THE VOICE OF WILKES COMMUNITY COLLEGE
VOLUME 24, NUMBER 4
WILKESBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
FEBRUARY 14, 1994
Students Honored
^^Who’s Who’’ Chosen
WCC SGA
President Meets
With Governor
n a
Eighteen Students Honored for
Who^s Who in Colleges & Universities
Student Profile
Wilkes Community College an
nounces that eighteen students have
been selected nationally as outstand
ing campus leaders. Their names will
appear in the 1993 edition of Who's
Who Among Students in American Jun
ior Colleges. These students join an
elite group of students selected from
more than 1,400 institutions of higher
learning in all 50 states, the District of
Columbia and several foreign nations.
Outstanding students have been hon
ored in the annual directory since its
inception in 1934. A campus selec
tion committee consisting of WCC
faculty and staff was chosen last fall.
Candidates for the publication must
be full time, second year technical or
college transfer students who will be
May, 1994 graduates. The students
were selected on the basis of academic
achievement, service to the commun
ity, leadership in extracurricular activ
ities and their potential for continued
success.
WCC students selected for the pub
lication are: Julie Annette Absher,
Anita Blevins Blackburn, Donald
Richard Blevins, Jr., Helen Marie Bur
gess, Patricia Hike Canter, Gurney
Gilbert Connolly, Rayford Dale Hill,
Richard Perry Kirk, Kimberly Dawn
Lawson, Lisa Renee McNeill, Bruce
Dwayne Monks, Harley Gray Settle,
Brent Deleon Triplett, Jerald Lawson
Weaver, Donald Scott Whitten, Penny
Marie Wiles, Regina Blizzard Woodie,
and Robert Anthony Woodside.
Richard Kirk is a man with many
hats. As well as a full time student of
the 1994 nursing class, he is also an
assistant Sunday school teacher, a
supply preacher for the Southern Bap
tist Churches, a husband, a father to
two boys and a girl, and most recently,
a grandfather. When asked which one
he most enjoyed wearing, he simply
replied, "All of them.”
Richard is not what one would con
sider a traditional college student. At
the age of 47 he redirected his path
from a successful career as a broker in
his self-owned insurance agency, to a
full-time student in a very demanding
course of study. "I was intrigued by,
and drawn into nursing," said
Richard. "After being fascinated by
the treatment my daughter received in
a near death experience, as well as
being deeply moved by the care pro
vided for my father-in-law before he
passed away, I came to realize that
there is much I can give back to
humanity. Nursing will enable me to
accomplish this.”
Richard went on to explain to me
the importance of God and church in
his life. He explained that his ministry
through sermon and Sunday school is
just the beginning. Once he completes
nursing school and obtains a few years
experience, Richard plans to travel
with his wife (also a nurse) to do mis
sionary work through medicine and
bible study. ...Bruce Monks
Wilkes Community College Stu
dent Government Association Presi
dent Scarlett Overbay is shown meet
ing with Governor Jim Hunt at a
recent discussion for student body
presidents at the Governor’s Mansion
in Raleigh, NC. The meeting was
attended by 50 student body presi
dents from community colleges, uni
versities, and private schools across
the state of North Carolina. Ms.
Overbay is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Overbay of Sparta, NC.
She is a member of the WCC Volley
ball Team, serves as a member of the
WCC Board of Trustees, and works at
Camp Cheerio as a senior counselor.
Upon graduation from WCC, Ms.
Overbay plans to continue her educa
tion in either sports medicine or law.
Valentine’s Day
The name Saint Valentine is given
to two legendary Christian martyrs
whose feasts were formerly observed
on February 14th. One believed to be
a Roman priest martyred c. 269 dur
ing the persecution of Claudius the
Goth, was buried on the flaminian
way; the second was probably a
bishop of Terni martyred in Rome. It
is possible that those two legens were
based on real people, or as some
believe, one person. The association
of Saint Valentine's Day with love and
courtship may have arisen from the
coincidence of the date with the
Roman festival of LUPERCALIA. In
1969 the feast day ws dropped from
the Roman church calendar.
Spring Quarter Early Registration
Dates Have Been Changed
Early registration will be held Wednesday, February 16, Thursday,
February 17, Friday, February 18, and Monday, February 21. Classes will
be held on Iuesday, February 15. Advisement Day, with no classes, will be
Wednesday, February 16. Regular registration will be held on Monday,
March 7 from 9:00 a.m. unti 8:00 p.m.