Meredith Herald
Volume XVII, issue 13
Educating Women to Excel
November 29, 2000
On the
inside:
□ Meredith
Abroad offers
exciting oppor
tunities for stu
dents.
Page 2
□ Aqua
Angels wow
crowd with hol
iday show.
Page 4
□ Bounce
doesn’t live up
to reviewer’s
expectations.
Page 8
Campus sings praises of Moore’s Birds
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□ Meredith
hears the
author read.
I.fiRStiA Austin
Layout Editor
Members of (he
Meredilh communily
gathered along with
members of the Raleigh
community on Thursday,
Nov. 16 at 7:30 p.m. in
Kresge Auditoriutn to tis-
(cn lo author l.orrie
Moore read from her
works. *
Dr. Louise Taylor, head
of the department of Eng
lish, welcomed everyone,
introduced Moore, pro
fessor of English at the
University of Wisconsin,
and explained that bring
ing her to Meredith was
made possible through
the Mary Lynch Johnson
Endowed Chair.
After Taylor’s introduc
tion, Moore took the floor
and said, ‘This is the first
time I have been to North
Carolina since I was ten years
old- Both my grandfathers
were from North Carolina, so it
is nice to be back."
She explained that she is
currently working on a new
project and that she agrees with
one of her friends who says.
“The beginning of a new book
always contains a farewell to
the last book.”
Moore began reading from
her work in progress about a
young woman in college who
decides lo look for a job as a
baby-sitter.
Meredith English professors Dr. Sarah English and Nan Miller (L-
R, standing) greet author Lorrie Moore (seated) at a Nov. 18
reading for Englisf) majors and faculty in the Alumnae House.
Photo by Dk. Gardy Walton
This work proved to be
humorous and contained the
quirky little details that often
flavor her work.
She describes a Chinese
restaurant with a box of broken
fortune cookies by the register
with a sign that says, “Fortune
not broken, only cookie.”
Dr. Garry Walton, profes
sor of English, said of Moore,
“She was even more charm
ing and personable than her
writing.”
Moore continued with her
story of the student seeking a
baby-sitting Job and said that
she had never seen so many
pregnant women in her life.
She added, “They did not
look radiant. They looked
reddened .with high blood
pressure.’’
Kathryne Gresham, fresh
man, said of Moore, “She
wntte with feeling and made
fier stories come alive. It felt
as if you were in the story.”
Please see
MOORE
page three
Potential vice presidents visit campus
□ Meredith
meets the first of
three finalists.
LiNtKEY McAdams
Statt WcUer
One of the three finalists in
contention for the position of
vice president for Institutional
Advancement said that he
hopes to build" academics
through fundraising efforts at
an meeting for staff on Thurs
day, Nov. 16 from 3-4:30 p.m.
in Ledford Hall. Dr. Murphy
Osborne, who currently holds
the position that chairs fund
raising and raising support for
the College within the larger
community, will retire at the
end of this semester.
David A. Gesue, president
and chief executive officer of a
nonprofit organization in N.Y.,
is a sea.soned fund raiser who
said tie would bring his fund
raising and management skills
to Meredith where he would
work to increase the amount of
money donated to the college.
He has raised over $1 million
dollars for his nonprofit, the
Buffalo General Hospital in
Buffalo, N.Y.
Also at Culver Academy in
N.Y. he fwlped raise the most
money ever raised by a sec
ondary independent school
when f>e sought out potential
donors and got donations for
the school’s capital campaign.
The final total reached sixty-
five million dollars.
Gesue, who lives in East
Aurora, N.Y. with his wife,
graduated from Gannon Uni
versity in Pennsylvania with
bachelor of arts degrees in
English and philosophy. He
furthered his degrees in Eng
lish and philosophy by going to
graduate school at Gannon and
at Indiana University.
At the meeting Gesue told
Dr. Jean Jackson, the chair of
the search committee and vice
president for Student Develop
ment Dr. Betty Webb, Knglish
professor and the director of
study abroad; Dr. Garry Wal
ton, English professor and
director of the H«)nors Pro
gram; and Dr. Bob Vance, pro
fessor of religion and philoso
phy that money from fundrais
ing could be used for different
projects, such as supplemen
tary money for the new science
building or for funding more
scholarships. These projects
would build academics and
bring in the right kind of stu
dents.
Walton asked Gesue, “How
would you work with alumnae
so they will be willing to
donate money?”
Gesue replied that he would
increase alumnae involvement
at Meredilh. suggesting the
College publish success stories
about alumnae in a newsletter.
Another of his suggestions
was the expansion of Com-
huskin’ activities to include
alumnae. Audience members
came up with several other
ideas including a weekend for
twenty-three plus alumnae, a
weekend for mothers and
daughters, and recognition for
siblings, grandparents and par
ents of alumnae.
His ideas to increase money
given to the college focused on
alumnae. Gesue pointed to
them as key potential donors to
the college.
One idea that interested sev
eral audience members was a
Women in Philanthropy sym
posium that would be held at
Meredith.
Gesue said that the college
has enough room to house peo-
Please see
Advancement
page two