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

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OUATE BUSINESS COUNCIL Ceremony caps council events by DEE DEE BROOKINS The main mission of the Graduate Business Council was to improve the quality of life for the students at the Graduate School of Business, said Claire Brown, president of the council. The council contained eleven different committees to achieve this mission in various ways. They had a social commit- tee to organize the social functions and developed a new alumni affairs commit- tee to improve alumni communications. The council also sponsored other ac- tivities such as the distinguished speaker series, and sponsored other recruits to come for informal brown bag lunches. The highlight of the year was perhaps the final graduation ceremonies. The council organized the final ceremonies for all graduate business students. For graduation, a graduate business student had to pass a 66 hour program that con- sisted of 30 hours of core classes and 30 hours of electives, and then prepare a professional report. The students faced a transition last year from the 66 hours to a 60 hour program for the new graduate students. Those graduate students who were caught in the middle settled for a compromise of only 63 hours. Representatives from the administration, the alumni and business companies, like IBM were part of the Distinguished Speakers Series. - Photo by Steue Schroeter At the Graduate Recognition presenta- tions, three outstanding awards were given from the Graduate Business Council: core professor Julia Ann Magaan; elective professor Ray Somerfeld and teaching assistant Chon Goh. Photo by Steve Schroeter FIRST ROW: Hortencia Lara, Kathryn Elizabeth Yeager, Sharon Ann Alexander, Ronald Wayne Reed, Charles Edwin Osgood III. SECOND ROW: Robert Sambrano, Janna Lynn Coffman, Claire Simon Brown, Douglas Brian Derrick, Vanessa Thelma Shaw, Blake Gordon Sellers, Trond Ole Rokholt. THIRD ROW: Seth Grant Gelsthorpe. FOURTH ROW: Clifford T. Gordon, Jeffrey Don Baize, Stephen Howell Wilkins, Larry Dean Bell, Margaret Suzette Fritz, Timothy Rexford Wilson. FIFTH ROW: Holly Michele Jackman, Gregory Scott Bingham, Jerry Vedder Brown. Photo by Marci Doane 256 Graduate Business Council

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NATURAL SCIENCES COUNCIL The Natural Sciences Week was a lot of fun, said Diaz. The events occurring during the week-long program included a Chemistry Open House, a Physics Cir- cus, a Star Party held at the Robert Lee Moore Observatory and a two-day Technology Fair. Diaz said one highlight of the week occurred when Dr. Hans Mark spoke to the council on nagging questions that confront FIRST ROW: Elizabeth Leigh Whitson, Pamela Jean Dickens, Gail Marie Tashjian, Yevette Clark, Patricia Kay Jamison. SECOND ROW: Brian David Shiller, Vivek Pratap Kushwaha, Richard Andrew Loew, Marlene Diaz, Janet Maurine Koening, Barbara Clare Luna. THIRD ROW: Kathryn Ann Kurz- man, Andrea Susan Rothman, Deborah Jean Linn, Donna Lee Maltos, Mitchell Dean Diaz. FOURTH ROW: Kathryn Elaine Hasson, Frances Faye McDonald, Dawn Celeste Dickson, Peter Michael McGlowan. FIFTH ROW: Gary Isaac Wolf, Michael David Aronoff, Eric Jay Kriendler, Robert Adam Efseroff, David Marc Alpert, Stuart Nathan Thomas. Photo by Joseph Jaworski science today. Noting answci tions on such topics as Anita. ai ! : telligence and astrophysics would not be quickly forthcoming, Mark said some solutions involved changes in the way the world is run. The Technology Fair, whose reception in the Texas Union rounded out Natural Sciences Week, boasted such participants as IBM, AT T, Lockheed and the 3M Corpora- tion. Diaz said the fair ' s purpose was to promote the advances in industry to students while serving as an informal job-contact atmosphere. The Honors Brunch honored two groups of people: those students achiev- ing at least a 3.5 GPA and recipients of the Natural Sciences Teaching Ex- cellence Award and the Texas Ex- cellence Teaching Award (sponsored by the Texas Exes). The Honors Brunch also paid tribute to University Presi- dent Peter Flawn and Dean Gleason, both of whom left their posts at the University. Diaz said the goal of the council was reaching out, looking in. He said that the Natural Sciences Council was the only council to have two students serv- ing on the College Course and Cur- riculum Committee, where they offered student insight and perspective in the issues considered by the committee. The Ambassador ' s Program was established by the council to unify the College of Natural Sciences ' student body through improved communication. Diaz said there is a lot of apathy on the campus and the program would open an information network to facilitate communication for active students and to increase attendance at events. Other projects, such as a softball team, Faculty-Student Mixers and a Halloween Party co-sponsored by the Tejas Club were all designed to try to pick up the morale of students. He said the underlying motive of the Am- bassador ' s Program and the council by saying it strived for Astronomy to Zoology, unity within the college. Prior to the session. Dr. Hans Mark receives a UT jacket from the council during Natural Sciences Week, which provided students the op- portunity to leam more about the field. Photo by Doug Layton Natural Sciences Council 255

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PHARMACY Pharmaci bid far ewe ; by TERESA WEIDLER Working as a liaison between faculty and students, the Pharmacy Council was a vehicle for faculty-student con- cerns and problems, said Mike Walker, Pharmacy Council president. The council also sponsored a farewell reception honoring Dr. Victor Yanchick, associate dean of the College of Phar- macy on Nov. 29, 1984. Yanchick ac- cepted an offer from the University of Oklahoma to become the dean of the College of Pharmacy. Around 150 students attended the reception as well as 30-40 ad- ministrators and staff members. Dr. Yanchick always worked close with the students and was highly respected as a faculty member, said Walker. Yanchick, a three-time winner of the Texas Ex-Students Award said in his farewell speech, of all the things I ' m going to miss when I leave, I ' m going to miss the students the most. Presenting a plaque to show the appreciation of the students, the faculty and the representative administrators, Dean James T. Doluisoi praises the career of Dr. Yanchick. Photo by Doug Layton Student representative Kishor Wasan pays tribute to Dr. Yanchick at his farewell reception. Photo by Doug Layton FIRST ROW: James T. Doluisio, Belinda O. Avila, Nancy Elizabeth Co . Aida Leticia Palacios, Mari Jill Pennal, Kara Gay Hodges, Anne-Catherine Ita Walsh, Michael Kevin Walker, M. Lynn Crismon. SECOND ROW: Abigail Rios, Peggy K. Tankersley, Melanie Elizabeth Shupe, Theresa A. Culleti, Susan Elaine Murphy, Stephen Andrade, Tara Sharon Pisik, Thomas Hurd. THIRD ROW: Paula Michele Trammell, Jesse E. Talamantez, Jay Scott Parton, Jorge Armando Escudero, Kishor Madanlal Wasan, Kathryn E. Edwards, Maureen Theresa Beiter. Photo by Marci Doane Pharmacy Council 267