Volume XVVII, Issue 5
Educating Women To Excel
February 18, 2004
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Elaine Marshall to Speak at
Spring Commencement
TIFFANY ADAMS
Editor in Chief
The Executive Board of
the Class of 2004
announced at the last senior
class meeting on January
30 that North Carolina
Secretary of State Elaine F.
Marshall would speak at
the commencement exer
cises on May 9.
The Executive Board said
Marshall was an outstand
ing candidate to speak to
the graduating class
because she is well-round
ed and has a connection
with North Carolina and
most importantly with
Meredith College.
Meredith College
President Maureen
Hartford said, "From the
courtroom to the state sen
ate to the executive branch
of state government, N.C.
Secretary of State Elaine
Marshall has amassed an
enviable and impressive
record as one of the most
influential and respected
leaders in our state and
beyond."
In addition, Hartford said
Marshall's "commitment to
legal and governmental
issues and to community
and professional service is
evidenced by her work with
the state and national bar
associations, with N.C. 4-H
programs, with technology
groups, and with political
organizations."
Jeannie Morelock,
Assistant to the President
for Communications, said,
"Marshall served on the
Meredith College Board of
Trustees from 1998 to
2002. She served as Vice
North Carolina Secretary of State Elaine Marshall.
Chair of the Board of
Trustees during 2001-02."
Hartford said, "She served
as a dedicated member of
the Meredith Board of
Trustees, and has been an
outstanding speaker at sev
eral Meredith events in the
past. Elaine Marshall
serves as a true inspiration
and role model for Meredith
women, and we are delight
ed to welcome her back to
our campus in May."
The Executive Board said
having strong leadership
was the most important cri
terion for selecting a com
mencement speaker.
Members of the Executive
Board said, "We stepped in
to find a speaker who would
be the best for our class."
The Board invited sugges
tions from class members to
fulfill this goal, and
Marshall was among the
most outstanding individu
als suggested.
"She was a top choice of the
Executive Board and the
class," said the Executive
Board. The Board wishes to
keep other names suggested
as potential speakers confi
dential.
Marshall has served as
the N.C. Secretary of State
since 1997. Marshall made
history in 1996, when she
was elected Secretary of
State, becoming the first
woman in North Carolina
elected to a statewide exec
utive office. Among her
many other accomplish
ments, she served as
Senator for the 15th District
of North Carolina from
1993-1994. In 2001, she
was named an Academy of
Women Inductee for the
Wake Coimty YWCA. The
YWCA established the
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Academy of Women in
1983 to honor the out
standing and diverse
achievements of Wake
County women.
Colleagues, employers,
families and friends nomi
nate outstanding women
annually for the honor of
induction into the
Academy.
Several other Meredith
women have received this
prestigious award. Alumna
and Vice President for
Student Development Dr.
Jean Jackson, 75, alumna
and Alumni Association
President Deborah Dove
Smith, '80, alumna and
trustee Elizabeth Triplett
Beam, 72, alumnae
Barbara Goodman and
Valerie Brown, and former
instructor Kathy Olevsky
are among inductees.
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