Meredith HeraM
Volume XIV, Issue 16
We attract bright, talented,ambitious students. Naturally xwe’re a women’s college.
January 28,1998
On the
inside:
□ Don’t get left
out of housing
sign-upl Read
about the changes
this year’s
process.
Page 3
HMeet Cheryl
Warren, new
geography pro
fessor over in
Hunter Hall.
Page 5
□Spice Girls
“give you what
you want, what
you really, really
want” according
to Spice World
Weems replacement search to begin soon
review.
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D The Board of Trustees
must first appoint a search
committee.
BETH HALL
News Editor
Tbe actual search for
MerediUi’s next president lias not
ofticially begun.
Tlie replacement for President
John E. Weems, whose official
retirement is June 30,1999, will
be chosen by Uie board of
trustees aft^r a lengtliy search
process. Weems begins a sabbat
ical leave July I. 1998.
Tlie trustee executive commit
tee, which will meet Feb. 9 for its
first monUily meeting, has to
estabhsli a timetable and proce
dure for tlie replacement process.
Twenty elected u'ustees make up
the executive committee. Tlie
executive conmiiiiee is elected
annually by Uie approximately
40 member bo;ird.
Tlie trustees must first appoint
a search committee, which will
include representatives from col
lege constituencies—trustees,
students, faculty, alumni, and
oUiers.
The search committee will
hire a consulting firm to guide
tlie selection process, which will
probably take one year to 18
monUis, estimates executive vice
president Cliuck Taylor. One
reason the search process is
lengthy is because die college
will advertise the position
nationwide. Anotlier reason is
that tlie person selected will
probably have her or his current
position to conclude. “It is a
necessity for tlie process to be
confidential.” said Taylor,
“because of job conflicts.”
A public meeUng of interested
persons will probably be held in
order' to aeate a profile for the
new president.
Some faculty and students
have already began devising a
wish list of characteristics for tlie
president-to-be. Tlie consensus
seems to be Uiat liie next
Meredith president should inter
act with students, uphold campus
traditions, and be a fund-raiser.
“1 hope tliat the next Meredith
president has a vision of growth
in all aspects of tlie college.” said
Rebecca Huffstetler, senior class
president.
Kelly Conkling. SGA presi
dent. said, “I would like to see
someone who demonstrates Uie
same dedication and commit
ment tliat President Weems has
given to tliis community.”
Conkling also said she would
like tlie next president to be one
who has "a deep sense of integri
ty. who can stand firm on the
Meredith Honor System,” and is
“entliusiasdc about the Meredith
traditions and has confidence in
the future of Meredith.”
Gary Walton, head of the
English department, said, "I
President John E. Weems
envision an evangelic;il acadiiini-
cian—one who is an experienced
teacher and administrator who
Can commuiiicatc our excitement
about education so cntJiusiasti-
cally that alumnae, business
leaders, and foundations will
want to contribute as never
before to die Mereditli experi
ence.”
See SEARCH page 2
Scholarship memorial fund established
□ Contributers have
given 192 gifts totaling over
$14,000 to the fund.
LtSAClLLlAM
Stall Reponef
■y’-o friffiirls
Erika Woou..
and
family of
'.n an
automobile
accident in
November of
1997, have
made it pos
sible for her
memory to
live on as a
part of
Meredith
College.
Her family and friends have
started tlie Erika- Suzanne
Woodlief Memorial Scholarship
Fund ill her memory, which was
officially confirmed on
December 12, 1997. Not only
have her frieiiJs and family been
Erika S.Woodlief
primary conuibutors. but
approximateli one-Uiird of die
donations were made by
Meredidi staff, students, and fac
ulty.
"Tliis scholarship was estab
lished tlirough donations from
Erika’s family and friends,” said
Dr. Murphy Osborne. Vice
President of Institutional
Advancement.
"It is unusual when memorial
gifts reach an endowment level
of S10,000, and tliis says some
thing positive about Uie hfe of a
very unusual person," said
Osbonje.
According to Uie Office of
Marketing and Communications,
diere have been 192 gifts given
to Uie fund, which are now val
ued at over 314,000 and will
continue to grow tlirougliout tbe
years.
Like any endowment at
Meredid). a legiU agreement is
drawn up between Uie donors
and die college, making a con
tract Meredith must' abide by.
Tlie schola^hip is designated to
provide financial assistance to a
Meredidi freshman with prefer
ence given to someone who
exliibits financial need and who
has an interest in K-6 elementary
educa
tion or in
sociolo
gy.
The
scholar
ship will
to m;ike their own contributions
to the Erika Suzanne Woodlief
Memorial Scholarship Fund in
remembering tlieir fellow class
mate.
"As a vital member of our
class, it will be our lionor to keep
Erika’s legacy alive at Mereditli,.
as well as in the hearts of each
senior,”
said Class
of 1998
“The life of a very important
person will be remembered as
long as Meredith College exists.” President
Rebecca
• Dr. Murphy Osborne Huffstetler.
" Osborne
be awarded at a minimum of
S500 a year and can be retained
by Uie freshman, carried for four
years, and then passed down.
Tlie final decision of who gets
die scholarship will be decided
by the Office ,of Financial
Assistance.
The Class of 1998 decided at
their class meeting Monday night
feels very positively about die
new fund." Tlie whole communi
ty has come into effect here,”
Osborne said.
"Perpetuity will be here as
long as Meredidi College exists.
Tlie life of a very important per
son will be remembered as long
as Meredidi College exists," con
cluded Osbonie.
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COME?
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summer of 1998. HMeredjth sports.
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