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SALEM COLLEGE Magazine Susan E. Pauly President Susan Calovini Dean of the College, Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs Vicki Williams Sheppard C82 Vice President of Institutional Advancement Office of Alumnae Relations Karla Gort C00, Director Rosanna Mallon, Assistant Director Published by the Office of Communications and Public Relations Jacqueline McBride, Director Jennifer Bringle Handy, Communications and Social Media Manager Contributing Writers: Jane Carmichael, Karla Gort C00, Jennifer Bringle Handy, John Hutton, Ryan Jones C10, Susan E. Pauly, Katherine Knapp Watts C80 Designer: Carrie Pritchard Dickey C00 Photography: Allen Aycock, Alan Calhoun, Karla Gort C00, Nick Grancharoff, Carrie Pritchard Dickey C00 The Salem College Alumnae Magazine is published by Salem College, 601 S. Church Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27101. This publication is mailed to alumnae, faculty, staff, parents and friends of Salem. Salem College welcomes qualified students regardless of race, color, national origin, sexual orientation, religion or disability to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities of this institution. For additional information about any programs or events mentioned in this publication, please write, call, email or visit: Salem College Office of Alumnae Relations 601 South Church Street Winston-Salem, NC 27101 336/721-2608 Email: alumnae@salem.edu Website: www.salem.edu Follow us on: Facebook
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Message from the President A Conversation with John Hutton about Sister Maus Reunion Weekend 2011 New Design Initiative Remembering a Friend INSERT: Honor Roll of Donors
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ON THE COVER: Caroline Souza C'13, daughter of Marti May Souza C'84.
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added along with 10 new minors from music entrepreneurship to statistics. Whether were tallying fall activities that introduce new students to our values and our traditions (ropes courses, Moravian Lovefeasts, sunrise yoga on the square and our beautiful opening convocation, to name just a few) or whether were counting how often we sing the alma mater during the first two weeks of the semester (seven times!), we like the way numbers tell the amazing story of this extraordinary institution. Sometimes, numbers even foretell the future. Our continued growth in enrollment has dramatized the need for additional academic facilities, residence halls and athletic fields, and our ambitions include expanding campus by 17 acres to accommodate growth and programs for women now and into the next century. With thousands of inspiring numbers to choose from, it is hard to select a final number to share with you. So I chose the number 1, for what better way to share Salem than through the eyes of one of our first-year students? Dear President Pauly, she wrote this summer, I can hardly wait for August 20th! I have often set my sights on impossible things. Of course I never really believed any of them would happen! That is why it feels so extraordinary to me to be sitting here writing to you. As my college search went on, every college was top of my list at least once, and equally, every college was bottom. In the end, I found it was a case of discovering priorities and where they will be fulfilled. I explained this to a friend who asked why have you chosen Salem? Whats your priority? I replied, Happiness. How many times have I read this letter and smiled? I admit the number is too high to count. But then, like your love for Salem, some things just cant be measured. And so in this, our 240th year, I thank you for the love and support that made possible this young womans dream of happiness at Salem. Our gratitude to you, like the number of stars above, is endless.
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Commencement 2011
Organization for Women (NOW) for several years, has worked on the forefront of the womens rights movement since 1970. She encouraged graduates to continue the fight for equality by taking leadership roles and making sure their voices are heard. Graduates and their families, along with faculty and staff, Corrin Refectory.
in the May Dell on Saturday, May 21. Nearly 200 students80 traditional students, 47 Fleer Center for Adult Education students and 56 graduate studentswere eligible to receive their degrees. The senior class invited Eleanor Smeal, president of the address. Smeal, who also served as the president of the National
Feminist Majority Foundation, to deliver the 2011 commencement gathered after the ceremony to celebrate with a buffet brunch in
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Brittany Tedrick C'11, Nicole Swinney C'11, Christine Tillman C'11 and Lindsay Tharpe C'11.
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new concentrations will be offered: business entrepreneurship and healthcare management. The business entrepreneurship concentration will allow business majors to focus on the process of business product innovation and new business opportunities for themselves or for their employers. The health care management concentration will allow business students to focus on the business aspects, including policy and economic issues, of the health care industry in preparation for promotions or employment in health care management positions. New minors include criminal studies, statistics, business entrepreneurship, visual arts entrepreneurship, dance management and music entrepreneurship. The minor in statistics is intended to prepare students for more advanced study in statistics at the graduate level, for graduate programs in other disciplines that rely heavily on statistical analysis, and for professions in a wide variety of fields. The minor in business entrepreneurship is designed to provide non-business majors with the educational background needed to nurture an innovative product or service idea and grow it into a new business opportunity. The minor will also be helpful to those non-business majors who envision being self-employed in their own small businesses which grow out of their passions for arts and science. Minors in music entrepreneurship, visual arts entrepreneurship and dance management provide students an opportunity to assess options and prepare for pursuing a life in the arts. Students completing the minors will study contemporary arts delivery systems and established freelance opportunities for artists. In addition, they will be introduced to emerging non-traditional roles of the arts and professional artists, along with structural options through which creative enterprise can be carried out.
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Faculty News
More than two centuries ago, a small group of women in the Moravian settlement With the addition of new degree programs and classes, Salem realized the need for new faculty and expanded its ranks for the 2011-2012 academic year with 10 highlyqualified professors: 1) Sara Shuger Fox joins Salem as the new assistant professor of exercise science. Fox received her B.S. from Iowa State University, where she majored in exercise science and minored in gerontology. She received her Ph.D., also in exercise science, from the University of South Carolina. 2) Alyson Francisco is the new Mary Ardrey Stough Kimbrough Professor of Business and Economics. Francisco received her B.S. from North Carolina State University and her M.B.A. from Duke University. In addition to her educational credentials, Francisco was also a successful business executive in senior finance and administration positions at Sara Lee Corporation and Hanes Brands.
