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salem college magazine 2010

Salem Shines in ...

... Exciting New Programs, page 5
... Teaching Women to Lead, page 42

Tribute to former board chair

William W. Neal III, page 28

SALEM COLLEGE Magazine
Susan E. Pauly
President
Ann McElaney-Johnson
Dean of the College, Vice President for
Academic and Student Affairs
Vicki Williams Sheppard C’82
Vice President of Institutional
Advancement
Office of Alumnae Relations
Karla gort C’00, Director
Rosanna mallon, Assistant Director
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and Public Relations
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ellen Schuette, Associate Director
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A Messa�e �rom the President
leadership is the theme of a special section in this edition of
our College magazine. I hope you are inspired and amazed by
the leadership programs underway on campus and by the stories
of a few of the many Salem alumnae who embody the word
“leader.”
It is my privilege and responsibility as president to help lead
the College into the future. This calls for a clear understanding
of our past accomplishments and challenges, carefully formulat-
ed goals for the future and a sense of purpose shared by all of us – faculty, staff, students,
alumnae and the community.
In 2008 we completed a strategic plan (available on our website at www.salem.edu)
designed to take us through 2013. Numerous initiatives have resulted that have enhanced
the living and learning environment for our students. We have renovated gramley li-
brary, remodeled classrooms across campus, migrated to a wireless environment, updated
technology in classrooms, revised the core curriculum, added new majors and minors
and launched a new, holistic women’s wellness program. As this academic year begins,
our 2010-11 initiatives are underway with several goals already completed. The beauti-
ful three-tiered iron fountain behind main Hall first constructed in the 1860s has been
restored, additional classrooms have been updated in main Hall and expanded wellness
initiatives include morning yoga on Salem Square, evening relaxation classes and a hydra-
tion station that utilizes herbs from our organic gardens. In addition, this spring we will
launch an NCAA Division III varsity softball program.
one of our strategic goals has been to continually increase academic distinction;
thanks to the generosity of donors, we are delighted to report that we will offer new fully
funded, selective international internships for our students this year. We are also plan-
ning our first international service-learning course, and thanks to an extraordinary grant
of $250,000.00 from BB&T, we launched a women’s leadership program this year that
includes professional workshops in communication and negotiation skills. Truly this is
a wonderful time for students, with more opportunities than ever to grow intellectually
and personally at Salem!
Finally, our plan calls for increasing fiscal strength each year through growing enroll-
ment and engaging in strategic financial planning. I am delighted to report that like last
year, this fall enrollment was again up in all three of our populations – graduate students,
adults and new traditional students. We also plan to build on the success of last year’s an-
nual campaign and with the help of our community achieve our goal of $1.4 million by
June 30, 2011.
This is a year to celebrate many successful initiatives at Salem, and as always you are
a vital part of that success! Please enjoy this magazine as well as other communications
you’ll receive during the year from Salem College, and continue to contact us with ideas,
suggestions, opinions and proposals. We welcome your involvement and are grateful for
your support as we continue this 239th year of academic excellence at Salem.
Salem salem college magazine 2010

Departments
Back Porch News 4
Fleer Center 10
Graduate Studies 13
Admissions/Traditional 14
Alumnae News 17
Giving to Salem 40
FEatures
“Shift Happens!” 2
Tribute to William W. Neal III 28
Reunion Weekend 2010 30
International Students'
Home Away from Home 38
Special Section
Spotlight on Leadership 42

Insert: Honor Roll of Donors

On the Cover: Susan Maley Rash C’80, who painted

the fountain for our beautiful cover, began painting as a
young child; she was an art major at Salem before switch-
ing to history. She hopes to concentrate on her art when she
retires from working full-time as a benefits/human resources
consultant for BB&T. She has painted several renditions of
Salem landmarks and is happy to be contacted about them at
smrash2@verizon.net.
“Approach every day as an opportunity to learn; as an opportunity to shift...”

Pictured above: Madison Thomas C'14, Anisha Cox C'14, Savannah McGunigal C'14 and Amanda Miller C'14

2 • M a g a z i n e 2010
“Shift Happens!”
The Impact of Technology
Upon Learning
T
he following is an excerpt from a speech Professor Heidi We are in information overload. Some would call it a technology
Godfrey, director of the Center for Teaching and Learning dump.
Excellence and associate professor of dance, delivered at the The first commercial text message was sent in 1992. Now
August 2010 Opening Convocation. in 2010, the number of text messages sent and received each day
exceed the population of our planet! It is estimated that about a
The focus of my story tonight is based on the idea that shift week’s worth of the New York Times contains more information
happens! than a person was likely to come across in a lifetime in the 18th
Some of you may recognize this title from a series of videos century.
posted on YouTube that illuminate some particularly interesting We are not lacking information. Most have greater and greater
statistics. access to this information. But we are missing something. We are
For example, the top 10 in-demand jobs of this year did not lacking engagement. We are not turning this information into
exist merely six years ago. Many of today’s college majors across knowledge. We are lacking implementation of the knowledge. We
the globe did not exist 10 or even five years ago. The world is are not grappling with the information. We are not making it our
shifting. We are preparing many of you at Salem College for jobs own.
that don’t exist yet, using technologies that haven’t been invented, More than 31 billion searches are done every month on
in order for you to solve problems we don’t even know are prob- Google. Where did we find answers to these questions before
lems yet. google? You are a generation armed with cell phones, lap tops,
This is a true testimony to the ipods, and therefore, no need for wrist watches. Other generations
importance of a liberal arts education, before you, including my own, went to college armed with 26 vol-
to the importance of educating umes of the Encyclopedia Brittanica. We also went to college with a
women and to the mission of our typewriter, and if you were lucky, a wristwatch that could also get
institution to prepare women to wet and keep on ticking!
change the world. What does it mean that it is estimated by the year 2013, just
When the first Salem three years from now, there will be a computer that exceeds the
sisters began to study here, computational capabilities of your brain? And by 2049, when many
there were approximately of you are just in your 50s, a computer that costs $1,000 will ex-
100,000 words in the English ceed the computational capabilities of the entire human race! This
language. Today, there are computer can filter and manipulate information, but it can’t put
about 540,000. Shift hap- it into practice. It doesn’t have the capacity to engage, or to create
pens. Change is happening all change…but you do! The amount of new technical information is
around us as we grow, evolve doubling every year. More than 3,000 books are published…daily.
and try on new ideas – for the These days at Salem College will be some of the most sig-
first time or the 40th. nificant and memorable years of your life. Approach every day as
We are in an era an opportunity to learn; as an opportunity to shift through this
where there is plethora of information and to arrive at your own knowledge. Go
absolutely no lack to classes with the notion that you can shift, you can change the
of information. world and you will make it your own!

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 Back Porc� N e ws
Rainy Commencement 2010
Salem College seniors didn’t let a little
rain interfere with their celebration of the
occasion.
More than 94 traditional students, 68
Fleer Center for Adult Education students
and 38 graduate students were eligible to
receive their degrees on Saturday, May 22
in the May Dell. The event, which started
4 • M a g a z i n e 2010
out under overcast skies, became drenched
with both raindrops and excitement by the
end, but spirits remained high.
The seniors had invited former faculty
member Dr. Jennifer Stollman back to
campus to deliver the 2010 commence-
ment address. She is currently an assistant
professor in the department of history
and the coordinator of the gender and
women’s studies program at Fort Lewis
College in Durango, Colorado.
Graduates and their families, along
with faculty and staff, gathered after
the ceremony for a buffet brunch in the
Refectory.
Salem Launches Exciting
New Programs in 2010
The ability of Salem students to choose from among a variety sport marketing, women in sport, business statistics, business
of innovative, challenging and career-worthy academic programs law and business ethics.
just increased, thanks to four new majors, two new minors, two
new certificate programs and two new licensure programs that Other Programs (Certificate and Licensure)
began with the fall semester. New licensure programs in Art Education and Music Educa-
tion for both traditional-age and adult students are now
Majors offered. Students major in either art or music and take the
Exercise Science offers either a bachelor of arts degree (B.A.) or courses necessary to be licensed to teach those subjects upon
a bachelor of science degree (B.S.) through the physical edu- graduation.
cation department with an interdisciplinary focus. Courses The Certificate in Accounting program
are designed in accordance with national standards set by will be offered to men and
the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and the women ages 23 and above
National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA). who are enrolled in
The Public Policy major program offers three concentrations: Salem through the
economic and social policy; policy analysis and implementa- Martha H. Fleer
tion; and government and policy. Center for
Race and Ethnicity Studies (REST). The REST major is an Adult Edu-
interdisciplinary program devoted to the critical examination cation. This
of race and ethnicity, complementing Salem’s dedication to program
global awareness and inquiry. There are three core courses gives adult
and eight elective courses to choose from, including critical students
issues in the history of race and ethnicity, American women’s a new
history, globalization and global inequities and modern writ- educa-
ings from women of the non-Western world. tional and
Women’s Studies is an interdisciplinary program focusing on professional
the role of gender in the development of individuals, societies opportunity,
and cultures and on the construction of gender by societies while utilizing
and cultures. Emphasis is placed upon the intersection of the accounting ex-
gender with race, class, ethnicity, age and sexuality and on pertise already existing
issues of bias, inequality and male privilege. in the College’s business
and economics department.
Minors The Certificate in Historic Preservation
The Coaching minor is designed to help expand women’s is designed for students interested in the stewardship and
leadership roles in intercollegiate athletics, another natural fit future of historic buildings and structures, and is a collabora-
for Salem. It is one of the only women’s coaching programs tion offered by the Interior Design and History departments
in the country. at Salem. Internships and other study options are under
The new minor in Sport Management gives students more discussion with Preservation North Carolina, Old Salem and
depth in the field of sport management. Courses available are other organizations.

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Hines-Gaither Receives
2009-2010 Pfohl Faculty Award
Krishauna Hines-Gaither C'02, Spanish instructor and co-
ordinator of French/Spanish teacher education at Salem, received
the annual Pfohl Faculty Award at the Honors Convocation held
May 12.
She earned an associate’s degree from Forsyth Tech and then
entered Salem College holding a scholarship given to a student
who demonstrated academic excellence in the area of foreign
language. Graduating from Salem in 2002 after earning the
President’s Prize in Spanish, she went on to earn a master’s degree
from Wake Forest and did further language study at Middlebury
College.
She has already been honored in numerous ways by the insti-
tutions she attended, receiving the 2007 Distinguished Alumna
Award from Forsyth Tech and the 2007 Salem College Excellence
in Teaching award, and being elected by the class of 2008 to
deliver their baccalaureate address.
An extraordinary teacher, she shares her love of the Spanish
language with Salem students through teaching classes such as
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level 2 Spanish, the Culture and Civilization of Spain and Cuba
through Film and Language. As coordinator of French/Span-
ish teacher education, she teaches second-language instructional
methods and mentors student teachers. She is a mentor for several
clubs and takes part in Salem student-led activities such as the
annual Step Show.
Hines-Gaither is active outside the classroom, serving
as chair of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign
Languages, the board of Directors of Forsyth Tech and as a co-
founder of AAL, or African-American Linguists, a national asso-
ciation promoting second languages among the African-American
community. For the past six years she has served as a translator at
the United States Marine Corps’ recruitment station in Winston-
Salem, and she has had papers published and presented her work
on topics ranging from teaching diverse learners, to the celebra-
tion of the African diaspora through film.
Facility Updates 2010
The Cellar
The old Grille above Bryant Hall has
been completely transformed into The
Cellar. Through a collaborative effort
with ARAMARK the facility’s grand
opening was held August 25. Featured
are a new grill and coffee menus, a
convenience store and expanded hours
of operation. Renovations include new
furnishings, lighting, finishes and an
expanded area on the patio.
Refectory Enhancements
New to the refectory this fall was a hy-
dration station which uses the natural
juices from fruits, vegetables and herbs
(from the Salem organic garden) to
enhance the flavor of water naturally.
Choose from a variety of flavors daily.
Enhancements to Eco Grounds, an
ecologically and socially responsible
coffee line, are also now available.
Staff Lounge
There is a new lounge that is furnished
with tables, chairs, sofa, refrigerator
and microwave. A bookcase in the
lounge is designated as a lending
library so favorite books may be
shared. The lounge is located across
from the Public Safety office.
Main Hall 3rd Floor
Classroom Enhancements
The third floor of Main Hall saw
carpet replaced in several classrooms
as well as artwork, whiteboards and
identification signs added. Classroom
301 has new furnishings and
technology.
Bookstore Offerings
Salem continues to partner with
Barnes & Noble to offer students a
variety of textbook options, all of
which are designed to decrease the
cost of textbooks. The bookstore now
offers new and used textbooks, as well
as rental and e-books appropriate for
around 25 percent of courses.
Sorrells Named
Outstanding
Teacher for 2010
Kristina Porazzi Sorrells
C’96, mathemat-
ics teacher at Salem
Academy, was named
as the Outstanding
Secondary School
Mathematics Teacher representing Private/
Charter schools for 2010. The honor was
announced by the North Carolina Council
of Teachers of Mathematics (NCCTM).
Sorrells, who lives in Tobaccoville, received
the award at the NCCTM annual confer-
ence in October.
A 1996 graduate of Salem College,
Sorrells received her master’s degree in
mathematics from Wake Forest Univer-
sity in 1998 and has been teaching for 11
years. She is a member of the National
Council of Teachers of Mathematics, the
Mathematical Association of America, the
North Carolina Council of Teachers of
Mathematics and the North Carolina As-
sociation of Advanced Placement Math-
ematics Teachers.
Karl Sjolund, Head of School at the
Academy, describes Sorrells as “passionate
about her students and her subject.”
He adds, “Before arriving at the
Academy, many students had fumbled
through the required courses keeping their
mouths shut and their minds closed to the
world of mathematics. But then everything
changes after arriving in Mrs. Sorrells’
class. Not only do they overcome their
fear of math, but in many cases they wind
up enrolling in the most advanced math
courses we offer simply because they have
grown to love the subject.”
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Meek C’10 Eskew, Porter Receive Tenure
Receives Professors Nita Eskew and Traci Por- Porter,

