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  • ^^JThursday, April 3, 1997 News ii-^mwsffsintwswiitTBTisn Twelve-Point Grading System Approved, Students Disapprove EIMILY BEITEL AND MOLLY SPINDALE STAFF WRITERS The new 12-point grading scale has been approved, effective for the fall '97 academic school year. According to Terry Kinnear, chair of the faculty senate, the numerical grading system for the 12-point grading scale will be adopted as follows: A = 4.0, A- = 3.67, B+ = 3.33, B = 3.0, B- = 2.67, C+ = 2.33, C = 2.0, C- = 1.67, D+ = 1.33, D = 1.0, D- = .67, F = 0. Kinnear cited advantages and disadvantages to the 12- point system. This system will provide greater accuracy of students' actual performance and will also be more equitable to students, said Kinnear. One disadvantage Kinnear cited was that the system contains too many categories, making it hard to distinguish grades accurately. This, in turn, makes grading more of a hassle for the professors. . Kinnear said he is in favor of the 12-point system and believes it contains no significant drawbacks. The system more accurately reflects students' performance in class, according to Kinnear. One problem concerning students was the possibility that the new 12-point system will af- fect past GPAs. However, Kinnear said that previous GPAs will not be changed to the 12-point scale. Only grades from the fall '97 semester and afterward will be affected by the new system. A referendum on the issue was held last Wednesday during student government elections. Students were asked whether they were for or against the 12-point scale. Approximately 500 students voted against the grading system. About 87 students voted for the new system. Andrew Brock, SG A president, said that he was against the new grading system. Brock said that he did not like the idea because of the many possible loopholes in the system. He also does not like the fact that grades of B+, C+ and D+ will be given, but that a student cannot receive an A+. He feels that this is not an exact point of skill and is too much of a gamble. Six out of ten WCU students interviewed disliked the new grading system. Edith Gallion, a sophomore education major, stated, "I really don't like the new system. It seems like getting a 4.0 will be next to impossible." "It makes figuring out grades more complicated," said Julie Buckner, a junior English major. "Instead of just getting a B, there are different degrees of the grade that students have to worry about." Students in favor of the grading system believe that it will help borderline students and will be a positive step for Western. Tracey Grindstaff, a junior print media major, said, "This system will give credit to students that make high B's and high C's instead of counting them the same as a low B or C." "This system will make Western more competitive with other universities," added Michael Crisp, a junior print media major. "It will improve our national ranking." SUNFLAIR A FULL SERVICE SALOM ACROSS FROM CULLOWHEE POST OFFICE CALL 293-3125 NEXT TO QUICK-STOP LONG BRANCH ROAD TANNING AND BEAUTY SALON WHERE YOUR BUSINESS IS ALWAYS APPRECIATED Western Receives $500,000 Grant to Support Graduate Students 586-E404 Main Street SyLua Store Hours Hon.-Sat. 11am-8pm An endowed fund of nearly half a million dollars has been established at Western Carolina University to provide scholarships for students seeking the master of business administration degree and to foreign graduate students in the human services fields. The new fund honors the late Mary Smallwood Wayte, professor emeritus of education at Western who found a second career in the field of international education, and her husband, the late Charles "Fred" Wayte, a professor of business at Western. Both of the Waytes were major figures in the post-World War II growth and development of WCU's two well-known colleges for professional studies in education and business. Established through a planned bequest set up by Mary Wayte prior to her death in April 1996, the Mary S. and Charles F. Wayte Fund will provide awards beginning in the fall of 1997. Fred Wayte was an associate professor of business at Western from 1954 until 1962. A native of Syracuse, N. Y, he died in 1963. Awards will be given to two types of students: international students who are pursuing graduate-level study in the human services fields, primarily those in counseling and behavior disorders; and students who are enrolled in the master of business administration degree program in the areas of accounting and computer information systems or management and marketing. Candidates for the awards will be judged primarily on their financial need and on the basis of past achievement and promise for continued accomplishment. Mary Wayte, also a native of Syracuse, came to Western in 1955 and worked as a supervising teacher at Camp Laboratory School before joining Western's education faculty in 1963. Wayte retired from Western in 1972, but soon afterward joined the staff of the Inter-Regional Center in Columbia, South America, administered by WCU's coordinator of international education, Burton Fox. Through that agency, Wayte began a new career in international education as a teacher and counselor in more than 20 American-sponsored overseas schools in Central and South America. Among her many honors were the Russell and Lois Cook Memorial Award for promoting peace through education, given by the WNC Chapter of the United Nations Association in 1982, the Jackson County Business and Professional Women's Club "Woman of the Year" Award in 1982 and WCU's Distinguished Service Award in 1988. Wayte was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Association for the Advancement of International Education in March 1996. The Wayte endowment marks the second major gift to Western to be announced in 1997. Helen Patton of Macon County recently donated her 10- acre estate and a trust fund to care for the property—a gift with a total value of about $600,000— for the of an environmental research center for students of biology and natural resources management. The two gifts together represent more than $1 million in contributions to the university. Information on awards from the Mary S. and Charles F. Wayte Fund may be obtained from the Dean's Office, College of Business, 130 Forsyth at (704) 227-7401 or the Dean's Office, College of Education and Allied Professions in 220 Killian. Information provided by OPI
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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 Carolin...

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