of Salem started a school for girls in the revolutionary belief that women were just as deserving of an education as their male counterparts. This year, Salem Academy and College celebrates the 240th anniversary of that momentous occasion and the legacy of As we begin our 240th year, Salem has much to celebrate. The College has added new programs and new faculty and has welcomed the largest first-year class in 40 years. While these developments are exciting, even more thrilling are the institutions plans for future growth. Unveiled by Dr. Susan Pauly last year, Salems proposed vision includes an expansion of campus onto land now occupied by the city of Winston-Salem. The citys plan to move operations to another site leaves the tract open for development. Salem hopes to acquire the land and repurpose it for new campus projects including science buildings, residence halls and a womens conference center. We are moving forward and expanding our educational outreach to women, says Dr. Pauly. We want to make it possible for women in our community and far beyond to come to Salem for specialized workshops, conferences and other events. In addition to the new buildings, the expansion would also include new athletic fields. Todays young women are focused on physical fitness and wellness, and our NCAA athletics program is thriving. Its essential that we expand athletic facilities to serve our students now and into the future, says Dr. Pauly. While the plan is in early development now, its clear that the future is very bright for Salem. For 240 years, this community has shown that it values the unique advantages of an education focused first and foremost on excellence and the needs of girls and women, says Dr. Pauly. We are excited to be building upon and continuing that tradition. 8 M A G A Z I N E 2011
Dr. Sara Shuger Fox with students. 3) John Gerstmyer joins the department of teacher education as an assistant professor of education. Gerstmyer received his B.A. (English) and M.Ed. (guidance and counseling) from McDaniel College in Westminster, M.D., and his Ph.D. (education) from the University of Pennsylvania. He will oversee Salems new M.Ed. program in school counseling. 4) Ana Len-Tvora is the new assistant professor of Spanish. A native Spanish speaker, Len-Tvora studied at the Universidad de Sevilla in Spain, earning a B.A. (philology), M.A. and Ph. D. (philology with a focus on literature). She previously taught Spanish at Wake Forest, as well as at universities in Spain and Mexico. 5) Joanne M. Black will teach within the new criminal studies major/minor as visiting assistant professor of sociology and criminal studies. Black received her B.A. (sociology, behavioral science and law) from the University of Wisconsin, Madison; M.S. (criminal justice) from the University of New Haven and J.D. from Gonzaga University School of Law. 6) Jennifer Piscopo is the new assistant professor of public policy. Piscopo received her B.A. (Latin American studies) from Wellesley College, M. Phil. (Latin American studies) from the University of Cambridge and Ph.D. (political science) from the University of California, San Diego. 7) Megan Silbert joins Salem as an assistant professor of economics. Silbert received her B.S.B.A. (marketing), M.Ed. (educational leadership) and Ph.D. (food and resource economics) from the University of Florida. 8) Natasha Veale joins the department of teacher education as an assistant professor of education. Veale received her B.S. (education for the deaf and hearing impaired) from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, B.S. (special education) from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, M.Ed. (special education) from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro and Ph.D. (educationspecial education leadership) from Capella University. 9) Elroi Windsor is Salems newest assistant professor of sociology. Windsor received her B.A. (womens studies) from Chatham College and her M.A. (sociology) and Ph.D. (sociology) from Georgia State University. 10) Jing Ye comes to campus as the new assistant professor of chemistry and physics. Ye received her B.E. (applied chemistry) from Guizhou University in Guiyang, China, and is completing her Ph.D. (biophysical chemistry) from Florida Atlantic University.
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Susan Calovini became the new Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs and Dean of the College at Salem College. Dr. Calovini replaced Dr. Ann McElaney-Johnson, who was recently named the President of Mount St. Marys College, a college for women in Los Angeles. I am truly honored to be a part of the Salem College community, especially during this amazing year of exceptional enrollments and the 240th anniversary, says Dr. Calovini. I am still learning what it means to be the vice president for academic and student affairs and dean of the college, but what I love about the job is that I get to be involved in so many different parts of the institutionfaculty life, student life, athletics, religious life, technology and more. Every day reveals a new facet of the College to me and challenges me to expand my knowledge or leadership abilities. There is no chance of getting bored! Dr. Calovini comes to Salem from the University of Evansville where she served as dean of the college of arts and sciences. Among many accomplishments, Dr. Calovini worked
with faculty to introduce new programs, revise the general education curriculum and establish a new art gallery. Prior to serving as dean at Evansville, Dr. Calovini was a faculty member at Austin Peay State University, specializing in Victorian literature. There, she was awarded the university's two highest honors for teaching excellence. She served as coordinator of the women's studies program, which enjoyed significant growth under her leadership, and held other administrative positions including department head, college dean and associate vice president for academic affairs. Dr. Calovini received her B.S. in journalism from Ohio University and her M.A. and Ph.D. in English from The Ohio State University. We are delighted to welcome Dr. Calovini to the College, says Dr. Pauly. Dr. Calovini's experience as director of a women's studies program, her strong record of accomplishment as an academic leader and her enthusiasm for and commitment to our mission made her the ideal choice for Salem.
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Sirited Season
conference play.
Salem Spirits fans had a lot to cheer about this past season.
in the conference), losing in the conference semifinals. Even more impressive, the team finished third in NCAA Division III (out of more than 400 teams) in goals per game (4.6). Several members of the soccer team were honored with awards for their performance on the field. Tia Bringhurst C13, Sabrina Thiel C13, Stephanie Hubbard C14, Anna Trakas C14, and Alexi Saganich C14 were named to the Great South All-Conference team, and Hubbard, Trakas, Saganich and Mackenzie Schmidt C14 were named to Great South All-Freshman team. Hubbard also received the Salem College Anne Woodward Athlete of the Year award, and Trakas was named to the North Carolina All-State First Team. The basketball team finished seventh in the Great South regular season and had a 7-18 overall record. Shamaz Denerson C13 was named to the Great South All-Conference team and to the North Carolina All-State Second Team. Kelsey Rector C11 became first Spirit to score 1,000 points in a career. Salems volleyball team finished the regular season with an 8-21 overall record and a 4-3 conference record. Though they lost in the Great South quarterfinals, Christine Tillman C11 was named to the Great South All-Conference team. Salems new softball team will begin competition in spring 2012. So far, nine first-year students have committed to playing on the team.
