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4C-rP, Index-Journal, Jun 12, 1994 ii.niiii' i LOIS MICHELLE DURHAM Clcmson hires search firm to help find president CLEMSON Clemson University has hired an executive search firm to find a successor to Max Lennon, who announced his resignation in February. The firm, KomFerry International, will help "expand the pool of candidates," according to trustee Louis Batson chairman of the presidential screening committee. "KornFerry International is a leading management consulting firm, and they can provide a valuable resource to those of us who haven't been involved in a presidential search for many years," Batson said. "The firm has a particularly good track record with bringing forward qualified women and minority candidates, and can help us extend our search to current college and university presidents who might be reluctant to apply." Batson said the university has also solicited input from its major constituent groups, such as the Alumni National Council, Clemson University Foundation Board of Directors, Board of Visitors, President's Advisory Council and IFTAY Board of Directors. Internal groups such as the Faculty Senate, Classified Staff Affairs Commission, President's Commission on the Status of Women, Extension Senate and student government are also being urged to become actively involved in the search process.

The Board of Trustees hopes to name a new president by mid-November. Hewlett Foundation gives $125,000 grant to Wbfford I (If t. Mjj it A I Li Top drivers in District 50 Greenwood School District 50 recently named its top bus drivers for the year and honored all its drivers. From left are, Robert Riley, District 50 transportation director; Gladys A. Holmes, Bus Driver of the Year; Ruby M.

Ross, runner-up Bus Driver of the Year; and Ronald Henry, assistant transportation director. (District 50 photo) School District 50 Snoimoirs hus drivers Durham earns scholarship MACON, Ga. Greenwood resident Lois Michelle Durham, daughter of Steve and Carolyn Durham, has been awarded a University Scholarship from Mercer University's College of Liberal Arts. University Scholarships are awarded on the basis of a student's SAT score, academic performance in high school, and interview session at Mercer Scholars Weekends, which are held every December and January. The scholarship includes $4,500 toward tuition each year for four years of undergraduate work at Mercer.

Stokely graduates Georgia Tech Chris Stokely, son of David and Kay Stokely of Amelia Island, recently graduated from Georgia Institute of Technology with dual degrees in nuclear physics and economics. He graduated summa cum laude with a G.P.A. of 3.9. While in the co-op program, he worked for the Department of Energy as a scientific researcher at Oak Ridge National Laboratories near Knoxville, Tenn. Stokely worked on various government and industry projects from fusion reactors to government-industrial cooperative projects.

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation of Menlo Park, recently gave Wofford College a 5125,000 challenge grant to help increase the endowment of a presidential discretionary fund for academic renewal opportunities. In order to receive the full amount of the grant, Wofford is required to raise an additional $375,000 for the fund over the next three years. "This is another major recognition of Wofford' program by a leading national foundation," said David Beacham '77, executive director of development "In recent years, the college has attracted support from the F.W. Olin Foundation, the Knight Foundation, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Arthur Vining Davis Foundation. The trustees of these foundations anticipate that Wofford will continue to be a leader in American higher education.

With the financial help of alumni and friends, we can meet Award winners were: Bus Driver of the Year Gladys A. Holmes; Runner-Up Bus Driver of the Year Ruby M. Ross; Substitute Bus Driver of the Year David D. Clean Bus Award Rosa Marie Freeman, Chris D. Gilchrist, and Robert L.

Hearst Attendance Awards Margaret P. Dolton, Reginald R. Ryans, Chris D. Gilcrest, Rosa Marie Freeman, Tyrone Harris, Gladys A. Holmes, Hester L.

Scott, Annette Jennings, Marion V. Lancaster, Katherine Miller, Marcus R. prowl, and Carrie L. Turman. Driver of the Month awards September Carrie L.

Turman; October Katherine Miller, November Gladys A. Holmes; December Jacqueline D. Gilchrist; January Perry R. Washington; February Shirley J. Goodman; March Jimmy S.

Motes; April Marion V. Lancaster, and May Patsy A. Morse. Driving a school bus might be considered as one of the hardest jobs in Greenwood School District SO. Bus drivers rise early each school day to make their appointed rounds to receive and transport children safely to school.

The job description requires them to be excellent drivers, never failing to observe traffic laws or safety requirements. They are expected to perform these duties with little room for error. Also, bus drivers sometimes have to take the roles of disciplinarians, first-aid givers, guardians, and advisors to name a few of their many responsibilities. "The Greenwood School District 50 Board of Trustees and administration is proud of the job that bus drivers do daily for children and recently sponsored an Awards banquet to recognize them for their service," said a District 50 spokesman. Drivers received recognition and awards during the banquet.

