Queens University of Charlotte - Coronet / Edelweiss Yearbook (Charlotte, NC)

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uHealthful Hints Running down? Run on down - to the Health Fair! Complete with balloons and popcorn, the 3rd annual Queens Student Health Fair featured l4 health categories and was held on February 5 in the Irwin McKay Student Health Center. Volunteers from agencies such as the American Red Cross, Planned Parenthood and the American Heart and Lung Associ- ation brought brochures and tested stu- dents on different aspects of health aware- RIGHT: Before going to check out the individual booths, Marian Huntley, Mary Holland, Susan Dykema, Elizabeth Andrews, Gina Rogers. and Cathy Pope sample the free popcorn in the Health Center lobby. l ness. Students could visit Health Sta- tions as varied as the American Lung Associations Healthy Habits for Healthy Lungs, College Chaplain Jennifer Burns's Living WhollyfHoly Livingf' and coun- selor Linda Diebold's How Do You Rate? Test your Stress booth. For the first time, the Charlotte Dental Society was in atten- dance to check students' teeth and describe gum disease prevention. Written up in the Charlotte Observer, the Health Fair was publicized on campus with posters by art professor Marbury Brown as well as with the antics of the WBCY Chick- en. A large turnout of 225 students attend- ed. The purpose of the Fair is strictly educ- tional, said Health Center Nurse Eileen Kulp. We want to expose students to as much health care information as we can. , I - rw ' '11 ' --. ' ABOVE: Making the rounds at the Fair. Diana Williams discusses the Sickle Cell Anemia Awareness and Testing Program with representative June Gill. RIGHT' Stopping by the Protect Yourself booth to get a Rubella Titer test. Paige Orrie watches as a Mecklenburg County Health Department representative ties a tourniquet on 22 Health Fair it B3 if Xt her arm. .2

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Y . l 7 The Annual cademie Award It was the campus event equivalent to the Oscar ceremonies in Hollywood: but these Academic Awards took place in Dana audi- torium, and the presenters were students and faculty members. In the traditional Awards Day Convocation, several winners were elected by the student body, while oth- ers were nominated bythe faculty or select- ed by committees, and the categories ranged from the Panhellenic Scholarship Cup to the Freshman Chemistry Award. Faculty Marshal Dr. Joyce Shealy began the program by honoring the student Mar- ABOVE: As the audience gives him a standing ovation, Dr. Robert Whalen goes to the podium to receive his Faculty Teaching Award from professor Ron Basini. RIGHT: Before the Convocation begins, Coaches Anne Gant and Phyllis Pharr set out tie trophies for the Volleyball and Tennis team members. 24 Awards Day shalsg Deborah Dalton and Dean Clyda Rent announced new members of the Zete- tic and Orb :Sc Sceptre honorary societies: and Phyllis Pharr and Anne Gant presented trophies to the Tennis and Volleyball team members. Karen Snitzer presented the Pan-- hellenic Scholarship Cup to the Kappa Del- ta sorority, and Geanice Lowder presented the Day Student Service Award to her sis- ter, Garilyn. Dr. Charles Couch announced the recipient of the first annual Michelle Sluder Memorial Award: senior Resident Assistant Terri Smallwood. After faculty members presented awards to outstanding students in each academic division, Dr. Wireman announced Nancy Hartsell as the winner of the Diana award, yearbook editor Sally Pearsall presented the senior yearbook dedication to Dr. Charles Couch: and professor Ron Basini capped off the awards - and concluded the Convocation - when he announced the re- cipient of the 1984-'85 Faculty Teaching Award: Dr. Robert Whalen.