The athletic program grew with the addition of two new sports (softball and track and field), new coaches and strong efforts in Jamie Williams joined the Salem athletic department as head coach for cross country and track this year. He takes on a cross country team that finished third in the Great South Athletic Conference Championships at Maryville College. At the seasons end, Stephanie Mendez C13 was chosen All-Conference Runner and Natali Olveda C14 and Joanna Mills C14 were chosen AllFreshman Runners. The new track team competed in four meets this year with 18 runners participating. They look forward to more growth and success this season. New coach Mike Dryman takes the helm of the tennis team, which finished with a 7-7 overall record and 1-6 in the Great South this past season. The team returns several standout players from last year, including Katherine Elliott C13 and Summer Whitener C13, who were each named Great South Doubles Players of the Week. Dryman will also serve as director of sports performance, overseeing strength and conditioning for Salems seven varsity sports teams. The soccer team enjoyed another great year, finishing second in Great South regular season play with a 15-3 overall record (6-1
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Dr. Susan Gebhard. While Salem College has added several new undergraduate academic programs this year, graduate studies has grown, as well. This fall, Salems graduate studies department began offering the Colleges first online degree program, the Master of Education in School Counseling (M.Ed.-SC). For some time now, teachers and administrators in our partner schools have expressed the need for a counseling program that blends Salem's constructivist pedagogy with a focus on the kinds of interpersonal skills and educational expertise required by 21st-century school professionals, says Dr. Susan Gebhard, director of teacher education and graduate studies. In response, Salem is pleased and proud to introduce our new program for school counseling. Through a research-driven program, Salems online M.Ed.SC degree allows students to gain the knowledge and skills required to become licensed school counselors. Students learn about advocacy, ethics, legal issues, assessment and evaluation, career counseling, personal development counseling, action research and program management. 12 M A G A Z I N E 2011 Heading up the program is Dr. John Gerstmyer, who has an extensive history in education and school counseling, which includes working as a school counselor and teaching at McDaniel College and Penn State University-York. He is joined by adjunct assistant professor of education, Anne Morris. The program is comprised of online classes, internship experiences and two weekend seminars on Salems campus. The M.Ed.-SC, which can be completed in 36 months, is delivered in a convenient and flexible format that offers part-time and full-time enrollment. The online masters in school counseling degree adheres to the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) standards and fully reflects Salem Colleges tradition of educational excellence. We hope that having a quality course of studies with the flexibility of online classes will allow working teachers and other career-changers to pursue school counseling in a schedule- and family-friendly way, says Gebhard.
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Elizabeth Smetana C'15, Haven Mosley C'15 and Miriam Maldonado C'15.
Visiting campus is the best way for a student to fall in love with Salem. The beauty and friendliness of our campus works magic. Seventy percent of visitors choose Salem. Come for an individual visit or one of our upcoming open house programs: Spring Visit (for high school juniors and sophomores) April 14, 2012 Legacy Day (for all high school grades) August 6, 2012
2) SEND US A NAME (BETTER YET, A BUNCH OF NAMES). If you know high school-aged girls, send their names to admissions@salem.edu. We will send personal communication to students whom our alumnae think will shine at Salem. Alumnae referrals become some of our best Salem students. 3) ADOPT A HIGH SCHOOL. Please let us know if you could visit a high school in your local area. Contact Shari White Dallas C83 at shari.dallas@salem.edu. We will send you a tote bag filled with Salem literature and goodies for the school counselor. Having a local alumnae contact helps support the work of our admissions counselors. 4) VOLUNTEER. Please contact shari.dallas@salem.edu if you are interested in joining our team of alumnae volunteers. We might ask you to represent Salem at a college fair in your area or to present a Salem College Alumnae Book Award in a local high school. 5) TALK IT UP! Everywhere you go, spread the good news about Salem. There is nothing better than the hum of positive buzz. Tell everyone you know and see that Salem is a great school and that anyone who knows a teenaged girl should encourage her to take a look at Salem. It might be the best advice she ever gets!
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Preston Stockton A'73 and Camilla Prevette Wilcox C'70 at Reynolda Gardens.
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the go-to person for information about botanical things and Camilla about teaching and learning about plants. Both have their own gardens at home. Preston has a penchant for dwarf conifers, day lilies, and elephant ears. In addition, dogs play a big part in Prestons home life. She loves dachshunds and has four of them, including one 15-year-old. She is a deeply involved volunteer with dog rescue organizations. However Camilla tends toward growing perennials and vegetables at Reynolda as well as modern plants and testing horticultural techniques at work, and she collects and designs plantings off hours to the time period of her Federal style house. Her husband, Sydney C. Teague II, is the hands-on gardener at home. Both women are often approached at parties or on the street for free advice. Preston cant resist the urge to provide information, such as the time she was in a big home improvement store and a customer was complaining to a clerk about leaf spots on his Japanese Maple tree. Preston turned and asked him whether the tree was planted recently and if the weather had been scorching. Yes, he sighed, just as Preston said, Its only sunburn, and made further recommendations to restore its health. Early on, Preston lived in Reynolda Gardens in the boat house on Lake Katharine. What a spectacular place it was to watch sunrises and sunsets. It was beautiful year-around. Mists and iceabsolutely lovely. There was a downside, however. Slitherly, slimy snakes often found their way inside. Her containment method was to slam a bucket over the snake and then stabilize the bucket with a brick until the snake could be safely removed into its original habitat. Salem days are very memorable for both alumnae. Preston is from an established family in Winston-Salem. Her mother, Edmonia (Monie) Rowland was a Salem College alumna, class of 1952 and May Queen; and her mothers sister, Emily Burns, was in the class of 1950. Preston enrolled in Salem Academy, first as a day student and then for her senior year, a boarder. Her memories
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Stockton and Wilcox in the garden. include classes taught by Ann Dowell, biology and advanced biology, and those of Suzanne Britt, who taught Latin. Mrs. Britt went to school with my daddy and called him Bobby. That raised volunteer with her class at Salem. Also, Camillas first husband, Neil J. Wilcox (d. 1997) earned his teaching certificate at Salem. After Salem Academy, Preston went to UNC-Chapel
the bar of awe a little for me in that class. Once, in another class Hill, earning a degree in botany, and afterwards to Sandhills chemistrywe all bet on who would make the worst grade. I did, Community College for an AAS degree in horticulture. Then she and I started collecting those quarter bets. One friend wouldnt pay, had an internship at Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson and I harassed her in Mrs. Britts class. Soon after, Mrs. Britt called in Virginia, a job at Stratford Hall, the home of Robert E. Lee, me outside the door. She looked at me and said, Hold out your hand! I had no clue what she was doing. I held out my hand, and also in Virginia, and then came back to Winston-Salem and Reynolda Gardens. She has worked through a $1.4 million
she put in a quarter. Then she said, The bets paid. Get on with it. restoration of the gardens and the restoration of the greenhouse and conservatory. At one point, we couldnt go in the greenhouse I did! Art major Camilla, a native of Salisbury, N.C., remembers skills that she learned in Dr. Steve Nohlgrens biology classes. He had us sketch plants in botany class. I use many of the techniques he taught us with my students now. Dr. Louise Gossett taught me how to write. She worked with me until I understood what to do. when the wind was blowingthe glass panes would fall out and break on the floor! Her biggest challenge today is money. Fundraising is highly important to maintaining our work. Camillas career has always been in the teaching field. She passionately speaks of the joys of reaching children and sharing
I also recall that author Robert Morgan spent a year at Salem when with them the joys of natural environments. This incredible I was there. He had been talking about contemporary writers that place is a microcosm of the Piedmont environment. It is hugely the class should read and realized that the students were not reading challenging to get children here with the cuts in education widely. I remember he slammed his fist on his desk and said to the budgets. Adults are today separated from nature, also. Here in the class, If you girls dont read, youll never learn to write! sister, Dr. Mary Prevette O'Briant C'61, also has been an active gardens, that separation can quickly change to involvement. My Like Preston, Camilla also has strong family ties to Salem. Her challenge is to get people here.
