north CAROLINA
ESLEYAN
COLLEGE
Rocky Mount, N.C
THE
ECREE
VOL. 14. NO. 5
“Wesleyan’s Student Voice Since 1984”
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1998
Reese Bailey
wins college’s
highest award
HARTNESS STUDENT CENTER LOOKED LIKE A CLINIC DURING BLOOD DRIVE.
Wesleyan students donate
60 units of blood in drive
The Red Cross and the
'Vellness Center teamed up re
cently for a blood drive at North
-arolina Wesleyan College.
On Oct. 28 from 1 to 6 p.m..
he Hartness Student Center had
the vague appearance of a clinic,
"'•th many Red Cross and
csleyan volunteers scurrying
wound.
During the course of the after-
'oon, 63 people came by to do
nate blood, resulting in 60 pro
ductive units collected. This far
exceeded the original goal of 40
according to drive coordinator.
Holly Fairley. She indicated that
19 of the donors had been first-
time donors.
Fairley was grateful for a great
deal of support from students,
staff, and faculty. She cited Maria
Tenana’s college 101, Dr. Steed’s
college 101, Betty Anne
Whisnant’s Sociology 111 class.
Gospel Choir, Club Dramatica,
BS A, CAB, Tennis Team, Sigma
Pi Delta, Sigma Pi Fraternity, and
Petteway Hall for their participa
tion in blood drive. In fact,
Petteway Hall won the pizza party
for bringing in the most donors.
Fairley also indicated that plan
ning was already underway for
another blood drive some time in
the spring.
The 1998 Algernon Sydney
Sullivan Award, North Carolina
Wesleyan College’s highest
award given to a member of the
community, was presented to J.
Reese Bailey, trustee emeritus for
the College, at the 42nd annual
Founders’ Day Convocation, Oct.
22.
Also, the 1998 Distinguished
Staff Award was given to Carol
Carsons, head athletic trainer for
the College, and the 1998 Exem
plary Teacher Award went to
Leverett T. Smith, Jr., professor
of English.
Bailey has been actively in
volved with the College for four
decades, and for 30 years has
served as a trustee.
“We are pleased to recognize
a civic leader who has made North
Carolina Wesleyan stronger
through his time, talents, gifts, and
services to campus life,” said N.C.
Wesleyan President John White
on announcing the award.
Bailey is also active in the
community, his church, and busi
ness leadership. He has been a
lay leader, administrative board
chair, and finance chair at the First
United Methodist Church in
Rocky Mount. He has been a di
rector of the Salvation Army, the
vice chair of the People’s Bank
board, and his life-long associa
tion with the Kiwanis Club in
cludes a term as president.
Bailey is an aeronautical engi
neer by training, with a bachelor's
degree from North Carolina State
University and graduate work at
Southern Methodist University.
He served with the Air Force dur
ing World War 11. He worked for
many years in Texas as a design
engineer for aircraft before he re
turned to Rocky Mount and en
tered the family business, where
he served as vice president of Tom
Bailey Motors, Inc. until his re
tirement.
For many years he was chair
of the trustees’ Student Life Com
mittee. During his chairmanship
the former Student Activity Cen
ter was built in 1987. and it served
Student Life until the Hartness
Center was opened a year ago. it
was then renovated to serve as
the Thomas J. Pearsall, Jr. Build
ing, housing the Four Sisters Gal
lery and the offices for enroll
ment management. The Pearsall
Building was dedicated follow
ing the Founders’ Day Convoca
tion.
Carsons has been with the Col
lege since September, 1987, and
is an adjunct instructor in physi
cal education. She received her
bachelor’s degree in health edu
cation and master’s degree in
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14 inducted into national honor society
During Founders Day on Oct.
■} at North Carolina Wesleyan
-allege, 14 people were inducted
’'to the national leadership honor
Omicron Delta Kappa,
hese students, faculty, and
a from the college were rec-
fo'' their outstanding
ies° leadership quali-
Newly inducted members in
clude students Margaret Adjetey,
senior from Boston, Mass.; Knsty
Alston, senior from LaGrange;
Jerry Edwards, senior from Rocky
Mount; Jennifer Foreman, from
Stanford, Conn.; Kyle Foster, jun
ior from Bealeton, Va.; Kyle
Gueicher, senior from York, Pa.;
John Michael Hoppe, senior from
Louisburg; Stephen Kadlick, jun
ior from Weymouth. Mass.; Rob
ert Kaylor, junior from Indian
Trail; Eric Nordstrom, junior from
Melrose, Mass.; Phillip Strick
land, senior from Whitakers;
Britton Sokys, junior from Rocky
Mount; Vivian Vega, of Wel
lington, Fla.; and chaplain of the
College and instructor of religion.
Kirk Oldham.
The basis for membership in
Omicron Delta Kappa is achieve
ment in scholarship; athletics;
campus or community service,
social and religious activities, and
campus government; journalism,
speech and the mass media; and
the creative and performing arts!
Each new member has excelled
and been recognized for outstand
ing performance in one or more
of these areas.
These new members join an es
tablished and respected group of
over 181,000 men and women in
229 active circles on college and
university campuses throughout
the United States. Omicron Delta
Kappa was founded in 1914.