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation was established in 1966 by William Hewlett, one of the founders of the Hewlett-Packard his wife Flora and their eldest son Walter. It is one of the nation's 20 largest with assets of approximately $825 million and has an annual grants budget exceeding $35 million. Wofford's presidential discretionary fund was established in 1988 after the college met challenge grants from the Hewlett Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation of New York. The endowment's principal now stands at $954,000.

Proceeds from investments on the fund's endowment can be used for such purposes as curriculum revisions and new course designs; identification and recruitment of the best new faculty; off-campus learning opportunities; and interdisciplinary and team-taught classes. For more information about the types of gifts that qualify to meet the terms of the Hewlett challenge grant as well as some suggested methods for making a pledge, please contact the development office at Wofford. The telephone number is (803) 597-4200. Now you know The apparently haphazard wanderings of elephant family groups studied in Zimbabwe were not random, but were coordinated with one another for weeks at a time, even when the groups were far apart. the challenge of those great expectations.

Cecil O. Smith Endowed Scholarship established Mokely also accepted a fellowship to Rice University in Houston, Texas as a Pn.d candidate in physics. Stokely is formerly of Greenwood. Paris graduates W. Maryland John L.

Faris III recently received a bachelor of arts in business administration from Western Maryland College in Westminster, Md. A cum laude graduate, Faris received recognition as a College Scholar, completing Western Maryland's Honors Program. He is also a member of Omicron Delta Epsilon, International Honor Society in Economics. His plans for the future include attending Law School at the University of Baltimore this fall. Faris is the grandson of Gladys Milling of Greenwood.

Now you know In 1902, British financier Cecil Rhodes left $10 million in his will to provide scholarships for Americans at Oxford University. Smith, who married her husband a year before his death, wanted to honor his devotion and service to the United Methodist Church with a preministerial scholarship at Wofford. She had a keen interest, in youth and their preparation for lives of service and left similar bequests to Epworth Children's Home, Bethel United Methodist Church of Spartanburg, Converse College and the University of South Carolina at Spartanburg's Mary Black School of Nursing. Smith was a well-known realtor in Spartanburg who died in 1984. A son by his first marriage was Wofford graduate Cecil O.

Smith who earned a master's degree and a Ph.d from Harvard and is now a faculty member at Drexel University in Philadelphia. wm MS mm at the aftyJady Inc. Come See Our Selection The new Cecil O. Smith Endowed Scholarship Fund has been established at Wofford College with a bequest from his late wife, Mary Flowers Scott Smith. A $60,000 distribution from the estate already has been received, and an additional, smaller payment will follow at a later date.

Rigby in Who's Who Ben T. Rigby, son of Mary Anne Wilson, and a student at Wofford College, has been selected as one of the country's most outstanding campus leaders by Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges editorial staff. He will be included in the 1994 edition of Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges, an annual directory of outstanding students first published in 1934. A campus nomination committee and editors of the publication have included the name of the student based on his academic activities and potential for continued success. He joins an elite group of students selected from institutions of higher learning in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and several foreign nations.

llll III II III HI 1 II 111 III ll II I Ml I Hudson Scholarship Lander University business major Frederic Rehwaldt of Greenwood, right, accepts the Hudson School of Business Scholarship from Dr. David Dumont, Lander professor of business. The scholarship Is named for 1960 Lander graduate, Nancy Wolfe Hudson. GREENWOOD ONE HOUR CLEANERS Skirts, Ladies' or Men's Sweaters and Slacks Wof ford's Davis receives Grass Foundation grant a $5o neuroscience is an increasingly weeks, the team will be joined by 25 Spartanburg County elementary Mix or Match Silk, rayon, and formals not included l.We expertly launder- i IJT LIQUIDATION Wofford College biology professor Dr. G.R.

Davis has been awarded a Grass Foundation Trustee grant from the Grass Foundation in Quincy, Mass. Annually, each Grass Foundation Trustee is allotted a small discretionary budget to designate in accordance with foundation purposes. The $6,600 was given to fund the purchase of research equipment. In offering the grant, Grass Foundation representative Mary Grass suggested that, "Undergraduate education in important endeavor. Quality research experience available to undergraduates is vital to the development of a serious student" Davis will use the grant to help fund a summer research project.

He will lead a research team consisting of two Wofford students and two high school students from Spartanburg County. They will work in the field of neuroscience continuing spinal cord injury research begun by Davis and 14 other students during the January Interim. During two of the eight and middle school students as their work is incorporated into the Wofford College Summer Science Program, a new two-Week residential science camp funded by a grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Now you know The second Continental Congress made the term "United Slates" official on Sept. 9, 1776, replacing "United Colonies." sums an jeans SALE Tremendous Savings! Mon.

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