Coe resigns as interim
chief financial officer
KARI ALBERTSON
news editor
After twenty-two years of ser
vice to Guilford College, Dick
Coe, the interim chief financial
officer, resigns in order to accept
a job as the chief operating officer
and administrator of Friends
Homes West.
"An opportunity came along that
I just couldn't turn down. It keeps
me in the Society of Friends. It's a
promotion, a significant promo
tion," said Coe.
Provost Dan Poteet lamented
Dick's departure as "a tremendous
loss to the college. He's worn an
amazing number of hats, each dif
ferent. We hate to see him go."
Coe has worked with the busi
ness office, Budget Committee, the
Board of Trustees, President Bill
Rogers and Poteet. He created the
Dean of Students office, helped
organize and reorganize the Career
Placement Center and Service
Learning Department. He also set
up the London abroad program and
watched it expand.
Coe will remain at Guilford un
til February 16,1996. During this
Days of CHAOS
coming next summer
KARI ALBERTSON
news editor
In order to make the first year
of college a more coherent and
appropriate developmental experi
ence, Anne Lundquist is taking on
the new position of coordinator of
the first year program.
Already being discussed are
many changes which will better
connect, integrate and blend first
year orientation with FYS courses
and will give the whole process,
from the point of admission to a
student's possible statement of
major, a smoother and more effec
tive approach, according to Dean
of Students Mona Olds.
Lundquist states, "We're taking
what already exists and intention
ally connecting it. We want stu
dents to have a more seamless tran
sition."
Orientation will now be called
CHAOS (Community, Health,
Advisement, Orientation and Ser-
January 26, 1996
Dick Coe
time, he plans to
help put together
the 1996-97 budget
and develop "se
cure procedures for
budget control and
financial opera
tions."
Work has al
ready commenced
on the hiring of a
new chief financial
officer. The incom
ing president, Don
McNemar, has
been contacted and
is being included in
the search. Rogers
says that they hope
to have one hired
by June.
Rogers also asserted that Coe's
resignation "does not reflect in any
way on the immediate financial
issues with which we are working
this year."
"Indeed, we have already made
great strides in developing the de
partmental adjustments necessary
to reduce the expenditures this year
in working toward a balanced bud
get," he continued.
Curt Bradbrook will take over
vices) and will be a jumping-off
point for first-year programming
in classes such as chaos theory in
physics, chaos management styles,
etc.
The program will also be ex
tended to four days devoted to ac
quainting students with resources,
building community, and explor
ing diversity issues and college
lifestyles.
Michael West asserts that "We
have one goal in mind— helping
freshmen make the transition.
People are finally starting to rec
ognize how vital the first semester
is. It's the key to whether or not a
student stays at Guilford."
Part of the new orientation pro
gram will include personal devel
opment issues which will continue
throughout the first semester in
FYS courses. Lundquist identifies
sexual assault, time management,
study skills, substance abuse, ca
reer and choice of majors as im
portant issues.
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the majority of Coe's responsibili
ties.
Coe commented, "I expect Dan
Poteet will have a more direct role in
the policy over the office. I expect
they'll all go forward."
Poteet agreed, "They are all profes
sionals: thorough and capable. They' 11
cany on just fine, even though we are
losing a major pair of hands."
Resembling both the old Venture
program and this year's Avanti, the
orientation staff plans to offer op
tional opportunities for students
before the semester begins in or
der to "help students feel comfort
able in a new environment."
Such activities will include raft
ing, mountain biking, backpack
ing, service projects (i.e. Habitat
for Humanity), repelling, and
ropes courses.
The new program will also stress
a link between academic, social,
and emotional life at college.
"Education doesn't necessarily
end with the Persian War or alge
braic equations. We have to teach
new students how to live in a col
lege setting. For them the biggest
transition is independence," said
West.
Lundquist agreed, "We're dying
to make this a holistic experience
and incoporate all the things stu
dents have to go through. Aspects
of college and orientation were
separated in the past. This will be
The Guilfordian
Ingram chosen
as trustee
staff report
Robert A. Ingram, president and
chief executive officer of Glaxo
Wellcome Inc. of Research Tri
angle Park, NC, has been ap
pointed to the Guilford College
Board of Trustees. Ingram will
serve a six-year term.
"Guilford is fortunate to have
bob Ingram on its board," said
Guilford College President Will
iam R. Rogers. "He brings serious
dedication to the purposes of
Quaker independent higher educa
tion; organizational and financial
expertise essential to the fiduciary
resonsibility of the trustees."
Rogers added that Ingram also
has "vigorous energy and vision so
important to building a strong fu
ture for Guilford College."
Currently, Ingram is a member
of the PhRMA board and execu
tive committee, the advisory board
of the Chemical Heritage Founda
tion, the U.S. Committee for
UNICEF, the Conference Board,
the boards of trustees of the Ameri
can Cancer Society and the North
Carolina Museum of Art, and the
board of directors for Project
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In addition, he serves on the
boards of visitors of the Fuqua
School of Business at Duke Uni
versity and the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The 32-member Guilford Col
lege Board of Trustees meets three
times a year to oversee the busi
ness and affairs of the college. The
board reviews and approves stra
tegic and long-range plans and
appoint the college president.
Ingram, although not a Quaker
himself, will be joining a board, the
majority of whom are members of
the Religious Society of Friends.
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