University of Central Arkansas - Scroll Yearbook (Conway, AR)

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X 'Ways I Participants in Operation WheeIchair test the campus for obstacles which the handicap encounter. VNV! HUF? QU W'-mg.. 'ul' he-ug: SPECIAL EDUCATION Maiors receive fellowships, traineeships For the sixth consecutive year, the Special Education department has received Sl25,000 in fellow- ships and traineeships for maiors in Special Education. The department has a practi- cum at the Arkansas ChiIdren's Colony where students work on a one-to-one basis with Colony resi- dents. In an attempt to research bar- riers encountered by a handicapped person, Operation Wheelchair was held on campus in February. Volunteers spent an entire day in wheelchairs then reported their findings to be used in achieving bar- rier free architectural planning. The operation was given national, state, and local coverage. Harold Love, EdD Professor, Chairman Special Education Sondra Lea Foti, MS Instructor Eulois Glenn, MSE Instructor Shirley Henderson, MA instructor James C. Mainord, PhD Assistant Professor James Mayhugh, PhD Associate Professor M. Jane Moose, MEd Assistant Professor Dolly Moseley, PhD Assistant Professor David L. Naylor, MSE Assistant Professor Juanita PooI,MSE Instructor Mary Stewart, MSE Instructor Joe Walthall, MS Instructor

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PSYCHOLOGY, COUNSELOR ED Counseling, COP are expanding Organized to focus on the in- dividualized concerns of the stu- dents, the Counseling Center is expanding its area of emphasis. The Center is staffed by seven members of the Psychology and Counselor Education faculty. In an attempt to promote re- search and experimentation, the Career Opportunities Proiect was sponsored by the College of Educa- tion under the direction of Dr. Robert Morrow, Professor of Psy- chology and Counselor Education. Clyde E. Reese, EdD Professor, Chairman Department of Psychology, Counselor Education Merline Augustine, MS Instructor Florence Birkemeyer, EdD Associate Professor Robert D. Feese, MA Instructor Louise S. ldomir, EdD Associate Professor Joel O. Keeter, EdD Associate Professor Sarah McAuley, MS Instructor Robert 0. Morrow, PhD Professor Nelton D. Patterson, EdD Associate Professor James A. Rollins, EdD Associate Professor Billy Lee Smith, PhD Assistant Professor Michael R. Suib, MS Assistant Professor B. E. Thomas PhD Assistant Professor Robert D. Williams PhD Assistant Professor Paul Witherspoon, EdD Professor Members of Careers Opportunities Program, sponsored by the College of Education listen to lecture by Mr. Bill Lassett, Speech instructor.

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COLLEGE OF BUSINESS Burdick Center plans computer facilities On completion of the Burdick Business Administration Center within the next two years, it will house computer facilities available for Quantitative Management Sci- ence maiors and business and eco- nomic research, innovative class- rooms involving semicircular seating, and audio-visual equipment to aid programmed instruction. Accounting Department added three experimental courses in com- puter augmented accounting, which require students to have problems solved by the computer. New grad- uate courses in Advanced Account- ing theory and Financial Planning were added. Within five years, new maiors in General Business Administration will include Real Estate, Insurance, Finance, and Quantitative Manage- ment Science and Industrial Man- agement. Economics Department is recognized as a leader in develop- ing the course Economics for Elementary Teachers. In computer-augmented Accounting course, Arlena Watson finds key-punching her homework much faster than the conven- tional method. ACCOUNTING Clarence Hamilton, I MBA, CPA , Associate Professor Act. Chm., Dept. Account. Robert W. Levey, MBA,CPA Visiting Instructor Owen Moseley, MBA, CPA Instructor Max Stacy, MBA,CPA Assistant Professor Curtis Terrell, MBA, CPA Associate Professor Joe Zug, MBA Instructor ECONOMICS Loren Guffey, PhD Professor, Chairman Dept. of Economics Heather Slemmer, PhD Assistant Professor Riggs Tucker, MS Assistant Professor R. E. Westmeyer, PhD Carmichael Professor of Economics