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Mereditk Herald Volume Xin, Issue 18 We attract bright, talented, ambitious students. Naturally we're a women's college. February 26,1997 On the inside: Convocation:"We were.. We are...We will be...” □ The college receives national attention for century-old doll collection. Page 2 SHver 35 Mei^ith studriit leaders attend last weekend's I.EAI) iJonference at Elon College. Page 3 J TlwHmid n'%ieHhMen:dilli Performs* Cast So Shadow^ firrfonneil last week. Page 5 Meredith Herald at Meredith College 3800 HiUsborougt^ti Raleigh, NC 27^7 (919)829-2824 EnialL dixona®raeredah-edu V Meredith's founders and seniors honored at Monday's convocation. Robin Hollingsworth News Editor StudeDts, faculty and guests gath ered in Jones Audiiorium Monday morning in celebration of Meredith College’s annual Founder’s Day Con vocation. Tlie event highlighted the achievements of the class of 1997 and the 96 years of history which the col lege has enjoyed. The service began with an organ voluntary followed by a simultaneous procession ofbothseniorsand faculty, both garbed in fijll academic regalia. This is the first lime that seniors and faculty have entered at once, said Alyson ColweU-Waber. director of Dance, and choreographer and direc tor of the event. TbeMwedithCoUegeChoraleand Encore and Dr. W. David Lynch pro vided music during the processional parade. The alma maier, written by RichardrilmaoVaua.wassuDgbyall. President Weems and Jonna Andw- son, senior class president, began the convocation ceremony witha welcome for all in attendance. Carolyn Carter, class of 1973 and upcoming com mencement speaker, led the audience in an invocation. The convocation program, itself, was an indescribable service for all who love Meredith, its traditions and sisterhood. The convocation consisted of a seven-pan service alternating be tween perfoimances of the Meredith Dance Theater and narration by Dr. Jean Jackson, vice-president for stu dent development. Jackson recanted the college’s rich legacy of traditions, past and present. She cited long-gone See raSTORY page 3 t'ono oe^a ti o a 2 New initiative proposals OK’d *•* Stamat's suggestions and Initiative 2000 push Meredith into 21st century. Rene Gore, Staff Reporter Arinn Dixon, Editor-in-Chief In the spring of 1996, Mereditii’s Hoardof Trustees requested a market ing evaluation of Meredith College to crhure that the college was growing in j pft iduciive and positive manner. The d hired SiamatsCoirununications, Inc to evaluate Mereditii’s academic tuugramsand administrative structure. The goals of the evaluation, according to tlie Stamats report, were to: 1. Help the college determine which of its undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education programs are most likely to attract students in the short-term and long-term. 2. Determine which undergradu ate, graduate, and continuing educa tion programs currently not available should t>eoffered- 3. Identify organizational struc tures which impede the college’s abil ity 10 recruit students. The purpose of the S tamais report was to evaluate Meredith abiliQ- to attract new students with good im- grams, and satisfy the needs of current students entering an ever-changing, ever-competing job world. In addition to praising Meredith’s status as a women’s college, the report reconunended such things as new de gree programs, developing a series of Women’s Centers lo provide students with research and leadership opportu nities, and redefining the role of con tinuing education at the college. Once the Stamats recommenda tions were complete, Mereditli’s ad ministration implemented Initiative 2000, a strategic planning effort. The recoimnendaiions were divided into tasks which could be accomplished within a year, as well as long-range goals. “Initiative 2000 will identify the college’s institutional strategic plan for the next three years as we approach the new millennium,” said President Weems in In a Nutshell, Meredith’s employee newsletter. “It will help us enrich, enhance, and broaden the op portunities for academic and personal growth of Meredith students.” Out of the 174 recommendalions Stamats handed down, Meredith’s se nior management, made of ihe vice presid^ts and deans, focused on 21 primary objectives. Then they asked the faculty and staff (o submit [X'opos- als for implementation of the primary objeciives. Of the 76 proposals sub mitted and evaluated, 19 were adopted. The new initiatives have already been included in the 1997-1998 budget. “We ask for submissions from aca demic and administraiivedepartments. and then try to mesh their ideas about the budget wiili those of the trustees," said Vice President Chuck Taylor. “This year we have a coniiuuation budget, as usual, and an expansion budget using the new initiatives.” The new initiatives include: -Birth tlircugh Kindergarten Ctjild Development Concentrations ‘ -ExerciseandSponsScience Major -English-as-a-Second Language Certificate -Adult Degree Programs -Masters in Health Care Administration -Leaming Center -Community Approach to Introductory Instruction in the Natural Sciences -Autism Program See STAMAT page 3 Cast No Shadow speaks of heritage issues Addle Tschamler Staff Reporter The backdrop on the stage in the Studio Theatre read, “All the things one has forgotten cry out for help in dreams. This was the theme in the Mereditli Performs produc tion of Cast No Shadow, a play directed by Meredith’s speech and theateriiistructorJan Morgan. Cast No Shadow, written by Ellen Kaplan, a professor at Smith Col lege, portrayed the life of a 16-year- old Jewish ballet dancer, named China (Corie Berkemeyer), strug gling with her identity in the 1990s and with her family’s past as Jews. The play goes through a whirl wind of scenes that are hard to fol low at Hrst. It is at times difficult to distinguish betweenChina'sdreams and her reality until the play isover and there is time to reflect, which is See SHADOW page 5
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