Emporia State University - Sunflower Yearbook (Emporia, KS)

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International Environment Encouraged on the TC Campus By Dr. Robert E. McAdoo The Teachers College has been involved in international educational projects for the past ten years. The primary purpose of being involved in international education is to create an interna- tional environment on campus. Once each semes- ter the Agency for International Development sends a group of prominent educators to Kansas for a six-Weeks program on American Education. The Teachers College this year has formed an af- filiation With the Universidad de Santander in Bucaramanga, Colombia, for an exchange of fac- ulty and graduate students. This year there are five professors from Bucaramanga working on advanced degrees here, and three graduate stu- dents in Spanish are taking one semester of grad- DR. EUGENE KASPER directs the Bureau of Measurements as it plays an important role in educational testing. ., N , Y . -t i ir DR. ROBERT E. MCADOO encourages international educa- tion as it grows on the Teachers College Campus. uate Work there. This affiliation will involve some administrators and faculty going to Colombia for short-term consultative assignments. Each semester there are approximately 100 students from most of the countries of the free world attending Emporia. Educational Research Aided By Bureau of Measurements Dr. Eugene Kasper assumed directorship of the Bureau of Educational Measurements in the fall of 1967. The Bureau plays an important role on cam- pus and in educational testing throughout Kansas. Each year thousands of tests are provided by the Bureau for high schools throughout the state for use in various testing programs. The High School Senior Comprehensive Examinations and College Classification tests are prepared, administered and scored by the Bureau. Many of the test results are being used in educational research.

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Business Office Takes Major Responsibilities The major responsibilities of the Office of Business Administration, headed by Business Manager Walter G. Clark, are the purchasing of school equipment and accounting of college fi- nances. Under his supervision are the Business Office and the Personnel and Payroll Office. The Business Office, directed by Elizabeth Howell, processes purchasing orders, collects stu- dent fees, and keeps inancial records of the col- lege. The Personnel and Payroll Office, supervised by John J. Smith, handles the institutional pay- rolls and the Civil Service employees, personnel records.

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Physical Plant Fills Ever-Increasing eeds The Physical Plant, headed by Riley Sto r- mont, is responsible for the physical aspects of the Teachers College. As the college expands there is an ever-increasing need for services provided by the Physical Plant, additional janitorial services, maintenance, plumbing and electrical services, and as additional land space is utilized, it must be seeded, landscaped, and beautified. Housed in the Maintenance Building, Mr. Stormont and his assistants provide the campus needs in these areas to keep the college functio ing efficiently. RILEY STORMONT supervises the Physical Plant as there an ever-increasing need for its services. n- is MM .. If AL LOCKE, coordinator of traffic, safety, and inventory, su- pervises traffic control. Al Locke Supervises Traffic and Safety The Division of Traffic and Security, super- vised by Al Locke, coordinator of traffic, safety, and inventory, provides the college with a 24-hour a day security patrol, plus needed traffic control and parking lot supervision. Growing enrollments, with the attendant in- crease in the number of cars on campus, creates a continuous need for adequate supervision. The Traffic Planning Committee strives to coordinate and appropriate adequate parking areas for students and faculty by planning new parking areas as the college physical facilities expand.