Meredith Herald
Volume XVII, Issue 23
Educating Women to Excel
March 21,2001
On the
inside:
New resource for classes
□ Spring
break trip
allows students
to help others
Page 2
□ Tennis team
breaks even at
spring break
tournament
Page 5
□ House of
Mirth comes to
life on the big
screen.
Page 8
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□ Program
assists students
in intro-level
classes
Lkue Maxwell
Editor in chief
Academic resources such as
the Learning Center, faculty
advisers and the Office of Aca
demic Advising have long been
available to students who need
a little extra help with their
classwork.
Now, Meredith is introduc
ing another program to help
students in their classes. Sup
plemental Instruction. SI, is
being coordinated by the
offices of Academic Advising
and First Year Experience.
Supplemental Instruction
offers students a way to review
concepts learned in selected
classes and practice those con
cepts. Some of the courses SI is
offering help in are Biology
101 and Geology 100. And,
according to the SI flier, the
sessions are voluntary and
open to all students who want
to improve their understanding
of course material.
The review sessions are
offered two times a week, and
they are facilitated by a stu
dent. Working with other stu
dents, discussing concepts and
developing ways to study and
learn the material are just some
of the activities that take place
during a Supplemental Instruc
tion session.
And data taken from other
schools shows that students
who regularly attend Supple
mental Instruction sessions
have higher grade point aver
ages than those who do not
attend sessions.
At N.C. State, for instance.
students who attended one or
two sessions had an average
GPA of 2.4 for that class, while
students who attended 10 to 13
sessions averaged a 3.0 and
students who attended 14 or
more sessions averaged a 3.2
GPA for that class.
The classes Supplemental
Instruction is offered in are
geology, taught by Dr. Carol
Hazard, with SI led by junior
Robyn Ratcliffe; biology,
taught by Dr. Bob Reid, with SI
led by junior Christina Brizen-
dine; religion, taught by Dr.
Janet Nelson, with SI led by
senior Missy Neff; and psy
chology, taught by Dr. Mark
O’DeKirk, with SI led by
senior Amy Leeper.
The student leaders know
the content of the courses, and
they attend each regularly
scheduled class taught by the
instructor.
SGA president-elect plans
JONi Smith
staff Writer
A Carolina girl will be lead
ing the show next year at
Meredith, A South Carolina
girl, that is.
Hope Parrish, a rising senior
from Columbia, S.C., has
recently been elected Student
Government Association presi
dent for the 2001-02 year.
Parrish is double majoring in
American civilizations and
pre-law with hopes of going to
law school at the University of
South Carolina or Wake Forest
University,
"I have loved history ever
since I took my first We-stern
Civilization course here at
Meredith,” she said, “and I
want to be a lawyer because I
think 1 could really help peo
ple.”
Parrish definitely has
enough activities on her
resume to be a worthy Student
Government President and law
school student. She has been
an active member of Meredith
Recreation Association, this
year serving as secretary. She
has also been involved with
SGA and Senate in her role as
SGA vice president/ Senate
chair for 2000-01.
As a history and politics
major, she has also been
involved in the History/Politics
Club and served on the Club
Coordinating Committee this
year,
“I have always loved to
interact with different people
and there really is no better
way to come into contact with
different groups of people than
being involved with SGA,” she
said.
As a rising senior, Parrish
has had time to reflect on her
years on campus, “I love the
friendships 1 have made. The
girls are one of a kind here. 1
also love the academic part of
Meredith.
“I enjoy being in my classes,
and my teachers are just won
derful; they’re so passionate
about teaching and helping stu
dents learn and become better
people,"
Although she has enjoyed
her time at Meredith, there are
some things she would like to
see change next year during her
time as SGA President.
“A lot of people at Meredith
feel that their voice is not
heard, and 1 want to change
that, I want every voice to be
heard, not just the loudest," she
said.
Parrish would also like to
change the way some people
on campus think.
“I wish people at Meredith
would be more open minded
and accepting of others. Some
people don’t realize that there
is life outside of Raleigh,
“I also want to encourage
students to walk away from
their parents’ views and form
their own.”
Hope is excited about the
approaching new semester and
hopes to get the entire Mered
ith community involved and
excited as well. "We have a
great Executive Board for next
semester, I can't wait to get
started,”
Hope would like to be con
nected with every group of stu
dents at Meredith next year.
"Next year will be the year of
the students," she said, "I real
ly want everyone to feel they
can voice their concerns
because I really want to hear
them."
Ground
breaking
for science
building to
be April
OFncE OF Marketing and
Communications
Meredith will break ground
on an 80,000-square foot sci
ence/ mathematics building on
Monday, Apr. 9 at 2:30 p.m. in
the courtyard of the Mae Grim
mer Alumnae House.
A reception will be held
immediately following the cer
emony.
All students, faculty and
staff are invited to attend both
events. v
The first new classroom
building to be constructed on
campus since 1993, the state-
of-the-art science/ mathematics
building will house Meredith's
biology and health sciences,
chemistry and physical science
and mathematics and computer
science departments.
It will include student-facul-
ty research laboratories, inter
disciplinary spaces, outdoor
classrooms, high-tech instru-
mentaiion and a roof-top tele
scope platform and is expected
to be complete in January
2003.
Recommended in the col
lege's strategic plan, the new
building is a key element of
Meredith’s initiative to prepare
women to excel in science-and-
math-related careers-two tra
ditionally male-dominated
fields.