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Meredith Herald Februat7 24,1999 2 Campus News Student LEADers travel to Mount Olive College Conference participants spend their morning organizing their schedules. Christina Holder Slaft Reporter Pickles aren't tlie oniy rea son students trveled to Mount Olive last Saturday. The third annual LEAD Conference was a day-long event that gave college stu dents from across the state a chance to broaden their leader ship skills and bring back new ideas and solutions to their respective organizations. All students were invited lo attend the conference, and many attended free because of their organizations sponsored them. Over 240 students from Catawba College, UNC-Wilm- ington. UNC-Pembroke, UNC- Greensboro, Elon, NC State, ECU, Meredith and various community colleges attended the workshop serie.s on topics ranging from ethics to diversi ty. The series was divided up into three lecture sessions and one round-table discussion. The round-taHe session allowed students to write ques tions concerning leadership problems on slips of paper and then offer solutions to posed problems by discussing them Lesuf-Maxwell; Betii Hall Police Reporter; News Ediior Summer school classes will be largely unaffected this sum mer, although parts of the 1999 Special- Olympic Games will be taking place on Meredith grounds June 26 - July 4, Cam pus Police Chief Mike Hoke told a faculty meeting last Fri day. Hoke told the faculty that for the most part only the front lawn areas and senior parking areas will be affected by the Olympics. Some athletes and their coaches will be staying in the six main dorms on campus: Stringfield, Vann, Brewer, Faircloth, Heilman and Bare foot. The front lawn will be the site of a festival with music, games and food from many countries. Some faculty were disap pointed by another announce ment of Hoke’s: the back gate as a group. Laura Aponte. Cassie Evans. Mandy McCullen and Leslie Gilliland were Meredith students who guided the round-table discus sions. All of the women helped to organize the conference. Attendees were given a choice of different workshops to participate in per session. The sessions were led by key position holders of the various colleges in attendance. Cheryl Jenkins and Dcna Price, director and assistant director of the Office of Stu dent Activities, both attended the conference, presented lec tures and led the group from Meredith throughout the day. “I was really excited to see the Meredith students respond ing to the conference and learn ing from it as well,” said Price. Meredith took 42 women to the conference this year, matching the trend they have set the past two years. “We take at least 40 stu dents each year. I am glad to see that so many Meredith stu dents are interested. I think that it says a lot for our school,” said Price. of the drive by Massey House (the president’s house) will remain closed. Hoke said the gate had been closed to provide more security for the now vacant Massey House and to discourage the drive from becoming a thoroughfare. In other business, the faculty discussed: • The presidential search. Faculty representatives who served on the search commit tee. Gwen Clay, a professor of mathematics and Janice Swab, a professor of biology, thanked the faculty for their input and said they had enjoyed working on the committee. • Upcoming convocation featuring Bertice Berry. Bill Rodgers, convocation commit tee chair, announced that the Berry convocation will take place Mar. 29. • Candidates for graduation. E>ean Allen Page led a vote in The lecture sessions provid ed many different options in learning about what it takes to be a leader. One workshop, “Tomor row’s Resources for Today's Leaders,” led by Robert Wat son, the SGA vice-president of Mount Olive College, present ed information about locating Internet sources to improve leadership and negotiating skills. Useful sites, such as RA Programs (http://www.hous- ing.ucf.edu/RESnet). Ameri ca’s Promise (http://www.do something.com) and Student Advantage (http://www.stu- dentadvantage.com) were only a few sites given to students who were looking for ways to broaden their skills via on-line sources. The Chaplain and Senior Vice-President of Catawba College Dr. Kenneth W. Clapp led the lecture on the "Corner stones of Leadership: Integrity and Credibility.” The work shop examined past leaders and what defined their personas of leadership. “Leadership is a relation ship. You have to establish a which the faculty approved the list of candidates for gradua tion. The list will be circulated to department heads. Page also remarked on the “surge of energy" felt around campus with the presidential search almost complete. • Recent funding additions. Vice President for Institutional Advancement Murphy Osborne noted several gifts and new scholarships. "Our focus is ,on funding and cultivating our new prospects,” he said. • The Special Olympics. Page and Dr. Jean Jackson, vice president for student development, reminded faculty that the Special Olympics still needed volunteers. • Enrollment for the fall. As of Feb. 1, the admissions office had received 918 first-year applications. The 23plus office had received 25 applications. relationship with your con stituents so you can gain that trust,” said Clapp. Clapp pro vided a chart listing character istics Americans associate with leaders, and the importance of each characteristic. Among the characteristics were honesty, idealism, inspi ration and competence. How ever. from 1987 to 1993 the desire of honesty in a leader rose 5%, the desire of compe tence dropped a drastic 9%. Clapp added that according to the drop in competence, the Photo sy LiiSLiE Maxwell American people were really saying, “Give me someone who is honest; we will deal with their competence.” Charlotte Philen, a confer ence attendee and MRA Presi dent, said, “I’m glad I attended. I left with lots of creative ideas' to use for the remainder of the year. I hope I can make the remaining meetings more fun for MRA members.” Interested in next year’s LEAD Conference? Get ready to travel to Salisbury, NC to Catawba College in 2000. Inclement Weather Policy In the event of inclement weather, faculty, staff and stu dents should call 760-2384 for the latest information on class cancellations and office closings. When possible, the College will also run public announce ments on 10]^ FM and WRAL Channdl 5, and on the WRAL website at wrw.vraltv.com/contcRfs^. Depression. 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