Meredith Herald
Volume XVII, Issue 6
Educating Women to Excel
September 27,2000
On the
inside:
I Vice presidential finalists visit campus
□ Summer
study abroad
took students to
Asia.
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□ Families
spend a day at
Meredith.
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□ Volleyball,
tennis teams
face tough loss
es.
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□ Meredith
Performs pre
sents two plays.
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D Faculty, staff
met the three final
candidates.
Lindsey McAdams
Staff Wnter
The search for a new Vice
President of Business and
Finance continued this past
week with the interviews and
visits of the finalists.
The initial 30 applicants
have been whittled down to
three finalists. They are Robert
Hune, Ken Mullins and Bill
Wade.
According to President
Maureen Hartford, “Any one
of the three can definitely do
the job. We’re looking for the
best man,"
On Wednesday, Sept. 13 and
Friday, Sept. 15, the first two
candidates met with faculty
and staff members, in addition
to having interviews with the
search committee.
Wednesday. Sept. 20,
administration, faculty and
staff met with Mullins. Finan
cial Aid, Admissions and the
23+ Program were among the
programs represented. The
meeting lasted from 2:30-3:30
and was held in 214 Harris.
The need for a new Vice
President arose after the resig
nation of Chuck Taylor.
Vice President for Academic
Affairs Rosalind Reichard,
chair of the search committee,
said, “The position of vice
president for Business and
Finance is open because
Charles Taylor, who occupied
that position through July 1,
resigned from the position to
accept a similar position at
another college.”
The search officially began
in May when Hartford formed
a committee.
Faculty representatives were
Dr. Susan Wessels, business
department, and Dr. Toni Park
er, education department, and
the .staff representative was
Maripat Plocki of the Office of
Human Resources. Dr. LaRose
Spooner, vice president of
Hartford addresses
area businesswomen
Jenny Costa
News Editor
Dr. Maureen Hartford, presi
dent, spoke to 40 members of
the Business and Professional
Women’s group at the Embassy
Suites-Crabtree on Tuesday
night.
Her message centered on the
question of why women aren’t
at the top of their careers today.
She cited several things that
have hindered the professional
advancement of women in the
past, focusing on the fact that
women are forced to make
more sacrifices than men when
trying to enter the same fields.
Women must chose whether
or not to get married and have
children or pursue a career and
forsake those things that are
traditional female roles, she
said.
She noted that it is the func
tion of women's colleges and
‘good old gal’ networks to
teach the next generation of
women that “all options are
open for them.”
She also brought the ever
increasing field of technology
to the forefront of her discus
sion.
She said that the mate domi
nated realm of computer start
ups is something for women to
fear because they could easily
be left behind.
That is why Meredith is
becoming an IBM campus in
the fall of 2001, Hartford said.
Every incoming student will
receive an IBM ThinkPad to
help curve the male dominated
technology trend.
And that is exactly what the
Business and Professional
Women/ Raleigh do.
The national BPW was
established in 1919 a year
before women were allowed to
vote. "Our mission has only
changed slightly with the
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HARTFORD
Marketing, was a vice-presi
dential representative.
Reichard was the committee
chair and another vice presi
dent representative. Jay Hart
ford was the committee's con
sultant.
Mullins has been working in
the finance department at Elon
College for the past eight
years. He received a degree in
corporate finance from the
University of Toledo.
His former jobs include
managing the budget and head
of human resources at the Uni
versity of Detroit Medical Cen
ter
He is most proud of the fact
that he rewrote the human
resources policies and hand
book while working in Detroit.
This handbook included the
wages, salary and benefits
plan.
When asked by Dr. Garry
Walton, department of English,
how he perceives Meredith,
Mullins replied that the school
has a very good student popu
lation.
He said, “Meredith College
is at a point with great opportu
nities in many areas.” He
thinks the key lies in getting
resources, the most important
being money.
While he viewed the college
in a positive light, he fell there
were areas that needed
improvement. These areas
include technology and the
lack of out-of-state recruit
ment.
Mullins suggested that
Meredith make more of its pro
grams and services available
on the Internet, “E-commerce,
part of the web, a big part, is
just something we’re going to
have to do or fall behind.”
Another candidate. Bill
Wade, is currently Meredith’s
interim vice president for Busi
ness and Finance.
The duties of the vice presi
dent for Business and Finance
include human resources and
primary financial operation.
The committee expects to
make a decision by the begin
ning of October.
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Meredith’s newest
club encompasses all
Tanfsha Williams
Statl Wfiter
Its purpose is to provide a
support group for all members
of the campus community who
have concerns regarding issues
of sexual orientation and to
provide an educational forum
that will inform the campus on
issues pertinent to this group.
Its rationale is that it will
help Meredith achieve the goal
of being a college that fosters
integrity, personal growth,
independence, justice and com
passion.
Its name is Spectrum, and it
is the gay-straight alliance on
Meredith's campus.
Spectrum had its first meet
ing on Tuesday, Sept. 19. Gay
and straight students attended
the meeting with Dr. Betty
Webb of the English depart
ment, the group's adviser.
Webb expressed her satisfac
tion with the club’s first meet
ing.
“I was delighted with the
turnout,” says Webb. “It sort of
validated the need for such an
organization.”
The meeting was composed
of questions that affect the gay/
lesbian/ bisexual community.
Some of these questions
included issues regarding sexu
al terms such as “gay,” “les
bian” and “straight.” In addi
tion to discussions, the group
also watched clips from three
movies dealing with transgen-
der issues.
Before the club was official
ly acknowledged, Webb noted
that students often visited the
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SPECTRUM
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