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Convocation honors achievements
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ship, service, and participation in
the ideals and aims of the Col
lege.
Laughinghouse, a history ma
jor, is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Jesse Laughinghouse of Snow
Hill. He is currently chairman of
the Food Service Committee and
a member of the SGA. Laughing
house served on the Student
Government Association and
organized a club of College
Democrats. The club organized a
•mock presidential debate at the
College last year.
Quigley, is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Sam Quigley of Rocky
Mount. Quigley is a business
administration major and served
as SGA vice president this past
year. He also worked in the Col
lege bookstore and was active in
other campus activities, includ
ing the Student Activities Com
mittee and Omicron Delta
Kappa.
The recipient of the Algernon
Sydney Sullivan Award was
Amy F. Seate, daughter of the
Rev. and Mrs. Billy Seate of
Greenville. This award is based
on compassion and love for one’s
fellow man, on adherence to
Christian ideals, courteous and
gentle behavior, and active par
ticipation in college and commu
nity affairs.
Seate is a junior majoring in
early childhood education. She
was active in the Student Govem-
ment Association this year, serv-
By SYLVIA BROWN
Nurse Janice Stump some
times hops out of bed during the
night to answer a house call for a
North Carolina Wesleyan stu
dent.
Stump cares for NCWC stu
dents with a deep love, like a
mother bear cares for her cubs.
Five years ago, the nurse left
North Carolina Wesleyan Col
lege in January. NCWC then
found itself without a nurse and
four months remaining to care for
the students.
Stump blushes and laughs as
she says, “I got here by accident,
the nurse quit in the middle of the
year. Dr. McKita knew me from
church, where I did a lot of youth
work and he knew I had nurse
training. The job was offered to
me, so I accepted, thinking how
bad could it be. I was just really
ing as president. While at
Wesleyan, Seate has been in
volved with the Wesleyan Sing
ers and the Traveling Show. A
graduate of John T. Hoggard
High School, she also served as
chairman of the Student Activi
ties Committee.
Seate also was awarded the
Helen Merriam Thorp Music
Award, sponsored by The Chan
cel Choir of First Presbyterian
Church, and the Pilot Club Lead
ership and Service Award. The
Pilot Club award is presented to a
female “whose personality,
spirit, and participation in cam
pus activities has helped signifi-
candy to maintain and improve
the quality of student life.”
Dr. Jerry Joplin was selected
by Pi Kapa Phi fraternity as Pro
fessor of the Year. Dr. Joplin’s
scholarly work includes “Correc
tional Management: a Philo
sophical Perspective,” published
in Corrections Today, as well as a
number of presentations before
conferences, including “Gangs in
Prison,” and “A History of Cor
rections from an Economic Point
of View.”
Previously, Dr. Joplin worked
in medium and maximum secu
rity prisons, where he was both a
correctional counselor and chief
administrative assistant to the
warden. The award was pre
sented by Matt Dyson, president
of the fraternity.
In other awards, Melanie
Leigh Bolling, daughter of Mr.
happy to help the students.
“The best two things I like
about being nurse at NCWC is
the chance to teach young people
about good health and that my
job allows me to make a differ
ence in this generation of
people,” Stump explains.
“This is a place that we treat
illness, but mostly its purpose is
to teach students how to stay
well. Illness is only a small por
tion of what is seen. The Student
Health Center is not just about
bad colds and band aids. Students
also have other problems that are
much more serious than a sore
throats.”
Stump says with a sigh of dis
tress, “Sometimes the students
tell me terrible things and it
makes me really really sad. The
problem can be so overwhelming
that I just think how in the world
do these students deal with these
and Mrs. Clarence Bolling of
Rocky Mount, received the
Planters National Bank and Trust
Company Award, given to the
native graduating senior with the
highest overall GPA. She also
received the Senior Accounting
Award, sponsored by the Marc
M. Harris Fund. -
Bolling has an overall GPA of
3.96 and an accounting GPA of
4.0. She was the recipient of an
NCACPA scholarship and placed
second in the state and eighth in
the nation in accounting for PBL.
Aretha Chamel Richardson of
Hollister, received the Planters
National Bank and Trust Com
pany Award for the transfer stu
dent with the highest cumulative
GPA as a graduating senior. She
also received the Peoples Bank
Business Administration/Eco
nomics Award, selected by the
business department.
Richardson, an alumna of the
NC School of Science and
Mathematics, is a Dean’s List
student at Wesleyan with a GPA
of 3.9. She was chosen by Who’s
Who Among American College
Students and by the Outstanding
College Students of America.
