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CAROLINA ESLEYAN COLLEGE The Decree Rocky Mount, N.C. 3L. NO- ^ ^^Wesleyan^s Student Voice Since 1984^^ FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2000 Glassick takes helm as interim president DR. CHARLES GLASSICK Robert R. Mauldin, chairman of the Board of Trustees at North Carolina Wesleyan College, an nounced the appointment of Dr. Charles E. Glassick as interim president of the Rocky Mount col lege on May 9. He officially took the position the first week of August. “We are very excited that Dr. Glassick has accepted the interim presidency,” said Mauldin. “He comes to Rocky Mount with sig nificant experience in higher edu cation and in running small col leges. Having a person of Dr. Glassick’s experience eliminates the need for a hurried search and allows the trustees to search thor oughly for the next chief execu tive and to choose wisely,” Maud lin continued. Glassick replaces Dr. John B. White who resigned effective Do the math and you might win Goldwater Scholarship Dr. Amy Casselman has an nounced that N.C. Wesleyan stu dents of mathematics, engineer ing, and natural sciences can now apply for the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program. Congress established this pro gram in 1986. The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Ex cellence in Education Foundation operates an educational scholar ship program designed to provide opportunities for outstanding U.S. students with excellent academic See more scholarship programs on Page 2 records and demonstrated inter est in, and potential for careers in mathematics, the naturals sciences and engineering. In April 2001, the Foundation will award scholarships to stu dents who will be college juniors or seniors during the 2001-2002 academic year. The scholarship award covers eligible expenses up to a maxi mum of $7,500 per year. Junior scholarship recipients are eligible for a maximum of one year of support. In order to be considered for an award, students must be nomi nated by their institution. The deadline for all 2001 nominations is Feb. 1,2001. For more information on this scholarship, contact Dr. Amy Casselman, Assistant Professor, Biology, Room 107 A, x5157 (ACasselman @ ncwc.edu). May 31. citing personal reasons for his resignation. Glassick was reached at his home in Spartanburg, S.C. “Both my wife Mary and I are looking forward to coming to Rocky Mount and joining the team at North Carolina Wesleyan College,” he said. "My experi ence as president of one small college and interim president of another will be useful in helping to address the challenges that NCWC faces now. I’m confident that we can turn those challenges into real opportunities.” Glassick, 69, is currently a se nior associate of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, having also served the foundation as its interim presi dent and senior fellow and vice president for administration. The Carnegie Foundation is a policy center devoted to strengthening America’s schools and colleges. While a senior fellow, Glassick assisted Ernest L. Boyer in the preparation of major Carnegie re ports including “Campus Life: In Search of Community” and “Scholarship Reconsidered: Pri orities of the Professoriate.” Glassick was president of the Robert W. Woodruff Arts Cen- icr.s in Atlanta. Ga.. Iroiii I Wl lo 1995. The ccnlcr includes tour fine arts conipanics: the Alliance Theater, the Atlanta College of An. the Atlanta Symphony Or chestra. and the High Museum of An. Glassick has eon.siderahle ad- niinistrati\e experience with col leges. Recently he ser\ed as in terim president at Converse Col lege in Spailanburg. S.C.. (rom January to June 1999. He was the 1 Ith president of Gettysburg Col lege, in Gettysburg. Pa., a posi tion he held from 1977 to 1989. During his tenure at Gettys burg. he was named in a national survey as one ul the lOO "most effective college presidents' in the country. (The survey is "The Ef fective College President, by Jaines L. Fisher, funded by the Exxon Education Foundation). Additionally, Glassick has been vice president and provost for the University of Richmond, in Virginia: dean tor academic affairs at .Mbion College, in Albion, Mich.: \ iee president for the Great Lakes College Asso ciation in ,'\nn .Arbor, Mich.: and a professor of chemistr)' at Adrian (Continued on Page 2) Rocky Mount honors Monk with park By RIKKI HESS Editor-in-Chief Last May, the city of Rocky Mount dedicated a park to famous pianist and composer Thelonious Sphere Monk (1917-1982), called one of the most influential fig ures in the history of jazz. Although born in Rocky Mount on Oct. 10, 1917, Monk moved out of the area at a very young age. The majority of his childhood was spent in the cul- ■ural center of New York City’s Harlem where Monk began pi ano lessons at a young age. By the time he was 13, Thelonius had won the weekly amateur contest at the Apollo Theater so many times that he was barred from entering. As Monk progressed musi cally, he joined the house band at Minton’s Playhouse in Harlem. During this time, he worked with other up-and-coming musicians such as Charlie Parker and Dizzie Gillespie. The group developed a style of jazz now known as bebop. The year 1947 became one of the most momentous of Thelonius Monk’s life. Not only did he make his first recordings, but he also married his long-time love, Nellie Smith. His early albums are now thought of as “unique composi tional and improvisational style, both of which employed unusual repetition of phrases, an offbeat use of space, and joyfully disso nant sounds.” Monk’s later re cordings included partnerships with great artists, including Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, and Sonny Rollins. Thelonious Monk died on Feb. 5, 1982. His death ended an im peccable career as a jazz musi cian, pianist, and composer. He left behind more than 70 compo sitions. which continue to inspire artist in all forms of music. In his lifetime he received numerous awards and continues to be hon ored today. Other than the Thelonious Monnk Park dedication on the comer of Washington and Dunn streets in Rocky Mount. Thel-' onius Monk has earned a variety of achievements. His music has been archived at The Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C.. and a feature documentary on his life, called Sirciii’hi. No Cluiscr. was released lor critical acclaim. In addition to this, the Uni^d States Postal Service has issued a stamp in his honor. The Thelonious Monk Institue ot Jazz was founded to honor Monk by preserving the music to which he dedicated his life. /
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