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© 2006 NCSSM Congratulations, NCSSM! Published semi-annually by the Communications Department. sefez*-^ ^/*~*-"Wvj 7,500 copies of this public document were produced at Dr. Gerald L. Boarman a cost of $6,948.00. President NCSSM was featured in the January 2006 edition of "Our State." Full Story: Page 4
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Dr. Jon Miller takes a plunge at the hands of NCSSM's Class of '82. Dr. Miller is one of the School's "Abiders." Full Story: Page 22 WINTER/SPRING 2006 VOLUME 7
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Kannapolis students learn C++ Programming 9 DISTANCE LEARNING via video conference, With 13 years of experience behind them, the thanks to the NCSSM Distance Learning NCSSM Distance Learning department forges department. ahead into a future of limitless opportunities. Full Story: Page 9 12 Part three of the ongoing series highlighting the lesser known locales that our alumni call home.
15 CLASS NOTES
22 THE ABIDERS A closer look at the six faculty members who, after 25 years, still call 1219 Broad Street home.
NCSSM's first graduating class, Class of '82.
?s < ''AJKL*^1 • *^ "*2^' • following article was reprinted with permission from Mann Media, Inc., publishers of Our State: Down Home in North Carolina. It appeared in the January 2006 edition, chronicling North Carolina "firsts."
irs ago, the N.C. School of Science and Mathematics opened its loors to students and created a brand-new kind of high school program. YOU DO THE MATH by Kathy Grant Westbrook Photography by Charles Brown IS you see on this campus are typical of those you might see on any college campus in the state: An instructor ing crazy-looking symbols across a board in front of a Calculus class. Two students heading to the campus coffee bar for a midmorning jolt of Java. A girl hunkered down in her dorm room, cramming for a test in aquatic ecology. A couple of kids tossing a frisbee on the lawn prior to their afternoon polymer chemistry lab. Surprisingly, though, this isn't a college. It's a high school: the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics (NCSSM). NCSSCSS M is a public, residential high school offering 11th and 12th graders a specialized curriculum with a strong emphasis on , science and technology. Located on a 27-acre campus near historic downtown Durham, it currently has an enroll ment of 335 juniors and 290 seniors evenly divided between male and female students. When it opened its doors in Sep- ember 1980, with its first class of 150 juniors, it was the first school of its kind in the nation. Following North Carolina's ad, other states (Maine, Illinois, Oklahoma and Indiana to name a few) and even other countries (Israel, Jordan, and e established similar schools. 1^
1*1 fetei* 'Stf* &4 THREE WISE MEN of the last two years the school has received around 1,100 The birth of NCSSM is largely credited to three men: John applications for the 300 or so junior class slots) and is based Ehle, Terry Sanford, and James B. Hunt. on a number of criteria, including academic standing, test scores, and proclivity toward science and math. But once in, students Ehle, an author who was raised in Asheville and now resides have access to classes ordinarily reserved for college curricula: in Winston-Salem, hatched the idea for the school in the such as "Advanced Object-Oriented Programming in C++," mid-1970s as the United States was struggling to maintain "Advanced Robotics," and "Astrophysics." Notwithstand technological footing in a rapidly changing global community. ing the emphasis on math, science, and technology, students He proposed an educational environment in which high are guaranteed a well-rounded education, completing their school students would study math and science on college and postgraduate levels. An essential part of his plan was that the school be public, thereby preventing financial, cultural, or social factors from determining the student population.
Ehle's idea was embraced by Terry Sanford, who had previously served as president of Duke University and governor of North Carolina—but Sanford expressed doubts that public funds for such a school could be procured. Although it did prove challenging to secure public funding, it didn't prove impossible, thanks largely to Governor James B. Hunt.
"Jim Hunt, being governor at the time, was the strongest legislative supporter," says Craig Rowe, NCSSM's schedules with courses such as ceramics, French literature, director of communications. "He really took the reins and and history of western music. pushed it through, and he did a lot to garner support for the school, not just in the legislature, but in communities Naturally, students are expected to five up to the high levels throughout North Carolina." In 1978, the North Carolina of performance that gained them entrance into the school in School of Science and Mathematics was officially created. the first place. "They need to maintain their grades. One 'C gets a student on academic probation," says Rowe, adding that Several cities, including Burlington, Charlotte, and Raleigh, each case is, however, evaluated on an individual basis. vied for the privilege of housing the newly created school, but Durham was eventually chosen, partly because it offered— With such an emphasis on academic performance, one might for the price of $1—a former hospital complex, which could think that the students do little more than attend class and be easily converted to residential living quarters for students. study, but that isn't the case. The school "has a Student The site, home to Watts Hospital from 1909 to 1976, was Activities Board that allows each and every student the ability transformed into a beautiful high school campus, with Spanish to determine what type of on-campus and off-campus activities Mission style buildings—complete with stuccoed exterior [we] will participate in," says 17-year-old Adam Landon Hinnant, walls and red tile roofs—that give the campus distinct character a senior from Wilson. and charm. Hinnant himself has acted as co-president of the campus MAKING THE GRADE Teenage Republicans Club; served as treasurer of the campus Because NCSSM is a public school, there are no application, chapter of Future Business Leaders of America; assisted with tuition, or room and board fees. For a student to be eligible the writing and ratifying of an Honor Code, as a member of to attend, one parent or guardian must be a resident of North the Ethical Awareness Group; participated in the school's Carolina. The school truly does reach out to students across the Hearing Board; worked in soup kitchens; helped raise money state; in fact, a 1995 state mandate requires equal representation for victims of Hurricane Katrina; and worked as in intern in from all congressional districts. This year about 90 of North one of Senator Elizabeth Dole's offices. Students also have Carolina's 100 counties are represented. opportunities to participate in athletics, as NCSSM has numerous varsity sports teams, including basketball, volleyball, soccer, Gaining admittance to NCSSM is very competitive (each tennis, and swimming.
WINTER SPRIt- 2006 When students graduate from NCSSM, they do so with an impressive list of academic and extracurricular accomplishments STATE-WIDE RESOURCE under their belt, along with two years' experience living in a In addition to educating its residential students, NCSSM dorm. Translation: These kids are ready for college. In fact, offers instruction to high schoolers across the state each year more than 99 percent of the school's graduating seniors through its distance learning program: Instructors broadcast head straight for college, with the remaining few opting to certain classes to students in various school districts where join volunteer organizations or simply defer college for a these particular courses would not otherwise be available. year. Although uncertain about which college he will attend, Also, NCSSM has developed state-of-the-art on-line courses Hinnant does know that he wants to major in fields related in chemistry and physics (and is currently developing one in to business and law, saying, "I would love to later become a advanced placement calculus) that include video clips and politician so that I can help the country that has given me so animation. These on-line courses are most often used by students much." who become sick and must miss a great deal of school, as well as by those who are being home-schooled. MISSION: ACCOMPLISHED In an effort to keep NCSSM's graduates—and their considerable In addition, the school is lending its expertise to those who talents—in North Carolina, Senator Kay Hagan of Guilford are working under the leadership of Lieutenant Governor Beverly Purdue to explore the possibility of establishing a virtual high school in North Carolina.
NCSSM doesn't just teach North Carolina's youth; the school also teaches others who teach our youth. Every summer, teachers from across the state converge on the Durham campus for in-service programs such as "How to Use the Internet to Better Your Class" and "Advanced Theories in Teaching Physics."
