Campus Connections \ News for Faculty & Staff
Campus Connections: Volume 15, Issue 12
Meredith College raised $1,582,557 in 24 hours during the College’s 10th annual Make It Count for Meredith Giving Day, held on February 25, 2025. The fundraising event exceeded its $1.2 million fundraising goal by more than $300,000, and a total of 2,522 donors contributed to the campaign.
During the first two weeks of February, Meredith faculty participated in Open Week, which is when faculty are encouraged to open their classes for visits from colleagues across campus.
In the 2024-25 Faculty Distinguished Lecture, Professor of Music Kent Lyman shared vignettes that explore the life and work of musicians from the past. In the lecture-recital, held on February 27, 2025, Dr. Lyman showed the power of music to connect people across time.
Assistant Professor of Psychology Jenna McChesney has been awarded the 2025 Rains Wallace Dissertation Award from the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) for her research on how job applicants disclosing anxiety and depression on LinkedIn are evaluated.
STUNT is Meredith’s annual field day in the spring, where classes have a friendly competition! This year’s theme is “Y2K: MC Party Like It’s the 2000s!” and will be held on Friday, April 11, from 3-7 p.m. in the Courtyard area in between Johnson Hall and Belk Dining Hall.
This spring, the Office of Research, Planning, and Assessment (RPA) is working with various campus units to administer a pair of campus surveys to help gather data that can be used to assess student satisfaction with various campus resources as well as gauge student, faculty and staff perceptions of the overall campus experience.
Avenging Angels Athletics shares an update on basketball, indoor track and field, lacrosse, softball, tennis, and golf.
Meredith’s Social Work Program is hosting an Elect Her Training facilitated by Running Start, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization preparing women to run for political office and engage in the political process.
In this issue, we celebrate the accomplishments of faculty and staff in business, college programs, economics, and psychology.
