18 WCC CAMPUS VOICE - NOV. 14,1990
New faculty, staff honored at reception
By Jill Uatk ins
The Wayne Community
College chapters o-f the
North Carolina Association
o-f Educators (NCAE) and
North Carolina Association
Educational Of-fice Person
nel (NCAEOP) honored the
new employees on October
4th with a reception in the
Atrium of the LC building
on the North Campus.
Shirley Boyd, Vice
President -for Instructional
Services introduced the 13
newcomers.
Those in attendance had
a chance to win door prizes
such as pie, gi-fts certifi
cates, and a country ham
al 1 donated by area
busi nesses.
Also present was Deborah
Iwery, Director o-f NCAE
UniServ.
Betty McClel 1 an,
secretary in the Business
Department said about
working at the college,
"It is a wonder-ful place to
work."
Those present had the
opportunity to become
acquainted with their new
colleagues.
“The Campus *v^oice" would
1 ike to welcome the
•following to UlCC: J. E.
Bass, Air Conditioning and
Heating; Brenda Bowie,
Business Industry Center
secretary; Rose Brock,
Business Department; Naoni
Collie, Continuing Educa
tion receptionist; Lewis
Dorman, Continuing Educa
tion; Edgar Edwards,
Maintenance; Nnenna
Freelon, Visiting Artist;
Chris Gregory, Mechanical
Studies instructor;
Kathleen Heath, Continuing
Education; Betty Maye,
Business O-f-fice; Betty
McClellan, Business
Department secretary; Donna
Potter, Learning Resource
Center; Uillie Taswell,
Food Service; Bill
Thompson, Director o-f
Planning and Research;
Betty Jane Turner, social
studies instructor; and
Irma Uiggins, Co-Op 0-ffice.
Lynda Bundy, secretary. Mechanical Studies, pins a corsage on newcomer
Brenda Bowie o-f the Business and Industry Center as Naomi Collie, secretary
in Continuing Education watches. Photo: Jill Ulatkins
Fall enrollment
highest ever
By: Brian Daniels
WCC is experiencing its
highest enrollment ewer at
2,406, according to Susan
Sasser, Registrar.
In 1980, enrollment
reached 2,403 and dropped
to 2,219 in Fall of 1989
According to Linwood
Anderson, Vice President o-f
Educational Support Ser
vices, special recruiting
e-f-forts are put -forth by
Jerry Kornegay, Director o-f
Student Activities and
Recru i tment.
Kornegay travels through
out eastern North Carolina
visi ting various high
schools during their
college and career events.
Kornegay shares
in-formation on various
courses and curriculum with
students and also gives
them the opportunity to
take placement tests and
-fill out applications in
the i r own school.
He also schedules various
meetings at area industries
to recruit workers as
students.
According to Anderson,
enrollment -figures -for -fall
quarter directly affects
the amount of state funds
the college will receive.
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By: John Brantly
Wayne Community College
is making a difference in
the lives of many homeless
with a program to teach
literacy as well as other
skills necessary to survive
in todfay^s wor 1 d.
This program, run by
the Literacy Department,
and made possible by a
federal grant, reaches out
to the homeless including
those at the Battered
Women's Shelter, the
Wayside Home, the Soup
Kitchen, the House of
Fordham, and the Salvation
Army.
Lewis Dorman, co
ordinator of the project,
and Kathleen Heath,
instructor, work with other
agencies such as the
Department of Social
Services and the United
Church Ministries to help
the homeless in shelters.
According to Marie
Barnes, the program has
helped at least 40 indi
viduals this year, and its
goal is to help 40 home
less families by the end
of 1990.
Barnes also stated that
some of the students served
by the program have
actually enrolled in WCC
college curriculum.
Dorman holds one class
in the evenjngs at the
Wayside home, and Heath
goes to the Soup Kitchen
Tuesday, Wednesday, and
Thursday mornings from
11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.