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Ftbmary 18,1991
1991: CtltbraHng MertcUth ‘s Charter CirUtntial
Russian Delegation
Visits Campus
by Janie MuUis
Ten Soviet dtizens participated in a
panel discussion with Meredith students,
hiculty and staff on Febniary 12. Topics
induded religion, education, economy,
social life and birth control in the Soviet
Union; the image of the United States in
the USSR; and comments on the war in
the Middle East
The visitors from Moscow State
Institute of International Relations
CMCIMO) were hosted by St. Augustine’s
College. Ilte Institute's task is to prepare
future Soviet diplomats and spedalists
in various fields of intemation^ policy.
Its United States counterpartis the North
Carolina Consortium for International
and Intercultural Education C^CCII^, a
consortium of six historically black
colleges and universities in North
Carolina whose purpose is to promote
international education. MGIMO and
NCCQE worked together to establish a
long-term framework for exchanges
between (he two organizations.
The visiting Soviet delegation, six
students and four faculty, represents
one of the largest institutions of its kind
in the USSR. MGIMO enroUs 2,500 un
dergraduate students for a five-year pro
gram and 100 students in a two-year
graduate program. The Institute teaches
47 languages and offers courses in four
academic divisions: international rela
tions, international information, inter
national economics and international
law.
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NCCIIE promotes intemational/inter-
cultural education and understanding
by initiating contact and interactions
among students and faculty in the United
States and USSR.
The delegation travelled throughout
North Carolina from January 20-Pebruary
14, visiting Charlotte, Winston-Salem,
Greensboro. Raleigh, and IXirham. This
marked the first trip to the United States
for several members of the ^oup. In
addition to their stop at Meredith, they
visited with the Speaker of the NC
House and toured North Carolina State
University, the governor’s office, the
Capitol Building, and the N.C. House of
Representatives.
Fifteen students and faculty from
the partidpating members of the NCCIIE
will visit the Soviet Union in July, 1991.
“Such a Thirsting After Knowledge: Who Were
Your First College Sisters?"
Vann’s Granddaughter
Leads Worship
by JuUa Haskett with S«m CanMfacn, Campiw Mlntetcr
Return to the early
15^90s and meet some of
the students of Baptist
Female University. TIk
granddaughter of former
BFU President Richard
T. Vaiu) believes there is
ft connection between
the struggles and hopes
of those women and
today’s Meredith
students. This week’s
worship leader, Mrs.
Harries Vann Holmes,
draws her sermon from
students' letters to her
grandfather in the early
1990s.
The sermon is
eruitled ‘Such a Thirsting
After Knowledge: Who
Were Your First College
Sistera?” and provides a
glimpse of saident life
during Dr. Vann's tenure
from 1900-1915.
The worship service
is at 10:00 am on
Wednesday, February
20, in Jones Chapel.
Mrs. Holmes received her BA in
1953 from Mary Hardin-Baylor College,
then a Baptist college for women, and
her MA from the University of Arkansas.
She has taught in public schools and at
Southern Methodist University (Dallas,
TX) and the University of Western
Ontario (London, Ontario). Currently,
she is a Lecturer in the Department of
English at Yale University in New Haven,
Connecticut.
Mrs. Holmes is writing a study of the
life and work of her grandfather, the
second president of Baptist Female
Mrs. Harriet Vann Holmes, gratuidattgbter
of Richard T Vann
University, and has spoken about him at
celebrations at his former pastorates in
Wake Forest andEnfield, North Carolina.
She is married to Frederic L. Holmes
and has three daughters, Catherine,
Susan and Rebecca. Mrs. Holmes’
personal interests indude choral singing,
hiking, tennis, bird watching and
conservation efforts.
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