VOL. XIX, NUMBER 1
NORTH CAROLINA WESLEYAN COLLEGE, ROCKY MOUNT,, N.C.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1980
Dr. Holch prefers names to numbers
By Martie Barbour
Decree Staff
“I like small schools,”
said Dr. Frederick H. G.
Hoick, new academic dean of
NCWC. “I have many ideas to
help provide a high quality of
education for career-minded
students.” These are the
major reasons that Dr. Hoick
made the move from
Cleveland State University to
Wesleyan.
Dr. Hoick is very much
interested in how students
feel. He wants to get to know
each student personally, and
to learn about them. “Com
munication with students is
one of my priorities,” he said.
At Cleveland University,
where Dr. Hoick was
professor and chairman of the
department of religious
studies, there were 17,000
students. This made it dif
ficult for him to get to know
many students. He tried, but
the ^ds were against him.
Dr. Hoick didn’t like the
fact that the students in
Cleveland were numbers
rather than names. “I like
people,” he said, “I like to get
to know them. People are very
friendly here.”
Another thing that at
tracted him to Wesleyan was
the fact that he doesn’t feel
obliged to apologize for being
a religion professor. In the
state schools they often
thought he was “weird” for
this.
Dr. Hoick was born in
Neuenburg, Germany, and did
his undergraduate work at the
Theological Seminary of
Blaubeuren and Pfarr-
seminar, Stuttgart. He earned
his M.A. in philosophy in 1953,
and his Ph.D. in the history of
religion from the University of
Welcome To Wesleyan
By Martie Barbour
Decree Staff
Getting along with
roommates, putting up with
institutionalized food,
academic pressure-these are
a few of the things we get to
look forward to when we come
to college.
A great many ad
justments must be made if one
is going to survive his fresh
man year. I was a freshman
last year, myself, so it hasn’t
been long since I had to make
these adjustments.
Being away from home is
a challenge in itself, but don’t
despair, freshmen, these may
be the “best years of your
life!”
For the freshmen, and
other Wesleyan students who
aren’t quite sure why they are
here, I dedicate this poem:
WESLEYAN PROVIDES
a place to grow
and learn
to play backgammon-
to appreciate Mom’s cooking-
a place to squabble
and learn
to understand friends-
and learn
and learn
and learn
a place to scribble
to master an art-
a place to scream
to study hard-
a place to succeed
to be somebody!
Support
and learn
and learn
and learn
a place to live
to face tomorrow-
a place to think
to sort itout-
a place to laugh
to love each other-
The
and learn
and learn
a place to explore
to reach your goals-
a place to cry
to handle hurts-
Decree
Salzburg in 1954. Both
graduate degrees were
awarded summa cum laude.
He was senior lecturer at
Peshawar University,
Pakistan, from 1957-59. In 1960
he went to Canada where he
served as a parish minister,
and then as a professor of
church history at the Luthern
Seminary, University of
Saskatchewan.
Dr. Hoick taught at Lake
Erie College in Painesville,
Ohio for three years before he
joined the faculty at Cleveland
State University in 1966. He
was named full professor and
chairman of the deparment of
religious studies in 1970.
While on staff at
Cleveland State, Dr. Hoick
served as director of the Asian
Studies Program, as chair
person of graduation, and vice
chair of the Academic
Management Institute at the
University, and as com
mencement chaplain.
Listed in Marquis’ Who’s
Who in America and Who’s
Who in the World, he is a
member of the American
Philosophical Association and
the American Academy of
ReUgion. He serves on the
board of the World Fellowship
of Religions and is a clinical
member of the Association of
Christian Marriage Coun
selors.
Dr. Hoick is married to
the former Miriam Ahlgren of
Helsingfors, Finland. They
have five sons: Mark, 24; Tom
and Chris, 21 year old twins;
David, 18; and Timmy, 13.
He looks forward to seeing
his family again. They are
“back on the farm” near
Cleveland. Dr. Hoick enjoys
farming, along with building
things with his hands, and
listening to classical music.
Dr. Frederick H. G. Hoick
The Spirit of Newness
and learn
a place to eat
A growing institution not
only sports a number of new
faces each year in the student
population, but new faculty
members add to the spirit of
newness and anticipation in
the air every fall. This year is
no exception. For now, we’ll
give you a brief sketch of each
new teacher who’s joined us
for 1980.
Steven Garry Smith,
assistant professor of religion.
Smith earned his bachelor’s at
Florida State University, the
master’s at Vanderbilt, and
his Ph.D. at Duke University.
Myra Beth Mackie, in
structor of religion. A
graduate of Agnes Scott
College, Mackie earned both
her master’s and doctorate at
Duke University. She taught
at Meredith College and St.
Mary’s College in Raleigh,
N.C., before coming to
Wesleyan.
Linda Flowers, assistant
professor of English. A North
Carolina native. Flowers
earned her bachelor’s at UNC-
Greensboro, her M.A. from
Ohio State, and her Ph.D.
from the University of
Rochester. She was a Folger
Shakespeare Library
Dissertation Fellow in 1976,
and served as part-time in
structor at the University of
Rochester.
Mary Lou Steed, assistant
professor of sociology. Steed
is a graduate of Atlantic
Christian College. She earned
her master’s at N.C. Central
University and is working on
her doctorate at Duke
University. She has served as
visiting lecturer in sociology,
criminology, and an
thropology at N.C. Central.
Vickie E. Fore, instructor
of nursing. A graduate of Rex
Hospital School of Nursing,
Fore earned her bachelor’s at
East Carolina University and
is working on her master’s at
that institution.
Stephen T. Jakubowski,
assistant professor of business
administration. Jakubowski
earned his undergraduate
degree at St. Joseph’s College
in Indiana. He took his
master’s with accounting
concentration at Central
Michigan University, where
he served as instructor in the
department of accounting.
Elaine M. Lytton,
assistant professor of
mathematics. Formerly
associated with Edgecombe
Technical Institute and the
Granville County Schools,
Lytton earned both her B.S.
and M.A. at East Carolina
University.
Himanshoo V. Navangul,
associate professor and
chairman of chemistry.
Navangul earned his un
dergraduate and graduate
degrees at the University of
Poona, India. He has taught at
the University of Zurich,
Switzerland, at A1 Fateh
University in Libya, the
University of Wyoming, and
the University of Missouri.
Immediately prior to joining
Wesleyan, he taught at
Clemson University.
Donna Starling, instructor
of psychology. A graduate of
Radford College, Starling
completed her Ph.D. in social-
developmental psychology at
Duke University. She is a
member of Phi Kappa Phi and
won the Zeta Tau Alpha ^nd
Panehllenic Scholarship
Awards, as well as the
Cokesbury Graduate Award in
Teaching.
H. Daniel Cowley, in
structor and chairman of
psychology. Formerly
chairman of the department
of human resources at Wayne
Community College, Cowley
earned his B.A. at East
Carolina and his M.S. at the
University of Georgia.
Mary Anne Cowley, in
structor of psychology.
Cowley earned her B.A. at
Lynchburg College and the
M.A. and MSHE at East
Carolina University. She has
taught at Wayne Community
College and in city and county
schools in North Carolina,
Virginia, and Georgia.