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Alumnae Events
Amanda Dean C06, Bridget Rierson C05, Kristin Baum Agnelli C06, Susan Smith C08, and Megan Ratley C06 in Atlanta at the home of Skip and Marietta Hardison Petters C67.
Pam Hardison Braxton C'71, Nancy Wilson Bowers C'71, and Anne Berger Salisbury C'71 at the 5th annual luncheon at the Coral Bay Club in Atlantic Beach, N.C. Liz Lee Lacy C81, Samanthi Gunawardena C96, and Nicole Winslow Levell C06 in Atlanta at the home of Skip and Marietta Hardison Petters C67.
Sydnor Cozart Presnell A71, Louise Marsh Pariser C67, Martha Gomer C69, and Jennifer Eury C78 in Chapel Hill at the home of Rudy and Louise Marsh Pariser C67.
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Wilson Alumnae Luncheon: For over 30 years alumnae from the 1940s, and many times their daughters, have been gathering in Eastern North Carolina every July. They catch up on each others lives, reminisce about their time at Salem, and laugh a lot! First Row: Jean Moss Fleming C47, Doris Schaum Walston C44, Mary Lib Allen Wood C46, Doris Little Wilson C46 and Ann Douthit Currie C46. Second Row: Nancy Vick Thompson C71, Nancy Moss Vick C45, Jane Youngblood (Mary Libs daughter), Senora Lindsey Carrow C46, Jean Sullivan Proctor C47, Katherine Manning Skinner C44 and Winn Currie Ballenger C74.
Suzanne Moye Edwards A'83, C'87, Claire Lashley Bryant C'87, and Sterling Talley Wheless C'87 at the 5th annual luncheon at the Coral Bay Club in Atlantic Beach, N.C.
Toccoa Powell Mayhew C88, Joanna Winecoff Wells C88, and Leigh Landis Dauchert C07 in Chapel Hill at the home of Rudy and Louise Marsh Pariser C67. Carol Perrin Cobb C74, Paula Jeffords Wynn C75, and Sidney Campen Surles C71 at the Upstate Alumnae event in Greenville, S.C.
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Jill Starling Britt C'90 in the Club Dining Room after a Moravian chicken pie lunch with her daughters.
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Magnolias in My Briefcase is the title of a volume of a literary journal, Thema, that originates in the Southern states. The volumes title creates a series of classic images of archetypical, exemplary, professional ladies, dressed immaculately, and carrying briefcases that, when unlatched, reveal a scattering of fragrant, silky white blossoms on glossy, green leaves. If you are asked to describe a lady in that image, your answer might be Katherine Hepburn or Meryl Streep, or even Emma Stone. If you were
asked to limit your lady in the image to Salem College, it very well could be Doris McMillan Eller C54. For more than 25 years, Doris was the director of alumnae affairs for Salem College. Hired by Salems President at the time, Dr. Dale Gramley, Doris came to the position after serving as president of the College Alumnae Association. A home economics major at Salem, Doris was well educated in the proper ways to entertain and to promote the best side of
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everything. She soon realized that she would do almost anything to foster her alma mater. Beyond organizing and coordinating alumnae gatherings, Doris often was called upon to endorse capital fund drives and find financial support among her sister alumnae or former faculty or friends. Traveling the state of North Carolina and beyond to meet with alumnae and donors was her constant activity. Doris recalls going at least once a year to a very small town in Arkansas, a two-hour drive from Little Rock, to visit an alumna. At the end of every visit the alumna would hand Doris a five-figure check for Salem. She wanted to stay in touch with Salem, yet, she was not able to travel herself. I may have made the Arkansas trip nine or 10 times, recalls Doris. Travel within North Carolina would often be made as round trips, leaving the campus about 5:00 a.m. and arriving back after midnight. Doris remembers one meeting that she attended in eastern North Carolina, which included a dinner and a program with students. Merrimom Cunniggim, the Colleges Interim President, drove with Doris and the students. The meeting had gone well, and the trip home was spirited and full of good conversation. Doris fondly recalls Dr. Cunniggim leading the tired group in a sing along of the hit song, Downtown Strutters' Ball at 11:30 p.m.! One of her great challenges, however, was an assignment she received to contact a former faculty member who had moved to the Northeast and ask him to make a planned, estate gift to Salem. She knew the faculty member well, but she was not comfortable asking for an estate gift. After exchanging pleasantries, Doris made the leap and revealed the purpose of her call. The other end of the phone remained quiet, and Doris eventually said goodbye. Not long after the telephone call, the former faculty member died, followed by a substantial check arriving at Salem notated as an estate gift from him. It was difficult for me to ask, but he did want Salem to have this marvelous gift, and I was thrilled to have been a part of making it happen. Almost daily, Doris would be seen on campus early in the morning, completing a task that she wanted doneperhaps weeding a flower garden. Stories abound of Doris, dressed for work in heels, suit, and gloves, painting the Refectory door to assure that it would look its best for Reunion Weekend. She
often prepared lemonade and cookies in the Alumnae House and invited maintenance employees in for refreshments. One of her great gifts is listening and memory. Doris pays attention to other peoples stories. She remembers names of children, grandchildren, sisters, mothers, grandmothers and more. Her smile is always bright, and she will look straight into a persons eyes when a conversation is developing. Her agile mind and quick wit often makes for lively exchanges, and Doris delights in a measure of humor. This gift has made Doris the go-to person for quick and accurate information about an alumna or her family. A telephone call to Doris can save many hours of research in identifying the right personshe is literally a quicker resource than the institutional computer data base. Her network is the best for bringing together the names of aunts and cousins and many other relatives. In 2008, Doris received the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award, which recognizes fine spiritual qualities that are applied to daily living, high character, and service to others. This special honor distinguishes one who is representative of the ideals and values of Salem Academy and College. For years, Doris helped to find furnishings for the campus, especially the Rondthaler Gramley House, and she maintains an office there today. She often is called upon to help on campus with in-kind gifts of furniture, paintings, china, and other decorative accessories. She carries in her head an inventory of where things are stored. When she visits campus today, Doris is always impressed with the appearance of the grounds. She is particularly delighted to see the Single Sisters House restored. The beauty of the campus is truly special to her. Doris and husband Jimmy share many special interests, including golf and skeet shooting, and spending time in the mountains with their daughter, Elaine Eller Stephenson A79 and her family. Doris grandchildren fondly refer to their summer residence in Roaring Gap, North Carolina, as Camp Nanny Pearl. Every generation of Salem sisters has classmates to admire. Times change, but the Salem spirit remains a constant. For many, Doris exemplifies the Salem spirit better than most, with a remarkable, busy, sparkly edge that is uniquely her.
