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Dear UNCG AlumniNews,
Thankyou for thewonderful
color photo oftheClass of '47 N N S
on the coverofthe fall issue of
AlumniNezvs. Ifelt1 wassharing
their exuberance, enthusiasm,
enjoyment, and pride, as I stood
2 Triple Dippers
rooted to the spotinthe post
Some peoplejust keep coming backagain andagain.
office, reading everyword of And some never leave.
thearticle rightthere!
I felta freshbreeze from the
past, and 1 left the "P.O." with 8 Growth Sport
an elated feeling thatwe UNCG takes centerstageas women's soccergains popularity.
"Woman'sCollege girls" really
had something,didn't we!
16 Alumnae Chosen for Distinguished Service Awards
Fouralumnaehave been selected to receive theAlumni
Gratefully, Distinguished ServiceAwardfor 1998.
LibbyAlmond Morrison '54
18 The Power of Individuals
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BlessDacia LewisKing '47. 14 On Campus MAY 2 7 1998
Shewasableto identify her
classmateswhose photograph
20 Association News
appeared on last issue'scover. University of North Carolina
WLeafltlatoceriHgahtc,ketrh,eyCaarroelyBnetSttyone 21 Life Members at Greensboro
Roop, LibbyWaltersLingle,
Jean KeigerGregg, Jane Harrell 25 Class Notes
Ganser, andTruly Bryan Patton.
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Alumni who h—ave earned all three d—egrees
UNCG
at or any university
are an unusual lot.
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Earning three degrees bachelor's, tinued to teach in the Department until her
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master's, and doctoral consumes retirement in 1988.
around a decade of your life, a long With their unique pedigrees, these grad-
time. You're a different person when you uates, consciously and unconsciously,
walk across the commencement stage, all embody to varying degrees the University's
smiles, to receive the diploma that puts the institutional culture. They have likely
"Dr." in front ofyour name. You're certainly assimilated, just by their long association
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older, more in debt, and everybody with the University as students, many of
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hopes wiser. thebasic values, perspectives, standards,
Ifyou're one of the few people to have and ways of doing things that are unique to
earned all three degrees at one university, UNCG. They carry the culture with them,
Peterson's Guide, ifyou were a bird, would and they spread it wherever they go.
describe you as "uncommon" and maybe
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"rare." You would be a peacock among the iiarity iNow
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robins ofacademia a creature of exotic Dr. Brad Bartel is dean ofthe Graduate
plumage. School at UNCG. He and his staff oversee
As a doctoral-granting university since from the second floor of the Mossman
1963, UNCG has a number of "peacocks," Building the University's thirteen doctoral
aboutone hundred, in fact. They represent programs and fifty-nine master's degree
less than 10 percent of the 1,652 doctoral programs. Approximately 2,700 students
degrees the University has awarded. are currently pursuing graduate studies at
Dr. Nance White was the first. She earned UNCG.
her doctoral degree as a faculty member in "The student who earns all three
what is now the Department of Human degrees from the same institution is a rarity
Development and Family Studies. She con- now," he said. "It happened more in the
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past than it does now. But even in the past, earned their undergraduate degree. It sim-
it wasn't a common path ofstudy." ply may notbe available at too many other
There are, however, definite pluses to places. Life circumstances also may make
earning three degrees from the same uni- three degrees from the same university
versity. advantageous to a student. Perhaps, for
Faculty within a department sometimes example, they're in a situation where they
see itas advantageous. They are first and cannot relocate.
foremost interested in training academically There are disadvantages, too. Dean
talented students. If they have a stellar Bartel said, which explains why most doc-
undergraduate major in their department, toral programs now look off their campuses
they may want to keep him or her rather for students. They want the intellectual fer-
than encourage that student to go else- ment, growth, and innovation that diversity
where. It's certainly less time consuming to stimulates and enhances. Diversity, in short,
recruit good students that way. And it costs strengthens a doctoral program. Itbenefits
less, too. the students and the faculty. The reputation
For the student, too, the continuity from of the department where talented under-
undergraduate to doctoral candidate at the graduates earned their degrees is enhanced
same university may offer advantages. when they enter outstanding graduate pro-
Rapport between the degree candidate and grams elsewhere.