Fulbright Award terspringreceived

2010.
tenure at Salem College during associate profes-
sor of biol-
Lauren Meek C’10, was awarded
Eskew, ogy, received her
a prestigious Fulbright U.S. Student
associate profes- bachelor’s degree
Program scholarship to Germany to
sor of chemistry in psychology
teach English as a Second Language,
and director cum laude from
the United States Department of State
of the Women Carleton College
and the J. William Fulbright Foreign
in Science and in Northfield,
Scholarship Board announced in June.
Mathematics Minnesota and her doctorate in biopsy-
Meek is one of more than 1,500
(WISH) program chology from the University of Wisconsin
U.S. citizens who will travel abroad for
at Salem, earned at Madison. She did postdoctoral research
the 2010-2011 academic year through
her bachelor’s of science degree and her at both the University of Maryland in
the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.
doctorate in organic chemistry from the College Park and the conservation biology
A native of Draper, Virginia, Meek
University of North Carolina at Chapel department of the National Zoological
won the President’s Prize for German at
Hill. During the summer of 2009 she was Park in Washington, D.C. She joined
Salem, where she majored in German,
natural science instructor in green design Salem as assistant professor of biology
English and creative writing.
at the North Carolina Governor’s School and was promoted to associate professor
The Fulbright Program is the
West, held at Salem. Before entering in March. Before coming to Salem, she
flagship international educational
academic life, Eskew held increasingly taught at schools including the University
exchange program sponsored by the
responsible supervisory and laboratory of Maryland at College Park; at George
U.S. government and is designed to
positions with the Bayer Corporation in Washington University in Washington,
increase mutual understanding between
Goose Creek, SC. While at Salem she D.C.; at Prince George’s Community Col-
the people of the United States and the
has taught on topics such as organic and lege in Largo, Md; and at the University of
people of other countries. Recipients
biochemistry, medicinal plants, spectros- Wisconsin, Madison. She is a member of
of Fulbright grants are selected on
copy, modern chemistry and society and numerous professional societies including
the basis of academic or professional
green design. A member of the American the Association of Southeastern Biologists,
achievement, as well as demonstrated
Chemical Society, she won Salem’s H. A. the Animal Behavior Society, Botanical
leadership potential in their fields. The
Pfohl Award in 2008 for teaching excel- Society of America and Beta Beta Beta
program operates in over 155 countries
lence. She has published numerous papers, (biological honor society). While at Salem
worldwide.
received grants for study projects and College she has served on various com-
presented at professional meetings. She has mittees including the Academic Council,
also served on numerous College commit- Faculty Advisory Board and Coordinat-
tees, including the faculty advisory board, ing Committee. Her articles have been
coordinating committee, academic council published in periodicals ranging from the
and graduate programs study group, along Journal of Zoology to the American Journal
with serving as the faculty sponsor of the of Primatology.
Salem College chapter of SAACS (Student
Affiliate of the American Chemical Soci-
ety) since 2005.

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Salem Posts Great Fall in GSAC,
Adds New Spring Sports
Salem had a great fall season (2010) in its second year in the
Great South Athletic Conference (GSAC).
Soccer coach Jay Callahan led the soccer team to the Great
South semifinals for their second straight year in the conference.
They finished the regular season with a second-place GSAC finish
and a 15-3 overall record. Five players – Tia Bringhurst C’13, Sa-
brina Thiel C’13, Stephanie Hubbard C’14, Alexi Saganich C’14
and Anna Trakas C’14 – received GSAC All-Conference awards.
Hubbard, Saganich and Trakas were joined by Mackenzie Schmidt
C’14 on the GSAC All-Freshman team.
Salem’s cross country team finished in third place at the
GSAC championships. Stephanie Mendez C’13 earned GSAC
All-Conference honors for the second year in a row. Joanna Mills
C’14 and Natali Olveda C’14 earned GSAC All-Freshman honors.
Coach Shawn Marek brought in five first-year recruits for the
2010 season.
The volleyball team, coached by Amanda Ziemba, finished in
fourth place for the second year in a row in the GSAC. The team
had one player – Christine Tillman C’11 – selected to the Great
South Athletic All-Conference Team for the second straight year.
Coach Jim Jackson and the basketball team are well into the
season, posting the first home victory against Peace College in
three years and looking to some challenging opponents during the
winter months. For the spring 2011 season, Salem has added two
new sports to the roster, softball and track and field.
Scott Long is the new head softball coach for the Salem
Spirits. He is focusing heavily on recruiting in preparation for
softball’s first season in the Great South in the 2011-2012 aca-
demic year. Long comes to Salem after spending the past three
seasons as the varsity softball head coach at Calvary Baptist High
School in Winston-Salem. Long led Calvary to a 33-17 record
over those three years, and was selected as the 2008 Triangle
Athletic Conference Coach of the Year. He spent three years as
the junior varsity and varsity softball coach at William G. Enloe
High School in Raleigh. He has also spent time as a football as-
sistant at Enloe and Bishop McGuinness High School (Raleigh);
coaching baseball at Enloe and Calvary; and as a basketball coach
at East Forsyth Middle School in Kernersville. He is a member of
the National Fastpitch Coaches Association.
Cross-country head coach Shawn Marek is also the new
coach of the Salem Spirits track and field team. Marek attended
Saint Bonaventure University and ran four years as an NCAA
Division I athlete in the Atlantic 10 Conference. Since his
college career, he has completed a number of marathons, three
times qualifying for the Boston Marathon in the fastest time
bracket. He won the 2010 N.C. Half Marathon and finished
the 2010 Boston Marathon in the top 1.8 percent. He is a USA
Track and Field Certified Coach and a USA Weightlifting Sport
Performance Certified Coach.
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 Pictured above: Joyce Comerford C’14
Pictured to the right: Debbie Furr C'13, an education major
10 • M a g a z i n e 2010
MarthA H. Fleer Center for
Adult Education
A conversation with Dean Suzanne Williams

“S
o many positive things have happened to the Fleer helped increase numbers. "We gave out 25 scholarship awards last
Center in the past year that it’s difficult to name spring, and did the same for fall 2010," Williams says. "This kind
them all,” says Dean Suzanne Williams. The bustle of aid means that students can also take advantage of Jan Term
of people in and out of her office combined with phone calls,
walk-ins and requests for more information are a testament to the
ongoing success of the adult education program at Salem.
Two open houses held during the summer, so men and wom-
en ages 23 and up could ask questions and gather useful informa-
tion, resulted in record attendance and even more important,
many applications. Salem waived the application fee for anyone
applying during the open houses, and even offered to contact
previous colleges for student transcripts. More open houses like
these will be held throughout the year, Williams says.
“It was a wonderful joint effort between us, the graduate
program in teacher education, the faculty and the office of com-
munications and public relations,” she added.
Williams says she is seeing more students apply from out- Fleer Center students were recognized during the Alpha Sigma
side the usual one-hour’s-drive-from-home radius, with several Lambda adult student honor society. They are (from back to
front) Jessica Golding, Brent Neuenschwander, Harry Lerner,
students relocating just to take particular programs (such as the
Tanya Reynolds, Angela Wilson, Pamela Hall, Kathy Fritts, Mary
certificate program in injury preventive keyboard therapy). “We Etienne, Heather McCracken, Debora Jackson, Debbie Furr and
even have an adult international student Jamie Ridge.

who heard about Salem from cur- opportunities such as internships or study abroad without wor-
rent international students, and has rying about how to afford it."
moved here to begin classes this Also attracting students are two additional sites – Ran-
fall,” she points out. “We are also dolph Community College in Asheboro, and Davidson Com-
seeing more and more students munity College in Lexington – where students may take either
who have educational plans beyond business or education courses respectively through the Fleer
simply a bachelor’s degree. Many are Center.
enrolling with plans to go on Williams says that Fleer Center students have an increas-
for their doctorates.” ingly involved presence wherever they take classes; for the
Five endowed second year in a row, there is an executive board whose student
scholarships, leaders take part in Salem leadership opportunities (see the
as well as Rather retreat, page 42).
other financial “We continue to focus on removing every possible road-
options, are block there might be for students wanting to study for their
now available college degree, no matter what their age or experience,” she con-
to Salem stu- cludes.
dents and have

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F l e e r S tud e nt
Carolyn (Carly) Williams
Carolyn “Carly” Williams, C'13 one of Salem College’s re-
markable Fleer Center for Adult Education students, remembers
walking into Bryant Hall on the Salem College campus last fall to
attend new-student orientation. “I remember feeling so invigo-
rated by the faces of women, like me, who had found the courage
to begin again to complete the unfinished business of earning an
undergraduate degree,” she recalls. “The Fleer Center has bridged
the disconnect I felt over attending college after first marrying
and raising a family.”
Williams, a Winston-Salem native who has used the name
“Carly” since beginning to sing publicly three years ago, believes
she had that same scholastic winning mentality when she was a
young child. “I used to think I knew everything, until I realized I
didn’t,” she says, smiling.
Books were prized by the young girl, whose father worked
construction and landscaping jobs while her mother stayed
home to care for eight children. “I learned to read before start-
ing first grade, opening up like a wonderful world of Disney to
me…books took me away to places I could only dream of,” she
says. “My mama was the one who emphasized that we get a good
education. My mother died when I was six years old, but she has
been the strength of my heart ever since.”
In Carly’s family, a “good education” meant being able to
graduate from high school. So when she received her diploma
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in 1973, she says her “very
early goal as a young woman”
was to graduate from high
school, get married and have
children. As she says, “It was a
short list.”
Williams married; raised
three sons, Michael, Lawrence
and Christopher; and then
divorced. The urge to go back
to school, despite limited
financial resources, was one
that proved to be irresistible
for Williams, who calls herself
a woman of “continuous
learning”. As she told the
audience gathered in April at
the annual Scholarship Luncheon, “I have arrived at a point of
purpose in my life where I have decided to journey on and more
fully become the woman I originally intended to be.”
Williams talked about how during fall semester 2009, “after
nearly 50 years of whining about how much I would love to play
the piano,” she had that opportunity thanks to music professor
Dr. Thomas Swenson. Her yearning to write led her to Dr. Amy
Knox Brown, director of the Center for Women Writers, who
gave her the foundation to assert with confidence that she was,
indeed, a writer. And a scholarship set up for adult learners by Dr.
Martha Fleer, for whom Salem College’s adult education program
is named, helped Carly Williams afford the education that is en-
riching her life and opening new doors for her, making her “feel
strong and relevant again.”
Today Williams is intent upon becoming a trained chef
and is pursuing the accreditation she needs to make this hap-
pen – while also juggling her writing courses at Salem. Feeling
a strong passion for both arts, she is writing a story about her
culinary training experience for a non-fiction class she is taking
this fall. Her message for other would-be adult students: “What
are you waiting for? Please find a way to begin again. Continue
to grow into the educated professional you once fearlessly desired
to be. ‘Can’t’ is a four-letter word!”
Graduate Programs and
Teacher Studies
A conversation with Dean Susan Gebhard
Pictured above is graduate student Yamile Valencia and pupil.
New fulltime hires, a new location
for education classes – Davidson County
Community College in Lexington, N.C.
– and a new study abroad program for
January Term 2011 are just a few of the
projects keeping the Office of Graduate
Programs and Teacher Studies busy these
days.
Director Susan Gebhard says most of
the new students she is seeing fall into one
of two groups. “We have many enrollees
who have just finished their undergradu-
ate degrees and want to go straight into
graduate school without a pause first,” she
explains. “The second group is of primar-
ily career changers ... people who have
worked awhile – perhaps many years – and
decided that they’ve really always wanted
to teach, and why not do it now?”
She says that two of the newer areas of
study offered at Salem – special education
and Advanced and Intellectually Gifted
(AIG) are proving to be quite popular
among teacher candidates. Salem has
recently hired Ann Battenberg, a specialist
in both, to strengthen that focus area. Also
hired was Dr. Nikki Galloway, who will
spearhead the growing teaching of literacy
program, while part-time faculty member
Ron Montequila is now a full-time mem-
ber of the staff.
Also new is the opportunity to
provide education classes at Davidson
Community College in Lexington, N.C.
“The community college has been won-
derful to work with,” says Gebhard, “and
we have four classes already underway.
We hope, pending the approval of the
Southern Association of Colleges and
Schools (SACS), that this will become a
stand-alone licensure-granting program,
giving adult students yet another way to
take advantage of Salem’s expertise.”
Finally, Gebhard says the first group
of Salem students earning their master’s
in education will be presenting at the
third annual Salem College Celebration
of Academic Excellence Day, set for April
27, 2011. They will be presenting the
findings of their action research theses, or
ARTs.
S a l e m C o l l e g e • 13
 Pictured above: Olivia Cleary C'13