She was a member of the Com
puter Club, Phi Beta Lambda,
and Campus Judicial Board.
Gloria Howard of Tarboro
received the Outstanding Eve
ning College Student Award. She
is a full-time employee of Caro
lina Telephone Company. A sen
ior, she carries a full academic
types of problems. Sometimes
I’ll cry because the problems are
just that big.”
With joy in her voice, she
continues with a smile,” But then
we figure out a solution. The
whole idea is to help students
find answers for themselves.”
At 9 a.m. Stump starts her day
by attending to the waiting stu
dents and returning phone calls
with great enthusiasm.
She flits from the phone to
waiting students, giving each her
undivided attention.
Before one student leaves the
Spruill Building, she says, “Re
member for the next time this
happens Benadryl is the medicine
you needed.”
Stump explains, “I try to tell
the students what the medicine is
because I hope that when they
graduate and have an allergic re
action they will remember Be-
load each semester in the evening
college and maintains a high
GPA.
She is the evening college rep
resentative on the SGA and on
the President’s Planning Council.
She is a charter member of the
ADP Advisory Council, where
she is a devoted advocate for stu
dent interests and concerns. Ac
tive in her community, she was
recently chosen as the Tarboro
Business and Professional Club’s
Young Careerist of the Year.
Danielle Meckley, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Meckley of
McSherrystown, Pa., received
the Freshman Writing Award
awarded by the English depart
ment Meckley is a graduate of
Delone Catholic High School and
plans to major in English at
Wesleyan.
She was chosen by the English
department because her “writing
has shown profound intellectual
curiosity, sustained analytical
acumen, and a straightforward
concise style. She challenges her
self, her peers, and her teachers.”
She is member of the Wesleyan
Singers, who performed at the
honors ceremony.
Sara Lynn Schutz of Rocky
Mount and Keiko Mori of Osaka,
Japan, were co-recipients of the
Senior English Award. Schutz is
married to Vaughn Schutz, a
member of the performing arts
faculty at Wesleyan. She will
graduate with an overall GPA of
3.9, and was chosen by the Eng-
nadryl will relieve the problem.-
Life lessons I like to call it”
NCWC senior Diane Howard
said, “Over my three years at
NCWC Nurse Stump has helped
me to understand what changes
in my body mean. For example, if
I feel tired I may need to check
my iron level, get more rest, or
eat healthier.”
When she visits other colleges
or universities, she always finds
the student health building. “I
like exchanging stories with
other college nurses. I found the
students are generally the same
everywhere you go.”
One of her long-range goals is
to get her masters degree. She is
finishing her Bachelor of Arts
Degree this year here at
Wesleyan and hopes to start in
the fall her senior year at Atlantic
Christian College to get a Bache
lors of Science in Nursing.
lish department for her “consis
tent excellence in upper-level
English classes, the daily beauty
of her life, and her commitment
to literature for its own worth.”
Mori was selected by the Eng
lish faculty on the basis of her
overall academic record, and be
cause she “possesses an absolute
determination to improve, a rig
orously analytic mind, and an
ability to transcend her cultural
difference with impressive in
sight and dedication.” Mori will
teach English in her native coun
try.
Freeland Cyrus, a freshman
from Rocky Mount, received the
Computer Information Systems
Award. Cyrus, a Dean’s List stu
dent with a GPA of 3.89, is a
member of the Wesleyan Com
puter Club. He is married to
Norma Cyrus.
Seniors James Michael Berry,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Sil-
ber of Raleigh, received the Out
standing Food Service and Hotel
Management Award. Berry
served as senior class president
this year. Both Berry and Silber
served as general managers for
the campus snack bar. Doc’s,
which is entirely run by food
service and hotel management
majors.
Deana Scott, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Tim Scott of Rocky
Mount, received the Marc M.
Harris Award from the account
ing department. The award is
made to a freshman or sopho
more accounting student who
demonstrates promise with serv
ice to the College community and
a high grade point average. Scott
is a sophomore business admini
stration major with a 3.83 GPA.
Renee Ann Jandrew, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Jandrew
of Shinglehouse, Pa., received
the Justice and Public Policy
Award. She is a senior majoring
in justice and public policy. The
award is based on GPA, contribu
tion to department activities and
overall contribution to the Col
lege.
Sharon Renee Keel, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Rexford L. Keel
of Nashville, received the
NCAE-Student Program Educa
tion Award presented by the edu
cation department. Keel is a sen
ior who has been active in the
Student-NCAE organization
with outstanding performance in
student teaching.
Debra Joyner, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. B.F. Joyner of Foun
tain, NC, received the Physical
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Nurse shows deep care for students