the faculty mentor is important in study at Dean Bartel said in mostinstances today
the doctoral level. Ifthere is rapport estab- graduatefaculty at a universitywill encour-
lished at the undergraduate or master's age outstandingundergraduates ormaster's
level, it could weigh in a decision to earn students to pursue doctoral study elsewhere.
all three degrees at the same institution. "Ifyou train yourown, youbecome a well-
There may be a doctoral program available kept secret."
in a subdiscipline at the university where a He pointed out that 89 percent ofthe
UNCG
talented student with an interest in it has students at are from North Carolina,
and most of them come from
the Triad. As a faculty member,
Triple Di, he said, you would encourage
such an undergraduate student
by Uocloral rrograms since 63 interested in a doctoral program
to go elsewhere. "They need to
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seek out different experiences as
Education 36 an exercise in personal growth."
English In most instances, going
Child Development(namehaschanged) 21 elsewhere for graduate study
benefits the student as well as
ExerciseandSportScience
UNCG. Triple dippers may be
Home Economics Education
an endangered species.
Music Education
Psychology 19
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Triple Dippers \ C 11 C It no real responsibilities, and I knew it. I
don't think we were a worldlybunch at all.
I don't remember being concerned about
too muchofanything, certairdy not the
Bobbie Haynes Rowland '5i '68 ms 74 PhD state of the nation or world."
Professor, ChildandFamily Development, The University When Bobbie returned some years later
ofNorth Carolina at Charlotte to work on a master's degree, shebrought
withher a different attitude. She was a sin-
Years ago, when little Bobbie Haynes gle mother, recently havi—ngbeen widowed,
was on campus visitingher older with two small children one, two years
cousin, Helen Whitener Zink '34, they old, and the other, six months. She rented
had dinnerinthe dining hall. For dessert, the attic ofa house on Mclver Street. She
there was a brickofvanilla ice cream and attended classes and worked in the chil-
orange sherbet. dren's laboratory at the Curry School,
Bobbie ate slowly, whichwas then affiliated with the School of
savoring each mouthful. Education. Every Monday night, she loaded
"How often do you the cliildren in the back seat of the car and
have this?" Bobbie drove to Durham, where she taught a
asked her cousin, tap- course in early childhood education.
ping the saucer with her "The University responded to my needs;
spoon. everyone was very supportive."
"Oh, I don't know," Home in Gastonia, where she directed a
Helen said. "Maybe two churchkindergarten, UNC Charlotte invited
or three times a week." her to teach part-time in its early childhood
Bobbie tookanotherbite. She looked development program. She agreed to do it
thoughtful. for a yearbutstayed longer. When she was
"I'm coming to school here," Bobbie promoted to an assistant professor, she was
announced. urged to get her doctorate.
Admissions people today would call it Once again, she returned to UNCG.—The
early decision. Bobbie was about five years University offered what she was after a
old at the time. PhD in early childhood development. She
UNC
As a teenager, she attended Girls' State, continued to teach full-time at
the mock government held each summer Charlotte. She had remarried. She commut-
on campus. It's sponsored by theAmerican ed several days a week to campus.
