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PAGE 2 FEBRUARY 6, 1986 WESTERN CAROLINIAN Instructors From Swaziland Study in N.C. CULLOWHEE - The first instructors from the south African kingdom of Swaziland are studying at North Carolina community colleges in Asheville and Charlotte as part of a project to upgrade the Swaziland College of Technology. The new project is directed by Western Carolina University, which has received a three-year $100,000 grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development. The project concerns the exchange of personnel and information among North Carolina community colleges and the Swaziland College of Technology to develop its faculty, administration, curriculum and teaching procedures. Western has been involved in Swazi education since 1982. Olympia Shongwe of the Swazi secretarial science faculty is at Asheville 3uncombe Technical College studying office procedures and the operation of electic typewriters and word processors in A-B Tech's office education department. Christopher Middleton is at Central Piedmont Community College where he will participate in a statewide plan to upgrade auto mechanics instructors. "This is a six-month faculty development program, designed as on-the-job training to raise their competency in these areas," said Dale Pounds, dean of WCU' School of Technology, they will upgrade the faculty's skills through seminars and newcourse material that also wull improve theSwazi college's program," he said. Pounds and WCU Chancellor Myron L. Coulter, A—B Tech President Harvey Haynes, and Central Piedment Vice President Carl Squires visited Swaziland last fall to complete the "linkage" agreement among WCU, the Swazi college and the N.C. Department of Community Colleges. They also planned the upgrading project that will include jurther three to six-month exchanges of Swazi •faculty and N.C. community college instructors and administrators through 1988. This spring, the Swazi college head, L.B. Lukhele, will visit A—B Tech, Central Piedmont and other community colleges to learn new management and teaching methods and to work with Middleton and Shongwe. In July, a U.S. administrator will travel Ifs Phonathone Time Again It's Phonathon time again! Each year during the Spring Semester the University Development Office conducts a phoning campaign soliciting private contributions from WCU alumni and friends with the purpose of supporting student academic scholarships. While many approaches are used throughout the year, the annual phonathon has become one of the most successful and therefore important in Weatern's fund raising drives. "Last year, Phonathon '85 netted $41,202 in pledges and this year our goal is $50,000," says Jim Medlin, Director of University Development. "Our phonathons are people events that communicate to alumni and friends directly. Our student callers overcome the impersonality and one-step-removed qualities of tetters. And, our alumni enjoy the opportunity to talk with a student about Western, to reminisce of by-gone days and to learn of new things that are happening in Cullowhee." Phonathon '86 is also an opportunity for the individual student or a group of students to perform a good deed for the University. "We need students to volunteer for calling; without their help we could not raise the necessary scholarship dollars that attract graduating high school seniors to WCU. I have found that students want to perform a service for the University and this is one way to have fun with friends and classmates, enjoy a friendly conversation with an alumni or friend of Western, and to enjoy refreshments and hot pizza (usually all you can eat)," notes Medlin. Phonathon '86 has many prizes to offer outstanding performance. This year we are planning to make awards: a. "to the individual who receives the most dollars from pledges received for the evening's phoning- $10 Personal Check presented the next day after the calling; b. "to the person who has recorded the most collected dollars for evenings of calling-$100 check presented on April 30, 1986 after completion of the Phonathon; c. "to the top "team" of four having the most pledges received by April 11--$100 check presented on April 30, 1986 after completion of the Phonathon; d. "to the organization raising the most money for the entire phonathon-$100 check presented on April 30, 1986 after completion of the Phonathon." "We plan to make this our most successful phonathon ever! Phonathon '86 begins February 10 and will run thruogh April 10, calling from 6:00 pfn to 9:00 pm. We will not call during home basketball games, Friday evenings, the weekends, and mid- semester break." "Evenings are being scheduled now so we are asking the students to call the Development Office, 227-7164, and set a time-don't wait, call now and pick your best schedule!" Never be a dirty bird. 15EAST MAIN ST. SYLVA PH. 586- 3000 AndretWs Pizzeria and Italian Restaurant >/vvvwvvv\in/v\/vvvv\»vvvvwwvvw^ NOW OFFERING STEAK DINNER IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIH * PIZZA 35 DIFFERENT SUBS * DINNERS * SALAD BAR * DESSERTS * BEVERAGES *0 \tf*S CLOSED MONDAYS OPEN-TUES-THURS 11AM-11PM FRI-SAT-11AM TO MIDNIGHT SUN-NOON TO 11PM "Bring Your Valentine And Both Of You Will Receive A Free Glass Of Wine." Featuring On Friday And Saturday Nights' DAVID SPENCER Music Includes: Folk And Delta Blues BROWNBAGGING PERMITTED to Swaziland to help the returning faculty put new methods into practice.set up laboratories and update their colleagues. "One of the major goals of this program is to continue sharing information after the three-year 'linkage,' based on common interests and mutual respect as has been the case in exchange programs between WCU and the University of Swaziland, Yunnan University in China and the University of the West Indies in Jamaica," WCU Chancellor Coulter said. "We are interested in this program not only because