Guilford Life
Honors Program
Is it Really Special?
by Betsy Vance
What is it, anyway? Are
"they" any smarter than "us"?
What's the big deal about this
program? Are "those people"
really different than everyone
else?
These questions concerning
the Guilford Honors Program
have recently surfaced in the
Guilford community. Like most
other programs and
organizations, the Honors
Program has come under scrutiny
by outsiders and even people
within the program.
The Honors Program was
initiated in 1984 to provide
academically talented students
with especially challenging
classes in addition to their
regular course work. Honors
classes are smaller and more
discussion-oriented than most
other classes, so students must
be alert and prepared to share
their knowledge in class. The
discussions are intended to be
more quickly paced and vigorous
than ordinary class discussions.
Program members begin a
sequence of honors courses as
sophomores and juniors, and
complete an honors senior
seminar. One important
characteristic of the program is
the fact that these honors
courses are the only time that
honors students are deliberately
separated from other students.
The rest of the time, honors
students are usually active in
other facets of college life.
During the admissions
process, applicants with high
SAT scores, notable
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achievements in high school,
and good recommendations are
considered for the program.
Students must complete a special
application and attend Honors
Day for interviews. Between 20
and 30 honors students are
selected each year.
Another function of the
Honors Program is to recruit and
retain excellent students.
Anne Ponder Acting
Academic Dean, stated that "the
Honors Program and its
scholarships help Guilford attract
and retain a significant number
of the nation's best students."
Jeff Blackmon, a senior Honors
student, had one explanation for
this success: "The Honors
Program is successful in
attracting better students to
Guilford because prospective
honors students look for a
school with a strong academic
program plus that 'something
extra.' At Guilford, the Honors
Program is that something."
There are possibilities and
attempts underway to make the
Honors Program more than a set
of special classes.
The Honors Coordinating
Council consists of students,
professors, and administrators
and organizes special lectures,
field trips, dinners, and other
events. Blackmon would like to
see honors students activated to
turn the program into a student
organization to increase extra
curricular opportunities for
members. This goal would
require much more student effort
Audrey Homey Looks Back on 23
Years of Guilford
by Noah Bartolucci
When Audrey Homey began
working for Guilford College,
Founders was a women's
residence hall, and the infirmary
was upstairs. Twenty-three years
later, Homey is retiring.
"I've lived in the community
for all my life," said Homey.
"I'm sad to be leaving, but I've
loved every minute of it."
Tracing the history of where
and for whom Homey worked
while at Guilford is like
researching a family tree. She
first worked for Dean of Women
Nancy Melaney in 1965. Soon
after, the offices of men and
women combined to form
Personnel, and Mrs. Homey
transferred to New Garden to
work for Dean of Students
William Lianar.
In the mid-seventies Andy
Gottschall replaced Lianar as
Dean of Students; then, Mrs.
Homey and the Personnel Office
moved to what is now the Bryan
lounge. Ken Swab followed
Gottschall as Dean of Students,
; /id Homey moved back to
Founders to what was termed
Guilford Grads...
Where are They Now?
by Laura Seel
For some Guilford students,
G-Day is fast approaching - -
Graduation Day, that is.
Scary though it may seem,
this year's seniors can be
reassured by the successes of
those Guilford alumni who have
gone before them. The real
world is certainly no
"community of seekers," but
many Guilford graduates manage
to survive happily and keep
bread on the table at the same
time.
Though it i" a lucky few
indeed who graduate from college
and immediately land a job in
their major or field of interest,
some members of the class of
'BB have done just that.
Marc Scott and Charles
Arrington, both sport studies
majors and former Guilford
football players, are currently
coaching football at Chowan
College in Murfreesboro.
Allen Fetter, a geology
major, is working as an
environmental consultant in
Greensboro (and occasionally
tending to the backyard garden
of Dana 4).
Greg Mueller, an
accounting major, has landed a
job with an accounting firm in
New Jersey and is now enjoying
the "typical" recent college
graduate life with a home in
Manhattan and a new Porshe.
Others have found successful
employment in areas other than
their major studies.
Kim Rider, a history major,
is in charge of several children's
programs for the Guilford
College YMCA. Scott Bell, who
majored in administration of
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Audrey Homey
photo by Carol Irwin
"student services." Finally,
Horney transferred to Housing
and Residence Life, working for
Bob White in a Frazier
apartment.
"I remember when you could
only smoke in designated areas,"
said Homey. "I remember when
girls were not allowed to go
barefoot and when students had
to dress for dinner on weekends."
justice, is working for NCNB in
Greensboro. Jeff Schreiber, an
economics major, coached and
played football in Europe for a
brief period.
Still other recent graduates
are pursuing further education or
marital bliss.
Chris Konvalinka, a
biology major, is studying
veterinary medicine at N.C.
State. Kelly Burroughs, an
adminstration of justice major, is
currently holding down a sales
representative job at Pine
Meadows apartments while
taking classes towards her
teacher certification.
John Burke is enjoying the
married life, as are Kyle
Kcsselring and Wendy
Wentworth Kesselring in
Virginia. (One source
speculates that she has by now
won the Betty Crocker bake-off
and hopes to have her recipe
published in Good
Housekeeping).
So take heart, class of 'B9,
for the "real world" awaits the
talent, wisdom, optimism and
potential you have to offer.
It is only a matter of time
before a Guilford-educated
astronaut blasts off on a space
shuttle mission, or a former
member of our own College
Republicans becomes entangled
in an Oliver North-type
government scandal, or a former
WQFS disc jockey takes over for
the aging Kasey Kasem, or a
Guilford senior art thesis
replaces the Degas exhibit at the
Metropolitan Museum.
There truly are, as our
parents have told us, limitless
opportunities to mold and shape
our world.
When asked how the
students have changed in the
time she has spent at Guilford,
Horney replied, "We had the
hippy age real big. I've seen the
students go full circle since then,
and I think that's a good sign."
She added, "People seem more
aware of their rights and the
rights of others."
Until the late seventies
there were no apartment
complexes near Guilford.
Horney remembers, "Students had
to live on campus or with their
parents."
"I hated to see the house
mothers go," said Horney. "I
was close with so many of
them." House-mothers looked
after each residence hall, and
were phased out in the late
seventies.
When Mrs. Horney retires
this December it will mark the
end of 23 years of invaluable
service to the Guilford College
community.
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