MEREDITH HAPPENINGS AND
HOME ATHLETIC EVENTS
FOR OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 2002
October
27th - 11/24 Italy in Light and Shadow: Black and White
Photography by David N. Hyman and Lawrence S. Early, Rotunda Gallery.
For more information, contact Sharon Hill, gallery outreach director,
ext. 2386.
28th - 11/1 Cornhuskin’ Week.
30th - Meredith College Soccer vs. Peace College, 4 p.m.
31st - Halloween
November
1st
- Mini-Recital by Pianist Olga Kern, Carswell Concert Hall,
1 p.m., Cost: free for Meredith faculty staff and students, $5.00
for the public. Call 760-8536 for more information.
3rd - 12/1 - 22nd North Carolina Photographers Annual Exhibition.
Opening Reception: November 3, 2-4 p.m. For more information,
contact Sharon Hill, gallery outreach director, ext. 2386.
4th - Chamber Music Concert by Bonnie Thron, cello, Carswell
Concert Hall, 8 p.m., Cost: free. Call 760-8536 for more information
4th - 7th- Campus Week of Dialogue on Diversity. For more
information on specific events and locations, contact Charletta
Sims, ext. 8633.
6th - 10th. - Steinway Legendary Piano Tour, Carswell Concert
Hall. Visit http://www.meredith.edu/music/music_events.htm
for times and dates of student and faculty performances.
8th.
- Faculty Recital, Viginia Hudson, cello, Kent Lyman, piano.
Carswell Concert Hall, 3 p.m.
10th - Meredith Orchestra Concert, Carswell Concert Hall,
3 p.m.
11th - Veteran’s Day.
Open Day for High School Seniors
12th - Lunch and Learn Seminar: Clean Up Your Environmental
Act. Speaker: Dr. Janice Swab, 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m., Dogwood
A & B. Sponsored by the Meredith College Staff Affairs Committee.
For more information, contact Paula O’Briant, ext. 2367.
14th - Meredith Opera Theatre: Opera Scenes. Carswell
Concert Hall, 8 p.m., Cost: free. Call 760-8536 for more information
15th
- Commuter Appreciation Day. Cate, 10 a.m.
18th -Faculty Recital: Jimmy Gilmore, clarinet, Elizabeth Beilman,
cello and Carrie Miller, piano, Carswell Concert Hall, 8 p.m.
Call 760-8536 for more information.
20th - Lunch and Learn Seminar: Volunteerism – Getting
Involved, Speakers: Anne Burke, Paula O’Briant, and Lynne
Wheatley, 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m., Dogwood A & B. Sponsored
by the Meredith College Staff Affairs Committee. For more information,
contact Paula O’Briant, ext. 2367.
21st - Choral Festival Concert, Jones Chapel, 4 p.m. Call
760-8536 for more information.
21st - 22nd Aqua Angels Fall Performance.
21st - 23rd Meredith Dance Theater Concert, Jones Auditorium,
8 p.m. Call 760-8015 for ticket information.
24th - Meredith Chamber Players Concert, Carswell Concert
Hall, 3 p.m. Call 760-8536 for more information.
Raleigh Symphony Concert, Jones Auditorium, 8 p.m. Call
760-8536 for more information.
28th – 29th Thanksgiving Holiday. Meredith College
Closed.
MARK
YOUR CALENDARS!
• Meredith’s Office of Admissions will hold an Open Day
for High School Seniors on Monday, Nov. 11. To volunteer or for
more information, contact Dot Gardner, assistant director of admissions,
at ext. 8581 or via e-mail, gardnerd@meredith.edu.
• The Crabtree Valley Mall location of Belk department store
is sponsoring an "Educator’s Night" on Sunday, Nov.
10 from 6 – 9 p.m. Attendees will receive a 15% shopping discount
off all regular, sale and clearance priced merchandise. The event
is open to all educators, as well as school administrative and support
staff, and their immediate families. Contact Maripat Plocki, human
resources coordinator, at plockim@meredith.edu
for more information.
• Meredith music faculty members Donna Jolly and Kent Lyman
will perform Camille Saint-Saens’s "Carnival of the Animals"
with the North Carolina Symphony on Saturday, Nov. 16 at 11 a.m.
and 1 p.m. The performance, which will be held in Meymandi Concert
Hall at the BTI Center, is part of the Symphony’s Young Peoples’
Series. Tickets for the 1 p.m. show are still available through
the NC Symphony’s box office: 919-733-2750.
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Honor Roll
• Dr. Rosalind Reichard, vice president for academic
affairs, was recently quoted in an Associated Press article,
"Colleges seeing a building boom for modern science facilities."
The article was picked up by local and regional news outlets
including The Charlotte Observer, News & Observer.com,
and the Akron (Ohio) Beacon Journal.
• A total of 52 prospective students recently attended
MBA information sessions, held in September and October.
Prospects met professors, as well as current Meredith MBA
students. The sessions attracted prospects that currently
hold positions with Research Triangle area companies including
GlaxoSmithKline, First Citizens Bank, Nortel Networks, SAS,
Wachovia, and General Electric. Faculty and staff members
who are interested in assisting with the next session should
contact Lara Kinas, assistant director of graduate
studies, ext. 8058.
• Assistant Professor of Politics Jim Piazza presented
a paper titled "New World Disorder: Assessing the Economic
Roots of Terrorism" at the International Studies Association
Southern Region/International Security Studies Section Conference
in Richmond, Va. on October 20. The paper is a first draft
of the results from the research Amy Hobbs, ’02,
and Piazza did this past summer as part of the Undergraduate
Research Program. The research findings indicate that none
of the socioeconomic measures of inequality or poverty are
related to terrorism.
• Professor of Psychology Jack Huber has recently
served as an expert guest on WPTF radio. On Oct. 23 Huber
discussed psychology issues in the Washington D.C. area sniper
attacks, and on Oct. 28 he discussed the issue of voter apathy.
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An interview with Kent Lyman, associate professor of
music, will be featured on WCPE (89.7 FM) radio on Nov. 3.
The interview topic was the Steinway Tour of Legendary Pianos,
which will be on the Meredith campus Nov. 6-10.
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