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' Lieutenant Governor Beverly Perdue to Speak
at Meredith College Commencement
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MELYSSA ALLEN
Media Relations
Meredith College, Ra
leigh, N.C. — North Caro
lina Lieutenant Governor
Beverly Perdue will speak
at Meredith College’s spring
commencement on Sunday,
May 14. Exercises will be
gin at 10 a.m. in Mclver
Amphitheater.
A former public school
teacher and former director
of geriatrics at a community
hospital Perdue was elected
North Carolina ’s Lieuten
ant Governor in 2000. Lieu
tenant Governor Perdue
serves as President of the
North Carolina Senate. She
also serves on numerous key
state boards that help shape
state policies in economic
developmea^; health care,
www.transylvaniademocrats.org
education, rural develop
ment, technology and other
governmental affairs.
Prior to her election as
Lieutenant Governor, Perdue
served in the North Carolina
House of Representatives for
two terms and the North Car
olina Senate for five terms.
She was consisteiitly ranked
Photographs in Carlyle
Campbell Library
MARTHA FONVILLE
Carlyle Cambell library
Eighty years ago, Janu
ary 1926, Meredith College
moved from the four-acre
campus in downtown Ra
leigh to more than 100 acres
on what was then named
Hillsboro Road. We invite
you to come to the foyer of
Carlyle Campbell Library to
see a photographic display
from College Archives of
the construction and earliest
as one of the most effective
members of the General As
sembly.
Perdue holds a Bachelor
of Arts from the University
of Kentucky and earned
master’s and doctoral de
grees from the University of
Florida.
Thursday, February 2 vs. Averett at 7:30pm
Monday, February 6 vs. Newport News
Apprentice at 6:00pm
Looking Toward Graduate School
Begin to explore your field of study, the applica
tion process, research of graduate programs and
more during this information session on Mon
day, February 13 at 10am in the Career Center
Resource Room. The discussion will be led by
Christie Hill, Director of Graduate Admissions at
Meredith.
Interviewing Workshop
The job market is competitive, so your interview
skills must be sharp! Attend the Career Center’s
Interviewing Workshop on Friday, February 10
at 10am in the Career Center Resource Room to
learn the latest strategies for acing the interview.
days of our campus.
Also, be sure to make a
virtual visit to College Ar
chives at www.meredith.
edu/library/archives
Features include:
, □ “Names” page, con
taining fancifiil and quaint
first names of Meredith
College students from
1899- 1908
□ “Film Clips,” where
you can watch short mov
ies shot on campus in the
1930s and 1940
□ “Year-by-Year Doll
Listing.” Click on any
class doll to enlarge it,
zoom in and out, and ro
tate 360 degrees.
These are just a few of
the treasures from our Ar
chives.
Johnson Hall Under Construction
Mastering Crucial Conversations:
It’s a Two-Way Street
This workshop helps you uncover your conflict
blind spots and will give
you teamwork tools you can implement immedi
ately. You also will find
ways to express controversial and risky opinions
in a way that allows
all to be heard. Whether it’s a conflict between
you and another person
or a conflict between team members, this work
shop will give you the
“NEED TO KNOW,” not just the “nice to know”
tools for effective teamwork
and successful conflict resolution.
Date: Tuesday, February 7th from 6-8pm in
Kresge Auditorium.
Presenter: Kristin Skarie ft’om Teamworks (www.
betterteams.com)
Door Prizes: $25.00 Target Gift Cards
Light refi-eshments will be served. The student
organization with the
most members will win $50.00.
RSVP to the Office of Student Activities and
Leadership Development by
Monday, Feb. 6th to reserve a space. See you
there!!