The Woman's College
Class of 1955
WC

 

October 30, 2009

Hello Classmates,

There is much to share at this time. Enclosed is an update on our scholars, our
Annual Report on the Class of ‘55 Scholarship Endowment, and information
about the upcoming

Reunion Weekend, April 16-17, 2010

First some good news about our Endowment Fund. We now have our ‘head
above water’ with the August 30, 2009 quarterly figures placing the Market
Value of our Fund at $528,811.42 while Book Value is only $500,558.78.
Please note on the enclosed Annual Report for the 2008-2009 Fiscal Year, that
our Market Value was still ‘under water’ on June 30, so we did not receive any
interest in 2009 for the Spending Account; therefore, we will be unable to
award a 2010 scholarship, UNLESS . . . .

. . . we can increase our Spending Account by $10,000 by the 15th of
December, 2009. We will then have enough cash available to support another
scholar for his/her four-year undergraduate program. And, thanks to the
generosity and prompt response of members of your Gift Committee, we
already have a

Challenge Gift of $ 5,000 !!!

Even though we all are strapped by the current economic downturn, perhaps by
digging as deep as we can (even small amounts add up), we can make this
happen!!!! Let’s match that Challenge and move ahead.

Make checks payable to UNCG, '55 SPENDING ACCOUNT

Mail to:

Donna Sexton, Director
UNCG Advancement Services
PO Box 26170
Greensboro, NC 27402-6170

or make your gift online at: http://giveto.uncg.edu

Melissa Potter and Linda Dunstan-Stacey in the Office of Alumni Relations are most excited about our 55th Reunion Weekend. They welcome ideas and input from classmates as they plan for an exciting weekend with great hospitality and events. For more information, go to www.uncg.edu/ala/reunion/ or contact Melissa Potter, Assistant Director of Alumni Relations at 336.334.4024 or 1.877.UNCG.123 or
melissapotter@uncg.edu.

Also found on the UNCG web site are several very interesting pages. Visit and enjoy:
Class of ‘55 web page : www.uncg.edu/ala/wc55.html
Class Notes, click on Class Notes on the left in the Alumni magazine:
www.uncg.edu/ure/alumni_magazine

To share news, notes, and change of addresses go to:
www.uncg.edu/ala/classnotes.html

Enjoy the enclosure about our Class of ‘55 Scholars. We are lucky to have enthusiastic, dedicated scholars like Chris and Peter who are planning to be with us for Reunion on April 17th.

Aspiring students need scholarship help more than ever in this harsh economic climate. Let’s scrape together enough pennies, nickels, dimes and dollars to match the $5000 Challenge and award another scholarship in 2010. Your generosity will make someone’s dreams come true.

What greater gift can we give than an education?

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving,



Diana Chatham Calaway
Everlasting President

Mary-Owens Fitzgerald
Gift Committee Chair

Peggy Crow Barham
Everlasting Vice-President

 

 

To access the 2009 Annual Letter in it's entire pdf format, please click here.

To read the Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2008-2009 in pdf format, click here.

*(If you need the software to read the pdf, you can download it here)



Chris  Bay
Class of 2011

Chris writes “I had a challenging sophomore year, but did make both the Chancellor's List and the Dean's List. I was recently accepted into the Teacher's Academy at UNCG.

As part of the junior experience for Teaching Fellows I spent nine days in Greece this summer, and will be doing a required teaching internship during Spring Break.

A solo clarinet recital will be on the schedule sometime this coming year (more on this later) and I hope to include a study abroad program called “Musical Sites of Vienna and Salzburg” in the future.

Peter  DelGobbo
Class of 2012

Peter reports “freshman year was a difficult transition from home to college, with all the perils that go along with it. I enrolled in various courses offered in the Lloyd International Honors College and managed to maintain a 4.0 GPA.

As an English major, I am now immersed in required classes in my field. If all goes well, I plan to graduate at the end of my third year and enter the MFA program for creative writing here at UNCG.

My on-campus experience has been characterized by involvement in Cornelia Strong College.* I have been elected vice president this semester and shall be president next. Strong College has grown near and dear to my heart, and I enjoy my position of (relative) authority, attempting to strengthen the community, organize new programs, and bring people together.”

*Living Learning Residential College housed in South Spencer Hall




Reunion 2010

April 16 & April 17, 2010

We want to see you there so “save the date”! A postcard will be sent out in October as a reminder to save the date on your calendars. The reunion registration brochure is scheduled to be mailed out in January 2010. Please continue to check this site for updates.

Do we have your most current information? If not, you may send your address and email address updates to alumni@uncg.edu.
   

 

The Class of '55 has done it again!

On April 14, 2007, FRANCES ALEXANDER CAMPBELL received the Alumni Distinguished Service Award.
   

A few comments about Dr. Campbell's work:

"Summarizing Dr. Frances Campbell’s contributions to society is somewhat like trying to capture a hundred butterflies in one net."

"The Abecedarian project (at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center) stressed early intervention for infants and toddlers at risk for school failure. This project has been supported by a number of federal agencies over the years and Frances has been a key member of that study for all that time. Naturally, the measurement of these children changed over the years as the children matured into adolescence and adulthood but Frances has carried out her responsibilities in an exemplary manner."

"These longitudinal data dramatically demonstrate that the value is not merely in higher scores at school entry, and enhanced early school success, but that instead the improvements for poor children continue into adulthood, and the value is not only personal, but also economic. She is looking at the impact of high quality early education and longitudinal factors on adults around age 30 in terms of their vocational success, adoption of a healthy lifestyle, and their parenting of their own children, which is ground-breaking work on the intergenerational effects of early educational child care programs."

Dr. Frances A. Campbell
Dr. Frances A. Campbell
"Her work is widely cited in research and early intervention handbooks, on public radio, in newspapers from all over the country, and on the web. Her careful, thoughtful, systematic work is truly changing the life course trajectory of thousands of young children at risk, in North Carolina, the USA, and abroad."

 

DID WE KICK HIGH?
You bet we did--and we're still kicking,
because the healthier our endowment,
the healthier will be the appeal of
THE CLASS OF 1955 MERIT SCHOLARSHIPS.

Minverva
Minerva Rules!
Contributions and pledges can still be sent to:
Class of '55 Scholarship, UNCG Development Office, PO Box 26170, Greensboro, NC 27402.