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north carouna ESLEYAN COLLEGE THE Rocky Mount, N.C ^Z)ECREE VOL. 14, NO. 6 “Wesleyan’s Student Voice Since 1984” FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20,1998 Fruitt named new director of Durham site Dr. Jane Bergman Fruitt is the new Director of the Durham ADP siie, which opened in September. Fniitt has more than 20 years of practical experience in educa tion at all levels. Her A.B., M.Ed., and her Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction are all from the Uni versity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has also taken courses in Meredith College’s MBA program. She has exten sive experience in supervision, administration, teaching/training, and program development. Previously, Fruitt worked as an instructor at UNC-CH in the School of Education, supervising student teachers. She was a su pervisor in the Wake County Pub lic Schools. She was academic dean and an instructor at Phillips Junior College (formerly King’s College) for 10-1/2 years. She has also been an instructor at Wake Tech Community College. Raised in Greensboro, she lives in Raleigh. She has two sons, John, 23, a college senior, and Robert, 22, who is a taxidermist. First December commencement exercises slated GETTING READY — Seniors recently tried on caps and gowns in preparation for the college’s first December commencement exercises, set for Dec. 12 in Minges Auditorium. North Carolina Wesleyan Col lege will hold December com mencement exercises on Satur day, Dec. 12, in the Minges Au ditorium in the Dunn Center for the Performing Arts. A total of 174 students are eli gible to participate, 122 of whom are December graduates and 52 are students who graduated in August. The exercises will begin with a baccalaureate service at 10:30 a.m. in the Leon Russell Chapel. The baccalaureate speaker will be Rev. Jim Noseworthy, director of the Office of Annual Conference Relations, Public Policy, and Pub lications for the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry of the United Methodist Church. His office is located in Nashville, Tenn. The service will be followed by a brunch reception in the Dunn Center Lobby and Gallery at 11:30 a.m. The commencement exercises will begin at 1:30 p.m. in the au ditorium of the Dunn Center. This will be the first time in N.C. Wesleyan’s history that the College has held a December commencement. In the past, students with enough credits to graduate in De cember have waited until May to take that walk across the stage and shake the president’s hand. Because there is limited seat ing in the Minges Auditorium, the commencement will be a free ticket event. There are a limited number of tickets available from Carletta Dudley, (252) 985-5138. Cullinane named Honors Program director Dr Robert Trullinger, vice president for Academic Affairs, has announced that Dr. Michael Cullinane will be the new Direc tor of the Honors Program at Wesleyan. Trullinger said, “Dr. Cullinane will officially take over at the be ginning of the Spring Semester, but will begin working with the program immediately." Cullinane, an assistant profes sor of mathematics, is in his sec ond year at Wesleyan. He re ceived his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Mathematics, all from The Uni versity of New Hampshire. Cullinane says he “was at tracted to the college because of the emphasis on teaching and the relatively small student enroll- nient.” He went on to add, “There IS a great deal more professor- student contact at Wesleyan than existed at UNH." Dr. Cullinane doesn’t antici pate any changes in the Honors Program for next semester. “Down the road I will prob ably propose some changes, but I’m really not sure right now what they might be,” he said. Yhe cur rent program is under review and Honors students are playing a part in the review, he said. “Vice-President Trullinger and I want to be sure that Honors Pro gram students have a voice in any such changes,” Cullinane says. “In fact, we are currently in the process of finding out from the students what information they need regarding the program, the kinds of activities in which they would like to participate, and the directions in which they would like to see the program move.” The Honors Program is made up of unique courses that are spe cifically designed to academically challenge the talented students enrolled in the program. Students will delve deeper into an Honors course than normally covered in a regular class. “Honors courses and honors option courses usually require a student to be rather deeply en gaged with course topics,” says Cullinane. “I think most Honors Program students are ready to face such a challenge... in fact I think most of them relish such an op portunity.” Additionally, the Honors Pro gram provides the opportunity for faculty members to pursue spe cial subjects with the program’s students. Some recent course offering in the Honors Program include JUS-415 American Justice Sys tem Reform, ENG-112 English Composition, Freedom and Its Enemies, Film and Politics, and But Is It Art? There is one Hon ors course offered during the January term, REL 394 Religion and Science and one in the Spring Semester as well, HUM-101 In troduction to Humanities. According to Cullinane, there are 36 students currently enrolled in the Honors Program. “I would encourage any stu-' dent interested in finding out more about the program and its eligi bility criteria to contact me,” he says. “We would love to have all eligible students actively involved in the program.” North Carolina Wesleyan’s Honors Program is a member of national, regional, and state orga nizations, which hold annual con ferences. Every honors course is marked as such on a student’s transcript. Additionally, those stu dents completing the entire pro gram, with a 3.0 GPA in honors courses, receive special recogni tion on their degree, as well as on their college transcript. Cullinane notes, “The rigor of Honors Program classes and the critical thinking skills they help students develop can assist stu dents in achieving post-baccalau- reate goals such as attending graduate or professional school.” He adds, “Employers and graduate school admissions offi cials are likely to look favorably on a student’s involvement with the Honors Program, as such in volvement represents a willing ness on the part of the student to work hard even when faced with challenging and complex issues and problems.” Anyone interested Tn finding out more about the Honors Pro gram at Wesleyan can contact Dr. Cullinane at 985-5149 or send email to mcullinane@ncwc.edu.
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