LegionAuxiliary. "I became very familiar "Again, the faculty was incredibly sup-
with the campus. I thought ofit as pretty, portive. Some even were baby sitters for
interesting, and friendly. I still do." — my children, who thenwere eleven and
When it was time to go to col—lege a twelve years old. The faculty-student rela-
fewyears after the end ofWWII there tionships were so close knit, and it wasn't
wasbutone real choice. "Here," Bobbie justme. It seemed part ofthe University."
said. "Itwas an incredibly supportive insti- As Dr. Rowland, Bobbie chaired the
tution. UNCG has always been student- statewide commission that recommended
centered." to then Gov. Dan Moore the establishment
What also sticks in hermind are the wide ofpublic kindergartens in North Carolina.
range ofrules and regulations that gov—erned She since has become a staunch advocate of
student life on the all-womancampus cliildhood and family issues. She has served
NC
sign-outs, sign-ins, chapel, a dress code, no as presidentofthe Association for the
cars. "Itwas fun breaking them. Education ofYoungChildren, the NC
"These were the good years: Young and KindergartenAssociation, the Higher
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EducationBirtlitoKindergartenConsortium, had major impacts onregional, state, and
and theGastonCountyCoirunissionon the nationalpolicies and programs concerning
Family. And she's the currentpresidentof financial assistance, nutrition, health-care
theAlumniAssociation ofUNCG. deHvery systems, optional housing, and
long-term care facilities."
Vira Rodgers Kivett '55 w ms le pud saidI,n"aItccgeipvteisnmgethgeraeawtarsadtilsafsatcstpiornintgo,cVoinr-a
Ira is tinue the legacy ofscholarship and service
Excellence thathas characterized therichhistoryof
T PProfessor in my institution."
the Department of Vira is aninternationally-recognized
Human scholar in the field ofsocial gerontology.
Development and She is one ofthe foremost scholars onrural
Family Studies at aging in the United States. For the past
UNCG and has twenty-five years, she has conducted
received the research on the status and needs ofolder
O. Max Gardner rural adults. She pioneered research into
Award, the highest the Hves ofrural, disadvantaged elderly
honor given to fac- people. Her longitudinal, in-depth study of
ultymembers in the elderly thatbegan in 1976 continues to
the sixteen-campus be the standard reference in current schol-
UNC
system. arly literature in the field.
The award, Her research findings havebeenpre-
named for the late Gov. O. Max Gardner, sented before the Select Committee on
recognizes faculty members who have Aging of the US House ofRepresentatives.
made "the greatest contributions to the wel- In 1989, she was cited as one ofthe top six-
fare ofthe human race." teen scholars in the countryin the field of
Vira said that professionally, earning all family scienceby the National Council on
three degrees from the same institution is Family Relations. She began teaching at
notconsidered the most esteemed route. UNCG in 1960, and has taughthere contin-
"I've been privileged here to have the uously since 1968.
opportunities that have enabled me to "This University is a very affirming
achieve my scholarly and intellectual goals. place," Vira said. "It always has been, and
It's notbeen a handicap for me at all. it's one of the wonderful things ofbeing
"You do need diversity and infusion here."
from the outside. You must have it. Yet an
institution also needs a common thread. Dr. Lee Kinard 74 76 ma '88 EdD
And, yes, I guess I'm a part ofthat thread."
HerGardnerAward citation readsin Lee is UNCG's most recognizable gradu-
part: "For more than twenty-fiveyears, ate. He co-anchors newscasts at 6 pm
commitment to makinga difference through and 7 pm, Monday through Friday, on
scholarship and advocacy has defined Vira WFMY, the television station in Greensboro.
Rodgers Kivett. ... One ofthe nation's fore- For forty years, he was host and executive
mostscholars on rural aging, she has served producer of TJie Good Morning Shozv, an
asa 'voice' formore than eight million elder- early morning telecast thatbecame an insti-
ly rural Americans, manyofwhom struggle tution in central North Carolina.
to meet increasing age-related health and In addition to news, sports, and com-
social needs in underserved and financially munity events, Lee used the show as an
disadvantaged areas. ... Her findings have educational tool to promote good causes
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I had never even heard ofWallace Stevens
or William CarlosWilliams, much less read
them." He went on to major in English and
then earna master's in it. He spent the bet-
ter part ofthe next ten years working on a
doctorate in education. He was, ofcourse,
workingfull-time at WFMY.
"My academic workat UNCG was ful-
filling," he said, "I needed it. I needed to
get a grade as a human being as opposed to
TV
a rating."
