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MARY BALDWIN COLLEGE MAGAZINE VOLUMETEN NUMBERTWO SPRING1997 > s, ^54^m2 the Grade An inside Look at The Program for the Exceptionally Gifted President' Message s / hadalong, newsy lettercomposedfurthis space. Then, shortlybeforethismagazine went to press, something extraordinary happened - something every college president dreamsabout. This is thepressreleasewesentout: MBC Receives $10 Million Mary Baldwin College announced today [April tS, 1997) that an anonymous donorhasmadeacashgiftcommitmentof$10million. Thisisthelargestcashgift everreceivedbyMaryBaldwin, andamongthelargestevergiventoawomen's college. Thisgiftisunusualnotonlyinitssi:ehutalsoinitspurpose,whichisto useasfundingforseveralone-timeprojects. Thedonorsaid,"1believethatMaryBaldwinCollegehasabrightfuture,and thatintheC(imingyearsitwillbecomeknownnationallyasthecollegeforwomen whowanttolearnleadershipandasaplacewhereethicsandstandardsarehigh. Iwantedtohelpmakethathappen." ThegiftwillallowMBCtoenhancefacilitiesandeducationalopportunitiesin theareasoftechnology,mathandscience,andrestorationofhistoricbuildings. "Thisisnotforbusinessasusual,"commentsDr.CynthiaH.Tyson,presidentof MBC."Thismoneywillbeusedtodirectlyimprovethequalityoftheeducation weofferourstudentsandwillhelppositionMaryBaldwinforthe21stcentury. We usedtotalkaboutwhatwewoulddointhefuture. Well,thefutureisnow." Included in the$10 millionare funds to restore the historic Administration BuildingandtheadjoiningMcClungResidenceHall.TheAdministrationBuild- ing,thecollege'sfirstpermanentstructure,wasbuiltin 1844andislistedonthe NationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.TwoU.S.presidents,WoodrowWilsonand DwightD.Eisenhower,spokefromitsportico.Thegiftprovidesforbadlyneeded structural repair, replacement of the electrical, heating and air conditioning, plumbing and fire-protection systems, and asbestos removal. In the Agnes McCluiigResidenceHalt,studentroomswillberenovatedtocurrentstandardsof technology,comfort,andsafety. The anonymous gift also provides funds for upgrades to science and math laboratories in theJesse Cleveland Pearce ScienceCenterandotheracademic buildingstobetteraccommodateindividualstudentresearchandtechnologyand toincreasesafetyandaccessibility. Itwillalsofundsubstantialtechnologyand computerlaboratoryimprovements,includingamulti-modallanguagelab,aswell as provide for training to ensure that faculty and students can use the new technologytomaximumeducationaladvantage. This is an importantmomentin the evolution ofMBC, somethingto buildimjor thefuture. Irejoicewithyou. Thankyouallfortheenormouseffort, dedication, and love that yougive to Mary Baldwin. It is thefoundation out ofwhichgifts like this become possible. 1 features 10 I Write THEMARYBALDWIN An Interviewby SarahH. O'Connor COLLEGEMAGAZINE DoengesScholar/ArtistDavidBradley talksabouthowhiswritinghasevolved. VoLW,No-2 Spnng1997 Eiicor:SarahH-O'Connor ArcD&eaionGtetcfeoiL.SfaiCiraaii AssiaTTOFEdiEDcrJy'liiciieHeHJeeMartin 14 Beyond Making the Gr.ade FSaiiiabflai.caHt-toOns'CAoJvninsoorr,yGBoraeitdc:henL-Shtiman bySarahCox SDra.raBBceernfdiaBeBacyrasrsiE',32B,rSeunedaCaCphtaensdl'e60r,, AninsidelookattheProgramfor jameG.Komegay'83,Dr.JamesD-Loa, theExceptionallyGifted Lpliaj-Peirersson,Dr.RobertReich, Dr.CelesteRhodes,Dr.KathleenStrnehait, Dr.HeatherWiLsDn,Dr.EliiabethRoberts, DacrieBrooks'98 18 Prends Courage AssooareBiiBoiis: KathleenKenigBytbrd'63 byAnnWhite Spencer EfciberfiAHinCollins'6 ClaireElirabedhGarrison'91ADP AnnAllenSavoy'74 SusanMassteJohnson'67 MakingCajunMusicHistory YroonePover NfaryShilicngShannon'53 CoverdesignkfGretchenL.Shuman fraWffingPEGsaidennsSarahFrancisco'97 andTeneaWatsom"98 departments T7t£Mi37BtiiiumJ-^igffl^jnifispcihilished twiceairearbyVlaryBaldwinCotle^ OfficeofCottegeRelarioEis, Sratmton,VA24401. (p)540-3S7-70C9tf)540^^7-T360' 2 Campus News cO'[email