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pening soon include;
♦SGA End of Summer Blast - August 28
from 11 a.m. till 3 p.m.
(Pick up some free ice cream on
Thompson Lawn and enjoy some music
and volleyball)
*SGA Elections - September 9 and 10
from 10 a.m. till 2 p.m.
(Vote and receive free refreshments in
the student commons)
♦Hiking Trip - September 13
♦Founder’s Week - September 15-19
(Help celebrate the 32nd birthday of
WCC)
♦Basketball Intramurals - Sign-ups begin
Sept. 8
As the school year begins, the SGA crew
sincerely hopes that everyone will make
room in their schedules to attend some of
these great events!
Eating Disorders
By Joan Money, Yadkin County Health
Department
Every year there are millions of people in
the United States who suffer from serious
eating disorders. More than 90% of those
affected are teenage girls and young adult
women. One reason that women of this
age group are “particularly vulnerable is
their tendency to go on strict diets to
achieve an ideal figure.” NIH
Researchers have found that this type of
dieting can play a major role in the
development of eating disorders.
About 17% of teenage girls develop
anorexia nervosa, a dangerous condition
in which they actually starve themselves
to death. One in ten cases of anorexia
nervosa leads to death from starvation.
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Dr. Thompson Retires
By Sandy Sheets
Dr. Bob Thompson, our former Dean of
Student Development, retired in June after
serving WCC for 27 years.
Dr. Thompson had worked at WCC since
1970. He came to Wilkes from Forsyth
Technical Institute in Winston-Salem,
where he was dirertor of student personnel.
Prior to his job at Forsyth Tech, he was
direaor of guidance at East Forsyth High
School and a teacher/counselor at
Kemersville High School.
He served 27 years in the Navy, including
four and a half years of active duty as a
naval aviator. When Thompson retired
from military service in September 1991,
he held the rank of captain.
Thompson earned his undergraduate
degree from Lincoln Memorial University,
in Harrogate, Tennessee; his master’s
degree from Appalachian State University
and his doctorate from Nova Southeastern
University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He
also completed additional graduate work at
the University of Georgia in Athens; NC
State University in Raleigh and Cal State in
Los Angeles.
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Dr. Bob Thompson and his wife, Betty,
celebrate his retirement at a reception in
the Student Commons on Friday, June 27.
Thompson is an active member in the
North Wilkesboro Presbyterian Church
where he is the receiving treasurer, the
Wilkes chapter of the N.C. Symphony, and
the North Wilkesboro Lions Club. He is
also a member of Phi Delta Kappa, a
national professional fraternity.
Thompson grew up in the North Carolina
High Country town of Pineola, son of the
ate Mr. and Mrs. D.M. Thompson. He is
married to Betty Thompson, who runs the
WCC Bookstore. The Thompsons, who
live in Wilkesboro, have two children;
Phyllis, a doctoral student and part-time
instructor at LSU, and Barbara T. Wright,
a teacher at the Wilkes Career Center.
As WCC’s dean of student development,
Thompson has been in charge of the
student development office, which is
responsible for the welfare of the students,
admissions, student records, registration,
fmancial aid, academic/career and
personal counseling, placement testing,
orientation and student activities.
Dr. Thompson has been an important part
of the college and will be missed by many
people. The campus will definitely not be
the same without this familiar and kind
face. The faculty, staff and students all
wish him the best of life as he begins his
retirement.
Run For SGA!!!!!!!!!!!