Archive for May, 2005
May 26, 2005
JENNIFER AGOR has been named coordinator of new student programs in the Office for Campus Life.
Agor, who began work May 23, has worked in first-year experience programs at Appalachian State University and the University of Georgia. She spent the past year working with Watauga College, a residential learning community at Appalachian, and was involved in all facets of residence life while teaching a freshman seminar course.
At Guilford, she will oversee the college’s orientation program, CHAOS (Community, Health, Advisement, Orientation, Services), as well as other first-year student programming.
“We are thrilled that Jennifer has chosen to join our department and the Guilford College community,” said AARON FETROW, dean for campus life. “Jennifer’s arrival will enable us to provide exemplary service and activities to the class of 2009.”
While at Appalachian, Agor planned and taught a community-building class, assisted with staff selection and training, and helped new students acclimate themselves to the community. Agor also worked in career development at Appalachian while working toward her master’s in college student development and student affairs practice, which she completed earlier this month.
“My philosophy is that encouraging students to develop their leadership skills by taking ownership of their surroundings and identifying their own needs helps them foster a stronger sense of belonging within the community,” Agor said.
Agor also spent a summer at Georgia, where she helped plan and implement all aspects of residence hall social programming for the Freshman College Summer Experience Program and collaborated in the creation of academic initiatives within residence halls.
A native of Champlain, N.Y., Agor earned a bachelor’s degree in speech communications from the State University of New York at Plattsburgh in 1998.
May 26, 2005
The Office of Conferences & Events is pleased to announce that the Eastern Music Festival providing complimentary tickets to faculty, staff and students for many of this season’s concerts.
The complimentary tickets are limited to two per person. They will be distributed on a first-come, first-serve basis based on time/date of e-mail. To request tickets, e-mail reservations@guilford.edu with “EMF TICKETS” in the subject line. All who request tickets will be sent confirmation via e-mail no later than June 10. If you wish to request tickets for more than one concert, you will be placed on a waiting list. Any tickets not claimed by June 21 will be distributed to those on the waiting list, then the remainder will be re-advertised to the community. When you make your request, we encourage you to submit a first, second and third choice.
We hope you can join us for what promises to be a spectacular season of music. We appreciate the partnership we have with EMF and hope you will enjoy these special concerts.
The list of concerts for which complimentary tickets are available follows. Visit www.easternmusicfestival.org for more information about the performances.
June 27
8 p.m.: Monday Performances: Young Artist Piano Concert (Sternberger)
June 29
8 p.m.: Old-Fashioned Band Concert: Fanfares & Flourishes (Dana)
July 1
8 p.m.: Steinway Piano Gala: Variations on a Theme (Dana)
July 4
8 p.m.: Monday Performances: Young Artist Piano Concert (Sternberger)
July 5
8 p.m.: A Little Night Music: Eastern Chamber Players with special guest Marcus Roberts (Dana)
July 6
8 p.m.: Latin Rhythms with Rolando Morales-Matos (D)
July 7
8 p.m.: Festival Orchestra (Dana)
Josè-Luis Novo, Conductor
July 8
8 p.m.: Festival Orchestra (Dana)
Scott Sandmeier, Conductor
Mark Gould, Trumpet
July 11
8 p.m.: Monday Performances: Young Artist Piano Concert (Sternberger)
July 12
8 p.m.: A Little Night Music: Eastern Chamber Players with flutist Bonita Boyd
and pianist Christopher O’Riley (Dana)
July 14
8 p.m.: Festival Orchestra (Dana)
Scott Sandmeier, Conductor
James Giles, Pianist
July 15
8 p.m.: Festival Orchestra (Dana)
Josè-Luis Novo, Conductor
Jeffrey Multer, Violinist
July 18
8 p.m.: Monday Performances: Young Artist Piano Concert (Sternberger)
July 19
8 p.m.: A Little Night Music: Eastern Chamber Players with cellist Matt Haimovitz
and trombonist Blair Bollinger (Dana)
July 21
8 p.m.: Festival Orchestra (Dana)
Scott Sandmeier, Conductor
Yoshikazu Nagai, Pianist
July 22
8 p.m.: Festival Orchestra (Dana)
Josè-Luis Novo, Conductor
Matt Haimovitz, Cellist
July 25
8 p.m.: Monday Performances: Young Artist Chamber Concert (Sternberger)
July 26
8 p.m.: A Little Night Music: Eastern Chamber Players with violinist Julia Fischer (Dana)
July 27
8 p.m.: Brass & Percussion Spectacular (Dana)
May 26, 2005
JENNIFER FRANKLIN ’05 and ROB BITTNER ’06 earned all-state recognition from the North Carolina Collegiate Sports Information Association this week. Franklin received all-state softball honors and Bittner represented Guilford on the group’s baseball team.
