The Guilford Beacon
Volume 5, Number 7
Friday, February 16, 2007
Friday, February 16, 2007
| Top Stories |
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|| | Athletics |
|| | Announcements |
| Top Stories |
| Teach-in Responding to Bryan Hall Incident Will Begin with Feb. 18 Program |
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| SLRP Committee Invites Input and Presents Recommendation for a Reduction in Total Enrollment Goals |
| Special Interest |
| Announcements |
From Campus Ministry
From Athletics
| Strong, Merritt Win Weekly ODAC Awards |
From Student Government
| CCE Student Government Association Seeks Candidates |
2/13/2007 - 2/22/2007 |
From Career and Community Learning
| Career and Community Project Coordinators Needed |
From the Center for Continuing Education
| CCE Endowed Scholarship Application Due March 16 |
2/14/2007 - 3/16/2007 |
Personal Notes and Milestones
| Father of Keifer Bradshaw Dies Feb. 12 in Greensboro |
| Teach-in Responding to Bryan Hall Incident Will Begin with Feb. 18 Program Submitted By: Aimee White |
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| A teach-in responding to the Jan. 20 incident in the Bryan Hall courtyard will begin with a program Sunday, Feb. 18, from 3-9 p.m. at New Garden Friends Meeting. Guilford President Emeritus WILLIAM ROGERS will open the program and give keynote remarks at 3 p.m. Beginning at 3:45 p.m., the topic "The Culture of Sport in College" will be covered with presenters BOB MALEKOFF, HERB APPENZELLER and CALVIN HUNTER, assistant professor of health and physical education at Catawba College. Malekoff is assistant professor of sport studies, a former college athletic director and coach and a member of the coordinating committee for the College Sports Project. Appenzeller is Jefferson Pilot professor of sport studies emeritus and Hunter is an assistant professor in the Department of Physical Education and Recreation and assistant football coach at Catawba College, as well as a former Guilford student-athlete. Following an hour-long break at 5 p.m., there will be a 6 p.m. presentation, "A Socio-history of Guilford College." Presenters will include Director of Community Learning JAMES SHIELDS and College Archivist GWEN ERICKSON. "Xenophobia and Stereotyping" will be the topic of a 7 p.m. presentation. (Xenophobia is the fear and hatred of foreigners or strangers). Presenters will include KATHRYN SCHMIDT and MARIA AMADO, assistant professors of sociology and anthropology, and ERIC MORTENSEN, an assistant professor of religious studies. The day's program will conclude with a panel discussion at 8 p.m. on the topic, "The Roots and Witness of Quaker Testimony." Panelists will include MAX CARTER, director of Friends Center and coordinator of campus ministry, SCOTT PIERCE COLEMAN, director of the Quaker Leadership Scholars Program and the Initiative on Faith and Practice (IFP), FRANK MASSEY, IFP gifts discernment coordinator, RUTH MURRAY, co-clerk of QLSP, and CARL FARLOW, a member of QLSP and the varsity lacrosse team. The teach-in is free of charge and open to students, faculty, staff and members of the greater Guilford community. The teach-in will continue with additional programs to be announced. For more information, contact MAX CARTER by calling 316-2445 or e-mailing mcarter@guilford.edu. |
| SLRP Committee Invites Input and Presents Recommendation for a Reduction in Total Enrollment Goals Submitted By: Jeff Favolise |
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Reduction in Total Enrollment Goals TO: The Guilford College Community. The faculty (Feb. 14 Faculty Meeting), Community Senate and CCE Student Government Association have been consulted.
