Kansas State University - Royal Purple Yearbook (Manhattan, KS)

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I ' ve only been out a year and that helps me understand the students. I can empathize after being there so long. Besides understanding the students, having well- organized lectures is part of being a good teacher. If I can get students to be enthusiastic about what they ' re studying, I ' m convinced they will work three times as hard. is the best teacher. Randolph Pohlman ' s teaching ability stems from his having recently moved from the other side of the desk. Having finished his doctorate in 1976, Pohlman was chosen as one of four teachers of the year after one year of teaching. I ' ve only been out a year and that helps me understand the students. I can empathize after being there so long, he said. Pohlman ' s lengthy experience began at K-State where he got both a Bachelor ' s of Science and Master ' s of Sci- ence in Business. After receiving his doctor ate from Okla- homa State University, Pohlman returned to K-State to teach Business Finance and Capital Budgeting. Students have to respect you as an individual ... you ' ve got to earn that respect, Pohlman said. It ' s not enough to just stand up there. Getting to know students is important to Pohlman. He goes to classes a few minutes early to provide opportunity for personal exchange, and has taken students golfing in an effort to get acquainted. Besides understanding students, having well-orga- nized lectures is part of being a good teacher, he said. I spend an hour looking over my notes before class so when I walk in, everything fits together. If I can get stu- dents enthusiastic about what they ' re studying, I ' m con- vinced they will work three times as hard, he explained. Pohlman attributes his enthusiasm to teachers he met as an undergraduate. As a freshman, Pohlman said he wasn ' t overly interested in school until several business profes- sors took time to encourage him. When I started school, I wasn ' t that charged up. I got motivated by several people who are still here, he said. Enthusiasm, compassion and organized lectures in- spired students to nominate Pohlman for teacher of the year. Student support was voiced in teacher evaluations: If every instructor taught as good as Mr. Pohlman, I wouldn ' t be afraid to take any course in this university. teachersoftheyearteachers When I started school I wasn ' t that charged up. I got motivated by several people who are still here. But ever since, I ' ve been enthused about school.

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- Robert SIM Llif, Director of Student Health: 4 I ' d say basically that we get into binds in hiring ... The replacement of person- nel comes to mind immedi- ately. Other than that, I can ' t think of any great problems., Donald Rathbone, Dean of Engineering: I think at K•State we have very good communica- lion. We ' re probably one of the best universi ties in the country as far as ease with above and below you. We have the least number of administrative layers required., I) ' a • Iti I . . f, s t afr. ' . WI Al o! number of layers that have to be gone through start where I stand — to the legislature. I ' m deeply committed to us- hat ing channels, but I think that really the message that gets out the other end is so weak that it doesn ' t carry the origi- nal impact. ly Walt Smith, Director of K- Stare Union Operations: 4 I don ' t feel that there is a major stumbling block for the Union in regard to uni- versify policy. If we want changes, they (administration) are probably more flexible with our operation because of the type of operation, in comparison with regular aca- demic departments. 4 . , •• . 11 4 1 2 41 ijj . Jordan (limy, Dean of (duration: 4 I think usually when people get to jumping than- we run Into trouble meeting their needs. 4 William Stamey, Dean of Arts and Sciences : 4 It ' s not my frustration so much as frustration in depart- ments ... I know enough about the system to work through it and get done what 1 need to get done. It ' s most frustrating for new people., 4 • 1 .,.. - .N • Donald Trotter, Dean of Veterinary Medicine: 6 I think that if you don ' t stay in the channels, you get sidetracked to the point where you don ' t get anything done. The checks and bal- ances of a system like this re- quire that. 9 ...ES. • .er l . jt --, Paul Young, Vice President for University Development: 4A lot of the work that I have to do is to accomplish a goal within the system so therefore, I have to work within limitations that may be set, financial or otherwise.,

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;oftheyearteachersoftheyea IP t people who practice what they preach are so rare that U when they are found, it seems appropriate to reward them. Perhaps that is why Robert Shoop, a Pennsylvanian- turned-Kansan and assistant professor of administrations and foundations, was chosen by students to receive one of four outstanding undergraduate teaching awards. Teaching is my main thrust in higher education. My committment is to the classroom. I use myself as a model for what a teacher should be; ' Shoop said. Then, hope- fully, students use that model to make themselves better teachers. Shoop works mainly with seniors in his Educational So- ciology class before they student teach. I try to do what I say. I try to teach the way I expect them to do, he said. I don ' t play games with the stu- dents — if I don ' t know something, I work things out with them. I encourage students to take responsibility. Shoop earned his Bachelor ' s of Science and Master ' s of Divinity degrees from Wittenberg University in Spring- field, Ohio. He received his doctorate from the University of Michigan. Shoop is involved with community educa- tion and development, and serves as director for the Kan- sas Center for Community Education Development. I am very interested in the relationship of school to community and seeing education as a life-long process. Education takes place in the total community. The poten- tial of the individual is only limited by the vision that he has for himself, he said. Shoop deals with students from all over campus, not only education majors. He estimates that his classes are 80 per cent female and 20 per cent male. Many males haven ' t found financial rewards in educa- tion, but as that changes, more males will come in, he said. Shoop said he encourages student input in his classes. What makes me feel most honored by this award is that it is from the students, he said. Given such concern and interest for the individual stu- dent, it seems an honor that students have such teachers to select. 4 t 1 My committment is to the classroom. I use myself as a model for what a teacher should be. Then, hopefully, students use that model to make themselves better teachers. I don ' t play games with the students. If I don ' t know something, I work things out with them. Education takes place in the total community. The potential of the individual is only limited by the vision that he has for himself. b Many males haven ' t found financial rewards in education. But as that changes, more males will come in. teachers of the year — 25