protected] httpzl/'www.Eiibc-edcj CopyrightbyMaryBaldwinCbHege 6 News Bytes AfflrigliBteserved. MaryBaldwinCollegedoeseotdiserimiiRate 8 Newsmakers onthebasisofsexjexceptthatmenaie admiiLtedonlyas-ADFandgraduatestmients), ritascee,duncaattioiioinaalloprTigoignr,amcosl,ora,dmaigsesioorndsi,sacboi-lityin 25 Alumnae Notes onrfottarorotheractivities,andemploymenc ptacrices.In^tiiriesmaybedirectedtoDeanof VSwAden2i4i4s0,1;Ma5r4y0-B8a8l7d-7w0i2n3C.ollege,Statmcon, 26 Chapters in Action lOiEspufcHkaCBDCiisprinEeiionrec7d:evipaper. campus news Is Honor Still Alive? thehonorsystemarosefromagradualerosionofthe concept ofhonor among students all across the The college takes a country. day offto talk about it Arecentstudyshowedthat78percentofhigh schoolstudentsreportedcheatingontests.Another byDavidMeeks reportedthat98percentallowedanotherstudentto Upon first entering Mary Baldwin College, all copytheirwork."Theworldbeyondthecampusis StephanieGittinger. freshtnensignthefollowingpledge:"Believinginthe changing,"Dr.Franciscosaid."Studentsthinkthat freshmanfromAnnandale,VA principles ofstudentgovernment, I pledge myselfto cheatingisnobigdeal." upholdtheidedsandregulationsoftheMaryBaldwin TheCollegeofWilliamandMaryinstitutedthe Thiswasthefirsttime MBC ccooompmeurnaittioyn.aIsrtehceogbnasiizseotfheouprrilnicfieplteosgetohferhoannodrsahanldl fViirrstgihnoinaonroswyhsatsemaninho1n7o7r9.syNsetaerml,ymoevsetroyfcwohlilceghearien ohbeasredrvveadrysiuncghopaindiayo,nsaonndiIt, endeavorfaithfullytoordermylifeaccordinglyandto student-enforced. rangingfrom 'thisIs encourageotherstofulfilltheidealsofthesystem." Studentswhoviolatethecodeareinvestigated pointless'to 'whattook Themorethan1,200studentsattheschoolsay and, ifneed be, punished by fellow students. At them solong?' Personally, theywillabidebythehonorcode,thattheywillnot MaryBaldwin,penaltiesforhonorcodeviolations enjoyed HonorDay. I I lie,cheat,stealorplagiarize.Theirsignaturesonthe rangefromwarningstoexpulsion. thoughtitwasextremely pledgeproveit. Thecollegealsohasastudent-runjudicialsystem helpful inunderstanding ButaccordingtoDr.VirginiaFrancisco[MBC withawrittencodeofstudentconductgoverning howthe honorandjudicial '64], professor oftheatre, the college, like many everythingfrommalevisitationtoalcoholanddrugs. systemsreallywork, and communitiesinthiscountry,isstrugglingtoapply Studentswhoviolatethecodeofconductface indecidingiftherewere theconceptofhonortoadiversepopulationmade penaltiessimilartothosehandedoutforhonorcode aspectsofitthatneeded up ofindividuals with differing opinions of what violations. Violators are also investigated and tobechanged. '^ "honor"means. punishedbyfellowstudents. So the students and faculty took a day off On Wednesday [Feb. 19], students attended [February 19] to talk about it. Classes were seminarsonresearchdocumentation,citingInternet canceled, and students instead took part in a sources,ethicsandtheneedforstudentcooperation. day-long discussion ofthe school's honor and Students also got a first-hand look at the judicialsystems. honorandjudicialcouncilsatworkthroughmock "We are evaluating the college's honor and trials of student violations. Student trials are judicial systems, and determining if any conductedinsecret,apracticethestudentssaid improvementsneedtobemade,"Dr.Franciscosaid. mayneedtobechanged. .HI Dr.Franciscoisamemberofacommitteemadeup Ms.Mathena,aseniorfromMarion,VA,said RobinIVIatliena. ofstudents,facultyandstaffthathasbeenstudying shehasnoticed,overthepasttwoyearsinparticular, seniorfromMarion.VA thehonorsystemat theschool. Shesaidnoone morejudicialviolations.Shesaidagrowingnumber U eventledtothestudy,nocheatingorotherscandal ofstudentsarereluctanttoturnthemselvesorother Agrowingnumberof thatwouldshatterthefaculty'sconfidence inthe studentsinforviolations. studentsarereluctantto students'morals. "Themake-upofthecampusischanging,"she turnthemselvesorother Infact,moststudentsattheschoolsaythatthe