Sign Up for MCAlert Emergency Messages
Join the 900 Meredith community members who have already registered to receive MC Alert emergency messages. Be prepared and informed for a campus emergency by signing up to receive MC Alert messages through Meredith's emergency notification system. The MC Alert system allows Meredith to convey time-sensitive information within minutes via voicemail, email and text messages.  In order to receive MC Alerts, you must sign up for the service through Web Advisor - you will need your Web Advisor password to log in.

 

Visit meredith.edu/mcalert/ to sign up, and for details on how the MC Alert system works.

For specific campus emergency plans and safety information, visit meredith.edu/emergency-planning.

 

If you have registered to receive MC Alert messages in the past, there is no need to register again.

 

Web Fair Provides Sneak Peek at Meredith.edu Redesign
The Department of Marketing held a Web Fair as part of Faculty/Staff Planning Week to provide a sneak peek at the new Meredith website. The site is in development now, and is on track for its debut later this fall.

 

More than 30 Meredith employees attended the fair. Attendees were able to explore the content management system that will power the site, view the site prototype on a variety of mobile devices,check out the page layouts for the site and provide feedback,  and watch a trailer for the launch campaign. Click here to view the web trailer.

 

Look for more information about the web redevelopment process in Campus Connections this fall. Contact the Department of Marketing at marketing@meredith.edu with questions.

 

Holocaust Survivor Morris Glass to Speak at Meredith

Holocaust survivor Morris Glass will speak at Meredith on Wednesday, Oct. 10 at 10 a.m. in Jones Chapel. This event qualifies as an academic cultural event for general education.

 

Glass is a Holocaust survivor who was 11 years old when the Nazis invaded Poland. He spent four and a half years in ghettos in his hometown and in Lodz (the longest lasting ghetto), two months in Auschwitz-Birkenau, and eight months in five camps that were part of the Dachau camp system. During those years, he lost his youth, his home, and his father, mother, and two sisters. Out of 42 close family members only he, his brother, and a first cousin survived.

 

“Holocaust survivors are in their mid to late 80s now; we are in our last years for the opportunity to hear these first hand stories, and Morris tells his poignant story so well,” said Chaplain Stacy Pardue. “My hope is that any faculty members that have classes with relevant material will strongly encourage their students to attend, that retirees will join us, and our whole community will support this event in any way possible.”

 

Glass co-wrote his memoir, “Chosen for Destruction: The Story of a Holocaust Survivor,” with Meredith Professor Emerita Carolyn Happer. The book will be available for purchase during the event.

In this Issue:

Meredith Welcomes Class of 2016
Endowment Gift Establishes Meredith's First Engineering Scholarship
Cate Student Center Gets Updated Look
Summer Reading Author Jeannette Walls to Speak at Meredith
North Carolina Dance Festival Season to Open at Meredith College

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Have you presented research or attended a professional meeting recently? Has your department earned an award? Share news of these accomplishments and more with the Meredith community. Faculty and staff are invited to email items to Melyssa Allen, “Campus Connections” editor, at allenme@meredith.edu.