14 • M a g a z i n e 2010
Admissions and
Financial Aid
A conversation with Dean Katherine Knapp Watts C’80
F
rom Babcock basement to the third floor of Gramley
Library, the members of the Salem Class of 2014 are
making their presence known! We are delighted to
welcome the largest number of new students (first-years and
transfers) since 2004. One hundred and seventy strong, these
newcomers are a special group, as shown on page 16.
Even as we get the Class of 2014 off to a great start, we
are already immersed in the next recruiting cycle. Our enroll-
ment goals remain high, and we need the assistance of all our
alumnae in spreading the good word about Salem.
The Admissions Office is happy to announce the hiring of
four new counselors who are already on the road recruiting the
Class of 2015. These young women, three of whom graduated
from Salem College, bring unique talents and backgrounds to
their jobs. They are:
Amber Lankford Fleming C’10, native of Mt. Airy, N.C.
who received her bachelor’s degree in business administra-
tion-finance; her recruitment territory is western N.C. and
western Va.
Carmen Sauls C’10, from Goldsboro, N.C., who earned her
bachelor’s degree in art history; her recruitment territory is
territory is eastern N.C. and eastern Va.
Rebecca Barnhardt C’10 of Winston-Salem, N.C., who
received her bachelor of arts in Spanish; her recruitment
territory is central North Carolina and Florida (except
Miami and Fort Lauderdale)
Sarah Simons Team, daughter of Anne Miller Simons C’70
and niece of Anne Simons Straughan C'64, a native of
Raleigh, N.C., who earned a bachelor’s degree in history
from Presbyterian College in 2008; her recruitment terri-
tory is South Carolina, Georgia, Charlotte and Raleigh.
Also representing Salem are assistant deans of admissions,
Allison Crooks C’04 (whose recruitment territory is the mid-
Atlantic, Midwest, Tennessee, Kentucky and transfers) and
Livni Mendez C’04 (whose territory is Texas, South Florida
and international students).
While these counselors are on the road, the admissions
staff interacts with literally hundreds of prospective students
per month via phone, direct mail, Facebook and website updates,
during visits and in countless other ways.
We are all delighted to be working closely with Jay Callahan,
the Salem head soccer coach and sports information director, who
is now also working as director of athletic recruiting. Callahan,
who was instrumental in helping recruit 16 soccer players for this
first-year class, says the challenge is to “apply strategies that have
been successful in bringing in quality soccer players in order to
increase recruitment for all teams.”
At Salem we build a class one student at a time. As an
alumna the most important – and most rewarding – way to help
Salem is to recruit a student. Please contact us at any time with
names of prospective students, details about college fairs in your
area or opportunities for us to come and speak to you and your
daughters, granddaughters, nieces and special friends about Salem
College.
Even better, bring a student to visit during one of our open
Counselors (back)
Rebecca Barnhardt C'10
and Amber Lankford
Fleming C'10 and
(front) Sarah Team and
Carmen Sauls C'10 are
on the road for Salem.
house programs listed below. The beauty and special spirit of our
campus works magic!
Spring Visit, April 9, 2011: For high school juniors and sopho-
mores and college transfers
Legacy Day, August 8, 2011 for grades 9-12
S a l e m C o l l e g e • 15
An ato m y of
The Class of 2014

10 Legacies
24 States/3 Countries
147 First Year/23 Transfer
30 recruited student athletes
11 percent increase over 2009
Average high school GPA 3.75
60 percent from North Carolina
88 percent applied to Salem on-line
85 percent attended public high schools
36 percent in top 10 percent of HS class (three valedictorians, three salutatorians)
Two played in the East/West All Star soccer game which included the top 32 players in the state
One represented Salem at the US Collegiate Figure Skating Championship with the top 50 college skaters
Most popular names: Sara(h) and Amanda (5 each), next most popular are Samantha and Chelsea (Chelsey) (4 each). Pictured
above L-R: Amanda (Sauquiot, NY), Alexa (Wilmington, NC), Anna (Tryon, NC) and Sarah (Oak Ridge, TN)

16 • M a g a z i n e 2010
 A�umnae N e ws
Dear Fellow Salem Alumnae:
“How will you change tomorrow?”
This is the question posed to potential
students in Salem’s most recent admis-
sions video.* While the video’s target au-
dience is potential applicants ages 15-18,
the question is one each of us could ask
ourselves. I believe it is a question worth
pondering, especially given the rapidly changing world in which
we live. Today’s world constantly calls upon us to adapt to new
technologies and new ways of thinking, and to come up with new
and innovative ideas. But, what does all of this have to do with
Salem?
At 238 years of age, Salem continues to adapt, change and
thrive. For example, Salem has added new majors and courses;
updated existing facilities with the latest technology; added
athletic teams; and even revamped the dining hall to provide a
greater variety of food to support the students' desire for healthier
dining options. Yet, amidst our changing world, Salem has found
a remarkable way to stay true to its heritage and its core mission:
to educate women to become leaders in the world. To me, this is
both exciting and reassuring.
As I enter my second year as your Alumnae President, I pause
when I consider the many Salem women who have come before
me. In fact, it is the leadership of alumnae throughout the past
238 years that has sustained Salem and enabled it to stay true to
its mission regardless of our country’s triumphs and pitfalls.
I have had the great privilege over the past two years to meet
alumnae of all ages, backgrounds and interests. What never fails
to impress me is the passion with which all Salem women ap-
proach life; the integrity and intellectual curiosity we share; and
the many leadership opportunities we have embraced in our com-
munities. Salem women are leaders. Leaders step up in the face of
challenges and bring about change.
Today, Salem continues to face head on the challenges result-
ing from the difficult economic climate in which we live. The
incredible generosity of Salem’s alumnae and friends over these
past two years has enabled Salem to continue to thrive. However,
it is imperative that, as alumnae, we continue to support Salem
generously. I’d like to challenge each of us to do the following:
Make an Annual Fund gift to Salem this year…even if you
have never done so – every gift counts!
Send Salem the name of one potential student
(admissions@salem.edu) – a babysitter, friend of a son or
daughter, niece, or daughter of a friend.
Visit Salem sometime during the year – whether it’s your
reunion year or not!
Attend a local Salem Alumnae event in your area (see
Salem on FACEBOOK!)
Wear your Salem t-shirt and put a Salem decal on your car.
I’d like to leave you with one final thought. Oprah Win-
frey used to ask her guests, “What is the one thing you know
for sure?” Well, the one thing I know for sure is that at Salem,
women receive an incredible education, one that is grounded
in tradition, and one that will prepare them to be leaders in the
world.
*To see the trailer for the
video, go to: www.salem.
edu/salem-shines. Forward
it to a prospective student
or a high-school teacher in
your area!
I also know, that we alumnae are Salem’s most precious asset
and its greatest advocates. So, how will Salem change tomorrow?
It’s up to us!
I hope to see you throughout the year and welcome your
thoughts and ideas. Please don’t hesitate to contact me with any
questions or concerns you may have.
Sincerely,
Mary Martha Whitener Beecy C’88
mmbeecy@aol.com
S a l e m C o l l e g e • 17
Alumnae Events

Mary Dameron Holderness C’66, Frances Opfer Cronlund C’98

and Liz Denton Baird C’83 in Durham.

Elizabeth Bennett Scott C’92,

Amanda Long Ramseur C’93 and Lara
Moore Howe C’93 at the Coral Bay
Luncheon in Atlantic Beach, NC.

Rebekah Candler Ward C’43, Sharon Maurice McClure C’68

and Jane Little Gibson C’55 in Atlanta.

Hannah Huske Wilson C'76 with mother Mary Lou Stack Huske C'46 and Helen Spruill Brinkley C'48
with daughter Len Brinkley C'77 at the Charlotte Alumnae Club's Gramley Dinner.

18 • M a g a z i n e 2010
Allison Bruce Anderson C’94, Emily Peterson C’08, Theresa Kanter C’98 and Amanda Dean C’06 in Atlanta.

Bonnie Horner A’61, Susan Lundeen Smith C’72

and Ann Wilson Cramer C’66 in Atlanta.

Neili Cole Akridge C’95 and her aunt,

Mary Crowley C’79, in Spartanburg.

Susan Smith C’08, Rebekah Bokros Hatch C’99 and

Nicole Winslow Levell C’06 in Atlanta.

S a l e m C o l l e g e • 19
Salem Alumnae Events in March

Annie McLeod Jenkins C’70 invited former staff members from the Salem’s Admissions Office to her house for special
get together: Annette Perritt Lynch C’75, Katherine Knapp Watts C’80, Joyce McLain Poe C’72, Rose Ellen Bowen
C’53, Doris Newman, Amy Cass Millikan C’90, Jeannie Leonard, Kathy Marakas Barnes C’81, Diane Conley C’96,
Anna Beck Gallimore C’98, Annie McLeod Jenkins C’70, Liz Boyd Rader C’79, Julie Trabue Hanes C’86, Kem Mims
Schroeder C’76, Cathy Duckwall Dupont C’86, Laura Ferguson Esleeck C’73 and Darcy Camp McCurry C’77.

Hilary Williams C’96, Samanthi Gunawardana C’96, Amanda Dean C’06, Emily Jean
Peterson C’08, Susan Smith C’08 and Kristin Baum Agnelli C’06 in Atlanta.

Monique Farrell Harmon C’01,

Monica Varandani C’01, Crystal
Hundley Shelton C’01, and
Jenni Jenkins Chao C’01 in
Winston-Salem.

Aparna Lhila C’98, Alison Huff C’82 and Marie Plonk Babcock C’76 in Athens, Ga.

20 • M a g a z i n e 2010
Mother-Dau�hter Celebration o� a
VOTE FOR:
Salem Christmas
Alumnae Awards
Presented Each
Year During
Reunion Weekend
We invite you to vote! Please submit the
name and class year of the nominee/s to
Karla Gort C’00, director of alumnae
relations, via email to karla.gort@
salem.edu or mail to Salem College,
Alumnae Office, 601 South Church
Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27101 Self-
nominations are accepted.

Distinguished Alumna Award -

recognizes a Salem alumna’s
achievements in volunteer service
and/or her professional distinctions.

Nancy Meanor Stitcher C’87 with daughter, Sally, and

Lucy Cheshire Minter C’87 with daughter, Claire. Alumna Service Award -
recognizes a Salem alumna’s
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.

Sarah Carter, Mary Banks and Elle, daughters of Betsy

Mebane Farmer C’92 and Alison Spears Boyle C’94.

S a l e m C o l l e g e • 21
 Admissions Le�acy Day
Update Your Info!
Have you moved? Have you
changed your name? Do you have a
new job? Did you have a baby? Do
you have a new EMAIL address?