"I would say that the blessing of this school is that it serves the students that come here, and it serves students around the state through distance learning and workshops, and it is County sponsored a bill, passed in 2003, that guarantees these a tremendous resource to teachers through conferences and grads a grant to cover their tuition costs to any of the 16 in-services," says Boarman. "We are a statewide institution schools in the UNC system. "We usually averaged probably that serves the needs of the state anytime we're called upon, around 65 to 70 percent attending UNC-system schools with which is lots of times. We don't turn anybody down." each graduating class," says Rowe, the communications director. "With the class of 2004—the first eligible for that tuition Because NCSSM truly is a school that serves the entire state grant—that shot right up to 80 percent. We're keeping some of North Carolina, Boarman was surprised, when he arrived really excellent students [in North Carolina]. I know offhand here more than five years ago from the Washington, DC, of a couple kids that have turned down MIT to attend UNC." area, to find that many people in our state know very little about the school. "I got here and [found that] more people While the faculty and staff of NCSSM are proud of their outside the state know about it and seem to appreciate it graduates, they insist that other schools throughout the state more than people in the state," he says, noting that recently deserve much of the credit for the students' accomplishments. the campus was visited by educators from Georgia, as well as "We recognize that they [the students] wouldn't be ready to the minister of education from Singapore. come to this school if somebody hadn't done their job," says NCSSM President Dr. Gerald L. Boarman. "So, somebody's His hope is that more citizens throughout the state will see been doing their job in elementary school and middle school the value of NCSSM not just to the hundreds of residential and high school." He sees other public schools "as the students that attend the school each year, but also to the foundation and the catalyst for kids to jump off to this thousands of people throughout the state that benefit from institution." its programs. "We need to do a better job of looking at this as a treasure and a resource," he says. As to what NCSSM can offer students that other schools cannot, Boarman says, "We're able to do things with kids that they [other public schools] are not able to do because we're Kathj Grant Westbrook writes ^F rom her home in specialized. Not that we're special, but we're specialized in Your Oaks, N. C. our focus and our mission."
www.ncssmalumni.com ALUMNI2006 WEEKEND Congratulations Class of 1986, on 20 years of Accepting the Greater Challenge.
SEPTEMBER 9-12, 2006 CELEBRATING THE CLASSES OF '86,'91, '96 & '01
Give to the Class of 1986 Reunion Gift: Digital Preservation of Slide Shows, Art & Literature
"Our fundraising goal for this project is $100,000, an amount targeted by each of the previous classes. We already have several generous leadership gifts from a few or our classmates totaling almost $50,000, so we are well on our way. Part of the beauty of this gift is that when we meet our goal, the money will act to not only preserve the history of the school already recorded, but also future years to come, in a way that will be both permanent and accessible to everyone, everywhere. This will prove to be an invaluable resource to the school, and a fitting gift from its greatest Class."
Sincerely,
Colin Law '86 Brock Winslow '86
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2006 T 11 1- NCSS M F OUNDATION ft) DYSSEY CAMPAIGN WINTER 2006 UPDATE
Quarter Century Society Introduced, Alumni Set the Standard Be a Part of our History
The 2005-2006 academic year marks the Quarter Century Celebration of The North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. Twenty- five years is a relatively short time period, yet, the accomplishments from our students and faculty are endless. Challenges abound; yet NCSSM's future remains a kaleidoscope of opportunity.
To celebrate the School and its people, the Foundation established the Quarter Century Society. A gift of $25,000 (payable over a five year period) will support the Foundation's general endowment. As you know, there is no better way to ensure a healthy future for NCSSM than through the endowment. Inaugural members of the Quarter Century Society include Alan Cline '90 of Burlingame, California. Alan is Vice President of Vista Equity Partners of San Francisco. He and his wife Michelle are the parents of two children, Katherine and Avery; Louis Gordon '83 of Mooresville, NC. Louis is President of L. Gordon Iron and Metal Company of Statesville; and Melissa P. Lawler '89. Melissa and her husband Brian reside in Charlotte with their children, Brittany, Courtney and Sydney. Melissa is the National Account Manager for Green Point Mortgage. The Foundation thanks and applauds our Alumni for setting the standard.
As articulated in our Quarter Century theme.. .NCSSM "transforms learners and develops leaders." Your gift makes it all possible. Campaign Support Continues to Rise / A This fiscal year, the Odyssey Campaign saw a $10,000,000" record 56% increase in year-end giving, compared to the same period last year. Additionally, Alumni $8,000,000" // support of the Campaign continues to rise, with a 44% increase in gifts from last year. $6,000,000' xM s The Odyssey Campaign is the catalyst in providing $4,000,000" NCSSM with the necessary resources to remain $2,000,000" at the forefront of math and science education. Long a model for other schools, NCSSM plans / to remain on the cutting edge, exploring new 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 GOAL possibilities and breaking new ground. What began as an example of what education should be will continue to be an example of all that is possible. The Odyssey Campaign, a comprehensive multi-year fund-raising drive, generates funding to support our faculty, students, distance learning and facilities. Dl 1NU mmby Laure n E. Everhart With increased opportunities and constantly expanding technology, the future of NCSSM's Distance Learning department looks bright.
"irtual reality body suits—cleverly designed com astronauts on the International Space Station. In a combined puter interfaces that take the place of today's effort between the School's Distance Learning department and • nmic e and keyboards. The body suits—complete NASA technologies, students from NCSSM and Robeson Co. with computer-screen goggles and 'intelligent' cosmetic jewelry— Schools participated in a Q&A session with North Carolina enable an entire class of students and their teacher to journey native Cmdr. William McArthur and Russian cosmonaut Valery back to the American Revolution, out to the farthest limits of Tokarev, watching the astronauts on the ETC's Auditorium the solar system, or into the nucleus of an atom." screen. The event was a shining example of just what can be done with distance learning technologies—in this case, traveling That was the prediction of Fred D'lgnazio, president and 220 miles above sea level without stepping off campus. founder of Multi-Media Classrooms, Inc., about the future of technology in education as quoted in a 1990 anniversary issue For the NCSSM Distance Learning department, the NASA of Technology & Learning. Although D'lgnazio's prediction may event demonstrated what the department has known for sound excessively futuristic and far-fetched, with distance years—the possibilities with distance learning technology are learning technology, endless. And with over 13 years of practice behind them, the his forecast may not department is ready to forge ahead into the future. be that far off. What the future holds exactly is still unclear, but for NCSSM President Dr. Gerald Boarman and the Distance Learning department, opportunities abound. "It is going to be a whole different world out there," Boarman said. "And we want to look at every means of online learning, distance learning, that's possible to meet the needs of these kids."
In a recent Special Report by Technology & Learning called "Envisioning the Future," the opinions of education professionals, scientists and futurists stressed the importance of advance ments in information technology for advancements in education, echoing Dr. Boarman's sentiment.
"Schools should become nothing less than the center of students' educational use of information technology and media—no matter where, when, or what they want to learn," said one
WINTER SPRIN; 2006 respondent, Douglas Levin, to the magazine's survey. forefront are going to make out. And we're definitely there."