said."We'regrowinginsize,butwejusthavemore students inforhonorcode college's honor system works well. Students still studentsinthesameamountofspace." violations, sosome taketheirfinalexamsontheirown,withoutprofessors Ms.Mathenasaidsheunderstoodthefaculty's modificationstothe process orproctorspresenttowatchforcheating. alarmatthetrend,andconcededsomemodifications maybe needed. But.the— And Robin Mathena, chair of the student to theprocessare need—ed. However, shesaid the heartofourhonorcode JudicialCouncil,saidmostofthecasesthecouncil heartofthehonorcode thatstudentswill—notlie, thatstudentswill notlie, haannddvlieoslaarteiorneslaotfetdhteosucnhdoeorla'sgemaallceovhioslictaotnisounmppoltiicoyn. crheemaaitn.orAsntedal,thoersttouldeernattse,tshhoesesaiwdh,omudsotbembuostth tchhoesaetowrhostedaol,—ormtuosletrate Instead, Dr. Franciscosaid themovetostudy responsibleandaccountablefortheiractions. remain. ItissomethingI holddear. '' ThisarticleisreprintedwithpermissionofTheLeaderPublishingCompany. ItappearedintheStauntonDailyNewsLeaderonFebruary20.1997. Spring 1997 MBC Students Win Prestigious Scholarships GeneralGeorgeC.Marshall,World recipients are active in their VWIL Cadet Receives WarIIArmychiefofstaff,former communities. Their activities UPS Scholarship secretaryofstateanddefense,anda include providing foster care, 1953NobelPeacePrizewinner.The teaching Sunday School, Freshman VWIL cadet Kristina library also holds 150 other facilitatingaparentinggroupata Justice of Woodstock, VA, collections, and thousands of women'sshelter,providingcarefor receivedoneof15 UnitedParcel photographs, posters, maps, oral aterminalcancerpatient,teaching Service Scholarships given to histories, films andvideosofboth emergency pediatric care to private Virginia colleges and WorldWarIandII. paramedics,andvolunteeringata universities.UPSScholarsreceive TheMarshallUndergraduate UnitedWaycounselingagency. a $2,750 scholarship based on Scholarship Program offers a academic success and financial unique opportunity for KristinaJustice need.RobertA.Spivey,president outstanding Virginia college Hampton Roads Black of the Virginia Foundation for students to conduct original Media Professionals Independent Colleges, said that research and to develop a paper Scholarship eachofVirginia's15independent related to the time period of collegesreceivedascholarshipto GeneralMarshall, 1900to 1960. DacneBrooks,asophomorefrom awardattheirdiscretionfromthe Each participant's paper is Grafton,VA,hasbeenawardeda UPS Foundation's Education displayed in the library and $1,000 scholarship from the Endowment Fund. The UPS becomes part of the permanent Hampton Roads Black Media Foundation is thecharitable arm collection. Professionals, a communicators oftheUnitedParcelService. EachMarshallScholarreceives groupfromtheTidewaterareaof JenniferHugties $re2s0e0arucphopnapceorm,palnedtiaon$5o0f0hiaswoarrdheirs Vsicrhgoilnairas.hiTpo, bsetuedleingtisblemufsorttbhee Two IVIary Baldwin given to the author of the paper majoring in a communications Students Chosen as consideredtobethemostoutstanding field and maintaining a 3.0 1997 George C. Marshall oftheyear. cumulativeGPA.Theymustalso Scholars write anessayonagiventopic. Dacrie's topic was "Must black MBCstudentsJenniferHughesand Seven ADP Students journalistsserveasadvocatesfor SuzanneRaywerenamedastwoof Receive 1996-97 Loyalty their culture or be objective at the 20 George C. Marshall Fund Scholarships alltimes?" Undergraduate Scholarship Dacrie is a communications SuzanneRay recipientsfor1996-97.TheGeorge TheAdultDegreeProgramLoyalty major,andsheservesasastudent C. Marshall Foundation in Fund Scholarship Committee representative to Mary Baldwin Lexington announced the awarded$1,000scholarshipstothe College's Publication Advisory scholarships in December. following ADP students: Debra Board. She was also the first StudentsarechosenfromVirginia