II. Projections and SLRP Goals ENROLLMENT GOALS FOR FALL 2009
This constitutes a significant slowing of enrollment growth from today's enrollment of about 2,600. It aims for a total of 2,867 students by Fall 2009, or a reduction of 471 students from the original goal of 3,338. The CCE enrollment will grow by 0% and traditional by 74 students. This assumes no growth in the number of first year traditional students each fall, and the increase coming from improved retention. Although projections will be reviewed in February based on the current situation, Vice President for Enrollment and Campus Life RANDY DOSS and Dean for Continuing Education RITA SEROTKIN believe the recommended revision is a realistic target. Financial and Strategic Implications of the Enrollment Change. Guilford's overall budget is $68 million, of which $52 million (77% of the revenue base) is tuition-dependent. Health care and pension expenses continue to be a major driver of expenses. Obviously, fewer students mean less revenue. We do not expect to make up the revenue loss by dramatically hiking student fees or draws from endowment more than the plan now envisions. By 2009-2010, this results in an annual drop in revenue of $2 million. Revenues and expenses have already been lowered accordingly. The College estimates approximately a $210,000 reduction in revenue in FY 2007 due to enrollment shortfall. The Strategic Long Range Plan implementation is dependent on enrollment increases. As such, the FY 2006 SLRP budget was $4.4 million and the FY 2007 SLRP budget is $3.6 million. Standards. Lowering admissions standards is no solution to a fiscal problem given how hard this College has worked over the past five years to improve selectivity. We should not trade lower standards to recruit enough CCE students in order to avoid welcoming 74 more traditional students. The faculty workload, student teacher ratio, and average class size will not be affected since we will continue to add faculty at the rate of 1 for each 16 students, as has been the practice since 2004. The College is committed to these ratios. Salary Improvements. Long overdue raises in faculty and staff salaries are still fundable with 2,867 students. Improved salaries and wages are crucial if the College is to attract and retain the most qualified personnel, especially after years of not "keeping up" with competition in the market. When Guilford developed the Strategic Plan, the theory was that growth until FY 2010 would help fund strategic improvement priorities including "catch up" raises for faculty and staff (an extra 2%-3% over the "keep up" base increases) to reach the 50th and 45th percentiles of respective markets by FY 2010. The budget with a steady state enrollment after FY 2010 and reasonable annual increases in student fees and gifts could then afford the lower "keep up" raises between 3%-4%. At 2,867 total enrollment, the faculty and staff raises to the 50th and 45th percentile can be funded, all other things being equal. At 2,867, we already have to cut other costs in the Strategic Plan to preserve the raises. As we drop below 2,867, the raises themselves become increasingly at risk. Implementation of Strategic Priorities. During Fall 2006, the Budget Committee worked closely with the SLRP Committee and all vice presidents to increase the accuracy of the SLRP expense detail (Table 8), given the possibility of $2 million decline in revenue. As it currently stands and with the revised calculations, the committees determined that the college is still able to incorporate SLRP action items as planned. The priorities and overall strategic plan were not dramatically impacted. The expense detail of the original SLRP plan, from FY 2005-2006 to FY 2009-2010, was $14,351,159. Estimates were revised by $1,454,619, for a grand total of $10,279,430. Obviously, with these adjustments, the precise nature of the projected SLRP expense detail projections, and absent additional revenue from non-enrollment sources, strategic priorities can be increasingly affected. These areas include: the general timing and degree of implementation of certain SLRP priorities (e.g., the hiring of the Director of the Center for Principled Problem Solving and the establishment of the Center), additional changes in capital project scheduling (e.g., housing, renovations, the Founders Hall project), new or expanded academic programs, additional faculty positions and staff support services (e.g., counseling), and operations (this year, the budget committee froze the 3% increase in operating budgets). Additionally, 2007 tuition was increased more than the original