The Decree
VOL. 6, NO. 10 North Carolina Wesleyan College, Rocky Mount, N.C. FRIDAY, MARCH 15,1991
Junior gets
$1,000 NCAE
scholarship
Ella Jarrell Hawkins, an el
ementary eduction major at North
Carolina Wesleyan College, has
been awarded one of five Marry
Morrow Scholarships for the
1991-92 school year by the N.C.
Association of Educ^rs.
The announcement was made
jointly by NCAE President Julia
Kron and Miriam Penfield,
chairperson of the Mary Morrow
Scholarship Committee.
“Children are so eager to
learn,” said Hawkins, “and I want
to be an active part of the learning
process. I want to help shape the
attitudes of some of the world’s
children because one day I will
depend on their decisions.”
Hawkins and her husband live
in Roanoke Ri^ids and are both
enrolled in the elementary pro
gram at Wesleyan. Hawkins said
the $1,000 scholarship would en
able her to devote her full atten
tion to her studies next year and
complete her student teaching
semester.
The Mary Morrow Scholarship
ELLA JARRELL HAWKINS
for college seniors is awarded to
prospective teachers in their jun
ior year at college. The scholar
ships are funded by the interest
on a special trust fimd established
in 1953 to support prospective
teachers who plan to teach in
North Carolina. Following 10
years of fundraising, the first
scholarship was awarded in 1963.
TTie trust fund was established
in memory of Miss Mary Frank
Morrow, die first president of the
N.C. Classroom Teachers Asso
ciation, a divsion of the NCAE.
NCWC radio station
to air this September
North Carolina Wesleyan
College plans to be on the FM air
waves by September with station
WESQ covering most of eastern
North Carolina.
The first meeting of the Wes
leyan Radio Advisory Board was
held recently to discuss funding
ideas for the project
WESQ, a student-run public
radio station, will be transmitting
from a 629-ft. tower south of
Rocky Mount at Temperance
Hall. Bob Manning, co-chairman
of the radio advisory board, said
the Federal Communications
Commission granted Wesleyan
the 25,000-watt station on March,
1,1990, to broadcast ot the fre
quency 90.9 MHZ.
The listening audience of
WESC will exceed 200,000
people in Rocky Mount, Wilson,
Tarboro, Greenville, Farmville,
Hobgood, Spring Hope, parts of
Raleigh, and the sunounding area.
“TTie purpose of this radio sta
tion, according to President Leslie
Gamer, is to serve the cultural
and educational needs of eastern
North Carolina and North Caro
lina Wesleyan College,” Manning
said.
ITie station will be housed in a
mobile unit near the power plant
until it can be moved into the
future fine arts center.
The concept of a Wesleyan
radio station was conceived in
1987. A 20-member advisory
board was formed in 1990, and
includes people in the radio in
dustry as well as faculty and stu
dents from the college.
The type of format for the sta
tion has not yet been announced.
SAC now called CAB
The Student Activities Com
mittee is now called CAB, the
Campus Activity Board.
The recent name change will
not only alleviate confusion be
tween the Student Activities
Committee and the Student Ac
tivities Center, but committee
members said CAB is also a great
name for publicity.
CAB’s new officers are Judy
Boyd, president; Tommy Allen,
vice president: Renee Mallard,
treasurer; Kirsten Cooper, mem
bership coordinator; and Katie
Wright, secretary.
Some of the upcoming events
include performances by Rick
Kelly, Tom Deluca, Bertice
Berry, Brian Husky, and a trip to
the Kennedy Cento:.
CAB will also sponsor a week-
long Sjffing Fling on April 2-7.
Planned events that week include
comedian Henry Cho, a Dinner
Theatre, a Scavenger Hunt, a
dance, a Band Jam and Airwalk,
and Ms. Kamp Wesleyan.
Participating sponsors for
Spring Fling include the Black
Student Association, NCAE,
Sigma Pi, the Performing Arts
Department, die Outdoor Qub,
R Epsilon, Pi Kappa Phi, and the
Hospitality Qub.
Wesleyan offering courses at businesses
By CHRISTY SKOJEC
North Carolina Wesleyan
College is moving out into the
world of big business. This year,
the Adult Degree Program (ADP)
offers classes at Consolidated
Diesel Company in Whitakers and
at Northom Telecom in Research
Triangle Park.
Frances Harrison, who has
been in charge of the ADP for
two and a half years, he^>ed en-
gineo- this program. She hopes it
will eventually branch out into
other businesses. Site diiecbjr of
Wesleyan’s campus ext^ion in
Raleigh, Phyllis Rudoljdi, who
hel^ coordinate the program at
Ncvthem Telecom, feels that this
is a program whose “time has
come!”
The Wesleyan Adult Degree
Program is designed for adults
who want to complete a four-year
degree at night. The classes are
small, and many degrees are of
fered. An ADP student may major
in business administration, ac
counting, computer information
systems, or justice and public
policy. Classes in microbiology,
education, physical sciences, En
glish, chOTiistry, and religion are
also offered for the evening stu
dents.
The classes meet from 6:30 to
9:30 p.m., Monday through
Thursday. A business class is also
ofifeted on Saturday mornings. At
the present time, there are ^
proximately 130 students enrolled
in the program. Wesleyan also has
extension branches in Raleigh,
Goldsboro, and New Bern.
While the ADP program has
been around Wesleyan for a
numba of years, this is the first
time in six years classes have been
offered in the business commu
nity. For three hours every
Wednesday evening, nine em
ployees of Consolidated Diesel
Company (CDC) gathw together
for Business 206, Princ^les in
Management class, taught by
Cleve Whatley. Some membo^
of the class are woiidng towards
their Mast^’s in business. Othos
aie just taking the class in order
to improve their management
skills.
A diverse group of students,
the class is made up of both males
and females, ages 20 to 50, of
different racial backgrounds.
Whatley, who is also an adjunct
professor for the College, re
marked that the varied students
make the class more difficult to
teach than a conventional class,
but they also make the class more
enjoyable. Their variety of expe
riences allows the class to have
interesting discussions about
management ideas.
“P^iu^s I should be paying
tuition, because I am learning
nKxe than they are,” he jokingly
added.
Systems Development Analyst
for CDC, John Austin, is taking
the class because he is interested
in improving his job performance
and possibly pursuing an MBA.
He finds the class enjoyable be
cause the CDC environment gives
the course % unique flavor not
found elsewhere.” The only
problem he finds with the course
is refocusing his mind from
working to learning when he
walks in the docs' to the class.
Wayne Foster, a manufactur
ing engineer for CDC, also has
discovered the problem of getting
into a learning mindset immedi
ately aftw work. He enjoys intCT-
acting widi his fellow mployees
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