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Ambassadors rub elbows with Elon's visitors
Michelle Cater
Staff Reporter
Fourteen Elon College students were
chosen as college ambassadors to represent
the college and mingle with visitors.
The purpose of the first college ambas
sador program is to represent the student
body and assist in such programs as Family
Weekend and Homecoming, as well as give
tours of the college to donors, parents, visi
tors, alumni and dignitaries.
The college ambassadors selected are
Ashley Allen, Staci Ballengee, Shana Carroll,
Joy Crawford, Susan Higgins, Hunter
Johnston, Stacie Kleinman, Edmund Knott,
John Myers, Jennifer Pickett, Tisha Shaffer,
Molly Smith, Kelly Taylor and Sarah Watson.
TTiere were 60 nominees.
They were chosen by Director of Alumni
and Parent Relations Joanne Soliday, assis
tant Director of Alumni and Parent Relations
Laura Lewis and the staff of the Institutional
Advancement Department.
“I think it’s a really good program for
the school because it’s a good contact be
tween the students and the friends and family
of the college,” Molly Smith said. She added
that she considered it an honor to be chosen
and to be involved in the beginning of the
program.
Jennifer Pickett wanted to be a college
ambassador so she could meet people on the
campus and help greet visitors. “I wanted to
be an ambassador because as a senior it is
kind of my way of giving back to Elon,”
Pickett said.
The ambassadors were nominated by
the faculty and were required to fill out an
application, said Amanda Harless, dean of
students for special programs and the direc
tor of the student ambassador program.
Harless said the committee was looking
for students that had an enthusiasm for Elon
and a willingness to share the Elon experi
ence with others.
The ambassadors were announced Sept.
19 and were quickly trained to work during
Family Weekend. During the weekend, the
ambassadors gave^irections and helped at
all of the events.
“We would not have had as a successful
Family Weekend without the college
ambassadors....! think they did extremely
well with only a short amount of time to
train,” Harless said.
The college ambassadors will also be
working at Homecoming Nov. 11, as well as
four other events yet to be decided on.
Students interview final two candidates for security position
Jeff Wirick
Staff Reporter
Six Elon College students in
terviewed the two final candidates
for the vacant position of director
of Security and Safety and both
believe students should participate
in a security program.
The candidates for the posi
tion are John J. Hackett Jr. director
of Public Safety at Babson College
in Wellesley, Mass. and Sylvia P.
Chillcott, director of Public Safety
at Ringling School of Art and De
sign in Sarasota, Fla.
Chilcott and Hackett are among
the four finalists from a pool of
more than 100 applicants after Terry
Creech vacated the position in Au
gust.
John Gamer, director of pub
lic safety at the University of Port
land was interviewed Sept. 15.
Norman Wallace, assistant direc
tor of public safety at Villanova
University was interviewed Sept.
21.
A committee headed by Vice
President of Business and Finance
Gerald Whittington will collect rec
ommendations from the students at
the interviews and make a decision
at a later date.
Hackett, who was interviewed
Sept. 27, said he felt it would be a
good challenge to work with a se
curity department that could possi
bly change to law enforcement sta
tus.
“A lot of people look at a col
lege campus and think ‘It’s nice
until five o’clock’. However, this
is a 24-hour job, and if you take it
with a nine to five expectation,
you’re not doing anyone the ser
vice that you are supposed to pro
vide,” Hackett said.
Hackett recently completed his
master ’ s degree in science and total
quality management last year from
Anna Maria College in Massachu
setts.
He said he has mixed emotions
about a commissioned police force
at Elon.
“I believe that for professional
law enforcement response, Elon can
handle it, but I’m not 100 percent
sure that bringing a weapon into a
calm situation is necessary,”
Hackett said.
He is in favor of student par
ticipation in the security depart
ment. “As long as they are trained
and comfortable in the situation
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that they are 4n,” Hackett said.
The only female finalist
Chilcott, was interviewed Friday.
She said one of the reasons she
applied for the job is to return to her
home state of North Carolina.
Chilcott said her career objec
tive is to find a public law enforce
ment position with an accredited
institution of higher learning.
Before her current job, Chilcott
was director of Safety and Security
at Catawba College, where she also
earned her bachelor of arts in soci
ology. Chilcott said she is looking
for a place to pursue her master’s
degree.
Chilcott has never been in
volved with a college campus that
has law enforcement status, but said
the change to this type of force
would work for Elon.
“Done properly, with
professionly trained individuals,
you can have a service-oriented
group of armed, security members
representing Elon College,”
Chilcott said. She stressed that
“Elon must create a place in which
students can live, work, and learn
in a safe and secure environment.”
Like Hackett, Chilcott also
encourages student participation.
“If I could contribute to their edu
cation by offering them a job, I
will,” she said.
“Students are not going to re
spect a safety and security depart
ment that doesn’t show respect to
them,” Chilcott said. “And the only
way to show students respect is to
give them a chance to work with
us.”
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