Dr. Sarah Moore Shoffner 'ei bs '64MS 77PhD
Sarah considered herselfa part of
UNCG A
before her freshman year.
and widen horizons through interviews great aunt, Gertrude Mendenhall, had
and travelogues. been an early math teacher here.
Notbad for a high school dropout. Mendenhall Residence Hall
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Lee lefthighschoolintheeleventh grade. is named for her. As a child,
He earnedhis diploma through correspon- Sarah was a guest with her
dencecourses. He triedPfifferCollegenear parents on several occasions
hishometownofConcordbutleftaftera in the home of Dr. Anna
yearforajob intelevision atWFMY. Gove, the first campus
By the late 1960s, he was uneasy person- physician here. The Gove
ally and inhis career. "I came backto building today houses the
schoolbecause I really feltuncomfortable in Student Health Center.
the position I was in and not having a col- "Dr. Gove lived in a three-
lege degree. Thatpiece was missing from storyhouse behind where
my hfe." Graham Building is now," Sarah said.
UNCG was convenient, yes, but even "My academic careerhere has almost
then Lee had family ties to the University. beenby default," she said. "People sup-
His mother, the late Grace Winecoff, had ported me and provided me with opportu-
attended UNCG in the 1920s but did not nities. I took advantage ofthem." One of
finish. Asister-in-law, Emily Burns Milton her mentors was Dr. Rebecca McCulloch
Sells '56, is a graduate. And so are both his Smith '47 '53 MS '68 PhD, now retired, also
daughters, BeverlyAnn Kinard 17 and a tripple dipper.
Valerie Grace Kinard Surasky '79. "What I'm trying to do now," Sarah said,
As a freshman a few years past his for- "is help my students succeed in what they
tiethbirthday, he and daughter Beverly wantto do. I believe very strongly in that.
were in a math class together. "She was I've always felt an obligation to give back to
very embarrassed," he said. "There weren't the University."
many adult students on campus in those Sarah is a memberofthe UNCG faculty
days. But 1 never once felt uncomfortable in the Department ofHuman Development
on campus." He said Beverly made an "A" and Family Studies. She is a recipient ofthe
in the class. He made a "C." NC Home EconomistAward, the highest
Out ofcuriosity, he enrolled in a class in awardbestowed by the NC Home
contemporaryAmerican poetry. The Economics Association.
ground shifted. "I was a middle-aged man.
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UNC6
takes center stage as
women's soccer gains popularity
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Thepopularity ofwomen's soccer is growing at a phenomenal pace, and UNCG
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auniversity known for promoting the success ofwomen took center stage in
the sport's growth late last fall.
UNCG hosted a record crowd of9,460 spectators for the National CollegiateAthletic
Association Division I Women's National Championship December 7. The crowd set two
records: One for the number offans watching a women's college soccer game and another
for the number of people attending an event at the University.
Counting the9,025 fans whobraved thecold and wind for the semifinals on December5,
18,485 people made their way to UNCG, also setting a record for the three-game event.
The event hasbeen held at various sites across thenation for sixteenyears.
"It's excitingtosee this sportgrowlikeithas," saidAnsonDorrance, thehead coachat
The UniversityofNorthCarolina atChapel Hill for the program's nineteen seasons. "We can
rememberbackin theolder days when the people who would come to watch ourgames
were a mom, a dad, a dog, and a cat. This is a wonderful evolution ofour game, and we are
certainly excited to see whatUNCG has done to promote this event."
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Coach Dorrance's Tar Heel squad won the 1997 championship the
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school's fourteenth in sixteen tries with wins over Santa Clara and
the University ofConnecticut.
Only 1,134 fans watched the Tar Heels win their first NCAAnational
championship in 1982, and fewer than two hundred showed up for the
title match the next season.
Fifteen years later, fans came from thirty-seven states, the District of
Fansattending the1997 NCAAWomen'sSoccerFinal Foursawthreecompetitive matclies.
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