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:,__ &F_mr_~_ October I, 1992, Page 5 News: :&wAr'ww;;; ';:1'7'&' Assistant Director Gallery One: Added to Annual Fund Office Beginning LoRI SHUPE 6, Gallery One C,"",;~W,;"" October By RANEE DEYO change in job title, but how well do the job. And I think thai I can do it, " will be showing Native American art S/QjfWri,,, equipped Jones will be for his. he said. from the WMC collection. The gallery, The college's annual fund office ex- Wagner is concerned that Jones might To prove this: by capitalizing on the which has moved from the Fine Arts pects to boost its newest challenge of a have a difficult lime assisting student phonathon effort Jones has helped to re- Building to Hoover Library, will host a $1 million goal goat this year by the re- callers in questions involving college cruit about seventy student'>. According reception on opening day from 7 t09 pm cent addition of an assistant director, ac- politics, both past and present. "One ex- to Stuart the group is made up of many in the trustees' room. The exhibit is wiU cording to Director of the Annual Fund ample is that a 101 of preacher alumni new students as well as approximately be shown on the library's third floor on Mark Stuart. refuse to donate money until their char- 30% retuming.students. Then, Jones be- the west side of the building. In particular, Stuart sees the change as ter is reinstated. I could try and discuss gan a series of nine training sessions on A variety of late 19th century Ameri- having the largest effect on the the fact that now many preachers don't September 20 to better prepare students can Indian art will be displayed, includ- phonathon. Although the number of to- want the administration looking over for their job. He passed out literature that ing a Blackfoot ceremonial deerskin out- ta! dollars from the phonathon effort in- them," Wagner said. On the other band carefully laid out the phonatnon's fit, Zuni water posts, and Papago bas- creased from $239,138 in 1991 to Wagner thought without the knowledge agenda. And, on the first night of call- kets. The gallery is most proud of its $255,543 this year, the number of of the history, as well as the current snu- ing, the phonathon reportedly raised eight Navajo blankets, which are regu- pledges made actually decreased from auon, Jones may not be able to ad- $9,291, according to Jones. larlyon display in the library, Most of 3,759 to 3,454. "What we saw was that equately respond. While the central focus of Jones' job the collection was donated to the conege. the phone center was a fertile ground for To prepare himself for his new job, will be to take charge of the phonathon, Curator for the exhibit is Western us to do better," said Stuart. Jones pointed out that he's read The For- it will hardly be his only duty. In addi- Maryland student, Steven Stricker. By expanding the office, the need for mative Years, a book about WMC's his- tion, he will be assisting the graduate Stricker is cataloging the school's student managers has been eliminated, to tory. Also he is making a concerted ef- alumni fund, corporate matching gifts, American Indian collection as part of a the dismay of some students. "There is fort to get involved with the faculty and and ee Senior Pride Program, as well as special study for art history. nothing against student managers who students on campus. making personal solicitations, according This exhibit will be on display are very good workers," Stuart asserted. When asked about Wagner's con- to Stuart. through Friday, October 23. "But we were hoping that a professional cerns, Jones conceded, "I do understand As Jones continues to take on new re- Following the American Indian ex- staff worker would encourage students to that criticism. But, what they really sponsibilities, be predicted that, "The hibit, will be paintings by Oletba do even better." needed was someone with my educa- phonathon will be an important part of DeVane, coming November 3. Cameron Jones, a 1990 Towson State tional background. If you put the facts my job, but I'll be putting alot into other For additional information contact tile graduate, was selected as assistant direc- together, we really needed someone to areas." 1:1 Dept. of Art and Art History,ext. m.O tor out of 130 applicants and four inter- views conducted by the search commit- tee. With his B.A. in Mass Communica- tions, Jones then interned at St. Joseph's FOURYEARS OFCOLLEGE Hospital Foundation in Baltimore. There, he attained fund raising experi- DOIN THETUBES. ence and helped with the pbonathon, he said. One of the two previous student man- agers was junior Kerri Wagner, who has been working at WMC phonarhon for two years. Jones has six months of phonamon experience. 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