of our wish to assist the college but also because it will give our faculty and administration experience in responding to the needs and issues of education in developing countries. It will broaden our instructional | programs and the capacities of our professors." Western's 3-year-old U.S. Information Agency- sponsored faculty exchange program with the University of Swaziland has' focused on teaching and new degree programs. But the mission of the current project is faculty training, he said. "This is our first experience with instructors from southern Afric and we are eager to help update the techmical skills and teaching methods of the visiting instructors," A—B Tech President Haynes said. "Most of our efforts will be to update their knowledge of equipment and available materials to support automated technologies." In addition, he said, the A-B Tech faculty eill benefit from the agreement among WCU, the Swaziland institution, U.S. AID and N.C. community colleges. Besides the automotive and commercial (secretarial science) departments targeted initially, the Swazi college has departments of mechanical and electrical engineering, construction, woodwork, teacher training and hotel and catrering. "Our long-range plans are to update them all," Pounds said. The Swaziland College or Technology is located in the capital city of Mbabane. About the size of New Jersey, Swaziland is surrounded by the Republic of South Africa and shares a 70-mile border with Mozambique. Its population of 636,000 is governed by a monarchy, and English is one of two official languages. WCU Hosts Western District All-State Band Clinic In addition to performances by the competitors, the Western Carolina jazz ensemble, under the direction of Mario Gaetano, will perform Friday, Feb. 7, at 4:30 p.m. in the recital hall of the Music- English Building, and the WCU symphony band will perform at 7 p.m. in Hoey Auditorium. For futher information, contact the music department at Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, N.C. 28723, telephone (704) 227- 7242. More than 300 students from 26 junior and senior high schools will converge at Western Carolina University for the western district All- State Band Clinic Friday and Saturday, Feb. 7-8. The Western North Carolina band students will participate in two days of rehearsals that end in a concert at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 8, in Hoey Auditorium. All-State Band Clinic participants have been selected through auditions and they will be evaluted on performance in prepared solo, required scales and sight-reading by judges from throughout the region. The junior high school band will be directed by Arden Carson of Hudson; workshop band by Mike Robinson, band director at Asheville High School; clinic band by Bill Bryant, director of bands at Limestone College; and the wind ensemble by James Curnow, a nationally recognized composer and clinician. $2000 Scholarships Available Atlanta, Ga. - The Ralph McGill Scholarship Fund offers scholarships for th e 1986-8 7 sc hool yea r of up to 2,000 each to students with southern backgrounds who have completed at least two years of college Jack Tarver, chairman of the scholarship Fund said today. Tarver said May 1st is the deadline for applications. He said a number of scholarships are awarded each year to students who have demonstrated a longtime interest in the news and editorial phase of newspapering. Scholarships, he said, are limited to those young men and women whose roots lie in the south. Applicants must also convince the Awards Committee that they firmly intend to pursue a career in daily or weekly newspapering. Tarver said the Awards Committee wants to give scholarships to those who are likely to become leaders in the newspaper field. Successful applicants will be required to maintain a" B" average in order to keep the scholarship. A letter of not more than 500 words telling why the applicant wants a scholarship, together with a photograph of the applicant must accompany each application. Applicants also must have a letter of recomendation from a college authority. Application blanks may be obtained from: The Ralph McGill Scholarship Fund; Box 4689; Atlanta, Georgia 30302. Sylva Package SOON TO BE CATAMOUNT PACKAGE Under new management Business 19 A Beside Walkers Cleaners NEW HOURS: MON - THUR 10:00 A.M.-11:00 P.M. FRI _ SAT 10:00 A.M.-2:00 A.M. Wide assortment of packaged Beer Wide assortment of Wine Coolers, Imports and Kegs All WCU Students and Fraternities welcome. Taps available for all kegs WCU KEG HEADQUARTER 586-6998 # # TURNPIKE # PI KAPPA ALPHA THE |Ip BEST LOOKING WOMEN THIS SIDE OF ASHEVILLE! ON SALE IN FINER STORES AND REST ONLY $1.00 ALL IFC CARD HOLDERS ARE INVITED TO MEET THE LADIES FROM THE CALENDAR AT 9:30PM TONIGHT FEB. 6TH AT THE PI KAPPA ALPHA HOUSE. FOR INFO OR A RIDE, CALL 293-5336. PIKE..ALL THE REST ARE 2nd BEST

The Western Carolinian is Western Carolina University's student-run newspaper. The paper was published as the Cullowhee Yodel from 1924 to 1931 before changing its name to The Western Carolinian in 1933.

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  • Western Carolina University
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• Date
  • Date original: 1986-02-06
  • Date digitized: 2019-03-21
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  • Dimension: 22.75" x 15"
  • Pages: 14 pages
• Subject - Topic
  • College student newspapers and periodicals
  • Cullowhee (N.C.) -- Newspapers
  • Universities and colleges -- North Carolina -- Cullowhee -- Newspapers
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  • Jackson County (N.C.)
  • Cullowhee (N.C.)
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  • Western Carolina University
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  • HL_WesternCarolinian_1986-02-06_Vol51_No03
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