VOLUME LXVVII, NO. 7
Look For The Union Lady
BY DOUG DROTMAN AND
RICHARD WEINBLATT
Guilford College, known for its
dandy dances and funky formals,
is home for a crackerjack team of
party throwers. The dynamic in
dividual that steers this bundle of
creativity is none other than the
effervescent Carrie Boyce. The
senior accounting major has pro
vided much of the impetus for
this year's Student Union, labeled
by many as dancing heads and
shoulders above those in recent
memory.
The Guilfordian recently inter
viewed this unflappable Union
President and found her to be
modest beyond expectations.
Most students of the popularity
and accomplishments that Carrie
has recorded would want to sing
their story. Stylishly dressed, she
needed to be encouraged by us to
speak about herself.
The native of Rockville,
Maryland started her extensive
Guilford public service career in
the trenches of politics through
the Binford House Council during
her sophomore year.
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passed to linking
age to twenty-one in North
Carolina. The law goes into effect
on October 1, 19&>. This change
will be difficult tor some college
students to accept.
ly 30% of the student body at.
Guilford wiU be of age at the
the college will pass laws banning
alcohol on campus, he said that
he i'eit that such rules would be
unfair to those who were legal.
1 rt would be to suggest that
GUILFORD COLLEGE, GREENSBORO, N.C. 27410
"I thought it would be a good
way to meet people," Carrie
said. "I continually heard a lot of
good ideas that didn't get done. I
decided to get involved and make
things happen."
But this intrepid go-getter was
not satisfied with the dreary,
straight political realm. She
wanted to make people happy
through an effective student
union. "I interviewed with Diana
Wurster (last year's union presi
dent) for a position on her staff.
That led to the committee coor
dinatorship and the subsequent
Co-Serendipity chairmanship
(with Tom Jarrell)."
Her pronounced interested in
other people's good times was
such that present Union Vice
President Tom Kelly proposed
that they run together as a ticket
for office. "I knew we'd make a
dynamite team. Tom recruited
Treasurer Wade Shannon and I
pursuaded Patti Willard to stay
on as Secretary.
She was eager to point out the
cohesiveness of the union group
which resembles that of a well
oiled machine.
degree oi enforcement would not
change, only the legal age. One
change will mean to him or her.
and to begin preparing tor it
ahead of time The raised drink
Ing age can be expected to alter!
the college's social life in a pro!
nouaced maw"
Co-Ed Dorm p. 7
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When the noon hour rolls in,
Carrie rolls out in her little blue
car headed for more activities,
this time off campus.
After an extremely successful
internship with the Starmount
Co., the same folks responsible
for Friendly Shopping Center and
Forum VI, Carrie earned a pro
motion to the world of full-time
summer employment with the
firm. Presently working in the
capacity of Controllers Assistant,
she describes her responsibilities
as being wide-ranging including
making journal entries and
Xerox copying.
So where is this up-and-coming
accountant going after she
graduates?
"I was lucky enough to find an
accounting job in Winston-Salem.
I do plan on staying in
Greensboro, maybe even with
some other Guilco grads, in a
house."
The fast paced profession of ac
counting has already touched her
life.
"The CPA exam in scheduled
for the three days prior to
graduation. A group of us seniors
Two New Staff Members
GREENSBORO-Ann Ponder
has been appointed associate
academic dean at Guilford Col
lege effective Jan. 1.
In addition to her duties with
the dean's office, Dr. Ponder will
serve as director of the Piedmont
Independent College Association
(PICA) Summer School Program
and as associate professor of
English and Interdisciplinary
Studies.
During her nine years at Elon
College, Ponder taught courses in
English and Communication in
the Department of Literature,
Languages and Communication
and directed the Honors Program
from 1978-84. Ponder was twice
recognized for teaching ex
cellence at Elon, in 1977-78 and
1982-83. She is a past-president of
the North Carolina Honors
Association and currently serves
on the National Collegiate Honors
Council committee for small col
leges.
She holds the Ph.D. in English
from the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill, specializ
Guilford: .1
Hollywood Style p. 3 I
Union President Carrie Boyce. Photo by Megan Trend
will go take the exam, celebrate
and then return that Saturday for
graduation."
Even in her impending
absence, Carrie's legacy will
live. Union Vice President Tom
Kelly has announced his intention
to pick up the reigns of the union
and keep it going at full gallop.
"It will be hard to fill Carrie's
shoes but I'm sure we can all
make it, due to all that she has
taught us."
ing in 20th century literature,
film and drama. She wrote her
disseration on "The American
Detective Form in Novels and
Film, 1929-47," and next month
an article on Robert B. Parker
will appear in a collection,
"Colloquium on Crime," edited
by Atlantic Monthly editor Robin
Winks and published by
Scribner's.
GREENSBORO-Patricia R.
McNeil has been named Director
of Corporate and Foundation
Relations at Guilford College.
McNeil comes to Guilford from
the Bowman Gray School of
Medicine in Winston-Salem,
where she had responsibiliites for
personnel management, grant
applications and training and
curriculum development.
"We are delighted to have Pat
assume this key position as a
senior members of our develop
ment staff," said Guilford Presi
dent William R. Rogers. "Her ex
perience in dealing with corpora-
FEBRUARY 5, 1986
The Boyce File:
Home: Rockvilie. Maryland
Major: Accounting
Class: Senior
Likes: White Russians
Hooligans
Dislikes: Being musjudged by
people who don't know me.
tions and foundations gives her a
valuable working knowledge of
those constituencies the College
must each out to for new and con
tinued support."
In addition to immediate work
with the College's current capital
campaign, QUEST, McNeil will
also be instrumental in handling
faculty proposals for teaching
and research grants.
Prior to her employment at
Bowman Gray School of
Medicine, McNeil served as ex
ecutive director of the YWCA in
Winston-Salem. She has also been
director of the Council on the
Status of Women in Winston-
Salem, coordinator of student ac
tivities at Wake Forest Universi
ty, and program director for the
American Friends Service Com
mittee in Hartford, CT.
A member of the Society of
Friends, McNeil has also been ac
tive with Planned Parenthood,
the League of Women Voters, the
Women's Political Caucus and
the Human Relations Commis
sion.