The squads consist of NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA student-athletes from North Carolina colleges and universities. North Carolina sports information directors submitted nominees and NCCSIA members selected the team.
Franklin captured Second Team All-Atlantic Region honors from the National Fastpitch Coaches Association earlier this month and was a First Team All-Old Dominion Athletic Conference honoree. The center fielder held a share of the team lead in every offensive category save stolen bases, where she ranked second, and RBIs, where she finished third. She hit .393 with 15 doubles, four homers and 17 RBIs in 40 games. The three-year starter placed among the ODAC’s toughest hitters to strike out, fanning only five times, the lowest figure among Guilford regulars. Franklin paced the conference in total bases (86) and doubles (15) and ranked second in hits (55) and home runs.
Head coach TY COOK’s Quakers finished the season with a 16-24 record overall, 8-8 in the ODAC. They set school standards for the most overall and conference wins in a season. Guilford was eliminated in the six-team, double-elimination ODAC Tournament in Salem, Va. Guilford fell to fourth-seeded Bridgewater, 4-3 in eight innings, and third-seeded Virginia Wesleyan, 6-4. The Quakers expect 10 letter winners back next season.
Bittner, a first baseman, received honorable mention All-ODAC honors in 2005. He shared Guilford’s 2004-05 Best Undergraduate Male Athlete Award with golfer COLIN CLARK ’07 and won the baseball team’s Most Valuable Hitter and Most Valuable Player prizes. He shared the team lead in every offensive statistical category, save runs scored, doubles and triples. Bittner hit a career-best .403 with an ODAC-leading 10 home runs and 45 RBIs, which ranked fourth in the league. He had 17 multi-hit games, including a 5-for-5 performance with three runs scored and two RBIs against Piedmont Feb. 26. Bittner ranks sixth in school history in career-home runs (19) and 10th in career-RBIs (99).
A left-handed hitter, Bittner batted .310 in 29 at-bats versus southpaws in 2005. Additionally, he batted .450 with runners on base and upped that mark to .467 with runners in scoring position. Defensively, in 377 chances Bittner posted a .984 fielding percentage, tops among Guilford’s regulars.
Coach GENE BAKER’s squad finished with a 24-17 overall record, the ninth-highest win total in Guilford history and its fourth straight 20-win season, a school record. The Quakers matched the Guilford standard with a 12-6 ODAC mark. Baker expects 23 returning letter winners next year.
May 26, 2005
On May 28, IT&S will be performing maintenance in the data center that will increase the reliability of power and network to our systems. This maintenance will require that we shut off power and or network access to certain areas of the data center, meaning that all systems — including email, citrix, file shares and internet connectivity — may be unavailable for portions of the day Saturday. We do not intend to disrupt telephone services. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause.
Why are we doing this?
Within the past year IT&S has hired SCOTT ADAMSON as director of networks and TOM SWANTON as director of systems. Scott and Tom have evaluated the status of our core servers and have determined that the power and wiring infrastructure supporting these servers is in need of restructuring. We will be providing redundant power and network capabilities to systems where possible. This infrastructure work paves the way for continued growth and increases reliability of the systems that have grown so critical to the operation of the college.
Why is this important to you?
During the day Saturday, each server may experience some downtime. While we hope that system downtime will be minimal, this work will interrupt network and system access. To keep the community informed during the process, we will post a status report on the college’s website at the beginning and end of the work. We will not be reporting on the status of each system during the maintenance period. Please do not plan to use the systems Saturday until you see the notice that we have completed our work. (http://www.guilford.edu/)
What systems will be affected?
All servers will be affected in some way by this maintenance. There will be some period of time when file services (share spaces), email, banner, bannerweb, and the Web will be unavailable.
Why do this now?
The college is closed for the long Memorial Day Weekend. This maintenance is critical to get our servers and server room ready for additional growth that will be occurring in the coming year.
Is it really that bad?
IT&S embraces the new transparency of decisions and processes at the college. We believe that it will be important to show before and after pictures as well as acknowledge the very detailed work of one of our student employees, BILL SCHALLER ’06, who has taken a lead not only in developing this site, but also in detailing the project. An internal Web site with before pictures and detailing our Saturday process is available at http://ra.guilford.edu/serverroom/index.html (available on campus only). Here you’ll see the before pictures. Return to this site next week for the after pictures.
Can I do anything to help?
