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January 25,1995 4 Campus News Dance professor uses sebatical to expand art by Clarky Lucas Alyson Colwell-Waber danced a Solo Flight at Meredith College on Friday and Saturday night. She presented the dances Jour ney, Tightrope, Dialect and Dove' Sei Tu Romeo. The perfor mance is the re sult of an inten sive sabbatical leave in which Colwell-Waber spent many monthsworking with various choreographers to develop new pieces. Her goals for the sabbatical were to explore movement material, create choreo graphic structure, and rehearse and perform the finished dances. Dialect by Mark Taylor and Dove' Sei Tu Romeo by Jack Arnold were specifically created for Colwell-Waber. “In creating Dialect, there was more experimentation and explora tion of ideas,” said Colwell-Waber. When woiking with a choreogra pher there is a nice give and take, a more of an exchange of ideas, but ultimately the choreographer makes the final decision about what the dance includes. Colwell-Waber had worked with each of the choreographers for this show in the past. Liz Lsrman, Taylor Alyson Colwell-Waber performs her dance "Tightrope" and displays her trained muscle control. new faculty. She said her involvement was time consuming, and she was drained. The leave allowed her to concen trate on putting together a solo perfor mance to continue refining her craft. She spent time working in Pittsburgh, Penn, and Washington DC. Colwell- W a b e r teaches classes on all levels of mod ern ballet and jazz tech nique, dance history and photo by Steve Wilson danceproduc- tion. She also and Arnold had all performed as guest artists at Meredith. Some were even guest teachers and worked with stu dents. She said she was motivated to begin this projea because she was starting to feel pulledaway fromdancing. Colwell- Waber has spent nine years working with the dance program at Meredith which has been rapidly expanding. Dur ing this time, she developed new cur riculum, wrote proposals for the Bach elor of Arts degree in Dance and hired organizes con certs, the fall dance gathering and cho reographs dances. “Meredith is a very rewarding place to teach. I get to know my students and my interaction with them is signifi cant,” said Colwell-Waber. One of her future goals, she said, is to keep performing this concert. She will be present it again at the UNCG on May 4. “I fully support the idea of always being a student and to continue learn ing,” said Colwell-Waber. BDH director looks for new twist on dining by Melissa Ray SGA reporter As director of food services, Thad O’Briant is the man in charge of pro viding meals for the Meredith popula tion. Much of his time is spent per forming the tasks necessary to keep Belk Dining hall running smoothly; As director, O’Briant is in charge of han dling all food service jobs. He is re sponsible for the hiring, training and scheduling of dining hall employees as well as planning the daily menus. In addition to these jobs, he supervises the ordering and the production of food. O’Briant was bom and raised in Raleigh with two brothers and three step-sisters. In 1990, he married Paula O’Briant, director of residence life. O’Briant earned his undergraduate degree from North Carolina State Uni versity, majoring in political science with a concentration in criminal jus tice. His first experience with food service was at Camp Seagull outside New Bern. He then worked as manager at a Bojangles restaurant for two years. After working with fast food, O’Briant decided he needed a greater challenge. He said he wanted “More responsibility and experience” in the area of food service. For this purpose he said he came to Meredith. He trained for two years in Meredith’s Belk DiningHall beforeleav ing Meredith to become assistant direc tor of food services at Elon College. After two years of gaining experience at Elon College, O’Briant left to fill the position of director of food services at Meredith. When deciding whether or not to take the director’s position at Meredith, O’Briant considered the feet that he knew most of the faculty and staff as well as how friendly the students and atmosphere were. As Meredith’s charm convinced many prospective students, likewise it convinced O’Briant to make Meredith his home. He says he enjoys his position in food service. He says college food ser vice in general is “never routine. ” There see BDH page five Events Schedule: • Seniors! Registra tion Workshop Mon., Jan. 23, 10-10:30 a.m. (Kresge) • Graduate Students! Registration Work shop Wed., Jan. 25, 5:30- 6:00 p.m. (CS) • How to Write an Effective Resume Thurs., Jan. 26, 5:30-6:15 p.m. (Kresge) • How to Sell Yourself in the Job Intereview Mon., Jan. 30, 10-10:50 a.m. (CS) • Career Planning Seminar for Juniors and Seniors (CPS 30IB) A six-week, 12 session, 1 credit course— MW 3-3:50 p.m.. Mar. 6- Apr. 24 Internship Update: • Institute of Govern ment Summer Intern Program Jan. 23 • North Carolina Summer Internship Program Jan. 27 On-Campus Recruiting: Sign-up today for these companies: • Hit or Miss • ”Lucky 32" Omni Business Machines • First Citizens Bank • People’s Security Life Employer Resume Review: NationsBank • Central Carolina Bank Sign-up today for these companies: Wachovia Bank—Jan. 25 Cacique—Jan. 26 RTI—Jan. 27
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