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Symposium ’81
Convocation Speakers
Virginia L. Carter, Canadian born
and educated as a physicist at McGill
University, was a research physicist
for Aerospace Corporation until
1973 when she was employed by
Tandem Productions for which she is
now vice president for Creative
Affairs. Ms Carter’s professional
interests have continued to center in
the worlds of physics and film, and
her personal/ civic interests have
centered in involvement in women’s
organizations. She is currently trea
surer, California ERA Coalition,
and has been active in NOW and
Women’s Lobby, Inc. Ms Carter has
indicated that clear and logical
thinking is a “stock in trade” for a
physicist as well as for her functions
with Norman Lear’s productions in
which she is involved in production
supervision, public liaison, and many
other facets of what you and 1 even
tually see on our television screens.
Frank Balch Wood brings to Mere
dith the perceptive insights of an
individual who has graduate training
in both psychology and theology,
who is currently holding joint
appointments as assistant professor
of neuropsychology and assistant
professor of psychiatry at Bowman
Gray School of Medicine, whose
publications have dealt with mem
ory, amnesia, and cerebral blood
flow, and who serves as a learning
disability consultant to several edu
cational institutions in North Caro
lina. Dr. Wood is a graduate of Wake
Forest University, Southeastern
Baptist Theological Seminary, and
Duke University.
Hedda Bluestone Sharapan, the
third Convocation Speaker during
this Symposium, received her BS in
psychology from Carnegie-Mellon
University and her MS in Child
Development from Pittsburgh
School of Medicine. Her profes
sional career has been associated
almost exclusively with “Mr. Roger's
Neighborhood,” where she has been
Associate Producer since 1970. Ms
Sharapan has a long list of publica
tions, is well recognized as a speaker
at conferences and workshops na
tionally, and most recently has been
concentrating on helping children
and adults deal with death, Ms
Sharapan and her husband, Donald,
an insurance underwriter, are the
parents of daughters aged eleven and
eight.
Carll Tucker was a theatre and book
critic for the Village Voice and a free-
lance writer before he became editor
of Saturday Review in March 1977.
Tucker is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate
of Yale, 1973. His wife, Diane, is the
former executive editor of the news
papers of Cranford, New Jersey, and
they have one child. As the successor
to Norman Cousins as editor of
Salurday Review he has maintained
the tone of the “Cousins tradition,”
yet molded the publication for a
broader audience The history of
Saturday Review during the seven
ties has been a case study in the war
between commerce and conscience.
“Toward Conscious Conscience”
Tuesday March 24, 1981
3:30 pm Minisymposia
“Gender Roles or Liberated
Souls?” — Carswell Hall
Peter S. Fernald, Associate
Professor, University of New
Hampshire, Visiting Kenan
Professor, Department of
Psychology. Meredith College
Sponsor: Psi Chi and
Department of Psychology
Convener; Susan Jones and
Ginger Michael
“Lifestyle is a Conscious
Decision” — Joyner 103
Janet Grennis. Maureen
Johnson, and Sandra Thomas
Sponsor: American Society of
Personnel Administration, Co-op
Club, and Office of Career
Services
Convener: Susan Marie Jones
“Deprivation American Style;
Matters of Social Conscience” —
Cate Auditorium — Jim Bruns,
North Carolina Department of
Human Resources and "Wel
fare,” a documentary film
Sponsor: Departments of
Sociology and Social Work and
Education
Convener: Rhonda Singraff
“Behind every good church ...”
— Rehearsal Hall
Mary Ruth Crook, Sister
Evelyn Mattern
Sponsor; Campus Minister’s
Office
Convener: Janice Patty and
Susan Shirley
“Families Feed Conscience”—
Hunter 107
Kate B. Garner, President.
National Council of Family
Relations
Sponsor: Department of Home
Economics
Convener: Marilyn Stuber
5:15 pm Campus Picnic — Court
yard
7:00 pm Convocation and
Response — Jones Auditorium
“Does TV Sell More than
Toothpaste?”
Virginia Carter, Vice President,
Tandem Productions, Los
Angeles
Convener: Jackie Revels
Wednesday March 25, 1981
8:30 am Minisymposia
“John Lennon and Music of the
60’s — Carswell Hall
Rod Abernathy, Raleigh jazz
musician
Sponsor; Department of Music
and Performing Arts
Convener: David Lynch
“New Games” — Weatherspoon
Gymnasium
Tim Johnson, recreation
specialist, Raleigh
Sponsor: Department of Health
and Physical Education
Convener; Helena Allen
"Toward Nutritionally Conscious
Consciences" — Cate Center
Doward N. Jacobsen, Director,
Institute of Nutrition. Chapel
Hill
Sponsor; Student Section, North
Carolina Home Economics
Association
Convener: Cecilia Foushee
“Truth or Consequences” —
Joyner 103
Susan Foster, Laney Hodge,
Bernard Cochran, and Reginald
Shiflett
Sponsor: Barber Science Club
and Chemistry and Physical
Science Department
Convener; Paula Wetherington
“Conscience Affects Local
Government” — Rehearsal Hall
Isabella Cannon, former mayor,
Raleigh
Sponsor: Phi Alpha Theta and
Ctepartment of History
Convener: Jackie Revels
10;30 am Convocation and
Response
“Brain, Behavior, Soul, and
Conscience” — Jones
Auditorium
Frank Balch Wood, Assistant
Professor, Neuropsychology,
Bowman Gray School of
Medicine, Winston-Salem
Convener; Jane Henderson
12:00 Lunch
Symposia and Convocation
speakers available for discussion
— Belk Dining Hall
1:30 pm Minisymposia
“Cry, the Beloved Country" —
Cate Center Auditorium movie
starring Canada Lee and Sidney
Poitier
Sponsor; Colton English Club
and Department of English
Convener; Karen Baker
“Does American Foreign Policy
Have a Conscience?” — Joyner
103
Mary Vance Trent, Woodrow
Wilson Fellow, Meredith 1981
Sponsor: Coordinator for
Woodrow Wilson Foundation
Visiting Fellows Program
Convener; Sarah M. Lemmon
“Conscience in Afro-Carribean
Art” — Carswell Hall
John L. Nichols, composer,
artist, performer
Sponsor; Department of Art
Convener: Bluma Greenberg
“Media and its Direction of
Man’s Consciousness” — Hunter
107
Waltye Rasulala, Director of
Public Affairs and host of
“AWARE” WRAL-TV
Sponsor; Black Voices in Unity
and Residence Hall Board
Convener: Jennifer McNair
“Is It Possible to Speak of a
National Conscience?”
Rehearsal Hall
Steve Shoemaker, Presbyterian
Campus Minister, NCSU
Sponsor: Freeman Religion Club
and Department of Religion
Convener; Felicia Stewart
3:30 pm Convocation and
Response—Jones Auditorium
“No-ing is Not Enough”
Hedda Sharapan, Associate
Producer, “Mr. Roger’s Neigh
borhood”
Convener; Jane Hensdale
5:00 pm Dinner
Symposia and Convocation
speakers available for discussion
Belk Dining Hall
7:00 pm Convocation and
Response — Jones Auditorium
“The War Between Commerce
and Conscience in a Free Press”
Carll Tucker, editor. Saturday
Review
Convener; Mary Katherine
Pittinan