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May 22, 2001 |
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| The future looks bright through the eyes of three
student achievement award winners. These students presented their accomplishments to our
Rotary club. They were Alan Kennard. Matthew Cox, and Margaret Papadakis. Alan, graduating from the CMS system, was introduced by Dr. James Pughsley, Matthew, graduating from UNCC, was introduced by Dean Johnson and Margaret Papadakis, introduced by Tony Zeiss, is a recent graduate of CPCC. Each of these students had a clear vision of their vocational directions, and all heaped praise on their respective schools. Alan Kennard attended West Mecklenburg where he maintained a 3.5 GPA. This college prep student intends on majoring in metals manufacturing technology. He is currently an apprentice with Julius Blum, Inc. This apprenticeship program is valued at over $100,000 over the next four years, and the total includes training, books, tuition, and his earnings. Alan has been recognized as the technology college tech prep student of the year for West Mecklenburg. He is a member of the National Honor Society, National Vocational — Technical Honor Society, and the Vice President of The Vocational Industrial Clubs of America. Matthew Cox is a recent graduate of UNCC. His degree in Civil Engineering involved valuable experience outside of an academic environment. His endeavors included working part-time work with a civil engineering firm, serving as a public swimming pool inspector, and working in the design studio of a structural engineering firm. Matthew attributes credit to a job he had with the American Society of Civil Engineers as advancing his career prospects. He joined the organization as a freshman and became project manager of the Concrete Canoe Team, eventually he became Vice President of the organization and the Chairman of the 2001 Carolinas Conference. Our final honoree Margaret Papadakis attended CPCC as a non-traditional student. A mother of two young children traded a role of self proclaimed "Domestic Goddess," for that of a student once her children attended elementary school. Margaret is truly the self-actualized woman. She credits Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs as having a profound impact on the direction of her studies. She epitomizes vitality, creativity, self-sufficiency, authenticity, playfulness, and meaningfulness. The qualities have allowed her to lead PHI THETA KAPPA, the international honor society for two-year colleges, to achieve their highest commendation for her chapter. She thanks the nurturing of CPCC for helping her to pursue a dream of an eventual doctorate in Clinical Psychology. In her words, she realizes the powerful impact one person can have on the lives of others, and paramount to that, is supporting the psychological health of another fellow human being. Tuesday's meeting was loaded with recognition. In addition to our three students, three new members were recognized. Tony Marciano introduced Tom Gentry. Julian Albridge introduced Steve Landers, and Herb Harriss introduced Howard Virkler. Look for their future Bio's in coming Rotary Reports. These men will help our goals of membership growth, and most importantly, are outstanding additions to our club. David Hodgkins our District Governor was recognized for his service to District 7680 for the past three years. Bill Barnhardt from our club will be taking his place, and intends on serving a three year term. Dr. Nancy Fairley received the Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship for her outstanding work. Dr. Pairley is an associate professor at Davidson, and spent time in Ghana supporting the polio program of International Rotary. Our head table was organized by Bob Alexy, and consisted of Dr. James Pughsley, Alan Kennard, Matthew Cox, Dean Johnson, Don Steger, Tony Zeiss, Margaret Papadakis, and David Hodgkins. * * * |
New Member
2001 "Executive Search, Technology Campbell/Carlson In 1983, Cynthia and Queens College formed a joint venture partnership called Queens Compute, a technology training business targeted at the corporate market. To better keep pace with the burgeoning technology industry, Cynthia and her partner, Dan Campbell, purchased the business interests of the college. Renamed Carlson Compute, it grew to become one of the largest privately owned regional training businesses with six state-of-the-art training facilities throughout the Carolinas, providing high-tech training worldwide for regionally-based clients. In 1997, the corporation was merged with Pennsylvania-based IKON Office Solutions to form IKON Technology Services. Cynthia continued as president of the regional training operation and was tapped to head ikon's $100 million Education Division. In 1999, Cynthia joined Personnel Group of America as Vice-President to head recruiting for the $800 million Information Technology Division. In 2000, she and Dan Campbell joined once again to leverage their national network and experience running entrepreneurial companies to establish Campbell/ Carlson, a retained executive search firm that specializes in recruiting executives for senior-level positions in growth companies in the Carolinas. Cynthia is active in the business community and currently serves on advisory boards to the McColl School of Business at Queens College, the Belk College of Business at UNCC, the Ben Craig Technology Incubator Center, the School for Information Technology at UNCC, the Technology Incubator for McGuire Woods, Technology Executives of the Carolinas, and the Council of Growing Companies. Cynthia is a founding member of the Charlotte Chamber's Information Technology Council and serves on its steering committee, is a member of Women Executives, the Charlotte Junior League, and the Women's Initiative Mentoring Program for Deloitte & Touche. Cynthia is married to Dr. William Bullock, an internist with First Charlotte Physicians. Together, they have five children ranging from 24 to 30 years of age, three of whom are earning advanced degrees, and two who are married and living in the Carolinas. Cynthia and Bill enjoy spending time with their extended family and traveling. Welcome to Charlotte Rotary, Cynthia. * * * POWELL'S
Tony Zeiss
applauded the governor's remarks to the Chamber of Commerce directors that this is not the
time to cut education. * * * |
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