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September 5, 2001 M0redith Herald Campus News California native calls Meredith home Margaret Cocwey StaH Reponer She came to North Carolina with a plan to go into food administration. But when she came to teach at Meredith as an adjunct in 1997, she never left. Dr. Jody Roubanis, one of Meredith’s newest faculty members in the Department of Human Environmental Sciences, said that she “never dreamed [she] was going to be a professor.” After doing her undergrad work at California State Uni versity at Long Beach, where she earned a degrees in dietetics and food administration, she thought she was headed immediately toward a doctorate. But then she taught a Family Consumer Sci ence class as an adjunct at Meredith and realized she had found her place. “The first day I came on this campus everyone was smiling and happy," says Roubanis. “Coming from an institution that wasn’t like that, it was refreshing. I enjoy the collaboration of people outside the depanment, in the depart ment, the open sharing and the authenticity of the people here.” Roubanis teaches the Foods and Nutrition classes along with several Family Consumer Science courses. Students who take her Foods and Nutrition This year, Dr. Jody Roubanis visited Meredith once and never left. She is one of 23 new faculty this year. Photo By Christina Holder classes often find themselves going to Belk Dining Hall and working with the dining staff. Although she enjoys ail her classes, Roubanis has a special fondness for her Family Con sumer Science class because the material covers family resource management and teaches about life and making good dMisions. ■*It’s a wonderful topic,” said Roubanis. “It (involves] grow ing together, and I feel a part of what’s going on at campus and in people’s lives through (hat class.” Teaching at Meredith for four years has given Roubanis time to process why she has stayeed. For one, the small class sizes give her a chance to really know her students. Another is simply the people she has gotten to know. For Roubanis, Mered ith is what teaching is all about. She likes the fact that Meredith has whole some values and is focused on community service, leadership and helping women to suc ceed. When a^ed what kind of legacy she would like to leave at Meredith, Roubanis said that she would like to leave know ing that she has helped her stu dents achieve their fullest potential. “I knew even before I came to Meredith that what drives me and what really makes me excited about life is seeing oth ers achieve their potential. That just really gets me excited, and I’ve always been very motivat- WfSH UPOAiASTAR.... C0A|E IVASH ivmi t;sM! Carwas}^ t«> Hie «>f Eastern A/«>rfK Cart>!ma Sponsored by Meredith College Saturday, September S'** 9;00am until 1:00pm Applebee’s on Hillsborough Street Questions? Contact Amanda Worren x2510 Allison Shiver x2504 Anne Stewart 858-5609 Meredith beats Converse 4-2 Molly HoFf=STETLER Staff Repotter Early in the game against Converse College yesterday at the Meredith field, goalie Blair Ruark was put to the test: Con verse took shots at her goal left and right. However, the Angels ')layed tough, beating Con verse 4-2. Midway through the first lalf, #15, Annie Palmquist. K)Oted a goal kick down field. After the ball was passed back and forth among the teams, it was knocked out of bounds. Meredith’s #2, Ashley EHis was the spotlight of the play as >he recovered her own comer kick, making it a goal for the Angels. Converse had their chance to come back with a free kick resulting ft'om #15, Palmquist, verse. Partially through the second half. Converse took advantage of Ruark being out of the box, and put the ball in for a tie ball game. But the Angels quickly turned the game around and #3, Katie Fuller, shot a goal once again, pulling the Angels ahead over Converse with a score of 3-2. With ten minutes left in the game, Meredith players Ellis and Fuller worked together as a tag team making a deflected ball a goal. Fuller took the ini tial shot, and it hit the post bringing the goalie out of the goal. Ellis moved in quickly to take advantage "of the open goal, putting another one in for the Angels bringing the score to its final state of 4-2. Meredith and Converse hit the field for the first time this season. Meredith beat Converse 4-2 yesterday. taking out a Converse ofTen- sive player. Converse attempt ed a fake out, but there was no fooling the Angels’ defense. They attacked the ball and took over the field once more. However, a call off sides alarmed the Angels, and a quick Converse turnover allowed Converse to take advantage of the distracted VIeredith defense fcff the first joal of the game. In the first five minutes of he second half, the Angel shot for a goal, and the crowd was certain that the Converse goalie saved it. But the goalie lost control of the ball, and the ball rolled between her legs and mto the goal. This gave the Angels a lead 2-1 over Con- Photo By Christina Holder All around strong defensive skills, and #15, Annie Palmquist’s constant and reli able kick to get the ball down field were a key in the win. Just as important as the defense was the team work of the mid-field and offense. “I am very proud of the way we played. We pulled together as a team, and that was impor tant because our bench resources are limited to only one player. An outside source told our coach that we would probably lose today. In win ning today we proved to our selves that we are a strong team,” said Palfnquist.
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