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Vol. 10, Number 1
We Stayed!
by Mindy Clinard
The “We’re Staying” display is
now history and the “I’m
Staying” t-shirts are all packed
away in our drawers or are at
home being worn by little
brothers and sisters. To the new
junior class at Montreat-Anderson,
the concept of actually staying
here for four years has finally
become reality. One member of
this pioneering group summed up
the third year at M-AC as, “Hey
it’s Just like any other school.
Believe me this is a ‘real’ school.”
Real school Indeed! Being the
first group in the new four-year
program does not guarantee or
even give hint to an experimental
or even a slack year of classes.
New Jersey native Diane Jefferies
commented, “At first I was a little
skeptical of the program, but I now
find it to be very challenging.”
In some ways starting the new
year as a junior class felt to the
participants almost like starting
all over at Montreat. Starting out
two years ago as freshmen, feeling
what it’s like to be sophomores,
learning about the college and
surrounding area, holding leader
ship positions, taking World Civ.,
being entertained at the
sophomore breakfast, and actually
graduating from good ole’ M-AC
all helped to make the past two
years complete. Saying goodbye
to the majority of the class of ’86
as they moved to new schools,
careers, or even into new family
lives gave a slight feeling of being
left behind, which was soon
forgotten as the juniors realized
what they had in store for their
MONTREAT-ANDERSON COLLEGE
October 3, 1986
next two years of school.
Of th^ new programs, the Chris
tian Ministries division has seem
ed to win top honors in enroll
ment, but the Business Ad
ministration and Liberal Arts divi
sions have actually brought back
a number of M-AC graduates from
years past to finish their study at
their old alma mater.
The new program contributes
much and seems very beneficial
to the students as well as to the
school. Some junior level courses
are being offered to sophomore
students and thus better prepares
them for their actual junior year
in college. Most of all, the juniors
are able to continue their educa
tion with the faculty and staff
they have learned to love (or have
learned what to expect from) over
their years here. The new faculty
have proven very capable of
teaching the junior level courses
and seem to have impressed the
students just as much as M-AC’s
“old faithfuls.”
When asked what it felt like to
be a junior, at what is still
thought of as a two-year school by
many, the general consensus
among the class was the same. At
first there was a slight feeling of
being left out, but now there is a
greater feeling of excitement. Get
ting into the actual majors and
courses of study cause this group
to finally feel like juniors at two-
year Montreat-Anderson and help
to give them the Christian basis
for their future c£U-eers. Which in
itself is mainly the reason the
juniors opted to continue at M-AC.
1986-87 Homecoming Court: (front row) — Ellen Pillsbury, Carmen Vander-
noord, Kristen Bass and Christy Spicer. (Back row) — Carole Beaumont, Kim
Hood, Cindy Henderson, and Karen Levine.
Some Big Important
__ — howTriendlv and outgoing D
Dude
Pioneering Montreatians In All Their Glory!
by Nancy Nichols
The first day on campus this fall
my mother and I were walking up
the steps from the “M” floor of
Belk when a distinguished, good-
looking man stopped us on the
stairs and Introduced himself. He
said he was Dean somebody-or-
other and asked where we were
from. Being ignorant about college
life can be detrimental because as
soon as I heard the word “Dean” I
said to myself, “some big impor
tant dude” and assumed he knew
everything there was to know
about life, the world, the universe
in general. So when I told him I
lived near Greensboro he said, “Is
that in N.C.? I’m new around here
too.” Anyway, I’ll never forget
howTriendly and outgoing Dean
McDowell was to me and my
mom that first day. And even
though he is a “big Important-
dude” he is just as human as the
rest of us.
In case you don’t know exactly
what Dean McDowell’s job is. I’ll
tell you. According to the college’s
official job description - he “shall
report directly to the Vice Presi
dent and Dean of the College with
responsibilities for administering
the Student Affairs programs and
supervising the personnel who
lead these programs. These areas
Include athletics, the new Belk
Campus Center, student activities
and intramurals, health services,
residence life, career counseling,
student government, and student
conduct. This person shall also be
expected to teach one or two sec
tions of an academic course in a
discipline of expertise.” Dean
McDowell is now teaching one of
our Bible classes.
Dean McDowell and his family
were living in Seattle when they
first started to feel the Lord was
calling for a change in their lives.
They were praying hard for direc
tion when they heard about an
open position at Montreat-
Anderson College. Dean McDowell
first contacted M-AC by phone
and then letter. He integrated a
visit to M-AC in May with a con
ference he was attending in
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