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Parks and recreation majors receive scholarships Three UNCW parks and recreation man agement majors have been awarded scholar ships by the North Carolina Recreators Foundation, Inc. The foundation awards six annual scholarships in North Carolina, and the receipt of three scholarships by UNCW students says a lot for the UNCW program. Scholarship recipients are Carol Allen Robertson of Wilmington, Celeste Michelle Brooks and Dawn DeeAnn Merritt, both of Raleigh. The S600 scholarships for tuition recog nize academic achievement, professional promise, student involvement and leader ship. Recipients must be a rising junior or senior, have a “B” average, and demon strate financial need. This is the second time the North Caro lina Reaeators have awarded a scholarship to Carol Robertson. A non-U^itional stu dent, Robertson will graduate in August 1989 and hopes for a career in military reaeation. “All military bases, both foreign and domestic, have reaeation programs and 70 percent of these programs are run by civilians. By the year 2000, the mQitary hopes to have all of their reaeational pro grams run by civilians. Therefore the job potential is a good one,” Robertson said. She hopes to have an internship next year at the naval base in Charleston, S.C., which may open some doors to her career dream. In the meantime, she is gaining ex perience as a certified aerobics instructor. “Recreation is becoming such an impor tant part of many people’s lives. It will be wonderful to get paid to do something that I enjoy so much,” Robertson noted. Fellow recipient Dawn Merritt said that this is her firet scholarship, the result of some hard work and stiff competition. “I’m pleased that all three of us at UNCW were chosen. We were pulling for one another, and it is a big accomplish ment for UNCW that we all were chosen,” Merritt said. Both Merritt and Brooks want careers in municipal recreation. Brooks would like to return to Raleigh and possibly work with the Raleigh Parks and Recreation Department. “I was thrilled at receiving the scholar ship. I applied for the scholarship as a tribute to my father who died last year,” Brooks said. The N.C. Reaeators Foundation was es tablished in 1973 by the North Carolina Reaeation and Parks Society to promote the education of North Carolina students for employment in the field of reaeation and parks. Chancellor’s Message iBiga loday CtKincellor William H. Wagoner For the first time at UNCW, more than 1,000 graduates received their diplomas in May. And previously you have learned about the building of Cameron Hall, the largest academic building on campus, now open for classes. The new track, baseball stadium, and gazebo and reaeation area in the student residence complex all are ob vious evidences of our growth. Less obvious, but even more fundamen tal, is the evolution of our graduate program and the establishment of a Graduate School with its new dean, Dr. Eric G. Bolen. The Graduate School is a sure sign of maturity in an institution of higher learning. Imple menting established policies, such a school administers the ac^mic experience of graduate students. Elsewhere in this issue, you can read about six new graduate programs in biology, chemistry, history, English, mathematics, — Renee Brantley and a Master of Arts degree in teaching. The addition of these programs is wholly consist ent with UNCW’s commitment to fostering the study of the liberal arts. The oppor tunities for higher level study and research enrich the whole curriculum and provide new challenges to faculty and students alike. And these programs are also wholly con sistent with the necessity for all institutions of hi^er learning to provide opportunities for the preparation of teachers in all dis ciplines at ^ levels of education. Campus road named for Adrian Hurst A campus street has a new name to honor a professor who has been instru- niental in the growth of this campus and in terested in issues that affect coastal North Carolina. Adrian Hurst Drive was named by the UNCW Board of Trustees to honor Hurst who was the first instructor hired at then Wilmington College in 1947. The street, previously known as New Riegel Road, is located on the south side of campus between South College Road and Street H. When Dean Dale K. Spencer hired Hurst to teach math at Wilmington Coll^ in 1947, classes were taught from 4:30 to 11:00 p m when the New Hanover High School could be used for college classes. Hurst had previously been teaching at the North Caro lina Shipyard under the direction of N.C. State University. With a Badielor of Arts d^ree in ed ucation from Wake Forest University and Master of Arts degree in education from Columbia University, Hurst served as mathe matics professor and chairman of the de partment until his retirement in 1968. In addition to his teaching duties, he was the faculty advisor and prime organizer of the annud faculty, staff and student banquet hosted each spring by the college and noted as the social event of the year. His interest in the carapus and his love for coastal North Carolina did not cease with his retirement. In 1982 he donated J1,000 to UNCW to establish the Adrian D. Hurst Award, presented armually to the mathe matics major with the hipest grade point average within the department. In 19^ he was instrumental in the transfer to UNCW of 15 acres of lease bottom sites in Masonboro Sound for use by marine btok^ students in research projects. Hurst’s childhood was spent on the shores of Hurst Beach, about seven miles north of the Sneed’s Ferry Bridge in Onslow County. His home is on Masonboro Sound, and he maintains an interest in marine science issues that affect our coastal environment. Since 1968 he has been active in the N.C. Marine Science Council, having been qjpointed and re^pointed by five North Carolina governors. The council deals with broad issues that concern our state’s coast. When asked how he felt about having a campus street named for him, Hurst said, “Certainly I’m very grateful to be re membered in this fhie way. I feel highly honored.” — Ray Cockrell UNCW News Bureau Intern AOion Hurst (I) takes an interBSt In a UNCW marine biology studenfs researcti project. Hust, who retired in 1968 as matttenntics protMor aid ctxAman of the department, was honored tiy the univenity’s nambig a campus siiBet, Adrian Hunt Drive. Today 11
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