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The Class of 2005 in all their glory
New Leadership in the First Year Center
Katy Wursber
N EWS E DITOR
Upperclassmen who ven-
ture into the
First Year
Center this
semester
will be sure
to notice
key
changes.
Two familiar
faces have
dis a p -
peared-both
J.J.
McEachern,
former Di
rector of
First Year
Programs,
and Dawn
Watk i n s ,
former As
soci a t e
Dean of Stu-
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dent Life for Community Ac
tivities, left Guilford this sum
mer.
Shelley Crisp, last year's
Academic Coordinator of First
Year Programs, assumed re
sponsibility for McEachern's
position when he left in June.
Leslie Moss, Associate Di
rector for Student Activities and
the First Year Program, stepped
in to handle the
programming
aspects of the
First Year Cen
ter. Her role
was further ex
panded when
Watkins de
parted from her
position in Stu
dent Life.
In addition
to the Avanti
and CHAOS ori
entation pro
grams, which
most students
have already
experienced,
the First Year
Center is the of
fice in charge of
FYE classes,
first-year advising, and the
mentoring program.
Although its leadership has
changed, the Center is confident
that the transition into this year
will be smooth. "We have all
worked really hard this summer,
Moss with CHAOS Team Leader
Claire Sarsaiey.
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not just to
explore the
new roles
we have
taken,"
said Crisp,
"but to
make sure
that the
quality of
program
ming that
we offer to
the stu
dents does
not suffer."
anelle/- Crig? averting a crisis.
Moss agreed: "We have
tried to keep the program the
same, because the CHAOS team
had worked with J.J. all year
t0...1ay the foundations [of the
program] in the spring."
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Greensboro, NC 27410
* There are 333 first year students
this fall. That's up from 321 last
year and only 233 in the fall of 1999.
* 172 of the first-year students are
male; 161 are female.
* The Class of 2005 includes a
record 49 Honors students.
* 88 members of the class come
from high schools within North
Carolina; of those who come from
out of state, the highest numbers
of students come from Virginia and
Maryland.
* The largest percentage of first
year students are undecided as to
their major. Of those who have de
clared a major, the most popular de
partments are Psychology, English,
Business Management, and Biol
ogy.
* The Class of 2005 includes inter
national students from China,
France, Bulgaria, Palestine, Nige
ria, Ecuador, and Japan
LEAH KEFALOS
All statistics are courtesy of the Admissions
Office and will not be official until October 1.
And, according to Crisp,
those foundations are more than
solid. "I am so impressed with
the first-year program I have in
herited," she said. "There are a
lot of colleges that would really
envy our program."
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