Here are TWO ways to update your

contact information if you are a Salem
alumna:

1. Send us your business card and we

will send you a Salem luggage tag!
Mail to: Salem College, Alumnae
Office, 601 South Church Street,
Winston-Salem, NC 27101

2. Choose the online method:

1. Go to www.salem.edu.
2. Click on “Alumnae” at the top of
the page.
3. Choose “Update Biography” in Joanna Winecoff Wells C’88 with daughters Grace and
menu on left. Caroline and niece, Maddie Winecoff.

4. Fill in form and click “SUBMIT” at

the bottom of the page.

Cecelia Black Corbett C’57 with granddaughter Maggie Corbett.

22 • M a g a z i n e 2010
Susan Maddox C'65 Enjoys Peak Experiences
Susan Maddox C’65, a resident of Hobbs, New
Mexico, looks forward the summers even
more than most. That’s because she
will once again have the opportu-
nity to revel in her avocation:
mountaineering.
Maddox, who graduated
from Salem with a degree in
chemistry, is fairly new to the
sport of climbing mountains
but not new at all to physical
fitness. In fact, you might say
it has been a lifelong passion for
her, begun back when the words
“working out” didn’t even exist.
“I have worked out routinely for
the last 37 to 38 years of my life,” says the
energetic Maddox, a former research chemist, part-
time decorative painter, current community leader/volunteer and
a former member of the Salem College Board of Visitors. “It long
ago became truly a way of life for me, along with my husband,
Don, and son Ben.”
She says the key to physical fitness for her is continuity. “I
usually get up between 5 and 6 a.m. and go to my trainer or a
gym and work out for about an hour and a half at least six days a
week. If we are out of town, I do whatever I can which is usually
walking. The point is to be flexible and not make excuses but
rather to get it done,” Maddox says. “When it is really a part of
one’s life, missing more than two days just does not feel right. As
we get older and the body changes, and it truly does, the need for
exercise becomes greater, not less.”
The impetus for fitness originated when Maddox, at age 22,
suffered a lung collapse due to a congenital defect. She began to
be concerned about her overall pulmonary function, especially
when a similar problem arose a few years later. “I began running
in my 30s, and I ran throughout that entire decade,” she recalls.
“I loved it! I ran until two knee surgeries while skiing and subse-
quent surgery made running a less than ideal choice.”
She switched to weight-training and cardiovascular exercise
and continued with her fitness regime, adding scheduled walking
to the mix. When her son Ben moved to Colorado and began to
climb the “fourteeneers” – peaks over 14,000 feet above sea level
– Maddox quickly realized the benefits of joining him.
“Thinking about climbing mountains every summer, particularly
with my son, was very appealing to me and kept me motivated,”
she says.
Maddox says she truly has “peak experiences” when she
climbs, although putting into words how memorable they are
can be difficult. “Climbing sets a definite goal for the entire year’s
workouts; it allows an opportunity to see some of God’s creation
that I would never be able to see any other way; it gives me an
amazing sense of accomplishment when I can get up and down
the mountain; it lets me know, because of the toughness of it,
that I am more than blessed to be able to do it; it is revealing that
my age and the condition of my body are not going to allow this
activity, at this level, for a great many more years so it needs to be
done now,” she says.
She admits that climbing a fourteeneer can be humbling, as
well. “I do have to have some help in these climbs. That used to
gall me but now I am over that and sometimes beg for some help
over a difficult spot. I have never had to be carried, however, so at
least I am on my own two feet!”
Maddox believes that her devotion to fitness has helped her
bounce back from injuries and surgeries during her adult life.
To her peers, she strongly recommends several books written by
Dr. Henry Lodge and Chris Crowley (the book specifically for
women is entitled Younger Next Year for Women: live Strong,
Fit and Sexy Until You’re 80 and Beyond) that gives easy ways in
which diet, exercise, staying involved with friends and family and
simply moving all contribute to a feeling of youthfulness.
“I hope that the young women attending Salem today will come
to realize that having balance in one’s life – including time for
physical fitnesss -- really does make for happiness in oneself and
later in one’s overall family situation,” Maddox comments. “As
these women become older and have more people in their lives
who are important to them, it is really important to set a rou-
tine that lets everyone know that you are going to have time for
yourself.”
S a l e m C o l l e g e • 23
Memories of a “Roadrunner”:
Mary Ann Paschal Parrish A’37, C’41

24 • M a g a z i n e 2010
 Mary Ann Paschal Parrish A’37
C’41 of Winston-Salem says a recent
fall has slowed her down, but her strong
handshake, sparkling eyes and animated
conversation belie any drastic curtailing
of activity. In fact, at the age of 89 (she’ll
be 90 in January), Parrish still goes into
her office regularly. And she still collects
roadrunners given to her by people who
were amazed by her fast pace.
As one of the first women in the
Southeast to own her own real-estate
firm – once Helms-Parrish Properties,
now part of Prudential Carolinas Realty
– Parrish didn’t originally see herself as a
business leader. Born on West End Boule-
vard in Winston-Salem, she had an idyllic
upbringing before, in her words, she was
“whisked away without parental notifica-
tion” to Salem Academy. She grew to love
her time there, although she calls herself
“a spasmodic honor student depending on
my social schedule.”
Parrish next became a day student at
Salem College, graduating with a major
in history and a minor in psychology, and
credits her Salem teachers and coaches
with “helping equip me to tackle life.”
Four new graduates of Salem, Parrish
among them, were given the privilege
of going to business school at Salem in
the morning and then having on-the-job
training in the afternoon at R.J. Reynolds
Tobacco Co. When they finished the
course at Salem, they were hired full-time
at the company.
Her real interest – running her
father’s glass and mirror company – was
denied her, however. As she writes in her
memoirs, Parrish followed the dictates
of the times and, more specifically, her
father. Although his company fascinated
her, he would never countenance a
daughter running the family business.
In 1948, Mary Ann married
Fred Parrish and they settled down in
Winston-Salem, she to focus on being a
mother and volunteer, Fred to practice
law and dabble in politics. They had
two daughters, Ann and Louise, and life
stayed busy but within its prescribed
boundaries until 1965. That is when
Fred Parrish died, age 47, of a brain
tumor, and his widow was left alone
with two children. It was, she says, the
“turning point of my life.”
Thanks to friend Henry Nading,
who was president of the N.C. Board
of Realtors, Parrish was invited to come
observe his real-estate practice for six
months and to study for her realtor’s li-
cense. She proved herself to be a natural
at bringing buyers and sellers together,
and she quickly was a force to reckon
with in area real estate, renowned for
holding parties for current and prospec-
tive clients and doing the “road-run-
ning” necessary to keep a business going.
When Parrish ran into fellow realtor
Robert Helms one day at Camel City
Laundry, the talk – as always – turned to
business, and resulted in the formation
of Helms-Parrish Properties in 1974. be temporarily curtailed, Parrish now
Helms-Parrish operated independently
for 12 years and amassed quite a track
record in real estate. In 1986, the two
partners agreed to be bought by Merrill
Lynch Realty, a deal that Parrish said was
extremely positive. “We helped them
come into this local market, and they
appreciated us,” she says. “It was an op-
portunity for growth and a lot of fun.”
In 1991, Helms-Parrish became
part of the much larger Prudential Caro-
linas Realty, and Parrish and Helms
went their separate ways.
While Parrish believes women have
come a long way in the business world,
“We’re not completely there yet.” She
points out that she believed it was to
her long-term advantage to agree that
“Helms” came before “Parrish” in the
company name. ‘We knew we were
an unusual match because we were a
man-woman team, but we worked well
together. We balanced things out. It was
one of the happiest periods of my life.”
Parrish believes that while she was
a trailblazer in business – and probably
would have amazed her own father, had
he lived to see it – the secret was that “I
worked at my passion, still do.”
Today that also means working
hard on her memoir, entitled Parrish the
Thought (Salem plans to hold a book-
signing for her when it is published
early this year, with proceeds to go to
Salem and the M.S. Society). The book
is dedicated to Parrish’s family and in
memory of her firstborn (also a real-
tor), Ann Paschal Parrish Griffen, who
battled M.S. and eventually died from
pancreatic cancer in 2005.
While her “roadrunner” days may
says she’s happy to be mentally “road-
running” through her memories and
photographs. “What got me going on
the writing was finding a photograph
of myself at the age of two, sitting in
a baby chair and clutching a pen. I
felt like I should use that pen now to
write about what’s new and what’s old,
besides me.”
S a l e m C o l l e g e • 25
Karen Hobbs Isner C’74 Proud Mother
Karen Hobbs Isner C'74 has had a front-row seat to went to graduate school at N.C. State, and after an early work-
one of pro tennis’ most amazing stories. related move to Columbia, S.C., the couple returned home to
Her son John Isner, who gained Greensboro to raise their three sons. Karen is a realtor, but also
international acclaim after his victory in the assists Bob with their business, Greensboro Contracting Corp.
longest tennis match in history (11 hours In fact, Greensboro Contracting, through its LLC, Marshall
over three days), is a Greensboro native Townhomes, is developing condominiums near Old Salem.
and a graduate of Page High School. “Working on the townhome project in Old Salem has
He’s also very close to his mother, brought back a lot of good memories,” Isner said. “It’s been so
whom he talks with on the telephone every rewarding to work with the various Old Salem groups to make
day regardless of where he is on the pro this project right. I’ve come full circle. It’s been fun being back on
circuit around the world. campus and seeing how beautiful it is.”
“I try not to give my opinion about any- “Small schools are not for
thing regarding tennis,” she said. “I do know more everyone, but are the right
about the game than most people probably think I do, but we fit for some, including
talk about everything else, which I think keeps him grounded. We me,” she said. “I
talk about what we had for dinner, how the rest of the family is think it comes
doing and of course he wants to know how our dog is doing. He down to what
loves our dog.” type of
John Isner, an All-America during his four-year career at the student you
University of Georgia, was already turning heads in the tennis are and
world before his historic match at Wimbledon. Currently ranked what best
No. 18 in the world, he is the second tallest player in profes- motivates
sional tennis, at 6 feet 9 inches tall. With his victory over France’s you. Small
Nicolas Mahut at Wimbledon, Isner was suddenly vaulted onto classes,
the world stage. where you
For Karen Isner, a psychology major at Salem, the ride that can get to
John is taking her family on at times seems surreal. “He lives in a know and
very unique world right now, there’s no question about that,” she interact with
said. “Not many of the other players come from an average back- the professors,
ground like we do. It’s hard for me to believe sometimes what his are a better fit for
life is like right now. It is so exciting and of course I’m very proud many students. At
of him. small schools you can
She added, “It is still strange for me to see crowds gather delve deeper into the subject
around him seeking autographs, at the U.S. Open for example, matter because you have that per-
because he’s still ‘our John.’ Since Wimbledon, it’s been even sonal interaction.
more amazing, seeing him on David Letterman and throwing the One of her fondest was being in a religion class taught by the
first pitch at a Major League baseball game.” late Chaplain Clark Thompson. “Clark Thompson, my favorite
Isner met her husband, Bob, through a family cousin, when professor, had that type of class,” Isner commented. “He chal-
Karen was at Salem and Bob was at Davidson College. He later lenged you, he made you think deeply.”