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mayoral re-election campaign when I was a wee tot, and I interned for Mel Watts campaign the summer before I came to Salem. During and after college, Dew became even more politically involved, volunteering for campaigns, working on fundraisers and participating in various events with the Young Democrats of Mecklenburg County. After the 2008 election, Dew was appointed first vice chair for the Young Democrats of Mecklenburg County (a position in which shes served three terms), and she also ran for third vice chair of the Mecklenburg County Democratic Party, winning and holding both vice chair positions at the same time. As if she werent busy enough with that, she also took a position managing the successful re-election campaign of State Representative Kelly Alexander. In her new position, shell also wear many hats. Fundraising is a major component of what I do, and another goal I have is to build and strengthen the party structure, supporting precinct organization and getting organized on a different level than in the past, she explains. Ill also stay busy running meetings, handling media relations and working to get Democrats elected.
Earlier this year, Salem alumna Aisha Dew C00 made history. After a hard-fought campaign, and years of work before it, Dew was elected the Mecklenburg County Democratic Party Chair. She is the first African-American woman to hold the position, and also one of the youngest. I ran against five men and beat them after three rounds of voting, she says. When the former chair said, We made history today, and announced Id won, I was astounded. I was prepared to be a gracious loser, so when I won, I was just absolutely amazed. The Charlotte natives interest in politics came at an early age. Her parents and family were very politically active, and Dew herself was an active campaign volunteer, long before she was old enough to vote. I have been interested in politics since I was very young, she says. The first campaign I worked on was Harvey Gantts
Part of her work also includes serving on the host committee for the 2012 Democratic National Convention, which will be held in Charlotte this coming September. Ill help make sure all our precinct people and volunteers have an integral role, she says. Ill also make sure that after the convention is over, Charlotte and the state as a whole will have something to show, politically, for having the convention here. The drive to take on such a demanding leadership role is something that was instilled in Dew during her years at Salem. One of the first things that happened when I came to Salem was seeing really fantastic women in leadership positions, and noting how they handled themselves with such confidence and poise, she says. I think if any Salem woman wanted to run for elected office, they would be head-and-shoulders above the competition because of their education and because Salem prepares you to be a leader.
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As a student at Salem College, Sarah Covington Fulcher C86 had lofty ambitions to do something to help change the world for the better. So as her senior project, she put together a run across Australia that allowed her to bring attention to the problem of world hunger, all while making history as the first woman to run across the land down under. I had to do a senior project and I was inspired after doing a fast for world hunger, says Fulcher. Id been to Australia before and I thought Id run across the country as a fundraiser for the Australia Freedom from Hunger campaign. Fulcher lined up sponsors and made the 2,727-mile run from Bondi Beach, NSW, to Perth in Western Australia. The run was the start of a history-making running career thats documented in the new book, Sarahs Long Run, by David Burl Morris. Morris book tells the story of Fulchers runs through photos and excerpts from media coverage. The idea came together one day when I realized that Sarahs world record of being the first woman to run across Australia could never be broken because there can only be one first, says Morris of the books genesis. After her Australian run, Fulcher took on an even more monumental goalto run around the perimeter of the continental United States, crossing 34 states and covering 11,134 miles in a matter of 438 days. The run, which garnered her a
world record for the worlds longest solo run by anyone around the perimeter of the U.S., began in Laguna Hills, Calif., in July 1987 and ended in Los Angeles in October 1988. I had never run a marathon before but I knew I could do it, she says. Other people helped methe crew was very important. Theyd drive ahead, give me snacks. The crew is so important because theyre the ones who support you and keep it all together. Fulcher and her crew traveled around the country, facing harsh weather conditions that ranged from blazing heat to snow and ice. Along the way, fans and media cheered Fulcher on, as she ran to raise funds for a national fitness center that would help promote healthful living to the nations children. She brought that message of fitness directly to children, too, stopping at schools along the way. I actually ran into schools and did fitness testing, gave prizes and then ran out, she says. The kids really kept me going because theyd cheer for me and make little cards for me. Also cheering her on were friends and classmates from Salem College, who inspired and supported her to follow her dream to help others. I went to Salem and it saved my life, says Fulcher. The people were so nice and they became friends for life. Salem really supported meit was so amazingand its so wonderful to be connected to such a great place.
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WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO WRITE AND ILLUSTRATE THE SISTER MAUS BOOKS? The idea behind the books first came with the discoveryor rediscoveryof a historical mouse hole in the baseboard of the front hall of the Single Sisters House during the renovation. Gwynne Stephens Taylor C72, now chair of our board of trustees, and then head of the committee that was charged with renovating the Single Sisters House, was confronted with an interesting problem, namelyshould they just fix the baseboard and get 28 M A G A Z I N E 2011
rid of the mouse hole, or keep it and write a book about whoever it was that originally lived there? I was very happy that the committee decided to write a book and that they asked me to do it. Gwynne had heard that I wrote and illustrated picture books. In fact, the notion of a picture book is itself a Moravian invention. Bishop John Amos Comenius (1592-1670), an important Moravian leader and educator, is credited with creating the first illustrated book for teaching children, the Orbis Sensualium Pictus of 1658.