Another respondent, Lynn A. Nixon, said, "Current issues in Darlene Haught, Dean of Distance Learning Technologies at the field of science provide the opportunity for students to the School, also has a vision for distance learning, one that build their global awareness, which is increasingly important focuses more on the immediate future: "I envision us growing in as they face a world that is more connected than ever before." using video conferencing more within the classroom," Haught said, "and I can't help but think that with the expanding initiative One woman surveyed, Anne Hribar, forecasted what she thought to bring real life experiences in to the classroom, it's just going education would look like in 25 years: "Twenty-five years from to evolve, and we need to be in the forefront of that. With the now, a technologically savvy education will be the right of all evolution of the technology, we're in the best position to bring children. Wireless technology will be the norm, not merely for it right into the classroom and I want to do that here." those districts that can afford it. Student desks will be portals of discovery with their wireless tools built into the furniture. According to Haught, one of the surest directions for Information will be shared more readily with classrooms Distance Learning is toward expanded online education. worldwide as students communicate with 'virtual pen pals' in Expansion in this area, Haught said, "will meet the needs that real time." we couldn't meet through video conferencing because of time and scheduling." It will also give the School an opportunity Boarman's vision runs along the same lines. His dream for 25 to expand its reach beyond North Carolina to other partner years down the road? An NCSSM virtual school that will give schools around the country—schools that belong to the kids who are not accepted to NCSSM the opportunity to take National Consortium for Specialized Secondary Schools in classes that carry the School's brand and earn a diploma, or Science, Math and Technology. For distance learning, the joint diploma, from the School. "Right now, we have over 1400 future is certainly wide open and as Dr. Boarman said, "We applicants," he said. "We'll only be able to take 325 and we have should not be limited by our limited horizons." nothing else to offer those [other 1075] students except a rejection letter." And with the North Carolina Virtual School in Although the Distance Learning department serves the School the works, Boarman's dream does not seem to be built on sand. in a number of different capacities, its first and foremost goal on a day-to-day basis is to provide advanced curriculum to students Boarman also sees students being able to travel to Singapore across the state that would not otherwise get it. In fact, 83 percent or walk through the holy lands, all via live videoconference, to of Distance Learning programming is course delivery. be able to watch live surgeries or live Parliament proceedings. "The philosophy is that we want to draw on the expertise of the "The whole world is coming closer and closer together," he teachers here on our campus," Haught said, "and use that as a said, adding, "Students today need that kind of interaction." mechanism of outreach to provide those opportunities around He also envisions fabrication labs at the School, 3-D printers, the state to schools and students who wouldn't otherwise get and the students having online textbooks where they can take them." Currently, Distance Learning offers 10 credit-bearing notes right on their computer screens. courses to nearly 400 students at over 20 schools across the state.
"Where we're going to go in the next 10 years with the use of In addition to meeting the needs of students across the state, computers and the way we learn is going to change drastically," Distance Learning also strives to enrich the classroom experience Boarman said, "and those people that are ready and on the by offering topical sessions, and to provide professional
The Distance Learning Department is created after the Public School Forum issues a report DTSTAhJCF TFARKTTMCT: titled "A State of Disconnectedness," in which it recommends that the state work through the years more closely with NCSSM to harness effective and innovative uses of the many resources already available for improved math and Program extends to Durham High School, which Seven cyber campuses are science education. would later become Durham School of the Arts. constructed and opened around the state, the last being certified in October 1998. 1992 1994 1996 1993 1995 1997 1998 Burroughs Wellcome Fund awards NCSSM The RJR-Nabisco Foundation awards NCSSM The North Carolina Information Highway a $1 million challenge grant to begin laying the Next Century Schools Grant, a $600,000 • (NCIH) is created, allowing for 2-way the groundwork for the Educational Future 10 grant to fund "Down-to-Earth Distance Learning" interactive videoconferencing. As a Center. Over 5 years, the EFC would support for 3 years; teachers connect via cable televi result, NCSSM becomes a state-funded the development of seven cyber campuses sion and telephone to Durham's Riverside and provider of educational programming to in strategically selected high schools repre Southern High Schools teachers and students utilizing the NCIH. senting North Carolina's more rural areas.
www.ncssmalumni.com development opportunities for teachers across the state. By Dr. Sally Adkin, Senior Vice President for External Programs, offering these types of opportunities, Distance Learning allows agrees. "We have to be extremely flexible. In order to accomplish educators to collaborate with teachers at NCSSM while saving what we want to do, we're always kind of walking the tight them both time and money. These collaborations prepare rope," she said. "Hard is the modus operandi here. ...I think teachers around the state to teach courses they may not have most people would've thrown up their hands and quit." taught before, or courses that are out of their field, or to simply give them ideas on how to use technology within their classrooms.
"We're learning from working with [our] students and we can transfer that experience to students across the state, to teachers across the state," Dr. Boarman said. "[Distance Learning] indicates that this school is not just motivated to look internally at the students who are fortunate enough to come here," Dr. Boarman said. "We see ourselves as [an institution that provides] to any organization within the state the expertise that we have developed over 25 years. And therefore the mission of Distance Learning is just that—to give other people outside of this campus, distant from this school, the opportunity to take courses or to work with our teachers or just to collaborate with us whether they're residing on this campus or not." According to Dr. Boarman, the biggest challenge for the Collaboration is, in fact, one of biggest benefits of distance Distance Learning department is "to determine the best use learning technology, according to Boarman. "In education," of this technology to assist teachers and motivate students"—an he said, "we tend to be isolated. But the outreach program ongoing challenge that will continue to face the department gives people the opportunity to sit together and try to diagnose a in the years to come. problem or try to find a solution or try to find a better avenue to approach [education], and what better way than to learn But despite what challenges may arise, the department feels from people who are experts in the field and that have been confident that they can face them head on. "There's a doing it for a long time." wonderful spirit of cooperation and excitement here," said Carole Stern, Outreach Specialist for the Distance Learning dept. With all of the challenges that face Distance Learning, Haught says that it is easy to lose sight of the overall picture. As Distance Learning ventures forward, it will be crucial for It is important, she says, "to keep in mind that we're all in it the department to constantly examine where it is going and together to create the best environment to provide the greatest what is the best way to get there. It is of extreme importance, opportunity for success for students." Dr. Boarman said, "to look into the future and to see where we're going to go with this learning trend that's taking place."
The NOW Project commences. Of all the entities on the The project, a 5-year, $6 million NCIH, NCSSM does about • U.S. Department of Education A fourth studio is installed. Field testing the video- 10% of the programming, Technology Innovation Challenge over-IP protocol for programming begins. The being the largest provider Grant, offers professional devel NOW Project ends in October, having served over of K-12 programming in opment opportunities for educa 4,000 educators in all 100 counties in NC. the state, offering 11 tors in technology integration. credit-bearing courses to over 275 students in 20+ schools. 2002 2004 2006
2003 >005 Three Internet-based online courses have been developed and are Web sites for teacher resources are developed. First being taught around the state. summer SWAT (Students Working to Assist Technol The department begins videoconferencing Another is under development ogy) camp takes place, using videoconferencing to — out-of-state at national conferences and for for 2006-2007. Distance Learning provide a technology-teach experience between and professional development. Annual summer department has expanded to 15 among the cyber campuses. workshop begins for promoting/training for technical, faculty, supervisory, and videoconferencing in the state. support positions.
WINTER SPRIK- 2006 YOUREFROM H WHERE? Part three of an ongoing series.
Sparta Location: Alleghany County, about 77 miles NW of Winston-Salem. What's in a name: The community was, in fact, named for the ancient city of Greece. Population: 1,818 Elevation: 2,939 feet Land area: 2.4 sq. miles Zip code: 28675 Wal-Mart: No Home Depot or Lowes? Neither Claim to Fame: Hometown of country music singer Del Reeves, born Franklin Delano Reeves in Sparta on July 14, 1933
www.ncssmalumni.com Intrinsic to the spirit of NCSSM is the dynamic created when such a diverse cross section of North Carolina's residents are brought together on only twenty-seven acres in Durham. It is safe to say that some students come from corners of the state not found on most maps. Until now. In celebration of the many Alumni who bravely ventured from these charming rural pockets to the Durham Metropolitan, NCSSM Magazine has decided to Wghlight some of the lesser known locales that so many of our graduates call home.
Troy "Gateway to the Uwharries" In the lost 2 issues, Founded: 1852, primarily by Scottish immigrants. we have profiled What's in a name: The town takes its Elm City, Grandy, name from John B. Troy, a popular attorney and solicitor of the judicial Hurdle Mills, district. Murphy, Sylvo, Population: 3,461 Elevation: 550 feet Ahoskie, Homlet, Land area: 3.0 sq. miles Mount Olive, Zip Code: 27371 Wal-Mart: No Newland and Home Depot or Lowes? Neither Red Springs. On these streets of gold: Legend has it that the streets of Troy are paved with solid gold. When the streets were being paved, fill dirt was brought in from the gold mines in Eldorado, a once thriving mining community north of the town. Local citizens soon found gold nuggets in ie streets of the city.
