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mil Hi II The Pendulum Thursday, January 12,1984 Volume X, Number 14 Campus wide effort Faculty, staff pledges exceed $200,000 By Loukia Louka Associate Editor Photo by Paul Harris Raise your right hand... New Elon College Aldermen Sam Cousin (left) and Jerry ® with re-elected Alderman Charles Cantos were sworn in^ Sfnistered the Louise Allen, clerk of Superior Court of Alamance County, administered the oath. NCNB gives $20,000 to PRIDE II North Carolina National Bank has made a commitment and endowments, operating ex- penses, and campus improve- of po'oob'to the"Elon College ments. . i-aHcr PRIDE II campaign. PRIDE is “NCNB is ^ corporate lea^^ » in Alamance County ana Nonn Carolina,” Dr. Williams noted. “This generous gift irom a large financial institution rep resents a great deal of faith in the continued the economy and in the abni^ of Elon College to meet its ^°As of December 31, the school had raised |3.9 million. an acronym for “Providing Re sources for Institutional De velopment at Elon.” Dr. Jo Watts Williams, vice president for development at the college, said the funds will probably be used in the con struction of the proposed fine arts center. PRIDE II seeks funds for the fine arts center, scholarships The campaign goal is $5.7 mil lion over the next three years. Don McCorkle, city executive officer and senior vice presi dent of NCNB, said the bank is committed to cultural improve ments such as the fine arts cen ter would bring to Alamance ^^a^s call for the fine arts center to be constructed at the present site of the track and soccer field. Those facilities are being moved to the nothern extreme of the campus. In a campaign that has been described as an “unparalled achievement,” by PRIDE II coordinator Jerry Tolley, the faculty and staff of Elon Col lege have contributed $208,239 toward the $5.7 million cam paign goal. “We are proud of the deep commitment the college family has given to this fund-raising campaign,” Dr. Fred Young said. “Many employees made major gifts, and some areas, such as full-time faculty mem bers, had 100 percent parti cipation. In all, 85 percent of the college family made a monetary gift to the campaign, 11 of which were between $5,000 and $10,000. Dr. Carole Chase, assistant professor of religion and chair of the faculty/staff campaign, said the original goal of this aspect of the PRIDE II cam paign was to exceed the PRIDE II pledge of $178,000. Out of the 87 full-time faculty members solicited, all of them partici pated. The faculty/staff campaign began in September. “Dr. Young asked me to take the job and I began to plan with Jerry Tolley for several weeks the process of the campaign and decide how to solicit pledges and gifts from Elon people,” said Chase. Through a computer print out, Chase was able to catego rize and begin grouping every one from President Young down to the people who clean the buildings on campus. “It looked overwhelming, but we grouped large groups together. There are between 50 and 60 people who work at the physic al plant, so they fit into one category. Margie O’Connell headed that area and Donna DeWoody assisted her. Both women coordinated the physic al plant staff, so it was a neatly fit area.” With about 260 more people left to be contacted, Tolley and Chase selected a steering com mittee, based on their stature, interest and commitment to the PRIDE II campaign. The steer ing committee consisted of Janie Council, Herbert House, Ed Daniel, Martin Shotzberger, Lorraine Allen, Ken Harper and James Moncure. “We tried to select people from every area. There were several meetings with those seven people to plan strategy for the campaign. So, under those seven people, sub committees were formed. All of this took place in October.” Each of the seven sub committee members went to five other people on campus to ask them if they would help in the PRIDE II campaign. Chase described the faculty/staff campaign as being conducted in a pyramid effort. Since we were going to see members from everywhere on campus, the subcommittees were not composed only of faculty mem bers. It started flrom the steer ing comittee, then went to the subcommittee, whose mem bers personally visited every faculty and staff member. There, they spoke of all aspects of the campaign, left to decide on their pledge, and then had a See Staff Campaign pg. 7 The Big Chill’ gets a warm reception
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