March 24, 1999
Meredith Herald
Campus Extras
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Graduating seniors wanted
Gretchen Solomon
Senior Associate Director of Admissions
Have you searched for a job and encountered the dreaded
words “Experience Required”? Consider sharing your enthusi
asm for Meredith with prospective students while gaining valu
able work experience in counseling, marketing, higher education
administration and sales as a Temporary Admissions Counselor.
Temporary Admissions Counselors at Meredith represent the
College throughout the Southeast at college fairs, high schools,
community colleges and special events. They work from mid
August to mid-December to assist the year-round admissions
staff during the heaviest travel times. Other responsibilities
include interviewing students, giving presentations, conducting
telecounseling,” writing recruitment letters and answering e
mail and phone inquiries from parents and high school coun
selors.
Meredith graduates who have worked as Temporary Admis
sions Counselors have used the position as a stepping-stone to
enter a wide variety of career fields. Some have become teach
ers, marketing managers and sales people. Others have pursued
jobs in college student affairs or have gone directly into gradu
ate or professional schools.
If you are interested in this resume-building opportunity and
want to help promote your Alma Mater, go by the Admissions
Office (2nd floor Johnson Hall) and request a position descrip
tion for a Temporary Admissions Counselor. Contact Gretchen
Solomon, Senior Associate Director of Admissions at 760-8583
if you have additional questions. Resumes will be accepted
through Apr. 9, 1999.
Jostens and Meredith College
present the first ener Senior Saiutel
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Tndement Weather PoUcj^
In the event of inclement weather, faculty, staff and
i^udents should call 760-2384 for the latest information
on class cancellations and cffice closings.
When possible, the College will also run public
announcements on 101.5 FM and WRAL Channel 5,
and on the WRAL website at www.wraltvxom/contents/.
Trees honor Olympic athletes
Christina Holder
Staff Reporter
The mass of red and white
spotted on NC State’s campus
is not a group of spirit-crazed
Wolfpack fans celebrating an
athletic win, but it does repre
sent a celebration. The red and
white blossoms of a newly
planted grove of trees will soon
be a new addition to the slopes
at the Carter Finely/Centennial
Sports Arena entrance, where
the athletes of the 1999 Special
Olympic World Games will be
honored at a ceremony before
the event this summer. The
“Trees for Champions” tree
planting began at 3:30 p.m. on
Monday, Mar. 22.
The Triangle J. Council of
Governments Regional
Appearance Committee
(TJCOG), the Capital Trees
Program and the 1999 Special
Olympics World Games
worked on the “Trees for
Champions” program. The
program, honoring all the Spe
cial Olympic athletes, includ
ing participant and non-partici
pants in the World Games,
involves the planting of various
trees in six of the TJCOG
counties.
The sponsors of the event
included Bovis Construction,
the NCSU Wolfpack Club, the
Carolina Hurricanes, the Cen
tennial Authority, the TJCOG,
the Capital trees Program and
the Raleigh City Council mem
bers. Funding for the planting
of the trees was provided by
the Urban and Community
Forestry grants from the NC
Division of Forest Resources
and the USDA Forest Service.
The trees that were planted
were all native to the North
Carolina soil: magnolias, dog
woods and black gums. The
trees were chosen first for their
ability to adapt to the environ
ment and second for the color
of their blossoms. When the
trees begin to bloom, the hill
side grove will reflect the col
ors of both the NCSU Wolf
pack and the Carolina Hurri
canes, the two teams who will
be sharing the new Sports
Arena.
Of the two varieties of dog
woods planted, the Cherokee
Brave produces red blossoms
and the Cloud Nine produces
white. The black gums have
red leaves, and the magnolias
produce white blossoms.
Benson Kirkman, co-chair
of the Regional Appearance
Committee and founding mem
ber of the Capital Tree Com
mittee, said, “I tried to get the
best adaptive cultivars for the
area.”
Kirkman worked with the
local Raleigh nurseries to find
trees and flowers that would
accent the season and adapt to
the environment.
Kirkman said, “The dog
woods will bloom in the
spring, the magnolias in the
summer, the black gum in the
fall. We are also going to plant
day lilies and narcissus.”
The dogwoods will also be
added to the Vallie Lewis Hen
derson Memorial Dogwood
Trail.
Over 30 volunteers repre
senting the various sponsors
attended the planting ceremony
and were given the opportunity
to help plant the trees.
Lois Nixon, executive direc
tor of Keep America Beautiful
of Wake County, said, “I think
that people are learning how to
plant as well as to celebrate.”
Attendees shoveled dirt,
brushed out roots, raked out
mulch and tied ribbons of the
colors of the World Games and
the TJCOG to the branches.
The end result was a hillside
grove of over 20 trees that will
soon have red and white blos
soms blowing in the wind as a
celebration for the Special
Olympic athletes. Until they
bloom, the colored ribbons will
remind all that pass of the fast
approaching games.
A dedication ceremony for
the trees will be held in June
before the Olympic Games
begin that month.
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