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Asheville native donates S3 million to UNCA Service
by Jamie Ellingsen
Staff Reporter
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lal card theft, according to
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cold'll The larcenies are still
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by Angele Mainhart
Staff Reporter
UNCA received $3 million
April 20 from a couple who only
attended UNCA for one year.
This is the largest private gift in
UNCA’s history.
“We are pleased, honored and
proud that Steve and Frosene Zeis
have established two scholarship
funds with a $1 million bequest,”
said James Mullen, UNCA chan
cellor. “When fully funded, these
scholarships will annually add
some $50,000 toward our effort to
provide an affordable college edu
cation. In addition, Steve and
Frosene have provided a $2 mil
lion life income gift for university
programs, and when fully real
ized, this endowment will provide
some $100,000 annually to help
accomplish pressing university
priorities.”
Steve, a native of Istanbul and
of Greek heritage, immigrated to
the United States. Frosene, an
Asheville native and also of
Greek heritage, married Steve 44
years ago.
Steve Zeis arrived in Asheville
in 1957 hoping to study textiles at
what is now North Carolina State,
according to Mullen.
Steve Zeis began taking classes
for a year at Asheville Biltmore
College, UNCA’s predecessor
institution.
“Steve’s career in textile
research, development and techni
cal services paved the way for
him and Frosene to start their own
business,” said Mullen.
“They presented some of
Europe’s most prominent textile
machinery manufacturers in the
United States and Canada. They
started their own firm, ZTM Sales
and Service Inc., in Asheville in
1983.”
The UNCA Board of Trustees
voted to name the science and
multimedia building, which will
be completed in 2007, after the
Zeises. In recognition of their
contribution, according to Sue
McClinton, the chair of the Board
ELIZABETH RYAN/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Steve Zeis accepts a stone from the site of a new buiiding at UNCA. Zeis donated $3 miilion
for the muitimedia arts and science building, to be completed in 2007.
of Trustees.
“The Zeis’ life together is a
wonderful example of partnership
and cooperation,” said
McClinton. “They have worked
together every day in their busi
ness, which is
remarkable. This
working togeth
er in partnership
and forming col
laboration is the
one single value
of a liberal arts
education. At the
very heart of the
liberal arts edu
cation is learn
ing how to form
partnerships,
learning how to
meet common '
goals, to question and continue to
learn throughout life.”
The Zeises previously spon
sored career fairs at UNCA. Their
support will help students be able
to afford a liberal arts education,
according to Mullen.
“In their quiet but meaningful
way, the Zeises have observed
UNCA from infancy to a point in
history • where
we have national
the
The Zeis’ rift is a stature,”sadRuss
^ Martin, chair ot
remarkable
example of
alumni giving.’
chair of
University
Foundation
Board. “The
Zeis’ gift is a
remarkable
example of
alumni giving.”
UNCA claims
a place in the
first rank of lib
eral arts col-
leges. People
like the Zeises help make this pos
sible, according to Mullen.
“I think it’s marvelous,” said Jo
Steininger, office assistant in the
Russ Martin
chair of the University
Foundation Board
history and philosophy depart
ment. “It’s overwhelming, really.
Now we’re right out there among
the first as far as liberal arts uni
versities around the country,
which is nice to know. Money
speaks volumes. You can invest in
more equipment, better faculty,
although we do have some out
standing faculty, but, you know,
bring some other minds from
other parts of the country.”
The Zeises said they invested in
the liberal arts education because
they believe so strongly in it.
They wanted to pass on what
they considered one of the most
valuable gifts to others, according to
Mullen.
In addition to naming the new
science building after the Zeises,
UNCA also gave them a stone
from the site where the building
will be built. This gesture adds to
the collection of stones the Zeises
gather from their travels abroad.
Students host chancellor’s final farewell ceremony
by Justin Wagner
Staff Reporter
Students held one of the final receptions for
Chancellor James Mullen inside ffie
Highsmith University Union, expressing
camaraderie with the chancellor before his
planned departure from UNCA at the end of
the semester.
“I think Chancellor Mullen has been a great
asset to the university—especially to Alpha Xi
Delta,” said Stephanie Hedrick, senior psy
chology student. “He’s always at our events.
“He’s always wants to speak, and he’s very
proud of us.”
Students noted Mullen’s ability to interact
and relate with students on a more personal
level, transcending the traditional divide
between students and faculty.
“I think James has been an amazing chancel
lor, and I think this campus is really going to
miss him,” said Porscha Yount, senior envi
ronmental science student and SGA president.