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Don't forget to post your class notes on www.ncssmalumni.com. 1980s Frederick Slocum '84 sons, especially focusing on issues of Star Chapter of the Sierra Club completed his B.A. in political science medication adherence and the special since 2002. He accepted the award at UNC-Chapel Hill and his Ph.D. in concerns of HTV+ mothers. Katha in San Francisco in September. political science at the University of rine and her partner, Jada, celebrated Kurt has a B.A. in Chemistry from Iowa. He is now an associate profes their 12th anniversary in June 2005. Princeton University and an M.S. in sor of political science at Minnesota Computer and Information Sciences State University, Mankato, where he Dr. James D. Davis '86 from the University of Minnesota. has been teaching since 1998. His recently performed in Carnegie Hall areas of specialization are race and as principal euphonium with the Robbie R. Locklear-Zoll '87 Atlanta Wind Symphony. His poem is now living with her husband, "Field Training Officer #2" was also John, and 2-year old daughter, just published in an anthology entitled Madeleine, in Fort Polk, La., where "Hurricane" along with the work of John is an Army officer. Robbie is Nobel prize winner Derek Walcott. working as a family practice Physi cian Assistant at the post hospital. Jennifer Bowman Ebright '86 Robbie has been a PA for the last continues to recover from recent 10 years. surgery for a brain tumor with the support of her son, William, and Ron Hasson '88 her husband, Jim. is taking a break from journalism, possibly a permanent one, to work Floyd Bullard '87 in social services. He develops and politics in the United States, public is currently in his third year of a runs programs to help low income opinion, political psychology, and Ph.D. program in statistics at Duke. individuals and families through a Southern politics; he teaches a course If all goes as planned, he will be community action agency, Skyline on each of those topics. finished and back teaching at NC CAP. Ron is also about two chapters SSM in fell 2007. shy of completing his first book, and Katharine Stewart '85 would like to start one about his days moved to Little Rock, Ark., in 2003 Kurt Indermaur '87 in Durham next. and now serves as Associate Dean for received the Sierra Club's 2005 the College of Public Health at the National Electronic Communica Janice Huggins Hepburn '88 University of Arkansas for Medi tions Award, which honors the best is now living in Salisbury, England cal Sciences. She also is Associate web page or other use of electronic with her husband and two children, Professor of Health Behavior/Health communication to further the Sierra Mchael, 6, and Elizabeth, 4. Her Education. Her research is primar Club's mission. Kurt, president of husband is on active duty in the U.S. ily focused on designing behavioral Minnetonka, Minnesota-based In Army doing an exchange program interventions to support improved dermaur, Inc. for the past six years, with the United Kingdom. They are clinical outcomes among HTV+ per has been a volunteer with the North living in a small British village, lov-
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ing the English country atmosphere, ran, 7, Trevor, 6, Brendan, 3, and medical care in a six county area. traveling a lot and making the best Gavin, 1, and live in Cary, N.C. You can find pictures and a weblog of their time abroad. Janice is doing on: www.midcarolinatraumarac.com. some part-time project manage ment work for a software company, was among the first medical re- Eliza K. (Johnson) and spending the rest of her time sponders to the Katrina ravaged Ablovatski, Ph.D. '89 with the kids. Janice expects to be areas of Mississippi. Rudisill, who is an Assistant Professor of History in England through summer 2007, is the Outreach and MidCarolina at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. and then will probably return to Trauma RAC Coordinator for the Frederick, Md., where her husband UNC Hospitals Trauma Program, Jonathan Carson '89 will continue his role with the Army. helped set up and staff an NC recently began a new post-doc at MGH-Harvard Medical School's Cen ter For Molecular Imaging Research, which does cutting edge medical research and biomedical engineering. He is part of an effort that targets therapeutic and imaging agents to specific tissues and cell types. Annice F. Hood, Ed.D. '89 graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill on May 15 with a Doctor of Edu cation degree in Education Leader ship. Her dissertation is titled "Im pact of Race-Related Activism on the Careers of Black Educators." Charlene Warren-Davis '89 Janice's parents are now in Burl SMAT (State Medical Assistance was promoted to the rank of Major ington, N.C, and she visits there Team) II Field Hospital. The hos in the U.S. Army in September 2005. regularly with the kids. If you'd pital was still deployed in a K-Mart She is a pharmacist in the Army like to get in touch, her e-mail is parking lot in Waveland, Miss., long Medical Dept. and a Doctor of [email protected]. after Rudisill and her team left. In Pharmacy Candidate at Idaho State their 5 days, they saw over 1000 pa University. Charlene and her husband, Kirk J. Leibert '88 tients and then averaged about 325 Major S. Avery Davis, M.D, both live and wife, Tara, have four sons, Cur- patients per day. They were the only and work in Hawaii.
Remember to post your class notes 01 www.ncssmalumni.com. 1990s Dr. Joshua L. Hardison '90 cooperation between China, South is joining Chapel HiJl Obstetrics is a Ph.D Candidate in the Depart- Korea and North Korea, and Gynecology as an Ob/Gyn ment of Development Sociology at physician. He and his wife, Jennifer Cornell University. He spends most Man T. Metcalf ! Madriaga, now reside in Durham. of his time researching and promot- underwent a wide-awake craniotomy ing environmental conservation and for the removal of a baseball-sized
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brain tumor on May 5, 2005 at Commonwealth University Health Freedom. He was located on the Duke University. Present in the System in Richmond, Va. Noffs- border of Pakistan in Asadabad, surgery for observation was I > inger will begin practicing as an Ob/ about 60 miles north of Jalalabad Mohit Khasibatla '92. The two were Gyn with the Group for Women in (as the nearest city found on a map), hallmates on 2nd Bryan and Alan Norfolk, Va. where he served as the NCO in was Mohit's DA during Mohit's Charge of the Civil Military Opera junior year. Alan currently has no fason Cade '93 tions Center as part of a Provin deficits from the surgery and has was recently awarded a two-year cial Reconstruction Team. While returned to teaching middle school Public Interest Fellowship from deployed, he was promoted to staff in Rutherfordton, N.C. Mohit, who the law firm of Skadden, Arps to sergeant (E6) and received two is a radiation oncologist, moved to represent immigrant teenagers fac Army Achievement Medals as well Dartmouth one month after the ing deportation in New York City. as a Bronze Star. He returned to his surgery to take a new position there. The fellowship will begin Septem wife, Sarah, and 16-month-old son, ber 2006 when Jason completes his Toby, at his home in South Riding, Megan (Jackson) Sukys '91 clerkship forjudge Steven Gold in Va. He also returned to his civilian is the host and producer of a Seattle the Eastern District of New York. job as a system security consultant. afternoon interview magazine, The Beat, on KUOW 94.9FM, NPR Dr. Sharon A. Chung '93 Joe Farr '94 News & Information. finished her internal medicine resi received his B.A. in Economics dency at Johns Hopkins Hospital in with a minor in Chemistry from Mary Keisau Baltimore, Md., and is now a rheu Duke University in 1998. After moved to North Central Washing matology fellow at the University of working for the Atlantic Coast ton after four years in Seattle. Mary California, San Francisco. Conference and ESPN, he went to is now working for a local land trust, the Yale School of Management Methow Conservancy, and is work Brian McDonald '93 where he received his MBA in ing on an organic produce farm. returned from Afghanistan this fall Marketing and Leadership. He has Living in Winthrop, in the Methow after spending a 10-month tour in since started a television produc Valley, Mary spends a lot of time support of Operation Enduring tion company in New Haven, outside and enjoys playing with her two dogs, Ceilidh and Ella. Roland Leak '92 is in the Marketing Ph.D. program at the University of South Carolina. His concentration is in consumer information search and conformity. Roland is married to Dr. Sirena Har grove-Leak '92 who is an assistant professor in the engineering depart ment of Elon University. They have one daughter, Donelle, 2.
