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==-5p= NORTH CAROLINA ESLEYAN COLLEGE Rocky Mount, N.C. VOL. 14, NO. 8 THE (D “Wesleyan’s Student Voice Since 1984 nnAsv""."- I FV'.’-J CZLLCC 1999 FEB y> FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5,1999 College starts public phase of fund drive CELEBRATING HOLIDAY King, Jr. worship service held in the Leon Russell ChTn I T Martin Luther leader’s birthday. in observance of the civil right Brownlee returns to Wesleyan Dr. Irene Brownlee has re lumed to the Wesleyan commu nity as the Acadcmic Quality Manager for the Adult Degree Program. As Academic Quality Man ager, Brownlee will focus on fac ulty development training to in clude workshop design and de livery, coaching and mentoring new and existing faculty and co ordination with Wesleyan’s part ner school, Regis University. Brownlee was instrumental in 'Ik implementation of the “ad- Jtage” Regis model into the NCWC program in Raleigh from 1992 to 1996. She holds a Doc torate of Education from N.C. State University, a Master of Edu cation from N.C. State, and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology (Summa Cum Laude) from N.C. State. She has received outstand ing research awards from the Southeastern Association for Col lege Research. Brownlee has taught education courses centered on research- based programming concepts, principles, change strategies, and practices that influence change in adult learner systems. Brownlee continues to be an educational consultant in concert with state government agencies, community colleges, religious or ganizations, and university de partments. In the early 1990’s she acted as Executive Director for the Col lege of Humanities and Social Sciences for N.C. State Univer sity. Her numerous publications in clude topics such as women stu dents in North Carolina, student diversity, and the emerging workforce along with the chang ing profile of students in North Carolina. North Carolina Wesleyan Col lege announced the official kick- off of the public phase of the S10 million tive-year Quality of Life Campaign. Bill Kincheloe. campaign chairman, said the community campaign is focused on complei- ing the funding for the proposed Fitness and Recreation Center, a 23,000-sq. ft. addition to the Everett Gymnasium. “We are confident the citizens of the Rocky Mount area will help us achieve our goal for the Fit ness and Recreation Center, a to tal of $2.5 milHon,” he said. “We have already received pledges equaling SI.7 million toward the center, and we feel very good about the support for this sorely needed facility.” Including the money pledged in advance for the Fitness and Recreation Center, the silent phase of the Quality of Life Cam paign has successfully raised to date S5.2 million of the S10 mil lion total campaign goal. The campaign began in 1996 and is scheduled to conclude in 2001. The one-time public appeal. \^hich is separate liom the annual Day tor W'esleyan community canvass, focuses on the capital improvements to the N.C. Wesleyan Rocky .Mount campus, new scholarships, and endov\ inent lunds. The community public phase goal is S2„t million for the major project in the capital [X)r- tion. the expansion of the Hverett Gymnasium. For other capital projects in cluded in the Quality of Life Cam paign, the College is close to reaching the total goals of fund ing for the Alumni Tennis Com plex, the College Common, and the renovation of the Hartness Student Center. A number of major donors stepped forward to support the Quality of Life Campaign during its silent phase, contributing amounts varying from S 10.000 to SI50,000. Now the public por tion of the campaign turns to all the constituents of the College in an appeal for their support. Five committees, including the College’s Board of Trustees, the (Continued on Back Page) Advisory Board holds meeting ^^ENDLYrwAx rx aterpiliar i ’ chats with Kurt Scharfenburg of > no., a member of the new Advisory Board. Members of North Carolina Wesleyan College’s new Adult Degree Program Advisory Board met Tuesday with administrators in Durham to discuss opportuni ties for the college to partner with Triangle businesses. The ADP Advisory Board in cluded representatives from Glaxo Wellcome. Cisco Systems, Square D Company. Sumitomo Electric Lightware, Raychem Manufacturing, Freudenberg Spunweb Company, Mallinck- rodt, and BroadBand Technolo gies. It also included representatives from Alcatel Network Systems, Exide Electronics. IB.M. Gregory Poole Equipment Company. Carolina Power and Light. Unite\- Electronics. Nationwide Insur ance. Nortel. GE Capital Mort gage, Caterpillar, and the City of Raleigh. The Advisory Board mem bers were extremely helpful in suggesting ways we could better serve the coqjorations in the Re search Triangle aiea." said Linda Pautz, vice president of the Adult Degree Programs. “Two of the things we are cur rently investigating are the possi bilities of creating an accelerated format for the Computer Infor mation S_\ sicms degree and for a possible accelerated .MBA pro- giam, both of which would be offered in the evening." she said. Since 1979. the college has been offering working adults in the Raleigh area a means to com plete their undergraduate degrees, often with their employers’ sup port. In addition. N.C, Wesleyan has responded to a corporation's needs by offering classes on site. Classes have been held at Glaxo Wellcome. GE Capital Mortgage, and others. The col lege is now holding on-site classes at Caterpillar and Nationwide In surance.
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