Morse Beale, Sharon H. Bradley, recipientofMaryBaldwinCollege's colleges and universities and are DeborahJ.Brown,VickieS.Budge, CentralFidelityMinorityStudent nominatedbytheirprofessors. LorenIntolubbe-Chmil,MaryAnn Scholarship. Jennifer Hughes is a senior MummertandAlanSmith history majorfrom Dahlgren, VA. TobeeligibleforaLoyaltyFund SuzanneRay,ajuniorfromEatonton, Scholarship, applicants must be DacrieBrooks GA,ismajoringinpoliticalscience degreeseekingstudentswithaGPA and history. Shewillresearch and of3.5 orhigher. Scholarships are develop a paper on women's awardedforacademicachievement involvementinWorldWar1. andservicetoADP,thecollegeand TheMarshallResearchLibrary thecommunity. is the repository for the papers of This year's scholarship TheMaryBaldwin CollegeMagazine • Spring 1997 1997 COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER Virginia State Senator Emily Couric Virginia State Senator Emily Couric will address the 155thgraduatingclassotMaryBaldwinCollegeduring Commencement exercises, Sunday, May 25, on the MarthaS.GraftonLibraryterrace. SenatorCouricofCharlottesville, VA, represents the Commonwealth's 25th district, which includes CharlottesvilleandthecountiesotAlhermarle,Greene, Madison,NelsonandapartofOrange.In1995,during herfirstyearinoffice.SenatorCouricbecamethefirst freshmansenatortoreceivetheOutstandingLegislator oftheYearawardfromtheVirginiaSheriffsAssociation. She serves on three standing Senate committees: EducationandHealth;Agriculture,Conservation,and Natural Resources; and Rehabilitation and Social Services.Sen.Courichasconcentratedherpublicservice career in education, including two terms on the CharlottesvilleSchool Board, whichshealsochaired. She has served on the hoards ofmore than a dozen communityorganizations,rangingfromtheBoys&Girls ClubtotheJeffersonAreaBoardforAging. Sister Friends: Sharing a community. The students met their womentoserveasSisterFriends.Wehave Little Time, IVIal<ing a Big mentorsforthefirsttimeduringatapping womenintheir20sandwomenwhohave Difference ceremonyinOctober. retired. There were no college degree "The addition of the Office of requirements or other exclusive criteria, SisterFriends,amentoringprogramdesigned African American Affairs has been a because there are a variety ofgifts that inthespringof1996byMBCAssociateDean great help ingetting the Sister Friends peoplecangive. Wewanted womenwho ofStudentsMarshaMays,hasbeenadouble program started," says Mays. "Director were interested in the program and in blessing for Mary Baldwin College. "Our AndreaCornett-Scottisverycommitted befriending the students and becominga program is a two-way street," says Mays. to the program, and she has been significantpresenceintheirlives." "Throughthisprogramweareestablishinga instrumentalinitsimplementation.The Alwaysonetohelookingahead.Mays vital and important connection between support from the local community has says she has plans to improve the Sister MBCandthelocalcommunity,andatthe alsobeenbeneficial."With the help of Friendsprogramnextyearbydeveloping sametimeweareengagingMBCstudentsin Angela Vann ofthe Staunton/Augusta aquestionnairetoutilizeinpairingSister thecommunityandprovidinganextended Matrons Progressive Club, Mays Friendsbycommon interests. familyforthem." identifiedmentorprospectsandsolicited Sister Friend mentor Cynthia Gray, TheSisterFriendsprogrampairsAfrican- their support through a letter writing who is vice principal of Robert E. Lee American MBC students with African- campaign in the spring of 1996. "From High School in Staunton, says, "I was American women leaders ofthe Staunton, our first letter, we garnered over 40 happy to become a mentor for this Waynesboro and Augusta County prospects,"shesays."Fifteenwomenwere program.ItisimportantforMBCstudents communities.Mayssays,"Therearealimited able to begin serving as mentors this ofdifferentculturestobeabletoconnect