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VOLUME XIX, NUMBER 6
NORTH CAROLINA WESLEYAN COLLEGE, ROCKY MOUNT, N.C.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1981
District III Academic All Americans
Two Wesleyan College
basketball players have been
named to the Academic All-
American Team for District
III. Paul Hess and Keith Jones
received the honor from the
Paul Hess
Career Corner
by A1 Garlick
Remember 01’ Peter, the
hardiest Partier of them all?
“Yep” he kept partying down
to the wire. It was May before
the Olympion Chugger faced
the fact that after graduation
it was up to him to make his
breaks. May was also the time
when “Or Pete” wanted the
placem'ent director to cover
his tracks and find him a job.
Alas, good “Or Pete”
resorted to hoping for a
miracle.
You ask ‘.‘What has this
got to do with me?” If you will
graduate in May, Peter may
be singing your song. Again
you ask “Why are you writing
this?” The answer is simply to
announce the series of Career
Programs that will be running
from now until May. They will
consist of career awareness
programs, job seeking skill
development workshops, and
recruitment interviews. The
key to making the most of
these is preparedness.
The people who visit
campus to participate in the
career awareness program
are here to help you find out
about their field. If you handle
these situations properly you
can develop these individuals
into valuable career contacts.
(If you are interested in how
to do this come to the
workshop on Developing
Career Contacts, March 16,
10:50 a.m. in the Interfaith
Lounge.) The rest of the
individuals coming to campus
are recruiters and their
purpose for coming is obvious.
Finally the job-seeking skills
development workshops have
been designed .to teach
students skills they can utilize
in advancing their careers.
Someone once said that
opportunity is the point at
which preparedness and luck
meet. So my message is
straight forward - be prepared
to make your breaks! I
strongly suggest that all
seniors interested in obtaining
a job complete their
credential files and develop
their resumes now so that you
are prepared to take
advantage of an opportunity
when it arises. If you choose
not to be prepared then
prepare for opportunity to
pass you by.
Below is a list of the up
coming career related
programs:
Wednesday, February 25,
2:00-5:00 p.m. - Law School
Career Day, Campbell
University. The Law School
Career Day is designed to
provide participants insight
into the realities of the legal
profession. Attorneys
representing diverse areas of
practice will conduct informal
discussions concerning their
respective areas of expertise.
Dean Hoick has agreed to
giving participants an official
excuse from class. If
interested, sign up at the
Career and Life Planning
Office. We will meet and leave
from the office at 11:30 a.m.
sharp the day of the program.
-t- Monday, March 16,
Rose’s Stores Management
national organization of
College Sports Information
Directors (CoSIDA).
The two Battling Bishops
are two of five players chosen
from an 11 state and the
District of Columbia area.
Their selection to the District
teams means that they will be
considered for the national
Academic All American
Team. The states which
comprise District III are:
North Carolina, South
Carolina, Virginia, Alabama,
Florida, Georgia, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Maryland,
Mississippi, Tennessee, and
the District of Columbia.
Both players are in their
second year as starters for the
Wesleyan team and both
maintain a grade point
average above the 3.0
required for nomination.
Keith Jones, a 6’7”, 190
pounder who plays the center
and big forward position for
the Battling Bishops, is the
team’s second leading scorer
(10.5) and rebounder (6.1). He
tallied a career high 21 points
in a recent game against
Mary Washington College in
Fredericksburg, Virginia.
Jones is a business
administration major and
Keith Jones
plans a career in the field of
business management upon
graduation from Wesleyan
this spring.
Paul Hess, a junior in his
second year as a starter and
third year on the team,
carries a 49.4 percent field
goal accuracy mark and
averages 9.0 points per gartie.
The blond 6 footer is
remembered by Wesleyan
fans mostly for his long
distance jump shots from the
right hand wing spot. Last
year as a sophomore Hess led
his team in free throw
percentage, 74.22 percent.
This year he carries the third
best average from the line
with 76.5 percent. Hess majors
in mathematics at Wesleyan
and plans to attend graduate
school after graduation in the
spring of 1982.
Paul Hess is a graduate of
Lansdowne-Aldan High School
in Aldan, Pennsylvania, and is
the son of Mr. and Mrs.
William Hess of Aldan.
Keith Jones graduated
from Broadway High School
in Broadway, North Carolina,
and is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Norwood E. Jones of
Broadway. Jones came to
Wesleyan his junior year after
completing two years at Kings
College in Raleigh.
Wesleyan College athletic
director and basketball coach
John McCarthy expressed
pleasure in announcing the
achievements of the two
student-athletes. “We are
extremely proud of Paul and
Keith for having earned this
honor, especially since
integral to the philosophy of
our athletic program is the
belief that athletics and
academics go hand-in-hand,”
said McCarthy.
Also named to the 5 man
team were: Jimmie Ferrell,
University of Central Florida;
Dear Ropp, Bryan College;
and Drew VanHorn, Elon
College.
Recruitment Interviews.
Rose’s is looking for people
who will meld with their
company’s philosophies and
goals. They have noted that
they recruit from all majors.
Rose’s has also forward a
brochure on the opportunities
with Rose’s to the Career and
Life Planning Office. If you
are interested in interviewing
with Rose’s, sign up at the
office and pick up a brochure.
+ Monday, March 16, 10:50
a.m.-12:00 non. Interfaith
Lounge, How to Develop
Career Contacts. This
workshop is designed to teach
students how to make and
develop contacts in the
business community.
+ Monday, March 23, 10:50
a.m. - Opportunities in
Transporatation. The
transportation industry is
second only to the government
in numbers of people
employed. The industry
utilizes virtually every type of
major. We will have
representatives from Carolina
Freight, McLean, Pilot, and
Spector-Red Ball
participating in a panel
discussion on opportunities.
Title III is working for Wesleyan
North Carolina Wesleyan
College is now into its second
of a three year program
sponsored by Title III of the
Higher Education Act of 1965.
Title III provides funds,
under what is called the
Strengthening Developing
Institutions Program (SDIP),
to assist qualified institutions
of higher education in their
attempts to improve their
services to students and the
general public. Wesleyan will
receive in excess of $430,000
over the three year period.
The major components of
the program for 1980-81 are:
1.) The establishment of a
Computer Center. When
established, the Computer
Center will handle the
admissions, registration, and
business affairs of the college,
provide data for institutional
research and give assistance
and exposure to computers to
faculty and students.
2.) Expansion of the
Evening College. A full-time
director of the Evening
College, Dr. Carleton McKita,
was named to lead in the
creation of the new design for
an evening degree program
for students unable to attend
in the regular daytime
schedule. This expanded
curriculum has just begun in
the 1981 Spring semester.
3.) A Career Counseling and
Placement office and a
Learning Resources Center
have been initiated to
compliment Wesleyan’s
already established writing
lab.
4.) Workshops. A variety of
workshops, travel funds, and
consultants are available to
faculty and staff to assist in
better understanding students
and in delivering better
instructional programs.
5.) Institutional Research
and Long Range Planning.
The college is in the process of
conducting research in a
variety of areas in order to
better set its long range goals
and project its directions in
the years to come.