dent receives a personalized print-out
based on his or her individual needs. Each
scholarship has a value of at least one
thousand dollars, and many are renewable
yearly. According to the director, graduate
level grants with awards in excess of
$25,000 are also available. All applicants
receive up to 65 different aid sources.
High school and college students should
send a stamped, business-sized self ad
dressed envelope to The Scholarship Bank,
4626 N. Grand, Covina, CA 91724.
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