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Queens College Has Undergone A Transformation!
For generations, young women
came to Queens College for the
education they needed to succeed
in life. Today, the Queens student
may be the son, daughter, husband
-- or mother -- of one of those
traditional students, and they have
the same goal: higher education.
Queens, historically a fine
liberal arts college for women, has
undergone a transformation in the
1970s. It now provides undergrad
uate and graduate education. for
both men and women, with special
programs to meet the needs of
people in the 1980s.
It has become, says President
Dr. Billy 0. Wireman, “a flourish
ing institution recognized for inno
vative educational approaches
built on a solid 123-year found
ation.
Queens today is made up of four
divisions:
-The College of Arts and
Sciences is the traditional under
graduate college for young women,
with a special program - New
Dimensions - for women past their
mid-20s who want to return to
college.
-The New College at Queens
allows men and women with other
full-time commitments to take
courses for credit in the evenings
and Saturdays.
-The Graduate School at
Queens, also offering coeducation
al evening and Saturday classes,
provides studies for the Master
of Business Administration
degree.
Queens College students enjoy a moment of relaxation on campus
during a class break. TJiey are, left to right, Casey Smith, Pinkie
Smith and Martha Wood.'
-The Queens Institute of Life
long Learning is the place where
thousands of people take non-
creuu courses, some tor specific
skills and other for personal en
richment, some offered on-campus
"ahrothers through,Charlotte-area ’
businesses. Courses range from
creative writing and. poetry to
income tax preparation anti busi
ness communications.
“People know the difference
education can make in their lives,
both professionally and personally,
and people these days are pretty
clear on what they want,” said
Wireman. “Queens, with a campus
that’s easy to get to and the ability
to expand its. already fine aca
demic program, now is making it
possible for people to reach their
educational goals.”
New Dimensions and New Col
lege students are typical of the
people making that extra commit
ment to get a higher education.
Most New College students al
ready are well into a career and
putting in full days, at their jobs;
most of these men and women
come directly to the campus from
work. Many are in their 20s and
30s, but they also sit next to
business people in their 40s and
50s. They major in business,
psychology or English; some take
prerequisite courses for admission
to the MBA program, and others
enroll in specialized career-related
classes.
As Mark Epstein, a manager
with Pacer Manufacturing Corp.
and a New College student said,
“There’s nothing static about my
career plans. For me - where I am
right now - New College at Queens
offers the education I need for
advancement. I intend to get
where I’m going, and Queens has
' opened the door.”
Students in the New Dimensions
j program are as varied as any
group of people but they share one
thing in common: they’re going to
college at a non-traditional time in
their lives. For some that may
mean starting college for the first
time in their 30s and 40s; for others
it means returning to college work
after many years away. The sup
port network they build helps with
their special needs, and the New
Dimensions program itself pro
vides counseling, workshops
tailored to their problems, career
planning advice and a curriculum
geared to the individual’s own
pace.
One New Dimensions student,
Martha Nash, jokes that when she
first went to college a decade ago,
she majored in “having a good
time.” When she applied at
Queens, she worried about her
earlier poor grades; now, more
mature, she not only was able to
handle Queens work but came
through with a 3.9 grade point
average and received scholarship
and leadership honors.
Even the young women coming
to Queens directly from high
school take a different approach to
their Queens education. All facets
of the college are guided by the
Queens Concept, total living
learning outlook on liberal arts
education.
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To Get Where I’m Going,
I’m Going To New CoUegi
“There are plenty of things I can do,
but the things I want to do require a
college degree. New College at Queens
offers, on a schedule that’s convenient
to me, the business administration
degree that I need. I’m a good secre
tary; I’ve worked in early childhood
education and in a political campaign.
My family home and garden keep me
busy, too. But I think the business
world is stimulating, and I want to go
into management. To get where I want
to be professionally,m depend on my
own initiative...and on New College at
Queens.”
-Shirley Simpson
Shirley Simpson, like others who at
tend New College on the conveniently-
located Queens campus, has decided
now is the time to advance her career.
Bankers, plant managers, business
owners, exeuctives and other secre
taries who join Shirley in the evening,
and Saturday classes of New College at i
Queens have made that same decision,
so when they get together, they talk
about their courses, their jobs and
their hopes for the future.
If you have decided now is the time to
prepare for career advancement. New
College at Queens is the place for you,
too.
This is New College:
It’s for men and women 18 and older
Saturday and evening classes
Majors in business, psychology and
plus other professional courses
All MBA prerequisites
Call now to talkabout how you can
become a New College student at
Queens with Theckla Sterrett, assist
ant director of admissions for New
College, (704) 332-7121, Ext. 313.
New College
atQueens
Admission to New College is granted to qualified applicants
without regard to race, sex, creed, handicap,
marital status or national origin.
Shirley Simpson
.it Secretary, Duke Power Co.