numberofAfrican-Americanrolemodelsin year, and of those who had scheduling with people locally. It makes them feel a the MBC community for our students to conflicts,allsaidthattheprogramwasa partofabroadercommunity." connect with, and the African-American great ideaandthattheywere interested KathyCaseySmith, whoworks in the studentpopulationissteadilygrowing. inhelping in the future." MBCOfficeofSummerPrograms,isaSister "Wewantourminoritystudentstofeel Mays says that a number ofVirginia's FriendmentortofreshmanShanicePennof connected. Many oftheir families live far college and universities have successful Richmond."Thisprogramiswonderful.I've away.Theirmothers, auntsandsisterswho minoritystudentmentoringprograms.The metShanice'smotherandsomeofherfamily, serveasrolemodelsaredistancedfromthem. program at Virginia Commonwealth andShaniceand1havegoneshoppingand The Sister Friends program extends the University, in particular, sparked her dinedout.It'sgreattogiveofyourself,even student'sfamilyandprovides afriendwith interest."Theyhavealargerpoolofmentors ifit'sjustlisteningwhenyourstudentneeds whomtosharelifeexperiencesandadvice." tosolicitfrom inRichmond, butourlocal someonetotalkto.Thestudentsseemvery Thisfall, 13studentswerepairedwith area is also wealthy with volunteers. We interestedintheprogram.Theyappreciate Sister Friend leaders from the local wereverycarefultochooseawidevarietyof havingsomeoneclosetopalaroundwith." inwiNCollege M.« 1 faculty/staff highlights Director of Computer Information ADP Assistant Professor of Busines. ServicesBillBetlejjoinedthreeother DanDowdywasappointedmembership publications collegeinformationsservicesdirectors chairoftheAssociationforContinuing topresent"ManagingtheWWW:A Higher Education Region 5. He also Delicate Balance Between Control serves as advisor for MBC students Assistant Professor of Anthropology Dr. and Anarchy" at the CAUSE involved in the recently-organized CarrieDouglasspublishedherhookBulls, conference in San Francisco in RoanokeValleystudentchapterofthe Bullfights and Spanish Idehtities through December. CAUSE is the Society for Human Resource ArizonaUniversityPressinMarch. international collegiate association Management. This chapter is one of formanagingandusinginformation the few in the country that includes Assistant Professor of Political Science resources in higher education. The representativesfromdifferentcolleges. Laura van Assendelft'sbookGovernors, group'spresentationwasputtogether JoiningMBCstudentsarestudentsfrom AgendaSettingandDividedGovernmentwas entirely on-line and the presenters Roanoke, Hollins, Bluefield and publishedbyUniversityPressofAmericain didn'tformallymeeteachotheruntil VirginiaWesternCommunityColleges. February 1997. the morning of their presentation. Their presentation was one of the Professor of English Dr. Joseph Professor ofHealth Care Administration highest selling audio tapes and was GarrisonJr.servedaskeynotespeaker Dr. Steven Mosher publishedhis article placedontheCAUSEwebhomepage atGreensboroCollege's third annual S"yTshteeRmeogfioQnuaelbiezce:dAIntMeogdreatlefdorHetahletUhniCtaerde inRealAudioformat. FionunGdrere'esnsDbaoyroc,eleNbrCa.tionThienJaenvueanrty States" in Vol. 22 of Quebec Studies. In AssistantProfessorofEconomicsDr. commemorated the chartering ofthe December, Dr. Mosher accompanied 1 AmyMcCormickDiduchpresented collegeinDecember1838. Health Care Administration Program herpaper"TeachingCaseStudiesin studentstotheannualVirginiaRuralHealth Introductory Economics" at the Professor ofPhilosophy Dr. Roderic Association conference. Dr. Mosher is a annual meeting of the American Owen and MBC Chaplain Rev. memberoftheVRHAboardofdirectors. Economics Association in New PatriciaHuntgaveapresentationon OrleansinJanuary. thecollege'sCarpenterQuestProgram AssociateProfessorofPsychology'Dr.Leslie and led a discussion on ecumenical Novack published with David R. Novack