Clemont "Walt" Lewis '92 is a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. Walt enlisted in August 2000. Dr. Daniel L. Noffsmger '92 recently completed residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Medical College at Virginia/Virginia
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Conn., called Trey Mojo Produc Lemuel "Taron" Mattocks '95 teacher in New York City's public tions, LLC. is a computer consultant with East schools. Carolina University, which is in Steve Kovacs '94 its second year of its Academic Mark "Alan" English '99 has left New York City for the Computing Environment (ACE) finished his M.A. in Political Sci program. As a member of ACE, ence and International Relations this the school provides support for re summer through UNC at the Uni duced rates for students purchas versity Carlos III in Madrid, Spain. ing IBM Thinkpads through the Upon his return to the United program. It also provides technical States on September 1, he moved to support for all current students in Atlanta, Ga., to work as the Market the ECU family. ing Communications Specialist for BernzOmatic/Taracorp, a division Kimberly Spenninck '96 of Newell Rubbermaid. became a Certified Management Accountant, CMA. Bryson Finklea '99 is switching from math and neuro- Jennifer McGinnis '97 science to social medicine. Any is a first year law student at Duke one heard of Partners in Health? University, delving into a new career. His e-mail address is now: bryson. [email protected] Jesse Johnson '98 sunny shores of Scotland, where he is getting his M.A. in Math Educa Court Wilson '99 and his business partner are open tion at Teachers College/Columbia graduated from Duke with a dou ing a performance venue in summer University through the Newton ble major in Chemistry and Physics 2006. In the meantime, he is pursu Fellowship (www.mathforamerica. and is now planning a computer ing a MSc in Design and Digital Me org). After completing his Masters, science graduate degree. Court cur dia at the University of Edinburgh. he plans to be a high school math rently lives in Chapel Hill.
Remember to update your contact information: ?.noos Rachel Van Cleve '00 Andrea Kaelin '01 Spanish. Virginia spent summer 2005 is commuting between Providence graduated from the Cum Laude doing community service in Honolulu and Boston and starting a new honors program at Christopher through the organization Overland. job with the Rhode Island HUD Newport University, Va., with She is currently working as an Eiduca- Tenant Organizing Project. If any a B.S. in Biology and minors in tional Consultant for Readak, Inc. fellow alumni have settled in the Chemistry and Forensics. Andrea is Boston area, she'd love to hear now entering medical school. Sarah M. Wilson '02 from you: is a senior at Stanford University Rachel. [email protected] majoring in Drama and Psychology. 18 Virginia G. Upchurch '01 graduated Bowdoin College in May She plans to move to the Bay Area 2005 with degrees in Biochemistry and after gradation.
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PETER TORGIL HAUGHTON CLASS OF 1989 Pete, 35, died suddenly and unexpectedly on January 4, 2006 at his home in Atlanta, Ga. Originally from Chapel Hill, Pete attended Duke University on a full merit scholarship, graduating in 1993 with bachelor's degrees in Mathematics and Public Policy. In 1995, he earned a B.S. in Engineering from North Carolina State University. Seven years later, Pete was awarded a full fellowship to the Leaders for Manufacturing Program at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he earned his MBA and his M.S. in mechanical engineering. After moving to Atlanta in 2004 to be with his fiancee, Yoon Kim, Pete began a career in real estate development with Winter Properties, where he worked as the Devel opment Manager in charge of M West, a community in Midtown Atlanta.
Among Pete's many hobbies were woodworking, collecting Legos and Star Wars spaceships, and collecting and restoring antique cars. Pete, an avid Tar Heels fan, was the son of the late Geoffrey Haughton and is survived by his fiancee as well as his mother, Kristina Haughton, of Chapel Hill. In lieu of flowers, the family asks for Pete to be remembered with donations to NCSSM and MIT's Leaders for Manufacturing Program. To donate to NCSSM, checks should be made to the NCSSM Foundation. A designation should be made in the bottom left corner of the check for The Peter Haughton '89 Memorial Fund. Checks to NCSSM may be mailed to P.O. Box 2733, Durham, NC, 27705. A fund is currently being established at MIT's LFM Program.
DYLAN CODY PILKINGTON CLASS OF 2004 Cody, 19, died October 7,2005 in an apartment fire near the campus of North Carolina State University. Originally from Grifton, N.C, Cody was a sophomore at N.C. State majoring in mechanical engineering. In addition to being a member of Sigma Alpha Mu, a small engineering fraternity, at NCSU, Cody was a Boy Scout and a junior volunteer firefighter on the Grifton Volunteer Fire Department. He was also a member of First Christian Church of Grifton. Cody came to NCSSM from Ayden-Grifton High School.
He is survived by his parents, Pam and Ivey Pilkington, of Grifton; his brother, Kinsey Tate Pilkington; his half brother, Christopher Jacob Pilkington, of Cochran, Ga.; grandparents, Bobbi and Danny Brown, ^^^^pm"^ of Grifton, Jack and Helen Pilkington, of Grifton; and a large family of aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. The Cody Blue Pilkington Scholarship has been established in Cody's honor. For more infor mation, visit www.codyblue.org.
SHELTON ELIZABETH SANDERS CLASS OF 2004 Shelly, 19, died unexpectedly on November 18, 2005. Shelly, who was born in Normal, 111., on February 4, 1986, was a sophomore at the University of North Carolina at Asheville. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Lumberton.
Shelly loved outdoor adventures, international travel and cuisine, caring for God's earth, Africa, soccer, salsa dancing and molecular biology. She cared deeply for the homeless and for people of all colors and cultures. Shelly loved life and was cherished by all of her family and friends. She is survived by her parents, Ron and BJ Sanders; two brothers, Judd and Chad Sanders; and her maternal grandmother, Roberta Ward of Murray, Ky. She had many loving aunts, uncles, cousins and friends throughout the world.
Memorials may be sent to: Bicuspid Aortic Foundation, 30100 Town Center Drive, Suite 0-299, Laguna Niguel, Calif., 92677, 1-888-310-HOPE (www.bicuspidfoundation.com).
WINTER SPRING 2006 In 1980, these seven faculty members came to 1219 Broad St. to be apart of a new experiment in education. Twenty-five years later, it is still this place that they call home. Now, they tell us how they got here, why they ve stayed, and what they think makes this place so special...
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Dr. Virginia "Ginger" Wilson, a native of is a continuing process where we are always Highland Park, N.J., came to North Carolina reaching for a better tomorrow. "We used to call them to attend Duke University, where she earned her Bachelor of Arts in history and her "So I love teaching history," she said. "To me, 'pioneers,' and they MAT. (Master of Arts in Teaching). After it's a story. The end is not yet written, but it's teaching for over six years in a number of a story in progress." really were because school districts, Dr. Wilson took a 4-year hiatus to stay at home with her daughter, during For Dr. Wilson, the story of her life at NCSSM which time she began work on her Ph.D. began with the School's first class of 150 they were coming on juniors from across the state. "We used to In 1975, Dr. Wilson earned her doctorate in call them 'pioneers,' and they really were a promise of what this social studies education and history of education because they were coming on a promise of from Duke. At that point, she had already what this [school] might be and what it might [school] might be and begun teaching again in Durham Public become," Dr. Wilson said. Schools, where she stayed until hearing about NCSSM. Dr. Wilson said she was immediately "Most of them were at the top of their class what it might become. interested in the School, despite its intended and in a lot of activities, and they were leaving focus on science and mathematics education. all that for something that wasn't," she said. "It ... Most of them were at was just kind of out there. And you had to go "One of the things that really interested me on the word of people that were here and on the top of their class was that it was going to be a science and math the promise of what we said we would do." school," Dr. Wilson told me. "But I feel like at 15 or 16 it's too early to narrow yourself Now, after 25 years of keeping that promise, and in a lot of activities, and I thought [the students] needed to have a Dr. Wilson says that she has truly valued the strong humanities base in order to be scientists chance she has had to cultivate relationships and they were leaving and mathematicians who are participant in with her students. their communities." all that for something "We get to know kids in a very different way "The students here are smart," she said. here, in a much closer way," she said, "than I "And most smart kids at 15 or 16 pretty think you do in regular school." that wasn't." much are smart across the board. They may like certain subjects more, but they like Although Dr. Wilson's area of expertise school and like learning, and so if you like is history, she is well-versed in a number learning, you're bound to find something of of other subjects. Among the long list of interest in every class." courses Dr. Wilson has taught at NCSSM are International Relations, World Religions, At NCSSM, Dr. Wilson teaches primarily Psychology, and Western European Cultural American History and A.P. American Hstory, Studies (WECS). subjects that she has spent her life studying and for which she exudes a contagious passion. But in spite of such an extensive list of areas that interest her, Dr. Wilson's passion will "I love teaching about our past," Dr. Wilson always be history, and, combined with her said, "because I think it tells you what it interest in young people, it is just that that means to be an American now; what we've makes her love NCSSM. been through, what we're going toward. To me, we're always going toward this 'ideal.' We "It's fun to be in a place where there's a sense were one of the few people who early on had that you're making history," Dr. Wilson said. this real ideal of what we wanted to be and it "As a historian, I like that."
