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UJMTF+L££L€IM. In This Issue... Page 2 Preparations are under way for MLK weekend- Page 2 CCE gets a "corner" of their own... Page 8 Project Community spon sors several opportunities for students to volunteer in the community... Multi-Talent Maxwell Receives Recognition: Senior Named Most Valuable Staffer by Scripps-Howard for Work on 90.9 FM WQFS; Joins Sophomore Knight in Selection by Durham Art Guild for Show Holly Butcher Staff Writer Meet Michela Maxwell, a Guil ford senior and English major who will graduate this December. Two major accomplishments separate Maxwell from your or dinary students: she was awarded the national Most Valu able Staffer Award for her work at WQFS, and her photograph, which placed first in the Guilford Student Art Show, was selected to be displayed in the Durham Art Guild's Annual Juried Show., Survey Says: Guilford Offers 'Enriching Educational Experience' Cesar Weston Guest Writer Guilford students had some thing positive to say about their school. Their responses to the National Survey of Student En gagement (NSSE), released Nov. 12, placed them in the top ten percent of the categories "en riching educational experiences" and "active and collaborative learning," and in the top 20 per cent overall in "student interac tions with faculty." Rated by last year's seniors and first-years with qualitative responses, the school gained recognition in a field of 613 in stitutions. This marked the first year of Guilford's participation of the now three-year-old survey con ducted by Indiana University. When discussing the college's student ratings, Guilford students UUUMUM along with a photograph by sophomore Jamara Knight, "The Durham Art Guild is a yearly competition between vi sual artists in all media and was juried this year by world-re nowned photographer Joyce Tennyson," said art professor Maia Dery. "The photographs [accepted by the juried art show] were of student Hannah Elliot," said Max well. "She is sort of strapped in big, black rubber bands on her arms and legs and wearing a cor- cited their community projects and opportunities as well as in class discussions for the collabo rative learning category. Students defined their inter action with faculty based on how they can comfortably discuss grades and career plans, as well as on associating with faculty outside of class. Students cited embracing campus diversity, in ternship opportunities, co-cur ricular activities and the use of technology as enriching educa tional experiences. Rob Whitnell, Guilford's Direc tor of Institutional Research, adds that given the 35 percent student participation, the results prob ably very strongly represent Guil ford student sentiment. "I don't know if I agree with that ranking," said Keenan O'Leary ('01), referring to the faculty-stu dent relationship category. Hav set. She is also bent over; it is a profile shot." Max well said that her inspira tion came from a photo she saw in an art gallery she visited a few years ago: "It was very angelic, and I decided to do a sort of twist on that." " [Michela] is an ex tremely interesting per son, an original thinker as well as a fine photogra pher," Dery said. "She See Maxwell page 5 ing attended another small liberal arts college before coming to Guil ford, she observed a greater de gree of friendship between stu dents and professors there. According to O'Leary, the student commitment to social awareness and community are Guilford's most important strengths, and what she com mented on when answering the survey. She came to Guilford because she felt "the student body had more to teach me" than student bodies at other schools . "I'm gratified that our first m December 9, 2002 Volume 89, Issue 11 Senior Michela Maxwell began working on WQFS her freshman year with promotions. By her junior year she was general manager. year and senior students perceive that our academic program is as rigorous and as enriching as our admissions materials claim," said President Kent Chabotar. The NSSE report supplies information to prospective stu dents and their parents during their college search, and provides ob jective and accurate insight into the effectiveness of a school's teach ing and student learning. Accord ing to Chabotar, the school will use the results of the survey in the fu ture to help strengthen and re assess the school's core teaching and co-curricular functions.
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