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Guilford as part of a United
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three fold visit began with an in
formal talk in German with stu
dents of Guilford and UNCG ai
Just One More coffee Tues. af
a short writing workshop in
German. Professor Dave
Limburg found the workshop
impressive. "I can't believe
what these students were able
to produce in German in just j
two hours," Limburg said. !
Welsh presented her final
talk in the Gallery Tues
evening, this time in English.
Besides sharing excerpts of
her work, she told of how she
was led to writing. "Between
the ages of five and seven, I
learned to listen," Welsh said, j
"Not only with my ears, but
down to my toes. And that be
came my stock in trade."
Eventually, the time for
Please see Welsh page 5
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The Trustees announced a new strategic plan for the school last week
Trustees discuss plan
ByMaijorieHall
NEWS EDITOR
The Board of Trustees, the
body that makes major decisions
and provides much of the school's
financial support, met last week
end. While here, the trustees spend
$24.2 million raised
By Marjorie Hall
NEWS EDITOR
On Friday, Sept. 24, Presi
dent Don McNemar and the
Board of Trustees formally an
nounced the kickoff of the SSO
million capital campaign on the
Founders porch, passing out but
tons and towels that read "Our
Time in History." The capital
campaign is the largest fund
raising effort in the school's his
tory.
The last campaign for
Guilford, which had a goal of $lO
million, ended in 1988 after sl2
million was raised. "We are not
just going to reach this fund
raising goal, but surpass it,"
said trustee Bob Ingram.
At the kickoff, the school
had almost made it halfway to
its goal, with commitments for
$24.2 million. $lO million of
that money has been raised from
Please see Fundraiser page 2
most of their time in meetings with
the faculty, staff, and administra
tion of the school. They also had the
opportunity to meet and talk with
students.
The two top items of the
weekend were the capital cam
paign, which was kicked off at the
President's Dinner at the Marriot
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The capital campaign was formally announced during
Friday's Our Time in History presentation.
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on Thursday night and then an
nounced to the full community on
Friday, Sept. 24, and the new stra
tegic plan for the college.
The strategic plan, which has
been in development for several
months, is a long-range plan for the
Please see Trustees, page 4
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