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Born in Toledo, Iowa, Dr. Jon Miller and his perhaps more restless intellectually, socially, and family moved several times when he was very individually, and who come in and can make an young before coming to North Carolina, fi enormous change or can bring certain perspec nally settling in Durham when Dr. Miller was tives to us. And those of us who abide have to in the second grade. incorporate and have a responsibility to maintain those flames, and those sparks, and that excite Dr. Miller went on to attend Davidson Col ment that those people bring to us." lege, where he graduated with a degree in English. From there, he spent several months For Dr. Miller, who teaches primarily American working for SlO/week at a church in Bedford Studies and British Literature, it is of utmost Styuvesant, a Brooklyn, N.Y., neighborhood. importance that students grapple with the Finally, after spending two years in the Army, problems he presents, finding out "how these one of which he spent in Korea, Dr. Miller things interest, excite and apply" to them. settled back in North Carolina in 1967 when In fact, that is precisely what he says has he began graduate school at the University of kept him at NCSSM for so many years: "the North Carolina at Chapel Hill. continual challenge of trying to find ways to excite, interest and teach young people" about Dr. Miller began his career teaching 7th grade things that he thinks are important, he said. "At the highest level math in Durham, taught social studies for a time, and was teaching English at Hillside Dr. Miller is so committed to helping his in mathematics, you High School when he heard about NCSSM students find their own voices that one of his from Hillside's principal. fondest NCSSM memories is of being, quite ask students to define literally, shut up by a student. The class was Before being interviewed for the position, Dr. "in the midst of a discussion, in a big circle," problems and then Miller was asked to meet with Borden Mace, Dr. Miller said, and "the student was just Chuck Eilber and Cecily Selby to discuss the revved up, charged up, he was talking fast, his you ask students to teaching of English in North Carolina. In the voice was in an elevated tone, not only talking interview, Selby asked Dr. Miller, "What is it loud, but it was high pitched, just going to solve those problems going to be like teaching English in a school town. And I was very interested in what he of math and science?" was saying, and he was saying good things, and at one point I had a question and I said precisely and ac "My observation at Hillside," Dr. Miller said, 'but...,' and all I got out was that 'b...' and he said 'Shut up!' and just charged right on. curately using the "was that many of the best math students were my best English students, in fact, I kind language and the of see the two as being very similar. At the "I thought, this is what it's all about," Dr. Miller highest level in mathematics, you ask students told me. "I'm not the teacher anymore. He's operations of math to define problems and then you ask students excited about what he's talking about and wants to solve those problems precisely and accurately to finish it and it's important to him. ...There, for ematics. I essentially using the language and the operations of a moment," he said, "we were colleagues." mathematics. I essentially do the same thing in do the same thing in English. I ask students to define a problem and Although Dr. Miller is known for many things, then to solve that problem using the language he is probably most widely known for his English." and operations of literature and language." annual reading of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas." "Everyone is all dressed up, 17 Soon after the interview, Dr. Miller was offered going on 25," Dr. Miller said. "And then they a position at tire School, where he has remained sit down on the floor, and I start to read, and ever since. "I suspect I am an abider," he said. "I suddenly everyone is 17 going on 7." am somebody who comes to stay. An institution needs a certain number of abiders to carry on. And, despite being thrown into the pool by But it also needs those people who come in and Class of '82 students, Dr. Miller remains one are here for a moment, those people who are of the most beloved teachers on campus.
www.ncssmalumni.com joe liles art "I've discovered one thing about Science and Math students here: they love detail They !ove detail in everything."
Joe Liles, a native of Wadesboro, N.C, first developed an ented person. I've discovered one thing about Science and Math interest in teaching when he was offered a job at a survival students here: they love detail. They love detail in everything. school for the American Indian Movement in St. Paul, Minn. And so, my interest in detail in art wed nicely with that kind of Liles, who was in graduate school at the University of Michigan tendency in our students who like that same kind of detail." at the time, jumped at the chance to work at the school, an alternative for American Indian students in public schools. Throughout his years at NCSSM, Liles says that he has enjoyed He began working there as soon as he completed his Masters. primarily two things, one internal, one external: "The internal thing I enjoy is the youthful enthusiasm of our students. Our Throughout his years at the survival school, Liles remained students have an innocent enthusiasm to explore everything anxious to return to North Carolina. "I had the fantasy," Liles and that enthusiasm is not only contagious among other said, "that I had the talent to become a profoundly recognized students, it's contagious to me, too. And it not only helps me regional artist and I wanted to devote my artwork to the stay creative, it helps me stay youthful. That's the internal thing. beauty of the North Carolina landscape. I was just waiting for The external thing I enjoy is, the School has always supported an opportunity to come back." all the outreach things that I do, and that gives just added spice to my job. It means that my job is more than just teaching in Liles got that opportunity and returned to North Carolina to turn a classroom. It's getting outside the School and doing applica an old antebellum farmhouse between Durham and Chapel Hill tion kind of things of either my talents or my students' talents." into a museum, a craft marketplace and a site for outdoor music Those outreach projects range from public exhibits of the festivals. Liles was eventually pulled from the project to manage a students' artwork to the annual Native American powwow. couple of Chapel Hill restaurants. It only took a year for Liles to realize he needed a change. Liles left the restaurant business and One of Liles' most vivid memories from the first few years at supported himself as an artist for the next two years, finding NCSSM still bugs him. "I remember one of my first art classes himself living across the street from the abandoned Watts Hos taught in the hallway of third Bryan just outside the abandoned pital. When he heard that NCSSM was going to transform the delivery rooms of the old Watts Hospital," Liles said. "The hospital, liles thought it was simply "too coincidental." He inter students were busy doing 'Dream Drawings,' trying to depict viewed for the position of art instructor at the School, a position a memorable dream in a piece of art. They were huddled over that was only intended to be part time, and offered a proposal of their evolving artwork when I interrupted their concentration by how the School could integrate art into the science and math cur exclaiming, "What's that?!" From way down the haE, something riculum. Liles was hired as a full-time instructor, and still believes was flying straight at us, appearing small at first but getting larger firmly that art and science and math are intimately related. and larger as it got closer. Heads hit the tables to get out of the way. A few screams were released. The flying creature sailed right "I've always had that kind of vent to my thinkings about art," over the students and crashed into the wall at the end of the hall. Liles said. "I've always been attracted to the interrelationship To my horror, I realized that this intruder was a giant flying cock between art and science and math. From the very beginning, I had roach, the biggest one I have ever seen. With students scrambling my students doing very science-based artwork through advanced for cover, some of them standing on top of the tables, I chased photography techniques, through engineering and architectural the monster into a corner, and with my pointy toed cowboy graphics, and through projects, paintings, drawings and silk screen boots, stomped it to smithereens. I still cringe today at the prints that specifically tried to find connections between art and memory of this traumatizing event in my teaching career." science and math. And so, I think that art can be free form, it can be even totally undisciplined and random, but that's not my spe Liles completed his undergraduate work at North Carolina cialty. I'm a more organized person. That kind of translates into State University's School of Design. His daughter, Elizabeth, my artwork as more organized artwork. I'm also a very detail-ori is a member of NCSSM's Class of '06.
