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VOL. 9, NO. 6
North Carolina Wesl^an College, Rocky Mount, N.C.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29,1993
Wesleyan
promotes
Cerjan
Completing her 10th year at
North Carolina Wesleyan Col
lege, Patricia A. Ceijan has ac
cepted the position of vice presi
dent of admissions and financial
aid.
In addition to her new duties
as vice president, she will also
continue to direct the college's
TQM program, including train
ing leaders and facilitators, and
coordinating and evaluating team
formation and progress.
In her recent position as direc
tor of enrollment services, she cre
ated, developed, and managed the
NCWC Student Services Center,
which increased the percentage
of freshmen who were academi
cally successful from 53 to 68
percent.
After receiving her under
graduate degree in business edu
cation from Trinity College in
Burlington, Vt., Ceijan earned a
master’s degree in adult educa
tion from East Carolina Univer
sity in Greenville. She is currently
a membCT of many profession^
organizations, Hii Delta Kappa
honor fraternity, and is chairper
son of the Rocky Mount Area
Chamber of Commerce TQM
Council.
Ceijan, originally from Rome,
N.Y., lives with her husband,
Steve, in Rocky Mount They
have two grown daughters.
Trustee chairman
pleads in tape case
TRUSTEE PHIL CARLTON
..J^leads guilty in ‘Scannergate’
By JIMMILYN ROSSON
Recently, North Carolina Wes
leyan College’s chairman of the
Board of Trustees, Phil Carlton,
entered a guilty plea to misde
meanor charges that he reviewed
notes of tape recordings and lis
tened to other recordings made
from cellular phone conversa
tions.
The case involves last year’s
election of Gov. Jim Hunt. Two
of his long-time friends and law
partners, Charles Lane and Phil
Carlton, denied any involvement
in the scandal until recently, when
the Justice Department found evi
dence linking them to the crime.
Until then, former Nash
County Democratic Party chair
man Beverly Smith claimed that
she had made the t^s for her
wn use only,
^e tapes included conversa
tions Republican candidate,
former Lt. Gov. Jim Gardener,
had about his family and the cam
paign. Chris Gardner, Jim
Gardner’s son, contends that this
information helped the Hunt cam
paign form a strategy that was
able to concentrate efforts on the
Gardner campaign’s next step.
NCWC’s official statement to
the press has been: “For almost
25 years. Judge Carlton has
worked to build this college, sav
ing for almost 20 years as the
Chairman of the Board of Trust
ees. Like colleagues from both
major political parties, he has
been a friend when we needed
him, and we hope that friendship
will continue.”
Carlton enhanced his image,
and his regard within the college,
when he helped resolve financial
problems during the 1970’s.
At this time, the college has
no plans to change its relaticHi-
ship with Judge Carlton, and his
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Wesleyan to offer mediation training
“Mediation has affected me in
many ways that I nevor thought it
would. I’ve always had a hard
time relaying my feelings to otfiCT
people, and I also had a problem
fighting with certain membos of
my family. Now that I know how
to really listen to othCTS, and tell
them my feelings, every day is
easier to live because I don’t have
that burden to carry on my shoul
ders any more.
“I also like to think that we as
mediators teach pec^Ie to help
themselves and not depend on
others. I should recomm«Ki that
if you don’t want to be a media-
tOT that you at least go through
the training. We know it could
change your life.”
These words ciame from a high
school junior who has been
trained in peer mediation. They
are eloquent testimony to the fact
that all of us can benefit from the
skills that comprise mediation
training.
What is mediatiai? In the for
mal sense it is a process of struc
turing communication so that
people an bettCT hear and undo'-
stand each other. When people
can discuss their conflict calmly,
and openly, they can focus on
common needs and problem-solv
ing. Respect can develop. They
are more likely, as a result, to be
able to resolve difference in the
future.
If you would like formal me
diation to be available to Wes
leyan students consider being
trained as a mediator. Training
sessions will be offiaed at tfie be
ginning of next Spdng semester.
Contact Betty Ann Whisnant,
5230, JCTry Joplin, 5147 or Pam
Gourley, 5228. '
Two NCWC students recognized in science
Julie Duerler and Kim
Curseen, biology majors at N.C.
Wesleyan College, were two of
22 women recognized for their
scholastic achievements and pre
sented with $1,000 scholarships
at a recent awards ceremony at
Glaxo Inc.’s Sir Paul Girolami
Research and Development Cen
ter in Research Triangle Park.
The Glaxo Foundation has
launched a major initiative to sup
port scientific studies by women
undergraduate students at 11
North Carolina colleges and uni
versities.
The Glaxo Women in Science
Scholars program combines more
than $250,000 in endowed schol
arships with a unique mentoring
program linking each student with
a Glaxo woman scientist.
Duerler, a senior from Lon
don, Ohio, is paired with Dr.
Karen Au. Curseen, a sophomore
from Petersburg, Va., is paired
with Dr. Nicole Valvano.
Duerler and Curseen are also
currently involved in a DNA bio
technology project, being con
ducted joindy at Wesleyan and
East Carolina University.
Funding for this project has
come from The Glaxo Founda
tion, N.C. Biotechnology Center,
and Independent College Fund of
North Carolina.
Dr. C. Dale Therrien, profes
sor of biology and chairman of
the science and math division at
Wesleyan, is the director for both
projects.
John S. Thomas, executive di
rector of The Glaxo Foundation,
said that in addition to the incen
tive scholarships, each participat
ing institution received a $25,000
endowment to providing funding
for future Glaxo Women in Sci
ence Scholars.
Selected by their schools, stu
dents must have demonstrated an
interest in science and maintain a
grade point average of 3.0 or bet
ter on a 4.0-point scale.
Dr. Myra Williams, vice presi
dent and chief information officer
of Glaxo, Inc., said in her key
note address that the Glaxo men-
tcM^ — who represent a variety of
fields, from statistics to medical
research to systems analysis —
will help broaden students’ un
derstanding of science’s role in
society and help students develop
their own individual scientific
styles through advice and encour
agement >