When you see an IT&S student or staff member tell them thanks for continuing to take the time to improve the stability and reliability of our network and systems.
May 26, 2005
The Board of Trustees will meet June 2-4. The board convenes three times annually to conduct college business.
On June 2, the Trustees and Initiative Committee will have a retreat on master planning off site.
A plenary session, committee meetings are planned June 3, with most of the activities taking place in Founders Hall.
On June 4, in New Garden Hall, the president’s hour with trustees, the general meeting and the executive session will be held.
Please join in welcoming trustees during their visit next week. If you have questions about the meetings, contact Joyce Eaton after May 31(jeaton@guilford.edu or x2146).
May 25, 2005
The Early College at Guilford will confer diplomas on 37 students during its third commencement exercises today at 10 a.m. on the lawn adjacent to Archdale Hall on campus.
Principal TONY LAMAIR BURKS II will preside over the ceremony. Dr. TERRY B. GRIER, superintendent of Guilford County Schools, and ALAN DUNCAN, chair of the Guilford County Board of Education, will be among the participants. Greetings will be offered by Duncan, President KENT CHABOTAR and graduating senior JOSHUA DeBOTTIS.
Congratulatory remarks will be presented to the class by KATHY ADAMS, Charles A. Dana professor of psychology and liaison to The Early College at Guilford. Graduating seniors WES SWAIM and GABBY SALAZAR will offer senior reflections.
Grier will present the graduating class, and he will participate in the presentation of diplomas along with Principal Burks, Board of Education members NANCY ROUTH, DOROTHY KEARNS and MARTI SYKES, and ANN BARR, coordinator of Advanced Learners and Advanced Placement Programs. Burks will give the charge to the graduates, and senior TRAE MIDDLEBROOKS will offer farewell remarks.
The Early College at Guilford was established in the fall of 2002 through a public-private partnership between Guilford County Schools and Guilford College to provide advanced learners with a quality education in a supportive learning environment.
The class of 2005 will more than double Early College’s alumni pool from 31 to 68 graduates. Nine will continue their education at Guilford in the fall, bringing the three-year total to 20. Other schools represented in the graduating class include American University, Brown University, Duke University, George Washington University and Oberlin College.
For more information about the Early College at Guilford, visit www.earlycollegeonline.org.
May 25, 2005
The Office of Advancement has posted the current issue of News, Notes & Deadlines online. The newsletter lists grant funding opportunities as of May 15. This is available to current faculty and staff. The listings are organized in the following categories: arts, humanities & education; science, engineering & mathematics; social & behavioral science; health & medicine; and multidisciplinary projects.
If you would like to be on the list to receive this information via e-mail as soon as it is published, please advise LESLIE DAISY at ldaisy@guilford.edu.
Past issues are archived for researching recurring, annual funding opportunities.
The direct link is: http://phoenix.guilford.edu/IANNDnewsletters.nsf?OpenDatabase
The newsletter is also accessible via the Advancement Web page (Advancement News & Notes under Related Links). The database can be accessed both on and off campus.
Please note that all grant and research proposals must go through the college’s internal approval process, beginning with the Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations. The grant approval form is available on-line via the Advancement Web page (Advancement News & Notes under Related Links). Contact LESLIE DAISY with questions at ext. 2325 or use the e-mail address above.
May 24, 2005
All employees are reminded that May 30 is a holiday. There are no classes and the college is closed.
May 21, 2005
ALEX STOESEN will leave on his 18th Habitat for Humanity Mission to Tajikistan in Central Asia June 17. The team wiill be at the work site for two weeks and then enjoy a few days in Moscow and St. Petersburg on the way back. He asks for prayers for the team. Stoesen is a professor of history emeritus.
May 20, 2005
It’s time for celebration.
After two years of spending massive amounts of time and energy, The Strategic Plan for Guilford College 2005-2010: Creative Leadership for the 21st Century – May 2005 Final Working Version is now complete. It is virtually the same version approved by the Board of Trustees last October with updated data, improved information and sans typos.
Spiral-bound copies of the plan are now available. If you would like a copy, please e-mail LYNN VAN HORN in the Print Shop at evanhorn@guilford.edu, and she will place a copy in your campus mailbox. You may also pick up a copy from the Print Shop in King Hall.
President KENT CHABOTAR offered thanks to everyone who participated in the development of the plan, stating, “We celebrated the beginning of the plan’s implementation in April, and I seek your continued dedicated efforts as we move forward and strive to ensure that Guilford College becomes a better, stronger liberal arts institution in ways that will enhance excellence throughout the years ahead.”