AND IS SISTER MAUS HISTORICAL MOUSE HOLE STILL THERE? Yes, just where its always beenjust inside the door, on the left side, in the central hall. The committee placed a nice little sign over the hole, so you wont miss it. The admissions staff tells me that children often leave cheese and cookies by the hole, and that its always gone when they come back from visiting the museum in the building a few minutes later! HOW LONG DID IT TAKE TO PRODUCE THE BOOKS? WHO ELSE WORKED ON THEM WITH YOU? It took about one year to research, write, and create the artwork for each book. One of the most wonderful things about the book projects, for me, was the chance to work on them with many other Salem people. Amongst others, Gwynne read the manuscripts for historical accuracy along with Paula Locklair, vice president of education programming and research with Old Salem Museum and Gardens, Inc.; Penny Niven, a renowned local author who taught in Salems creative writing program for many years, edited the stories; Carrie Pritchard Dickey C00, a former student of mine, designed all three books and arranged for their printing, and Jane Carmichael, director of foundation and corporate relations, took care of all business matters. Scott Crockett of Keiger Printing Inc., a company which has worked for Salem for more than fifty yearsScotts daughter Mary Crockett C08 also went to Salemprinted the books in town. Charlie Hemrick, a Winston-Salem philanthropist, saw the earliest illustrations for the books and envisioned many benefits for the Single Sisters House and for the College. He agreed to underwrite the printing costs to enable the books profits to go into the Single Sister House Fund. Kilpatrick, Townsend, and Stockton provided the legal work, such as the copyright, pro bono. Many different people suggested wonderful ideas for all three books. It was a great privilege to work with everyone. THE SISTER MAUS BOOKS ARE FULL OF HISTORICAL DETAILSHOW DID THAT COME ABOUT? When I first started to work on the books, I decided very early that I wanted everything in the booksthe stories and the picturesto accurately reflect Salems rich heritage. Almost all of the story elements in all three books come from historical sources. For instance, when I was planning the first book, Sister Maus, I carefully read Less Time for Meddling by Frances Griffin, which is a wonderful account of Salems early years. I made a list
of all the most interesting things that happened in Ms. Griffins bookconsulted a few other authoritiesand then tried to work every one of these ideas into the plot of Sister Mausfrom Sister Elisabeth Oesterleins walking journey from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, to Salem, to sewing lessons and glove making. I did similar things with cookies, the Boys School and Moravian Christmas traditions in Christmas Maus. For Easter Maus, I worked with Salem pottery, Moravian Easter traditions and Brother Peter Oliver, an African-American potter who lived in Salem and Bethabara. All the historical features of the stories are described in detail on the final page of each book in the Authors Notes section. DID YOU SAY THAT THE PICTURES ARE ALSO HISTORICAL? Yes, very much soas much as the stories. I think its very important when doing a picture book to make things as accurate as possible, and I use all sorts of different historical sources for all of my illustrations. For Sister Maus, I crawled all around Sisters House with my cameragetting a mouse-eye viewin order to take reference photos of parts of the buildings for my watercolors. The front door, front hall and back stair scenes in that book are based directly on those photos. The furniture and other objects seen in the booktables, pin cushions, samplerswere based on photos of objects in the Old Salem Collection, where the curators were kind enough to show me many things that were either known to have been used in Sisters House or could have been. Not that I didnt make some mistakes! The spiral stair in the front hall in my drawing in Sister Maus is the wrong colorgreen instead of brown. I made my watercolor before the renovation of the building was finished, and used the color scheme of a similar staircase in the Boys School. Green woodwork was authentically Moravianjust not authentic for Sisters House. I fixed the color of the stair in Christmas Maus. WERE THE PICTURES IN CHRISTMAS MAUS AND EASTER MAUS ALSO HISTORICAL, THEN? That was certainly my goal. Most of the details in Christmas Maus were based on old prints, and photos of Christmas Lovefeasts. I referenced an excellent book on Moravian Christmas traditions, written by Nancy Smith Thomas and published by Old Salem. Johanna Brown C08, curator of the Old Salem Collection and a Salem alumna, was kind enough to show me actual examples of Salem potteryand also lend me photoswhen I was planning Easter Maus.
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DO YOU HAVE ANY FAVORITE PICTURES IN YOUR THREE BOOKS? What a question! Thats like asking which of my childrenI have threeI like best! I think if I have to pick any, Id pick the three doll house pictures in the books. These are pictures that show rooms inside the buildings. Many children have told me they like them best because there are so many interesting things at which to look. The three are: the cross-section of Sisters House in Sister Maus, where the mice are singing, eating, reading and going to sleep up in the attic near the date stone; the Boys School picture in Christmas Maus where Sister Maus is meeting Brother Maus friends; and the barn scene in Easter Maus where the country mice are greeting Sister and Brother Maus and starting to color Easter eggs. I also really like the Lovefeast double page picture in Christmas Maus and the sunrise service in Easter Maus. WHO IS THE AUDIENCE FOR YOUR BOOKS? Young children are the natural audience for any picture book. But I like to think that a beautifully designed, illustrated book with an interesting story can attract people of any age. Eighty-year-old alumnae tell me how much they like the pictures and stories; sixty-year-olds tell me they put them on their coffee tables; forty-year-olds say they buy them for themselves, maybe their grand-children, someday; even my eighteen- to twenty-year-old students like them and three- or four-year-olds sometimes insist on reading them every night. They really can be for anyone. Even Salem sons can like them! After having had several small boys ask me where is Brother Maus? during readings of Sister Maus, I made sure to include boy mice in each of the following books. DO YOUR SISTER MAUS BOOKS HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH WHAT YOU DO AS A FACULTY MEMBER AT SALEM? I teach a childrens book illustration course every third year in January term, and I always share my experiences with the Sister Maus books, as well as other illustration projects, with those students. As an art history professor at Salem, I strongly believe in combining those two fields, art and history, wherever possible. Historical book illustration gives me another way to pursue these dual interests. I often encourage my art history students to use their research to produce creative projects and recommend as an option that they try to design picture book
projects based on the art of historical periodssay, a fairy tale inspired by Gothic architecture and painting; a Greek myth inspired by Minoan frescos, and so forth. They do some really marvelous things. ARE YOU PLANNING TO DO ANY NEW SISTER MAUS BOOKS? Yes, as a matter of fact, Ive just begun to start thinking about a book based on Salems beautiful gardens, George Washingtons visit to Salem in 1791, and a character inspired by Emma Lehman, a longtime teacher at Salem in the nineteenth-century who was very interested in the sciences, especially botany. It will be a sort of Fourth of July summer book, I think. HOW DID YOU GET STARTED IN ILLUSTRATION? I was an art history and studio art major in college and have always loved to draw. I took my first class in illustration at an art school in Boston when I was in graduate school. I did my first illustration projects for a friend who has a small, very fine publishing firm in New YorkThornwillow Press. They do a few hand-made, limited editions every year, and also design stationery for larger firms like Montblanc and Cartier. From there, I did my first massproduced book, the White House ABC for the White House Historical Association and then went on to begin the Sister Maus books. I am mostly self-taught and have learned by studying the work of such classic illustrators as Beatrix Potter, Walter Crane, Richard Doyle and John Tenniel. HOW CAN ALUMNAE SEE MORE OF YOUR WORK? I have just set up a website, designed by Carrie Pritchard Dickey C00. There are sections for each of the books, plus historical background information. For children, there are coloring sheets and instructions on how to draw Sister and Brother Maus. There are also galleries of other illustration projects, including the White House ABC for the White House Historical Association and a few pages for landscape, portrait and animal paintings. The address is www.huttonillustrator.com.