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Alumnae Reconnect with
Exchange Student Over the Miles
Across thousands of miles and a
number of years, an exchange student
from Chile has never forgotten her time at
Salem (1964-65). In fact, Erika Vohringer
C'59 says her arrival at the College was a
moment that is “printed as with fire in my
mind.”
“I arrived on a Saturday afternoon
by Greyhound bus which left me near the
Post Office, and a group of Salem juniors
was waiting for me,” Vohringer recalls. “I
gathered they were surprised at seeing me
well-dressed and wearing a hat, because
they had never before heard about Chile
and maybe they thought I might come
with feathers ... They were also surprised
that I could speak English fluently. That´s
because I was majoring in English and
music at the university in Chile.”
Vohringer settled into Strong Resi-
dence Hall, making friends and entertain-
ing classmates with the accordion that she
had brought with her. She describes her
time at Salem as “a year of excitement,
much learning, many discoveries in every
sense ( about) my classmates’ way of living,
their values, their outbursting creativity
and in their intense care, respect and love
towards one another and towards me.”
After leaving Salem, Vohringer mar-
ried, raised six children and built a home
on the outskirts of Santiago, Chile, where
she had a music room. She instilled the
love of music in her family, sending all of
her children to study music from the time
they were small; indeed one child is today
a piano teacher (the others are a lawyer, a
doctor, an engineer, a teacher of literature
Left to right: President Barack Obama; Carolina Santa Cruz de Fermandois, wife of the
Ambassador; Erika Vohringer de Fermandois; her husband, Artuto Fermandois Senior;
and the new Ambassador for Chile to the U.S., Artuto Fermandois Junior.
and aesthetics and a physical education induction ceremony with her family and
teacher). meeting President Obama.
“As soon as my youngest child went Vohringer had not been in touch
to school I went back to music which I with Salem until 2008, when she received
had left somewhat aside,” Vohringer says. a College magazine and began to cor-
She restarted her career as piano accom- respond with classmate Lucinda Oliver
panist, receiving some prizes in her field Denton C’59. Others from the class joined
and being invited to accompany singers in the email chain, and two were in person
many countries of the world. She won best in D.C. to congratulate her on her son’s
accompanist at the International Singing prestigious posting.
Contest in Rio de Janeiro in 1986. “After “During all of this excitement, I had
that I was invited to play in Washington, the wonderful and quite unexpected occa-
at the OAS, South Africa, England, Ger- sion of ‘re-meeting’ my Salem classmates,
many and Argentina. I also have been a and that very big and important chapter
teacher of piano at the University until last of my life reappeared with all its meaning
year,” she explains. and projections,” Vohringer remarks. “I
Today Vohringer describes herself as heartily thank Salem and every one of the
the “matrona” of her large family, which people I encountered there for being such
includes 22 grandchildren. “I take care a sound part of my background and for
of family affairs and finding occasions to the rich contribution to my self-develop-
gather everyone together,” she says. ment.”
One of the recent highlights was her She adds, “It is a gift during this
son Arturo Fermandois’s appointment as senior and last epoch of my life to feel
the Ambassador for Chile to the United again the welcome, warmth and love of my
States, resulting in Vohringer’s travel to the Salem friends.”
S a l e m C o l l e g e • 27
Tribute to William W. Neal III
Bill Neal, at a recent Gramley dinner in Charlotte, N.C.,
with his wife, Eleanor Walton Neal C'56.
S
alem Academy and College lost an irreplaceable friend and
steadfast benefactor when former chair of the Board of
Trustees William W. Neal III died on September 11, 2010.
Neal, of Charlotte, N.C., was joined in his devotion to Salem
by his wife, Eleanor Walton Neal C’56, and his two daughters,
Laura Neal C’83 and Catherine Neal Wilson C’86, who also
was a former teacher at the Academy. Salem president Susan E.
Pauly recalled that “Bill was a tremendous devotee of Salem and a
wonderfully kind and generous person. He will be deeply missed.”
Neal, a very successful businessman, left his indelible mark
upon many institutions and organizations. At Salem Academy
and College, he co-chaired with his wife the Parents’ Board
and chaired the Board of Visitors prior to chairing the Board of
Trustees. In all his roles at Salem, Neal demonstrated a profound
capacity for understanding and knowledge of the institution and
the people who sustain it. He was always accessible, and his visits
to campus were distinguished by his conversations with people
– faculty, students, staff. He gained knowledge by participating
– whether by attending athletic matches, being a Friend of the
Library or a Friend of the School of Music – and he wanted
Salem to be the best she could be. He always made an effort to
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congratulate faculty, staff, and students for an accomplishment
or achievement. His gracious smile and accommodating manner
made him welcome everywhere.
When Neal retired from the Board of Trustees, he said that
he had been “walking Salem’s bricks” for 50 years – undoubtedly
true! He was lauded with 50 phrases, to the tune of Paul
Simon’s pop song, “Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover.” Among the
compliments given to Neal: “. . .never allowing Duke (his Alma
Mater) to get in the way of his loyalty to Salem . . . eating untold
calories worth of sugar cake and “Hello Dollies” . . . having
experienced Salem from the 1950s through the early 21st century,
but having always kept his eyes on future possibilities and his
heart on past tradition. . . learning all the verses to Salem’s Alma
Mater. . . bringing entrepreneurial vision and knowledge to long-
range planning . . . and for wearing out at least 25 pairs of good
shoes traversing the campus of Salem Academy and College.”
Neal’s devotion to Salem impressed not only his colleagues
on the Board of Trustees but also faculty and staff. The Rt. Rev.
Dr. D. Wayne Burkette, former head of school at the Academy
and a current Trustee, remarked that “Bill had the wonderful
ability to see to the heart of a matter under consideration or
discussion. That ability made him a very effective leader and
Board Chair. In addition, his personal warmth and sense of
humor put others at ease and greatly facilitated accomplishing
the work that needed to be done.” He added, “There was never
a doubt that Salem was near and dear to Bill’s heart and always a
priority among his commitments. All of us who care about Salem
owe Bill a lasting debt of gratitude.”
George McKnight, associate professor of chemistry and
faculty member since 1978, commented that he “appreciated
(Bill’s) optimism, friendliness and warmth, and especially his
equanimity when faced with difficult situations. His efforts on
behalf of Salem Academy and College were exceptional and
greatly appreciated by me and, I am sure, by all those associated
with the institution. He will be greatly missed.”
Margaret Driscoll Townsend A’81 remembered her years
on the Board under Bill Neal’s leadership as inspiring. “I knew
from the first meeting that I would learn a great deal from his
experience and leadership. He set a wonderful example, and I
always left feeling that I had received much more than I could
ever give Salem. His expertise and wisdom were two things I
could always count on, and appreciate, when we were seeking to
make the best decisions on behalf of Salem. “
Neal’s leadership through example extended outward
from Salem Academy and College and into the state of North
Carolina. He served on the boards of numerous Charlotte
organizations, was active in Research Triangle Park-based
organizations for promoting technology, and lent a hand to
many other causes. For 20-plus years, he also served on the board
of HSM Holdings in New York City. A lifelong Episcopalian and
member of Christ Church in Charlotte, he served his church as a
tireless volunteer and was for more than 45 years a Lay Eucharist
minister.
The Salem Academy and College Board of Trustees passed a
resolution honoring Bill Neal when they met in October 2010.
It said, in part:
RESOLUTION IN MEMORY OF William W. Neal III
WHEREAS our colleague and friend William W. Neal III
passed away on September 11, 2010;
WHEREAS Bill served with distinction on the Board of
Trustees of Salem Academy and College from 1991-2004 and
as Chair of this Board from 2000-2004; and on the Board of
Visitors of Salem Academy and College from 1985-1991 and as
Chair of that Board from 1989-1991;
WHEREAS Bill provided true and sustained generosity to
Salem Academy and College through his fundraising support
and leadership gifts, helping to enrich and ensure the financial
health of Salem;
WHEREAS in his exceptional professional achievements
and his significant leadership in public affairs, in his devotion
to family, faith and friends, and his concern for the welfare of
others, he has shown how to live an exemplary life through
integrity, kindness and joy;
NOW, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees of
Salem Academy and College expresses its sadness at Bill’s passing
and honors his memory for his many contributions to Salem and
for the friendship he shared with so many.
The resolution was signed by President Susan E. Pauly and
Gwynne Stephens Taylor C’72 , chair of the board.
N eal’s daughter
Catherine delivered
poignant and heartfelt
memories of Bill Neal
during his memorial
service. A few of her
thoughts are below:
“My dad was
definitely old school.
Honor. Integrity. Shake
on it and it was as good as
done. You could believe
what he would say to you.
Dad was the closest
person I’ll ever know who
Catherine Neal Wilson C’86,
daughter Natalie Wilson and lived his life as truly as
Bill Neal in 2004 at the Academy. God lays out in the Bible.
He was humble and generous, always the Good Samaritan. He
cared for us as a good shepherd would, guiding my sister and me
through life’s challenges – ever happy to be of service to us and
to others. He opened his heart and home to many, gave his time
and money to benefit others, and worked for the right causes.
He adopted me; gave me love and his wisdom, made all
my wishes come true, not just for me, but for my children and
husband as well. He provided for us and taught us that God will
provide if you follow His will.
Growing up I thought all men would be like him. They
aren’t. Dad was special. Dad was of a breed of men who serve
others before serving themselves.
I’ll miss walking into his office and seeing him, ever vigilant,
doing his tasks at hand, but always greeting me kindly as I barged
in and disturbed him to ask or tell him something. A relative
once remarked how difficult it must be to have a father who was
always working. I never once saw the constant attention to his
work as a detriment because he never let work override his family
life. His door was always open, and we came first.
In closing I would submit to you that “Father” is just a handy
acronym for the virtuous traits of this wonderful man: Friendly,
Adoring, Thoughtful, Honest, Earnest and Responsible. I would
bet that everyone in this room can identify those adjectives to
describe my father. He will be missed, for certain.”

S a l e m C o l l e g e • 29
 Reunion 2
weekend
0 1 0

1
2

1. Betty Gardner Lorick C’65, Debby Douglas Sandberg C’65, Jean

Olive Snyder Stubbs C’65 and Mary Graves Edmundson C'65
2. Carolyn Ray Bennett C’60, Susan Pauly, Jean Brooks Ontjes
C’60 and Nita Kendrick Williamson C’60.
3. Elizabeth Gudger Williamson C’45, Lillian Dalton Miller C’45,
Josephine McLauchlin Crenshaw C’45 and Molly Boseman
Bailey C’45 at the Golden Alumnae Dinner.
4. Jill Starling Britt C’90, Mathilde Dumond White C’90 and
Cathy Bowers Petraglia C’90.
5. Louise Adams Ropp C’60, Margaret Vardell Sandresky A’38,
C’42 and Evelyn Vincent Riley C’60 at the Golden Alumnae
4 Dinner.
6. Lani San Antonio C’05, Susan Pauly, Mary McNeely Royal C’05
and Cincia Brooks Kerr C’05.
7. Salem student Ambassadors from the classes of 2010 and 2011
with some of the banners they painted for every class having a
reunion!
5

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“Simple Lives Have Great Power”
Excerpt from Founders Day Speech
Gwynne Stephens Taylor C’72
The following is an excerpt from Taylor’s speech at the 2010
Founders Day.
Recently I read an article by Paula D’Arcy, a woman who
experienced great personal tragedy but emerged to inspire others.
She wrote that “Simple lives have great power if we are able to
move past our own desires.”
I immediately thought about Salem’s founders. Our found-
ers (who also included a few good men!) were ordinary people
of great faith who struggled daily to move past their own desires
and fears to accomplish their mission. Salome Meurer, one of
the young Sisters who walked with Elizabeth Oesterlein to North
Carolina from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in October, 1766 said in
her diary of the walk that they slept in a barn and that “We didn’t
sleep the entire night…We were also very scared.”
Sister Oesterlein was a young woman who left her home and
family in Bethlehem to make the walk to North Carolina. Her
life has had extraordinary power because of her faith and her
willingness to move past her own desires and fears to be part of
something greater. As we know, in 1772 she was asked to teach
four young girls in the town of Salem. She said yes, most likely
because it was important to her community and she understood
the value of her own education. A simple “yes” from
a young woman has led to our sitting here 238 years
later.
“Simple lives have great power if we are able
to move past our own desires.”
The stories that we hear about our founders
… have this subtext – this common theme – the be-
lief that ordinary, everyday lives with their ordinary,
everyday tasks can be part of something greater. To
our founders, as theologian Frederick Buechner has
said, faith was a verb, not a noun. Even the simplest
tasks were part of a greater whole. They truly be-
lieved that the simple lives of ordinary people work-
ing together toward a common goal could change
the world.
This legacy, that simple lives have great
power, is lived everyday at Salem in:
The power of one teacher or professor to open the
mind of a student;
The power of one student to show respect and kindness
to another;
The power of one alumna to spread the good news about
Salem Academy and Salem College to others;
The power of one visual artist or musician to move an audi-
ence;
The power of one thank you or kind word of encouragement
to the people who work long hours on this campus to keep
Salem strong, vibrant and beautiful; and
The power of many gifts working together to help sustain the
work of this institution.
Throughout my career in historic preservation, I have
learned the stories of hundreds of people, but none can compare
with those of our founders. “Simple lives have great power if we
are able to move past our own desires” – and we have only to
look to our founders to prove it.
S a l e m C o l l e g e • 31
Distin�uished Alumna Hoffman Receives
Award 2010 Oesterlein Award

