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Freshman Joel Wennlk gets advice from SOS Leader Debby Youtzy
while waiting for his advisor last weekend.
Bonner Scholars announced
New program encourages volunteerism
Jennifer Watts
Special Sections Editor
Following Quaker tradition in its dedica
tion to community service, this year Guil
ford College became one of the 12 colleges
to receive grant money from the Bonner
Foundation to assist students who volunteer
in their communities.
"The Bonner Scholars are a select group
of 30 incoming freshmen who have met
academic and financial criteria for admis
sion to the program and have demonstrated
a strong commitment to community ser
vice," said Meg Kaplan, Director of the
Bonner Scholars Program.
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Vol. 76, Special Issue
In order to become Bonner Scholars the
students must be involved in an average of
ten hours of community service a week (half
of which must be spent tutoring younger,
local students). Students must also remain
in good academic standing and participate
in activities, such as a special orientation.
The orientation program focused on ac
quainting the students with volunteer op
portunities available in the community. Rep
resentatives from local organizations, en
listing the aid of volunteers, addressed the
Bonner Scholars during each of their meals
for two days. The students also toured many
see Bonner Scholars on page 3 >•
Orientation Issue
Student body increases
despite national trend
Bruce James
Editor-in-Chief
Defying the national
trend in demographics,
Guilford's class of '95 sur
passed the enrollment goals
of the admissions depart
ment Moreover, Director
of Admissions Larry West
said that this is one of the
better groups of entering
freshmen.
Of the ideal 320 new stu
dents, the college expects
327 to arrive this fall. En
trants come from 30 states
and 18 countries, bringing
along the highest-caliber
statistics recorded in at least
eight years.
Admissions department
personnel said they had
been concerned that bleak
demographic statistics
would hinder recruitment.
"The number of graduat
ing seniors is declining un-
til about 1994 in the regions that we draw
most of our freshmen from," said West
These regions cover most of the East CoasL
Two other factors were the increasing
price of acollege education coupled with the
recentrecession and competition from many
other colleges.
"Large groups of colleges will be short in
their freshman classes. I've heard that [UNC-
Greensboro] will be short about 100 fresh
men, but Duke and Wake are doing okay,"
said West
West said that the college has received
increased visibility across the country, coun
teracting the difficulties in recruitment. "We
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were given significant national recognition
recently in three major college guides," said
West. Guilford was listed in Peterson's
Guide and Fiske Guide to Selective Col
leges, and named one of the top 100 colleges
by US News and World Report.
West also cited factors that may have
countered the national trend, including a
step-up in publications by the admissions
department, increased telephone correspon
dence to prospective students, the addition
of new facilities on campus and the college's
ability to present competitive and compre
hensive financial aid packaging to most
prospective students in need.
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