' Meredith Herald
Vo). 3 No. 7 Meredith College, Raleigh, NC 27611
Meredith employee suffers a heart
attack, dies
■by EUzabeth Almond
Jeni^rcom
Samuel C. Wilder, a maintenance em
ployee. died suddenly Friday, Jan. 8 as he
walked to wort at Meredith. Wilder suf
fered a major heart attad^.
Raleigh police saw Wilder fall into the
snow, but he died before they could reach
him. Bobty Shattuck, a campus security
officer, identified Wilder.
VWIder was a farthfu! employee who
vyorked at Meredith since August of 1979
in the maintenance office in the normal
capacity and as a locksmith. Dan Shattuck,
chief of saurity. said. "He was an ambi
tious worker who took pride In what he did.
Every one liked him." Lon Avent, head of
maintenance and Wilder's supervisor, could
not be reached for comment
According to Shattuck. Avent had ad
vised Wilderto stay at home because of the
snow. “Lon told me that he [Wilder] was
not e\«n scheduled to work that day." said
Shattuck.
Wilder had experienced other hearth
problems since his teens, according to Shat
tuck. During his yeare at Meredith, he suf
fered several seizures and blackouts while
working.
Wilder is survived by his wife and three
children.
Samuel C. Wilder, 2nd row, 7th from right.
New staff, offices for
■by Sarah Pwe
A new year always brings about resolu
tions for change and Imprcwement and the
office of career services is no exception. With
both a new staff and location. Career Send
ees is starting the new year vflth a finesh
start
"It is exdting to have a new location and a
new staff. It encourages us to look at things
with fresh eyes," said Gordon Folger, direc
tor of career services and cooperative
education.
Folger took over as director after the
retirement of Marie Capel in mid-November.
Folger was previously the director for the
Women's Center of 'Make County. She re
ceived her bachelor’s degree in English from
Hollins College and a master’s degree in edu
cation from V\feike Forest Univer^.
Barbara Rcklin, assistant director and
coondinator of cooperative education, came
to Meredith this past summer after working
in the marketing division of the Bell System
AT&T. She received her bachelor's degree in
English from Dennison University in Gran
ville. Ohio.
Joan Mills, assodate director and instruc-
torof career planning seminars, began work
ing at Meredith this past ^11. Mills worked at
N.C. State Univer^ v^re she helped
flymen select a major before joining the
career services staff. She received her bache
lor's degree in English from the Universiiy of
Pennq/lvania and a master’s degree in coun
seling and higher education from Appalach
ian State University.
Mary Ellen Philen. office manage’, has
worked in the office since the ^11 of 1986.
^e received her bachelor’s degree in psy
chology from V\festhampton College.
Along with the staffing changes came a
location change for the office, which is now
located on the newly remodeled secwri floor
of Cate Center.
When asked v/hy the office was retocated,
Folger gave tvw) reasons. The office needed a
location that provides adequate space for
resource counseling and recaiiting. 'The
space was not adequate for ttie demand of
Career Services
our services." said Folger. The second reason
v/as to create a student leadership suite. By
modifying Cate Center, student activities
and student leaders were able to consolidate
their offices Into one central location.
Folger said that she did not plan to nnake
major changes In the way the office oper
ates. "A lot of good programs and services
are already in place." she said. The staff will
do sonrie planning and evaluating of the ser
vices after the spring semester.
Acurrentproj^ the staff is working on in
conjunction with the alumnae association is
the Alumnae NetworK a program in which
alumnae donate their time and resources tx>
help students in career planning.
Folger’s personal philosophy about, career
planning is that it is a developmental pro
cess. She feels that the second semester is
tJie time for a student to start her career
development
"A student needs to go through a period
of seif-«xploration. She needs to leam about
herself and what she vwnts." stated Folger.
Career Services helps fl^hmen and sopho
mores explore career developnnent through
its 101 seminar, whidi provide tx»ls for
selecting a major. The office has several pan
els open to the campus this spring, including
discussions from department repr^entatives
about majors.
Juniors and seniors receive tools for find
ing a job. which include mapping out Job
search plans, creating resumes, providingjob
listings, creating placement files, and teach
ing interview techniques.
Career Services also helps the develop
ment of students by providing a part-time
job board, administering vocational interest
tests, and issuing information about intern
ships.
An important service that the office pn>
vides is a cooperative education program.
According to forbara Rcklin, Meredith is one
of the few small colleges that offers this
program. She said ttiat co-oping is one of ttie
most valuable experiences a student can
have. National^. 62 percent of the students
who co-op get job offers from the companies
that sponsored them.
to. '1 f^l like I am only meeting a cross-
section of the campus population. 1 keep
hearing familiar namesand I am concenwd if
we are providing the right types of pro
grams. goal would be to reach as many
students as possible with activities and pro
grams that would be interesting for the
nri^ority."
Allen Is originally from Colorado but
attended Ralel^’s Broughton High School.
She received her undergraduate degree vi/ith
honors in psychology from Wake Forest Uni
versity and her master's degree In p^hol-
pgy from the University of North Carolina at
Oiapel Hill. She is currenOy working on her
dissertation to receive her doctorate degree.
Before coming to Meredith. Allen taught
child p^hologyat UNC-CH. '*1 love to teach.
It's v^ exdting for me and that's wrtiy l*m
doing what I'm doing now. I love woridng
with students." Allen sakj with a smile.
In her free time, which she says Is practi*
cally nonexistent in her bu^ life. Allen is
fintehing her dissertation and planning her
wedding. She is also thinking of new projects
for student activities in ttie new semester
and the s^nesters to come.
"I get my motivation from seeing stu*
dents do great things, things that th^ never
thought th^ could do. I like to give them a
challenging prqject to do. a probl^ that is
difficult arid see them do well with it and get
excited about it I get excited they get
excited."
January 29,1988
mployee suffers a he
tious worker who took pride In \f^
Every one liked him." Lon Avent
maintenance and Wilder's supervij
not be reached for comment
According to Shattuck. Avent
vised Wilderto stay at home becai.
snow. "Lon told me that he [Wil
not e\«n scheduled to work that c
Shattuck.
Wilder had experienced othe
problems since his teens, accordinc
tuck. During his years at Merediti
fered several seizures and blackoi
working.
Wilder is survived by his wife a
children.
intenance em-
y. Jan. 8 as he
th. Wilder suf-
jr fall into the
ley could reach
mpus security
imployee who
ugustof 1979
In the nonnal
Dan Shattuck,
was an ambi-
row, 7th from right.
Allen takes on new challenges as student activities director
■t^ Jo Hod0es
The new semester brought not only the
usual number of academic changes but also
an addition to the office of student devel
opment. Qncty Allen has been named the
new director of student activities.
Allen offidaliy assumed the position as the
new director on Jan. 4. filling a position that
had been vacant since mld*0^ber when
former director Chandy Christian left the
office to become the dlnector of annual giv
ing at Meredith.
"I am officially In charge of ail major stu*
dent associations and those associations'
budgets.” Allen said.
On a lighter note. Alien added. '*1 am mak
ing sure that Meredith College students
have fun in their activities but also develop
good leadership abilities."
Before coming to Meredith, Allen woried
extensively developing leadership abilities In
the Giri Smuts. "I have been Invc^ed with
Girl Scouts all my life... One of my goals
here at Meredith Is to get a scout troop on
campus. I think It would be both good for
the Students and good fbr troop.“
So ^r, Allen said, she has been «x>fTnousty
Impressed with the Meredltii campus and
the student body. "I am really impressed
with the high quality of student leadership In
the students on this campus.*' she said.
But Allen stressed concern that she has
not met as niany students as she would like