Jennifer Hoffman C’10
Katherine
received the Elisabeth Oes-
Knapp Watts C'80
terlein Award – the school’s
the dean of admis-
highest honor for a mem-
sions and financial
ber of the graduating class
aid at Salem,
– during the 2010 Founders
received the an-
Day ceremony.
nual Distinguished
Hoffman, who was
Alumna Award during Reunion Weekend
described by one of her
2010.
professors as having “intel-
Watts, who grew up in Lexington,
lectual curiosity, academic
Va., graduated summa cum laude from
talent, work ethic, integrity,
Salem with a bachelor’s degree in Ameri-
organizational skills and the
can studies and economics. She earned her
ability to interact with oth-
MALS from Wake Forest University in
ers,” was nominated for the
2003. President Susan E. Pauly congratulates recipient
award by faculty, staff and
After graduating from Salem, Watts Jennifer Hoffman C’10.
fellow students.
joined the admissions team. In 1983 she
The Oesterlein Award is named in “doing the tough, thankless work” behind
became assistant director of admissions
honor of Salem’s first teacher when it was the scenes, not only at Salem but also in
at UNC Greensboro and was active in
founded as a school for girls in 1772. Each the community at large. She turned an
CACRAO, the professional admissions
nominee must compete against other truly internship at the World Camp for Kids
organization. She returned to Salem in
outstanding seniors. into an incredible experience writing
1992 as director of admissions, a post she
Hoffman was an outstanding scholar grants for the organization, working on
held for 10 years.
who graduated with not only two degrees their anti-malaria campaign and serving as
Over the course of her career, Watts
but also a minor and with College Honors. an area representative. In 2008 she stayed
has held other positions at Salem – di-
She was characterized as a “quiet leader” in homes in Malawi and taught children
rector of service learning in 2002-2003,
all across the campus during her time at in six primary schools about HIV/AIDS,
director of board relations 2003-2005 and
Salem, participating in everything from the under-valuing of girls and the conse-
director of development from 2005-2007.
athletics and the arts to the Women in quences of deforestation in their area. She
Watts returned to Salem as dean of
Science and Math program and the Honor spent Jan Term 2010 in Vietnam with a
admissions and financial aid in May of
Council. She was an excellent researcher fellow Salem student, volunteering with an
2008, her current position. Since then, she
and a writer who had the ability to organization that helps disabled children.
has led the admissions team in recruiting
compose in both the language of science Hoffman hopes to eventually go
steadily increasing numbers of incoming
and in prose, and she delivered an honors to medical school and perhaps work for
students. The entering class of 2014 is the
presentation on feminist perspectives on Doctors Without Borders or some similar
the largest since 2003.
domestic violence during the 2010 Cel- international agency.
Watts is married to Joe Watts and is
ebration for Academic Excellence day.
the mother of four children, Jack, Lee,
One of the professors who enthusias-
Nell and Anna Katherine.
tically endorsed Hoffman described her as

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Salem Le�acies

Sisters Mary Barnhardt Isom C’05, Rebecca Barnhardt C’10, Sisters Stephanie Bronson Walters C’07
Sarah Barnhardt C’08, Christin Barnhardt C’02. and Sam Bronson C’10.

Mallie Beroth Graham C’60 and Judy Dearborn, current Fleer Student and daughter Ashley Goad C’10
son Walter Beroth C’10

S a l e m C o l l e g e • 33
 Mary Graves Edmundson C’65 and daughter Virginia Edmundson Sutton C’90 Sisters Leighton Kennedy C’06 and
Annie Kennedy C’10

Connie Russ Sizemore C’03 and daughter Savannah Sizemore C’12 Sisters Mindy Daniel C’02 and
Bobbi Flynn C’09

34 • M a g a z i n e 2010

Fran Cartier Creasy C’61, granddaughter Rebekah Grella C’12,
daughter Elaine Creasy Grella C’85
Katherine Elliot C’13 and her mother Mary Bryant Elliott C’80
Young Alumna Award
Ginger Hen-
dricks C’00 was
the recipient of the
2010 Young Alumna
Award, bestowed
upon her during
the annual Reunion
Weekend celebration.
Hendricks, who grew up in Asheboro,
N.C., graduated with a major in communi-
cations and a minor in creative writing from
Salem College. While working on a master’s
degree through the Vermont College of Fine
Arts, she also worked part-time for Salem’s
Center for Women Writers.
After getting her master’s, Hendricks
worked at Elon University as the assistant to
the dean of cultural and special programs. In
2005, she returned to Salem College as the
director of the Center for Women Writers
and coordinator of cultural events. While at
Salem, she worked to bring in compelling
authors and performers including Elizabeth
Gilbert, Geraldine Brooks, Gloria Steinem
and Anna Lappe as well as begin the Salem
College International Literary Festival,
which gives awards for poetry, fiction and
nonfiction every spring.
Hendricks is now the first executive
director of BOOKMARKS Literary Festival
in Winston-Salem, a post she took in late
2009. She also lectures and works on her
own writing, including a novel set in the
South during the 1950s that focuses on
women who are twins. She is active with
the North Carolina Writers Network, where
she has served as treasurer. She married
Heath Combs in July 2010 and they live in
Winston-Salem.
S a l e m C o l l e g e • 35
Sister Maus Series

Sister Maus appears in three books writ-

ten and illustrated by Dr. John Hutton,
art professor at Salem. Hutton’s first book,
entitled Sister Maus: A Small Tale of Sisters
House in Salem and published in 2006, is Liz Denton Baird C’83, daughter Madeline Baird C’10 and
Lucinda Oliver Denton C’59
based on the early days of Salem Academy
and College. The Single Sisters House is
today the site of a living-history museum
as well as administrative offices for Salem,
and Sister Maus’s mousehole is in the front
lobby, visited by both children and adults
who love the book about her adventures.
The second book, Christmas Maus: A Sec-
ond Small Tale of Sisters House, published
in 2008, tells the story of Sister Maus and
her Christmas celebrations in the town of
Old Salem. The third book, Easter Maus: A
Third Small Tale of Sisters House, published
in 2010, features Sister Maus learning to
play the trumpet in order to participate
in the Easter Sunrise celebrations from
Historic Bethabara to Old Salem.
To order any or all of the Sister Maus
books, email Jane.Carmichael@salem.edu
or to to www.salem.edu/community/order- Laura Barnes Hayworth C’85 and daughter Elizabeth Hayworth A’08, C’12

maus-books. Request a complete set of three

books for $50 + $12 postage and handling.

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Davis Receives
Sullivan Award
Sue Jones Davis C’55, Roy Davis Jr. and President Susan E. Pauly.
Roy Davis Jr. of Concord, NC
received the Algernon Sydney Sullivan
Award from Salem Academy and College
during a ceremony held on Founders Day,
April 24, 2010.
The Algernon Sydney Sullivan
Award was established as a permanent
reminder of the noblest of human
qualities as expressed and followed in the
lives of Algernon Sydney Sullivan and
Mary Mildred Sullivan. It is awarded
in recognition of fine spiritual qualities
that are practically applied to daily living,
and is presented to those exceptional
individuals who meet the award’s
qualifications and characteristics. It is
not presented every year, but in 2010, the
College chose to recognize philanthropist
and longtime Salem supporter Roy Davis
Jr. as the recipient.
Davis, who received his degree
from Davidson College in 1955, is chair
emeritus of S&D Coffee Inc., founded
in 1927 by his father, J. Roy Davis.
Davis junior has been a member of the
Salem College Board of Trustees since
2005. He has been active with a number
of educational, business and charitable
organizations, from the Davidson College
Board of Trustees and the First Charter
Bank Board of Directors to the Cabarrus
County Community Foundation, the
Barium Springs Home for Children and
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Cabarrus
County. He has received a lifetime
achievement award from the Cabarrus
County Chamber of Commerce and is a
life member of the Salvation Army.
Davis established the Sue Jones Davis
Scholarship Fund at Salem College to
honor his wife, Sue, who graduated in
1955 and is a former elementary school
teacher. Both Roy and Sue Davis are
members of the Rondthaler Circle at
Salem, which is the institution’s planned-
giving society.
Alumna Service Award
Sandy Kelley
Johnson C’70, of
Charlotte, N.C., re-
ceived the Alumna
Service Award
from Salem during
Reunion Weekend
festivities. Johnson earned her master's
degree from UT-Knoxville; she has owned
her own company specializing in physician
recruitment services as well as directed the
M.S. center at Carolinas Medical Center,
Charlotte.
Today Johnson works as a volun-
teer in administration and fund-raising
at Lakewood Community Development
Corporation in Charlotte. She is active in
other volunteer capacities, as well, from the
Myers Park High School Parent Council to
the Teen Health Connection.
Johnson's love of Salem has led her to
spend countless hours recruiting students
and to hold various positions in the alum-
nae association, from president of the alum-
nae board from 2005-2007 to member of
the both the Board of Visitors and Board of
Trustees. She has served as a Friend of the
Library and as a member of Salem’s Center
for Women Writers. In Charlotte, she has
been a local alumna admissions represen-
tative, was co-president of the Charlotte
Salem Alumnae Club and helped organize
the Gramley dinner in 1996.
Johnson is married to Harry Johnson
and they have a son, Harry.
S a l e m C o l l e g e • 37
International
Students at Home
with the Scherls

A
lthough the
mailbox at
Marvin and
Linda Scherl’s home
in Germanton, N.C.
displays an American
flag, a truly interna-
tional spirit pervades
the interior. And no
wonder. This has been
the unofficial “home
away from home” for
hundreds of Salem
College’s international
students – particularly
those from Nepal –for
the past four years.
The Scherls know ex-
Enjoying time together with Linda and Marvin Scherl: (standing, left to right): Shikshya Shrestha C’11,
actly how many queen- Marvin Scherl and Sujana Sujana Rajkarnikar C’11; (seated, left to right): Linda Scherl, Trang Hoang C’10,
size air mattresses (four, Shringkhala Bajimaya C’10 and Puspanjali Bhatta C’11.
end to end, three girls on each) will fit into their living room. but then realized that post-grad work and studies often meant
They have a drawer in their refrigerator specifically for spices there was no time in the students’ schedules for interaction. “We
that the students use while cooking; various carved gods from wanted do to more, which is when we called about Salem’s inter-
the Buddhist and Hindu religions occupy spaces of honor on national show. We talked to our first student from Nepal while
the bookshelves, placed there by students; and there are myriad buying tickets over the phone,” says Marvin.
boxes and suitcases in the basement, temporarily left behind for After the show, the Scherls invited that student -- Srijana
the summer by students who are traveling or studying elsewhere. Bhattarai C’06 and her younger sister, Anjana Bhattarai C’09 –
Fifteen flags mounted in one room denote how many counties and a friend to come have dinner at their home. From there was
Marvin and Linda have visited, while 34 different flags at another born a mutual friendship and support group that carries on to
window pay tribute to the homelands of their visitors. this day.
“We first began meeting international students in town through “We told the students to just call us if they needed anything,
International Campus Ministries of the Triad, and then with anytime, and within reason we would do it,” Linda says, and
Friendship Force,” Marvin recalls. “We were amazed to learn that call, they did. The Scherls, who began keeping spreadsheets of
students come to our country to study and never see the inside of activities in 2006, have logged thousands of miles taking students
an American home, and we wanted to remedy that situation.” to and from the airports; housed students (and their siblings and
The Scherls, who have no children of their own, at first parents) during graduation weekends; and taken Salem students
befriended graduate students through Wake Forest University, on innumerable trips to Wal-Mart, Hanes Mall and other loca-