John Hutton has taught in the Art Department at Salem College since 1990. He lives in Winston-Salem, and was educated at Princeton and Harvard Universities. He is illustrator of The White House ABC: A Presidential Alphabet (2004) and Alphababel, an Illustrated Tower of Languabets (2001)
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1. Yvonne Marsan C96 and Gretchen Brandies Covine C96. 2. Members from the Class of 1956 celebrating their 55th Reunion: Julia Parker Credle, Marianne Boyd Gore, and Dot Tyndall Benner. 3. Class Officers from the Class of 1961 present their class gift to President Pauly: Cathy Gilchrist Walser, Cynthia Hyatt Kratt, Velva Whitescarver Woollen, and Mary Prevette OBriant. 4. Alumnae from the Class of 2010 celebrating their first reunion at the Reunion Weekend Kick-off Party: Christine Barrett, Sarah Eldred, Corey Bamburg, and Jennifer Woodcock. 5. Rebecca Russell Ferrell C66 on stage with Black and Blue at the Reunion Weekend Kick-off party. 6. Mary Ann Paschal Parrish A37, C41 and Minnie Louise Westmoreland Smith C42 at the Golden Alumnae Dinner. 7. The Class of 1986 celebrating their 25th Reunion: Penny Fowler Westmoreland, Kim Rider Rech, Mary-Dixon Presbrey Smith, Paula Inserra Mackovic, Geri Alligood Callahan, Nancy Allen Carlton, and Leigh Trevey Tanner. 8. Members from the Class of 2006 at the Reunion Weekend Kick-Off Party: Brandi Jones, Megan Ratley, Lara Crews, Lisa McReynolds, Mary Clayton Blackburn, Emily Hanes Hinesley, and Taylor Hutchinson Plumblee. 9. Members from the Class of 1971: Chris Coile Say, Alison White Parker, Anne Berger Salisbury, Linda Smith Conner, and Melene Tuton Patchel. 10. The Class of 2001 gathers on Bryant Hall Patio: Jessica Faulkenberry, Monica Varandani, Courtney Spellman Snyder, Kris Amidon, Monique Farrell Harmon, Jennifer Schleider Edney, Leigh Ann Jones Lichty, Kimberly Engebretson Scott, Jennifer Fedor Shamshoian, Andrea Hartley Bishop, Alexa Starr, and Mimi Aledo-Sandoval. 11. Lucy Rose C76 with her aunt, Jane Langston Griffin C56. 12. Hoi-Chu Wong C01, Dr. Dick Johe, Assistant Professor of Business, and Dasha Barabash C01. 13. Alumnae from the Class of 1981: First Row: Martha Browning Doss, Cornelia Outten, Mary Allen Waller, and Julia Owen Baker. Second Row: Ann Blair Austin, Monica McGurn Walsh, Susan Hatz Wilburn, and Meggins Reinhardt Tuchmann. S A L E M C O L L E G E 35
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We invite you to vote! Please submit the name and class year of the nominee/s to Karla Gort C00, director of alumnae relations, via email to karla.gort@salem.edu or mail to Salem College, Alumnae Office, 601 South Church Street, Winston-Salem, N.C. 27101. Self-nominations are accepted.
Distinguished Alumna Award - recognizes a Salem alumnas achievements in volunteer service and/or her professional distinctions. Alumna Service Award - recognizes a Salem alumnas outstanding service to Salem through leadership, student recruitment, alumnae club leadership, internship opportunities or other beneficial activities. Young Alumna Award - recognizes a Salem alumna, who within 15 years of her graduation, exemplifies the outstanding leadership qualities, through professional and/or volunteer service. A commitment to the College since graduation must be evident.
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Kari Ross C11 received the Elisabeth Oesterlein Awardthe schools highest honor for a member of the graduating classduring the 2011 Founders Day Ceremony on April 29 in the May Dell. Ross, who was nominated by faculty, staff and fellow students, was very active on campus during her time at Salem, holding many different leadership positions. Ross served as a resident assistant (RA) and was chair of the Judicial Council, leading peer reviews of infractions against Salems college and residence life policies. She also served as a member of the Student Government Association executive board, and on the Committee on Community. A staunch supporter of womens rights, Ross served as an intern at the Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance (FMLA) office in Washington, D.C. Upon return to campus, she helped establish an FMLA chapter at Salem and was then invited to D.C. as the only student to speak on a panel of internationally-renowned feminist leaders. Since graduation, Ross has worked as an organizer for the Florida offices of the Obama for America campaign. In this role, she is responsible for the outreach, training and development of volunteer leaders who will speak to voters about President Obama's reelection campaign. The Oesterlein Award is named in honor of Salems first teacher at its founding as a school for girls in 1772. Each nominee is chosen for her outstanding academic achievement and leadership on campus.
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Dean Susan Calovini, Charles and Martha Allene Stevens Sutton A'71. Charles and Martha Allene Stevens Sutton A71 created an educational initiative, and they are crafting it with significant professional expertise for the benefit of Salem students. The Sutton Initiative for Design Education (SIDE), named in honor of Martha, is an educational resource with three components: collaboration, scholarship and research. Shaped uniquely for Salem College, this new interior design program is fashioned to teach students by means of a vibrant engagement with design. The goal is to educate a 21st-century thinking designer, who is at the intersection of art, design and architecture. Salem College has a new director of interior design, Dr. Rosa Otero, who is an architect and is excited about the program and gifts that the Suttons are providing. Charles Sutton has a strong background in design, furniture making, education and law. He holds several college and university degrees. He has owned his own fine furniture reproduction company, Sutton House Reproductions, specializing in handcrafted, 18th century American museum-quality furniture. He twice won the industrys Daphne Award for his best reproduction furniture. Affiliated with Century Furniture Industries, his company was responsible for reproductions licensed by the British National Trust and the Smithsonian Institution. In addition, Charles Sutton was President and CEO of Arthur Brett & Sons (USA) Ltd. He served as the Chairman of the Board for the North Carolina Museum of Art and on the Board and Executive Committee of the Bienenstock Furniture Library, which serves the furniture industry and contains more than 8,000 volumes, some dating as far back as 1620. He also published the magazine Furniture Review. In recent years, he has been an adjunct professor teaching a history of furniture design at Appalachian State University in Boone. In order to improve Salem Colleges design research library, the Suttons have donated his personal library of more than 900 books on furniture, architecture, design, history and interiors. The Sutton Furniture Book Collection is the most comprehensive that Dr. Rose Simon, Director of Salems Gramley Library, has seen outside the Bienenstock collection in High Point. The collection is available now as part of the Gramley library. A major component of the Sutton Initiative for Design Education is The Teaching Chair Collection. One of the most varied of all furniture types, the chair is the focus of incessant experimentation especially in the 20th century. During the past century, designers have drawn on the possibilities offered both by new materials and new technological processes to transform the chair into a functional item that also is an object of sculptural beauty.
