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E W S L E T T E R November 12, 2001 A Newsletterfor Faculty,Staff a11dFrie11ds of CoastalCarolina U11iversity Volume 11, Number 16 A message from Amistad captain to speak as Coastal's PresidentIngle Kimbel Lectureron Nov. 13 As many of Bill Pinkney, captain of the subject of an award-win­ you are aware, the the Freedom Schooner ning cable TV special narrated State Budget and Amistad, will speak at by Bill Cosby titled "The Control Board last Wheelwright Auditorium on Incredible Voyage of Bill week announced a Tuesday, Nov. 13 at 7:30 p.m. Pinkney." mid-year budget as part of the university's A key component of cut of 4 percent Kimbel Distinguished Pinkney's solo trip around the for all state agen­ Lecturer Series. The event world in 1991 was to provide cies. The effect of is free and open to the lessons in math, science, this action will Ronald R Ingle public, although tickets geography and social studies mean a cut of $598,407 for Coastal are required for admission. for more than 30,000 students across Carolina University. In 1991, Pinkney, a world-class the country. This was made possible In preparing this year's operating sailor, became the first African-American through the use of a satellite transpon­ budget for the university, we anticipat­ to sail solo around the world's five great der, computer downlinks, videotapes ed that a mid-year cut would be likely; capes with Project Commitment. and high seas telephone calls. Since therefore, the current budget is a con­ Pinkney is a U.S. Navy veteran and U.S. returning from his legendary voyage, he servative one. Although I do not antic­ Coast Guard licensed captain. has addressed more than 85,000 stu­ ipate that we will face personnel layoffs, · Pinkney was born and raised in a dents in more than 700 schools across we must continue to carefully observe single-parent household in Chicago and the country and internationally. employment lags when vacancies occur. educated in the Chicago public schools. Pinkney is past commodore of the This latest cut means that we have Before devoting his career to sailing, he Belmont Yacht Club in Chicago; mem­ virtually no contingency funds - there was a marketing executive for Revlon ber of the New York Yacht Club; mem­ is no "safety net" so unit budgets should and other cosmetic companies. ber of the Board of Directors of the be monitored carefully. The possibility Pinkney's work as a mariner and edu­ American Sail Training Association; remains that state agencies will be asked cator has been recognized by the trustee of Mystic Seaport Museum to absorb more cuts during this fiscal President of the United States, as well as (America's largest maritime museum); year and I am certain that the 2002- governors, legislators, mayors and for­ and a member of the Board of Directors 2003 state budget will also be very eign leaders. The story of his exploits was of the Chicago Maritime Society. tight. read into the congressional record by The Kimbel Distinguished .Lecturer The South Carolina Council of Sen. Edward Kennedy. Pinkney was also continuedon page 2 College Presidents recently formed a task force to seek regulatory relief for CCU Newsletter PublicationDates colleges during these challenging eco­ nomic times. I am proud that Coastal's Submission deadlines: Publication dates: Executive Vice President Sally Horner Monday , November 19 Monday, November 26 chairs that statewide committee. When Monday, December 3 Monday, December 10 the task force issues its report in Coastal Carolina University Newsletter is published biweekly on Monday by the Office of November, I anticipate the committee Marketing Communications. Items to be included should be submitted to the Office of Marketing Communications in SNGL 204 by noon the Monday before publication, unless otherwise listed. continuedon page2 Deadline to submit informationfor the next issueis Monday, Nov. 19 at noon. Information for the CCU Newsletter should be submitted to Jerry Rashid ([email protected]) in the Office of Marketing Communications, Singleton 204. Ingle ... continuedfrom page I Kimbel Lecturer.. .continuedfrompagel will recommend regulatory relief in Series is sponsored by the William A. for the intellectual values in broad such areas as telecommunications, pro­ and L. Maud Kimbel Distinguished social issues, religion , geopolitics and curement and federal contracts. Lecturer Series Endowment Fund . the arts . In the meantime, I will meet with The purpose of the series is to present