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CAMPUS LIFE Bike Program Debuts at Meredith Jessica Feltner, staff writer Joining the ranks of Zipcar in environmentally friendly transporta tion, Kelsey Knight partnered with Health Service’s Sherri Henderson to bring Meredith College an innovative new bicycle program. Unlike Zipcar, which charges an hourly rate, the bike program will be available at no cost for four hour time slots. Temporarily dubbed “The Bike Pro gram” or “Borrow-a-Bike,” this pro gram is scheduled to premiere today Oct. 10, and Knight explains that “part of the program launch will include a name-the-program competition during which we will ask students to write down potential names for the pro gram; a panel of judges will choose the name, and the student who suggested the chosen name will receive a prize.” But this program is not just for stu dents. Knight adds that in addition to students “faculty and staff at Meredith will be able to ‘Borrow-a-Bike’ for free, four hours at a time.” The program’s structure is fairly liege I Image via Kelsey Knight Meet... is a new series where Herald reporters interview and introduce Meredith College stqff members. With this column we hope to highlight stqff contribu tions to campus and share their concerns. In our third interview of the series, stqff writer Alexus Stout introduces Chief of Police, David Kennedy. David Kennedy is the Chief of Police at Meredith College. He is originally from Star, North Carolina — a small town that is known as the geographic center of North Carolina with a current population of approximately 800 peo ple. Kennedy has two daughters and has been married to his best friend, Linda, for 37 years. His father was his biggest influence in his life. In Ken nedy’s words, his father was “unable to get a college education because he simple. Knight explains that starting today, “the bikes can be checked out using a Cam card at the campus Fitness Center on week days and through Campus Police at the gate house on weekends. The bikes come with a basket, helmet and lock.” She adds that “as with a library book, students, faculty and staff will be able to check online to see if a bike is available, and, if it’s not available, what time it should be returned.” Knight also comments on the size of the program saying, “Right now there are two bikes, small and medium Giant bicycles, in the Borrow-a-Bike fleet.” Knight describes the vari ous benefits of the “Borrow- a-Bike” program saying that in addition to benefitting physical and mental health, the program also adds to student’s experience of the campus and the local envi ronment: “Using the bikes, students can ride around campus, pick groceries up from Whole Foods, ride to the North Carolina Museum of Art and enjoy the Greenway, among many other fun possibilities. It gives Meredith students, faculty and staff the opportunity to explore the sur rounding area in a different way than they might have before.” Many of these paths are depicted in the illustrated map “Move More, Meredith,” and Campus Police has verified that they are bike friendly. The round-trip paths ege grams and Sherri Henderson, Director of Health Services. Image via Kelsey Knight. range in distance from one quarter of a mile, such as the path to Whole Foods, to four miles, such as the path to North Carolina Museum of Art. As part of the Meredith community, students are invited to join in with their own bike for the “inaugural ride and program launch” today outside the Johnson Rotunda at 2 p.m. In order to check on the availability of one of the bikes, go to Meredith.edu/wellness/ MEET worked two jobs all his life. However, I consider him a success because when he died in a very rural part of the state in 1991,1 spent four hours at visitation hearing about the positive influence he had on other lives.” Kennedy explains that his father’s strongest belief guides him today:“You should always sacrifice what you have (money, time, food, your skills) to help your neighbor ~ and everyone you meet is your neigh bor.” Before joining the Meredith College Community Kennedy pent four years of his life in South Carolina, where he completed his early law years and led Executive Protection Teams of the Governor. He worked at Peace College, now known as William Peace Univer sity, the Durham Police Department, Granville County, and numerous coun ties in South Carolina for Executive Protection as well as places outside of the US to provide Executive Protec tion for families and individuals. He saw the value and joy of working and interacting with students when work ing at Peace College, something he has been happy to continue as a part of Meredith community for 3 V2 years. Whenever he gives a helping hand on campus-jump-starting a car, unlock ing a locked car or helping a student with a room maintenance issue— he thinks of helping one of his daughters. One of the most important aspects of his job is making sure Meredith is a safe environment at all times, but as Kennedy says, “our officers need the eyes and ears of the Meredith Com munity to identify suspicious acts and to immediately report them to us for our response.” He says to call Campus Police at 919-760-8888 to report any unusual behavior because it could potentially save a life. UPCOMING EVENTS 10/10 -10/23 10/10: —AMA Koozie Sale @ 10am, Cate Center —Holocaust Survivor, Morris Glass @ 10am, Jones Chapel —Technology Services Excel Workshop @ 3pm, Noel House —Flu Shot Clinic @ qpm-ypm, SMB Atrium —AMA Networking Night @ 6pm, Harris 214 —Volleyball vs. Methodist @ 7pm —That Awkward Moment When... @ 8pm, Carswell Concert Hall 10/11: —Technology Services Fair @ 4pm, SMB Atrium —That Awkward Moment When... @ 8pm, Carswell Concert Hall 10/12: —Communication Club @ 10am, Harris 208 —AMC-Communter Breakfast @ loam, 2nd Cate —ACP 4-Year Planning Workshop @ 10am -Habitat’s One Night Without A Home @ Tpmf Fire Pit 10/13: —Volleyball vs. Maryville @ 12pm —Volleyball vs. Averett @ 4pm —Guardian Angel Dance 10/15: —Undergraduate portraints @9am-5pm in the Chapel Com mon Room 10/17 —Business School Fashion Show @ 6:30pm, Kresge 10/18 —Southeast Shakeout @ 10am 10/19: —Volleyball vs. Southern Va. @ 7pm —White Iris Ball 10/20: —Soccer vs. Greensboro @ 2pm —Miss Representation @ 4pm in Jones 10/21: —CAB trip to Busch Gardens —Soccer vs. Averett @ 2pm 10/22: —AMA Meeting @ 10am, Harris 110 —Start of Ring Week
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