THE TWIG
Newspaper of the Students of Ifleredith College
VOL. LIV, NO. 1
MEREDITH COLLEGE. RALEIGH, N.C.
SEPTEMBER 6, 1979
IVew faculty members
announced to students
by Kristy Beattie
Students return each fall
to view faculty and staff
changes with varying degrees
of regret and relief. One’s
most “unpreferred” professor
may have moved on to
another job, but so perhaps
has a good friend on the
faculty. This year returning
students have found many
new faces in the sea of
familiar ones, along with a
few staff changes and some
very interesting visiting guest
lecturers.
Joining the Meredith
faculty as Associate Professor
and Chairman of the
Department of Foreign
Language is Dr. Ann Kurtz.
Dr. Kurtz was previously a
professor at Damavand
College in Tehran, Iran.
Joining the English depart
ment is Mrs. Judy Small. Mrs.
Small will replace Dr. Joan
Magat who has gone on to law
school.
Dr. James Johnson and
Mrs. Donna Mosier will be
teaching in the Business and
Economics department this
year. Dr. Johnson comes to
Meredith from Salem College,
while Mrs. Mosier most
recently was an instructor at
Elon College.
Bringing to the Home
Economics department her
experience in sales and
consultation with buyers for
department stores is Mrs.
Rosalind Grenfell. Mrs.
Grenfell has a major in
clothing and textiles.
Dr. Robert Reid has most
recently been employed as a
research scientist with Pfizer,
Inc. in New London, Con-
necticutt. He joins the biology
department as an Assistant
Professor.
The sociology department
has added Mrs. Rhonda
Zingraff to their staff. Mrs.
Zingraff lectured for several
years in the Department of
Sociology at N.C. State
University.
As artist-in-residence,
Mrs. Margaret Rice will add
an important dimension to the
Department of Music this
year. Mrs. Rice has held
various professorships at
major universities and has
toured the Eastern United
States as soprano soloist with
various concerts and operas.
Visiting professors in
clude Dr. Henry Kam-
phoefner, dean emeritus of the
North Carolina State
University School of Design.
Dr. Kamphoefner is the
Visiting Distinguished
Professor in Art under the
William R. Kenan Trust.
Dr. D.D. Wickens is the
first of three visiting
distinguished professors in
psychology to be at Meredith
this year. Dr. Wickens is a
nationally known ex
perimental psychologist in the
field of memory and has been
the recipient of several out
standing awards in his field.
In addition to these full
time faculty members,
several part-time faculty
members have been added to
various departments at
Mer«lith. There have also
been some staff changes.
Miss Patrice Strifert will
work as the Director of
Student Activities as Dr.
Merna Galassi has taken a
year’s maternity leave. Miss
Strifert is a 1977 graduate of
Meredith. She comments that
she is looking forward to a
good year with clubs,
organizations, and films,
because of the leadership she
witnessed in the leadership
workshops.
Changing jobs within the
institution is Mr. John Hiott,
previously Meredith’s
Registrar. Mr. Hiott now
works in the department of
institutional development as
the Director of Planned
Giving. In his new job he will
encourage people to make
wills, trust funds and bequests
to the college in order to in
crease the college en
dowments and therefore
secure the Meredith future.
Commenting on his new job
Mr. Hiott says, “I definitely
see this job as a service to
people, to families, and to the
college. Basically I’m excited
about tbp possibilities.”
(Information gathered from
Office of the Academic Dean)
More new faces
by Ginny Porter
This year Meredith’s
infirmary will operate from 8
a.m. to midnight rather than
24 hours a day. The new hours
are being employed in an
attempt to relieve the work
load of Mrs. Broadwell and
Mrs. Thacker, staff nurses.
Also, there will not be a nurse
on duty on the weekends. The
Resident Advisors have been
instructed to call the Wake
Memorial Emergency
number in case of an
emergency.
Dr. Sidney Martin will
still serve as campus
physician. Dr. Martin’s hours
will be Mon. at 2:30 p.m., Wed.
at 11:30 a.m., andFri. at 8:30
a.m. He will stay until all
students are taken care of.
Meredith is negotiating the
possibility of hiring a female
physician on a part-time
basis.
