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St. Andrews’
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Vol. 30, No. 4
St. Andrews Presbyterian College
Laurinburg, IM.C.
Dec. 11. 1991
Benson Will Implement New Strategies
in Order to Augment Future Enrollment
Heather Lyn Gupton
Editor
Since declining enrollment
was cited as a primary factor in
former Admissions director Joe
Rigell’s departure, many are
concerned with how his re
placement Thomas Benson,
vice-president and dean of the
college, plans to deal with the
problem.
According to a Nov. 7
memorandum sent out by St.
Andrews president Thomas
Reuschling, Benson was se
lected to replace Rigell for “the
next few months,” after which
time he would “return to his
duties as academic vice-presi
dent. According to Reuschling,
Benson will not be greatly al
tering previous Admissions
strategies which were in the
works at the time of Rigell’s
departure.
“Essentially what Tom has
done is to take the staff and
basic strategy that was in place
and to make it as eflBcient as
possible and then add a couple
of new strategies."
According to Reuschling,
“new strategies” include the
recruitment video which was
recendy completed, and a se
ries of innovative mailings to
prospective students which are
designed to give potential stu
dents a very clear picture of
what St. Andrews is and is not.
Reuschling add that other
“new” strategies will include
more recruitment through
churches and increased use of
alumnae and Board of V isitor/
Trustee members for the pur
pose of follow-ups with pro
spective students. The
Admissions office will also be
hiring a temporary (for appox.
2 days) general consultant to
help analyze the Admissions
office and to make suggestions
for improvement. However,
Reuschling said that the con
sultant would mainly be mak
ing suggestions that would be
implemented in the fall of’92
rather than now.
Reuschling said that no full
time assistant admissions di
rector would be hired but that
Peggy Floyd, a previous S.A.
employee in Development,
would be coming in “as a
part-timer to help manage a
couple of these new initia
tives.”
Reuschling noted that
various staff and faculty
members would be taking a
more active role in the ad
missions process. He did
add, however, when asked
about the initial pre-set goal
of recruiting 250 students,
that it was “something we’re
going to shoot for. We’re
going to keep trying. It’s a
very competitive market out
there.” Reuschling also said
that he didn’t expect all the
results of what was currently
taking place to show up
immediately.
Benson, like Reuschling,
doesn’t expect immediate,
but rather cumulative re
sults of all efforts now tak
ing place in Admissions.
“Much of the Admissions
story for the fall ’92 has
already been written. What
we are drafting is the “story”
for ’93 plus,” said Benson
Usher is 1991 Recipient Of
Galloway Scholarship
The North Carolina Alliance
for Health, Physical Education,
Recreation and Dance has se
lected St. Andrews College stu
dent Samuel Wayne Usher as
the 1991 recipient ofthe June P.
Galloway Scholarship.
The award, which comes in
the form of a plaque and and
$800 academic scholarship,
recognizes superior academic
achievement and is presented
to one college student in North
Carolina each year. Usher was
honored at the
NCAHPERD
banquet at the
Holiday Inn Four
Seasons in Greens
boro on Nov. 20.
Usher is en
rolled in the
teacher certifica
tion programs at
St. Aiidrews and
carries a 4.0 G.P. A.
A resident of
Bennettsville, S.C.,
Usher is a 1980
graduate of
Clemson Univer
sity with a bachclor of science
degree in recreation and park
administration. Usher gradu
ated from Marlboro Academy
in 1976.
From 1983 until 1989,
Usher was a program supervi
sor for Scotiand County Parks
and Recreation. He has also
worked with the Scotland
County Drug Awareness Pro
gram and as a volunteer with
the Scotland County school
system.
Samuel Wayne Usher
Brazilian Students Plan A Three-Week Stay at St. Andrews In February
The airways are running
hot and heavy between the
Americas this year. No
sooner will our Ecuadorian
friends be returning home
than a group of new friends
will be arriving from Bra
zil. Many of our own St.
Andrews-South American
liaisons, such as Professor
Lee Dubbs and student
Cayce Wolfe, will be leav
ing to visit Ecuador and will
miss the opportunity to
spend much time with the
50-70 students and faculty
who will be arriving Feb. 1.
It is St. Andrews’ hope that,
in the absence of the Ecua
dorian-bound group, the
student body will make a
special effort to make the
Brazilian group at home
on the St. Andrews cam
pus.
The Brazilian students,
ranging in age from 16-
23, are part of the En
glish as a Second
Language and American
Cultures School, and
come to us through Phil
Young’s English School.
Young’s language school
is based in Daytona
Beach, Fla., and also in
Curitiba, a city located in
the southern portion of Bra
zil. Previous Brazilian
groups have spent time at
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical
Did you know that...
► Portuguese is the national lan
guage of Brazil, not Spamsh.
► Brazil is one of die five largest
countries the world.
► In Brazil, school begins in March.
► Halfthe people in South America
are Brazilians.
► It is currendy summer in Brazil.
School, Stetson University
and Brevard Community
College.
They will be arriving on
our campus on Feb. 1 and
will be leaving Feb. 21,
spending just three
weeks with St. Andrews.
The group hopes to prac
tice their English “skills”
on us and learn a little
bit about our culture.
This group will be con
ducting their own classes
with their own faculty
so they will not be as
involved with our aca
demic life as were the
Ecuadorian students.
They will also be spending
some time off campus on
field trips. However, there
should be plenty of oppor
tunities for students to get
to know them through-out
the normal course of a St.
Andrews day.
The Brazilian students will
be living in Pate Hall during
their stay, but will hold their
classes in various locations on
the campus. Receptions and
other interaction sessions are
being planned for their stay.
Vance Bishop and other mem
bers of Student Life will be
working on a daily basis with
this group to make their stay
on the St. Andrews campus a
pleasant one.
Admissions Recruitment Video Completed
Heather Lyn Gupton
Ed/tor
The Admissions recruit
ment video which was recendy
compiled by MediaLinks of
Greensboro is now in its fmal
stages of completion.
Admissions staff members
have already pre-viewed the
completed product which is
approximately 11 minutes long.
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Admissions plans to have
approximately 300 copies of
the video made for use during
college fairs, open houses, re
ceptions, and possibly on the
road widi Admissions coun
selors as well, in addition to
sending them to potential stu
dents.
The fmal video will most
likely be available for individual
viewing by the end of this week.
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Although the Admissions of
fice had initially anticipated an
earlier, scheduled and open
viewing of the video before the
holiday beginning, a formal
showing will not be possible
before January. However,
those who are interested in see
ing the finished product may
contact the Admissions office
to arrange a viewing at the end
of this week.
Correction
In the Nov. 22 Lance ar
ticle “Student Senate Food
Committee Discusses Health
Concerns with Marriott,”
S.A. student Jason K. King
was incorrectly quoted when
Lance staff reporter Robert
Novotny mistakenly used
King’s name instead of S.A.
student Jason Rich’s. The
Lance regrets the error.
Also in the Nov. 22 issue,
guest columnist Melissa
Reece’s column, “With Pri
maries Looming, It’s Time
to Make Some Real Choices,”
should have read, “Although
there is a great diversity of
political philosophies,” and
“...rather than dredging the
bottom for our prospects...”
Thoreau should have been
quoted as saying, “The broad
est and most prevalent error
requires the most disinter
ested virtue to sustain it.”