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OPEN AUDITIONS
WINSTON-SALEM THEATRE ALLIANCE
NEW WORKS IN PROGRESS
ANNOUNCES
Auditions for a Staged
Reading of the New Musical
"O.W."
THE LIFE OF OSCAR WILDE
Music and Lyrics by Tom Moshier & Thomas Wilson Holland
Book by: Thomas Wilson Holland
Directed by: Fred Gorelick
Needed: Strong Singer/Actors
Prepare: One Ballad
Rehearsals: January & February of 1989
Performances: February 17 & 18,1989
Auditions To be Held:
Date: Saturday, December 10,1988
Time: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Place: St. Timothy's Episcopal Church
2575 Parkway Drive, Winston-Salem
For More Information Contact the Theatre Alliance at
725-7181
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Homecoming;
Year 'RoundAffair For Marshall
By Sam Davis
In life, there are leaders and
tollowers.
Paulette Marshall belongs in
the first category. Working
through the Winston-Salem
State Alumni Association as its
president, Marshall is responsible '
for steering the association in the
right direction. A take charge
person, she has charted the
course for the organization.
"We've gone through a very
difficult time and now its time to
really make things happen," said
Marshall, who took on the presi
dent's role in May. "Our alumni
association had been in disarray
for four or five years and during
fhat period it had began to stag
nate. Our goal has always been
to increase our membership, but
for some reason our alumni failed
fo respond.”
Last month's successful
Homecoming weekend provided
a glimpse of the loyalty that
WSSU's alumni has toward the
school. However, Marshall
doesn't teel that enough of the
energy is channelled in the right
direction. And that's the main
reason she wanted to head up
the alumni association.
"I believe the alumni associa
tion is there for the purpose of
promoting the students and the
school," she said. "It could be
supporting the financially, physi
cally or emotionally."
Although she's been involved
in the alumni association tor
about 10 years, she has held a
position on the board for only
three years. Two years before
accepting the top post, she ran a
successful campaign for First
Vice-President and after two
years ascended to the presi
dency, succeeding Clarence
"Jeep" Jones.
Marshall says her biggest ac
complishment to date has been
setting a clear path for the tuture
of the alumni association.
"We've ratified a new consfifu-
tion and developed a policies
and procedures handbook," said
Marshall. "I think we have more
order in the organization. In the
past, a lot of things were left to
question. I think we have struc
tured the organization so that
some of the things that hap
pened in the past can't happen
again."
The alumni association is a
separate, incorporated body
from the university. However, the
university has a liaison person
who serves as the Alumni Affairs
Director, a position funded by the
state. Prior to the departure of Dr.
H. Douglas Covington, the
Alumni Affairs Director's position
was funded by the alumni
association. Dr. Cleon Thomp
son, the current WSSU chancel
lor named Cheryl Harrison to
head the post and Marshall said
that moved helped turn the tide
in a positive direction.
"I work very closely with Ms.
Harrison and she is a very intelli
gent, enthusiastic, hard-work
person," sa'id Marshall. "If I have a
directive, her office carries it out.
She is an ex-officio member of
the alumni association's board of
directors. Cheryl makes sure ev
erything is done to serve the
board while they're here."
Marshall's top priority after es
tablishing a new constitution for
the group has been increasing its
membership.
"Our biggest goal is to increase
our membership," she said. "We
have to build the organization up
to make it what it can be.
Strength comes with numbers. In
order to be an effective
organization we have to be a
strong unit and have ample sup
port."
She would like to see the
membership roll increase to
I, 000 before the school year
ends in May. After all, she said, it
takes very little to join the organi
zation.
"All one has to do is pay his or
her yearly contribution,” she said.
"There are two types of member
ship cafegories. We consider you
an alumnus if you attended the
school and didn't finish. (Of
course all individuals who have
graduated automatically qualify).
You can also join the alumni as
sociation it you didn't attend
WSSU but would like to make a
financial contribution to the
alumni association."
Recently the association re
ceived a boost when it was given
the old chancellor's residence on
the WSSU campus. Marshall said
that was a step in the right direc
tion for the organization. She
said it also showed that the
school's administration was
committed to having a strong, vi
able alumni association.
"I think that has been one of
our biggest accomplishments,"
Marshall said. "It's very conve
nient for me to have an office on
campus."
Serving as president of the
Alumni Association places huge
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