Flea Market: resource
for recruitment
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Rook Greene, Curriculum Speciolist, hands out materials
to a Flea Market visitor. PHOTO: JOHN LAPOINT
Actor to perform
in role of
con troversial
historical figure
By JOHN LAPOINT
The Goldsboro Flea
Market may seem like an
unlikely spot for
recruitment, but Angela
King and Rook Greene,
Curriculum Recruiting
Specialists, have had a
measure of success in
this effort.
They set up a
recruitment table for
WCC at the Flea Market
on December 7-8 and 14-
15 and on Feb. 1 and 2
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
"We plan to have the
table there every
weekend till the end of
February,” Greene said.
"The idea came to me
accidentally," said
King.
"I wanted to sell
knick-knacks from my
attic at the Flea
Market," she said.
Then the idea
occurred about selling
WCC' programs to anyone
who inquired.
King said she got so
excited about the
potential for
recruitment that she
abandoned the knick-
knack idea .
The project was
first tried on Nov. 16
and 17, 1996.
"We got a lot of
contacts on those first
2 days," King said, "in
fact, we got 88
inquiries in the first
6 hours."
"The majority were
interested in the GED
programs, especially in
the 45-50 age group.
"Some people had
taken GED courses and
merely needed to take
the test," she said.
King also said that
on the weekend of
February 1-2, they got
59 personal contacts,
32 of whom were
interested in Curri
culum, 15 in Literacy
and Skills, and 12 in
Continuing Education.
"There were also a
few people who had a
high school diploma and
had gone to work and
now wanted to return to
get an education.
"Many students were
also interested in
night school," she
said .
King said she
particularly remembers
one student who had a
bachelor's degree in
Social Work who wanted
to come to WCC for an
associate’s degree in
nursing.
King said that
almost everyone picked
up a catalog and
financial aid informa
tion.
Some asked questions
and filled out request
forms for more
information. Several
also picked up
postcards the Basic
Skills Department had
devised.
King said, "The one
thing we really need is
a recruiter who can
translate for people
who speak no English
and may be interested
in English as a second
language."
This need was
apparently one of the
main problems at the
recruiting table.
King went on to say
that everyone involved
with the college is a
recruiter and that we
should keep an open
mind about where we can
recruit.
Both King and Greene
are appealing to
faculty and staff to
volunteer at the table.
So far they have had
only 5 faculty and
staff members
volunteer .
Both said they hope
to have even more
interest when they
recruit for the spring
quarter.
By AMY RINEHART
Robin Voiers , a
highly acclaimed actor,
will perform a
monologue as Margaret
Sanger in the WCC
Lecture Hall, on March
21, 1997, for WCC
students, especially
those in health
occupations programs,
and invited local high
school students.
The performance,
which commemorates
March as Women's
History Month, is a
project of the
Diversity Task Force.
Sanger was a trained
nurse who realized the
importance of educating
poor mothers about
women's health issues
and providing them with
information on family
planning.
She was also
responsible for defying
a New York statute
prohibiting the
dispensing of contra
ceptive information.
She opened the first
birth control clinic in
the United States.
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Opera to come in spring quarter
Watch for The Barber of Seville, an opera by Mozart, which will be
performed at the Paramount Theater on March 11,1997, at 8:00 p.m.
The event is sponsored by the Foundation of WCC, Mount Olive
College, and the Community Arts Council.
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