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CAMPUS NEWS
Noted scientist Syivia Earle
to spealc at Mereditii on Friday
Earle’s vIsK Is part of
ttie “Human Face of the
Sciences** series.
KATKLYN
GORDON
Staff Reporter
In keeping with the 2002-
2003 campus-wide theme
"The Human Face of the
Sciences," renowned
oceanographer and author
Dr. Sylvia Earle will be the
convocation speaker on
Friday, Jan. 24 at 10 a.m. in
Jones Auditorium.
During her career, Earle
has completed more than
50 imderwater expeditions
and spent more than 6,000
hours underwater. She also
set the record for the deep
est solo dive (1,000 ft.),
which earned her the title
"Her Deepness" in the sci
ence community. In 1970,
Earle and four other
women lived in an under
water habitat for two weeks
as peirt of the federally-
sponsored Tektite project.
After earning her bache
lor’s degree from Florida
State University, Earle con
tinued her studies at Duke
University, where she
earned her master's and her
doctorate. She has also
received 12 honorary doc
torate degrees.
Since she began her
career as a phycologist
studying algae in the Gulf
of Mexico, Earle has held
positions with the Cape
Haze Marine Laboratories,
the California Academy of
Sciences and Harvard
University. She currently
serves as the president and
chief executive officer of
Deep Ocean Technology
and Deep Ocean
Engineering in Oakland,
Calif
Earle is also an explorer-
in-residence with the
National Geographic
Society and is the project
director of the Sustainable
Seas Expedition, a five-
year project that will sur
vey and photodocument the
geology and the life forms
in the deepest waters of the
12 federally supported
marine sanctuaries in the
country.
The National Geographic
Society and the U.S.
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric
Administration— of which
Earle was formerly the
chief scientist--are sponsor
ing the project.
Earle is also an author,
having written more than
125 published works.
Some of her well-known
works include Wild Ocean
and Sea Change, as well as
the children's books Dive!
and Hello Fish.
Campus Minister Sam
Carothers, a member of the
College’s convocation com
mittee, said Earle was
invited to speak because
she “excels in her field of
marine biology and under
sea exploration.”
He added that Earle is a
“tremendous model for stu
dents to meet face-to-face.”
Students combine art and science
witli service learning in new exiiibit
Exhibit shows the fruits
of art and science stu
dents’ service efforts.
TIFFANY ADAMS
Managing Editor
Meredith held an opening
reception for the Unity of
Art and Science photogra
phy exhibition in the atrium
corridor galleries in the
new Science and
Mathematics Building on
Jan.l2. The reception cele
brated the work of students
who took ART/BIO 946
last fall.
The exhibition was
oi^anized by Dr. John
Mecham, head of the
Department of Biology and
Health Sciences, and Carol
Hayes, a professor in the
art department.
The gallery, located in
the atrium of the new
Science and Mathematics
Building, is open Monday
through Sunday from 9
a.m. until 5 p.m. The exhi
bition runs until March 16,
2003.
"The show focuses on the
service learning component
of the course and the pho
tographs each student took
of their oi^anization,"
Hayes said.
She added that the show
also features the class proj
ects that use various tech
niques such as pinhole pho
tography, Polaroid trans
fers, Polaroid time-zero
manipulation, slide film
and cibachrome prints, dig
ital imaging and manipula
tion, sepia tone, handtint-
ing, macrophotography and
microphotography.
Hayes said the quantity
of different techniques the
students learned in one
semester, the service learn
ing component of the
semester, and the time stu
dents gave to the communi
ty are the most impressive
aspects of the exhibit.
Twenty-five students vol
unteered their time at 14
different organizations.
Among those organizations
are the North Carolina
Museum of Life and
Science, Chatham Central
High School, Carnivore
Preservation Trust, William
B. Umstead State Park,
Lake Johnson Park, M and
K Farms, Planned
Parenthood of the Capital
and the Coast, Rex
Hospital, and Helping
Horse Therapeutic Riding
Center.
Students served 17- to
36- hours of service that
included taking care of ani
mals, photography of the
institution, bilingual inter
pretation and office duties.
Jeneile Egbert and Laura
Williams both worked with
the Carnivore Preservation
Trust. Egbert and Williams
helped care for animals by
watering, feeding and
cleaning cages. Annie
Rand worked with Deep
Creek Farm taking photo
graphs to be used for their
Web site to help create
awareness of wildlife
preservation.
A list of all students who
volunteered their time in
the community, and what
their involvement entailed,
is included on a poster in
the exhibition.
"[The exhibit] displays
the talents of the students,
many of whom had never
picked up a camera, and it
shows how much we can
and should give back to the
community," Hayes said.
Ust of class
volunteers
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