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Secretary of State to Speak at Spring Commencement
By Melyssa Allen
 Secretary of State Elaine Marshall will be the speaker for Meredith College’s spring commencement exercises. The ceremony will be held on Sunday, May 9, at 10 a.m. in Meredith’s McIver Amphitheater.
In 1996, Marshall became the first woman ever elected as Secretary of State and the first woman elected to a statewide NC executive branch office. She is also the first woman ever elected to serve on North Carolina’s Council of State.
A former member of Meredith College’s Board of Trustees, Marshall served in the North Carolina State Senate prior to becoming Secretary of State. She has also served on boards and commissions including the National Electronic Commerce Coordinating Council, the N.C. Information Resources Management Commission, N.C. Rural Economic Development Fund, Inc. and the N.C. Center of Public Policy Research.
Marshall is a graduate of the Campbell University School of Law, and holds a B.S. in textiles and clothing from the University of Maryland.
For more information, visit www.meredith.edu/commencement.
*photo courtesy of http://www.ncarconvention.org/
Honor and Integrity Week to Focus on Meredith as “Campus of Character”
By Melyssa Allen
“I do solemnly pledge my honor that as long as I am student at Meredith College, I will faithfully uphold the principles of the Honor Code and will respect and observe the procedures and requirements of the Honor System. I also pledge my support to our system of self-government, an integral part of our way of life at Meredith College. I make this pledge in view of my fellow students thus signifying our high resolve to keep our honor forever sacred and our self-government forever strong.”
— Meredith College Honor Pledge
Each fall, new Meredith students recite this honor pledge and sign pledge cards during an honor code ceremony. Organizers of “Campus of Character: Honor and Integrity Week,” to be held February 23-27, hope to illustrate the meaning of these lines in the daily life of the campus community.
The week’s events are designed to “help students connect the abstract idea of the honor code with their day-to-day lives, ” says Dean of Students Ann Gleason, a member of the Academic Integrity Assessment Subcommittee, which is sponsoring the week. The subcommittee, which was established in 2003 to assess and promote academic integrity at Meredith, is part of the Academic Climate Committee.
Gleason says the events will be open to the entire Meredith community – faculty, staff and students. The week will include a mock trial, which will let the campus community see what goes on during an Honor Council hearing, a debate on the ethics of downloading music and movies, and a panel discussion on ethical leadership. Also, throughout the week, the Honor Pledge will be on display in Johnson Hall. Meredith community members are encouraged to reaffirm their commitment by signing the pledge.
Gleason explains that Honor and Integrity Week grew from concern over a nationwide increase in cases of academic dishonesty. She cites a series of studies by Donald McCabe, founder of the Duke University-based Center for Academic Integrity, which illustrates the issue.
Among McCabe’s findings:
• On most college campuses, over 75% of students admit to some cheating.
• Approximately 1/3 of the 2,100 college students surveyed admitted to serious test cheating. Half of the students admitted to one or more instances of serious cheating on written assignments.
Gleason hopes Honor and Integrity Week will draw attention to Meredith’s honor system.
“Meredith has a very strong honor code that other colleges would love to have, one that comes from the students rather than the administration,” Gleason said. Meredith’s honor system has been recognized by the Center for Academic Integrity.
Honor and Integrity Week has an additional purpose – to prompt faculty and students to complete an Academic Integrity Assessment, which will begin Feb. 23. This anonymous online assessment will gather faculty and student opinions and behaviors related to cheating, plagiarism, reporting of Honor Code violations and more. Faculty who complete the survey will be entered into a drawing for a $50 Quail Ridge Books gift certificate.
For more information on Honor and Integrity Week, contact Dean of Students Ann Gleason at ext. 8521.
Honor and Integrity Week Schedule of Events
Feb. 23, 8 p.m.: Mock Trial, Chapel Common Room
Feb. 24, 6 p.m.: Piracy Debate, Belk Dining Hall
Feb. 25, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.: Drop-in Dialogue on Integrity, Oak Room, Belk Dining Hall
6 p.m.: Ethical Leadership Panel
Feb. 26, 8 p.m.: Movie “The Emperor’s Club,” Dogwood A & B, Belk Dining Hall
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Meredith College to Serve as Raleigh Host for National Teleconference
By Andrea Weaver
Meredith College has received a grant to serve as the Raleigh, N.C., host for a Feb. 19 national teleconference about student civic engagement.
The teleconference, produced at Michigan State University by Campus Compact, will focus on student civic engagement. The teleconference will be broadcast live, 2-3 p.m., in Kresge Auditorium. Students from Meredith, Peace College, St. Augustine’s College, N.C. State University, Shaw University and local high schools have been invited to participate in the conference. They will be able to interact with the panel in Michigan via telephone and email.
The teleconference is part of “Raise Your Voice,” a month-long program sponsored by Campus Compact to emphasize student civic engagement on college campuses nationally. Campus Compact is a national coalition of more than 900 college and university presidents committed to encouraging civic engagement in higher education. The teleconference and dialogue on civic engagement is made possible with support from North Carolina Campus Compact, National Campus Compact and the Pew Charitable Trusts.
 Following the teleconference, Meredith will hold an open house and reception for local organizations and agencies that administer programs to assist homeless people. Students will be able to learn about volunteer opportunities and the issues related to homelessness at the event. The city of Raleigh recently initiated a Homelessness Project, part of a national effort by the U.S. Council of Mayors to end homelessness in 10 years. The city plans to hold its first public forum on homelessness at Meredith after the open house and reception, from 4:30-6 p.m. on Feb. 19. The open house will be held in the Cate Center atrium and the public forum will be held in Kresge.
For more information about the teleconference, contact Winter Brown, community partnerships coordinator, at ext. 8701. For more information about how Meredith faculty members plan to incorporate “Raise Your Voice” elements into their courses, contact Dr. Barbara True-Weber, associate professor of politics, at ext. 8312.
Marketing & Communications Office Earns “Grand Awards” in CASE Competition
Meredith’s Office of Marketing & Communications earned three awards, including two “Grand Awards” in the 2003 Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) District III advancement awards program. Grand awards are the highest honor in the competition.
Meredith received a “Grand Award” for the Science and Mathematics Building celebration invitation in the CASE District III 2004 Awards competition. The invitation, which also served as a calendar, won in the direct mail category, which included 52 entries from colleges and universities throughout the Southeast.
The College’s annual report for 2001-02, “Active Learning – Civic Engagement,” also received a “Grand Award.” The Office of the President and the Office of Marketing and Communications produced the report. English faculty member Suzanne Britt was a contributing writer.
The overall publicity/communications project leading up to the opening of the Science and Mathematics Building earned a Special Merit Award in the Institutional Relations Projects category. It competed against 26 other entries in this category.
Winning entries in the CASE awards competition will be recognized during the CASE District III Conference in Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 22-25. Grand Award winning entries will also be included in the organization’s archives.
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