model. The College must continue to carefully watch effects of increased efficiency on its academic support, student services, and other departments that serve the academic program. Action item initiatives must continue to be effective. The Budget Committee and SLRP Committee have worked very hard to explore and evaluate these potential tradeoffs into the future, while considering the best interests of financial aid priorities, students, faculty, the classroom, the Guilford experience, and stewardship and excellence for Guilford College. III. Strategic Long Range Planning Committee Recommendation Various constituencies are being asked to play the same role in amending the plan as they did with the original plan; because this would constitute a material change to the original SLRP Plan, the SLRP Committee needed to approve changes prior to going to the Board of Trustees for their review and approval. Additionally, the faculty, Student Community Senate, and CCE Student Government Association have been consulted. The faculty, students, and staff representatives on the Strategic Long Range Planning Committee gave careful consideration to faculty workload, the academic experience, housing implications, the maintenance of admissions standards, and potential tradeoffs between changes in enrollment and expenses (budgetary implications). On Dec. 7, 2006, the Strategic Long Range Planning Committee concluded that it is in the best interests of the College for the student enrollment goal of 3,300 as stated in "Strategic Priority 2-2: Increase the Size of the College" in The Strategic Plan for Guilford College 2005-2010: Creative Leadership for the 21st Century (May 2005) to be revised as follows: A 0% CCE growth projection which includes 1,520 Traditional students, 1,252 CCE students and 95 Early College students totaling 2,867 students by Fall 2009. Obviously, the College will continue to assess the entire strategic plan, including enrollment. This is not likely to be the final change in the plan before FY 2010. Unexpected circumstances and new opportunities will likely affect the plan yet again. Any strategic plan is a work in progress. The SLRP Committee would like to hear your input. Please e-mail JEFF FAVOLISE at favoliseje@guilford.edu. |
| Peter Toscano Presents "Doin' Time in the HomoNoMo Halfway House" Tonight Submitted By: Virginia Ferguson Location: Bryan Jr. Auditorium |
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"Doin' Time in the HomoNoMo Halfway House," a bittersweet play written and performed internationally by Peterson Toscano, will be presented Friday, Feb. 16, at 7:30 p.m. in Joseph M. Bryan Jr. Auditorium. In his thought-provoking portrayal of six characters, Toscano shares his real life experience in a Christian ex-gay residential program. The play will be followed by a question-and-answer period with Toscano. Admission is free and open to the Guilford community. |
| North Carolina Student HIV/AIDS Summit to be Held at Guilford College Feb. 17 Submitted By: Aimee White |
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| The North Carolina Student Summit for HIV/AIDS Awareness and Activism will convene at Guilford Saturday, Feb. 17. The event is free and open to the public, with a suggested donation of $3 to benefit Triad Health Project. The daylong conference will begin with registration and brunch from 9:30-10:30 a.m. in Founders Hall and will end at 6 p.m. with open mic and live student music. More than 100 students from a dozen North Carolina colleges and universities are expected to attend. Throughout the day, various panels and workshops will cover critically relevant issues such as: "AIDS Here & Abroad," "Lobbying and the Ryan White Care Act," "Radical Tactics and Activism," "Faith Responses to AIDS," "AIDS in African-American Communities" and "Queer Responses to AIDS." Brunch, lunch, snacks and hors d'oeuvres will be provided free of charge. To register, please e-mail your name and phone number to cap@guilford.edu. |
| Nominations for Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award Due March 13 Submitted By: Aimee White |
