Board of Trustees plan for change at Guilford
Smiles Smith
STAIT WRITER
The meeting of all meetings
this semester took place Saturday,
September 23, in New Garden
Hall. "I don't know what they're
doing in there but they sure are
clapping a lot," said Randy Doss,
Dean of Admissions.
Trustees, as well as faculty,
staff, and student representatives,
convened on Saturday. At the stan
dard, once-a-term meeting, they
helped determine much of the fu
ture of Guilford College. At this
meeting, the trustees made deci
sions regarding dorm renovations,
the Athletic and Wellness Center,
the Strategic Planning Task Force,
and the college's budget.
"Our Time in History,"
Guilford's fund-raising campaign,
is raising money in support of
overall changes for Guilford. The
campaign has raised $33.3 million
of their SSO million goal.
Guilford has ordered new
furniture and will paint the exte
riors of all buildings on campus.
Have you been in Milner lately?
It has new carpet, paint, and fur
Digistar II installation on hold
Joanna Walker
STAIT WRITER
By mid-November, the
dome-shaped auditorium on the
north side of the Frank Family
Science Center will be com
pleted. However, the funding for
the planetarium projector has
not yet been determined.
According to Thom
Espinola, Director of Natural
Sciences and Mathematics,
"[Former Chief Financial Of
ficer] Art Gillis thought that we
would be able to find donors for
the planetarium and auditorium.
So far he's right. We've found a
donor for the auditorium." The
college chose to honor the Jo
seph M. Bryan Foundation,
which funded the addition, by
naming the new structure the
Bryan Auditorium.
When the planetarium project
was proposed, money was not allo
cated for the projector.
The projector the physics
department is looking at is a
Digistar 11, whose basic model
runs at about $750,000. Espinola
said that not only stars could be
projected, but also other educa
tional videos such as "an under
water exploration or a trip
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niture. Other dorms can look for
ward to similar improvements.
Guilford will develop an Ath
letic and Wellness Center with five
million dollars, which must be
raised in the campaign. The Board
approved spending $125,000 to plan
the project.
John Jenkins, Director of Fa
cilities, leads the renovation efforts.
"The new Athletic and Wellness
Center will function for all constitu
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has been found to fund the Digistar II projector.
through the human bloodstream."
David Barron, a first-year
physics and math major, hopes
that the projector becomes a part
of the auditorium. "It's so much
easier to learn from something
that's three dimensional than
something that's two dimen
sional," Barron said.
Vice President for Institu
tional Advancement Charlie
Patterson maintained that the col
lege is not having trouble finding
donors for the projector. "We will
be presenting proposals for donors
concerning the Digistar if that's
the way we want to go," he said.
"We're still seeking donors for the
September 29, 2000
ents of the college with the added
benefit of air conditioning in the
Ragan Brown facility," said
Jenkins.
Guilford College and the
YMCA will not build a joint build
ing, as was originally planned.
"We mutually decided to continue
the existing relationship [with the
YMCA] but not to expand," said
Bruce Stewart, Board of Trustees
Chairman.
building as
well, and in
cluding that is
the observa
tory, the labs,
a little bit of
everything."
Donald
Cline, '7B, re
cently gave
$55,000 to
Guilford for
an observa
tory in the
Frank Family
Science Cen
ter. "I want to
try and get younger people in
volved in the science of math
and physics...and astronomy is
a good tool to do that," said
Cline.
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At Saturday's meeting, the
trustees endorsed the first phase
of the Strategic Planning Task
Force and approved continuing the
planning process this fall. "We
have much work to be done in a
short time," said Jerry Godard,
Academic Dean. "It's good to have
trustee support."
A guideline budget was
passed for the current year. The
budget plan will guide financial
decisions until January. The trust
ees approved continuing a loan of
up to SB.B million to cover construc
tion costs for the Frank Family
Science Center until the funds
from the campaign are available.
Future goals of the college in
clude higher pay for faculty, im
provement of the academic depart
ments, and more funding for stu
dent organizations.
"While Guilford faces many
challenges and hard decisions
ahead, we are making good
progress toward completing our
strategic planning process, in
creasing our enrollment, improv
ing our facilities, and maintain
ing academic excellence," said
President Don McNemar.
Cline's donation will be
used to purchase a new tele
scope, construct the dome of the
auditorium, and insure mainte
nance for the observatory.
Guilford College has be
tween 3,000 and 4,000 donors.
These donors include alumni,
parents, friends, trustees, foun
dations, and corporations. The
college is raising money
through a campaign that was
kicked off almost exactly a year
ago called Our Time in History,
whose goal is to raise SSO mil
lion towards different facilities
at Guilford. So far the college
has about $33.3 million'in gifts
and pledges.
The Our Time in History
campaign will run until Decem
ber of 2002.
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