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

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Although the dean of men's office has some ad- ministrative duties, most of Mr. John Hurley's time is spent working directly with students individually. This includes counseling with men students on topics ranging from traffic tickets and class cutting to serious personal problems. Traffic control also comes under the direction of the dean of men. Placement office, directed by Mr. Charles R. Teeter, is designed to help students and alumni find rewarding employment in a variety of fields, includ- ing business, industry, education and government. The office stresses the need to combine academic planning with career planning, works to achieve this by offering free vocational counseling and maintaining an up-to-date vocational library, provides practical information on current employment trends and re- quirements, and brings students and company repre- sentatives together in iob interviews. Field counseling is done by Mr. Tommy Smith, director of public relations. Visits are made to many schools each year and advice given to hundreds of high school students concerning the opportunities available for them at SCA. Office of Student Financial Aid, directed by Mar- vin Bishop, assists students with their financial prob- lems. Students may receive financial aid from schol- arships, National Defense Student Loans, Educational Opportunity Grants, Nursing Loans and Scholarships, Guaranteed Student Loans, College Work-Study Pro- gram iobs and campus iobs. Law Enforcement Edu- cation Program grants are now available to law en- forcement personnel for degree studies and for similar studies to students preparing for police and corrections careers. Three cafeterias meet the nutritional needs of students and try to develop good basic nutritional habits. Howard Montgomery is Director of Food Ser- vices, Assistant Foods Services Manager is Clarence White. Mrs. Emily Montgomery is Dietitian. 5. 1 .-x C5 R- Teeter, MA Tommy Smith, MSE Marvin Bishop, MA DIVQCTOF of PIBCEFUGFI1, Director of Public Relations Director of Student Aid Assistant to the President as Howard Montgomery, MS Clarence White Mrs. Emily Montgomery Director of Food Services Assistant Foods Services Manager Dietitian

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Dean Duncan, MSJ News Media Specialist James Schneider, BSE News Media Specialist Public, Student Affairs Programs enhance SCA, aid students Obiective of the office of public affairs is to cre- ate and support programs which will present State College of Arkansas in the most favorable light and thus enhance its position and stature both on and off campus. Dean Duncan and James Schneider, news media specialists, inform the public of SCA activities in- volving students, faculty, staff, new programs, and related activities. This is done by working through newspapers, radio, television, and professional iournals. Dr. James Sylar, director of student activities, assists student organizations in developing and main- taining worthwhile and official services to the or- ganizations and to the campus. His office serves all students through guidance and counseling, on indi- vidual and group basis. SCA calendar of social, cul- tural, and athletic events is maintained here. He is chairman of the Public Appearances Committee which presented cartoonist George Fisher's Arkansas folk- lore, Pine Bluff Commercial's Pulitzer prize winner Paul Greenberg, Ouachita University Players in Sophocles' Antigone , Danish classical guitarist Nicolai Nielsen, Stephens College Dancers, and Sue Abbott Boyd, editor of the Journal South and West. Miss Dorothy Long, dean of women, works with SCA Association of Women Students and with SCA College Panhellenic Council. Also included in her work are visits and conferences with individual stu- dents. She was involved in planning and bringing about Open House at Carmichael Hall and Hughes Hall and improvement of facilities in Bernard Hall ground floor including furnishing of a lounge for commuting women students. James Sylar, EdD Director of Student Activities Miss Dorothy Long, MA Dean of Women 'fs John Hurley, MSE Dean of Men

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A taping session at KETS, the educational television station, brought together some of the officials who figured prominently in State College of Arkansas' reorganization plan, which went into effect July l. The officials, clockwise from foreground, are: Dr. Robert O. Morrow, dean.of the College of Education, Dr. Jefferson Farris, dean of the College of Fine and Applied Arts and Sciences, Dr. H. B. Hardy Jr., dean of Undergraduate Stud- Reorganization, Colleges ies, Dr. A. E. Burdick, vice-president for academic and in- structional affairs and dean of the faculty, Dr. Silas D. Snow, president of SCA, Dr. Ben A. Lewis, dean of the Graduate School, Harold D. Eidson, vice-president for business and financial affairs, Dr. Conrad Carroll, dean of the College of Business, and Dr. Orville Rook, dean of the College of Science and Humanities. SCA announces maior reorganization State College of Arkansas announced plans for a maior reorganization of administration and instruc- tion in April, 1969. Administrative affairs were divided into four areas and the school's 21 departments were grouped into four colleges. The plan is designed for effective administra- tion on both a long-range and a short-range basis, SCA President Dr. Silas D. Snow said. lt went into effectJuly l. Heads of the four administrative areas are Dr. A. E. Burdick, vice president for academic and in- structional affairs and dean of the faculty, Harold D. Eidson, vice president for business and financial affairs, Frank Koon, coordinator for student affairs, and Bill R. Pate, coordinator for public affairs and assistant to the president. Deans of the colleges are Dr. Conrad Carroll, dean of the College of Business, Dr. Robert Morrow, dean of the College of Education, Dr. Jefferson Farris, dean of the College of Fine and Applied Arts and Sci- ences, and Dr. Orville Rook, dean of the College of Science and Humanities. ' Dr. H. B. Hardy, Jr. became dean of Under- graduate Studies, and Dr. Ben A. Lewis remained dean of the graduate school. The plan was based on recommendations from a report by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities Consulting Service which sent two consultants to the College the previous fall to study its programs and organizations. The departments are grouped as follows: College of Business - business and economics. College of Education-counselor education, ed- ucation, early childhood education, psychol09Y, and special education. College of Fine and Applied Arts and Sciences - art, health and physical education, home economics, industrial education, library science, military scl- ence, music, and nursing. College of Science and Humanities - biology, chemistry, English, speech and iournalism, foreign languages, geography, history, political science, and sociol0QYi mathematics: philosophy, and physics.