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| Guilford is accepting nominations for the 2007 Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award through March 13. The award is presented each year to one graduating senior at the college and one resident of the Triad. The recipients will be recognized during the spring awards convocation Wednesday, April 11. Anyone is eligible to nominate a deserving individual. The award was established in 1925 by the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Foundation to honor Sullivan, who made important charitable contributions to the welfare of young people in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Guilford is among a select group of colleges and universities authorized to present the award. Past community recipients of the award have included Joseph M. Bryan Jr. in 2002, Jessie Lee Howard in 2003, Stanley Frank in 2004, Alan Duncan in 2005 and James F. Morgan in 2006. Past student recipients were SHANEENA ROBERTSON in 2002, JACQUELINE GASKILL in 2003, KENYONA "SUNNY" MATTHEWS in 2004, ELIZABETH BALOF-BIRD in 2005 and HATICE DOGAN in 2006. Nominations may be submitted online at https://phoenix.guilford.edu/AlgernonSydneySullivanAward.nsf. For more information or to obtain a form, contact CINDY REED, director of donor relations, at 336-316-2324 or creed@guilford.edu. |
| Stewart Award Nominations are Due March 16 Submitted By: Aimee White |
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| Nominations are being accepted for the Bruce B. Stewart Awards through Friday, March 16. The awards are named in honor of BRUCE STEWART '61, who served his alma mater as director of admission, assistant professor of education, assistant to the president, acting academic dean, provost, acting president, associate to the vice president for development, trustee, chair of the Board of Trustees and trustee emeritus. Stewart is head of school at Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C. The awards of $5,000 each were generously established and endowed by Trustee BILL SOLES '81, his wife, Melanie, his sister, Jan Soles, and their father, the late W. Roger Soles. In 2007, the college will award three Stewart Awards: two teaching awards for faculty and one community service award for staff. President KENT CHABOTAR will present the three awards at Spring Awards Ceremony Tuesday, April 11. Criteria and other requirements for candidates for the awards, as well as nomination forms, are available online. Click here to submit a nomination online. Click here to view (and print) a PDF version of the teaching award form. Click here to view (and print) a PDF version of the community service award. Nominations are due to the Office of the President by March 16 at 5 p.m. |
| International Film Festival Continues with Moroccan Film Feb. 18 Submitted By: Virginia Ferguson Location: Joseph M. Bryan Jr. Auditorium Date: 2/18/2007 |
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Films in the series will be shown in their original language and subtitled in English, when necessary. The event is free and open to the public. |
The International Studies Film Festival will feature the acclaimed Moroccan film Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets on Sunday, Feb. 18, at 7:30 p.m. in Joseph M. Bryan Jr. Auditorium. The film reflects the theme of this year's series, "Stories of Childhood."| Campus Ticket Pick-up for Toni Morrison Event is Feb. 20 Submitted By: Ty Buckner |
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| On Tuesday, Feb. 20, from 5:15-7 p.m. in Dana Auditorium lobby, students, faculty and staff may pick up free tickets for the Toni Morrison lecture at War Memorial Auditorium that is scheduled Tuesday, March 13. Students may pick up one free ticket and employees, two tickets, with presentation of a valid Guilford ID. Ticket holders may also sign up for free bus transportation to the event from campus (pre-registration is required). Morrison is a Nobel Laureate and Pultizer Prize-winning author and the concluding speaker in the 2006-07 Bryan Series. More information: www.guilford.edu/bryanseries. |
| Spring Break Work Trips to Repair Tornado Damage; Help on an Organic Farm Submitted By: Max Carter Location: Inforrmation session in the Hut Date: 2/16/2007 Time: 12:01 PM |
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| Friends Center, with the support of the Initiative on Faith and Practice, is offering two work trips during spring break. A small group will assist on an organic farm in the N.C. mountains, cutting firewood, working at a Catholic Worker House, and preparing vegetable beds. A larger group will travel with Friends Disaster Service to Riegelwood, N.C. (near the coast) to repair homes damaged by a November tornado. Information on these opportunities will be given at a noon meeting in the Hut on Friday, Feb. 16. Charlie Routh of FDS will be present to share plans for the new house to be built and the dozens that need repair. Faculty, staff, students, and others are welcome to participate in the March 4 - 9 trip. |
