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Tuesday, October 2P, 1986
Number Six
Artists Of The Month Announced Deborah McClintock, of Hampden-Sydney, has been chosen Artist of the Month at I-ongwood College. Her winning work was a drawing titled "My Garden," which was done with a flair pen. She received a $50 cash award, and her work is on display in the Bedford Building at Longwood. Mrs. McClintock, a part-time student, is attending her first semester at Longwood. In fact, this is the first time she has gone to school since graduating from Mary Washington College in 1968. "I've been raising kids since
then," said Mrs. McClintock, the mother of four children. She has lived in the Farmville area since 1975. Second place in the Artist of the Month competition went to Kelley Coggsdale, of Suffolk, for her mixed media work, "The Silver Screen." The third-place finisher was Susan Hilton, of Richmond, for her pencil drawing, "The Illusion of Dream." The Artist of the Month competition is open to all students enrolled in art classes at Longwood. The winner is selected by the art faculty. Dr. Chock McCarter, head of Visual ft Performing Arts dept. (bottom row, 2nd from right), welcomes to matinee (bottom, from left) Joyce Sweet of Appomattox HS, Janet Westin of Mecklenburg Academy and Jim Weighand of Amelia HS, and (top row, from left), Carl Wood of Fluvanna HS, Dr. Dong Young and Jim Frizzell of Varina HS. More than 800 students from area high schools and other schools from as far away as the Richmond area attended a special matinee of Ah! Wilderness at Longwood College recently. The Oct. 10 performance in Jarman Auditorium was attended by students from Prince Edward County Elementary and Prince Edward High School,
Prince Edward Academy, Amelia County High School, Appomattox County High School, Varina High School in Henrico County, Fluvanna High School, and Mecklenburg Academy. Residents of Brookview Lodge in Farmville, Charter Oaks I in Charlotte Courthouse, and Charter Oaks II in Blackstone also attended. Some 816 students and others were in attendance.
The Longwood Players' production of Ah! Wilderness, Eugene O'Neill's only comedy, played Oct. 8-12. It was directed by Dr. Doug Young, professor of speech and theatre. Longwood has provided matinee performances of several of its plays for area high school students.
Business Innovation Center
Deborah McClintock and her winning work, "My Garden."
serve as a resource and By MADONNA ORTON Longwood College is educational outreach unit in announcing the Open House of its support of programs which newly created Business inspire economic development, Innovation Center on Tuesday, entrepeneurship, and human October 28, 1986. Two very resource development. Why would students want to get distinguished visiting guest speakers for today's ceremony involved in this? "To paraphrase are Governor Gerald L. Baliles something Jack Jacques (Dean and state senator Howard P. of the School of Business and Anderson. The Longwood Economics) once said," stated Business Innovation Center, Barrett Baker, Management Intern for the Innovation Center. located across from the "Southside Virginia is our home Cunningham dorms in the Hiner Building, is a unit of the School of and if we don't take care of it, Business and Economics who will? And even though I'm from Northern Virginia I don't reporting to the Dean. The basic purpose of the Center view the state in two separate parts, so whatever I do here is to strengthen the region's effects all of Virginia. If we can business and industrial competitiveness in domestic and make a difference here, maybe we can make a difference on a international markets. It will
larger scale — possibly even on an international level." lx)ngwood business students will especially benefit from the services that IJ3IC has to offer. The Center's director, Dr. Larry C. Minks, is very excited about the new program and says that his key interest in the center is to create a way for the college to connect higher education with economic development. So far, there are six students working under tarry Minks as interns: I-aura Cason, Barrett (Mick) Baker, Matt Church, Lynn Harmon, Kelley Noe, and Deborah Amos. However, the center hopes to expand its number of interns as things get busier.