Presidential Inauguration to Be Held March 22
Meredith College will celebrate the inauguration of President Jo Allen on Thursday, March 22, 2012. This special event in Meredith’s history will be held at 10 a.m. in Raleigh Memorial Auditorium.
Allen is the first Meredith College alumna to assume the leadership of the 120-year old institution. A member of the Meredith College Class of 1980, Allen was named the eighth president of the College on April 18, 2011. She took office as president on July 1, 2011.
An inauguration marks the formal installation of a college president. The event is traditionally held within the president’s first year in office.
Clyde Edgerton Entertains at Friends of the Library Dinner
A capacity crowd of Friends of the Carlyle Campbell Library gathered for the fall dinner on October 13, 2011, where they enjoyed good food, great conversation and entertainment by bestselling author Clyde Edgerton, a writing professor at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. more
New Mac Lab Opened this Fall in Gaddy-Hamrick Art Center
Thanks to generous support from Technology Services, the Department of Art recently installed 12 iMac computers in a new Studio Lab in the Gaddy-Hamrick Art Center. The new Mac Lab greatly enhances educational programming for students studying graphic design, publication design, typography, web design, interactive design, book design,... more
Meredith Earns Awards at American Chemical Society Conference
Meredith students Meredith Hyatt and Zeenat Razvi presented posters at the 125th N.C. American Chemical Society Sectional Conference, held September 30, 2011. Both students won monetary prizes in a competitive field of undergraduate researchers from all of the colleges and universities in North Carolina’s Triangle and Triad. more
Meredith Student Goes "Over the Edge" for Special Olympics Fundraiser
Meredith College senior Hailee Wingfield raised more than $1,200 for the Special Olympics of North Carolina this fall.Wingfield took part in a fundraiser called “Over the Edge.” Anyone raising $1,000 or more could rappel 32-stories down the side of one of Raleigh’s tallest buildings.
Faculty Staff Accomplishments
In this issue, we celebrate the accomplishments of members of Meredith's faculty and staff in art, communication, education and more.