| Invitation to College Meeting for Worship Location: Moon Room Date: 2/18/2007 Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM |
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College Meeting for Worship, an opportunity for the Guilford community to gather in weekly interfaith worship, and reflect on their spiritual journeys will be held Sunday, Feb. 18, at 1 p.m. in the Moon Room of Dana Auditorium. This week's meeting will be led by Dawn Hampton, a Jazz Dance Artist & "Awakener." All are welcome. |
| (Ben) Pink Dandelion to Speak on Liturgies of Quakerism Feb. 20 Submitted By: Max Carter Location: Community Center Date: 2/20/2007 Time: 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM |
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 (Ben) Pink Dandelion, a British Quaker sociologist, noted author, and director of the Ph.D. program in Quaker Studies at the University of Birmingham, will speak Tuesday, Feb. 20, at 7:30 p.m. in the Community Center. An expert on the traditions and observances of British Friends, he will give a presentation on "The Liturgies of Quakerism: Tradition and Innovation in Quaker Worship." With his trademark humor and keen insight, Pink Dandelion will describe the "formless form" of Quaker worship traditions as they have developed over the years.Pink Dandelion's visit is sponsored by Friends Center and is free and open to all. |
| Shrove Third-day and Ash Fourth-day Events Announced Submitted By: Max Carter Date: 2/20/2007 - 2/21/2007 |
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| The Guilford Council of Religious Organizations will help observe Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday with special campus events. With the help of Sodexho, pancakes will be served on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 8:30 a.m. on Founders Terrace, beginning with a traditional pancake race. Pancakes are associated with Shrove Tuesday, as observant Catholics would use up supplies of milk and eggs before fasting from those foods during Lent. Vespers Tuesday evening at 9:30 pm in the Hut will have a chocolate and doughnut theme, again in observance of traditions associated with Shrove Tuesday. Pennsylvania Germans observed "Fasnacht" with doughnuts; many observant Christians give up sweets such as chocolate during Lent and have one last fling with the confection before Ash Wednesday. The Catholic and Episcopal campus ministries will offer an Ash Wednesday service with dispensing of ashes at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 21, in the Hut. Ash Wednesday begins the period in the Christian calendar known as Lent, a time of penance and spiritual reflection in anticipation of Easter. |
| Ash Wednesday Service Announced for Feb. 21 Submitted By: Kevin Matthews Location: The Hut Date: 2/21/2007 Time: 4:00 PM |
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| Wednesday, Feb. 21, marks the beginning of Lent, the period of fasting and reflection in many Christian communities. Join campus ministry for an ecumenical service of worship with imposition of ashes. The program is sponsored by Episcopal Campus Ministry and Catholic Campus Ministry. Everyone is welcome. |
| Strong, Merritt Win Weekly ODAC Awards Submitted By: Dave Walters |
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 BEN STRONG '08 and JUSTINE MERRITT '10 earned weekly honors from the Old Dominion Athletic Conference. Strong, who also won Guilford's Student-Athlete of the Week Award from Guilford's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, captured the ODAC Men's Basketball Player of the Week Award for the school-record fourth time this year. Merritt is the Quakers' first recipient of the league's Women's Swimmer of the Week Award this season.Strong, a 6-11, 220-pound center, helped Guilford to a 3-0 week in ODAC action by averaging 26.3 points, 10.7 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game. He shot 63.3 percent from the floor, 85 percent from the free-throw line and led all scorers in every game. Strong compiled 22 points, eight rebounds and two blocks in the Quakers' 86-72 win over Hampden-Sydney College Feb. 7. He made his first 12 shots from the floor and tallied 28 points and eight boards, both game highs, in Guilford's 74-52 win at Bridgewater College Feb. 10. Less than a day later, he had 29 points and 16 rebounds in the Quakers' 84-75 win at Eastern Mennonite University for his team-leading 14th double-double of the year. Strong added two blocks and made a career-high 13 free throws in 15 attempts in the game. With his productive week, Strong broke his own Guilford Division III record with 529 points in a season