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news from UNC by the sea
Vol. X, No. 3
DECEMBER, 1985
More graduate courses planned
(L-R) Reverend Ray Buchanan receives the Distinguished Aiumnus Award from Ron Choate,
alumni association chairman.
Alumni Association recognizes
outstanding alumnus and citizen
A UNCW alumnus and a profes
sor were recognized at the annual
UNCW Alumni Awards dinner
on November 16. The Reverend
Ray A. Biichanan of Big Island.
Va., co-direcLor of the Society of
Saint Andrew, received the Dis
tinguished Alumnus Award. Dr.
Gerald H. Shinn, professor of phi
losophy and religion at UNCW,
received the Distinguished Citizen
Award.
Working out of a sheep shed in
the Blue Ridge section of Virginia,
Buchanan and partner Ken Horne,
both ministers, formed the Socie
ty of Saint Andrew in 1983 as a
world hunger ministry of the Uni
ted Methodist Church. The socie
ty began as a regional project to
salvage non-marketable potatoes
and distribute them to the hungry
in Virginia. The regional project
grew into a nationwide Potato Proj
ect to salvage and distribute mis
shaped but nutritious potatoes
to thousands of hungry people
through over 100 food agencies. In
its first 18 months of operation, the
Potato Project salvaged over 10
million pounds of potatoes and
yams to help ease world hunger.
Its first shipment overseas was in
December 1984 to the Dominican
Republic.
The project pays the growers’
cost of bagging the potatoes and
freight charges to the distribution
center nearest the receiving food
bank or soup kitchen. Growers
receive a tax benefit for the chari
table contribution in addition to
knowing that crops once left as
waste in the fields will help feed
the hungry. The average cost of
distributing the potatoes is less
than four cents per pound. The
project hopes to distribute 15
million pounds of potatoes in 1985.
"I’m just doing my job as a Chris
tian. Hunger is a moral issue with
over 20 million Americans going
hungry,” said Buchanan.
In addition to the Potato Project,
Buchanan spearheaded the Har
vest of Hope, a work study pro
gram for youth on the causes of
and preventatives to hunger, and
the Potato Project Partners pro
gram, where churches and other
groups finance a minimum of one
tractor trailer load of potatoes.
The society’s efforts to help
eliminate hunger have been rec
ognized by national television
news, and letters of support from
President Reagan, governors and
senators.
Buchanan and Horne practice
what they preach. The two and
their families share a home, farm,
most possessions, and have a com
mon budget and one checkbook.
"We’re trying to develop a life
style that puts more emphasis on
people than on things,” said
Buchanan. continued on pg. 2
UNCW has begun the planning
process for six new graduate pro
grams at the master’s degree lev
el. The UNC Board of Governors
granted UNCW authorization to
plan new graduate programs at
its October meeting.
UNCW has initiated the plan
ning process for a master of science
degree in biology, master of science
degree in chemistry, master of arts
degree in mathematics, master of
arts degree in English, master of
arts degree in history, and a
master of arts in teaching degree
for secondary school teachers.
"The UNC Board of Governors
granted approval to permit us to
plan, not to implement. Planning
graduate programs is a lengthy
process, and we want to do it
seriously and well,” Chancellor
William H. Wagoner said.
Once planning is completed at
the campus level, the new grad
uate programs will be submitted to
the president of the UNC-system,
the UNC-wide University Grad
uate Council, and to the Board of
Governors for final approval.
"There is a thorough planning
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a thorough review process beyond
the institution. We hope to have
completed planning for some of the
programs by fall 1986 to submit
to the UNC president,” said Dr.
James McGowan, associate vice
chancellor and director of graduate
studies.
It is not anticipated that any of
these programs will be authorized
to receive students by fall or spring
1986.
Plans to expand the graduate
curriculum is consistent with
UNCW’s long range plan as a Com
prehensive Level One university.
"The programs approved by the
Board of Governors in the natural
sciences and humanities are an
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ALUMNI CALENDAR
Pre-game social before Navy basketball game (CAA)
6 p.m. until tipoff
Pre-game social before East Carolina basketball
game (CAA)
6 p.m. until tipoff
Pre-game social before James Madison basketball
game (CAA)
6 p.m. until tipoff
HOMECOMING (bonfire, coronation at half time, dance
after game)
Pre-game social before Richmond basketball game (CAA)
6 p.m. until tipoff
First Round CAA Tournament, TBA
CAA Tournament in Fairfax, VA
Alumni Annual Social (pig pickin’, entertainment)
Apr. 4:
All pre-game socials will be in the University Union, Room 100.
For more information, contact Frank Bowen, UNCW Alumni Affairs
Office, 601 S. College Rd., Wilmington, NC 28403-3297; phone (919)
395-3616.
absolutely necessary component of
a Comprehensive Level One uni
versity,” Wagoner said. "During
the whole planning process, our
UNCW faculty planning commit
tee, Board of Trustees, and the
total university have worked dili
gently for a balanced program of
master’s level degree offerings.”
UNCW offers the master of busi
ness administration degree; the
master of education degree in ele
mentary education, in special ed
ucation, in reading education, and
in educational administration and
supervision; and the master of
science degree in marine biology
with three areas of specialization:
marine biology, biological oceanog
raphy and coastal biology. A re
quest for authorization to establish
a master of science degree program
in geology has been submitted to
the general administration of The
University of North Carolina.
Plans to expand the UNCW grad
uate curriculum will meet the
growing need for more graduate
level programs in Southeastern
North Carolina. UNCW is the only
senior public institutio.i ii
Southeastern North Carolina, with
the nearest comparable institution
offering graduate programs over
100 miles away.
Shack at Fred’s
(L-R) Fred Graham receives a “Shacic at
Fred's” tee shirt from UNCW student Rob
Lindsiey foiiowing the dedication of Fred
erick B. Graham Residence Haii, named in
Graham’s honor. Graham was a member
and chairman of the original board of
trustees of Wilmington College. He was in
strumental In locating the campus at Its
present site, and his leadership and finan
cial support helped establish the Wilming
ton College Foundation. Graham Hail hous
es 200 students and was previously known
as Dorm ’79.