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Volume XXX, No. 6
Methodist College, Fayetteville, N.C. 28311
Monday, April 19, 1993
David G. Wilson Named
Executive-In-Residence
by Pablo Jimenez
Mr. Joseph Doll, Director of School
of Business, has named Mr. David G.
Wilson as Methodist College's Execu-
tivc-in-Residence. Mr. Wilson iS a well-
known businessman who has served as
President of Fasco Consumer Products,
as a member of the Board of Trustees of
Fayetteville Technical Community Col
lege, as a member of the Board of Visi
tors of Methodist College, and as a mem
ber of the Board of Cumberland County
Library System.
In a recent Smalt Talk interview,
Mr. Joseph Doll said that Mr. Wilson
will help in the planning for a new course
that the School of Business will offer
Mr. Wilson, will also make arrange
ments so tliat guest speakers, such as
business executives, will come to Metho
dist College. The speakers will come to
Metliodist to talk to students about their
careers and about experiences in tlie busi
ness world.
Ml-. Wilson has already arranged for
a visit by Mr. Bob Smith, who is the
President and Founder of the National
Career Center, Inc. Smith is scheduled to
come 10 Methodist College on April 7.
He will speak in the Alumni Dining
next semester. The course is currently
listed in the Methodist College Caudog
as Bus 485, "Special Topics." Next se
mester the class will be called "Business
Transition." Mr. Doll said that the Busi
ness Transition class will be important
for all senior-year students who are ma
joring in business. "The course wiU be
speciiiily designed for students who are
ready to go out to the real world and get
a job," Doll said.
Room. On April 8, 1993, Mr. Jerry Teal,
who is a Senior Vice President of North
Carolina Natural Gas, will visit Metho
dist College. Mr. Teal will speak to stu
dents in Room # 205 of the Trustees
Building.
MC Proposes
A New
Learning
Center
By Cathy Clayton
The Golf and Tennis Management
Programs at Methodist College have ex
panded to become the largest area of con
centration in the Reeves School of Busi
ness. Over the next three years, the
collegc cxpects the programs to recruit
another 300 students. This tremendous
increase in student enrollment wiU re
quire that additional classroom, lab, and
office space be built. The college lias
made plans to build a new building
which it will call an academic learning
center.
This new academic learning center
will include two classrooms, a confer
ence room, and office space for coaches,
faculty, and staff. It will also hold a golf
club fitting and repair shop, and a teach-
ing-professional shop that will train fti-
ture golf and tennis professionals. This
professional shop will also be the Metho
dist College Golf Shop. The cost of
building the learning center which will
be located on the Methodist College golf
course is estimated at $500,000.
Career Planning
Offers New
Software Program
by vatrice mack
In a recent interview with Paula
Miller, Director of Career Planning &
Placement, she spoke of a new software
program that wiU enable students to
make better career choices.
The software program is called Dis
cover. Miller appeared to be very enthu
siastic about the program. This new pro
gram is said to be top of the line for
career planning. The software is de-
bigned to help students learn about them
selves, occupations, planning careers,
and making career transitions.
Miller said she has started orientting
freshmen students and teaching them to
use the software program. The instruc
tion wiU continue until students reach
their senior years. By the time students
reach their senior years, they wUl be sure
of their career objectives.
Discover offers a series of interest
evaluations that assess abUities, experi
ences, and values for each student. Dis
cover then matches a student's interests
with an appropriate career. Students must
keep in mind that the Discover program
is there to help them make career deci
sions but not to make career decisions for
them.
Miller has offered the use of Uie Dis
cover program, by appointment only, to
students who are not freshmen.
Miller also announced coming
events for those students who are ready
to enter the career world. On April 8th, a
recruiter from the Champs Company will
be at tlie school to interview students
who may have interest in working with
that company. Champs is a large sport
ing goods company. MiUer urged stu
dents to apply with the company because
it is a large worldwide organization with
great opportunities for growth and ad
vancement. On Tuesday, March 30th
and Wednesday, April 21st from 2:00
p.m. to 5:00 p.m.. Students In Free Enter
prise and the Career Planning & Place
ment Office is sponsoring a seminar enti
tled "You and Your First Job". The
seminar wUl involve job searching strate
gies, interviewing techniques, and re
sume writing. Miller invites all to attend
this valuable seminar.
New Entrance
Sign Built
by Cathy Clayton
Just in case you've been wondering
what those men are doing at the South
Entrance of the campus, they aie in the
process of building a new entrance sign.
Tlie project was started near tlie begin
ning of March and is scheduled to be
completed by the end of May.
When completed, the new sign wUl
be triangular shaped so that one may see
it when passing the school from either
the North or the South. Small fountains
wiU be placed on both sides of the en
trance sign. The new sign wUl be com
posed of brick and stucco and will have a
green marble background with bronze
lettering. The new sign will be appropri
ately landscaped and fully lit during the
night.
According to Gene Clayton, Vice
President for Business Affairs, the cost
of the new Methodist College entrance
sign is estimated at $25,000. Compared
to the estimated $100,000 it would have
cost to construct a new central entry
way, a plan that was discussed prior to
the decision to go witli a new entrance
sign, the college is saving a bundle. Tlie
proposal for the new central entry way is
still under consideration.
The money to pay for our new en
trance will come from the President's
contingency fund. The design and the
costs for this expenditure were approved
by the Board of Trustees during the Feb
ruary meeting. Blashfield Communica
tions is the general contractor.
MC Charters
First Literary
Society
On April 7 the Student Government
Association approved the charter for
Methodist CoUege's first Literary Socie
ty. The charter members of the society
include Jodie Young, Laura O'DonneU,
Pamela Dick, Crystal Grizzard, Amy
Hoke, Greg Vallee, Chad Drake, Rita
Hudspeth, Jennifer Kimball, and Jessica
Kiser. The adviser is Dr. Colonnese.
According to the society's charter,
the society was created "to promote Uter-
ary interest in the Methodist CoUege
community. It will allow members to
express their ideas about published and
unpublished literature."