LibGuides: Photos through the Decades at Meredith College: 1980s

1980s

Two students with a long ribbon run past other students tying the streamers onto trees.

On March 21, 1980, Meredith College students tied 100 yellow ribbons around oak trees on campus, protesting the holding of American hostages in Iran.

Orientation, 1980s

Two students lie on their sides on the floor, doing leg lifts.

Exercising in the hallway, 1981.

Holding hands, students dance in a large circle.

Spring Fling, 1981.

Two photos - one of a cyclist riding down a sidewalk between rows of sunbathers on the grass. The other of a cyclist in Meredith bicycle shorts.

Getting across campus.

Five women sit on a couch, chair and the floor watching television.

Afternoon soap opera break, 1981.

Two students in their dorm room. One is seated on the bed smiling down at the other seated on the floor with a corded telephone in her hand.

When phones had cords....

A student sings during a lesson an instructor at a piano.

Learning vocal technique in 1981.

Student dressed in a long robe kneels during a performance.

Performer during 1983 Black Emphasis Week.

Two photos: one of two students, each carrying a clear umbrella; the other of two students taking part in a snowball fight.

Rain and snow, 1980s.

On campus.

The quarterback prepares to toss a football during a game on the grass between dorm buildings.

Football game on the quadrangle.

Two woen in Meredith College sweaters and carrying golf club bags,, walk toward the camera.

Members of the golf team in play.

A collage of photos of students osn campus.

Meredith faces.

A student sweeps the stoop outside the Brewer House.

Students from the Home Economics Department rotated responsibilities during a month in the Brewer Home Management House, 1983.

Two women dressed in costumes for corn - one as a revolutionary soldier, the other as Abraham Lincoln.

Watchful faces of Cornhuskin'. These may be seniors, whose theme in 1984 was, "And Justice for All."

1985 Lip Sync Contest.

Dance class, 1986.

One student supports another struggling to balance on roller skates.

Play Day, 1987.

Voter registration / absentee ballot table, 1987.

WINGS (Women in New Goals Settings) students relax and bond over a Trivial Pursuit game in 1988.

Students with Dr. Bernie Cochran (as the Mad Hatter) after the 1988 production of "Alice in Wonderland."

A student leans back her head in relief after finishing an exam.

Finishing an exam, 1988

Three students wearting their new class rings.

Admiring new class rings, 1989.

Two students, each listening to a Walkman.

Walkman, 1989.

Dorm room, 1989.

On the Timeline....

1982 Meredith College becomes a full member of the NCAA (National College Athletics Association) Division III.

1983 Chartering of WINGS (Women in New Goal Settings) program for non-traditional students.

1983-84 Creation of Master’s degree programs in business administration, education and music.

1984 Beginning of the Honors Program.

1986 The Twig renamed The Meredith Herald.

1986 Softball changes to fast-pitch from slow pitch.

1986 Trustees consider a proposal to admit men to graduate programs. Alums hold protest.

1987 Creation of the Writing Center (later, the Learning Center) by English Professor Nan Miller.

1987 180 parking spaces added to the east campus along Faircloth Ave.

1989-1990 Meredith College Centennial celebration. Slogan: "Honoring Our Heritage, Expanding our Vision.”

1989 Cablevision comes to Meredith College.