38 • M a g a z i n e 2010
tions to buy supplies, often footing the bill themselves. Doctors’
Alumnae Remember
appointments off campus? No problem. Ditto for job interviews
Scherls’ Support
or GRE exams or seeing the Tanglewood Festival of Lights or
getting ice cream after dinner. The Scherls’ two Honda minivans
Rashmi Sharma C’09, who has just started a one-year public
were often packed to the brim with students and on the road.
policy program at the Univ. of Mass.-Boston and will be applying
“It got so busy every weekend that when we were involved
to graduate school next year to study development economics,
with four different classes of students at Salem, we had to begin
says, “When I left Nepal, I didn’t know what was waiting for me
designating them as ‘junior weekend,’ ‘senior weekend’ and so
here. I came to Salem and had my share of fun times and hard
on,” explains Marvin. “We’d have some students come Friday
times. The Scherls were there for me.”
after class and spend the entire weekend here with their friends,
She adds, “They have done things for me, for us all, without
while others would come out for just one meal, or one night.”
hesitation, no questions asked. I found a place where I could hide,
House rules all along have been pretty simple: the students cook
confide – a home away from home while I was at Salem.”
and clean up for themselves, and unlike in Nepal – where there
is a well-defined caste system – all visitors are on the same equal
Prajula Mulmi C’09 is in graduate school now at Brown
footing. Private discussions remain confidential, and while the
University in public health; after she receives her master’s degree,
Scherls do not see themselves as parents, they do describe them-
she plans to work with underprivileged children in Nepal. “I have
selves as “aunt and uncle or caring grandparents” to the many
known the Scherls since I transferred to Salem College in 2006,”
students so far from their native countries.
she explains, “and my perception of American culture, love, hap-
“We listen, we comfort, we rejoice in good news, we talk
piness, responsibilities and life in general has been enriched under
about life issues,” Linda says, “even to Marvin explaining the
their influence.”
dangers of having too many credit cards when you’re a college
Prajula has fond memories of making momos (a popular
student!”
Nepalese delicacy) in the Scherls’ kitchen, along with movie
Thankfully the Scherls are organized and meticulous about
marathons, supportive conversations and holiday celebrations of
obligations, so that a spreadsheet kept for Salem’s graduation
all kinds. She particularly recalls the ways in which the Scherls
ceremonies this past May is a masterpiece of who, what, when
broadened her horizons – introducing her to musical theatre;
and where. Between May 19 and May 28, the Scherls made 22
promoting recycling; and practicing generosity while still being
trips to the Salem campus and/or downtown; had a total of 152
economical. “My desire to help the underprivileged people of Ne-
people passing through their home at some point or another;
pal and of the globe is certainly fueled by people like the Scherls.”
and housed a total of 66 people staying overnight during the
10-day period. The largest one-time crowd of 42 congregated in
Srijana Bhattarai C’06 was among the very first international
Germanton on Saturday, May 22, after graduation, to celebrate
students to encounter the Scherls’ hospitality. “As an international
with the Class of 2010, and included not only the graduates but
student, especially as a first-year when you’re new to your sur-
also their families, boyfriends, non-international classmates and
roundings and all of a sudden there are hundreds of things to take
members of Salem’s faculty and staff.
care of, having someone like Marvin and Linda is a true blessing.”
Since fall, the Scherls have been "open" every weekend for
Bhattarai received her degree in economics from Salem,
any students who want to visit. They are looking forward to
worked in Cambridge, Mass for a year and graduated from the
seeing the Class of 2011 graduate and make an impact upon the
Univ. of Connecticut in 2009 with a master’s degree in public
world.
administration. She is heading back to Nepal soon to work in
“We like to say that Salem’s international students have been
the development sector there. “Whether you needed a ride to the
our ‘daughters of the heart,’ says Marvin Scherl. “And that means
airport at 5:00 a.m., or letting them know an hour in advance
they will always be family, no matter how far apart we are.”
that you needed a place to stay, the Scherls have always been there
for us,” she comments.

S a l e m C o l l e g e • 39
Turner Gives Individually and
as Class of ’65 Leader
turnout at all the reunion
weekend events!"
Obviously many of her
classmates felt as Turner did,
that their best memories of
Salem were of the friendships
that were nourished 45 years
later at the reunion. “Salem
provided a sense of com-
munity and an environment
for young women to achieve
and explore their dreams,”
says Turner. “I was fascinated
by all of our 1965 classmates
who successfully pursued
challenging careers and com-
munity leadership all over the
President Susan E. Pauly accepts the Class of ‘65 gift, courtesy of (left to right) Linda Lyon Turner, United States and abroad.”
Babs Bodine Reideler and Daphne Dukate Clark.
The Class of 1965 not
Linda Lyon Turner ’65 has given of her time, talent and only reached their financial goal for the class gift, but they also
funds to both current students – through her endowed scholar- exceeded it, and were able to present President Pauly with a check
ship – and to past students, the Class of ’65, which celebrated for $148,390 at the Reunion Luncheon. This included multi-year
a landmark reunion in 2010. pledges, gifts to any fund or scholarship, endowments, etc. as well as
In early September 2009, Babs Reideler, Jean Olive the Annual Fund.
Stubbs, Daphne Clark, Julia Miley and Turner – all members And the class didn’t stop at the Reunion Weekend but kept the
of the Class of 1965 – got together to plan their 45th reunion. enthusiasm going until the fiscal year ended on June 30, when they
Turner as class president and Reidler as giving chair created a posted a 62 percent class participation rate.
timeline for their team’s financial goals as well as a colorful class Another way in which Turner has personally supported her alma
invitation to be sent to classmates, in addition to the packet of mater is through the Elizabeth Reeves Lyon Arts Management Fund,
materials provided by Salem’s Alumnae Office. which she set up in 1986. This award was established to encourage a
The reunion giving goal they set was pretty daunting: Salem student who is interested in pursuing a career in management
$100,000 for the class’s 45th reunion Class Gift. of the arts.
Turner says, “Babs was masterful and relentless in her Turner says, “I set this up to honor my mother, a noted N.C.
pursuit of a seasoned team to help her call and contact all class artist and teacher, who encouraged me to use my business skills in
members prior to November 1, 2009. She did a wonderful job pursuing an art consulting career which I enjoyed for 25 years.”
calling and following up with classmates and her team.” She also honored her mother by naming her former Winston-
It also helped that the class members had been close when Salem Gallery ERL Originals (using her mother’s initials). A special
they were in school, and were so enthusiastic about coming partnership, she says, was working with Salem and Professor Doug
back to the Reunion. According to Turner, “We all wanted Borwick, head of the arts management program, to mentor Salem art
to see each other to renew our friendships. We had a great students for rotations in her gallery.

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Trustees Support
Academy and College Dreams
2009-2010 Board of Trustees with President Susan E. Pauly
During summer 2010, President
Susan E. Pauly worked on a project she
called "15 for 15," asking trustees to give
her 15 minutes of their time so that she
could share with them 15 dreams for
Salem.
The results of those requests are still
coming in, but so far the response has
been extraordinary.
Annu a l F und N e ws
Your Gift Changes the World for
Deserving Salem College Students
Gifts from alumnae, students,
parents and friends to the Salem Annual
Fund support scholarships, campus
improvements, faculty resources and other
student-centered initiatives that are not
covered by tuition alone. These generous
contributions allowed Salem Academy and
College to reach its fiscal year 2009-2010
Annual Fund goal. Salem College alumnae
giving was 87 percent of total Annual
Fund gifts to the College.
A gift to the Annual Fund is a perfect
way to pay tribute to family, friends
or faculty members who had a strong
Among the gifts and
commitments (which
are above and beyond
the Board's gifts to the
annual fund) are these, all
benefiting some aspect of
College and/or Academy
life:
Funding Academy
faculty leading workshops and sharing
their teaching expertise
Funding to support new required
service-learning courses at the College,
including a January travel course
Funding for new faculty/student
summer research grants that provide
financial stipends to the College faculty
and student researchers
influence in your education. It is an ideal
way to celebrate a personal milestone such
as a child or grandchild’s birth, honor a
fellow classmate, or acknowledge a key
event in your own life. A gift may also be
made in remembrance of a special person
in your life. These gifts are listed in the
annual Honor Roll of Donors (see insert).
Gifts of any amount can help raise
the participation percentages that are
so important when foundations and
businesses consider supporting Salem.
These organizations want to know that the
people most involved with the institution
Purchase of two GPS systems for the
Academy
Funding for free evening stress-reduction
classes for College students
Funds for a College tutoring program in
mathematics and science
Funding for Jan Term international
internships
A trustee challenge grant that provides a
$500 match for every trustee gift of $500
or more
Academy faculty development recognizing
outstanding teaching
Purchase staff equipment for the Academy
The Academy advisor/advisee fund
Gifts to launch the new historic
preservation certificate program
in the fall
are supportive of its mission.
The Annual Fund continues
to support academic excellence,
beloved traditions and unlimited
opportunities for students. As one
of our Salem alumnae said, “After
becoming a Salem woman, you see
the world with different eyes and the
possibilities in all things.”
Thank you for changing the
world for deserving Salem College
students!
S a l e m C o l l e g e • 41
 S�otli��t on
l e a d e rsh i p
Leadership Institute in Nashville
A group of faculty and staff attended
the Greater Expectations Institute on
Leadership to Make Excellence Inclusive,
sponsored by the Association of American
Colleges and Universities (AACU). Salem
is one of 20 institutions of higher learning
invited to participate.
During the five-day institute, which
was held at Vanderbilt University from
June 15-19, Salem’s team focused on the
Salem Signature general education pro-
gram and the ways in which that program
increases the inclusion, engagement and
high achievement of all Salem students,
especially those who are historically under-
served.
Members of the Salem team were Dr.
Gary Ljungquist, director of Salem Signa-
ture; Dr. Jo Dulan, director of the College
Honors program; Heidi Echols Godfrey,
director of the Center for Teaching excel-
lence and Innovation; Krispin Barr, dean
of students; and Dr. Robin Loflin Smith,
dean of undergraduate studies.
As a result of the institute, the group
is forming a task force on inclusive excel-
lence at Salem College. According to
Godfrey, “Our project is part of a larger
effort to make our campus more inclusive.
The taskforce will focus on enhancing the
comprehensive first year experience.”
Ljungquist commented, “Nationally
known experts provided guidance and
feedback as we created an action plan for
the first-year experience.”
The AACU is the leading national
association concerned with the quality,
vitality and public standing of undergradu-
ate liberal education.

Pat Rather Retreat

The Pat Rather Leadership Retreat is held annually and brings together Salem's Alumnae Board and student leaders for two days of
sharing and planning for the year ahead. This year's retreat was held on Salem's campus and included a spirited scavenger hunt (photo
above left)! Alumnae Board member Joanne Winecoff Wells C'88 comments, "This is a wonderful opportunity for Salem women across
several generations to discuss ideas and bond over our Salem sisterhood." The retreat is named in honor of Pat Greene Rather C'57 and
funded by her husband Dan Rather of Atlanta.