Any reactions to the new
infirmary hours should be
directed to Dr. Mason.
Donna Hodge, is moving in the same suite her sister Joy was in as
a freshman. Hermother is also a Meredith grad. (Photo by Biil
Norton)
Classsics and Spanish
Ron Hudson,
Guatemalan-born guitarist of
international recognition, will
be performing classical and
contemporary music for the
guitar at Meredith College,
September 6, at 8 p.m. in
Jones Auditorium. His per
formance is open to the public
free of charge.
On this current tour,
Hudson, 29, is premiering the
first movement to Bach’s
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3,
Foreign students
Infirmary changes
by Mary Pickett
“Oh my aching jaws! I’m so tired of shaking hands, but my that
food was good!” Freshman reaction to the President’s reception.
(Photo by Bili Norton)
This year Meredith
College is pleased to welcome
to its list of international
students a number of girls
from various countries.
Margarita Herbozo from
Lima, Peru will study at
Meredith for one year as the
first recipient of the
scholarship awarded by the
Organization of American
States. In subsequent years
the scholarship will continue
to be presented to a Latin
American girl, enabling her to
study at Meredith. Two other
girls join us from South
America: Maria Teran from
Quito, Ecuador and
Jacqueline Valladares from
Caracas, Venezuela. Both
Maria and Jacqueline live
within walking distance of the
campus and undoubtedly will
become familiar to the entire
Meredith community with
their outgoing personalities
and charm. A fourth Spanish
speaker is Marta Sturgeon, a
day student from Mexico City.
Anjo Brouwer of the
Netherlands comes to
Meredith as a Rotary
scholarship recipient. She,
like Margarita, will study
here for only one year before
returning to her homeland.
Shohreh Kassaian (Sherry)
joins us from Iran, also as a
day student. /)f course,
Meredith extends a warm
welcome to those returning
international students, many
of whom spent their summers
visiting in their respective
countries.
This year it is hoped that
all Meredith students will
make a sincere effort to in
teract with the international
students and make them feel
truly a part of the college
experience. More information
concerning the students can
be obtained in the Office for
Student Development, under
the direction of Dr. Sandra
Thomas. A number of ac
tivities are planned for the
year ahead, including short
trips, luncheons and social
gatherings. The international
students came together as a
group for the first time at a
deli^tful reception held on
August 28. Mer^ith is pleased
to have such a fine
representation of foreign
students and all are greeted
with a warm “hello!”
which he transcribed to guitar
over the past four years. He
will also be performing some
original music.
Born of missionary
parents in a small
Guatemalan Indian village,
the self-taught guitarist came
to the U.S. at 17 to continue his
music education in Oklahoma,
then later the University of
Texas. In 1971 he became the
first guitarist from Central
America to receive a grant
from the Institute of Hispanic
Culture to study guitar in
Spain.
Upon his return from
Spain, several major concert
tours were arranged by the
Consulate General of
Guatemala. Since that time he
has performed extensively in
theU.S., Canada, Europe, and
Latin America. His fourth
album of Spanish and
classical music has just been
released.
FINAL NOTICE FOR
ID’S
ID cards will be made
Wednesday, September 12 and
Thursday, September 13 from
12 noon until 2 p.m. in 122
Jones Auditorium (the Light
Studio). To have an ID card
made, one must complete a
certain form by 10 a.m.
Tuesday, September 11. These
forms may be picked up
outside Room 202, Johnson
Hall. This is the last op
portunity this semester to
have ID cards made.
Reference aids added
No summer passes
without changes occurring in
the library. Last summer,
students returned to find a
new security system installed.
This year the changes are
equally important. Starting
this semester, two student
library assistants in the
reference department work 5-
7 p.m., hours formerly lacking
trained reference assistance.
Cindy Carter and Barbara
Mason, being trained in
tensively by Reference
Librarian Lynne Henderson,
answer reference questions
when the professional library
staff is absent. As well as
aiding students doing
research, the reference
assistants have new
responsibilities. No longer
need they bear the title of
glorified magazine-checker.
In addition to this extra
reference assistance, the
library underwent a facelift.
Fresh coats of paint were
applied to hide the “wear and
tear,” three coats being
required in the faculty study
rooms to cover the grafitti.