For ticket information , contact the the chair of the Faculty Senate to deter­ programs promoting an appreciation Wheelwright Box Office at 349-2502. mine which faculty committee would be the most appropriate to make specif­ ic recommendations on ways the uni­ Two named to Coastal Educational versity may increase revenues and reduce expenditures. Foundation,Inc. Boardof Directors One such reduction plan which is Fred DuBard Smith joined the already underway relates to energy con­ Jr. and Howard Coastal faculty as sumption. As winter approaches, we Smith have been an adjunct profes­ must identify ways to conserve energy named to the sor of accounting and reduce expenditures in that area. I Coastal in 1980 and served will release to the campus guidelines for Educational as assistant profes­ campus energy conservation within the Foundation, Inc., sor of accounting next two weeks. (CEF) Board of from 1998 to The fiscal situation in our state, as Directors. 2001. He is past . FredDuBard it is across the nation, is serious, but I D u Bar d 1s Jr. chair of the Wall am confident that all of us working owner and CEO of DuBard, Inc., a College of Business Board of Visitors. together can overcome these arduous Florence-based distributor of Anheuser­ Smith was a partner with Smith, Sapp, times. I welcome any suggestions that Busch products. He has served on Bookhout , Crumpler and Calliham , P.A. members of the campus community Coastal's Board of Trustees since 1993, in Myrde Beach from 1978 to 1997. may have related to budget items. Even including three terms as chairman . Smith earned a bachelor's degree from in this tough year, I pledge to you that DuBard has been an active leader in The Citadel in 197 1 and a master's we will sustain the great momentum we many Florence area civic organizations degree from the University of South have attained as all of us strive to build including the Florence Chamber of Carolina in 1975. a premier university. Commerce, the Florence Rotary Club, The Coastal Educational and YMCA as well as the Florence ­ Foundation, Inc ., is a nonprofit corpo­ Darlington Technical Foundation . ration which receives and disburses ShouldCoastal DuBard earned a bachelor 's degree from charitable gifts in support of Coastal Wofford College in 1957 and a master's Carolina University . The foundation changeits degree from the University of Tennessee was established in 1954 for the purpose athleticnickname? in 1960. of advancing higher learning in Horry Smith previously served on the CEF County and was instrumental in che Coastal is conducting an online sur­ board from 1993 to 1998. He is a mem­ creation of Coastal. The foundation vey through Nov. 14 on whether to ber of the Executive-in-Residence pro­ meets quarterly . change its athletic nickname. The results gram with Coastal's E. Craig Wall Sr. Coastal Educational Foundation, of the two-week survey will be used as an College of Business Administration . Inc., board members serve five-year terms. assessment tool for the university. To vote visit Coastal's Web site at www.coastal.edu and go to Quick Pop 101 and Virtue Trap to perform Links - Nickname Survey on the front page. Pop 101 and Virtue Trap, Coastal's tunes from the 1960s to the present and Coastal's nickname, the student popular music vocal group and is devoted to writing and performing Chanticleers, was inspired by the faculty rock band, respectively, will per­ high-quality original music as well. quick-thinking rooster in Chaucer's form together on Thursday, Nov. 15 at Members of Virtue Trap include Dan Canterbury Tales. The Chanticleer 7:30 p.m. in Wheelwright Auditorium . Ennis , assistant professor of English, was introduced at Coastal in 1966 The concert is free and open to the public. Steve Hamelman , professor of English , when the institution was a branch Pop 101, under the direction of Steve Nagle , professor of English and campus of the University of South David Bankston , assistant professor of director of Coastal's International Carolina, whose ·athletic teams are music at Coastal, will perform selec­ Programs, and Brian Nance , associate known as the Gamecocks. In 1993, tions by the Beatles, Eagles, Weezer, professor of history. Coastal became an independent , Five for Fighting and ochers. For more information , call public university. Virtue Trap plays a variety of cover 349-2502 . 2 Joynerto speak in Coastal'sCultural "The Sale of a luncheon series Company" Charles Joyner, South Carolina, Georgia's Sea Islands and Burroughs the Mississippi Delta.