WINTER SPRINi 2006 dr.^don houpe
"The students, the faculty, everybody, felt for the first few years like this was something special and it was exciting to be a part of it, no matter who you were."
Dr. Don Houpe, a Virginia native, completed his undergradu guage to teach, however, is Esperanto, an "invented or planned ate work at Hampden-Sydney College in Hampden-Sydney, language," Dr. Houpe explained, that was created in the late Va., where he majored in Spanish and French and minored in 19th century. (To dispel the rumors, Dr. Houpe has only stud German. He went on to study at McGill University in Mon ied 13 languages, but he insists he can't speak all of them. And treal, Quebec, Canada, where he obtained his Masters. no, he doesn't speak one of the African click languages.)
After winning the Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, giving him a One of the things that truly sets Dr. Houpe apart is his unique full scholarship to study at any university in the United States style of teaching "That plant's name is Roberto, he's Roberto or Canada, Dr. Houpe came to North Carolina to work on Planta," Dr. Houpe told me, pointing to the bright Golden his Ph.D. at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Pothos on his top shelf. "He does paintings." Dr. Houpe takes While attending the University, he began teaching Swahili Roberto to class, where students compete to win a painting by part-time at Duke, where he remained for two years after the now infamous plant turned painter. Roberto has been hard finishing his Ph.D. in 1978. at work for seven years and is now up to 117 original paintings.
After hearing about NCSSM through local media, Dr. Houpe Also among Dr. Houpe's more unusual teaching tools is his was intrigued by the prospect of teaching several languages. list of rules that are written in whatever language the students Learning that John Ehle and Governor Jim Hunt were in are studying and must be translated. For example, "Students volved gave him further motivation to explore how he could at Science and Math are not allowed to carry frozen squirrels be a part of the School. More than anything, Dr. Houpe was in their bookbags," or "Students at Science and Math are not excited to be a part of something new. "We knew, those of us allowed to enter class without a pulse," and my personal fa who came the first year," Dr. Houpe said, "that it would be vorite, "Students at Science and Math are not allowed to swim exciting because we would be able to invent as we went along, in the biological pond." to create as we went along. There was a certain feeling of discovery. I think the students, the faculty, everybody, felt for But according to Dr. Houpe, there is indeed a method behind the the first few years like this was something special and it was madness. "Students expect teachers to say normal things," Dr. exciting to be a part of it, no matter who you were." Houpe said, "and when you say strange things, the best students will understand and the students who don't quite understand are Considering the School's focus on science and mathemat really trying to understand." ics education, Dr. Houpe said he "really didn't know for sure how much emphasis would be put on foreign language. Of all the things Dr. Houpe loves about NCSSM, he says "the However, it became very clear that they intended to have most important thing is teaching and being with the students. strong humanities and have ever since. We were able to do what we wanted in foreign language and make it the best "This is a very special place," Dr. Houpe continued. "A lot program we possibly could." of people know that, most people associated with it know that. I think that as time continues to march on, it will be more Since he began here, Dr. Houpe has taught everything from and more revered for its standing and for what it has done and Spanish and German to Latin and Russian. His favorite lan continues to do."
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Dorothy "Dot" Doyle, a native of Yonkers, Well, the police were in my dorm room until NY, attended an all-girls Catholic high school midnight last night because my roommate shot before she came to North Carolina with her an arrow at one of the construction workers in family in 1970. She studied mathematics at East Hunt.' I had to say that was the best excuse I had Carolina University, where she obtained both ever heard, and indeed, he did not have to take her undergraduate degree and her Masters. the test." After graduating from ECU, Doyle taught at Goldsboro H.S. from 1976 until 1979, at which Although there are many reasons that Doyle point, she decided it was time to change careers. has been successful in her career here at the School, Doyle attributes her success in large Working mainly in Orlando and Tampa, Fl., part to the support of her colleagues. "I have Doyle spent the next year training business particularly strong colleagues in my department," office staff at hospitals to use census and Doyle said, "people who have helped me grow billing software developed by Management mathematically and personally. You know you Systems Associates, a company that sold can go out on a limb and be confident that software to hospitals. According to Doyle, it colleagues will not leave you out there by was a "really unsatisfying job." So unsatisfying, yourself," she said. "You know somebody's in fact, that it took Doyle back to teaching going to support that limb while you try to and, luckily for the School, brought her here. do some things that are different."
According to Doyle, she knew little about like most of her department colleagues, Doyle the School when she applied."I knew it was a teaches both Calculus and Pre-Calculus, the residential school for kids who were bright in "bread and butter" of the math curriculum, as math and science," Doyle said. And although Doyle called them. In addition to these staple "You know you can her knowledge of the School was minimal, she courses, Doyle teaches Number Theory, Finite thought it sounded like a "nice opportunity." Math and, from time to time, Modeling. When go out on a limb and asked to name her favorite course to teach, In her time here, Doyle has demonstrated an she debated and came to no solid conclusion. be confident that admirable commitment both to the students Frankly, she said, "I just like math." and the institution—from speaking at various colleagues will not math conferences to spending time as a "faculty Doyle particularly enjoys the opportunity mom" on 2nd Hill. She recently purhased a pair she has to participate in outreach events, an leave you out there of white gloves to assist Student Life Instructor interest she developed, in part, through the Mike Newbauer with "Super Clean." passion of the School's first Mathematics by yourself. You know Dept. Chair, Steve Davis. Davis "was really Doyle has many stories from over the years, a leader and had a real vision for what the somebody's going from sledding with students until past midnight School should do beyond educate our kids," in winter 2000, to "Doyle's Dictionary of Doyle said, "and that's something I learned to support that limb Mathematical Terms" created by Class of '96 from him, that we could do a lot with our alumni Benjamin Lee and Jonathan Menachem. students, but that we had a bigger obligation while you try to do One of her favorite stories is about Kai Chung and opportunity in working with teachers." '86. "I had a 9 o'clock class [that semester]," From working with department colleagues some things that are Doyle said, "so I came in at a quarter to 9. on writing textbooks, to writing articles for Some faculty member came up to me and said professional journals, to helping with summer different." 'Kai is looking for you. He doesn't want to take workshops, Doyle has been doing outreach at the calculus test this morning' And I thought, the School since the summer of 1984. 'Forget that. On what planet does he think that's going to happen?' So I went down to class and Doyle's efforts both within the School and I was prepared to tell him, 'just buck up.' And beyond its walls can be summed up in one he said, Ms. Doyle, I just can't take this test this statement: "we have tried to serve the state morning' And I said, Why not?' And he said, well."
WINTER SPRIN 2006 dr. chuck britton •jccj
Dr. Charles "Chuck" Britton came to North Carolina originally being a part of this new experiment in education. Back in to attend Duke University during, what Dr. Britton called, high school, Dr. Britton attended two summer programs "the roaring '60s." After finishing his undergraduate degree at sponsored by the National Science Foundation. The first, Duke, Dr. Britton attended graduate school in Florida, where held at the University of Tennessee, focused on physics and he later returned to work on his Ph.D. after a two-year stint chemistry. The second, held at Emory and Henry College in with the Army. He returned to the Tar Heel State with his Virginia, focused on math. "They were great fun," Dr. Britton wife after she won a fellowship at the University of North said, "and I got to hang out with other kids who were willing Carolina at Chapel Hill. to talk about things. I figured that [the School] would be a similar living and learning environment." After deciding that he didn't want to work on a post-doctor ate, Dr. Britton took a job as a statistical programmer at the He also "envisioned that especially many of the girls would University. It was during this time that word got to him about be willing and able to come to the School and be themselves NCSSM via Chuck Eilber and Cecily Selby. Dr. Britton's interest and not feel like they had to exist in the shadow of the guys was peaked. in their science and math classes."