ADPAssistantProfessorofEducation dialogueandspiritualgrowthinaliberal "BeingFemaleinthe80sand90s:Conflicts Dr. Karen Dorgan presented a artscontextattheannualInstituteon BetweenNewOpportunitiesandTraditional session for elementary and middle CollegeStudentValuesinTallahassee, Ealxspoectpautbiloins"heindSewxiRtohlesU,VVoAl.3P5r,of1e9s9s6o.rShoef sFrcahcotoilonst:eacGhoerisngonBe"yToenadchitnhge FL,inFebruary. PsychologyDr.JohnR.Bonvillianapaper, Textbook" at the Eastern Regional During his fall 1996 sabbatical. "WordRecallinDeafStudents:TheEffects ConferenceoftheNationalCouncil Associate Professor of English Rick ofDifferentCodingStrategies,"inPercepnwi of Teachers of Mathematics in Plant attended the Virginia Writers andMotorSkdls,Vol.83, 1996. BaltimoreinOctober.Shepresented Conference in Roanoke, VA, and a similar session at the Western workedonavarietyofwritingprojects. Assistant Professor of Communications Regional Conference in San Jose, Hisshortstory"Flatland"wasincluded Dr. Robert Reicli hascoauthoredapaper CA,inMarch. in the anthology Sudden Fiction, acceptedforpublicationbyCommunications publishedbyW.W.NortonPress.His Reports.Thepaperaddressestheroleofscreen Dr. Carrie Douglass, assistant novella Deaths by Drowning received sizeinviewerresponsestotelevisionfare. professorofanthropology,presented third place in the Southern & herpaper"ToBeorNotToBe:'Ser' Southwestern Novella Breakthrough AssociateDeanfortheAdultDegreeProgram and 'Estar' and the State" at the Competition.TexasReviewPresswill Dr.KathleenStinehartpublishedherarticle American Anthropological publishDeathsB;yDrowninginthespring "Technology Spawns Collaboration, AssociationmeetinginSanFrancisco of1997. Change" in the January 1997 issue of inNovember.Herpaperwaspartof ContinuingHigherEducationReview. thesessiontitled"SouthernEurope M.A.T. Director Dr. Beth Roberts and the Anthropology of presented her paper "Conventions of AssociateDeanfortheAdultDegreeProgram Ethnography." She also hosted a WritingandConstructionofMeaning Dr. Kathleen Stinehart and Executive luncheon roundtable discussion on inKinderearten"attheannualNational Director of Alumnae Activities Jane "Teaching Anthropology in a Kornegay published their article "Adult ForeignLanguageDepartment." in December. Dr. Robei-ts serves as Appeal," on working with older, parliamentarian of the National nontraditionalalumnae/iandstudents,inthe ReadingConference. April1997issueofCASECuTrentsmagazine. news bytes A former Guggenheim tcllow, Dr. communicationsprogramcategory. Kirshenblatt-Gimblett is a native ot The editorial staff also won a Toronto,Ontario.ShereceivedherPh.D. special merit award for magazine Mission Possible: 8tti infolklorefromIndianaUniversityin1972. publishing improvement in the Carpenter Conference The Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar publications improvementcategory . Addresses Managed Care sPcrhooglraarmsmaavkaeislab1l2eoreamcohreydeiasrtintgouivsihseidt oiThTeheMaVroyl.Ba1l0d,wNion.Ma1gafazliln1e9r9e6ceiisvseude "Mission Possible; Managing Issues in aScphporloaxrismastpeelnyd1t0w0ocdoalylesgaetseaancdhuinnisvteirtsuittiioesn., aInndAuswtarrydofofViErxgcienlilaen(cPeIVinA)the19P9r6insttiantge CMaarnpaegnetderCCaornef"eriesncthee,stcohpeicdufloerdtfohreM8atyh fmaeceutltiyngmemibnfeorrsm,altlaykinwgitphartstiundcelnatsssraonodm c3o7mtphetyietairono.tThciosmpyeeatritmiaornkeadnPdIVoAv'esr 9MHeooaslnhtehrc,aCmpadurisre.ecPtArocorcgrooarfmd,iMnB"gCM'taosnaDgCra.erdSptecenarvteee'nrs doipsecnusstiootnhs,eeanntidregiavciandgemaicpucbolmimcunliecttyu.re GB1a,ol7od0d0wiennPtrMriainegtsaerzwsienreeofshuaBbsrmiibdtegteeenwda.ptrTeihrne,teMVdaArb,yy pbaredeivsnoegcnactfeeeltiintistnhgeraoUw.ntuSh.mbhaseearaltwohfacyawrateyoss.myasStneoammgeeis Wall Street Comes shtiahnsecgeMr1Ba9nC9t0e.mdaTaghnaizsAiwinsaetr.hdetothiErxdcteilmleenPcIeVtAo costs,butothersworryaboutqualityissues. to Frederick Street Our