and raised his career total to 1,286, the 16th-highest total in school history. He also eclipsed the 500 career rebounds plateau and has 534 boards in 74 games. Strong leads the ODAC in scoring, rebounding and blocked shots. He ranked seventh among NCAA Division III scoring and rebounding leaders through games of Feb. 4. Coach TOM PALOMBO'S Quakers (20-3, 14-3 ODAC) have clinched the number-two seed for the ODAC Tournament Feb. 22-25 in Salem, Va. Guilford was ranked No. 24 in the Feb. 6 D3hoops.com Top 25 Poll and third in the NCAA Division III South Region Rankings through games of Feb. 4. The Quakers' 19 wins mark their most since 1979-80. Their 20-3 record is the club's best 23-game standard since 1974-75.  Merritt, a breaststroke and freestyle specialist, won two events and swam on a winning relay team in Guilford's 118-74 home win over Salem College Feb. 9. She won the 50-meter freestyle in 31.23, the 100-meter medley in 1:16.06 and swam on the victorious 100-meter medley relay team, which won in a time of 1:10.85. The rookie contributed a team-best 20.75 points to the Quakers' victory.Merritt has been the college's top swimmer this season and has five school records this year. She also contributed to the Quakers' record-setting relay squad in the 400-yard medley. Merritt's converted time of 1:08.52 in the 100-yard individual medley ranks first in the league this year and her school record-setting 2:45.33 in the 200-yard breaststroke stands 11th in the ODAC. Coach STEVE KACZMAREK'S Quakers ended the dual-meet season with a 3-6 overall mark (2-4 ODAC). Guilford concludes the 2006-07 campaign Feb. 16-18 at the Atlantic States/ODAC Championships in Radford, Va. |
| CCE Student Government Association Seeks Candidates Date: 2/13/2007 - 2/22/2007 Time: 12:00 AM - 11:59 PM |
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| The CCE Student Government Association is preparing for upcoming elections on March 14 and 15. If interested in running for an office, please e-mail MARTHA SUMMERS at msummers@guilford.edu. Please provide a full name, classification, phone number, e-mail, and the office for which you wish to run. Candidates may run for only one office. The following are the offices open to CCE students: President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, Activities Chair, Publicity Chair, and Member at Large. In order to run for an office you must be a CCE Student and in good academic standing with the College. Election Days will begin on March 14 at 9 a.m. and run until March 15 at 11 p.m. All eligible CCE Students may vote via electronic online voting. Look for more information to come. |
| Career and Community Project Coordinators Needed Submitted By: Virginia Ferguson |
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| Applications are now being accepted for Career and Community Project coordinators. Project coordinators help run, advertise and recruit for the college's committed volunteer sites. If interested, click here or contact the volunteer training coordinator at 316-2460. Applications are due by Friday, March 2, at 5 p.m. |
| CCE Endowed Scholarship Application Due March 16 Submitted By: Martee Holt Location: Hendricks Hall Date: 2/14/2007 - 3/16/2007 |
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| The CCE Endowed Scholarship application for 2007-08 is due by 5 p.m. Friday, March 16. Previous awards have ranged from $500 to $3,000. Awards are for current CCE students and are need-based, but also require proof of "strong academic performance." Students with GPAs above 3.00 are encouraged to apply. Preference is given to women who are pursuing a bachelor's degree after having spent some years in paid employment and/or raising families. You are eligible to apply if you are a CCE student who is currently enrolled in at least 8 credits, and has earned at least 12 credits as a CCE student at Guilford College prior to the Spring 2007 semester. Applications and details about the scholarship are available in the CCE Student Lounge and at the CCE reception desk in Hendricks Hall. |
| Father of Keifer Bradshaw Dies Feb. 12 in Greensboro Submitted By: Ty Buckner |
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| Ralph "Richard" Bradshaw, father of Interim Public Safety Director KEIFER BRADSHAW, died Feb. 12 in Greensboro. Visitation will be Saturday, Feb. 17, from 12:30-1 p.m. at Ebenezer Baptist Church, followed by the funeral at 1 p.m. The church is located at 3730 Wiley Davis Road in Greensboro. Woodard Funeral home is in charge of the services. The college community extends its condolences to Keifer and his family. |