Midgette receives Sears
teaching, leadership award
Dee Carowan
The Pendulum
The 1990 Sears-Roebuck
Foundation's Teaching Excellence
Campus Leadership Award
given to Dr. Nancy Midgette
of the history department.
As the Elon College
recipient, she received $1,000
from the foundation. The college
received $1,500 for programs to
encourage faculty enrichment and
campus leadership. Department
chairs and associate deans made the
nominations. A committee of the
dean of academic affairs, faculty,
alumni and student leaders made
Midgette the final choice.
Midgette joined the faculty in
1986 as an assistant professor of
U-S. History. She has a M.A.
degree from North Carolina State
University and a Ph.D. in
American History from the
University of Georgia in Athens.
Midgette has helped to
develop many Elon courses,
including the American Heritage
Tour, a study/travel course for the
North Carolina Teaching Fellows.
Nancy Midgette
She is the advisor to Alpha Chi ,
the national scholastic honor
society. Midgette also played an
important role in the development
of Elon's Leadership Fellows, a
scholarship program to recognize
and train campus leaders.
"This probably means as
much to me as anything that has
come across my desk, except for
those students who come in haUng
history and go out loving it.
That's definitely the biggest reward
to me," Midgette said.
"While it's wonderful to be
singled out for this award, I truly
feel that it's a shared honor with
the rest of the faculty."
Stay tuned to radio, TV
for bad weather updates
Tricia Talbert
The Pendulum
As February begins, the cold
and nasty weather is bound to
come along with it. Sleet, freezing
rain and snow all seem to happen
quickly and usually hamper most
people's everyday schedules.
Businesses are cancelled, and
community events are usually
postponed.
When bad weather is predicted
the question on most college
students’ minds is probably, "Do I
have to go to class tomorrow?" or
"When will they tell us if classes
are cancelled?"
Pat Kinney, director of public
relations, is in charge of making
the calls to radio and television
stations in the event of
cancellations due to inclement
weather.
"As soon as we hear that a
storm is expected in the area, we
begin monitoring the weather
conditions," Kinney said.
Jim Johnson, Dr. Fred
Young, and Dr. Warren Board ^
responsible for watching the
weather and making the ina
decision on whether classes are
cancelled and the college is closed.
"We make our decision as
soon as possible and then it takes
some time to call all of the local
TV and radio stations," Kinney
said.
Cancellations are reported to
six local TV stations. WFMY
(Greensboro), WGHP (High
Point), WTVD (Durham), WXII
(Winston-Salem), WGCT
(Greensboro), and WRAL
(Raleigh).
The report also goes to
several FM radio stations in the
area, 91.5 FM, 100 FM, 101.1
FM, 99.5 FM. 98.7 FM. 105.1
FM, 92.3 FM. 107.5 FM and
two AM stations. 920 AM, and
1150 AM.
In addition to the radio and
TV stations in the local area the
college also contacts the college
radio station WSOE 89.3 FM and
the in-house cable system (The
Elon Channel) with the
information.
In the event of a storm it is
important to remember to
continually listen to the radio or
TV. The stations make the reports
periodically once they receive the
information. The reports are
usually made during the early
morning hours before classes
begin if at all possible.
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