"I read in the newspaper that they were interviewing and One of the primary programs that Dr. Britton is involved giving public talks and question and answer sessions," Dr. with at the School is the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recogni Britton said, "and I just went out of curiosity and asked tion of Science and Technology) Robotics Competition. In them who they had teaching Physics, thinking I could help the spring of 2001, Dr. Boarman expressed interest in the them out some, maybe I could throw in my two cents worth. School getting involved with robotics competition operated They said they didn't have anybody teaching Physics and to by FIRST, a multinational non-profit organization started send them an application. I said, 'No, I'm not a teacher. I'm in 1989 by Dean Kamen, inventor of the Segway Human a physicist.' Chuck Eilber said, 'That's exactly what we're looking Transporter. for.'" According to the FIRST Web site, the competition "teams For Dr. Britton, the idea behind the School brought back professionals and young people to solve an engineering fond memories for him which, in turn, got him excited about design problem in an intense and competitive way." In the
"What I'm always looking for are the kids from the less-inspired backgrounds who have the willingness and eagerness to do something."
www.ncssmalumni.com competition, students have six weeks to complete mechanical whistles to it, and was the First Place National Winner in the and electrical tasks as well as programming, public relations Duracell Competition." The student's mother was able to ride and fund raising to prepare a robot that will complete specified an airplane for the first time to attend the award ceremony in tasks in competition, such as shooting nerf balls at a target at St. Louis. about 20 mph. These are the kids, Dr. Britton said, that the School exists for. After Dr. Boarman expressed interest in the competition, "What I'm always looking for are the kids from the less-in he encouraged Dr. Britton and Angelina Winborne to take a spired backgrounds," he said, "who have the willingness and group of juniors to Disney World in Orlando, FL, to watch eagerness to learn something and do something." the competition Finals. "The kids were certainly excited," Dr. Britton said. The School has been competing ever since. Having been at the School for so many years, Dr. Britton has In the 2005 Palmetto Regional Competition, the team won witnessed many evidences of the students' intelligence and the Team Imagery Award for their mascot theme of the Zebra- creativity hard at work in, often times, quite humorous ways. bot, for which the team decorated the robot in zebra-striped One of his favorite stories is from NCSSM's first year. contact paper and decked themselves out in zebra pants and headbands. "Don Houpe and I were carpooling the first year," he said. "There was a big snow storm predicted. So on Monday, when Dr. Britton, who teaches general Physics, as well as Robotics the prediction came out, Director Eilber had a meeting of all and Advanced Electronics, said that one of the things he enjoys the faculty, all 15 or 20 of us, and said, 'You know, this is a most about being at the School is "working with students special kind of school. The kids are here to learn. It's residen who want to learn something and are willing to recognize that tial. We will not cancel classes. If you can't get in for some maybe that don't know everything already." reason, leave your lesson plans, call the SLIs, we will leave work for the students so that they can continue with their He loves that the School gives students opportunities—ones learning processes, which is what they're here for. So we will they could not get anywhere else. One story in particular not cancel school, but don't risk life and limb to get here, just stands out to him: get your work in.'
"In the late '80s, the Duracell Battery people had a big "So Don called me up the next morning and said, Well, contest nationwide for battery-powered projects and I'd there're about 8 or 10 inches of snow out there. How about I known about it, mentioned it to some kids, but nothing had come by a little bit early?' He had his snow tires on, he knew ever happened. Then, one of my kids from a tobacco farm how to drive in the snow, so he came by. up near Louisburg, he had been in Electronics class second semester and, at the end of the year, he came to me and said "We made our way over here, slowly and deliberately, as Don 'you know, in Electronics class, I'd like to build a clock, to Houpe does everything, absolutely no problem, and pulled add one to my computer. Do we know enough to build a into the back parking lot where the ETC is now. Walked in clock?'" the door at the back of Bryan lobby, and there was Director Eilber, standing in the lobby with his arms folded, tapping his Dr. Britton encouraged his student to work on the project foot. He said, Well, we cancelled classes. I figured we had to. over the summer. The student did, got the clock working and One of our students called each of the radio stations and each brought it back the next school year in a shoe box. Dr. Britton of the TV stations and said, 'this is the School of Science and was so impressed with the student's work that he suggested he Math. We'd like to add our name to the cancellation list.'" continue to work on it and enter it in the Duracell competition. Dr. Britton and his wife currently live in Chapel Hill. They "So he cleaned it up," Dr. Britton said, "added a few bells and have one daughter.
WINTER| SPRING 2006 We thank our STAFF for 25 years of (HdjiraULuf service to the NCSSM community
Gwen Pryor, linwood Suitt and John Williams, III, have dedicated 25 years of their lives to serving NCSSM and they return to UNC with 4 years of eligibility. However, when all agree on one thing: the best part of their job is the students. John's mother had some complications with a pregnancy, "I love working with kids," Gwen said. "It's been a reward John's plans were thwarted and he returned to Durham ing experience." linwood echoed Gwen's sentiment, saying to get a job to help support his family. When he went out his favorite things about the School are "the people and the driving with his dad, he saw NCSSM, applied for a job, and students." John emphasized the School's family atmosphere. then began work here at the young age of 17. For the students, he said, "you leave your family and you come around a bunch of kids that you don't know, adults you don't John is probably best known for his basketball connec know, and everybody seems to draw close to each other." John tions, professing good friendships with big names like said that he still has parents who call him and thank him for Michael Jordan and Grant Hill. One of the best stories looking out for their kids — he loves that. Gwen agrees that from over the years came from John, regarding James Mc- the relationships built here last for years, even after the stu Cravy '84, the first student to get a scholarship in basket dents leave. "I have kids from all over," she said. "I've been in ball. He and John were good friends, John said. "I worked Greensboro, in Atlanta, I still see my students. It just amazes with him with his basketball. One day, we were watching me that I can be somewhere out of town and see them." Pryor the game, Carolina was playing and he said, 'I could guard was visiting her mother at Duke Hospital and said one of her Michael Jordan.' I said, 'Say what?' He said, 'If you took students was a doctor there. me up there, I could play with him.' I said, 'OK, get in the car.' I drove to Chapel Hill. I called Michael. All the All three staff members, who are all currently working Carolina players, Michael, Buzz Peterson, James Worthy, security, come from very different backgrounds. Linwood, Sam Perkins, the whole team was playing pick up. And I a native of Hillsborough, N.C, was working at Durham said 'Look, I got this young guy. He thinks he can play with Co. General Hospital when he first heard about the School. you guys. He's good, now, don't get me wrong. He's averag Gwen, who was born in northern Virginia, lived in Dur ing about 30 points per game here at Science and Math.' ham until middle school. When her mother moved to New Michael said 'Let the young guy come on out here.' The York, Pryor went with her and attended high school in very first play he got matched up on a switch with Michael. Brooklyn, only to return to North Carolina to attend Shaw Michael catches the ball, gives him a fake, James runs that University. Pryor was working security for GTE when she way. Michael turns and dunks it. James looks at me. I said, heard about NCSSM through a job coordinator for the 'Looks easy on TV, doesn't it?" Employment Security Commission. She was excited to come back and work in the neighborhood where she grew The type of relationship John and James had is typical here up. Lastly, John, who was born and raised in Durham, was at the School, according to the staff. "It's just like a fam recruited to play football for the University of North Caro ily," Gwen said. Linwood mentioned the early years at the lina at Chapel Hill, but was told he would be red-shirted his School, when he would drive students to the doctor's. "The first year. So Carolina sent John to play for Taft College in whole atmosphere here is good," John said. And I'm sure California for a year, with a promise that he could his colleagues would whole heartily agree.
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