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About 40 chairs that are icons of furniture historians will make up the core of Salems Sutton Collection. Each chair is unique by design, use of materials and technology, innovation, or creativity. The chairs chosen for The Teaching Chair Collection have stood the test of time, or seem set to do so. A few of these chairs have sold millions, some have remained in continuous production since they were first designed and all are in current production. These chairs reflect the energy and creativity of one of the most inventive and exciting periods in furniture history. The chair collection gift is in preparation. Each item will be a high quality reproduction such that students can handle and come to understand the components that make the object. The Teaching Chair Collection is unique in that no other college or university in the country has assembled a comparable collection of chairs that students can study and use as a source of inspiration. The Suttons are delighted to help Salem, as he explains: We want Salem College to have these collections. Its locationin the heart of a state that recently had a thriving furniture industry with an enormous impact on the economy is one of the reasons we chose Salem to have them. Another is Marthas personal connection through Salem Academy and through many other of her relatives who are alumnae of the Academy and College. One of the keys to a successful new venture in design education at Salem College, according to both Mr. Sutton and Dr. Otero, is collaborative partnerships, networking the abundance of informed, experienced professionals who are or have been part of the furniture and design industry in North Carolina. Such individuals are ready to become advisors, mentors, consultants, guest speakers, and potential adjuncts. While respecting past traditions, Salem College can produce a new breed of design professionals with fresh relevance and training to face 21st-century design challenges and opportunities. With the dynamic plans and support given by the Suttons, the interior design program is positioned to soar. Is there anything more the Suttons can suggest to launch this imaginative and vibrant idea? One thing, according to Charles, is to find more resources for scholarships: In seeking to attract the most talented and gifted students, Salem College needs to be able to offer more financial aid and assistance. In reflecting upon the exciting and lively concepts in the program, Salem will continue to work to attract undergraduates who delight in learning in this outstanding environment.
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Dr. Rosa D. Otero holds a masters of science and a Ph.D. in architecture from the University of Pennsylvania; a masters in architecture from Virginia Tech; and a bachelors in environmental design from the University of Puerto Rico. She is the interior design program director at Salem College. For three years she acted as interior design program coordinator, a program she helped establish, at Forsyth Technical Community College. The interior design program at Salem College enjoys a strong presence within the community due to Dr. Oteros outreach and collaborations with organizations such as Habitat for Humanity. She is on the executive committee of the Creative Corridors Coalition and cochairs its design committee. At a local level she is active with the YMCA and serves on the advisory board of the Forsyth Technical Community College Interior Design program. She is also involved with the North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association. Dr. Otero contributes a unique outreach through her involvement with the Latino community, specifically, her association with the Hispanic League of the Piedmont Triad, and her induction to the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society, Sigma Delta Pi. Prior to her North Carolina teaching and professional experience, Dr. Otero was program coordinator for the architectural technology program at Essex County College in Newark, N.J., where she helped established a local AIA Student chapter. She also worked at the architectural firm Hillier in Princeton and Newark. Currently, she is on a team of architects and former classmates working on a book, White Architecture Thats Green, edited by D. David Leatherbarrow. She is also active with the Interior Design Educators Council and the American Society of Interior Designers, professional organizations that serve interior design. Dr. Otero believes that architecture and design have a major social role, having the potential to enrich peoples lives and that it is the architects responsibility to perform that role.
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Sue Jones Davis C55, Roy Davis Jr. and President Susan E. Pauly. Salem lost one of its greatest supporters this year when Board of Trustees member Roy Davis, Jr., passed away on September 15, 2011. A Concord native, Davis was a 1955 graduate of Davidson College and was chairman-emeritus of S&D Coffee, Inc., the company his father founded in Concord, North Carolina. Under his leadership, S&D Coffee became a national coffee and tea they had two sons, Alan and E. Rhyne and three grandchildren, Carrie Elizabeth, Brian Peden and John Kenneth (Jack). Along with his wife, Davis was a strong ally of Salem. He began his service on the Board of Trustees in 2005, and with his wife, established the Sue Jones Davis Scholarship Fund at Salem College. Both also are members of the Ronthaler Circle at Salem, the institutions planned giving society. At Founders Day 2010, Davis was awarded the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award, which was established as a permanent 42 M A G A Z I N E 2011 reminder of one of the noblest of human qualities as expressed and followed in the lives of Algernon Sydney Sullivan and Mary Mildred Sullivan. The award recognizes fine spiritual qualities that are practically applied to daily living and is presented to those exceptional individuals who meet the awards qualifications and characteristics. In addition to his service to Salem, Davis served his Davidson College Board of Trustees, the First Charter Bank Board of Directors, Cabarrus County Community Foundation, the Barium Springs Home for Children and Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Cabarrus County. He received a lifetime achievement award from the Cabarrus County Chamber of Commerce and was a life member of the Salvation Army. Davis legacy of giving and service is a fine testament to his strength of character. His kindness and philanthropy will be remembered for years to come.
supplier. Davis married Salem alumna Sue Jones C55 in 1960 and community in a number of ways. He was active with the
Beloved Salem alumna, professor emerita of music and internationally recognized composer, Margaret Vardell Sandresky A38 C42, celebrated her 90th birthday this year with a special gala concert on October 1 in Hanes Auditorium. Sandresky was presented with The Order of the Long Leaf Pine, the highest honor the governor can bestow on a North Carolina citizen. WinstonSalem mayor Allen Joines also proclaimed the day Margaret Vardell Sandresky Day in Winston-Salem. During the celebration, the winner of the annual Margaret Vardell Sandresky International Composition Competition was announced. Dr. Joseph Eidson of New Cumberland, Pa., won the competition with the composition Songs of Enchantment and Wonder, which premiered during the event. 1. Doris Anne Miller, Copey Hanes, Margaret Vardell Sandresky A38, C42, Dr. Charles Fussell and E. Sue Cox Shore A37, C41. 2. Margaret Sandresky and Winston-Salem Mayor, Allen Joines. 3. Jane Frazier Gray C45, Joan Jacobowsky and Diane Ward Higgins C71 4. Margaret Sandresky and Judy and Bill Watson. 5. Copey Hanes 6. Margaret Sandresky and Dr. Joseph Eidson 7. Charlie Sandresky, Eleonor Sandresky, Margaret Sandresky, Linda Yarnell, Jacob Sandresky, Chip Sandresky, Loretta Sandresky and Drew Sanders.
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