DITTMAN DEPARTING MEREDITH, RELOCATING TO LONDON |
 Jane
Dittmann will leave her position as Meredith’s vice president
for institutional advancement in June 2002 to relocate to London,
England, with her husband.
“Jane has been a valuable member of Meredith’s Senior
Management Team,” said President Hartford. “She has
built on Meredith’s history of fundraising success and
positioned the College for future fundraising growth. We wish
her the best as she pursues new opportunities in London.”
Dittmann said, “Often personal circumstances change our
professional expectations and choices we did not anticipate
must be made. Although I have not spent as much time at Meredith
as I might have liked, I am very proud of having been a part
of the senior management team and the accomplishments of the
IA staff.”
Dittmann oversees Meredith’s development, alumnae and parent
relations, corporate and foundation relations, and planned giving
efforts. Under her leadership, the advancement division has
strengthened the Meredith Fund, developed a major gifts program,
and increased participation and fundraising proceeds from alumnae
and parent events.
“My work at Meredith has provided some of the most rewarding
professional experiences I have had in my entire career,”
Dittmann said. “I was initially drawn to Meredith because
it is an excellent women’s college and an exceptional community
of students, faculty and staff who genuinely invest themselves
in the success of the institution. Every day has proven that
to be true.”
“The staff of Institutional Advancement, and across campus,
bring tremendous talent and energy to their roles and no doubt
will create many opportunities for the institution. Meredith
is now positioned to reach out to alumnae and friends in unprecedented
ways, and to launch an ambitious campaign with every expectation
of meeting our ambitious goals. Being at Meredith has been a
wonderful personal and professional experience, and I am grateful
to all those associated with the college who have made it so.” |
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PRESIDENT HARTFORD DETAILS BUDGET
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grams;
increasing financial aid resources; and raising support staff
salaries. This budget will also address priorities for year
two of the College’s plan, including increasing faculty
salaries, beginning bond repayments for the science and mathematics
building and increasing financial aid.
Important elements that are included in the budget are:
• an increase in the salary pool, with a 6% increase
in the full-time faculty salary pool and a 3% increase for
the staff salary pool,
• the first allocation for bond payment for the College’s
building initiatives,
• continued support for the Meredith Technology Initiative,
• an additional increase in financial aid, including
increases to merit scholarships, and
• ongoing support to UROP, community service initiatives
and leadership programs.
Because “our priority list is always longer and more
robust than our budget” President Hartford also noted
several changes to next year’s proposed budget. Funding
is not provided for salary increases for adjunct faculty,
for the Creative Ideas Fund, or for inflationary increases
for non-salary budget lines. Limited funding will be provided
for the longevity bonus program, contingencies and parking
improvements. The full liquidation of the bonds is planned
for 2003-04 rather than for next year.
President Hartford reiterated that “this proposed budget
is based on conservative enrollment projections. If we exceed
these enrollment projections, there will be more resources
available to add on in the fall.” In this case, the College
will determine what will be added back by continuing to “take
care of its people first.”
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MEREDITH CELEBRATES
BLACK EMPHASIS MONTH
By Lynda-Marie Taurasi,’02
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 eredith
College is celebrating Black Emphasis Month with a series
of events revolving around the theme “Expressions of
a Cultural Mind.”
The series is sponsored by the Office of Commuter Life and
Special Services and the Meredith Association for Cultural
Awareness, with an event scheduled each week of the month.
An ACA-led worship service will be held on Wednesday, February
20 at 10 a.m. in Jones Chapel. The guest speaker for the service
will be Minister LaTeshia P. Anthony, the youth minister at
Shalom Christian Community Church in Raleigh. Anthony is a
breast cancer survivor and the founder of No Greater Love
Ministry, Inc., a cancer support and education ministry. Shaw
University’s El Shaddai will offer a liturgical performance.
“Changing the Odds: Successful Leadership” will
be held Thursday, February 21 at 6:30 p.m. in the Jones Chapel
Commons Room. This workshop will focus on strategies for students
of color to be successful leaders on and off campus. Facili-tators
will be Tiffany McKinnon, VP of Association of Cultural Awareness,
and Meredith College alumna and former ACA president Daphne
Sameulson.
The final event of Black Emphasis Month will be “Soul
Food Cinema,” on Thursday, February 28 in the Jones Chapel
Commons Room 6:30 p.m. The Meredith community is invited to
enjoy an evening of African-American homemade soul food and
film.
For more information, contact Charletta Sims, director of
commuter life and special services, at (919) 760-8633.
NEW
EMPLOYEES
Submitted
by the Office of
Human Resources
Please
welcome the following new
employees to the Meredith community:
Toney L. Blackmon, Housekeeping
Joan M. Carlson, Counseling
Center
Kathleen J. Goodman, Counseling
Center
Franklin D. Hall, Technology
Services
Joy Elaine Raintree, Library
Bradley P. Wilkins, Facility
Services
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