“But, I think that we’ll find someone that we
like just as much.”
Yount and Mullen often worked together at
UNCA. Yount got to know the chancellor on
a friendly level and said that he s not just a
professional person.
Students also recall Chancellor Mullen as a
person they could associate with on a personal
level.
“Chancellor Mullen and I had many differ
ences,” said Harry Johnson IV, undeclared
freshman. “He was a Yankees fan, and I m a
Red Sox fan, but we found common ground.
We saw through those differences.”
Mullen noted his impact on UNCA and its
ELIZABETH RYAN/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Chancellor James Mullen expressed his
faith in the students at a final reception
before his departure.
evolution as an institution during the past six
years.
“I think UNC-Asheville was a tremendous
institution six years ago,” said Mullen. “It is a
tremendous institution today.
“I think it is a first-choice institution for
young men and women across North Carolina
and the country, and I’m really proud of that.”
Mullen also discussed the personal impact
that his experience as UNCA chancellor exert
ed over him.
“I would just like to say to the students, in a
very special way, how very proud I am of them
and how honored I’ve been to be their chan
cellor,” said Mullen. “Wherever I am, and
wherever they might be, I hope our paths cross
again.”
Mullen’s new position at The College of Our
Lady of the Elms generated enthusiasm, but he
also acknowledges nostalgia in terms of the
experiences he has forged with students in
Asheville.
“There is excitement about going home to
Elms,” said Mullen. “It is my hometown and
an opportunity to try to help a place whose
folks were very good to me, but the friend
ships here will go on forever.”
Mullen expressed faith in the students he has
interacted with at UNCA and noted his own
solidarity he has derived as a result of his
experiences with UNCA students.
“I really feel like the students have become
part of my family and in ways that they don’t
even know,” said Mullen. “You’ve inspired
me, and you’ve touched my heart, and I’ll
always remember that and be thankful.”
Mullen also said his view of UNCA students
and the education they have gained leaves him
satisfied.
“I’m even more convinced now than ever
that the world is in good hands with you all
inheriting it,” Mullen said. “I feel greatly
inspired by the students here.
I think my confidence in the future is even
stronger today, because you are really wonder
ful citizens of the world.”
program
becomes
new class
by Sarah Schmidt
Staff Reporter
UNCA will turn a local commu
nity service program into a class to
help retain employees.
In response to a reported 15 out
of 50 employees dropping out of
the program. Project Putting
Opportunities Within Everyone’s
Reach will become part of a class
in sociology during the Fall 2005
semester, according to Project
POWER director Tammy Capps.
As an AmeriCorps community
service program. Project POWER
trains tutors and places them in
tutoring positions with elementary
and high school students in
Buncombe County.
The Asheville-Buncombe
Education Coalition pays the tutors
$8 an hour. After 300 hours of
service, students receive a $1000
scholaiship.
“This year, we have had several
folks drop out,” said Capps. “A lot
of it, 1 think, was because it just
didn’t coordinate with their school
schedule. They were busier than
they thought they were going to be
and weren’t able to get out for the
tutoring. That was the reason for
developing the class.”
Some of the former employees
of Project POWER reported differ
ent reasons for quitting the pro
gram, citing delays within their
program as their reason for leav
ing.
“Going into it, it sounded like a
deal,” said Kellie Plemmons, soph
omore literature student. “In
October, 1 quit because I under
stood we were supposed to get our
assignments at the beginning of the
year. I hadn’t even had one yet, and
a lot of people hadn’t gotten one
either.”
Criticism of the program came
from some UNCA students whom
Project POWER had employed
over the current school year.
Most of the criticism circled the
level of organization of the pro
gram and the delay in starting the
program.
“I was told in the interview and
in all the paperwork that I filled
out that we would be placed with
children early on in the fall right
after school started,” said Briana
Rabon, junior psychology student.
“I wasn’t placed with a child
until late October, so a good bit of
the semester was over by the time
1 was actually placed with a child.”
Capps said the tutoring started at
a later date due to a delay caused
by Buncombe County schools not
giving the children’s names to the
organization.
Other employees said that there
were communication problems
with the organization and with try
ing to get their paychecks.
“There was a miscommunica-
tion, and we weren’t informed as
to when our time sheets were due,
so we were told that we might not
get paid for the previous months,”
said Rabon. “It was December
before I received my first pay-
check. I had to get another job,
because I was relying on that
income.”
UNCA students can earn money
and school credit in the sociology
class done in conjunction with
Project POWER, said Capps.