42 • M a g a z i n e 2010
Leadership Connection Program at Salem
Among the Salem students chosen to be part of the Salem Leadership Connection were (front) Saidy Garcia C'13,
Ana-Alicia Farrar C'12 , Britney Lowery C'13; (back) Christina Johnson C'13 and Faith Thomas C'12.
This past spring, Salem College received a grant in the
amount of $14,730 from a federally-funded college access
grant administered by North Carolina Independent Colleges &
Universities (NCICU) for an innovative program entitled the
Salem Leadership Connection.
Salem Leadership Connection provided first-generation
and low-income girls in the Triad, as well as girls from diverse
types of backgrounds, with information that would compel
them to consider attending college because the presenters were
young women close to them in age and from similar diverse
backgrounds.
Anthony Locklear, director of College Access programs
at NCICU, said 18 private colleges and universities in the
state out of 22 who applied received the funding; Salem was
the only institution in Winston-Salem to receive a grant. The
funds were distributed to independent colleges to help build a
network throughout the state of ways to improve college access
for key groups, he added.
Salem’s program operated during spring semester 2010 both
on- and off-campus. Sixteen students at Salem were trained as
facilitators; they visited 16 girls’ organizations in the area and
helped organize a leadership training workshop on campus in
the spring.
Krispin Barr, dean of students at Salem, said the benefits for
both Salem students and the young people with whom they
interacted were very positive. “This program provided yet another
opportunity for Salem women to enhance their own leadership
skills and learn new ways of communicating,” she said.
The Salem Leadership Connection was designed by the Dean
of Students’ Office, the Office of Admissions and Financial Aid
and the Office of Undergraduate Education at Salem, and was
facilitated by Esther Gonzalez, Salem’s director of career develop-
ment, internships and international student services.
Salem students, faculty and staff were also involved in the
spring on-campus leadership training program, which featured
Ronda Zelezny-Green C’05 as the keynote speaker. She is coordi-
nator of multicultural services and youth leadership programs at
Pine Manor College in Chestnut Hill, MA.
While the grant funded the Salem Leadership Connection
only through spring 2010 – providing a graduate assistant for the
program, food and lodging for the overnight retreat, materials and
a stipend for the facilitators – Gonzalez says that plans are already
underway to continue the Connection program during the aca-
demic year 2010-2011. Salem representatives also presented the
program at a statewide conference in September.
S a l e m C o l l e g e • 43
Salem Produces Leaders
Laila Muhammad C'03, Currently Morning and Noon Anchor at WTKR News Channel, Norfolk VA.
W e frequently talk about
how women’s colleges
– and particularly Salem
– develop future leaders. We
decided to check in on some
of our alumnae to see how the
leadership skills they gained
at Salem have helped them in
their adult lives. We were truly
inspired by what they had to
say! Here are excerpts from
their personal stories.
44 • M a g a z i n e 2010
Molly Leight C’67
Member, Winston-Salem City Council
Leight earned a bachelor’s degree in biology
while at Salem College, and is serving her
second term on the City Council.
Leight retired from Wake Forest
University Baptist Medical Center Bow-
man Gray School of Medicine and has
been a member of the Winston-Salem City
Council since 2005. Among her com-
munity/civic involvements: vice chair of
the City Council’s finance committee and
the community development/ housing/
general government committee; Member
of the Emergency Management Advisory
Board; Member and Past President of the
Winston-Salem Neighborhood Alliance;
Board member Rebuilding Together of
Forsyth County; Chairman of Old Salem
Landscape Restoration Committee; and
past member of Steering Committee of
Operation Impact.
I believe that being a student at Salem
with women in all the leadership roles
gave us not only a “can do” but a “will
do” model. Of course, it helped to be a
member of the class of ‘67, one of the
most creative and confident classes ever to
attend Salem.
I am in politics but am not a politi-
cian! I prefer to call myself an advocate
for individual rights and for the collective
good of people. Perhaps what we need to
learn during college and beyond is that our
strength comes from working together and
not from grasping for personal power.
Staci Lewis C’02
Policy analyst at the Consortium for
Ocean Leadership, Washington, D.C.
Lewis earned her bachelor’s degree in biology
from Salem and minored in chemistry. She
received a master of science degree in envi-
ronmental science and policy in 2009 from
George Mason University.
Before I chose Salem College, I had
planned to attend an Ivy League school
and work in medicine. In fact, when Salem
first contacted me, I had already made the
final cut at Harvard and Georgetown, a
first for my high school. But Salem won
me over. I felt most supported by Salem
and even my guidance counselor recog-
nized Salem was a great fit for me.
… At Salem students are really
encouraged to get involved on campus, so
I knew I’d have a chance to stand out. In
addition to being class president and Fall
Fest chair and taking a full course load, I
pursued a nursing assistant certification off
campus. Through my clinical experiences
I decided the medical career I had planned
for so long was not really how I wanted to
spend my life.
…For January Term of 2002, I
became intrigued by a marine biology
program Salem was offering in Barbados.
Having already invested so much person-
ally and financially in the MCAT and
medical school applications, I was at a
loss on how to fund the Barbados trip. I
met with the president of Salem and was
able to get a scholarship so I could go.
That January Term ignited my passion for
marine biology.
… In June of this year, I was asked to
join an Aquarius mission (http://aquarius.
uncw.edu/) to continue my research on
a coral-eating organism, the fireworm. I
actually first studied the fireworm during
January Term in Barbados. Salem al-
lowed me to pursue this research project
throughout my senior year. Two years after
I graduated, I received a Fulbright Fellow-
ship to continue the research I started at
Salem. After the Fulbright experience, I
continued my research on the fireworm in
graduate school. That January Term proj-
ect has turned into a life-long pursuit of
coral reef ecology research. I was honored
to be a part of the mission in June and
thank Salem for supporting my dream to
become a marine biologist.
Janet L. “Lucy” Rose C’76
President, Lucy Rose and Associates LLC,
Roseland, VA
Rose earned a B.S. degree in biology from
Salem College and an MBA from Averett
College.In addition, she graduated from the
Wake Forest University Physician Assistant
Program as a board-certified Physician As-
sistant.
I chose Salem because it was a
women’s college and because I believed a
women’s college experience could help me
develop leadership skills. I jumped imme-
diately into leadership opportunities when
I was elected freshman class president.
…Salem not only supported your
voice, but also gave you a community in
which to develop the full richness of it
--- to make change, to dictate movement,
to challenge ‘but this is how we’ve always
done it’ thoughts. … Most important, (we
had) daily opportunities to listen, to learn
from faculty mentors (many of whom were
women), opportunities to mentor younger
women students and help them grow. To
flourish in a safe environment (and learn
S a l e m C o l l e g e • 45
how to create one) and make mistakes
while learning. To know you can create
any vision at all, and if you have the
perseverance to do it, and can energize
friends around you to buy into the vi-
sion, can make it happen.
… I am 100 percent certain that
my Salem experience was critical in
any success I may have had in life, both
personally and as a leader. Salem, like
many other colleges today, is focusing
upon leadership training and special
programs for young women. … I think
young leaders need a global focus. They
need to spend time abroad understanding
our world beyond what they see and hear
in the press. They need to understand
people and needs around our world.
… Leadership is also about people.
It is really important to stay in touch
with people, not just through social
media – to really get to know those you
work with and want to lead. You can’t
inspire people to follow unless you create
trust, show you care …I really believe in
networking and supporting other leaders.
Keesa Schreane C’97
Vice president of global markets, equi-
ties and structured products marketing
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
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Schreane’s degree from Salem is in commu-
nication and business administration. She
went on to earn a master of arts degree from
New York Universisty in 2000 in journal-
ism and French studies.
I learned leadership by example from
my parents and I chose Salem because I
wanted to be surrounded by others who
were inspired to wear success well and
be strong leaders – ones who made a
difference. Salem has a diverse popula-
tion and we are all linked by our zeal,
curiosity and desire to constantly improve
ourselves and our world. It is intellectu-
ally rigorous!
One of the most inspiring op-
portunities for me was the professional
mentor I had through a Salem leadership
program. I developed a personal and
professional relationship with her that
continues to this day. Her words and
example taught me that being a leader is
so much more than what you do in your
profession.
Through the Salem Signature I
began to develop my personal brand of
volunteerism when Salem helped me de-
sign my own community service program
in a local nursing home.
I came to Salem with a skill and pas-
sion for writing and communications. I
left knowing how to develop transferable
skills that would springboard me into
new areas and empower my ultimate goal
– to make a lasting difference.
I went on from Salem to receive my
master’s at NYU and worked in senior
marketing positions for large Wall Street
firms. For several years I have volunteered
providing financial literacy and empower-
ment strategies to lower-income families.
Following this passion, along with my
love for communications and finance,
allows me to have tremendous opportu-
nities in my career and personal life, in-
cluding writing guest financial columns
for Latina and Essence magazines and
being a speaker and honoree at the 2010
Dress for Success “Woman of Power”
event.
Susan Lundeen Smith C’72
Vice President, SmithBarney Atlanta,
Consulting Group; Financial Advisor,
Financial Planning Specialist
Smith received her bachelor’s degree in his-
tory and English.
During our time at Salem, the
sophomore class was in charge of the
Christmas Banquet. I was asked to be in
charge of it, and I’d never been in charge
of anything. My feelings were hurt when
my roommate and best friend did not
offer to help me and then she left to go
home early and did not even stay for my
big event. The early part of the second
semester was a bit tense in our room. At
some point, some small event set off an
argument that ended with bigger accusa-
tions, like me saying, “You did not offer
to help me and you did not stay for what
was really a big deal to me.” Then she
responded in an equally distressed fash-
ion, “You did not even ask me to help
on the Christmas Banquet.” Well, that
argument cleared the air and ended with
both of us in tears and happy to get our
best friend back. So, from this, I learned
that it is a leader’s responsibility to reach
out for help and to encourage people to
get involved. I have never forgotten that
lesson.
… There is absolutely no question in
my mind that the women’s college experi-
ence helped me to see myself as a leader,
and that gave me the self confidence to
take the numerous steps that led me to
Christin Barnhardt C-02, Currently Director of Music Ministries at St. Timothy's Episcopal Church in Winston-Salem, NC.
where I am today. … The self confidence
and leadership skills that I started to
develop at Salem prepared me for the
ever changing real world, whether I was
working on a business plan or a commu-
nity service project.
…However, I now feel that what
Salem did for me in 1972 pales in com-
parison to what Salem did for my daugh-
ter who graduated in 2008. Probably the
biggest contribution to my daughter’s
development was her “connections”
with her professors and her internship
experiences. Susan Jr. (C’08) was lucky
enough to participate in three intern-
ships during her Jan Terms. She worked
at CBS in New York City on the Sunday
Morning Show, at Pink magazine and
at the Atlanta Business Chronicle. With
this in mind, I would also encourage all
alumnae to look hard at the company
you work for AND also take a hard look
at any community project or organiza-
tion you are involved with. Could the
company or civic organization use help
on a project during January?
S a l e m C o l l e g e • 47
Salem Launches I doubt that I would have excelled as
much as I did in the area of leadership.

Women’s … I believe that young women

today need to be excellent listeners, be
Leadership able to work well in teams, have patience,
and be open-minded. As globalization
Program with continues to unite all corners of the

Key Funding globe, young women will come into con-

tact with people who are very different

from BB&T Ronda Zelezny-Green C’05

than themselves. Being able to listen to
the thoughts and opinions of others and
Salem launched its new Women's
Coordinator of multicultural services and to work collaboratively with these people
Leadership Program in the fall of 2010.
youth leadership programs, Pine Manor when necessary is of the utmost impor-
Branch Banking & Trust (BB&T) is
College. tance. Patience is more than a virtue - it
the lead sponsor of this initiative, provid-
Zelezny-Green graduated from Salem with can mean the difference between getting
ing $250,000 over the next five years to
a bachelor of arts in Spanish and philosophy. a task done wonderfully and correctly
fund the program.
She is working on dual master degrees at the and merely doing enough to keep up
Initial components of the Women’s
Univ. of Mass. Boston, one in instructional appearances. The American tendency to
Leadership Program will include an annual
design and one in applied linguistics. rush at work and get results has always
retreat for each class focusing on leader-
Attending Salem College was literally proved disastrous (e.g. the Deepwater
ship skills, as well as activities throughout
the start of my leadership journey. Al- Horizon Gulf of Mexico disaster) and in
the year related to women’s leadership.
though I had been a member of a number this era of working with people from a
In addition, a company specializing in
of clubs in high school, I held no leader- variety of cultures where time is not al-
leadership training will provide annual
ship positions. During my time at Salem ways a pressing concern, slow and steady
workshops for students that focus on key
I was the president of two organizations, will win the proverbial race.
leadership components such as negotiating
vice president of one organization, and the … Young women should never be
skills, team-building and growing com-
social chair for another organization! afraid to ask for help when they need it!
munity through understanding cultural
… I participated in the Salem Wom- Far too often it seems that people, espe-
diversity.
en’s Leadership Connection and was able cially Americans, take on more respon-
“This gift inaugurates our formal
to attend leadership workshops and meet sibilities than what they can reasonably
Women’s Leadership Program, the core
with women leaders from all backgrounds. handle alone. It is seen as being weak
component of our vision for a holistic
Salem helped me become confident in to ask for help but grappling with the
wellness program at Salem,” said President
leading others by working collaboratively burden of a lot of work alone really only
Susan E. Pauly. “We are extremely grateful
and made me believe in my capability to makes one weaker in the end by draining
to BB&T for believing in the vision and
inspire others. Through my leadership ef- energy and usurping their time. Col-
making it possible to launch a program
forts with others I was even able to bring a laboration is my secret to success in the
that will enrich our students’ experience
presidential candidate to speak on campus. field of leadership and the recipe works
while they are at Salem and throughout
This experience with leadership was the wonders every time!
their careers.”
most important gift I took away from my
time at Salem. Had I gone to a larger or
even a co-educational college or university,

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Cultural Events Spring 2011
Salem College is proud of its roster of annual cultural
events open to the public. most are free; all are thought-
provoking and/or enjoyable, inspiring, informational and
timely!
To be placed on the email list for information on future
events, please contact culturalevents@salem.edu. Also, check the
website and Facebook frequently for updates.
Here are just a few of the events planned for winter/spring
2011:
JANUARy 21-24: Alban elvéd Dance Company residency
and performances
FeBRUARy 4: ScottCares Foundation Step Program
FeBRUARy 15 AND 16: Women and Publishing Symposium,
Co-sponsored by Center for Women Writers and Wake
Forest University
FeBRUARy 18: opening Receptions for Scott Sanders’
Photography and the Between Time & Space exhibitions
mARCH 10-12: Salem Pierrettes Present
The Drowsy Chaperone
mARCH 30: Writer and Salem Alumna marianne Buie
gingher C’69
APRIl 1: lister-Sink and Friends Play liszt and Friends
mAy 3: Celebrating Salem Writers
mAy 10: Spring Dance Concert
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The circa 1857-1864 Wood & Perot cast iron fountain located
behind Main Hall has been restored and is once again operational.
The refurbishment was undertaken by Salem’s physical plant employ-
ees and accomplished with funds from an upper pleasure grounds
endowment. Over the past 150 years this fountain has gone through
numerous transformations. Today, this fountain and beautiful land-
scape is again the source of pleasure to our community and friends.