October 5, 1988
THE LANCE
page 3
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St.Andrews Hires New Vice President
and Dean of Students
Mark Powell
Communications Office
St Andrews Presbyterian College
President Dr. Thomas L. Reuschling ap
pointed a new vice president and a new dean
of students this summer.
Patrick D. Hundley, formerly di
rector of development at Southeastern
Massachusetts University and executive di
rector of the SMU Foundation in North
Dartmouth, Mass., is St. Andrews’new vice
president for external affairs.
Dr. Cynthia B. Greer, currently
dean of student life and an assistant professor
at Austin College in Sherman Texas, will be
the college’s new dean of students.
“We’re pleased to have these two
individuals come to St. Andrews,” said
Reuschling. “They bring tremendous talents
and enthusiasm to the college and to the
Laurinburg community.”
Hundley holds a bachelors degree
in English from Tennessee Wesleyan
College, a masters degree in English from
Middle Tennessee Slate University and has
completed coursework for a Ph.D. in English
at Oklahoma State University. He brings
extensive experience in institutional ad
vancement to St. Andrews.
Hundley has been thedirector of de
velopment for the College of
Engineering and Architecture at Washington
State University and at Phillips University in
Enid, Oklahoma. He was also an assistant
professor of English at the University of Ar
kansas at Little Rock.
He is married and is the father of
three.
Hundley said he wants to make sure
that St. Andrews offers the maximum amount
of opportunity for people to support the col
lege.
“St. Andrews is a great college and I
look forward to being a part of an even
greater future,” he said.
He added that the college will have
a more extensive fund raising program over
the next five years.
“We’re excited about coming to St.
Andrews and to Laurinburg,” he said. “1 just
can’t say enough about the people here.”
Dr. Greer holds a doctorate in
highereducation administration from Florida
State University, a masters degree in counsel
ing and guidance from the University of
Arkansas and a bachelors degree in psychol-
ogy from the University of Arkansas.
Prior to working as dean of students
at Austin College, Greer was the associate
dean of students and director of career coun
seling and placement at Hendrix College in
Conway, Ark. She was, also the assistant
dpan of students at the University of Central
Arkansas.
Selected as an Outstanding Woman
Leader in Higher Education by the Texas
Chapter of the American Council on
Education National Identification Program
for Women, she is extremely active in her local
community as well as Austin College.
“I really like the amount of diversity
which St. Andrews has to offer,” Greer said.
“The student population has representatives
from many different backgrounds and cul
tures.
“It is not an isolating campus at all.”
Greer also said that the Laurinburg community
has the same diverse quality.
“I was impressed with how pretty the
town is and I feel good about its diverse
population,” she said.
Greer said one project of hers will be
to get St. Andrews students increasingly
involved in their community.
“1 plan to be active in community
activities and set an example for the student
body,” she said.
Tri-Beta Releases Carp Into Lake
Lisa M. Chassy
Tri-Beta is a national biological honor so
ciety. The organization supports undergradu
ate research and dissemination of biological
knowledge.
St. Andrews’ chapter, which has
been in existance since the spring of 1987, is
called Tau Rho. Membership is based on
academic excellence and willingness to par
ticipate in research. Tri Beta was a fairly quiet
organization for its first year.
Organizational “roots” took a while
to grow, and the group needed to establish
itself. This year is going to be different. Two
of the Tri Beta/Tau Rho chapter’s goals are to
perform research and serve the college com
munity.
This year, the St. Andrews chapter
has started with a bang. They sponsored a
plant sale the first full weekend of school,
which was quite successful.
Tri Beta thanks everyone who
bought a plant and would like to lemind you to
water tliem only when the soil is dry on top.
Too much water is just as bad for a plant as too
little!
All proceeds will go to support the
various research projects and service acuvities
the group has planned for the coming year.
This column will help serve the St. Andrews
community by providing interesting biologi
cal news and keeping the campus updated on
research and service projects. The first major
activity of the year has already occured.
This was the inrtoduction of 630
triploid grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon
idellus) intoLake Ansley Moore. The lake is a
beautiful part of this campus. However, the
presence of bladderwort was threatening the
aquatic inhabitents of the lake.
Bladderwort is a natural occurance in
lakes, but if left unchecked, it can eventually
fill the area in with soil. The lake would
essentially die.
The school has been using a biode-
gradible chemical known as Diquat to control
the bladderwort
Diquat is a broad-range herbicide,
which means that it kills all plant life in the
lake. But this can cause adverse effects on the
see Tri-Beta page 8
These are many of the 630 grass carp introduced into Lake
Ansley More. It is hoped that they will help to control! the
grass which fills the lake every spring.