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Vol. 34, No 14
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WILSON BILLBOARD Academic advising reviewed Aruni Liyanage provement. Senior Writer The report will be completed Reviewing programs is an im- by the committee and then handed portant priority of the Wilson over to an outside reviewer. This College strategic plan. This aca- reviewer will then make recomdemic year several programs and mendations based on the analyservices are being reviewed. A sis of the report. In order to gather student feedcommittee on academic advising was recently formed for this pur- back, the committee has prepared pose. This committee consists of a survey, which was distributed, the associate dean for advising, to students along with the Spring 2004 course Deb Austin, schedule. department Dr. Austin heads from stressed, "It is each division critical that stuand student “Students are being dents provide representagiven a great opportuspecific infortive, Rachel nity to help make mation on the Ward ‘06. changes in the acasurveys that Priorities were distribfor the year demic advising prouted with the are to collect cess.” spring schedule feedback booklet." from students -Rachel Ward, “Students and faculty to are being given write a selfstudent representaa great opporstudy report tive for the academic tunity to help by using this advising committee make changes information. in the academic "The readvising proport will incess. Hopeclude objectives for academic advising, an fully many questions and probexplanation of the current system lems with this process will be of advising in CFW and CCE, cleared up after the surveys are workload of faculty advisors and analyzed,” said Ward. The forms currently have been CCE advisors, an overview of training sessions, the role of ad- collected in the Registrar’s office. visors and the logistics of advis- These surveys will be typed before being read by any faculty ing" said Austin. This review will give the com- member. The committee would mittee a chance to identify the like to encourage all students to strengths of the current program complete this survey before the and see which areas need im- end of the semester.
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WCGA officers 2004 On December 3, 2003, WCGA officially closed the election polls for the 2004 administration. After a tedious three hours of sorting and recounting votes the elections were declared valid. The total count for the reelection succeeded the previous election by nine signatures. The total count of ballots and signatures was 220. The incoming 2004 officers are:
President: Nancy Braun Vice President: Jenn Robinson Treasurer: Beth Adams Constitution and By-Laws Chair: Melissa Mellot Rules and Regulations Chair: Jen Talbot Academic Affairs Chair: Jessica Spangler Chief Justice: Mariam Braman-Lawani Nominations and Elections: Tiffany Beck Corresponding Secretary: Rachel Ward Recording Secretary: Jenn Chilcoat On behalf of WCGA we would like to extend our congratulations to the officer’s elect. May your time on WCGA be a rewarding and memorable.
Celebrate the season: Attend vespers service Seon Young Yoon Staff Writer Christmas Vespers will be held on Sunday, Dec. 7 in the Thomson Alumnae Chapel. Prelude music will start at 6:45 p.m. and the service will begin at 7:00 p.m. This year’s service, led by Rev. Leslie Mott, will be a program filled with guest speakers and musicians who will share the warmth and love of the season. Featured musicians include the Cumberland Brass Quintet, organist David Erickson, and vibraphone player Marlin Barnes. The Wilson College Choir will sing Christmas songs along with
St. Paul United Methodist Church Men’s Choir. The Wilson College Choir has practiced many hours for this program. Joori Lee ‘07 said she hopes many people will attend the vespers service. A duet by Lee and Tanya Diehl ‘04 will also be featured. The chapel is being decorated for the holidays today by several Curran scholars and freshmen volunteers. The service is free and is open to the Wilson College community. For more information, contact Rev. Mott at x3307.
Happy Holidays from the Billboard staff!