presenters this year will address all theseissues." Thanks to a gift from the Smyth Presenters include Dr. Edward F. X. Foundation, MBC has established a VWIL State Funding Approved: Hughes, director of the Northwestern BusinessLeadershipLectureSeries,which University Institute for Health Services featuredWallStreetbusinessleadersinits TheVirginiaGeneralAssembly'sfinal Research;Dr.JeffGoldsmith,presidentof inaugurallectureinearlyApril. budget revisions left funding for the HealthFutures,Inc.;MayFox,executive The Smyth Foundation is a VirginiaWomen'sInstituteforLeadership director of the Virginia Association of philanthropicorganizationestablishedby intact.TheSenateversionofthebudget HealthMaintenanceOrganizations;and MBCTrusteeH.GordonSmyth,former calledforcontinuedfundingforcurrentas MyraJ.Christopher,presidentandCEO DuPontseniorvicepresidentforemployee wellasfuturecadetsintheprogram,and oftheMidwestBioethicsCenter. relations,andhiswife,MBCalumnaMary won out over the House version, which The Carpenter Health Care BethReedSmyth'47. wouldhave phasedoutstatefundingfor Conferenceisaone-daymulti-disciplinary Presentingthefirstaddressofthenew theprogram.Abipartisangroupofwomen conference sponsored by MBC's Health lectureserieswereDelosR.Smith,senior legislatorsspear-headedthemovementto CareAdministrationandPreparationfor analyst at theConference Board inNew supporttheprogrambysubmittingaletter MinistryPrograms,whicharebothfunded York City, and Dr. Steven R. Malin, ofsupporttothebudgetconferees. bytheE.RhodesandLeonaB.Carpenter assistant vice president for public Virginia Governor George Allen Foundation. The annual event draws informationattheFederalReserveBankin signedthelegislationintolawonMarch capacitycrowdstothecampusincluding NewYork.TheWallStreetduodiscussed 17,1997.Hesaid,"Thepositiveinfluence health care professionals, consumers, current economic conditions; monetary ithasonthewomenenrolledthereisthe health administrators, insurance policy; and society's structural changes best argument I know to continue professionals,governmentpolicymakers, which effect technology, workforce, supporting full funding ot this unique andMBCfaculty,staffandstudents. demographicsandglobalization. program." ThisisgoodnewsforVirginiaresidents A entering in the fall of 1997. tuition 1997 Phi Beta Kappa College Relations Wins subsidyofalmost$7,500percadetwillbe providedbythestate.TogetherwithMary Lecturer Discusses Two CASE Awards and Baldwinscholarships,thisfundingmeans "Tlie Electronic Village" a PIVA Award thatthebasiccostofaneducationatthe rigorous VWIL is less than the in-state Dr. Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, MBC'sCollegeRelationsstaffreceivedtwo costofmostpublicfour-yearcolleges. In professor of performance studies and awardsinthe1997DivisionIIICouncilfor addition, many students are eligible for Hebrew andJudaic studies at New York Advancement and Support ofEducation need-basedfinancialaid. University,presentedanillustratedtalkon (CASE) awards competition. The media "TheElectronicVillage,"asMBC's 1997 relationsstaffwonaspecialmeritawardfor PhiBetaKappalecturer.Herpresentation "The Virginia Women's Institute for wasanexplorationofhowtheIntenietis LeadershipatMaryBaldwinCollege:The beingusedtofostercommunity. Supreme Court Phase" in the overall Spring 1997 • The Marv BaldwinCollegeMagazine culture fest JuniorAsangaWickremeratne of Sri Lanka beguiles tieraudience at the Culture Festin Februarywith a performanceofaSri Lankan swan dance. Otherperformances included a Hawaiian hula, atraditional Carribean dance, a SouthAfrican pata patadance, aSpanish salsa, a Frenchdance, an English constancy dancefromtheVictorianeraand a German Gypsypolka. Theevening alsofeatured achoral performance byJapanese studentsanda multi-national fashion show. TheMaryBaldn»inCollegeMagazine • Spring 1997 newsmakers In an interview with Thomas W. Melissa E. Patrick '78 Waldron ofThe Baltimore Sun, Judge Rasin said, "I know I've beenhanded Lieutenant Colonel somethingprecious today." Melissa E. Patrick '78 Waldron wrote, "Judge Rasin's recently returned from appointment to the chiefjudge's job Bosnia-Herzegovina, Margaret King Stanley '52 marked the latest step inafastrise to wheresheservedforsix thetopranksofMaryland'slegalworld. monthsastheG2Task dMiarregcatroertfKorintgheStSaannleAyn't5o2n,sipoecSiyalmpprhoojnecyt,s s.e.vAernaaltiyveearosftCohebsetgeirntloawwn,scshhoeowlaaiftteedr AForrmcye'sEa"gOlpeerianttihoenUJo.inSt. sischpeldaunlneidngforaJcuintey-w1i9d9e7.mTushiec"fMeusstiivcaal ginraVdiuragtiinnigafirnom19M6a9r.yBaldwinCollege LTC PatrickEnidseaavodre.c"orated Army San Antonio" festival will feature over She held a variety ofjobs during officerwhohasreceivedtheMeritorious 100localandregionalmusicians. the interim, including waiting on Service Medal (with three Oak Leaf According to Margaret, the festival tables, sign-painting and working as Cluster), Army Commendation Medal, will he a "celebration of the music of a legal secretary, between extended Army Achievement Medal and Master Texas under six flags: Mexico, Spain, trips to Europe. She received her law ParachutistBadge.ShehasservedasanS2 France,theConfederacy,theRepublicot degree from the University of in the 2nd Battalion, 55th Air Defense TexasandtheUnitedStates,allofwhich Baltimore at the age of33." Artillery;ascompanycommanderinthe ruled over Texas at some point in her After law school. Judge Rasin 519thMilitaryIntelligenceBattalion;and history." workedinAnnapoliswithformerState as an operations officer with the 28th Margaret,whoservesontheboardot House Lobbyist Bruce Bereano. Rasin AirborneCorps. directorsfortheInternationalSocietyfor didnolobbying,buthandledavariety Upon completion of the Military Performing Arts, says, "This is the first ofotlegalmatters.In1987,sheopened OfficerAwardCourse,LTCPatrickearned faemstivvearlyIexhcaivteedcaoboorudtintahteedentsiirnecepr1o9j9ec2t.."I hlaetrerA,ntnhaepno-lGiosvlearwnofrirWm,ilalnidamtwDooyneaalrds hDeurkMeasUntievreorfsiAtryt.sSinhemilwiatsartyhheinstaosrsyifgrnoemd Schaefer appointed her to Anne to teach military history at the United Arundel District Court. Last fall, the States MilitaryAcademyatWestPoint. The Honorable Martha F. man she now succeeds as chiefjudge, In1991,LTCPatrick graduatedfromthe Rasin '69 Robert F. Sweeney, made her the Command andGeneral StaffCollege at administrator of the seven-judge FortLeavenworth,KS,andwasassigned In September 1996, county bench overseeing courts in asa PlansOfficerwith theOfficeofthe MarthaF.Rasin'69was Annapolis and Glen Burnie. DeputyChiefofStaff,Intelligence,United appointedchiefjudgeof "Judge Rasin has developed a States ArmyEurope. In 1992, she was Maryland's District reputation as an expert in the assigned to the 1st Armored Division Court, becoming the Maryland's domestic violence law whereshehasservedasanS3inthe501st firstwomantoholdone enacted in 1992," reported Waldron. MilitaryIntelligenceBattalionandasan ofthe state's three top ". . .sheintendstokeephearingcases, analysisandcontrolelementchief,deputy cl t ..a judicial posts. Her evenassheassumestheadministrative G2andassistantchiefofstaffG2. appointment gives her chores of her new position. Rasin is LTCPatrickisthedaughterofMBC control of the state's fast moving, married to Richmond, VA, attorney ProfessorEmeritusofChemistryDr.James 100-judge DistrictCourt system. E. Blay Bryan." B. PatrickandhiswifeEleanor. Swinging witii the Scotts MBC Director of African American Affairs Andrea Cornett-Scott dances with her husband Dr. Edward Scott, MBC associate professor of philosophy, during the Soul Food Banquet, held February26. MBCstudents,faculty, staffandfriendsenjoyedan arrayofflavorfulfoodsandtheswingingjazzofthe40sand50s played bythe Al Winters Combo. Spring 1997 • TheMary BaldwinCollegeMagazine