University of Texas Austin - Cactus Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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Dean James Doluisio Pharmacy In a professional school, it is important to give the students theo- ries or facts, and to also have an emotional involvement with the pro- fession. This is perhaps best demon- strated to the student by the faculty ' s emotional involvement in the profes- sion, said James Doluisio, dean of the College of Pharmacy. In keeping with this philosophy, the college had a curriculum strongly oriented to pharmacy practice. Stu- dents were placed in patient-care areas under faculty supervision. In this way, students learned how to integrate classroom material in hos- pitals, community pharmacies, clin- ics and medical units of the Univer- sity of Texas System. Construction of a new building for the pharmacy school began in Janu- ary. The building is intended to be almost entirely for instructional use and contains classrooms, student affices, lounges and instructional laboratories. Dean Robert King Social and Behavioral Sciences Few major changes were made in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences in 1978 due to its merging with the College of Humanities and the College of General and Compara- tive Studies to form the School of Liberal Arts in January, 1979. Social and Behavioral Sciences Dean Rob- ert King, who became dean of the new school, stated that the old col- lege had a lame duck status due to the merger of the three colleges. The college ' s Population Research Center moved its offices into the Main Building in fall 1978 after the Main Library relocated. Dealing with demography, birth control and migration as well as many other aspects of population study, the Pop- ulation Research Center was only one of the college ' s programs. Throughout the year, the anthro- pology department restored and pre- served historical items from a Span- ish galleon discovered off the Padre Island coast in 1968. King, in his third year as dean, noted the college ' s attempt to con- tribute to the sciences by making a good program and good departments better. We have tried to hire top- flight personnel and encourage cre- ative research. Dean Joseph Heffernan Social Work Dean Joseph Heffernan of the Graduate School of Social Work said that a person involved in social work needs first and foremost, a sensitiv- ity to the needs of a population that is underserved by the community. Dean Heffernan also noted that con- cern alone is not sufficient, and that this is where the graduate school comes in. By providing education to practitioners of social work, the school has been of service to the state network of social work. The school also provided professional certification to its graduates. Heffernan, in his first year as dean, pointed out that the school had the largest and second oldest program in Texas. He added that the school played important roles in state and national legislation dealing with social work programs. A Center for Social Work was operated by the school, along with an extensive program of practical education in the community. The dean stated that the major concern of the school was to add depth to its programs. We have a vibrant school and an excellent faculty, and this should help us strengthen the already existing departments and programs, he said. Schools Colleges 129

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Dean Claud Glenn Sparks Library Science The Graduate School of Library Science progressed with the times by using more computer technology. Increasingly, more and more forms of visual aid were introduced by the Graduate School of Library Science into the classrooms. Among the programs offered were a job placement and a colloquium series of lectures which were con- ducted by guest speakers from around the country. Such programs contributed to making the school among the top ten in the nation. As for research, individual faculty members continuously conduct research. Many of the classes within the school offered research projects for the students. Dean Claud Glenn Sparks explained that six govern- ment-sponsored fellowships were offered to students who work with ethnic minorities. The Graduate School of Library Science enrollment remained fairly constant with no increases in any department. Even so, the school opened up one new class and added one new faculty member. While job placement is not guar- anteed, the school does assist in find- ing positions for the graduate , said Dean Sparks, who served his second year as dean of the school. Dean A. R. Schrank Natural Sciences Enrollment has remained fairly stable in the College of Natural Sci- ences. There were 5,147 students enrolled for the fall semester of 1978 as compared to 5,053 enrolled for the fall of 1977. Enrollment in biology dropped while computer sciences increased in student semester hours. Approximately three-fourths of the departments in the College of Natural Sciences conducted semi- nars known as mini-courses , which were often conducted by pro- fessors from other universities across the nation. Mini-courses not only attracted graduate students, but pro- fessors as well who were interested in new procedures and research. Labs referred to as users labs were employed by researchers to collect computer data or technical information. Resources were pooled to run research labs due to the ever- increasing costs of equipment. Much of the equipment used was in opera- tion only a year or two before it became obsolete and had to be replaced by more advanced machin- ery. The College of Nat ural Sciences spent six to seven million dollars on research. Dean Billye Jean Brown Nursing In spring 1977, the school of Nurs- ing revised its admittance policy, placing more emphasis on the stu- dent ' s grade point average. The quota for the 1978 fall semester was 110 students, and the ratio for labo- ratory work was one faculty member to every 10 students. First semester juniors worked 16 hours a week in a clinic or laboratory. Although there was no honors program, the school stressed individualized curriculum. Dean Billye Jean Brown quoted the undergraduate enrollment for fall 1978 at 874 students. According to Dean Brown, the nursing field is female-dominated, with males com- prising only six percent of 1978 ' s class enrollment. A special aspect of the school was its continuing education program, in which seminars and workshops were scheduled weekly, with 34 programs during the school year. Instructors were chosen from a national level based on their expertise in certain areas. Individuals from all parts of Texas participated in seminars such as CPR Instructors Course and Burn Seminar. 128 Schools Colleges

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Program Planners, Problerr So The Dean of Students Office Performed Severa. In his third year at the University, Dean of Students James Hurst feels that the student services has the best program in the country in terms of what we offer and the sophistication in which we go about it. In charge of discipline and records, orientation, minority student services, handicapped services, studen t activities, volunteer services, the research and evaluation unit, students older than average, general information and referral services and the student resources development program, the dean of students office functions as an important part of the student community. The goals of the office are three-fold. The first is to help the student acquire skills, attitudes and resources for maxi- mum utilization of a learning environment. Secondly, Hurst ' s office tries to identify the factors in the environment that inhibit the teaching and learning process. The third goal is to carefully study the student, his needs and environment, in order to know how to accomplish the first two goals. Our actions are not based on hunches; we conduct surveys and studies, Hurst said. We work for teaching effectiveness. We set up a team to work with a faculty member on how to improve teaching. It isn ' t destructive, but constructive. For students to sit back and criticize is less mature to join hands and help is more mature, he said. Money is the student ' s first concern; influencing the administration is the second. The size of this university is huge. There are 43,000 students on this campus. If you plunk in a student who is too timid to interact, he doesn ' t know how to make use of the environment, and it doesn ' t do him any good, he said. We try to help this by the student resources program. The program was designed to develop effective listening and communication skills. The Student Resource Development program provides training to student leaders and paraprofessionals by means of small group workshops, videotape series and self-paced written modules, said Lou Ann Keating, student develop- ment specialist in the dean of students office. The peer advi- sors present us with input so that we can develop services to help the larger student population, she said. Approximately 500 students participate in the program each year. Providing a source from which minority and handicapped students can receive information on jobs and on career trends, the minority student services division sponsored the fourth annual Fall Career Conference attended by represent- atives from all walks of business and industry. FRONT ROW: Beverly Tucker. Almetris M. Duren, Gary R. Hanson, Sharon H. Justice, Lou Ann Keating. SECOND ROW: Sherilyn Allen, Maralyn Heimlich. David McClintock, Wayne Seipel, Margaret J. Barr. Mary E. Mayes, James C. Hurst. THIRD ROW: Patricia A. Barham, Michael Poindexter, John Ragle, Suz- zanna Cortez, Barbara Beach Sallaway, Rene Abelardo Gonzalez. 130 Dean of Students