Upcoming Events
“Remembering Our Roots, Extending Our Reach”
The Inauguration of President Jo Allen, ’80
Thursday, March 22, 10 a.m.
Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
Meredith College will celebrate the inauguration of President Jo Allen, ’80, in March. A highlight of this celebration will be the installation ceremony on Thursday, March 22, 2012, at 10 a.m. in Raleigh Memorial Auditorium. Faculty and staff are invited to join the celebration. Visit www.meredith.edu/inauguration for more information. To RSVP, email inauguration@meredith.edu.
“Sustainable Leadership” presented by Teamworks Founder and President Kristin Skarie
A Sloan Family Leadership event
Wednesday, February 22, 6 p.m. (Refreshments at 5:30 p.m.)
Ledford 101
What if you could construct a program, initiative, relationship, facility, procedure or even a culture that lived beyond your presence or involvement? Get inspired to make your organization have a lasting impact on your campus by grounding yourselves in shared vision, shared credit and shared results.
“Green” your leadership with a toolkit to maximize your capacity for collaboration, “extend the shelf-life” of your programs and sustain yourself in the process!
Faculty and staff are invited to participate in this event sponsored by SGA Senate and The Office of Student Leadership & Service.
Randi Zuckerberg
2012 Woman of Achievement Lecture
Monday, February 27
Lecture at 7 p.m., Jones Auditorium
Free
Randi Zuckerberg ran marketing at Facebook for six years, where her team led the company's U.S. election and international politics strategy, launched the live streaming industry with her media partnerships around the U.S. Presidential Inauguration, and was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2011 for her innovative TV/online coverage of the 2010 mid-term elections.
“Your Path to Success: Overcoming Roadblocks to Graduate School”
Workshop for Prospective Graduate Students
Saturday, March 3, 9:30-noon
Kresge Auditorium
A workshop sponsored by Meredith’s graduate programs, designed to help prospective graduate students overcome the roadblocks keeping them from applying for advanced study. For more details and registration information, visit www.meredith.edu/graduate/workshop/index.php.
“Standing There,” an exhibition by Chris Cassidy
Through March 25
Weems Art Gallery
9-5 p.m. Weekdays, 2-5 p.m. Weekends
Engaged with contemporary technology, Chris Cassidy creates with the intent to envision place while also envisioning the compromised devices of seeing place. The projects range from single-channel video work to more complicated works employing custom software and hardware. The exhibition includes an interactive composite video assembled from a collaborative project with participants from the Meredith College community.
“Visual Voices: The Language of Typography,”
Through March 25
Rotunda Gallery
9-5 p.m. Weekdays, 2-5 p.m. Weekends
An exhibition featuring the work of 14 Meredith art students and faculty member Dana Ezell Gay. The visual work within this group exhibition celebrates the formal visual properties of typography and how they influence & affect our perceptions; it explores the connections between form, content, and concept; and it offers the viewer both a unique view of the expressive nature of typography and of the many typographic systems at play.
The next issue of Campus Connections will be published February 21. Submit items for Upcoming Events to allenme@meredith.edu.
In this Issue:
Applications Up by Nearly 10% for Incoming Class
Strategic Planning Next Steps Announced
Meredith to Hold Grad School Workshop
Meredith College Has Strong Finish in First NCICU Ethics Bowl
Participation in Meredith Faculty and Staff Initiative
Symposium for Mathematics Teachers to Be Held at Meredith
Faculty/Staff Accomplishments
Upcoming Events
News Briefs
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.