Meredith Herald
September 15,1999
Campus News
Dean of Students Gleason advises, counsels
Rebecca Johnson
staff Writer
One of the changes that has
come with a new school year is
Meredith’s new Dean of Stu
dents. Ann Gleason.
Gleason has been with
Meredith since July of 1997
when she became Director of
Academic Advising.
Gleason said that this change
in position has been challeng
ing but positive.
Gleason grew up in Illinois
where she attended Quincy
University and graduated with
a double major in psychology
and sociology.
For her post-graduate stud
ies she attended Auburn Uni
versity in Alabama. There she
received her graduate degrees
in education and counseling.
While attending Auburn,
Gleason became very interest
ed in the development of col
lege students and began explor
ing this interest as a possible
career. There, she worked as a
Resident Director and with ori
entation and admissions to get
Hurricane Floyd
ready to strike NC
Lesue Maxwell
Editor lr\ ctilel
Hurricane Floyd, as of 10 p.m.
Tuesday evening, was projected to
hit the east coast of Florida
Wednesday morning, according to
the weather.com.
By Wednesday evening, Floyd
is predicted to be in the Savannah
area of southeast Georgia.
By Thursday morning, Floyd
will probably be hitting the south
east comer of North Carolina and
the southern Piedmont around
Charlotte.
Around 5 p.m. Tuesday
evening, Floyd struck the
Bahamas with sustained winds of
over 115 mph.
Brandi Orbin, assistant director
of communications at Meredith,
said that the Incident Management
Group met Tuesday afternoon.
Orbin said that the Residence
Life staff has battery-operated
radios and flashlights should the
power fail.
Orbin also said that Belk Din
ing Hall is prepared to serve food
on a small scale if a power failure
occurs.
“The college is constantly mon
itoring the situation,” said Orbin.
a good idea of how a college
helps its students to develop.
In order to gain experience
off the college campus, Glea
son’s next move was to Dallas,
Tex., where she did non-profit
work as an HIV Counselor and
served as head of a senior citi
zens volunteer program.
However, she once again
found herself involved in col
lege life by becoming a Health
Professions Adviser at the Uni
versity of Texas at Austin, and
later she became coordinator of
the Health Professions Advis
ing Program at the University
of Florida in Gainesville.
Gleason’s husband, Gary,
then her fiancec, was working
at UNC-Chapel Hill’s library,
and she began searching for a
career opening that would
bring them together. Gleason
applied for the position as the
Director of Academic Advising
at Meredith in the spring of
1997 and was hired in that
summer.
Gleason served as the Direc
tor of Academic Advising until
assuming her new position last
May
Gleason currently lives in
Durham with her husband and
says she is thrilled about her
new position at Meredith.
As Dean of Students, Glea
son advises the Honor Council
and acts as a support system for
all students at Meredith.
She says that her transition
between jobs has been really
exciting, because, even though
she is in a new position, she
still gets to work with many of
the same people as before.
Gleason not only supports
students, but faculty as well.
She serves as a support for the
offices of Residence Life,
Commuter Life and Special
Services, and the office of First
Year Experience.
Gleason serves as a support
for all of these resources and
makes sure that when a student
needs help there will always be
someone to help them.
Her advice to freshmen or
anyone who feels over-
whelnted by college is to notice
what Meredith has to offer and
then to choose what you are
most interested in by getting
involved.
Gleason said, ‘There is no
better time than now to be at
Meredith. We are on the verge
of a new millennium, and for
the first time we have a woman
President. There are many
exciting changes happening at
Meredith, and I am happy to be
part of them."
Dean of Students Ann Gleason is available for advising for
students and faculty.
Photo by Meliss* Caston
Results of Freshmen Elections
* President
Representatives (2):
(runoff);
* Historian
Rebecca Rawl
Olivia Dutka
Camden Watts
Meredith Tucker
Taylor Waren
*Comhuskin’ co
chairs:
^Class
* Vice
Erin Taylor & Lau
Marshals (2):
President:
ren Boone
Amanda Warren *Student Life
Adrian Lovelace
Representatives
* Secretary
(3):
Becca Smith, Elections
Board Chair, said that
(runoff):
Hunter Eddins
Holden Burke
ninofls will be held Thurs
Kimberly Kappa
day, Sept. 16 from 9 a.m. to
Megan Deane
7 p.m. ill the Cate Center. If
the school is closed, runoffs
will be held the next day
Elizabeth Kelly
* IVeasurer
that classes meet.
Kristen Tripp
'*’Honor Council